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8 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 25, 2000 a3 "Scugog"'s Community Newspaper of Choice" Bus parking dilemma is solved By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Carol Sheridan's dilemma was solved last week when a Port Perry man stepped forward and offered her a spot to park her school bus. After reading of her plight in the Jan. 18 edition of The Port Perry Star, Danny Luchka contacted the Circle Dr. resident and offered her a spot to park her 72-passenger school bus. Under a Scugog Township bylaw, commercial vehicles weighing more than one tonne are not allowed in residential areas. A complaint was filed by a neighbour of Mrs. Sheridan's, and she was notified by township officials that she would have to move her bus by Jan. 15. Not wanting to drive to the Stock Transportation depot in Sunderland each day, Mrs. Sheridan parked her Carol Sheridan bus at the home of a friend in Greenbank for a few nights until Mr. - Luchka's offer was presented. "I was calling around to a few companies here trying to get a place to park my bus, and | was talking to (Mr. Luchka's) wife that day," said Mrs. Sheridan. "l guess he read the article and called me, offering me a spot to park the bus." The bus was moved that night to a spot in the industrial park on North Port Rd. where Mr. Luchka usually charges drivers a fee to park their tractor trailers. He will not charge a parking fee for the spot, but will bill her later for the hydro used to run the bus' block heater, said Mrs. Sheridan. "His offer was great, just wonder- ful. I even had three or four other offers of places to park my bus, but I'm very happy where | am," she said. "I'd like to thank him for all his help, and the others who offered." Gun-Dog Titles Many Rare & Out of Print 268 Cochrane St., Port Perry, Ont, LIL 1M5 (905) 985-9527 By Appointment or chance 9am. to 9pm. 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McClelland Port Perry Star Scugog councillors got their first official look at plans for a new Durham Police Station to serve the citizens of Scugog, Brock and Uxbridge Townships. The new station will be located on the east side of Highway 12, about 800 feet south of the intersection with the Reach Road. A public meeting. into the rezoning of the land from rural to community facility was held last Monday afternoon in the Scugog council chambers, and there were no major objections expressed from residents who live nearby. However, one ratepayer expressed concern about the cost of the new 11,235 sq. ft. station, as it will include turning lanes in both directions on Highway 12, paved parking for some 80 vehicles, and a retention pond for drainage and fire protec- tions purposes. Since the facility is to serve the three townships, a site closer to downtown Port Perry was not consid- ered. Inspector Chuck Mercier, senior officer for 26 Division of the Durham Police, described it as a "completely modern police facility, much need- ed for all three north Durham townships." He said the five acre site was identified by the Durham Region works department. It will include a detached garage for stor- age of snowmobiles, and there is room on site for future expansions should they become necessary over the 25-year life of the building. Insp. Mercier said up to 30 officers will work out of the new building. At one time as many as a dozen sites were under consideration by the region, Mayor Doug Moffatt said at Monday's meeting. The number was vi - by eventually scaled down to four. from which a final selection was made. But there was a considerable amount of political infight- ing over the location, which led to delays of about a year in getting the project moving. Brock Mayor Keith Shier remains a vocal critic of the Scugog site. A station just south of Sunderland will be closed down when the new HQ opens. Mayor Moffatt said the police . department identi- fied the Hwy.12 location as the "optimum site." There will be one main entrance into the site from Hwy. 12, and plans call for a second entrance at the north end of the site for emergency use. In response to ques- tions from the public and Scugog councillors, Insp. Mercier said the new sin- gle storey building will contain a community room for public meetings, video statement rooms, inter- view rooms for privacy, and completely up-to-date facilities to bring prisoners in and out. Although the building will contain a secure area where prisoners can be kept for short periods of time, any who are deemed too violent will be moved immediately to central holding cells in downtown Oshawa. None of the sub- stations throughout Durham have facilities for long term detention of prisoners, he explained. Lands to the north and east of the new site are environmentally sensitive, and Mayor Moffatt said particular care must be given to the drainage of the property. "We could get into some high costs that will come back to haunt us," he said. There were no objec- tions to the rezoning from members of Scugog coun- cil, and official approval is expected soon. 28 PIRES NN HE - eee.