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Vol. 133 No. 23 LOOKING GOOD: The Utica Memory Hall was packed last Sunday (April 25) when the Utica Community Day Care hosted a spring fashion show, featuring designs by local mom Sue Reynolds and her line, Caliente Clothing. Money raised from ticket cory 75¢ (70¢+ 5¢ GST) 24 Pages CHRIS HALL / PORT PERRY STAR sales and other purchases will be put to use to pur- chase new playground equipment for the Marsh Hill Road day care. Seen here getting set for the big show 'was model Dana Smith, who got some help from friend Dee Williams. 4 Y2K bug will have | no impact In Scugog By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star Municipal officials say Y2K issues will have no impact on municipal services, and that the public should just relax and stop believing the gloom and doom sto- ries. In fact, a public relations ad campaign is being prepared to let all residents of Durham know that services will not be disrupted when the new millennium arrives. "There is no need for Y2K problems," Scugog Mayor Doug Moffatt told a council meeting last week. Scugog CEO Earl Cuddie agreed com- pletely with the mayor, and said the PR campaign to this effect will be aimed to residents in Durham and other nearby regions. However, Mr. Cuddie went on to tell councillors that there are plans to open the municipal halls in Scugog on New Years, as a precautionary measure to be ready for the unlikely eventuality that there are problems. He said it just makes good sense for Please turn to page 11 Alex hustes OMB waiting for appeals off to Brussels By Chris Hall ort Perry Star Durham MP Alex Shepherd got another taste of international politics recently while attending a meeting in Brussels. After attending last week's Inter- Parliamentary Union meeting in Europe, the MP noted that most of the talk surrounded the ongoing military action in Yugoslavia. "For the most part people are in support of the NATO actions," Mr. Shepherd said Tuesday from his office in Ottawa, shortly after returning home from meeting with polit- Please turn to page 11 By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Hearings on appeals against Scugog Township's new Official Plan should begin here within a few months, says an Ontario Municipal Board planner. But John Lyon said nothing can happen until the appeals are sent to the OMB. "To date, we have not received the appeals," said Mr. Lyon last Thursday. "I understand that they are coming... I have talked with (Scugog CAO) Earl Cuddie." Once the appeals arrive, they will be reviewed and a hear- ing date will be set, said Mr. Lyon. *I¢'ll take us a certain amount of time to look them over," he said. Four appeals have been filed by Scugog residents opposing particular parts of the OP, or the entire document in general. "We'll process them as quickly as possible and then we'll have to give 35 days notice of the appeal process. There should be a hearing within a few months." If the appeals go forward, the hearing will likely be held either at Durham Region headquarters or in the Scugog council chambers. The length of hearing will be determined by those who appealed the plan, Mr. Lyon said. "It will depend on the number of appeals; each appellant is a party to the process, and each one has particular issues they want to deal with. They will all be dealt with separate- ly." After each appeal is read over, the OMB will decide whether to send one official to make a ruling, or rely on a panel of two or three to hear the matters. The Ontario Municipal Board is quasi-judicial body which rules on appeals of municipal planning matters. Please turn to page 11 GRAND CAFE GLOBE & PRO CHEF BARBECUES TOWNE FIREPLACE =: AND PATIO CENTRE 62 Brock St. W., Downtown Uxbridge 905-852-9106 or 1-800-563-6032 Durham's Largest Selection For Your Patio & BBQ Needs Wicker Look, 9 Table Sizes - 8 Colors, Hammocks, Dishes, Patio Lights, Cast Iron