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ETN } A "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" the year The depot will handle various household wastes. Ward 2 Councillor Marilyn Pearce says the township is con- sidering options to spraying the parks with chemicals for weed control. Former Ward 4 Councillor Glenn Malcolm throws his hat into the ring after announcing his decision to seek nomination as the Liberal Party's candidate in the riding of Durham. The Kinsmen Club of Port Perry criticizes the new welcom- ing signs erected in Port Perry, calling them a waste of money. Areportby Agriculture Cana- da revealed that 37 per cent of all rural wells in Ontario con- tain some sort of contaminant. A licensing fee structure for street vendors is being consid- ered by the township to regulate roadside vendors. A plan to construct a private recycling facility in Scugog is re- jected by both Durham regional council and township council. Mayor Hall says better roads are needed to bring growth to the northern municipalities. Construction will begin short- ly on Durham's new education centre. The cost is éstimated to be $33.8 million and will be com- pleted by September 1994. John Willms, a lawyer repre- senting PEST and Zero Gar- bage, says ignoring all the op- tions concerning disposal will hurt the IWA. Tai 4 late spring and a wet summer meant disaster for many area Two vacant houses and the Rebel's Diner on Scugog Island were the victims of fire during the early moming hours of Sun- day, Nov. 1. Scugog's official flag, de- signed by local artist Paul Li- vingston, was unveiled during the township's Peter Perry cele- brations. The township has given San- scott Investments, the opera- tors of the Port Perry Country Market, 30 days to conform to the bylaw. A number of dignitaries and guests, including the great- great- and great-great-great- grandsons of Peter Perry, Port erry's founder, celebrated the founder's 200th birthday. 2 Scugog Hydro Commission' . er enduring poor crops all summer, many area artes including Paul Harder (pictured above), were forced to plow their com crops under. announced a rate hike of 8.22 per cent effective in the new year. Port Perry's: Business Im- provement Area (BIA) is set to kick off "A Dickens of a Christ- mas', promotion on November 30. Mayor Hall says the first year of the township's new council has been frustrating. The coun- cillors were elected on Novem- ber 12, 1991. The IWA announced that all five sites considered for a long- term landfill site in Scugog were no longer being considered. Of the remaining sites, four are in Pickering and one in Newcastle. Scugog's Parks and Recrea- tion Committee unveiled a $40,000-waterfront park pro- ject which will include bicycle and walking paths, as well as a number of natural attractions. It will extend the Jiatertiont northwards past thei . A total of 6,947 Visitors passed through the tourist in- formation booth this summer. This figure is up from last year's number of 4,700. More than 25 residents in the Balsam Street area attended a public Meeting to oppose a pro- posed 40-unit housing develop- ment slated for the southwest corner of Balsam and Old Sim- coe Road. : Community Memorial Hospi- tal published its first edition of "Pillar Talk", a CMH Founda- tion newsletter. Despite rumors to the con- trary, Lake Scugog is open for winter fishing, a spokeman at the Ministry of Natural Re- sources says. A Toronto-based tire recy- cling firm has expressed inter- est in leasing the vacant John- son - Controls building, just south of Port Perry, Councillor Ken Carruthers says. Officials for the municipality, hospital and schools are frus- trated by the province's decision to grant only a two-per cent transfer payment. A victim of the poor economic times, Village is forced to reduce its staff by eliminating the interim curator position. More than 11 r cent ($1,984,119) is owed in out- standing taxes to the municipal- . 12 days of g Shores Museum al the events which shaped says township Treasurer thleen Harper. i Paul Arculus, president of the Lake Scugog Historical Society, says a walking tour of Port Perry will be completed Soray. - Cuts to the School Board's budget will ultimately affect the students, trustees are told at a public meeting concerning the budget process at Port Perry High School. =. More than 100 Blackstock- area residents signed a petition requesting that the Durham Board of Education supply Cartwright High School with a double portable to be used as a lunchroom. General Motors is upset by Ontario Hydro's 11.8 per cent fee hike for hydro. Stew Low, a company spokesman, says it will cost the company an addi- tional $9 million. Durham MP Ross Stevenson says there is no easy solution to solving the country's economic woes, after the Canadian gov- ernment announced its econom- icstatement. = = = Don Crosier of Prince Albert is re-elected president of the Scugog Progressive Conserva- tive Party. The Township of Scugog has declared Merle Heintzman's granite fieldstone farmhouse in lackstock a historical site. Township officials were dis- appointed by poor turnout to a public meeting concerning its - 'Urban Design Guidelines, White Rose Crafts and Nur- series was recognized for its contributions to Cystic Fibrosis by the CF Foundation and the Kinsmen Club of Port Perry. Farmers such as Paul Harder of Saintfield, were forced to plow under their corn crops af- ter a poor season ruin crops. 1e Star's Feature Editor Ju- lia Pemiieey estimdtey that the istmas would cost $60,917.80 including taxes. An estimated 60 centimetres - of snow fell on rounding areas on mber 10 and 11 bringing the township to a virtual standstill. g and sur- Developers of the. Conway - property clear another hurdle after council approves rezoning for the parcel of land at the cor- ner of Street. Justyn Walsh entered the world on December 11, but was delivered at home after a record snowfall prevented his delivery inahospital. Area farmers are worried an expected GATT agreement would spell the end to many farms in Canada as supply man- agement is taken away. ik _ More than 800 people, includ- ing 400 police officers, attend the funeral of Port Perry native Vicki Wilson. The Durham Po- RS SS Se the . ighway 7A and Water Corporations - Farms - Small Business lice Constable died while be- hind the wheel of a police cruis- er. : Durham Regional councillors approve a benefit package for themselvés which includes a drug plan, vision and dental rogram, semi-private hospital- Hi Ee Donee. § og an xbridge fire commi es reach an agreement concerning area coverage and fees. loan/grant for the pperation of the annual Open Air Ice Palace, Community Memorial Hospi- tal's Prescription for a Healthy Community capital equipment fund received almost $27,000 in the first two weeks of the fund raisingcampaign. Eo Downtown merchants are pleased by increased sales over the Christmas season. Ann Barrett, animal control officer for Scugog and Uxbridge, was forced to shoot a coyote which was caught in a leghold trap for more than a month. Operation Scugog provides 170 hampers of food, gifts and clothing to needy families in the area. More than 350 weapons are turned over to police during the nation-wide gun amnesty, says Sergeant Archie Mackinnon from Durham Regional Police's Property Bureau. Regional budget to increase by five-per next year, says Don dden, Chairman of the Fi- mente Commiion, ARG Scugog councillors say a meeting with the Greater To- ronto Area (GTA) officials and Uxbridge politicians was "an ex- ercise in futility," Councillors say Ontario politicians are ig- noring the municipalities. 'Local women seeking to form support group to focus on envi- Much of the no portion of Scugog and southern portion of Brock and Victoria County was blacked out.on Christmas Eve after a transport truck knocked down power lines. Nonquon Travel, a" 21-year: old travel business in. Port Perry, is forced to close its doors after the wholesale portion. of the company runs into troubles. Political leaders at all levels agree 1992 was not the best year and hope for a better time in 19938. _ AM United States r'Captain Curt Cooper was in Port Perry to talk to area scouts about his experiences in the Gulf War. egional Councillor Yvonne Christie is confident the Cart- wright Transfer Station will re- main open, but unsure of exact BOTY: ERE ownship taxpayers will not be asked for any more money as no increase is expected in next year'sbudget. IER ei anning Preparation Council | approves 'a. '$5,000