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aay Ray Nash of Scugog Township was all smiles Sunday afternoon as he greeted the return of the VIA passenger service to Myrtle and renewed a friendship with conductor Kirby Cameron. The daily ser- vice from Havelock to Toronto started on June 3. (See story) Members of Township council got their first look at the plans for a proposed banquet hall addition to the Scugog Arena on Regional Road 8. The plans were unveil- ed at the council meeting Monday afternoon by Greg Heffering, member of an ad hoc committee that has been doing preliminary work on this project over the past few months. Mr. Heffering stressed to council members that the expansion project for the arena is at this time still in the very initial stages. He said the reason for appearing before council on Monday was simply to introduce the members to the concept of the pro- ject and to keep them in- formed on what work has been done to date by the committee. The plans call for a ful- ly equipped banquet hall to be built over the-ex- isting lobby, office and committee room area of the arena. The upstairs hall would have seating storm Twisters miss us While Barrie and other centres suffered devastating damage from Friday's barrage of thunderstorms and Township remained relatively unscathed. High winds and driving hail/rain combina- tions kept most residents off the roads and in their homes and as a result, police report no accidents attributed to the storm. Some residents reported minimal tree damage but no one was injured, and most damage was cleared up within a day of the tornadoes, And although power flickered on and off briefly around 6 p.m. Friday, Scugog Hydro didn't receive a single call or complaint. At the Nonquon Educational Centre, weather readings were about on par with any others taken during last winter's storms. Consider ourselves lucky. Scugog © Council sees plan for banquet hall for about 325 persons, and for some larger func- tions, a further 50 people could be seated in an ex- panded area on the main floor. (Turn to page 2) The couple who owned this camper van were just heading home from a long, leisurely vacation when they were stopped short by engine troubles, north of Seagrave on Regional Road 2. Scugog firefighters were called Vol. 119 No. 27 Tuesday, June 4, 1985 36 pages Via passenger service between Toronto and Havelock went back on the rails this week, but the public will have to "use it, or lose it again." The train, which makes stops in Burketon, Myrtle, Dagmar and Claremont, was popular with commuters who work in Toronto, but was pulled off the rails near- ly four years ago by the federal Liberal government. The restoration of ser- vice became an election issue for the Conser- vatives, and last-Sunday afternoon, the promise became a reality when . the two car train chugg- ed into the "station" at Myrtle. There was almost a festive atmosphere in the air, as close to 200 people were on hand to greet the train, including MP Al Lawrence, Regional chairman Gary Her- rema, Whitby councillor Jerry Emm and Scugog councillors Neil Hunter ad and John Wolters. he double-coach iy with seating for about 140 people, made a 15 minute stop in Myrtle and the public was in- vited to go on board and have a look before the train pulled out to con- tinue the trip north to Havelock. Several officials with Via Rail were on hand to answer questions and give out information on timetables and fares. The service has been restored on a two year experimental basis, and Mr. Lawrence made it clear that if the public Use it or lose it, Via back on the rail doesn't support it in a substantial way, the Con- servatives will ake it off the rails. Probably one of the happiest persons at Myr- tle Station Sunday after- noon when the blue and gold train pulled in was (Turn to page 2) Lib-NDP alliance a Durham York MPP Ross Stevenson says the pending alliance between the Liberals and the NDP will make a "mockery" out of the Legislature. "I really wonder what they are hoping to ac- complish,"" Mr. Steven- son told the Star in an in- terview prior to Tues- day's Throne Speech. Mr. Stevenson, the newly appointed Minister of Agriculture in the Conservative Thursday morning to extinguish the small blaze that government of Frank Miller, added that in his opinion there is still a lot of uncertainty about what Ontario Lt. Gover- nor John Aird will do when the Liberals and NDP follow through on their promise to topple the Tory government by voting non-confidence in the Throne Speech. That vote is expected on June 18, but could come as early as June 14. The Lt. Governor could force an election or he mockery says Ross may ask Liberal leader David Peterson to form a government with the support of the New Democrats. Last week, the Liberals and NDP inked a precedent-setting docu- ment whereby the NDP will support the Liberals for a period of up to two years without forcing a vote of non-confidence which would result in an election. It is this agreement (Turn to page 3) erupted inside the engine, but were more concerned about propane cooking equipment in the back of the camper. Luckily, it didn't catch fire but the van was pretty well destroyed anyway. » J