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A PORT PERRY STAR -- Mon, December 31, 1984 -- 3 LOOK BACK AT 1984 JANUARY Dave Ballingall of the Port Perry Snowmobile Club (centre) was official muscle tester when superstar winner Brian Budd took on this year's The Port Perry Rotary Club was seeking a meeting with Scugog Township Council to discuss the club's plans to put a bandshell "somewhere on Port Perry's waterfront." Lake Scugog ice fishermen were warned by Regional Police not to leave anything in their ice huts because of the rash of break-ins. An early morning fire caused extensive damage to the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Sleep of R.R. 3, Blackstock. There were no injuries as the family managed to get out of the house unharmed. Thieves hit Blackstock Video Store making off with two video recorders, a small amount of cash and about 40 tapes according to Durham Region Police. Scugog Township will receive four per cent increase in the roads subsidy from the provincial government. Merril Van Camp of Blackstock was named to a three- year term on the Board of Directors for the Ontario Stock Yards. FEBRUARY A hole big enough to crawl into was gouged into the north line of Highway 7A, after heavy rains and mild temperatures combined to send rivers of water down the side of the road, eating at the gravel underneath. Timmy, Paul Cox. The three took part in a media reception for the 1984 Snowarama in Port Perry. MARCH Durham council put its stamp of approval on a 1984 budget which would increase Regional taxes by an average of just 2.8 per cent. Chris Allen Aluminum Tweens capped an excellent Ringette season by capturing The Ontario Central Regional "C" Championship tournament in Oshawa. A fire believed to be caused by a faulty electric blanket heavily damaged a Scugog Island home and slightly injured its owner. The damage at the home of Robert Spence of R.R. 3, was estimated at $80,000. Port Perry High School Curling Team skipped by Dean Haugen had to settle for the silver medals at the COSSA Championships with less than two points behind the winn- ing team from O'Neill Collegiate. The PPHS Midget boys basketball team were gold medal winners in the LOSSA final and silver medal win- ners in the COSSA playdowns. The Junior girls volleyball team from PPHS won silver medals at both LOSSA and COSSA playoffs. Scugog Township firefighters worked for about 20 minutes with the "Jaws of Life" to free William John Cox and Arthur Butler, both from Belleville, in an accident on Highway 7A just west of Port Perry. All but two ice huts owners heeded warnings from the Ministry of Natural Resources and moved their huts by the March 15th midnight deadline. The Port Perry Broomball Association's season came to a close when C&B Livestock downed Utica Farm Equip- ment 4-2 to capture the League crown 2 games straight in the best of 3. : The Scugog Men's No-Contact Hockey League wrapped up its season of play with the Crandell's Riverboat Buzzards taking the A Championship with a 6-2 victory over Laroc- que Electric Cardinals. In the B Division, the B.J. Donut Orioles emerged win- ners with a 6-5 victory over the Compton Roadrunners. Scugog Township council is reluctant to put a crossing guard in front of Prince Albert Public School as councillors believe the Durham Board of Education should take steps to improve safety for children who have to cross the street there. The levels of the water in Lake Scugog will be the sub- ject of a public meeting to be held in Port Perry. The meeting has been organized by Scugog Chamber of Com- merce and representatives from Trent-Severn Waterways Authority will be present. APRIL Ontario treasurer Larry Grossman paid a visit to Port Perry to listen and discuss the economic issues with a group of 75 invited business people from the York-Durham riding. Scugog Township has ear-marked $340,380 for major repairs to several streets and roads in the municipality. The construction budget was part of the $1,355,000 works depart- ment budged approved by council. The Durham Board of Education has approved a 1984 budget of $150.5 million, 17.4 million increase over last year. With the best 3 out of 5 all-Ontario final series against Dresden tied at one game each. Port Perry Sportsland Ban- tam B's travelled to Dresden, captured the all-Ontario hockey crown by winning the third and fourth games 6-1 and 4-2. A new transportation system for the physically disabl- ed has received the official green light from the councils in both Uxbridge and Scugog Townships. Jody Luke and Max Daigle, two R.H. Cornish Public School students pulled off top honours in the most respected public speaking contest in the area. Port Perry PeeWee B's swept three straight games to win the all-Ontario Championship. The second annual Lake Scugog Bass Derby will be held on June 30 and the grand prize for some lucky fisherman could be as high as $30,000. The ice left Lake Scugog on Saturday, April 14. Scugog Township council has received two proposals for re-buil the municipally-owned marina on the water- front. One of the proposals was submitted by Chuck Preston, a Port Perry businessman, and one from 21 year old John Mackey, an Oshawa resident who was born in Port Perry, and has worked at the marina for the past five summers. Roy Grierson was selected as the New Democratic Par- ty candidate in the Durham-Northumberland riding for the next federal election. Property owners in Scugog Township will be facing an . ~ overall tax increse of just under six per cent in 19684. Wage and salary increases for Township employees averaging five per cent were approved by Scugog council. A major expansion at the A.G. Simpson manufactur- ing plant just south of Port Perry will mean an additional 40 or 50 jobs, according to company officials. he! SPEC ACHE NENT APRIL Vin Walker of Port Perry, the man known as "Mr. Softball" all over Ontario for his contribu- tion to the sport of Softball. Vin has spent more than 30 years as a player, coach and ad- ministrator and has developed a teaching pro- gram for young players. An award was presented to him at a special ceremony in Toronto. MAY By an over-whelming margin of 23-3, Durham Region councillors voted in favour of a five per cent hike for themselves and a similar raise for about 240 management and professional employees. It is now almost a certainty that a new Separate Elementary School will open its doors to students in Port Perry in September 1986. Dowson's Red and White Store celebrated its 35th an- . niversary in Port Perry. Close to 400 people sat down to dinner at Scarborough's Renaissance Hotel to pay tribute to Dr. Matthew Dymond, one of Port Perry's best known and respected citizens. Dr. Dymond spent more than 30 years of his life in public ser- vice. To his many, many friends, he is known simply as "Doc. " Pentland Jewellery on Queen Street lost an amount of cash which police suspect involved as many as five people. Police suspect the cash box containing $200 was rifled while the store staff was kept busy. Damage could run as high as $150,000 in a fire which destroyed Beacock's Hardware and Repair Shop on Scugog Street in Blackstock. Firefighters from both Caesarea and Port Perry Fire Departments answered the call. Donna Pearce figures it's about time Caesarea got some respect, not to mention more tax dollars from Scugog Township council. She read an angry letter to councillors at a meeting on May 14. The streets in the hamlet are not paved, lack of street lighting and drainage problems were problems pointed out. Council has given approval for construction of a helicopter landing pad at Community Memorial Hospital. Durham Region Police reported athe LCBO Store in Port Perry was broken into resulting in the theft of about ten bottles of liquor. (Turn to page 12)