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DODOHODODOD SE ripen "SURED TraoNION 10} 126 Years" + Ea ad RRL Chl aaa Fire department responds . By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Scugog Townshi partment responded to 24 fewer 'emergency calls in 1992 than - the previous year. Between e township's two | halls in Port Perry and Caesar- ea, firefighters responded to 264 emergencies, down from the 288 calls in 1991. Even though. the 1992 calls were down from the previous year, the last two years have seen a drastic in- crease in the number of emer- gency responses. The depart- ~ mentresponded toless than 200 ~ emergency callsin 1990. The 1992 calls for both halls were as follows. There were 21 structural fires, 45 calls to mo- "tor vehicle accidents, 24 chim- ney fires, 15 truck and car fires + 3 oo. 30 grass, brush or bush ~ fires. Compared to 1991, the num- ber of responses to these types of "emergencies were all down, with the exception of chimne fires and motor vehicle acci- dents. While structural fires dropped slightly from 24 calls in : 1991 to 21 in 1992, car and truck fires were down by 16 and there were 31 less grass, brush or bush fires in 1992 than the : previous year. The department: responded to 24 chimney fires in 1992, up from 16in 1991. The crews were _ called to 10 more accidents than 459393434IEAIAEAETITIIITATAIEIITAEIEIS 3a ANEW RELEASE BY WALTER CAMPBELL Bild {; Fire De- the previous year, Other 1992 calls for the de- partment are broken down as follows. Crews responded to 11 appliance fires, 11 power line problems, 14 ambulance as- gists, eight tiered responses, five rubbish fires, four garbage bin fires, and 12 calls for detec- tionor smell of smoke. The department responded to one call each for a rekindled fire, to less calls in '92 than '91 ruptured gas line, farm machin- ery accident and hazardous ma- terialsaccident. ~ Emergency crews were called to two gasoline spills, three wa- ter/ice rescues, two snowmobile accidents, six mutual aid fire calls and two calls to pump out basementsin 1992. There were also 32 calls of fire alarms being activated and 13 false alarms in the past year. - Cash & tapedeck stolen Port Perry's Open Air Ice Palace had barely opened last week when thieves broke-in and made off with a tapedeck, a small amount of money and . some food. Organizer Elgin Knopp informed the Star that some- time between closing Sunday night and 8 a.m. on January 18, thieves pried open the back door and made off with the goods. = Mr. Knopp said it was a dis- appointing end to a very suc- cessful opening weekend which included an official opening and large crowds using the ice skating facility. ' Mr. Knopp said the TEC sin- gle cassette tapedeck was from Ice Palace building loaned. to the Ice Palace by Irwin Smith, but they would now have to replace it. A small amount of cash was also Sakon from a donation box. He said Durham Region Police were notified and been asked to keep a close watch on : the Ice Palace building. Skating at the Ice Palace will continue throughout January: and February. Hours of opera- tion are Monday to Thursday 4-9 p.m., Friday 4-10 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. : Admission is $1.50 for adults, $1 for students and free for children under six-years-old and adults over 65 years. . 590 S/N "Vadlentine' s Roses of Love" ve FRAMER'S GALLERY 237 Queen St., Port Perry - 985-2543 JE 3EBEBAT ABATE 43AALAAALAATIIAIAITIIAIILAS T & C LIMOUSINE SERVICE PORT PERRY PLAZA * 68 SCUGOG STREET DIVISION of THE BEST of THINGS FLORISTS $220. 00 = SPECIALIZING = WEDDINGS + AIRPORT SERVICE BUSINESS TRIPS + SPECIAL OCCASIONS GRADUATIONS & PROMS Norpak Vegetable Blond Rice Stir Fs Di v a RO 3 Ne Ik Q | IY rr 3 FECT EORTION LEAT Swor2. Recipe: STIR FRY E20 Ell ee Sc bt ss to ro Dorn 2200 we ji a tian sty sts sr Gre), 1h. bag pr IParm ICheese 1 0 | IBlend reg. price 6:99 ETE mY on hn ns ft st id