The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

- - -- 'With only a few days left until the =F the committee is looking forward to hard work, arrangements are com- plete and only the cooperation of the many former students and friends are needed to make the reunion a SUCCess. 0 a fun-filled, eventful weekend (June 26-28). After a year and a half of weatherman and the arrival of the Welcome Back Registration will begin this Fri- day night and continue on Saturday for both the people who have already replied and for anyone who ~ was missed in the mailing of invita- tions or who has not replied but would like to take part. Those who are not former students but wish to : attend are also welcome to register either Friday evening or Saturday. (Turn to page 3) Vol. 121 No. 30 Tuesday, June 23, 1987 48 Pages Copy 50¢ Se, a ee Cool way to cool off The weather was hot, hot, hot over the weekend and people all over the Township found innovative ways to beat the heat and enjoy the sunshine. None, however, was quite as innovative as sit- ting in a pail of water, as demonstrated by two year old Rachel Kroonenberg of Port Perry. She enjoyed her dip in the pint-sized pool, but required the help of her mother getting out, as she became quite stuck. Sort of like Pooh Bear in the rabbit hole. r,s... hop Ss SLL a EEE RSS Es SR = Council cool to Scugeg Township council will wait for a detailed report from the municipal planner before making a decision on a large senior citizens housing complex propdsed for the west side of the Oshawa Road, just south of Port Perry. But when the complex came up for discussion at the June 15 meeting Fairground study to be unveiled A consultants study into the cost of re-locating the Port Perry 'Fairgrounds to a new site near Scugog Arena has been completed and will be presented to Township council at the meeting June 29. The study, prepared by Sesquaig earlier this year completed a recreation needs report for the Township, took a detailed look at the feasibility of developing the Arena - lands for a new Fairgrounds and how much such a project might cost. ~ Fairgrounds. The present Mayor Jerry Taylor told the Star Fairgrounds are owned by the Monday morning he has not yet seen municipality and leased until 1996 to the contents of the study, but he's the Port Perry Fair Board. hopeful that it will lead to some kind The School Board first expressed of an agreement between the Fair an interest in the Fairgrounds site Board and the municipality to re- locate the Fairgrounds. While he has yet to see the study, Mayor Taylor said he has been told that the findings are reasonable. The study was requested by Township council earlier this year after negotiations between council Lawrence happy with tax reform Durham-Northumberland MP. Allan Lawrence says the tax reform proposals announced last week by | Finance Minister Michael Wilson are an attempt to inject fairness in- to the federal tax system. "Personally, I'm quite impressed with the government's tax reform proposals. As long as I've been in politics people have complained - about unfairness in the tax system Michael Wilson is one finance minister who has the courage to at- tempt the very basic changes that are necessary." Mr Lawrence says and the Fair Board over re-location broke down. The Durham Board of Education wants seven acres of land at the pre- sent Fairgrounds at Simcoe Street and Regional Road 8 as the site for a new elementary school for Port Perry. | The Board of Education has serv- ed notice that it is prepared to ex- propriate the seven acres if the municipality and Fair Board fail to reach an agreement to re-locate the for a new school neatly 18 months ago. ; While officials served notice that the Board is ready to launch ex- propriation for the seven acres, they hope to avoid this kind of legal bat- tle if the council and the Fair Board can reach an agreement. in a statement released on Monday. Under the proposals announced last week by the finance minister, most Canadians will end up paying less in personal income taxes (about $2 billion total next year) while in- creases in national sales taxes will add about $1.1 billion and corporate tax increases will add another $500 million. Mr. Lawrence went on to say the government has four objectives in overhauling the tax system-- (Turn to page 8) large senior citizen complex of council, there was little doubt that councillors are less than luke warm about the; size of the project. The developer is proposing. 264 units, half of them in an apartment building, thé remainder as town houses which can be purchased on land that is now zoned for 75 single family homes. The lack of sewage capacity in the municipal lagoon system was the main reason why councillors had strong reservations about the pro- posal, and they also expressed con- cern that such a large project would impact negatively on other social services in the Port Per?y area. "The impact on the community would be too severe to put that many units on that land,' stated area councillor Harvey Graham. Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor also noted the lack of sewage capacity and the potential impact on such facilities as the local hospital and other social and health-related services. . The developer, Mr. Abrams, told council that the project could be placed on aerobic sewage systems which would mean it would not bé hooked up to the Port Perry treat- ment lagoons, which are now. at near capacity. r Mr. Abrams told council the pro- ject has the potential to inject a lot of money into the local economy and would provide some 25 permanent jobs when completed." He said there is a need for this kind of housing for senior citizens in the Port Perry area and he disputed that the project would have an adverse affect on social and health (Turn to page 9) Q This lssue