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WILLY & SON Small Engine & Marine Repair Your "One Stop" Fish & Ski Centre 17300 Simcoe St. N. - Port Perry (905) 985-3192 CLASSIFIEDS PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1994 Building starts up in June as economy continues to recover and a value of $2.9 million for The economy is starting to show signs of recovery with both building permits and house sales showing improvement. Building activity for the month of June was up consider- ably over the same month a year earlierin Scugog. According to the Building Permit Report, 30 permits were issued for the month at a value of $1.59 million. For the same period in 1993, a total of 26 per- mits were issued at $1.18 mil- lion. Leading the way were hous- ing starts. Although the num- ber fell to nine from last year's figure of 12, June's values climbed to $1,028,000, up from $977,600 for June, 1993. Additions and alterations in this sector also climbed with seven permits issued at a value of $274,000, almost double the $140,000 for nine permits last year. Three permits were issued in the industrial sector for June with a value of $222,800. No permits were issued in this sec- tor for the same period last year. The construction of garages and carports also showed a huge jump, as seven permits were issed at a value of $56,500, up from the two permits and a val- ue of $15,000 last year. Last month's hot weather also increased the interest in swimming pools as two permits were issued at a value of $16,100, up from a single permit at$10,0001ast year. At first glance, year to date building permit figures appear to be off considerably, but ex- traordinary circumstances play afactorin the final figures. For the first six months of this year, 109 permits were issued at a value of $5 million, compared to 113 permits and a value of $10.1 million. However, the value includes the $5.17-million expansion at Community Memorial Hospi- tal. Housing starts continued to lead the way with 29 permits at a value of $3.6 million issued to date, up from the 26 permits the first six months of 1993. The value for additions to sin- gle family dwellings fell consid- erably as 31 permits at a value of $695,000 have been issued to date, down from the 37 permits at a value of $915,000 for the same period last year. The industrial and agricultu- ral sector continued to show im- provement. Eleven permits have been®issued in this sector to date at a value of $557,200, up from seven permits at a val- ue of $460,000 for the same peri- od a yearearlier. Permits for additions in this sector dropped considerably as two were issued at a value of $46,000, down from the three at a value of $118,000 for the same period last year. The commercial sector contin- ued to be disappointing as only one permit was issued for the first six months of 1994 at a val- ue of $2,000, down from the nine permits and a value of $210,000 in the previous year. The value for garages and car- ports fell slightly as well. Al- though 21 permits were issued, compared to 15 from the previ- ous year, the value fell from. $127,860 for the first six months of 1993 to $120,900 for the same period in 1994. The numbe# of permits for swimming pools also dropped as four permits at a value of $20,000 was issued compared to six permits at a value of $68,000 last year. No permits were issued for new construction in the institu- tional and government building sector. Home sales also showed signs of recovery. According to the Durham Re- gion Real Estate Board, the sale of residential homes increased by 16.1 per cent for the six month period in 1994. A total of 2,730 homes were sold in that period, compared to 2,352 for the same period in 1993. Locally, Scugog saw a 9.8-per cent increase in sales and a dol- lar value increase of 18.7 per cent. Mosport wins lawsuit to stage concerts on land Mosport International Speed- way won its lawsuit over the Municipality of Clarington on July 8. Mosport officials an- nounced that they felt vindicat- ed in winning their lawsuit with the Municipality of Clarington. The litigation was with re- gard to Mosport's zoning rights to stage concerts on its lands of some 720 acres, located 10 miles north of Bowmanville. In rendering its decision, the court stated, "There will be a declaration that the use of Mos- port Park for outdoor music fes- tivals or concerts constitutes a permitted use." Nine-month-old Jana Young, who won a prize for "Most Colorful Beach Towel" Is seen here with her Inflated air ring during the Kiddies Parade at Festival Days last week. Benny the Clown on Queen St. Upper right photo - Tasha, 3, and Tyler, 2, are seen here with their mom Linda Thomas of Seagrave during the Kiddies Parade. : Bottom right photo - These three youngsters were winners during the Kiddies Parade. From left, Ashley Sandiford won for "Coolest Shades," and Nicole and Craig Wise won a prize for the "Best Beach Toys." Photos by J. Peter Hvidsten