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2 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, October 27, 1987 Al Lawrence (From page 1) Manvers Township and said he has no plans to move away from the area once he's out of politics He told the Star that his decision to get out of active politics was not made spur of the moment, but is something he has been thinking about for some time. And he said the fact that the riding will undergo re- distribution for the next election was a factor in that decision The Durham Northumberland riding will be named Durham Once those boundary changes come into effect with the next election, his Manvers Township residence will be in the riding of Victoria, now held by fellow Tory MP Bill Scott Commenting on popular opinion polls which currently are low for the federal Conservative, Mr. Lawrence admitted they are not very good at this time, but he feels the polls will improve over the next year or so Mr Lawrence noted that at the local level, he made several com- mitments prior to the 1984 election One was to work for the re: instatement of Via Rail Service from Havelock to Toronto, and that has been done Another is to start the clean-up of nuclear waste from the Eldorado plant in Port Hope, and that is underway. Mr. Lawrence, who turns 62 in November has represented the peo- ple of Durham Northumberland for the past 15 years. He has combined a successful 30 year political career as both a federal MP and a provin- cial MPP, and has never lost an election. He was first elected to the Ontario Legislature in a downtown Toronto riding in 1958 by-election, and was re-elected in 1959, 1963, 1967 and 1971. He held several important Cabinet posts including Attorney General. He then sought the leader- ship of the provincial Conservative, but lost by a close margin to William Davis In 1972, he resigned from provin- cial politics to seek election federal ly and was re-elected to the House of Commons in 1974, 1979, 1980 and 1984 At one time in 1980, he was both solicitor general and minister of consumer and corporate relations He has served as Canada's rep on the United Nations Special Political Committee and currently in co- chairman of the Canada-US Perma- nent Joint Board on Defense. After serving in the Canadian Navy during World War II, Mr. Lawrence studied at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Law School, where he graduated in 1954. Herrema breaks tie vote sored Santa Claus Parade" | that point as well. Nellie Stell at 985-9360. | Santa needs help Did you know that it's only four weeks until Santa arrives in Port Perry during the annual Scugog Chamber of Commerce spon- Organizers are busy right now lining-up floats, clowns and bands for the popular parade, and are requesting the support of local businesses, schools and organizations for their participation. This year a clown band has been hired to entertain the kids along Queen Street until the parade begins, and as well as get- ting a bag of candy from Santa at the Latcham Centre following the parade, kids will be able to mail their letters to Santa from If you are interested in participating, or require further in- formation contact Parade Chairman Ruth DeJong at 985-8268 or They need your support .... so act today! LOOK FOR THIS Enlargement XT ax V0 COLOR PRINT FILM ONLY \ SIZES 110, 126, 35 mm & DISC Except for 8 x 10 Disc BRUTON'S L.D.A. DRUG STORE 200 Queen Street, Port Perry 985-2511 By the slimmest of margins, Durham Region council has voted against moving the Regional Head- quarters to a new building in downtown Oshawa. After a long and at times heated debate in the council chambers last week (Oct. 21) it was Regional chairman Gary Herrema who broke a tie vote and quashed a bid to move the headquarters to Oshawa at a cost of about $20 million. After the meeting, Herrema said "We (council) are not prepared to move to Oshawa on a split vote." He said he cast the tie breaking volte against the move also because financing the project has not been clarified and to pay for a new building would have required deben- turing by the Region. And Herrema said he's not con- vinced that it will be more expensive for the Region to stay in the present HQ building on Rossland Road in Whitby, despite the predictions made in a consultants report that was presented to council last week. Herrema conceded that the issue of re-location has badly split the Regional council, but he said it like- ly will be eight years before Durham can consolidate all its departments under one roof. The Region now rents office space in Oshawa and Whitby for its Social Services, Finance, Planning and Public Works Departments at a cost of more than $1 million a year. Oshawa Mayor Allan Pilkey was "disappointed, but not shocked" that the council turned down the bid to move the HQ to a new building at Mary and Bond Streets in his city. "But it (the vote) leaves me to wonder if some are not showing a 'bias against Oshawa," he said. And he noted that two Oshawa City coun- cillors voted against the move, Ed Kolodzie and Doug Wilson. Pilkey also said the outcome of the vote means Oshawa will go to court to settle its $3.3 million claim against ownership of the existing Regional building on Rossland Road. When told that Oshawa will go to court over this claim, Herrema said flatly that the Region "'will fight it." Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor was one of 14 Regional councillors who voted against the move to downtown Oshawa. He told the Star later he is concerned about the "enormous amount of money it would cost for a new building." Taylor said he would like to see the Region now take a serious look at expanding the present head- quarters building, or work out a long term lease agreement with Graywood Developments and move into a new building on Rossland Road directly across from the pre- sent location. ' The so-called Graywood proposal was championed hard by Whitby Mayor Bob Attersley who wants the Regional HQ to remain within his community. A consultants report shows that the Graywood proposal would cost the Region about $25 million. At one point during the long debate Attersley said the Graywood location on Rossland "best represents the Region' because of its sub-urban nature. In arguing during debate for a move to downtown Oshawa Mayor Pilkey said if the Region is going to spend $20 million for a new head- quarters, there should be a ripple ef- fect on the economy. He said a company has express- ed interest in putting up a new hotel close to the proposed site in Oshawa, but that dea! may be delayed or may not materialize at all unless the Regional HQ moves as well. And he reminded councillors that doing nothing (i.e. not moving anywhere) will cost the Region more money over the long term as the Peat Marwick report states. That report predicts that to stay put and continue leasing outside office space will cost Durham $31 million over 20 years, as opposed to $23 million to put up a new building The issue of getting a new HQ building for Durham has been boun- cing around the Regional council chambers for several years. Last spring, the Regional council asked senior staff to examine the Oshawa proposal. It was judged by the senior staff to be the best option for the Region to follow. However, the Peat Marwick report, tabled last week, concluded that both the Oshawa proposal and the Graywood plan were equal, in terms of benefits for Durham. Fire damage (From page 1) lived in the home for a couple of months, and it was just last week that they had the wood stove and the pipes cleaned. But as a precaution, Mr. Bashford had intended on call- ing the Scugog Fire Department on Monday (yesterday) to have the stove inspected. A spokesman for the Fire Depart- ment told the Star that it appears that the fire started in a north bedroom where the prefab pipe had been boxed in. The fire broke out just below the ceiling and then burn- ed into the attic space, but the fire did not burn quickly because of the large amount of insulation in the attic. Friends and neighbours of the Bashfords were seen running in and out of the house, while firemen were busy extinguishing the blaze, bring- ing out much of the families fur- niture and possessions, saving it from water damage. Although most of the damage was contained to the upstairs as the ceil- ings had to be ripped out to get at the blaze, there will be some water and smoke damage to the lower level as well. Both Caesarea and Port Perry firehalls responded to the call, with 22 men involved in fighting the fire, which lasted about three hours. Two people were treated for smoke inhalation, with one taken to Port Perry Hospital for observation. Say it with a ... BALLOON BOUQUET Add to Your Bouquet Candy, Fruit, Wine, Jams and Mints The Balloon House Delivery Available 986-5105 A NEW GIFT GIVING CONCEPT ... No new building in Oshawa ES p- "Sincerely Yours" CUSTOM GIFT BASKETS Gift Baskets for all occasions. 985-8954 or 985-3616 Last Chance to Hear ._. JOHN ORDE QUINTET Thursday, October 29th $10. Person - Reserve Seating 'EMIEL'S PLACE DOWNTOWN PORT PERRY 985-2257 985-2066 - a oo 4 « y/, hi he rs A