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| 'Vol. 122 No. 32 Tuesday, July 5, 1988 Copy 50° 44 Pages week that Mayor Jerry Taylor will «be retiring from politics at the end of this term, the race to take over candidates seeking support from the voters for the office of mayor when municipal elections roll around in November. : ~~ Current area councillor y . Graham has already publicly an- nounced his intentions to seek the - from just west of Blackstock ~ jumped into the race last winter when Mayor Jerry Taylor indicated to him privately he would not be his chain of office is starting to heat up alrealy. re could be at least three . office. The two term councillor _ JOHN WOLTERS Mayor "Jerry Taylor has announced he will retire from the position he has held for the past 10 years. Above the Mayor speaks to a gathering of about 200 friends at a Roast held for him last week. (See story) "Official announcement will be made soon" ~ Taylor will call it quits after 17 yrs. When Scugog voters go the polls in the November municipal election, one familiar name will be missing from the ballot. Jerry Taylor. After 17 years in local government, including the last decade as Mayor Scugog, Tay- lor made his retirement "official" in a lengthy interview with the Star last week. The man who has been affec- tionately knowns as the "Mayor for all the people" is turning in the gavel, hanging up the chain of office, to devote more time to his insurance business. On election night early in No- 'vember, 'he'll become just another citizen, watching the returns in the Latcham#Ceritre, congratulat- ing the winners and consoling the losers. Mayor Taylor told the Star his decision to leave public office at the end of this term was "pretty well made" several months ago. 'And over the past few weeks, he hasn't denied it when people asked him if he was going to step down. He began his career in munici- pal politics. with a single term as councillor for the former Scugog Island Township, prior to Region- al government. (Turn to page 13) nouncement in the very near fu- ture. Mr. Wolters, who lives near Blackstock, spent two terms on Township council and ran un- . succcessfully against Mayor Tay- lor in the 1985 election. Another person whose name has popped up ih recent weeks when it became known that the Mayor's chair will be vacant is Cltent Ward 2 councillor Howard Asked on Friday morning by the Star whether he has reached a represented HER Rev. Padre A. Woolcock places the colours on the piled drums as part of the Zone F Drumhead service hosted by Port Perry Legion Branch 419 on July 1. Members from. all nine branches In the Zone were in this colourful and solemn service which began with a wreath laying at the Memorial LI- brary and ended In Palmer Park. (story and more pho- tos in this Issue of the Port Perry Star) Man arrested after July 1. A police spokesman said the charges stem from a late night 'break-in at a home in Scugog in which a man scuffled with the owner of the home and his wife, and then fled. A suspect was later apprehend- firm decision, he hedged slighty © - but said he is "very seriously con- sidering" a run for the top seat on council, yo Although the election is still | several months away, it is already shaping up as one of the more in- teresting ones Scugog has seen in several years, 'A lot of Jolisical pundits in the municipality are wondering just what Lawrence Malcolm plans to do in November. He's the i HOWARD HALL "Seriously considering run at top seat" MAYOR'S RACE HEATS UP ~ With the announcement last late night break-in A 24-year old Scarborough man is facing several charges fol- lowing a series of incidents in Scugog Township. the night of ed by police near the scene, and taken to the Regional Police de- tachment office in Port Perry. ly hurt. ip Carrick, 24. current Regional councillor, the dean of the council locally in terms of service and a former Mayor of Scugog. He's keeping his cards close to his vest at this time, but he has indicated that he will be making _an announcement about his politi- cal future some time this summer, Other possibilities for the election this November include both Ward 1 councillor Yvonne _ Christie and Ward 3 rep Don Co- chrane casting an eye on the Re- gional council seat, and Ward 4 i Neil McLaughlin seeking ¢ other ter holds. The race for all seats on coun- cil will likely become wide open once councillor Malcolm decides what he is going to do: retire, run again as the Regional rep, or take a stab at the Mayor's seat, which he held from 1974 to 1978. ) While the man was being questioned he leaped from a chair and jumped head-first through the large plate glass window of the Police office. He was not serious- Charged with attempting to escape custody, brcak and enter and two counts of assualt is Phil- m for the post he now