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EEN SUA SAE A Ado DI TR FS . «5 ~ Canoe the Nonquon set for 10th year This year is the 10th anni- versary of Canoe the Non- U2 quon, and organizers of the event scheduled for June 3 say interest is running high and a large . number of paddlers in all age groups is expected, Unlike last year when low water levels in the Nonquon River posed a real threat to the race, the wet spring of ® 1978 has ensured that padd- lers will have lots of water beneath the bows of their canoes. > And as in recent years, "the event is attracting canoeists from many parts of the province, as well as Scugog Township and Dur- ham Region. Rain or shine the event gets underway June 3 between 7:00 and 10:30 a.m. at Concession 8 and will follow a 20-mile course down the Nonquon to Lake Scugog ending at the water- front in Port Perry. There are lots of cate- gories for expert, racer and novice alike, including family, women, men's, couples, and over 50. Continued on page 11 Police cars collide + Two police cruisers col- lided in a farm field near Uxbridge Thursday night during a high-speed chase. The policemen had start- ed in pursuit of several youths in a van after some- one shouted obscenities at a policeman. After the cruisers collid- ed, only one continued, the chase. It then collided with the van. No one was in- jured, but the resulting damage amounted to $2,800. Charged with impaired driving was Christopher Binning, 18, of Lot 1, Cons. 13, Scugog Township. Kim Price of Port Perry demonstrates the. old-fashioned art of spinning. This was just one of numerous events and aftractions at the Scugog 0 IE Fl Rh A Ve SAT . 5 FE RTIITS SVS CECE TOL POSH MERIC AEA -EE TRAY Fo SR aE IRN SE Ee an N huni Bm A i CT Vol. 112 No. 29 Wednesday, May 25, 1978 32 Pages Seniors housing in danger? Citizens oppose apartments A group of citizens living on the north sections of Rosa, Cochrane and Bige- low Streets in Port Perry has expressed strong objec- tions to a multi-unit apart- ment complex proposed at the end of Cochrane Street. Gary Menzies, who lives" on Rosa Street, told mem- bers of council Tuesday night that the citizens will definetly make a formal objection to any re-zoning : BT EE TT TLS Museum during Pioneer Days held over the weekend. [More pictures and story on page 10]. CL appliciation for the apart- ment complex and they may object to a re-zoning for a 35 unit senior citizen home which is planned for a parcel of land immediately to the west of the three apartment units. In stating this Mr. Men- zies said that the citizens are not opposed to the sen- ior citizens building in prin- ciple, but the group feels that a rezoning to allow the g = 8 i = 5 = = E = g = g = E E 8 g 2 -- 2 g 2 E s 2 s = = = : = ] 8 8 = 8 £2 = g g 5 8 3 i FH = 2 = = g g g : = g : senior citizens building could be the first step to- wards the re-zoning to allow the apartment complex on the adjacent piece of prop- erty. The by-law to allow the senior citizens development re-zoning has been circulat- ed, but no application has been made by the develop- ers for the three-building apartment complex. Scot Can Builders rec- ently sold the one acre par- cel to the Ontario Housing Corporation for the senior citizen development, and Scot Can has indicated it is Continued on page 11 Council rejects land purchase In a closed-door session late Tuesday night, Scugog Township council decided against purchasing the Lake Scugog Lumber property on the Port Perry waterfront. The decision means that the Township may not get another chance to buy the property located between Birdseye Centre and the Port Perry Marina, both of which are presently owned by the municipality. The in-camera meeting was called by council be- cause of a pending offer to purchase the property from Lake Scugog Lumber by private individuals. The issue over whether the municipality should buy the property has surfaced a couple of times in the last two years, with some mem- bers of council feeling that the property would fit into a long-term waterfront de- velopment for park and rec- reation purposes. The owners of Lake Scu- gog Lumber have indicated a willingness to sell the property and move their re- tail lumber operation to the vicinity of the truss manu- facturing plant on the Osh- awa Road just south of Port Perry. Following the in-camera meeting Tuesday night... councillor Richard Drew told the Star only that the decision had been made to purchase the property. Be- cause the meeting was in- camera, he said that mem- bers of council did not want to release specific details about why the purchase was turned down. Plan expansion for Library The Scugog Public Lib- rary Board has -agreed in principle to a proposed ex- pansion of the library build- ing on Queen Street in Port Perry. At the last regular meet- ing May 11, board members viewed an artist's concep- tual drawing of the pro- posed expansion, which would increase the floor space at the library from the present 3,000 square feet to 9,000 square feet. The preliminary drawings call for a two floor addition to-the rear of the existing building, making room for a children's theatre and audi- torium on the main floor and shelf space and a read- ing area for the adult sec- tion on the second floor. Library board chairman Chuck Preston told the Star last week that the plans would not in any way change the existing building which has historical signifi- cance. And the exterior of the new section would be matched as closely as pos- sible to that of the present building. Mr. Preston said there is an obvious need for an ex- pansion of the library build- ing. The library now serves a population of some 12,000 people, and the present building was erected when the population of Port Perry was less than 3,000 people. In the past few years the library had added consider- ably to the services it can offer, including films, more books and periodicals, and a section for large print books. In light of this, Mr. Preston feels that an expan- sion is about ten years over- due. FUNDING Although the plans are * still in the preliminary stages, it is estimated that the proposed expansion could cost in the neighbor- hood of $120.000. A representative from Wintario has told the Board Continued on page 11 Sa pod madnbetOdetin su th Ta A AA ry LR eg eh . Ha £3 im tn SOL »