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Scugog Mayor Howard Hall says he wants Township council to make a decision soon" on new recreation facili- ties forthis community. "It is time that we as a council let the public know ex- actly where we stand on these 1ssues," he said Monday after- noon at the conclusion of a plan- ning meeting. _ He urged council to set aside ample time at a meeting in the near future for what he Vol. 124 No. 43 termed a "major discussion" on the proposed recreation com- plex known as Scugog Centre, and a request earlier this year by residents of Ward 4 to re- build the Cartwright Arena to regulation size. Mayor Hall said he has re- ceived recent inquiries from the public on when council would be dealing with the recreation issues. Questioned after Monday's meeting, he said he wants to see council tackle these issues at a meeting in the next four weeks, or so. And he said he "would like to see council give some kind of a decision (one way or another) PORT PERRY, ONT. -TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1990 Decision soon on recreation facilit within this time frame. I don't want to see this hanging around too much longer," he stated. Last spring, a consultants report recommended that Scu- Township needs a new swimming pool, fitness facili- ties, banquet hall and second ice pad. And the report recommend- Senior students at Cartwright High School "welcomed" during Friday's initiation festivities. As is customary, the " Grade 9 students to the school minor niners" had to dress up in costume and this year the girls were Bart Simpson while the boys dressed as Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles. As well as a few playful games, some students enjoyed refresh- ments, like pudding. But not a lot of the pudding ended up in their mouths because It was a blindfolded pudding eating contest. Pictured above, Jen Wilson tries to feed pudding to her partner Scott Page. At the end of the contest Scott was wearing more pudding than he ed they be constructed on land owned by the Township around the present Scugog Arena on Durham Road 8. . The cost has been estimat- ed at about $7 million. When the consultants re- rt was first made publicin the ate spring, there were a couple of public meetings held to dis- cus: its recommendations. The issue will be a conten- tious one for Township council. Turn to Page 2 ) ¥ 2 75% B 'St { gy AEE 'First Section * Editorial page.............. 6 Letters to Editor ......... 7. Remember When........ 7 Battle of Britain ......... 22 - Real Estate .......... Classified ................9:13 Business Directory .. 15:17 Over 4,000 Scugog kids return fo class There are 4,020 school chil- dren in Scugog Township, ac- cording to approximate enrol- ment figures from local schools. Most of Scugog's ten schools report that they have main- tained the same number of stu- dents this September as in past years. Others, have seen in- creases, and decreases. The Scugog Christian School, and Immaculate Conception Catholic Schools both report their enrolment to be about the same as last year. The Chris- tian School currently has 72 students, and Immaculate Con- ception, 365. - Prince Albert School cur- rently has 191 students en- roled, Greenbank Public School 126, and Epsom 111. The num- ber of students at Greenbank, and Epsom Schools is reported tobe up by 12 students between the two. Port Perry High School prin- cipal Ted Morrison states that the enrolment figures for the high school is down only two students at last count. There are 1,063 at the high school as of September. Cartwright High School has had an increase in its student body this academic year. Cur- rently there are 159 students, which is up 30 students from last September figures. school, also stated that the number could have reached 175 students, if bus transportation was available to Blackstock. The opposite has happened concerning Cartwright Public School, where enrolment has dropped by 20 students. According to principal Roden Rutledge, the enrolment has dropped from 570 to approxi- mately 555 this year. He stated that they were ex- pecting to have more students this year and more staff, which currently stands at 30, but for the first time in four years the numberswentdown. He explained that the kids were leaving (for high school), -and they did not get the kids in over the summer (in kinder- garten) to replace them. While S.A. Cawker Public School has increased its stu- dentbody to 608 students, R.H. Cornish has dropped by 60 to 770 students. Both changes were expected, as they tie in to- gether. "It was an predicted drop," principal Stan Todd said of Cor- nish's drop in figures. Last year, Cornish housed all Grade 8 students, while Caw- ker had only as high as Grade 7 students. This year S.A. Caw- ker has Grade 8 students thus bringing their enrolment up, ate. A spokesman for the high 4nd Gornish's down. Durham prepares for zebra mussel i nfesta tion Durham Region is preparing ing Group was requested to in- The region wants the control some of the funds by reachinga 1991 budget for this program. for the zebra mussels. vestigate the raw water intakes Council will vote tomorrow (Wednesday) on whether to spend $909,000 on zebra mus- sel control at the region's raw water intakes located along Lake Ontario. "To be prepared for the im- nding threat of zebra mussel infestation, Simcoe Engineer- at all the regional water supply plants based on Lake Ontario and to design and seek Minis- try of the environment approv- al for a zebra mussel control system which could be installed at raw water intakes when deemed necessary," a works de- partment report states. systems installed in Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa before the end of the year. The cost will be $544,000 and the works depart- ment is looking for council ap- proval to pay for the cost through the 1990 capital bud- get for the construction of mu- nicipal services. Durham hopes to recover financial agreement with three industrial raw water users in Whitby -- Lake Ontario Steel Company, Dupont of Canada and Wegu Canada Inc. Control systems in Bowman- ville and Newcastle would be installed next year at an esti- mated cost of $365,000. An al- lowance will be made in the To date, the striped crusta- tions have not been detected at any regional water supply plant, but zebra mussel veli- gers have been identified at Ni- agara-on-the-Lake, Bronte, Pe- tro Canada intake in Oakville, and Lafarge Cement Plant in Mississauga. ~ aad mat A wy