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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1980, PAGE 31 Portstu ywo ' ignore area res idents CONT'D FROM PG. 1 he wants this trand to change. "mry personal view is that the Port Whitby Area has the potential of being a prestiglous residential area," he added. Port Whitby, the oldest part of the town, also has qualities that give it a character of its own, he said. "The harbor, the Iroquois Park arena, and the lakefront give Port Whitby qualities unique to the town and 1 want the special study to focus on highlighting these qualities and flot blot- tmng themn out with high fise apartments or detrixnental commercial development. " While the town, Evans said, does flot have any preconceived ideas of what the Port should become, he did say that the study will be the foundation for future development, and that area residents will have a great deal of input into it. "The study is flot going to be the town's notion of what should be there, in the study process there are numerous opportunities for input frorn the residents of the Port," he said. "The wishes of the corn- munity wiil be the basis of the study. " Evans acknowledged that the major complaint that he has heard from Port residents 15 that council of- ten ignors their needes. "The complaint from the Port in the past has been the council ignoring the input of the residents," he said ad- ding that he hopes this situation will be resolved because "the committee has buîlt in many public Two ocats killed in Cônnibear tra]ps Two cats were brutally killed in a field in the Ash- burn area recently when they were caught in a con nibear trap. The first cat was found by a 15 year old girl who walks throught he field where the animal was killed to catch her bus to school. Slyvia Schweichert was on the way to catch her bus when she discovered the body of her family's pet cat. The girl reported what she had found to her mother who then contacted the Ontario Huniane Society and the On- tario Ministry of Natural Resources. Schweichert checked around the area where the cat- was found and discovered the body of the family's second cat which had been missing since the week before. Marks on the body of the second animal indicated that it too had been caught in a trap. Schweichert told the Free Press that whoever set the trap "took one out of the trap and hid it in a diteli and then caught the second one. " The trap, she said, was flot more than 100 yards from her home. Schweichert said that there are about 30 children who live in the immediate area around where the trap was set and that she fears for their safety. "This is crazy to set leg hold (connibear) traps that could amput.ate a chfld's Ieg," 1she said. Schweichert also said that the area is popular for hun- ting such animals as deer, muskrats, beaver, red fox, wolf and raccoon. About 130 pheasants were also released i the vicinity recently. However, she also said that this 18 the first tUrne that a trap has been dlscovered so close to an lnhablted area . This incident, Schweichert said, "shows the quality of the hunters" I the area and should "4pait every hunter ini the area black because that is what they deserve. " A spokesman for the On- tario Humane Society said that al trap lines must be licenzed by the Ministry of Natural REsources and that the owner of the trap could be charged with causing pain and sufferlng to an animal. meetings in the study. " Mfter the study is com- pleted and adopted by coun- cil, plans for the area's development will have to conform to it. "Any new development wîll have to conform to the plan once it is passed," Evans said. He Is also confident that the study will include recommendations concer- ning the improvement of ac- cess to the Port. "The plan wil undoub- tedly recommend the recon- struction of the CNR over- pass to provide a better link with the rest of the town," le said. Earlier this year, Durham Regional Council gave the reconstruction of the Brock Street, South bridge a higher priority, however, before the work can commence the federal government lias to give its approval and the corresponding grant. deliberations." While Evans also admit- ted that roads and sewers are of major conceru, they will not be lncluded in the study but wWl be dealt wlth in other areas. "Roads and sewers are in- cluded hI current operational budgets and are limited by governnient grants," he said addlng, "These will flot be part of the study but will be discussed during the 1981 budget ATTENTION SENIORS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT ONTARIO PROPERTY TAX GRANTS Waiting For Your Grant? *If you sent in your Property Tax Grant application but haven't received your grant, please be patient. Many of thé applications which contained incomplete information or arrived laie because of postai disruptions are stili being processed. I1T'S NOT NECESSARY To CALI ABOUT VOUR GRANT. A large number of seniors have already been cd-ntacted in this regard. The remainder will be contacted or have their grants paid by NOVEMBER 30, 1980. Turning 65? 9b If you reached or will reach age 65 belween July 1 and December 31, 1980 and are just becoming eligible for the Old Age Security Pension, you may be eligible for Ontario Tax Grants for ail of 1980. Property Tax Grant applications and Sales Tax Grants will be AUTOMATICALLY mailed to you BY JANUARY 1981. Not Eligible for OAS? 0 If you are a senior who has not resided in Canada long enough to qualify for the Old Age Security Pension, you may still be eligible for these grants. You should contact the Ministry of Revenue as soon as possible for an eligibility'form. Reminder *If your principal residence throughout 1980 is a nursing home, home for the aged, chronic care facility, charitable institution, home for special care or other similar institution, you are not eligible for the grant unless the institution in which you reside pays municipal and sohool taxes and your rent payments are flot government subsidized. *Applications for the 1980 grant can be submitted any time before December 31, 1981. Ontario Ministry 0f Revenue Lorne Maeck Mînister TM. Russell Deputy Mînister 77 Bloor Street West, Toronto, M7A 2B3 Are you planning ahead to s reduce your hoatlng buis? 44*0 Now you con Sève $ by obtalnlng a Fme EstImite through the Consumera' QaslAlcmn Energy Savlng wlndow enud door progrom. 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Goode and Son Ltd. Other Interests include former Warden All Saints Anglican Church and active member- shlp ln Masonic Lodges. Charles invites his many friends and associates to cail on hlm for diligent and courteous attention to any conerns they may have ln the real estate field, at home or office 668-2484 or 668-5868 respectiveiy. 1 ---Mmq