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2 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, September 9. 1987 Trustees endorse school site agreement Trustees with the Durham Board of Education have ratified an agree- ment for a new elementary school site in Port Perry. The decision to purchase the 7 85 acre site on Simcoe Street, north of Durham Road 8 was unanimous .when trustees met August 31st for All You Can Eat the first time after a summer recess. But Scugog trustees Joyce Kelly and Debbie Tredway said after the meeting last week they are "very pleased' the Board has finally come up with a site for the badly needed elementary school in Port Perry. - All new SALAD BAR ature 3 5 items FRIDAY. SAT., & SUN. Noonto 1000p m ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET with Salad Bar INCLUDING Fresh Roast Turkey Beef & Chicken Many other choices plus Desserts SORRY -- NO RESERVATIONS WATERMILL RESTAURANT & TAVERN Hwy. 12 - North of Manchester - 985-3766 And they both said they hope the provincial Education Ministry will give the green light to a larger school than the one originally plann- ed for the area. Those original plans called for a 10 classroom school with four por- tables for Kindergarten to grade six students. "It's just a hope right now" (that the new school will be larger than originally planned) said trustee Kel- ly. She said she expects the Durham Board will make a recommendation for a larger school. 'That's the easy part, but the final decision will rest with the Education Ministry," she said. The new site is on the west side of Simcoe Street, about a quarter mile north of the Durham Road 8 in- tersection. The site is almost direct- ly across Simcoe Street from the en- trance te Edinburgh Drive. The land is owned privately and the Board paid $344,780 for the 7.85 acres. The site is now zoned in- dustrial and must be re-zoned by Scugog Township for community facility use and have an Official Plan re-designation by Durham Region. The purchase agreement (which closes in January) is con- tingent on the re-zoning and Official Plan amendment. Mrs. Kelly said she can't see any reason why the Township of Durham Region would balk or ob- ject to the re-zoning or Official Plan amendment. In any event, the application for capital grants to build the school will be made this October. Mrs. Kel- ly said it is the number one priority for school construction with the Durham Board of Education. Unless there is a snag of some kind, construction will get underway in 1988 with the doors open in time for classes in September 1989. The school will serve students liv- ing in the Cawker's Creek subdivi- sion, northwest Port Perry and Scugog Island. Currently, about 150 students from the Island attend classes in Prince Albert. Thus the new school will relieve the pressures at both Cornish and Prince Albert Schools, where there are about 25 portables in use. Mrs. Kelly said the precise boun- daries in Port Perry from which students will attend the new school, have yet to be decided. And she said that some measures will have to be taken tn get kids acrnce Durham Road 8 safely. She suggested there may have to be stop-lights, a cross. ing guard or both, at the intersectiop of Simcoe and Durham Road § The decision by the Board last week to purchase this site brings 1 an end one of the most contentious and divisive issues to hit this com- munity in several years. The Durham Board orginally had trieq to buy seven acres of land at the cy- rent Fairgrounds from Scugog Township. When the Agriculture Society declined to surrender the lease to clear the way for this sale, the School Board threatened ex. propriation, but backed down in the face of reports which said building a new Fairgrounds could cost wel] over $1 million. Voting day Sept.10 Ontario's 34th provincial general election will take place this Thurs- day, September 10. Voting polls will open at 9:00 AM and remain open until 8:00 PM on Thursday. There are about six million residents of the province eligible to cast ballots this election in the 130 ridings. In the riding of Durham East, there are more than 40,000 eligible voters in Scugog Township, Newcas- tle and the areas of Whitby and Oshawa north of Taunton Road and east of Durham Road 23. The three candidates seeking election in Durham East riding are incumbent Sam Cureatz for the Con- servatives, Marg Wilbur for the NDP, and Diane Hamre for the Liberals. Urban voters must ensure that their names are on the polling list, or on a certificate to vote issued by the Returning Officer, in order to vote on election day in their elec- toral district. In rural areas, elec- tors omitted from the list may cast a ballot, provided they take an oath and are accompanied by an elector who is on the list in that same poll- ing division and who will vouch for them. To be qualified to vote, a person must be at least 18 years old on elec- tion day, a Canadian citizen at the time of voting, and a resident of On- tario for six months preceding elec- tion day. Ce -- ny SEPT. 12,198 G.W.G. 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