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- fy PDA, Ne 3 a" it ,} bit) HY 1 Alan" fou > -- nN Hoa 54 4d LR LY Bet] BAY DAE AS A J SEA > \ by Grace Beacock On Sunday morning, April 20th, there was a special Church service to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Sunday School. The Sunday School Superintendent, Doug Bidgood, conducted the worship service assisted by the Sunday School teachers, pupils, and members of the congregation. The congregation was greeted at the door by Danny Hope, Paul Brough, Laura Robinson, and Colleen Andrews. Janet Bray and Sarah Elliott gave the Call to Worship. The scripture lessons were read by Stephen Dearborn, Robbie Dantzer, Angela Clodd and Shelly Dearborn. Florence Smith, Beth Pereman and Terry Hodgins shared some of their memories of Sunday School 'with the congregation. Clodd, Donnie Michele 10-- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, April 30, 1980 Prince Albert OMB hearin Andrews, Paula Willes and Mark McMillan took up the offering. The Sunday School students sang Jesus Bids Us Shine and Jesus Loves Me. Diana Brough and Geor- gina Cochrane recounted the History of Sunday School. Sylvia Lindsay, Linda McMillan and Andy Elliott lit the candles on the birth- day cake and the whole congregation joined in the singing of Happy Birthday to the Sunday School. The benediction was given by Sarah and Tamara Elliott. Prior to the service, the Sunday School held a "design a banner' contest for the 200th anniversary. The winning design was sub- mitted by Paul Brough. The teachers made a large banner from Paul's design and the banner was on dis- play at the front of the Church during the service. (Turn to page 22) SPRING "%, SPECIAL Get Your Swimming Pool Pump & Motor Ready for a trouble free summer! DO IT NOW! 30% OFF PARTS (Until May 31, 1980, with this ad.) GEE ELECTIC gp MOTOR SERVICE "2; & Shirley Rd., Port Perry Telephone 985-8049 (From page 1) and he told the hearing that the previous C4 zoning of the property could have permit- ted commercial develop- ment of such things as a marina, restaurant, tavern, hotel or place of entertain- ment which he stated may not be compatible with the surrounding park lands. He also testified that Scugog Township presently owns 26 acres of land along the lakefront stretching from the baseball diamonds on Water Street to the area of the new boat launching ramp north of Birdseye Park. Much of this is already used for park and recreation purposes, and municipal land in the area of the new boat launching ramp could be developed as more park- land in the future. Mr. McDermott said the section of land being re- zoned for a library is eight- tenths of an acre, and the actual library building and parking would cover about 20 per cent. Lawyer James Macdonald acting for the objectors, argued that the actual amount of open space park area in that 26 acres is quite small, taking into considera- tion such things as the base- ball diamonds, tennis courts, the Latcham Centre build- ing, the marina, and works department garage. He stressed that his clients' objections were not against a new or expanded library, but rather the proposed site, which they strongly feel should be used SPECIAL * Pepsi * Diet Pepsi * Countrytime Lemonade * Mountain Dew 10 Oz. Cans 4.99 .. Regular $7.20 - While Quantities Last "DAIRY BAR On the Waterfront - Port Perry - 985-8611 for parkland. Both Mrs. Prentice and Mr. Grierson repeated these statements when they took the stand to testify. Mrs. Prentice, who has been a library member of 30 years, also stated that a library near the lake would be sub- ject to noise from boats in summer and snowmobiles in winter. She stated that there is not enough park area along the waterfront now, and Palmer Park and Birdseye are crowded in the summer time. THE PETITIONS Mr. Macdonald entered as evidence 58 petitions con- taining 3069 signatures from citizens in the Township opposing the use of the site for a new library. Mr. Grierson and Mrs. Prentice started the peti- tions last fall and canvassed about three-quarters of the area of the Township. Although the OMB panel accepted the petitions, this was strongly challenged by Mr. Fowler and laywer Robert Sutherland who represented the Library Board. Mr. Fowler called the peti- tions 'irrelevant' and stated that there were "seven or eight" variations in the wording of the different peti- tions with reference to a municipal complex. He also said that on one of the petitions, the word "exis- ting" parkland had been stroked out and replaced with word 'proposed park- land." He charged that some people who signed the peti- tion may have been mis-led because of the reference to a municipal complex. Later, in his closing arguments, Mr. Fowler again referred to the peti- tions and said '"'we don't govern by plebiscite." Mr. Macdonald countered this by saying that despite technicalities concerning the petition, the substance of it indicates that 3000 people are opposed to a building on lakefront property. In addition to Mrs. Pren- tice and Mr. Grierson, two other witnesses were called by Mr. Macdonald to regis- ter their objections to the site of the proposed library. Dr. Matthew Dymond, former cabinet minister and member of the legislature for many years, stated that he is stronger in favour of expanding library services, "but to take a scarce com- modity like parkland is unwise." Dr. Dymond, who is a long time resident of Port Perry and a member of the village NATIONAL NATIONAL-NK SEEDS LTD. New Hybrid Seed Corn, Sorghum & Soybean Varieties. 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He said that the property in question had been offered to the Township three times when he was a mayor, but was voted down because the former council felt the ask- ing price was too high. At one point he raised a chuckle from the audience when he said the former council turned down the property "because it was too close to election time." Several other Scugog citizens not represented by legal counsel, also took the stand to voice their objec- tions to using the property for a library. These included Joel Aldred, John Powell, Helen Redman, and Vern Asselstine. However, in his closing arguments, Mr. Fowler made reference to the fact that the objectors were stat- g on library ing their opinions, and could not be considered expert in the area of land use plan- ning. Throughout the hearing, which lasted almost seven hours, there. were several references to the old library building on Queen Street, and the reasons why expan- sion plans there were ruled out by the Library Board last - fall. Mr. Fowler said he was prepared to call two wit- nesses, one from Totten, Sims, Hubicki and the other from the Ministry of Natural Resources to explain the potential problems of flood- ing at the Queen Street library site. The OMB commissioner said this would not be pertinent to the by-law under question. Following the hearing, Nelson Patterson of the Library expansion finance committee, said that fund raising efforts are going to continue and a door-to-door canvass is planned for June. "We are committed to expanding the library services in the Township," he said. So far, the committee has raised about half of the $100,000 target set for dona- tions from public subscrip- tion. Wintario has agreed to a grant of up to $100,000 based on the amount of public donations, and Scugog council has agreed to pay up to $100,000 towards construc- tion of a new building. ETT TOTS 1980. 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