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Vol. 118 No. 12 Tuesday, February 21, 1984 32 pages Health Unit 'flexible' on arena dances issue The Durham Region Health Unit is prepared to "compromise" and be "flexible" when it comes to regulations governing how many people can at- tend dances held at the Scugog Arena in Port Perry. Municipal officials and community groups which stage dances at the arena as money- making projects ex- pressed concern last week when a letter from' the Health Unit noted that for a dance where li- quor and light food was to be served, the "arena would have to be equip- ped with a minimum of 13 water closets and six hand basins for each sex, to accommodate 1200 patrons." The letter noted that at present, the arena has sufficient washrooms for a 'maximum of 450 patrons only" at a dance. Several community groups and organizations have dances planned at the arena for the spring and summer months, in- cluding the Chamber of Commerce, the Port Perry Kinsmen Club and Rotary seeks approval for lakefront bandshell The Port Perry Rotary Club is seeking a meeting with Scugog Township council to dis- cuss the Club's plans to put a bandshell '"'some- - where on Port Perry's waterfront." Rotary vice-president Michael Fowler inform- ed the Township by letter tabled at the Feb- ruary 13 meeting of council that the band- shell project has the unanimous support of the local club. The club is seeking the support from the Township council which would have final approval on exactly where the bandshell would be located. Mr. Fowler informed council that the Rotary Club is only interested in putting up a "first class structure", which would cost a minimum of $35,000. Council took no action This is all that remains of Roger's Place, 8 variety store in View Lake that was gut- fed by fire early Wednesday morning. Scugog Fire Department Number Two (Caesarea) was called to the scene between 12:30 and 1 a.m. to put out the blaze which sent one woman fo Port Perry Hospital for cuts and bruises. Durham Regional Police on the letter; but it is expected that the Rotary Club will be formally presenting its ideas and plans to the Township at a council meeting in the very near future. A request from the Club for some financial assistance from the Township's Bicenten- nial grant program (provincial money) was referred to the council's finance committee for consideration. the Arena Board. It was feared that if only 450 people would be permit- ted to attend, the dances simply couldn't make any money for the respective organizations. However, Regional Health inspector An- thony Wong told the Star in an interview last week that his February 8 was only to point out what the regulations say. He said a compromise could be reached if four: portable washrooms were used along with the washrooms in the dress- ing rooms. And Mr. Wong said that if no food is served at these dances, "we can be even more flexible." He said to his knowledge, the Health Unit has never had any complaints from dance patrons about the washroom facilities at the Scugog Arena, which has been used for dances in the summer months since it opened in 1976. If portables were used and/or the dressing (Turn to page 3) say Marie Roy, wife of the store's owner, was upstairs in the building when the fire started, and barely escaped. Firefighters worked at the scene for nine hours with three trucks and the help of three trucks from the Manvers Township fire department. Thirty- five firefighters fought back the flames which caused an unknown amount of damage. The cause of the fire is unknown. letter of A hole big enough fo cra SRR Lah. > a al >) & wl into was gouged into the north line ad of Highway 7A last Monday afternoon, after heavy rains and mild temperatures combined to send rivers of water down the side of the road, eating away at the gravel underneath. When the road base was finally decimated, the asphalt caved in. Road crews worked for hours to repair the damage all over the township. It never rains but it The old expression came true with a vengeance last week when warm temperatures and heavy rainfall joined forces to produce some of the worst flooding this area has seen in years. Flooded basements and leaky roofs were the order of the day on Mon- day for some 30 or 40 homeowners throughout Scugog Township who called the municipal of- fices for help. Roads superintendent Ronn MacDonald said his crews worked until 4:30 a.m. Tuesday clearing basement drains and helping out wherever they were needed. Tues- day wasn't much better with road crews working steadily until 7 p.m. "We tried our best to relieve problems as they showed up," Mr. Mac- Donald told the Star. "There was lots of damage. It was as bad as we've had as far as washout are concerned." Traffic along several back roads had to be re- routed or closed earlier in the week until the Township road crews could repair the damage caused by washouts. Particularly bad spots included the 7th Conces- sion east of north Nestleton, where running water ate holes in the road on both sides, sometimes up to four feet deep. The Brock Road, between the 12th and the 13th was closed for a while as were several other roads which bridg- Floods created by rain, mild weather ed swamps in Ward 1. But the most spec- tacular damage was in- flicted on Highway 7A, halfway up the hill just east of the causeway. Traffic was limited to one lane for most of Mon- day as the Ministry of (Turn to page 2) Rash of fishing hut break-ins Lake Scugog ice fish- ermen had better take care not to leave any- thing of value in théir ice huts as Regional Police say there has been a rash of break-ins recently. Police say there have been at least half a dozen reported break- ins with thieves making off with fishing gear, heating equipment and just about anything else that wasn't nailed down. Most of the break-ins occurred in the Caes- area area and off the north tip of Scugog Island. Family escapes burning house An early morning fire February 19 caused extensive damage to the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Sleep at R.R.3, Blackstock. There were no injuries as the family, including seven year old Bristol and 13-year old Blayne managed to get out of the house un- harmed. Apparently, the family was awakened by the sound of running water from a burst pipe. Fire officials suspect the blaze may have broken out in a base- ment room which con- tained a combination wood-oil furnace. er 275 en RW NIN gt hg