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Vol. 126 No. 16 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1992 Copy 65¢ @1¢+4eGsD 44 Pages MoJacks could wrap up series Thursday The Port Perry MoJacks could wrap up their series with the Little Britain Mer- chants Thursday night. . The MoJacks defeated the Merchants in a home and home series on the weekend. The MoJacks took a 5-4 deci- sion Saturday Neh in Port and handed erchants a 7-6 defeat Sunday night « on homeice. The two weekend wins 'puts the MoJacks up three games to one in the best of seven Central Ontario Jun- ior C finals. ~ Game five of the series goes Thursday night at Scu- gog Arena. Game time is 8:30 p-m. See sports section inside for more details on the Mo- Jack's weekend victories. Ice hampers Police divers The waters of Lake Scugog weren't too co-operative to po- lice divers attempting to con- duct a search recently. Sergeant Sandy Ryrie, from Durham Regional Police's Me- dia Service Unit, said police were acting on a tip received from some fishermen who claimed to have seen what ap- peared to be a limb floating in the water just north of the High- way 7A Causeway. Although the fishermen had sighted the object before Christmas, it was not until recently that they re- ported the incident. Sgt. Ryrie says the pair decid- ed to report the incident "in light of the recent reports in the area." He was referring to the Tyg -- SCOTT ANDERSON PORT PERRY STAR Norah McGriskin saw her custom-made picket fence suffer extensive damage after a brawl broke out during a teen dance recently. (See story for details) AN OFFICIAL search effort court case concerning Elizabeth Bain, believed murdered and left in the area, and the disap- pearance of Pickering teen Julie Ann Stanton, also believed to be in the area. Although police could not de- termine exactly what was seen by the two fishermen, Sgt. Ryrie said it appeared to resemble a limb without a hand, or a tree branch. On March 4, police divers from Durham Regional Police and Metropolitan Toronto Po- lice attempted to conduct a search on Lake Scugog, but af- ter drilling several holes found 27 inches of ice and only 20 inches of water. Sgt. Ryrie said the investiga- tion will proceed when the ice thaws. Township still suffering from building slump Building permit numbers continued to be unimpressive in the first two months of 1992. A total of four building per- mits were issued in the first two months of this year -- two in each month. The total value of the building construction to date is $551,500. Three-quarters of the build- ing activity centred around con- struction in the industrial sec- tor. Figures for the same period a year earlier showed 18 permits issued totalling $987,300. Building permits are a good indicator as to how the economy is faring. Con Begs "KELLY LOWN/ PORT PERRY STAR A fire on Friday night caused approximately $50,000 to a home owned by David Tripp on Stevenson's Point Road. See story for more detdlls. Garage fire causes $50,000 damage A late night fire at a home on Stevenson Point Road on Scu- g Island caused between 50,000 and $60,000 damage, according to a spokesman for Scugog Fire Department Hall #1. Firefighters from the Port Perry Hall were called to the home owned by David Trip approximately 10:15 p.m. Be gog's Hall #2 was also called as more water was needed to extin- guish the flames. Mr. Tripp told the Star he was working on his snowmobile in the garage and left momentari- ly to go into the house to get some rags to clean up the gas. When he returned the garage was in flames. According to Don Steele, Deputy Chief of the Port Perry Hall, the gas came in con- tact with a kerosene heater in the garage. Although the firefighters managed to contain most of the fire to the garage, Deputy Chief Steele said the kitchen and din- ing room of the house also sus- tained extensive smoke and wa- ter damage. Teen brawl outside hall urges review of dances By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star A recent brawl at a teen dance at the Masonic Temple in Port Perry, has prompted the call for areview of such events. At Monday's council meeting the Township of Scugog decided to review the booking procedure for all dances held at public halls. Ward 2 councillor Marilyn Pearce said the booking process would be reviewed and altered by April). at prompted the action was a vicious brawl following a teen dance on Feb. 28. Accord- ing to various eyewitness ac- counts, a large number of teens spilled out of the Queen Street building around midnight and onto the street after a fight be- gan. By the time the police re- sponded, more than 200 teens were milling around the fight. Although police officials are downplaying the incident say- ing it was "not as serious as it appeared," various witnesses sayit was an ugly scene. Norah McGriskin than a firsthand loo Turnto Page 5 t more at the SPONSOR OF THE KINSMEN "PROUD TO BE CANADIAN" FLAG TOUR