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CT TL sry Tt a. 56 -- PORT PERRY STAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE -- Tuesday, September 20, 1988 bank for 25 years. It was standing room only at the Scugog arena as the Port Perry MoJacks swept the Lakefield Chiefs four games straight to win the Division title, Recycling is on its way to Port Perry, and the blue plastic con- tainers will be supplied to every Port Perry household by Durham . Recycling, the non-profit compa- ny which is already heavily in- volved in the collection and recy- cling of garbage in Pickering, Ajex, Oshawa, Whitby and New- castle. The company will be recy- cling cans, glass bottles and jars, and newspapers. Recycling is one way to reduce the amount of gar- - bage going into landfill sites, and for Port verry residents, the pro- gram will start in June. APRIL Scugog Township council has officially told Metro Toronto that there is no site in the Township suitable for a garbage dump. Me- tro Toronto is currently facing a garbage crisis and has sent letters to all communities within 300 km. asking if there is any site that might be suitable for development as a landfill site. The Port Perry Petites won the B Division Crown in the Provin- cial Ringette Championship Tour- nament held in Sudbury over the Easter weekend, a feat no other Port Perry team has ever been able to accomplish. The Petites are cone 1988 - Borelians win the top Thea award coached by Lloyd Morden and Wayne Fox and sponsored by Bru- tons Drugs. Internationally acclaimed for his performances of traditional as well as mainstream jazz, Jim Galloway and his Metro Stompers performed at Town Hall 1873. The Port Perry Midget Eagles are the all-Ontario B hockey champions. The Eagles won the crown in front of a large and vocal crowd at the Scugog Arena in which they nipped Beamsville 5-4 to take the best of seven finals four games to one. It was a fine finish to the season for this pow- erful Midget squad coached by Doug Scott. In 18 playoff games, the team lost just three en route to the all-Ontario crown. When the Port Perry MoJacks defeated the Wellington Dukes 5-1 on April 12, they did something no other Port Perry Jr. C team has done in the 17 year history of the organization: win the Central On- tario League championship tro- hy. P The "average" house in Port Per- ry will cost you $150,000 accord- ing to Gerry Meharg of Century 21 Leanne Philip, 15, has won the grand prize in the Durham Region- al Science Fair for the second year in a row. For the second time in just six years, the Borelians of Port Perry have won the top award at the an- MARCH 1988 Alice Carnegle doesn't look Illke most people's conception of a champion quilter, but she recently won the prestigious Canada Packer's Quilt competi- tion beating out over 4,000 qulits from 240 Ontario fairs. FEBRUARY 1988 Sandy and Doug Day (right of photo) were the winners of the Lotto 649 draw and won a cool $581,672. The Ceasarea couple bought the ticket at Barry's Varle- ty and are seen here with Barry and Tammy Wolters, who sold the lucky ticket to Sandy and Doug. Kk. nual ACTCO TheasAwards ban- quet held at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto. The award was for the Borelian's production of "Nobody loves a Dragon", which had been presented at Town Hall 1873 in November. MAY Former Deputy Chief David John Edwards has been named new chief of the Durham Regional Po- lice Force. September 10th will be the last day on the job for retir- ing Chief Jon Jenkins. Chief Ed- wards, 45 has been a cadet and an officer for the past 27 years. Durham Region Council has voted against any extension of Sunday retail shopping in the Re-. gion. Under new legislation, the provincial government has given - regional councils in Ontario the right to extend Sunday shopping. The new public school in Port Perry will open in the fall of 1989 as scheduled, Scugog Board of Ed- ucation trustee Joyce Kelly assured the Star late last week. The proposed Honey Heights subdivision north of Port Perry " has been given "approval in prin- ciple" by Scugog Township, but the number of lots have been scaled down from 74 to 47 and the Township will retain a strip of open space along the Lake Scugog Shoreline. Hank's Pastries celebrated its 25th anniversary this month, and owner Ken DeJong and his wife Angie held an open house. Ken DeJong said last week that the 25th anniversary celebrations will also be a tribute to his late father, Hank, who started the business. Two Port Perry brothers, Andy Meijerink, 13, and Collin, 10 were recently awarded the most prestigious honours in local scout- ing. Andy was named Scout of the Year, and Collin was named Cub of the Year. Anna Forder-McLaughlin was inducted into the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame, at the Third Annual Induction Ceremony held at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium. Anna and Richard Stevens became household words around the Port Perry and Blackstock areas during the 1960's with the young couple competing in many national and international skating competi- tions. JUNE The Port Perry IGA has re- . opened after a major expansion. The new store has now 21,000 square feet, or nearly half an acre. Some of the new equipment that was part of the expansion project includes $150,000 worth of com- puterized check-out scanners, which are hooked in to a master computer in the main office. The strike by 11 Scugog Town- ship office employees is now in its second week, and there is not a lot of optimism from either side that the dispute will be settled quickly. They are asking for a $4,000 annual wage increase across the board but the council offered $2,000 plus a $200. imme- diate lump sum payment that would not be included in the base salary. Elva and John Dowson celebrat- ed their 60th wedding annivers on Sunday, June 12th. Over .2 guests dropped by during the after- noon to wish the happy couple best wishes. Matt's Sooter, a three-year-old pacer is currently rated the top money winner in North America and nobody could be happier than his owners, Charlie Jurabinski, and Gord Rumpel. Matt's earn- ings so far this year are $320,000. The Victorian Village subdivi- sion held its opening ceremonies on June 15th. Construction of phase one of the project is almost complete, and already 70 percent of the 88 homes are sold. JULY Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor is turning in the gavel, and hanging up the chain of office to devote more time to his insurance busi- ness. He has been in the local government for 17 years, and has been mayor for the last ten. Blessed with near perfect weath- er, the Chamber of Commerce Festival Days drew large crowds of people for just about every event over the weekend. The Durham Region Works De- partment is recommending that the Scugog Landfill site be closed next year. The site is now reach- ing its maximum for garbage and studies suggest it would not be ec- onomically viable to attempt to extend the life of the dump. AUGUST Scugog Regional Councillor Lawrence Malcolm will be retiring from municipal politics this year. It was 30 years ago this December when he was first elected to the council in the old Cartwright Township. Regional Police are still investi- gating three break-ins at portable classrooms at the Prince Albert School late last month. Locks on the doors were pried open and a number of school supplies were re- ported missing. Police estimate the loss at several hundred dollars. Councillor Howard Hall will be running for mayor in the Novem- ber municipal elections. He is the fourth officially declared candidate in what is shaping up to be the most hotly contested mayors race since Scugog was formed in 1974. Randy Dowson, owner of Dow- son Water Haulage reports that this is the worst year in 80 years for wells going dry. The hardest hit areas in the Township include Scugog Island, and the north end of Nestleton. well as the 1 THE END We hope our readers have enjoyed the con- tents of this special issue of the Port Pe which marks the 25th Anniversary of the own- ership of the paper by the Hvidsten family, as rd consecutive year of publi of Port Perry's newspaper. We are proud of this issue, as it will now be- come a part of the history of Scugog Township, for this and future generations to enjoy. Your comments are most welcome! Star, cation gay nvr ---- _