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a ERE 0 SE To \! x a 4 $B i EN gt & Hl % a 0 ; & } f £3. ® N. A. i WJ ah 1% Igy 18 ak od £ E (D 3 ' 8: & LT FE $ Ne gy Lh fa ; Ry if RT Lys WN 4 1 N #5} Fs 3 | > .: a 5 i i ' 3 ' | i i 1 (3 ¥ I gab' "hn It was a big day for watercolour artist Wilhelmina Kennedy and the Scugog Memorial Public Library on Saturday. It was only the first day of her one-woman watercolour show and yet she managed to sell five paintings (two to the same person). Watercolour artist It was the first time anything like that has happened since the library began art exhibi- tions. The work of this Uxbridge artist, predominatly landscapes, will be on display for the next few weeks. Eel project for Port ? (From page 1) of the lagoon and into the Nonquon River system which feeds into Lake Scugog. The American eel, which is the species that would be used in this experiment, spawns in the Atlantic Ocean, and - then makes its way into freshwater rivers like the St. Lawrence. There had been a viable commercial eel fishery in Ontario until about four years ago "YOU'LL GET A "KICK" OUT OF THIS ... SHOE REPAIRS when the level of con- taminants showing up in their flesh exceeded European standards. Most of the eel harvest- ed in Ontario had gone for expert to Europe where it is considered a delicacy. Mr. Neil believes that if the project gets the green light and proves that eel can be raised commercially, it could become a million dollar a year business in this province. A new service ... available at PORT CLEANERS 255 Queen Street Port Perry 985-7105 AN AGENT FOR: OSHAWA SHOE REPAIR CLINIC MARCH 16to 24 But he .said Port Perry would not be the site for long term rais- ing of eels. That would likely take place in the Cornwall area of the province where the eel fishery once flourished. Although cultured eel production takes place on a large scale in parts of Asia and Europe, it is not carried out to any extent on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. Canada now imports about 80,000 pounds of eel each year for domestic con- sumption. If the project gets underway, Mr. Neil said the eels would be kept in the open lagoon, and in specially constructed pens where the progress would be closely monitored. In the natural environment, they feed on worms, crayfish and aquatic insects, but their main diet in this experiment would be a prepared mixture similar to that used on trout farms. When the proposal was first made to the Durham Region council works committee last IRWIN SMITH MUSIC LTD. 191 Queen Street, Port Perry Phone 985-2635 week, councillors expressed an interest, but declined to give the idea the green light until the provincial Ministry of the Environment determines that there would be no danger of contamination. An exciting new concept in contemporary dressing ... One-size fits all!!! MARYROSE; COLLECTION Polyester-cotton knit blend, PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, March 13, 1984 -- 3 School Brd. budget The Durham Board of Education Finance Committee has given tentative approval to a 1984 budget ° of $150,522,200 - up $7.4 million over last year. The tentative budget, which calls: for $80.5 million spénding for boards were forced into cutbacks. As for the provincial government's share of the budget at 49 per cent this year, the province in 1972 contributed just over 60 per cent of gets tentative OK education costs at the board level. The proposed budget calls for additional hir- ing of about 40 new people, the majority of them teachers in the elementary schools. mesons SOrm takes schools, will go to the full board for approval on March 26. It is poss- ible that trustees may ask for cuts in the bud- get at that March 26 meeting. As it stands now, the "School Board will add an average 6.6 per cent increase to the average tax bill for educational purposes in the Region. The ~ provincial government will contri- bute 49 per cent of the budget with the remain- der coming from the local taxpayers in Dur- ham. About 88 per cent of the budget will be used for wages and benefits of the Board's 3500 employees, includ- ing 2400 teachers. School Board chair- 'man Ruth Lafarga is quoted as saying the budget came in better than expected. Prudent financial management over the last few years has. allowed Durham to maintain and expand programs wiile other to wear year-round. Mix and match co-ordinates in a variety of colours for all seasons. 229 QUEEN ST. - 985-8551 PORT PERRY storm which 80 BROCK ST. - 852-3683 UXBRIDGE just a bite from Scugog That vicious winter: raced across southern Ontario Sunday took a bite out of Scugog Township, but both Durham Regional Police and the Whitby OPP report no serious accidents in the Town- ship due to the weather conditions. A spokesman for Whitby OPP said there were three minor accidents on Highway 12, all of them south of Concession Three. There were no injuries 'and damage was light. Officers from the Whitby OPP office had their hands full on Sun- day re-routing traffic from Highway 401 after a 70-car pile-up near Bowmanville closed the he IM » 77 \ @ to 4 Sk £ A) ) eo eastbound lanes for more than nine hours. Durham Region Police report just two minior accidents in all of Division 26 during the high winds Sunday. In Caesarea, a driver struck a parked car on the side of the road. There were no injuries and no charges. And on Durham Road 57, just south of Black- stock, a car parked in white-out conditions was struck by a south- bound vehicle driven by Stephen Rose of Port Perry. There were no serious injuries and no charges. Police estimate damage at about $6,000 to both vehicles. soy