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Vol, 127 No. 50 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1993 Copy 65¢ 61e + 4ecsn 36 Pages - Halloween vandals hit downtown By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star The owners of a downtown building want someone to take responsibility for damage -.caused to their business on Hal- loween night. Between $4,000-$5,000 dam- age was done to the building at 150 Water Street, which houses the Waterfront Cafe, Dimitris Fine Foods and an arcade. Qwners Jim Konstantinopou- las and Thaeir Dawod told the Star a large mob of youths, which police estimates at ap- proximately 300 people, con- verged on the area around 7p.m. and remained there until after midnight. The youths broke three panes of glass, as well as damaging signs and other portions of the building. Rocks, bricks and beer bottles were used to break the glass. Both say they want the town- ship or the police to do some- thing about the vandalism. - "Something has to be done. The kids have no fear of the po- lice. They are not charged with anything, so what kind of a mes- sage is that to the youths," the men said. When no one is charged it leaves them to pay for the dam- age, they added. Mr.Konstantinopolus said he called the police at 7 p.m. when . the youths began to gather. "They were not moved along, they just continued swarming the area." Both men fear that if no charges are laid and the dam- age is allowed to happen, it will become worse in years to come. "There needs to be alaw-orre- strictions. If something is not done now, in five years it will get worse and people will be doing worse things such as torching or looting the stores," he added. Halloween fun is one thing vandalism is another, the men say. "We are used to the eggs, that Turn to page 4 Plans taking shape for winter carnival By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star There are mixed feelings fol- lowing a recent meeting con- cerning a winter carnival in Port Perry. Although the organizers were encouraged by the number of ople that attended the meet- ing last week, they were disap- pointed by the representation from some of the area service clubs whom they had hoped would throw their support be- hind the mid-winter event. "T was encouraged by what came out of it," said organizer Thom Doran. "But I was discou- raged by the service clubs who are supposed to be community- oriented that didn't show up.' Mr. Doran was hoping for a well-rounded representation from all the local groups to throw their support behind the project. The organizers are hop- ing for wide response in order to offer a number of different activ- ities for people of all ages. It is the goal of Mr. Doran to work in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce to orga- nize a winter carnival on Lake Scugog on two successive week- endsinJanuary. He argues that the community lacks a number of winter activities. He believes that a winter carnival would serve as another attraction, pulling tourists to the area. Despite the disappointment with the representation at the meeting, Mr. Doran was pleased with the response to the carnival as various clubs, groups and organizations brought suggestions to the two- hour meeting last week. Among the ideas brought up was an Oshawa-based motorcy- cle club proposing races, the Port Perry ModJacks organizing a street hockey game, a lob ball tournament, various activities on the Open Air Ice Palace, mini-putt golf tournament, heli- copter rides and a snowmobile poker run. "We're trying to make it as fun and light-hearted as possi- ble," Mr. Doran said of the activ- ities that were proposed, adding that he was still hoping for more of the clubs to make proposals. Although the carnival is not scheduled for another two months, the fun has already be- gun. During the meeting, long: time resident Roy alker Turn to page 3 Township getting prepared for Liberal's works project By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star The Liberals preached hope and jobs during the election campaign and now local politi- cians are preparing to reap the benefits of these promises. Municipal and regional coun- cillors-have begun planning for the much discussed public works program promised by Liberal leader Jean Chretien during the campaign. The leader promised t. 'nject $6 billion into a two-year lic works program in which he provinces and municipaliti..; share equally in the cost. Mr. Chretien said this program will create jobs, albeit some tempo- rary. Reports the day after the elec- tion indicated that the Prime Minister-elect would call a First Ministers meeting late this month to discuss the program with the provincial leaders. The Liberals' overwhelming victory, coupled with the revela- tion that Mr. Chretien was pre- pared to move fast on his prom- ise, had many local politicians scrambling to initiate projects which could be considered un- der the works program. One such official was Scu- og's Ward 2 Councillor Mari- yn Pearce, who along with Roads Superintendent Ronn MacDonald, was out with tape measure in hand sizing up po- tential areas last week. "You have to be ready. If you dilly-dally around waiting for studies you're going to be left out," said Councillor Pearce. "Hopefully as a community we're ready to go." Councillor Pearce said it was important to have a number of projects planned and ready to go so once the money becomes available they can take advan- tage of it quickly. "Those people that have pro- jects and are ready to go and are well thought out, will benefit," she said. Councillor Pearce said there are a number of projects which she is targetting. These include beautification of the Mary Turn to page 3 |