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Vol.113 No.25 Wednesday, May 2, 1979 inline suede dis. v, Wa Joins Ee dandeb stn in win id dissin 32 Pages bbs bsiitebaimioitntbdooipiid iid I i nisidb isin The Scugog Public Library Board is making plans for the construction of a new building on the lakefront property purchased two weeks ago by Scugog Town- ship. Library Board chairman Chuck Preston told the Star last week that following a meeting April 24 with several members of Scugog . Scugog Township council has asked a representative of Bell Telephone to elabor-. eo ate on the reasons why the company will not at this time consider toll-free dialing from Blackstock to Oshawa and Bowmanville. Council made the decision to ask area manager Marion Crocker to appear before the ® members at a meeting later this month. | Ward 4 councillor John Wolters raised the question of long distance dialing out of Blackstock at the regular meeting of council April 23, @ stating that he has had several residents of his ward tell him they want the toll- free dialing to Oshawa and .council, the Board passed a motion to 'accept the idea in principle", and start work on a design for a new building of about 7500 square feet for the location on the Port Perry waterfront. The property in question, about 2.4 acres, was pur- chased two weeks ago by the Township at a cost of $155,000 and is the former location of Blackstock long distance charges On November 15 last year the council asked for a cost estimate from the Bell on extending the toll free area from Blackstock to include Oshawa, Bowmanville and Hampton. Mrs. Crocker replied by letter March -21 stating that the capital expenditure of $600,000 for a new switching centre in Blackstock and replacement of other equip- ment rules out any possibil- ity of the service at this time, The letter also says that the service would mean an increase in private Black- stock phone rates from $5.55 per month to $7.15, and would also hike phone rates in Oshawa, Bowmanville and Bowmanville. (Turn to page 3) e [J M M ' his bridge crossing the Nonquon River on Simcoe Street North in Ward 1 is slated for demolition and replacement this summer along with a second bridge or" . Board agrees on new location for Library Lake Scugog Lumber. Mr. Preston told the Star he is delighted with the idea of a new library building on the property. "I'm most pleased first of all that the council bought the land," he said. "I can't think of a better location for anew library. The setting is excellent." For the past several months the Library Board has been actively working towards an expansion of the present War Memorial Building on Queen Street which is too small to handle the growth of the library services. The cost of an addition to that building has been esti- mated at about $300,000. However, the construction of that addition would have required by-law changes for set-backs, and lack of space could have led to a serious parking problem. The Library Board has received approval in prin- (Turn to page 3) Two bridges to be replaced Two Scugog Township bridges, one in Ward 1 and the other in Ward 4 almost certainly will be replaced in Ward east of North Nestleton. Both structures have been declared critically deficient by the provincial government, i [LON BRET TI SRN "7 t BF ety r RAH . oo. LEN : } ' 'y 2 FUER LR ils IVC as eaten we ¢ E77 Vad EY MIDATT YARN. + FSi] FRY fh 4 REPS IW ' ¢ d ve ." y Lo S 2 RF ay AT NT hy ' a a RN Yan TUR mre ARK At Home Queen Port Perry High School held their annual At Home last Friday evening, with the highlight of the evening being the crowning of the At Home Queen and Princess. Pretty Margaret Hofstee is seen above being crowned by last years Queen Anna Robertson and with them is Princess Maureen Bain. Some 350 students and parents attended the formal dance in the beautifully decorated auditorium. More photos on page 11. this summer with stronger, wider spans. Although tenders for the reconstruction of both bridges are being advertised this week, Scugog Township has not yet received ap- proval for the provincial government's full financial share of the project. However, Roads superin- tendent Ron MacDonald told the Star last Friday that he is confident the $80,000 supple- mental will be approved by the Ministry of Transporta- tion and Communications, and he expects to receive official confirmation of this in the very near future. The bridge in Ward 1 crosses the Nonquon River on Simcoe.Street North, and the Ward 4 bridge spans the East Cross Creek about one mile east of North Nestleton. Although the demolition by blasting and the site pre- paration will be done by the Township Works depart- ment, it is estimated that the actual cost of both new struc- tures will be in the neigh- bourhood of $160,000, with 80 per cent of this covered by subsidy from the MTC and the Township picking up the remainder. Both bridges have been declared "critically defi- cient" by the MTC in width and load capacity, and of all bridges across Township roads they have been given priority for replacement. At present both have only a five ton limit, and the replacement will increase this to 20 tons. In addition, both are now only 12 feet wide, and the new width will be 28 feet The construction of the new 40 foot spans will be of timber and concrete with (Turn to page 2) Get rid of it Sa Hp The owners of a house on Union Avenue destroyed by fire last summer have been told by Scugog council to tear down the gutted structure by May 23. Council has had complaints about the burned out house which has been vacant since the fire last year, and at the regular meeting of April 23, the council agreed to give the owners 30 days to remove what's left of the structure or face penalties. | aN