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Vol. 129 No. 44 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1995 COPY 65¢ 61¢=4¢ GST) 44 Pages By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Port Perry will likely see a new, supermarket downtown in one year's time. "Your Independent Grocer", owned by the National Grocers/Loblaws Companies Limited, is hoping to qpen its doors on the old Conway shore- front property by next Thanksgiving. I.P.C.F. Property Inc. received good reviews from township council Monday with its new siteslan for the 8.7 acre land. The deal for the land is due to close in November. "It's a great plan.We've been looking for something positive for that property and I think this is a great start to it," Mayor Howard Hall said. The development, to be Loblaws plan is reviewed by Scugog council located directly across from the Port Perry Plaza, will fea- ture three distinct buildings, according to Jane Marshall, vice president of development. The main store, to feature the supermarket, will be a 35,000 square foot building, with an additional 10,000 square feet left for possible future expansion. The store will feature groceries, a phar- macy, music, books and videos, floral wrap, cards and gifts and an in-store deli and bakery. Although Mrs. Marshall could not comment on the exact number of jobs the supermar- ket would create, she said there would be a considerable num- ber of employees, both full and part -time. : The plan calls for two other Turnto Page 13 By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star The battle for control of Durham's Liberal riding asso- ciation will come to a head Thursday night (Sept. 28) in Blackstock. On one side of the split is Durham MP Alex Shepherd, and a self-declared group of supporters; on the other is the current executive, which critics accuse of hijacking the riding association for the pur- pose of fighting abortion. Both sides are attempting in the days leading up to the association's annual general meeting to muster enough registered party members to obtain control of the associa- current Liberal government's tion as the time left in the' Liberal riding ass'n battle in B lackstock mandate winds down. Ken Dykeman is a member of a group that calls itself Durham Liberals for Alex Shepherd. He said last week that as the general meeting nears, he and his colleagues have been beating the bushes to bring out the pro-Shepherd vote, and unseat the bloc of party members who have con- trolled the riding executive for the past three years. He accuses the executive membership of being "a splin- ter group who oppose abortion for any reason. "We're hopeful," he said Friday afternoon. "We've worked very hard. If we can get our people out, we'll be Turn to Page 4 7 ek