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Vol. 121 No. 37 Tuesday, August 11, 1987 Copy 50¢ 40 Pages Flood damages home yards in Port Perry A combination of Friday night's severe rainstorm and construction of a new subdivision is being blam- ed for the destruction of at least three backyards and a basement in the Arrow/Scugog Streets area. Victorian Village, a brand new housing project just getting under- way in the Poplar Park area, may be responsible for repairing the damage caused by Friday's muddy flooding. CL When Friday's heavy rains short- ly after 6 p.m. the large amount of water mixed with the dirt created literal mudslides, affecting homes on Arrow and Scugog Streets. Lloyd Miller, of 374 Scugog Street, watched in anger as the mud poured into his backyard, at the rate of an inch every 20 minutes. "It was so deep that it was up to the top of the bird bath,' he told the Star. "We spent a lot of money try- ing to keep our backyard nice. It's shot now, 1 guess." Ronn MacDonald, roads superintendant for the Township of Three injured in motorcycle crash For the second time in less than a week, there has been an accident involving a car and a motorcycle in the same location on Highway 7A in Port Perry. A "40 year old Janetville area man and his two young daughters escaped with what police described as "minor injuries' when their motorcycle collided with a car at the entrance to the Port Perry Plaza last Wednesday morning. A spokesman for Whitby OPP said Robert White was driving his motorcycle eastbound at about 40 km per hour when a car turned across the traffic lane. The car was attempting to turn into the driveway of the Bayshore Take-out Restaurant. Police said Mr. White's two daughters, one 9 and the other ten, were both riding on the motorcycle with him at the time 6f the ac- cident. He has been charged with improperly carrying a passenger. The driver of the eastbound car, Margaret Coates of Mount Albert, has been charged with failing to signal for a left turn. She was not injured in the accident. A passenger in the car, Sherris Moses of Mt. Albert and her two young children also escaped without serious injury. The accident took place just five days after a young Port Perry man suffered serious injuries in an ac- cident at the same location, after his motorcycle was struck by a car. And on August 4, Whitby OPP report a two car accident just east of the location when a vehicle slammed into the back of another car slowing for traffic. There were no serious injuries in this accident. The stretch of Highway 7A from Water Street to the causeway has been the scene of numerous ac- cidents in recent months and Scugog Township council has asked for a traffic study of this area to determine if there are steps which can be taken to improve the situation. One suggestion has been the in- stallation of traffic lights at the in- tersection leading into the Port Perry Plaza, especially if plans to develop a major commercial plaza on the north side of the highway get off the drawing board. Scugog, figures residents like Mr. Miller will have to put down new top soil and re-sod, the damage is so extensive. Brian Burns, neighbour of Mr. Miller, had his basement flooded with the mud. Two other backyards were also severely flooded. Mr. MacDonald presented his report to Council at its regular meeting Monday morning. 'Every precaution was taken to avoid this, but when you get at five or 10 year storm, like Friday's, it just couldn't take it,"' he said. '"The storm would not have created this problem if construction hadn't started. Mr. Miller said his property has been flooded occasionally over the last four years, but in the past, the flooding has consisted only of water, which drained away. This time, he has a major mess to clean up. He's counting on the builders of Victorian Village to do that for him, and return his yard to its original condition. In the meantime, to prevent such a thing from happening again, a temporary dam will be constructed to allow flood waters to be"drained away slowly. Changes coming to federal riding While voters in Scugog Township are having trouble adjusting to the riding boundary changes during the provincial election campaign now underway, they will have to get us- ed to new boundaries for the federal riding in this area the next time there is a national election. Despite a strong protest from Durham Northumberland M.P. Allan Lawrence, the federal Elec- toral Boundaries Commission decid- ed last month to create a new riding called Durham. It will include all of Scugog Township, the Town of Newcastle, northern areas of Oshawa and Whit- by, and the Township of Uxbridge. In a report to the Commission earlier this year, Mr. Lawrence argued that splitting up the present riding would ignore traditional local ties and community of interest. The Commission said that while it recognized these concerns, the boundary changes are necessary to keep pace with increasing popula- tion trends in Durham Region. Ironically, Mr. Lawrence's residence in Manvers Township will become part of the Victoria Halibur- ton riding. So when Scugog voters go to the polls in the next federal election, they will be in a new federal riding called Durham. For the current pro- vincial election campaign, Scugog voters are in a new riding called Durham East. 5 Y 1 \ AY x AEA AY % Abn A RAS RL 115% ks Hh 'Oh. dear. Now what?' We've heard that being a local councillor is a "mammoth" task, but wasn't Ward One Councillor Yvonne Christie taking things a wee bit literally Monday afternoon when she agreed to ride Nina the elephant, to promote Monday's Kelly-Miller Circus! Eighteen year old Nina, who loves to shop, was looking forward to checking out the produce section of the IGA, as well as the tobacco counter (she loves the stuff) as she strolled from the circus grounds along Queen Street with her reluctant passenger. Yvonne said, quite ner- vously, "I guess it's the fulfillment of a childhood dream ---- BUT " i. For more photos from the-circus, see inside. Gerry's Produce seeks site to expand warehouse There is a good chance that Gerry's Produce trucking and warehouse business could be moving outside Port Perry, if a re zoning for a new site on Concession 6 gets the approval from Township council. The company has filed a re zoning application for 50 acres of land on the north side of Con- cession 6, just east of Highway 12 Lawyer Michael Fowler, acting on behalf of Gerry's Produce, told Township council Monday after noon that the company is growing rapidly to the point that the present 30,000 square foot warehouse and yard on Scugog Street .in Port Perry are no longer large enough. In fact, he told council, the com- pany could need as much as 100,000 square feet of warehouse space over the next four to five years Members of council made no decision on the re-zoning ap plication but the proposed zoing fits in with the long range plans of council to designate that area of the Township for industrial uses Company president Gerry Jonkheers said outside the council chambers that if the expansion plans take place, the number of jobs generated could double over the next five years. As for the future of the present warehouse site, which is close to residences in Port Perry, it may be slated for residential development once the warehouse and truck yard are moved to the new location, Meanwhile, a Weston manufac turing company is seeking to re- zone some 35 acres of land on the north side of Concession 6 as the site for a plant that could provide jobs for about 40 people. Representatives of Concept Fire Protection and Supply attended Monday's council to present a for- mal re-zoning application to allow construction of a 41,900 square foot plant for manufacturing the pipes used in commercial sprinkler systems. Lawyer Douglas Klassen said the company is very interested in the site in Scugog Township and would like to set up their operation (Turn to page 3) a ---- --