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s grid section sports news district news classified section the ofy sponsored summer playground for musselmans lake area youngsters turned out to be more than just lollygagging around these youngsters from right andrew reid doug oldham billy thompson annette reid lorna dunbar and derek stem three at left unidentified were kept busy doing exercises to a record which urged them go you chicken fat go for ydtingstei proves to be goodnatured bedlam ballantrae the- ballantrae com munity centre is a noisy place these days every weekday between 30 and 40 youngsters there and turn the place into a chaotic but -good- natured bedlam the centre was donated for use as an portunities for youth summer playground for lake area youngsters from our visit there last week it appears to be an unqualified success as the students in charge calmly handle what would ordinarily be a nervewrecking ex perience getting that many children ranging in age from five to 12 years of age together from 930 in the morning to 330 in the afternoon is the sort of thing that could lead to a total disaster but everything was sur- prisinglywell run one reason is the bewildering number of activities offered hiking baseball ping pong checkers chess crafts art and calisthenics although many ofy projects have been ac cused of being ripoffs this one definitely isnt it would be difficult to find a harder job than super vising that many children for a full day youre just pooped at the end of the day vicki woodhouse told the tribune but they keep you on your toes she added with a laugh the organizers have gone to great lengths to obtain a variety of ac tivities and many people have responded generously to requests the- student superivsors are cindy elson vicki woodhouse rob hardy dave bliz zard joanne wedley and annemarie hethenng- ton vicki- woodhouse one of the ofy staff members talks to lorna dunbar and angelique grootenboer for some reason angelique appears to be fascinated with her toes as well as organized activities the summer playground offers a multitude of other activities as well as ping pong played here by christine muir there is a choice of baseball art checkers chess etc john montgomery chantel simbirski turns a potato chip pail into a work of art right before your eyes the pails were donated and after being painted and wallpapered on the outside they make excellent storage containers for children theres nothing like an exciting game of musical chairs to keep tkings interesting this appeared to be a par ticularly popular game participants are from left monique grootenboer cheryl simpson andrew vonks doug kelly and in back billy thompson and cheryl oldham uxbridge homeowner pays 92 more luxbridge the average homeowner in uxbridge will pay about 92 more in municipal taxes this year j at the last meeting of fiwnship council a rating ylaw was passed to bring the 1975 tax scale into effect overall the mill rate looks like this 1419 mills in the former uxbridge township 1116 mills in the former scott township and 1512 mills m the former town of uxbridge on an assessment of 4000 a resident of the former uxbridge jttownship will pay about 567 this year- while those in the old town area will have to come up with a little over 600 r the tax bill has been oroughly thrashed out at committee meetings and caused little debate when presented for formal approval due 4ates for the installments will be septembcr5 and october 31 with a 2 board of education the remaining 50 goes for municipal and regional expenses councillor bill ballinger expressed himself as pleased with the rates when we see education up 42 i dont think council has anything to be ashamed of with a jump of 50 he said some confusion arose over a supplementary rate for water billing this originated at the regional level and raises the combined mill rates to the figures given above its purpose is to raise in uxbridge about 64000 for water and sewer purposes ballinger was con cerned that people would be paying twice for the water once on their taxes and once on their water bills he pointed out that the years billing in the town water area will rise from 48 to 136 clerk ron kestcr and mayor carl puterbough explained that the extra money raised through taxes will be applied againstwater billing so that the taxpayer will only be shelling out once after brief debate council unanimously passed the tax bylaw tax bills should be going out to ratepayers around the beginning of august no tavern hamlet res taurant for most of us the recent heat wave has been a long torment as we grumble from one air conditioned building to the next but as this picture shows the scorchingdays are not a hardship to everybody and in fact there are those lucky enough to be able to actually obtain some enjoyment from them t jvjohn montgomery goodwood it may be some time yet before a restuarant is built in this village the proposal was discussed again at a recent meeting of planning committee and considered by council it originally called for a tavern to be built at the northwest corner of high way 47 and the third would support the plan but only on the basis of no tavern percent discount for those who v pay whole concession amount owing before the firstdate weve completely theactual increase revamped the thing in the town area is 23 said planning committee ills this year or 92 on se avcrageassessment of that sum 42 represents the increase in taxes demanded by the chairman bill ballinger its now restaurant only tavern i- said i think a tavern in a hamlet would cause a lot of complaints he said the committee recommended that a building permit be issued to mr don barter the prospective builder provided he enters into an agreement to alleviate the drainage problem and pay all costs council voted to accept jthis recommendation the plan was so far some engineering studies are presently y being conducted t s reinforce councils views councillor eleanor todd proposed a motion that the official plan be reexamined with a view to designating areas where a tavern might be acceptable the motion further stated that it will be a policy of council that taverns are not com patible with hamlets the motion carried after brief discussion legal action threatened against park uxbridge the private picnic area on the north side of county road 1a is causing headaches again council received two copies of letters to the owner of the picnic grounds the letters sent by the durham regional health unit advised that the sanitation facilities are inadequate the second letter threatened legal action unless the hennessey subdivision gets draft approval va n d o r f ministry of housing has given draft approval- to the lawrence hennessey subdivision in vandorf on the condition the number listed 21 conditions or amendments that must be met before approval of the final plan will be granted- ai hydrologists two of the requirements deal with reducing the expected noise fronv highway 404 a detailed report must be submitted to the ministry transportation and noise abatement such as be conducted from the a the use of berrhs double site and how they will glassed windowsetc n- minimize erosion and a report tothe south to during and lake sinicoe con construction- y servation authority c planning- board situation is remedied before the park is used again the picnic area has been the subject of complaints from neigh bours for some time- theres not only a health problem but also theyre charging money to let people in said puterbough agreed that people are being charged but pinned his hopes on the heallhunit if these people dont smarten up i think the health unit will take them to court he said councillor todd pointed out that the health unit has been ii cwnmunicationsnvvputlininglvt dicatingthe techniques of t whereby storm water will comment 7 councillor eleanor todd t threatening to do so for that makes it a public sometime but no action park nota private one has resulted she suggested putting ith i n g s have- upa sigh near the park changed lately said the entrance advising people mayor no of the bylajarmsi 4 took no actions mayrdcatl jte matter v v v