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¢ ps LJ Nn. WB SAS fa ERA «8 S304 L& Me ARAN EL SA Ie ASS aby LE YO re 'Sctigog Township Council, in a recorded vote, voted 5-2 in favour of accepting in principle the proposed Cana- dian Penitentiary Service Reception Centre in the township. : The Monday night action came hours before the Sept. 16 deadline set by the peniten- tiary service for a decision from the township, and two months after the original - Scugog motion to turn down the penitentiary service's offer. The original motion, made .on the weight of lgcal public reaction including a 2,700 signature township-wide pet- Reception Centre accepted in principal Taylor breaks ition, was rescinded a week later when one of three oppos- ing councillors was absent. With the question reopen- ed, council set up a fact- finding committee made up of representatives of the two opposing factions. But while council waited for'the committee reports on which to base. their second decision, neighbouring Ux- bridge council voted to accept such an institution, should it be offered to Uxbridge. It was an unexpected change of mind of Coun. Jerry Taylor that led to the affirmative vote. One of three councillors who origin- ally opposed the peniten- tiary, Coun. Taylor said last night his decision to vote in favour "is the right decision for the people of Seugog * Township." "> He said, however, that from the very beginning of the issue, it has been handled wrongly "by the pro side, by the opposition, and also by the council, myself included". "I stated at the beginning that I would go with 'the majority of the Island people (Ward 3)," he said. 'I have now realized that a good number of the .people have 20c per 'copy 28 Pages So J Laurie Hood of R.R.2, Little Britain points to one of six "pot holes" at the site of a 35-foot diameter patch of scorched, swirled swamp grass near Valentia. The find, preceded by at least one sighting of an unidentified (or yet unexplained) object, has led to some speculation that the patch of grass may have been burned by some kind of machine, and that the depressions in the ground were made by landing gear. For story, see page 17. . Vol. 109 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Tuesday, September 16, 1975 -- No. 45 Racer injured injure A Garden City Raceway hariéss Facing driver was suspended for 15 days follow- ing an accident in a Friday race that put a Port Perry racing driver in hospital with ~ a broken collarbone. Mrs. Christina Haugen of Port Perry was in Hospital in St. Catharines for three days following the accident, re- turning to Port Perry on Monday. Se will have her arm in a cast for the next - three weeks, and a sling for three weeks after that. " (continued on page 8) "Only limited government help changed their vote or had second thoughts, but not necessarily the majority." In view of the fact that council still has final say on the final site if the peniten- tiary is located in Scugog Township, he felt the decision Barbara, a beautiful Barbara Berezowski, who with skating partner David Porter of Port Perry won the Canadian ice dancing championships, is seeking a title of another sort...a title that her Port Perry partner cannot share. The pretty skater is now the reigning Miss Toronto, and will shoot for thé Miss 'Canada title. . That caused some prob- lems. Since Miss Canada to support in principle was the right one. He talked of overwhelming pressure he experienced from both the pros and the opposition side, but said the ~decision is based on his own, serious thoughts on the issue. contestants aren't judged on' appearance alone, Miss Ber- ezowski thought she'd show videotapes of herself andg Porter doing the stuff that put them on top of Canadian skating charts. nd that is where the problem started. A Miss Canada title comes together with $35,000. If that is won at "least partly on the basis of her skating abiltiy, skating officials fear her amateur While these five fellows were enjoying a candlelit co fersation at Emiels Place -3 deadloc He denied anticipated charges of having been sway- ed by. the business commun- ity; playing a numbers game; basing his decision with the next election in mind; or bending to threats (continued on page 8) skater status would be lost. To get around that, how- ever, the skater will show videotapes of solo numbers. "Then I won't be doing the - thing I compete in. Miss Berezowski doesn't expect to win the Miss Can- ada title, and states her skating would come first. "So I'd be kind of a flop as Miss Canada', she said, ref- erring to her heavy compet- itive skating schedule. Thursday night, three Ontario Hydro crews were out attempting to repair a break that left the Port Perry-Blackstock area without power for about 2 hours. According to hydro officials, adamaged crossarm on a hydro pole in the Columbus area was the cause of the blackout. For these fellows, however, it was only a minor inconvenience. From left, Mike Kenned , Robert Kroonenberg, Ken DeJong, Gord Smits and Gerry Kraupa. / A Queen "streetscape" discussed If Port Perry's downtown "streetscape' is to be re- vamped, renovated, or re- made, it will have to be financed locally. Ontario riding M.P. Norm Cafik told a Thursday meet- ing of downtown merchants, property owners and others interested in such a project, that some help is available from such, organizations as Heritage Canada, but added that a major portion of the overall project would have to be financed locally. That's understandable, ac- cording to Mr. Cafik. "We cannot use three-quarter mil- lion dollars of the taxpayers' money to fix up one store downtown at the direct bene- Hospital Report Week Ending September 11 Admissions ...................... 41 BIPINS oooe.ciinsainmvessissnisn ...6 Deaths ..i............... ...Nil Emergencies .................. 131 Operations ....................... 12 Discharges....................... 32 Remaining .......coooooeeenini, 42 fit of that local merchant. But under certain condit- ions, Heritage Canada would buy such a property, carr out renovations, then sell it or lease it back. The idea is. according to Mr. Cafik, to try and recover the money spent on renovations. Where the federal govern- ment could help, however, is providing know-how and in- formation for feasability studies and research efforts. This is the stage that should be carried out now, thinks Mr. Cafik. "We should get down to the brass tacks only after we find out if the local business community, and local residents are receptive to such a project, it they are interested in doing this kind of a thing." The Thursday meeting was to Mr. Cafik only a prelimin- ary meeting in that direction ...to see if there is general interest for such a project. Mr. Cafik said he has been interested in heritage build- ings for some time and has- been involved in several pro- jects such as the Port Perry's post office renovation effort. Expressing a personal view, Mr. Cafik felt that a down- town facelift should be done, (continued on page bu) - Upside-down, storey-and-a-half, split level? Scugog Council found itself in a quandary when building inspector, Joe' Podres pre- sented the latest building department headache...a split level house split three ways. The problem was apparent when even the description of the house became impos- sible. "An upside down storey- and-a-half," was the only way Mr. Podres could des- cribe it. ' The problem that faced the building inspector in this particular case is that two "floors" on split levels, are both above the surface, and another floor is located on top of the split level. Sould it be considered a split level? A storey and a half? A three storey home? Coun. Bob Kenny suggest- ed Whitby or Oshawa build- ing departments be con- tacted to see how they handle such situations, in view of their greater experience. "It may be a good idea to see what they are doing," he said. The problem arises only in Ward 1 and 3 (Reach and Scugog Island) where there are no regulations for "split level". ground floor square footage requirements as apply on storey-and-a-half housing. In this method, both split level (above ground) floors would be added together for the ground floor measure- ment. SR rr - os EE Rnd Sie - eA i ; ;