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er Vol. 121 No. 9 Tuesday, January 27, 1987 Copy 35¢ a4 Pages Township to spend over 400,000 upgrading roads | _Scugog Township council has set its road construction program for 1987. The Township will spend a total of *403,000 this year on several projects in all four wards in Scugog. Half of this money comes from a direct grant from the provincial government. The Township council Monday afternoon endorsed the recom- mendations for projects made by Lake Scugog in winter is famous for ice fishing and snowmobiling. But the influx of visitors each winter creates some major ~ parking problems, expecially on narrow rural roads that border the lake. Councillors have received several complaints from residents. in the Honey's Beach area this win- ter and there have always been problems in Caesarea as visitors hunt for a spot to park their cars -and trailers while they spend the day fishing or snowmobiling on the lake. ' In an effort to try to do something about the parking the roads committee. These include the following: In Ward 1, Consession 7 will be - prime surface treated from Epsom to Durham Road 23. Also in Ward 1, the intersection of Simcoe and Queen Streets in Prince Albert will ~ be re-aligned to make it a 90 degree intersection. In Ward 2, two blocks of Bigelow Street from Paxton to Bay Streets will be re-constructed to full urban Winter visitors are creating problems EN problems, a meeting has been _ called for this week between mem- | bers of council, the by-la cement officer of the Townshi The Port Periy Fair Board is ex- pected to vote again this week on whether to accepta Township coun- cil offer to move the Fair to a new location behind the Scugog Arena! The Board will meet this Wednes- enfor- and standards. And in Ward 2, Queen Street from Lilla to Bigelow will be re-surfaced with curb and gutter as well. There will be two projects in Ward 3, including cold mix asphalt on Platten Blvd., and prime sur- face treating of about two KM of the Head Road. In Ward 4, completion of the 1986 project from Sadler subdivision to Durham Rd. 57 will be done. In Caesarea, the marina road will get hard surface as will Concession 9 from the four corners to the lake. Parts of the East Quarter Line and Concession 1 will be brought up to hard top standards. 'Also on Monday afternoon, the council 'approved the roads com- mittee recommendation to buy a new grader at about $100,000, plus one new half-ton truck. And the cost of having a driveway culvert installed by the Township will be going up from $300 to $500. day evening (Jan. 28) for the annual Marg Wilbur of Scugog will carry the NDP banner in the next provincial election for the riding of Durham East. Mrs. Wilbur was acclaim- ed at a nomination meeting in Oshawa last Thurs- day night. With her at right is provincial leader Bob Rae and John Sinclair, president of CAW Local 222. Scugog Township will become part of Durham East for the next election, expected some time this summer or late spring. ra Clear the track! The number and name on the back of the jersey are familiar and who could ever mistake the face of Eddie "Clear the Track" Shack. Also known as "the Entertainer," Eddie and a team of NHL Old-Timers were at the Scugog Arena last Saturday night for. a game with the Junior C MoJacks of Port Perry. And they put on quite a show for nearly 1000 fans who turned out. It was a fun game and the net Procegds went to Cent: al Seven. (More Piypios and story Wshie).-- the Star last week, but he said there is still opposition to any move to a - new location. On two occasions last year, the 'Board voted not to break the lease 'it has with the Township on the pre- sent Fairgrounds. And earlier this month, the Board agreed to break the lease, but only if Township coun- _cil guaranteed that a race-track will be built at the new site. The council four days later rejected that offer Marg Wilbur will carry-the NDP banner in the new riding of Durham East in the next provincial election Mrs. Wilbur got the nomination by acclamation at a meeting held January 22 at Durham College in Oshawa. She is a resident of Scugog Township and a long time NDP sup porter who is a member of the Par ty-executive at both the féderal and provincial levels In accepting the ac¢lamation, the 47 year old mother of three told a large crowd of supporters that if elected. she will work 'full time as ~an MPP at Queen's Park She touched on several issues the NDP will stress during the election campaign including legislation to protect workers in the event of fac tory closings She said there is a need for pension portability, better severance pay legislation and the t air board triesonce more But the council has offered to pay. / for preparing the new site (grading . etc.) and to pay up to $300,000 in re- location assistance. However, the council offer will expire three days after the Fair Board's annual meeting on Wednesday. This controversy has been sim- mering for a year when the Durham Board of Education expressed in- terest in seven acres of the present (Turn. to page 2) It's Marg Wilbur by acclamation need for an independent tribunal to examine a factory closing to deter mine if it 1s justified The establishment of a public auto insurance agency. will also be an issue for the NDP in the next election. "Public (Driver owned) plans are * more efficient and less costly for drivers who are continuing to pay to the profits of the large insurance companies," she stated Protec tion of the environment is another issue stressed by Mrs Wilbur who said Ontario needs an "environmental bill of nghts' which would. give citizens legal clout to fight environmental issues, and to guhrantee that citizens have access to information about dangerous chemicals Mrs. Wilbur described the newly (Turn to page 2)