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Vol. 131 Number 34 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1997 32 Pages Sunoco By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Port Perry's Sunoco gas station closed its doors to business yester- day, a month short of its first anniversary in town. Unable to secure a long-term lease with the owner of the pro- perty, David Lister, the fuel com- pany now finds itself closing up the Hwy. 7A and Simcoe St. site and moving on. The station was the setting for a dispute between the gasoline supplier and Ken and Carol Irvine, who operated their XL sta- pulls up stakes - this development. It is not what Robbery at knife point urham Regional Police are. - lookingfor & male suspect after a Finf-gaint robbery at the Manchester Coffee Time yester- day morning. Police say that a six-foot white male wearing a goalie's mask walked into the coffee shop around 1:20 a.m. Monday, 2nd demanded money from the till. = | "A 34-year-old Port Perry man was working in the back room baking when he heard someone enter the shop, police say. The employee. was con- fronted by a tall man wearing a white goalie mask with a Please Turn to Page 15 | By Rik Davie Port Perry Star gas bar | tion there for 12 years. They walked away from the business late last year after they were unable to reach an agreement to carry on under the Sunoco ban- ner, and have since opened a new gas bar in town. "We are very disappointed with we wanted," said Terri-Anne Teigan, Sunoco representative for the Port Perry area. "When Sunoco took over the site last August we thought it was a viable site for a gas bar and a store. We had redevelopment plans for the site -- including two islands for pumps and a canopy to protect customers and employees from the elements -- but unfor- tunately it didn't work out." The previous lease agreement with Mr. Lister expired last September, Ms. Teigan explained, ~~ and had been:extended. monthly: iii until a new agreement could be hammered out. "We were going month-to- month with no lease hoping for an agreement, but there was none," she said. Ultimately, no agreement was reached between the two sides and the petroleum giant has decided to vacate the area. "We were unable to come to an agreement over a few issues and Sunoco is pulling out. The opera- or Rn A 4 ( I= | | { i bY / ~~ 5 £ ar EY Ba 3 POY pli / ay. ) {| | 3) JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR tion will be shut down and we will clean and remediate the site and return it to the landlord in the appropriate condition," she said, adding that the company hope to Please Turn to Page 5 patrons. ~ Julie Hutcheon, Jackie Moore and Debra Currie were told by library board A PITCH FROM DOWN UN Perry last week for a few war A letter from three Port Perry resi- dents expressing alarm at decreased lev- els of service and tension among staff prompted an unscheduled library board meeting last week. The Scugog Memorial Library Board met in special session on Thursday (July 10) to answer the concerns of the library chair Ken Carruthers the meeting was called "primarily to hear your concerns." Speaking for the group, Mrs. Hutcheon said recent changes in services and materials at the library have left some users disenchanted. "Some of the changes we've seen haven't improved the level of service as - Cl gl=To | if oY d Tell =F Jo [a To CTE" AAS financing on yy a most 2 1.0 le Te [1 EFA, ng Union tension cited at meeting on library issues far as we can see. The staff don't seem to be able to be as helpful as they used to be and the tension among the staff is so thick you can cut it with a knife. "In some cases staff seem unwilling or are not allowed to get out from behind the desk to assist patrons." Board member Pat Miligan said a number of changes have taken place at the library, including a vote by employees to unionize. The decision could account DER: New Zealand's national fastball team was in Port m-up exhibition games in preparation for the international championships this month in Newfoundland. Here, pitcher John Hireme prepares to send one to the plate in action against Port's Merchants. For more, see page 18. . for some of the tension alluded to. thing about that." "Aren't you aware that our staff just recently unionized? They are currently negotiating a first contract and it was my experience (in the work place) that it can change the atmosphere. We can't do any- Board member and township council- lor Ken Gadsden said the problems listed in the delegation could be the result of a Please Turn to Page 15 Tr re------------------ -- 10 Vanedward Drive, Port Perry 985-8474