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PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1991 Copy 65¢ (61¢ +4¢ GST) 48 Pages ih « - i a ' Down at the farm Three year-old Allyson Pehlemann and her mother Ollie of Port Perry took time out to see the cows at the annual East Central Zone Hereford picnic held near Blackstock on Sunday afternoon. The picnic was held at the farm of Rolly and Millie Coy, with about 100 area Hereford farmers and their families in attendance. See more photos inside. tentative skateboard ban By Kelly Lown Scugog Township council is looking for a solution to the in- creasing skateboarding prob- lems in the downtown area, but skateboaders are not back down without a fight. Recently the BIA brought forth a proposal to council to have a bylaw created regarding skateboards along the down- town streets. The bylaw if passed would ban skateboards from high- ways and sidewalks on Queen Street from Simcoe Street east- erly to Lake Scugog, and Water Street from North Street south- erly to Scugog Street. It would also ban them from the park, parking lots, boule- vards, gardens or other public places set apart for ornament or re-establishment or for pub- lic recreation. This includes all areas which are owned by the township in this geographical location. Mayor Howard Hall stated that the motion was brought be- fore council by the BIA, but to date no decisions have been made on this issue. Merchants along Queen Street are upset with. skate- boarders who are jumping on - the steps of their businesses, and on the park benches on the street. BIA chairman Lang Cope told the Port Perry Star that they are afraid someone is go- ing to be hurt and decided to bring the subject to the coun- cil's attention. "We do not want to ban skate- ing to boards, just control them," Mr. Cope said. He added if they were to be banned from the downtown area, someplace would have to be found for them to go and skate. Skateboarders in the area feel the same way. They want somewhere to skate if they are Teens prepared to protest Glenn Malcolm set to challenge Mayor By Scott Anderson Citing the need for a new challenge in his political ca- reer, Area 4 councillor Glenn Malcolm has declared himself a candidate for mayor in the fall election. "I enjoy public life and I would like a new challenge," he said. "This basically led me to (either running for) regional councillor or for mayor." "I guess I've gotten too com- fortable where I am, and there- fore I have to do this," he said. Councillor Malcolm has served one term as Area 4 councillor. It is rather early in the race to have a comprehensive plat- form mapped out, but he did mention some areas which he would be focusing on in the fall. Tighter control of the munici- pal dollars would be a top prior- ity, he said. Councillor Mal- colm believes it is necessary to carefully watch the money be- ing spent in the municipality told tostay out of this area. James MacGregor, 17 told the Star if they don't like us in the downtown area to find them a place to skate, and to put up a ramp. This is an idea agreed on by Jen Toye, 156 and Ian Max- well, 17. Turn to Page 2 until the recession is totally over. This tighter fiscal control would mean that instead of spending money on new facili- Turn to Page 2 GLENN MALCOLM Concerned about health of patients : Nurses at Port Perry"s Commun- ity Memorial Hospital are con- cerned about the safety of their patients. Their concerns stem from extremely hot, humid conditions in the hospital caused this past week by the sultry weather being experi- enced throughout Ontario. A spokesperson for the nurses, who didn't want to give her name for fear of losing her job, called the Port Perry Star Saturday asking to speak to a reporter. She says heat in the patients rooms and work areas is unbearable. The nurse said "we are very con- cerned about the patients, it's very, very hot in here (hospital). We have fans blowing humid air around, and patients who are not going to make it because it's so hot. And they're not doing anything," she added. When questioned if she meant patients might not make it through the night, she said, "well, they're not going to make it very much longer, how's that." David Brown, hospital adminis- trator, was contacted by the Star Monday morning and said doctors are monitoring the patients health | Hospital nursing staff upset with heat and would make a decision on whether to transfer any that were deemed to be in danger. According to the nurses, air con- ditioning has been requested on many occasions, but has always been turned down. "We've written letters but requests for air-condi- tioning have generally been ignored," she said. Community Memorial Hospital is currently undergoing an expansion program, and according to the nurse spokesperson "they are thinking about not putting air con- ditioning in." She said the reason given is the cost is too much money. She said the nursing staff have requested to have air conditioning installed in the hospital and the reply they get is, "no way, you don't need it." Mr. Brown denied this charge, however. He said they are consider- ing air-conditioning throughout the hospital, but could not say whether a decision had been made, as all the cost estimates had not been submitted. Turn to Page 5