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Volume 123 Number 12 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1989 Copy 50¢ 44 Pages =! oo 3 ---- Lhe A 2 NA . \ Passion of Dracula If you have a "passion" for community theatre, you won't want to miss the up-coming Borelians produc- tion of the "Passion of Dracula." Steve Foote plays Dracula, and Zakeana Reid has the role of Willy in this up-dated modern version of the classic story. Direct- ed by John Foote, the "Passion of Dracula" opens Feb. 24 at Town Hall 1873 In Port Perry. (see article and photo In this Issue of the Star for complete de- tails of this Borelians production) Taxpayers asked for $400,000 The committee raising money for a new wing at the Community Memorial Hospital has asked for $400,000 from Scugog Township council. Former Mayor Jerry Taylor, now working as fund-raising chairman for the Hospital Brpan sion project, made the formal re- quest to council Monday after- noon. And administrator David Brown outlined for council the de- tails of the expansion project which will cost just over $8 mil- lion in total. Council took no action on the request for the $400,000 grant, but Mayor Howard Hall said that council "recognizes the need for this kind of facility (at the hospi- ta Actually, the committee has requested that the $400,000 grant from the Township be spread over three years. Mr. Taylor acknowledged that the request represents a lot of tax dollars from Scugog ratepayers, but "we need the funds for this project to make it (the hospital) a irst class facility for our health care needs." The expansion plans include a new wing for 30 chronic care (Turn to page 11) 3 Mayor supports right of merchants Sunday shopping law in hands of Region Scugog Township Mayor Ho- ward Hall says he is not opposed to stores opening in Port Perry on Sundays. Commenting in the wake of the provincial legislation passed last week which turns the Sunday shopping issue over to individual " municipalities, Mayor Hall told the Star "if there are merchants in Port Perry who want to stay open Sundays, that is their right as ind- pendent business people...as Mayor I would support their right." He went on to say that Port Perry appears to be recognized as a "tourist. area, and over the last couple of years a lot of people are coming to the community to shop on Sundays. "That's obvious. You only have to walk down Queen Street and have a look," he said. However, he added that as an independent Queen Street business owner, he will never open his own store on Sundays. After months of debate and public hearings, the provincial government last week passed leg- islation which turns the Sunday shopping issue over to the munic- ipal governments. In this area, it is the Durham Region council which now has the authority to rule on Sunday shopping. Both Mayor Hall and Durham Regional chairman Gary Herrema said last week they are still un- clear about the nuts and bolts of the legislation because they have not had a chance to study the new bill in detail. Herrema said it may be a couple of months before the Re- gion is prepared to deal with any application for Sunday store open- ings. & (Turn to page 3) Friday night dances slapped with suspension Scugog Township council has slapped a temporary ban on the Friday night teen dances at the Latcham Centre in Port Perry. The dances are suspended until at least early March when the council will come up with a writ- ten policy governing such things as security deposits, number of people that can be admitted and better security. Mayor Howard Hall and Ward 2 councillor Marilyn Pearce will be writing the policy for the Latcham Centre. Mayor Hall said Monday one thing that will be in the new poli- cy is that teen dance organizers must hire at least one off-duty po- lice officer (in uniform) for securi- ty. The Latcham Hall is owned by the Township. Two weeks ago at a dance, there was damage done to one of the washrooms, and last Friday evening, there were several alcohol related charges laid. Also last Friday evening, there were reports that a 14-year girl was roughed up by several other young girls outside the hall. The Mayor said the policy may also limit the number of peo- ple that can be admitted to the dances. » sng PEA . x Zs Traffic was re-routed from the Oshawa Rd. (Regional Rd. 2) Thursday morning following a serious accident just north of the pumphouse turn. Durham Regional Police say a northbound car driven by April Star O'Nell caught the roadside gravel, over-compensated, and went into the southbound lane, striking a south- bound car driven by Edwin Clark, 65, of Brechin. Scugog Hall No. 1 (Port Perry) Firefighters were called In to free O'Neil and her three children from the wreck- age, using the jaws of life. All five people involved In the crash were taken to Oshawa General Hospital via ambulance.