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Yr ---- Cuts Income By 75% Lilla Street widening disasterous for business Complaints are nothing new for Durham Region's street-widing project along Lilla Street. Since the pro- ject moved through even its preliminary = stages, there was local opposition. It's been called everything from a waste of money to a major alteration in the rustic fla- vour of the community. But for Paul Flieler, operator of the North End BP Station, the road-widen- ing project has been more than aesthetic destruction. With bulldozers and other equipment making the road into a virtual no-man's land for the past .few months, there has understandably been little traffic on the road. For Paul, the project has been a disaster financially. "It's cut into my business Paul. "It got so bad last month (August) that I had to shut down." Traffic that used to be brisk along Lilla from not only local but tourist traffic has slowed to almost a trickle, despite the fact that construction crews have done their, best to keep the traffic flowing. "But who wants to drive - over a bumpy, dusty road?" asks Flieler. '"Most (people) detour." Paul feels that since he pays 'a good amount" of business taxes and licences, he should get some kind of protection -- or at least com- pensation. He's confronted regional authorities as well as local officials with the problem, without any satis- factory results. In fact, says Paul, they don't seem to know where to go or what to do. i 7 ¥ He said that when he ap- proached the Region the first time, they told him to 8 t in touch withy utheir, Flite Region's) insurance com- pany. He was told by the company, however, that compensation could not be claimed against the Region's policies. "It isn't like it was an accident," he was told. - Serving Scugog Township by at least 75 percent," said : "This is a planned project." But when he approached the Regional authorities again, he was told that this kind of a thing had never occurred since the Region was formed. "The feeling I got," said Paul, 'was that they didn't ~ know where or what to do about it, or even where to start." He doesn't blame the workmen or the construction PORT § PERRY 0 RD SEE Imaginative, creative and adaptive are fitting words to describe the efforts of the Port Perry Fair Board in their preparation for this year's fair. How to describe the results? Fantastic, according to Port Perry Agricultural Society President Ron Deeth. With events ranging from the traditional livestock competitions to such new ideas as mini-tractor pulls and judo demonstration helped to bring in the people that swelled gate receipts to \ The annual House Tour and Tea held by the Kinette Club of Port Perry promises to be another success this year when the doors to four of the area's most beautiful homes open to the public on Wednesday, September 15 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The house tour, one of the more unusual and rewarding fund-raising events held in the community is held every year to raise funds for the purchase of equipment for Port Perry's Community Memorial Hospital. In past years, enough money has been collected to purchase a blood processing machine and a bathtub lift for the hospital. Just what they hope to purchase this year has not yet been established. Club spokesman say they will wait until the hospital sets up next year's budget before deciding what piece of equip- ment would be most needed. The event annually involv- es almost the entire mem- bership of the club at one time or another. Prepara- tions for the tour begin well in advance of the event. The club began preparations for this year's tour about a year ago. Open to the public this year will be the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Catty of RR 2 Blackstock; Mr. and Mrs. Ken Goreski of Victoria St., Port Perry; Mr. and Mrs. H. Kraupa of 434 Lakeshore Meet six-year-old Jeff Brown, son of Mr. and books at R.H. Cornish. While Jeff may have been Mrs. Doug Brown, who had one fantastic two in the classroom physically, his.imagination may months of freedom this summer. But now, alas, have been elsewhere...as the photographer he's back to the readin' and writin', and was last suggests Photo(s) by John Gast " company. 'They're simply doing their job. They've tried to do their best by keeping traffic flowing as much as'possible. It is the Region's responsibility to that this kind of thing doesn't happen. Paul is just new in busi-- ness, operating the service station for a little over a year. He hasn't had the time or money to provide the financial buffer against slumps or unforseen problems. "I'm still building this business, so every penny hurts," he said. He's talked to local offic- ials as well. One conversa- tion with Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm left Flieler without any answers. "I got the impression he continued on page 2 Port Perry Fair an outstanding success an. all-time high of over $10,500. "Entries were up 15 per- cent," said Mr. Deeth, and membership in the fair board is up 100 percent. "We had the largest gate receipts on record, and the concess- ion rental was also the high- est ever." "All in all," he said, 'it was an overwhelming success." Part of the reason for the success is attempts by the fair board to provide some- thing for all tastes and interests---without loosing (continued on page 13) Kinettes arrange House Tour, Tea Drive, Port Perry; and Mr. and Mrs. Emiel Kroonen- berg of Queen Street, Port Perry. The Catty home is set breathtakingly among one hundred and fifty acres of beautiful countryside. There are numerous features that continued on page 2 Break-ins last week Ontario Provincial Police constable Wayne Nethery reports two break-ins in Port Perry on Wednesday night. Thieves gained entry to Emmerson Insurance on Queen Street by breaking a window in the rear, but nothing was taken from the building. Police have been able to get a good quality hand print and investigation will con- tinue. The same evening thieves entered Master Feeds at Queen and Water Street, but again came up empty hand- ed They gained entry by climbing through a sliding glass window into the office on Water Street. 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