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Opening remarks provid- ed little excitement, but covered the field from appeals to the support of "the little guy," the businessman, the developer, the conservationist, the newcomer and the long-time resident. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm who will face Gerald Jack- man at the polls on Dec. 6, adnfitted making some mistakes during his past term, -but stated that he learns from his mistakes. "I never make the same one twice," he smiled. i Mr. Jackman, in a some- what shorter address, en- sured Mayor Malcolm that- Scugog voters do indeed care about the township. -- He was referring to a comment made by Mayor Malcolm in a recent issue of the STAR about a some- times apathetic public. Coun. Reg Rose, Neil .- Hunter and candidate Art Catton made brief address- es explaining why they should get the vote for regional councillor. Incum- bant Reg Rose pointed to several road developments and other development in the area as an example of what he has helped to accomplish, while Catton deplored the lack of tax- base broadening industrial development in the area a. It may be a cruel, cruel world, but one of the bright spots in it this weekend will be the Scugog Choral Society's presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore at Town Hall 1873 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Tickets have been sold out for the Friday and Saturday performance, and organizers reported only a few left for Thursday night. In this first-act scene, Ron King threatens to do away with himself, but ""Josephine" Barbara Taylor gives him trouble. Debbie Joes (Cousin Hebe pictures, stories page 17. ) is in the background. See more . Good turn-out for all-candidates meeting over the past three years. Following Coun. Reg Rose, a minister, Coun. Neil Hunter said his profession wasn't public speaking, but working. The issue, accord- ing to Hunter, is taxes and how they'll be spent. He also saw a need for de- .manding equal treatment by the region under the comprehensive zoning bylaw. A Regional councillor candi- date Howard Hall, obviously perplexed by the confusion about the handling of a questionnaire distributed at the all-candidates meeting, said he wanted to make absolutely syre he wouldn't be blamed for the questions contained in the questionn- aire. "I don't know about the idea behind it, but I certainly don't want to get the credit for these 14 questions." "They were rigged," he said. Ratepayer chairman of the event Eric Carre earlier (continued on page 2) Durham Field Naturalists endorse Redman, Asselstine Ward 3 (Scugog Island) candidate Clifford Redman and candidaté for councill- or-at-large Vernon Assel- stine have been endorsed by the Durham Region Field "Naturalists on the basis of a recent questionaire dealing with environmental issues, circulated to candidates- by the naturalists. The questionnaire dealt . with a wide variety of en- vironmé concerns such as: pits servation authorities, parks and recreation, agricultural lands, Oak Ridge -Moraine, wetlands, woodlots, recycl- ing, nuclear matters and pollution. "The candidates we are endorsing would appear to support the position that we, the residents of Durham Region can continue to en- joy a rather high quality of Two arenas Family and public skating are just part of the expan- sion to be enjoyed this year when Port Perry's new arena opens its doors for the winter season. With both the old and new arenas operating full steam, there will be seven more "hours of family and public skating, as well as more ice time for both the Scugog Minor. Hockey Association teams and the Port Perry Figure Skating Club. According to arena board chairman Richard Drew, additional ice time for the two organizations will be supplied at the old arena. The problem of adequate family and public skating has been a bottleneck for some time, but with both arenas in operation, the nd quarries, con- - LT Te life by maitaining a rich and diverse natural environ- ment" states the release. The following candidates recognize and appreciate the entities that contribute (continued on page 7) d4 later in the program. Ell ever-popular family skating on Sunday - afternoon has been extended to two hours, with family and public skat- ing ice time scheduled on some days during the week as well as on weekends." The board is attempting to get the arenas used more during the day so time has been "allotted for public and high schools and senior citizens use during the day- time hours. Special consideration has been given by the board for the many "people in this community who work out- side Scugog in the industrial south. "We've arranged a couple of mornings for the shift workers who want to play a little shinny," said Drew, and we have added a morn- SRT TT TTT A matter of age At 22, Neil McLaughlin is the yqungest of 'the candidates for the Scugog municipal and board of education election, and he took im- mediate note of the fact when he told an all-candidates meeting last week in Blackstock that he is aware "that most of these boys behind me up here are old enough to be my father." School board candidate, Mr. B. W. Gunter saw the problem from a different perspective around on the stage because | someone who's young enough to be my son." ATR provide ample ice time ¥ ov 5 look might see "I'm afraid to SUIT ing skate for the pre-school children as well as their Wednesday afternoon time. "Most of the prime time ice has been rented in both arenas, and a lot of Scugog residents have picked up the odd hour here and there," said the board chairman, "for just a bunch to get-together for a friend- ly game." Even a group in both Oshawa and Little Britain have taken advantage of available local ice time. "The real benefit of hav- ing two arenas is that we can give local youngsters a lower rate per hour (which we think is only right) and still meet our budget by receiving many more prime time ice rates.