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a A AS Shan Th SE Se Marion Lee (right) a licenced instructor conducted a course for youngsters last Saturday to help them get their snowmobile operator's permit. The 15 young people are between the ages of 12 and 15. From left are Kevin Brown, Wendy Leask, Doug Law, Jackie Durward and Kim Lively, all from Scugog Township. (See story for some of the rules which govern snowmobiles in chis province on Sports pages) Vol. 121 No. 10 Tuesday. February 3, 1987 Armed robberies strike two stores Two area businesses are still reel- ing from the shock of armed rob- beries on the same night. Durham Regional Police respond- ed tothe first call at Seagrave Coun- try Store shortly after 8:15 Thurs- day evening. Then, eight hours later, police officers were summon- ed to BJ's Donuts where a second 'robbery had taken place. Police say the two are unrelated. At 8:15 p.m., Seagrave Country Store clerk Melanie Lee, 17, was alone when two men wielding a 16 gauge sawed-off shotgun entered the store wearing balaclavas. - Police say the gun was pointed directly at Lee, as the intruders screamed at her to hand over money from the cash register. Minutes later, the suspects left the store with a quantity of cash. Not long after, . according to police, a customer was asked to watch the store and Leé went for help. At 11:40 p.m. officers in a cruiser spotted two young men walking on Rosa Street in Port, Perry. Copy: 35° 44 Pages Fair board wants to bargain again The Port Perry Fair Board wants to go back to the bargaining table . with Scugog council to try to negotiate a new agreement 'for re- locating the Fairgrounds to a new site behind the Scugog Arena. That was the outcome of a long, and at times stormy Fair Board An- nual Meeting last Wednesday eve- ing (Jan. 28) attended by well over 100 people. The meeting, which included the election of a new board of directors, dragged on until after midnight, but the main topic of discussion was the controversial proposal to move the ~~ Fair to a new site to clear the way for construction of a school on seven acres of the present grounds at Sim- coe Street and Durham Road 8. What the Fair Board will do now is appoint a six person committee from among the new directors to sit -down with the Township council and try to reach an agreement for re- location. Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor, who found himself in the hot seat during parts of last week's meeting, said he personally would be willing to go back to the bargaining table with. Fair Board committee. And other members of council contacted by the Star indicated they too would be willing to at least meet with the committee and try to negotiate an agreement acceptable to all parties . The first meeting between council and the committee is expected to be held in the near future. The Township councilhad offered the Fair Board up to $300,000 in financial assistance to re-locate, plus preparation of a new site behind the Arena for the annual three-day Fair. That offer expired January 31, and was conditional on the Fair Board agreeing to sur- render the lease it has on the present Fairgrounds. At the annual meeting last week, Fair Board directors Arnold Kerry and Neil Hunter put a motion on the floor that the Board accept the of- fer from the Township and break the lease. But after a long and at times heated general discussion in which the idea of new negotiations was mentioned, Mr. Kerry and Mr. Hunter agreed "reluctantly" to remove thé motion from the floor. Several times during the discus- sion, Mayor Taylor was asked if the council offer included construction of a race track. He replied that preparing the site would mean "roughing in a track,' but the com- pletion of the track would have to come from the $300,000. His answers clearly were not ac- ceptable to many at the meeting, and the Mayor finally said angrily "Nobody trusts us (council) I'm not going to change anybody's minds (Turn to page 2) Suspicious, they picked the youths up and transported them to the Port Perry station for questioning. Police say the pair came willingly.' After investigation, police charg- ed the youths, a 15 yearold and a 17 year old, one, a former resident of this area, from Port- Hope, and the other from Toronto. According to police the pair came to Port Perry on foot, but not before dropping off a duffel bag filled with the shotgun, which was stolen from a local home, knives and some clothes. Apparently the youths had changed clothes completely after the robbery. The money was "recovered on their person. Police are crediting the arrest in large part to the calm, brave'actions of Melanie Lee, who was able to give accurate, complete details of the crime. "We were faced with a cool, calm, unbelievable young lady," police (Turn to page 3) Garbage re-cycling to come soon . Garbage recycling is coming to Durham Region in a big way this year,~and that includes Scugog Township. Durham Region council last week gave its overwhelming support to a proposal to spend more than half a million dollars this year to get the re-cycling program off the ground. Durham Region will be working closely with Durham Re-cycling Centre Inc., a non profit company that is already working in 'this business in this area. The Regional council last week | authorized $283,000 to be spent this year on construction of a new: building on Region property that will serve as the main depot for gar- bage that is to be recycled. And the - council has authorized a further © $250,000 to spend towards the pur- - chase of some 80,000 containers that will be distributed to householders for recycled garbage. The new building will receive * $367,000 in subsidy grants from the eg 1 in Scugog provincial government, and the cost of the containers will also be sub- sidized to the tune .of $125,000. - Regional chairman Gary Her- rema said last week he expects the system to be operating in all areas of the Region by late fall of this year. Essentially, householders (those with regular garbage pick-up) will be asked to separate trash and save such things as glass, metal and aluminum, and paper for recycling. Once a week, trucks operated by Durham Re-cycling will pick up the blue containers at the curb-side for transportation to the majn depot "All households in Durham which par- dicipate will be given one of the biue- containers without charge: Scugog Regional councillor Lawrence Malcolm told the Durham council meeting last week that Scugog council has endorsed the principle of re-cycling and he ex- _ pects the council to give formal ap-- (Turn to page 3) Charm of tole pain ting , A charming display of tole painting and folk art will be available for all to see until February 20 at Scugog Memorial Library. Most of the art: work comes from students of Port Perry's Coun- try Capers store on Queen Street. Above, Ann Currie, store manager, poses with daughter Debbie, who manages a similar store in Lindsay. The rocking horse was painted by Fran Herder, while Ann completed the sleigh top. Snowarama this Sunday The' annual Port Perry Snowarama for the Easter Seal _Saciety will beheld this Sunday, February 8 from the Latcham Cen- tre on the Lake Scugog waterfront And there's a new wrinkle this year as cross country skiers can raise funds for disabled kids. The ski event wil] be held the same day at Trillium Valley, south of Port Perry. Organizers are hoping for a good turn-out of snowmobilers and cross country skiers to raise $25,000 this year. That would put the Port Perry Snowarama over the $200,000 mark in funds since the everit began decade ago. Registration for snowmobilers will be from 8:00to 11:00 AM. at the Latcham Centre Pledge sheets are available this week from local snowmobile clubs and sporting good shops . .