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* Fox Marathon g & cw EN re _ nn A . Ee ---- #3 % # 3 3 # bi} Ml itis sag, The spirit of the Marathon of Hope is alive in Scugog Township, as people young and old are working for the Terry Fox Fund for cancer. Seven year old Glenn White of Blackstock is typical. With his three year old sister Rayna, he canvassed that community and raised $125. His neighbour Mrs. Rena Martin seen here, was one of those who contributed. [For more pictures see page 8.] Township likely stuck with + several ugly eye-sores Municipal officials in Port Perry say virtually nothing. can be done to rid the community of several par- tially completed houses which have become ugly eyesores. There are five such houses in question: one on Perry Street within a stone's throw of the Township office; two | Durham Board delays school contract issue The granting of a contract for construction of a new addition to Prince Albert School has been delayed until September 22; at least: The Durham Board of Education was to have awarded a contract at its meeting on September 8, but separate bids for the mec- hanical work came in over budget, and the Board's Property Committee recommeded that this be re-tendered. The Board has received four bids for the over-all general contract, but will not issue a contract until the new bids for the mechanical work have been accepted. tor Earl Cuddie both said last week the municipality's on Lilla Street, and two more on Simcoe Street in Prince Albert. hands are tied as there are And they are an ugly sight: no provisions under existing the yards overgrown with by-laws or the Ontario Build- weeds and strewn with ing Code which allow the pieces of old lumber and Township to get ride of these other debris; and the walls blights on the local land- filled with gaping holes. scape. -- Township by-law officer -- Mr. Cuddie said that a Bob Kenny and administra- Minimum Standards by-law lhe Senses "might be a first step, but the Township does not have such a by-law on the books. And even if it did, he said, any action the municipality took would have to be done very carefully or there could be legal repercussions. Construction on all five of the houses began in the fall of 1978, but work ceased a few months later, and there has been no work done on them since. Last year, the Township council ordered that certain windows and doors be boar- ded up to reduce the safety hazard, and this work was carried out by the municipal works department. The two houses on Lilla Street are apparently owned by a Toronto area lumber company, and Township records indicate that the 1980 (Turn to page 6) Durham Department of Education representative Jim Russell said last week that he expects the Board will be able to accept a full contract at its meeting on September 22. The addition to the school, which is to be built on the west side, includes a 2000 sq. ft. gymnasium and change rooms, a small instruction room, and a library resource centre. This will certainly be welcomed by the 380 students and 15 staff members at the school, where conditions have been cramped in recent years. Mr. Russell told the Star (Turn to page 3) Scugog Township resi- dents have joined people across Canada in picking up the torch of the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope for cancer research. Township residents of all ages are walking, cycling and simply digging into their pockets for a variety of fund-raising projects which took off in the past two weeks when it was learned that Terry Fox was forced to give up his cross-Canada run in Thunder Bay because cancer was detected in his lungs. As in all parts of Canada, the emotional response here in Scugog has been over- whelming. Since there are so many different fund-raising projects going on in Scugog, Vol. 114 No. 43 oes on in Scugog it's difficult to get a precise reading of just how much money has been raised, but estimates by the Scugog Branch of the Cancer Society indicate that about $8000 has been raised or pledged, and that figure will certainly increase over the next couple. of weeks. As well, the local branch raised $1200 earlier this summer when Terry passed through the Oshawa area. Helen O'Reilly, president of the Scugog Branch of the Cancer Society, says that money for the Terry Fox Fund is being accepted at all branches of the Bank of Commerce, and as of Mon- day morning, the Commerce Bank in Port Perry had received about $4500 in Wednesday, September 17, 1980 donations. The following is a list of just some of the projects and the people involved which have raised money so far in Scugog Township. The employees of Flamingo-Vachon pledged one hour's wages each to Terry Fox, and the company agreed to match the total. On Monday, they turned a cheque for $829 over to the local Cancer Society reps. They've challenged other local businesses to do the same. The employees at Clark's Fine Foods in Port Perry took up a collection and then canvassed businesses on Queen Street and raised $265. Jim Stevens of Prince (Turn to page 8) 28 Pages Bigelo ro Street fire A fire last Thursday afternoon caused extensive damage to a house on Bigelow Street in Port Perry, and resulted in heavy smoke and water damage to the interior. Fire-fighters from Port Perry believe the cause of the fire was a short in an extension wire which ignited some rubbish on the driveway. The house is owned by George Jackson. It was occupied when the fire broke out but there were no injuries. HRSG