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(From Page 1) will attend the School Board com- mittee meeting this week to press for an alternative site. At the Fair Board meeting last week, Mr. Duda presented a petition with 640 names calling for a new 'school on the Fairgrounds. He too expressed disappointment with the out-come of the vote. During the meeting, which at- tracted an over-flow crowd in coun- cil chambers, those eligible to vote heard arguments from Mr. Duda about the need for a new school, and also from Art Mathews, president of the R.H. Cornish Parents-Teachers Association. He noted that 14 portables are now in use at Cornish, nine at Prince Albert P.S., and projected enrol- ment increases over the next three years could mean 20 more portables at the two schools. "The Port Perry Fair is impor- tant, so is a new school," he said. '""My hope is that we don't lose tract of the glaring need for new educa- tional facilities.' Jim Russell, the director of pro- perty with the Durham Board told the meeting that any new site for a school in Port Perry must be on water and sewer lines. And he stated that the $2.1 million allocated by the provincial government for . the Port Perry school '"'must be spent in 1987, or be lost. The Board will have some very tough decisions in allocating these funds if a site is not secured," he told the meeting. Les Smith, a prominent Township dairy farmer acted as spokesman for the group of concerned residents who oppose breaking the lease at this time and moving the Fair to a new location behind the Scugog Arena. Mr. Smith told the meeting he represents a group of businessmen from the community, all but one are 'members of the Agricultural Society. He said the group is concerned about the feasibility of moving the Fair to a new location, especially whether the land is suitable and how much such a move might cost. Mr. Smith said that the group has been told by two contractors that it would cost $750,000 to fill and level the land behind the arena for a Fair site, plus an additional $487,000 to 'move or replace the existing buildings' at the Fair site. "We have not had any answers if it is feasible to move the Fair," he said. He suggested that the Fairgrounds is not the only site in the community for a new school, and he said that the president and past-president of the Fair Board had no legal right to write letters to Township council earlier this year stating that the Fair Board is prepared to surrender the lease. It was on the basis of those letters and discussions in open council with members of the Fair Board steering committee that Township council opened negotiations with the Board Board announces new local school principals The Durham Board of Education has announced promotions and transfers of vice principals who have been working in schools in Scugog Township. Edward Grant, vice principal at Port Perry High will be promoted to Acting Principal at Brock High School in Cannington. The appoint- ment will be effective the day Brock principal Harry Thompson retires. Jack Smyka has been appointed vice principal at Prince Albert and Frank Cowan will be vice principal at Greenbank/Epsom with both tak- ing up their new duties on July 1. The following vice principal transfers have also been announc- ed by the Durham Board effective July 1. Short Term Deposits 8% 90 - 119 DAYS Interest Paid at Maturity Min. Deposit $5,000. Special rates also available on other amounts. 8.40% 30 - 59 DAYS Interest Paid at Maturity. Min. Deposit $100,000. Higher Interest on Your Investments STANDARD TRUST Member of Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation 165 Queen St., Port Perry Tel. 985-8435 Open Monday to Thursday 92am to 5 pm; Friday 9am to 6 pm; Saturday 9am to 1pm Wayne Burnett moves to Cornish from Lake Vista, and Jim Hunter from Meadowcrest will also be a vice principal at R.H. Cornish. Kathy Brown is transferring from Cartwright Central to E.A. Lovell School. George MacDonald is mov-. ing from Epsom/Greenbank to McLaughlin/Adelaide. Peter Dean is moving from Prince Albert to Ux- bridge and Tom Henderson will take over at Cartwright Central. He's from Coronation. Former Port Perry High School teacher Arrend Dekker has been promoted to the principal's job at Anderson Collegiate in Whitby. He has been vice principal at Ajax High School. Guaranteed Investment Certificates 91s" 5 YEAR TERM Min. Deposit $500. Interest Paid Annually. 0g, Joy ¢ Lease won't be broken of Education for the seven acre . the Fairgrounds for a new school. Council and the Board agreed on a price of $102,500 for the land. Mr. Smith also said that the chair- man of the Fair Board steering com- mittee (Ron Deeth) had *'no right to tell the council that the lease would be broken." Mr. Deeth, who supported the move to a new location, was at the meeting last week, but did not ad- dress the crowd. None of the other supporters of the move on the Fair Board addressed the meeting, either. He said later the reason for this was fear of inflaming further an already volatile issue. He also said it was unlikely that last minute arguments could have swayed any of the opponents of the move. At one point during the meeting, Mike Naumienko, whose family owns land on the west side of Sim- coe Street across from the Legion and Curling Club, said land is for sale if the School Board of Educa- tion is interested. Apparently a site for the school on this property was considered at one time by the Board, but rejected because of the price and servicing problems. Mr. Naumienko told the meeting a parcel of the land owned by his family could be available at a much reduced price. Board chairman Ruth Lafarga said several weeks ago that the price of one alternative site con- sidered by the Board was $490,000 for seven acres and was rejected as too expensive. At another point during the two hour meeting, Betty Cincurak, a member of the Fair Board and a voting delegate said she was very upset that the Fair Board members found themsleves in the middle of this dispute. . "It's totally unfair that we (Board members) who are all volunteers have been put on the spot, right in the middle of a political situation," she said. The meeting was chaired by Walter Beath, former chairman of Durham Region who agreed with the voting delegates that the vote should be by secret ballot, rather than open roll call. After the formal presentations of the arguments for and against breaking the lease, Mr. Beath threw the meeting open for anyone to ask questions or make a statement. He kept a tight rein on the pro- ceedings, and despite the volatile nature of the issue and the fact that hard feelings have been created, the meeting remained low keyed and polite. Three persons eligible to vote declined. Township council ap- pointees to the Fair Board Don Cochrane and Yvonne Christie, along with provincial agricultural ministry rep Ivan Bell did not cast ballots. Had the vote gone the other way and approved the breaking of the lease, it probably would have been challenged in the courts by thos opposed. : At one point during the meeting, Les Smith called the voting pro- cedure "illegal. We'll wait and see if it challenged," he stated. Prior to the start of the meeting, Fair Board chairman Jim Jamieson told the crowd "whatever way the vote goes, I hope the directors stand behind this. We still have to put on a Fair." A survey following the meeting by the Star of some of those known to favour the lease breaking and move, indicated that there will not be wholesale resignations from the Board of Directors as a result of last week's meeting. But one person said there may be a marked lack of en- thusiasm in working for the Fair this fall. 985-2640 350 Elgin Street, Port Perry Installation: extra $30.00 --_-- a week! CHECK THESE EACLUSIVE KREEPY KRAULY FEATURES: * Keeps your pool sparkling clean 24 hours a day - 7 days * Saves up to 50% on pool maintenance cost! * Vacuums the bottom and sides of your pool! ~ * Skims the surface too! * Needs no extra pump! * Uses no extra electricity! * Works under pool covers! 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