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Vol. 128 No. 17 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1994 Copy 65¢ 610+ 4¢CSD 32 Pages Arena hall tops Scugog's million By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star Infrastructure improvements worth $1 million could begin lat- er this year in Scugog if ap- proved by the federal govern- ment. Scugog council held a closed door meeting recently to discuss the federal-provincial infra- structure program and came out of the meeting with a five- item wish list totalling $1 mil- lion. And the big ticket item on the wish list is a 6,000-square foot multi-purpose hall to be built at Scugog Arena. Other projects include im- provements on Water Street, north of Queen Street, upgrades at Scugog Memorial Public Li- brary, improvements to the boat launch in Port Perry, and roads resurfacingin Caesarea. Scugog was recently granted $1 million under the Federal- Provincial Infrastructure pro- gram, in which the three levels of government share in the cost of the works projects. Scugog will pay one-third of the cost. The arrangement was too dollar wish list good to pass up, officials say. "This means that for the sum of $332,000 of township money, we are going to get $1 million worth of projects," said Mayor Howard Hall. According to Mayor Hall, each of the five projects would have been completed in future years. By taking advantage of the money now, the township has saved a considerable amount. "In essence, we've really saved the residents $600,000 in taxes," he said. While the local council awaits the decision of the government on its portion of the funding, it must now grapple with the question of how to finance Scu- gog's portion. Mayor Hall said the township has accumulated a considerable amount of money in reserve funds and is in favor of tapping into this fund for the cash. "I have a feeling council, in their wisdom, will fund these projects out of reserves," he said. "I think because all of these projects will benefit all of Turn to Page 2 Township in jeopardy of losing Canoe the Nonquon, By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star The future of two of Scugog's most popular events are in jeop- ardy. The Lake Scugog Historical Society announced it would not be organizing the annual triath- lon this year and the Canoe the Nonquon's future is also in doubt. The committee responsible for the organization of the events, said the triathlon is defi- nately not going to be organiz- ied by them this year, but His- torical Society member Bill Brock told the Star there is hope for Canoe the Nonquon. The triathlon has become too big a chore for the committee, which Mr. Brock said outgrew itself having no new volunteers toregenerate it. The two events, which have run concurrently on the first weekend in June for several years, are not a huge financial staple, but do attract large Triathlon groups of tourists.: Mr. Brock echoed many resi- dent's sentiments when he said "he would hate for the town to lose them." The feeling coming from the Historical Society is not a total- ly negative one on the triathlon, Mr. Brock said. The Society does feel the event would be well attended and operated, but on a different weekend and with a different organization running it. The Historical Society is fully willing to assist any new organi- zation, helping them to learn the ropes. Although the first Saturday in June is respected thfoughout Ontario as Canoe the Non- quon's weekend, the triathlon has suffered some years as oth- er areas also ran triathlons on the same day, taking away many potential competitors. "There is no way we can han- Turn to page 2 11, as sharing a He EAT Jeffrey Blair, left front, of oaurave, had a dream come true as' 'he met members of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday. Jeffrey, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia, spent more than two hours at Maple Leaf Gardens. meeting his heroes. Pictured with Jeffrey are Leafs Bob Rouse, left and Wendel Clark. In front are his younger brother Kyle, right, and friend Paul Herold. Please : see story for more details and Page 8 for more photos. | Seagrave boy lives drean to meet the Maple Leafs and his hero Doug Gilmour By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star For seven-year-old Jeffrey Blair of Seagrave his idea of a slice of heaven would be to meet a few of his heroes, members of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Jeffrey lived that dream on Friday, March e spent more than two hours at Maple Leaf Gardens watching the team practice, visiting their dressing room and few moments collecting autographs and souvenirs from more than one dozen of last year's Norris Division Champions. PE Ss The highlight of the day for Jeffrey was meeting the players as many stopped outside the Leaf dressing room to sign his hat, shirt, and souvenir Book before posing for photographs. Players such as Wendel Clark, Dave Andreychuk, Felix Potvin, Peter Zezel, Glen Anderson, Bob Rouse and Sylvain Lefebvre, among many others, each took a few moments to meet Jeffrey and give him their best wishes. Joffrey was also given two sticks, one each by Zezel and Drake Berehowsky. r Please turn to page 8 Give the "Gift of Life" - Give Blood Wed., March 16 \ ory =i! hE wo ST Wg Wr FE A TR Lo re en op, Hn Pr I Stee Ts en Fg Sg rr i i EE SE ay.