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& ® ANEMIC R IT Te A AT a ANC Pn THE \ 3, EU i ed Hd Mr. William Baker, Kinette Sandra Benns and Mrs. Evelyn Allen browse LEAT . ey. XN through'a number of past issues of the Port Perry Star prior to the banquet given to the Seniors by the Kinette Club. More pictures and story on Page 14. Seniors may pay $10 rent fee It is back to square one for the Blackstock Senior Citi- zens Club in their efforts to get around paying a $10 rental for use of the old Township Hall in Blackstock for the Club's weekly euchre parties. Scugog council agreed to a motion Monday night from councillor Nei] McLaughlin which says in effect that the old Township Hall will remain under the jurisdic- tion of the Blackstock Com- munity Centre Committee, and the Senior Citizens Club should nominate a member to sit on this committee. The issue goes back about six weeks when a delegation from the Senior Citizens Club asked council if the club could be exempt from paying the $10 rental fee for the weekly euchre parties held at the old Township Hall. The request for the rental fee had been made late last year by the Community Centres Committee which said that all groups using the hall for a Continued on Page 13 Snow by-law possible Reacting to a petition signed 'by 53 Port Perry senior citizens (see letter page 5) Scugog Township -council agreed Monday night to look into the possibilities of ® establishing a snow removal by-law for side- Way clear walks in the municipality. The petition, from mem- bers of the Senior Citizens Club says that three seniors have suffered injuries this winter from falls on icy side- walks in the downtown area, and calls the southeast cor- for motel- restaurant complex By a unanimous vote Mon- day night, Scugog Township council endorsed an appli- cation to amend the Durham official plan- which would allow for development of a motel, gas station and licen- ced restaurant at the inter- section of Highway 47 and Regional Road 23. A staff report on the pro- posed commercial develop- ment asks that several issues be considered such as comments from the Health Unit and Ministry of the Environment, the regional Works and Planning depart- ments, and the provincial roads department. The application for amend- ment to the official plan would change the desig- nation from. open space to highway commercial. The amendment would then clear the way for specific re- zoning from agriculture and flood area to commercial. A public meeting was held two weeks ago in Port Perry and council heard argu- ments for and against the proposed development. Council Monday night at first suggested that the Township has no objection to the amendment, -but-- this- 'was changed to include the word "Endorse", to indicate that Scugog is in favour of the proposed complex. During discussion it was ponted out that present _ liquor licencing restrictions in old Reach Township pro- hibit the establishment of a tavern, where beer and liquor could be sold without the sale of food: A licenced dining room, which is allow- ed. in old Reach, would require that food accompany the sale of any alcoholic heverages. ner of Perry and Mary Streets and Casimir. Street from Perry to Water Street a "disgrace to the munici- pality"'. Council was informed Monday night that Township clerk Doreen Van Camp has already asked other munici- palities for copies of their sidewalk snow removal by- laws, and acting Mayor Reg Rose said the only relief for the seniors might be to pass such a by-law and enforce it. Councillor Rose said the Continued on page 2 by Durham By a recorded vote of 19-8, Durham Regional council last Wednesday weit along with a motion from Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm and councillor Reg Rose that Durham withdraw a land division appeal concerning the creation of four lots at "the northern tip of Scugog Island. The Region's planning and development committee had recommended that the sev- erances of lots owned by Continued on Page 30 Y AA Durham wants Ajax waste disposal site wl Durham Region is ser- iously considering the est- ablishment of a liquid waste disposal facility in Ajax, south of Highway 401. At a news conference February 22 regional chair- man Walter Beath called the proposal one of "consid- erable importance," and added that he is "enthusias- tic about the job creating potential and the fact that the site could become the centre for new industrial development. Mr. Beath said the site would deal with disposal of "chemical .and difficult waste materials," but he . stressed that this would not include radioactive or other extremely toxic wastes. The site for the proposed waste disposal facility is an existing conventional sew- age treatment plant on Duffin Creek in Ajax, Vol. 112 No. 17 . which, along with two other facilities owned by the ~ Region is now slated for demolition. The consulting firm of Simcoe Engineering has been hired by the Region to undertake two feasibility studies, the first expected to be completed in six weeks and the second within six months. Simcoe Engineer- ing president Tom Fowle, who was present at the news conference, said that it appears as if the Duffin Creek plant could be fairly easily coverted for disposal of liquid industrial waste, and that this conversion would not 'involve a large capital expenditure. At present it is not known how many industries might use such a facility, but there are about 1000 industries in southern Ontario that pres- ently have to ship their liquid waste outside the plant for treatment and disposal. " Mr. Beath indicated that the facility could serve in- dustries in about a 50-mile radius which would include all of Metro Toronto and Hamilton to the west, Barrie in the north and Cobourg to the east. At present there is only one small and limited liquid waste treatment facil- - ity in Mississauga, and the nearest one of any size is located in Sarnia. A landfill site on Beare Road in Scarborough which has been used for the dump- ing of industrial waste is creating environmental pro- blems and is scheduled to be shut down this spring. The preliminary study now being undertaken by Simcoe Engineering will attempt to determine how many indust- ries within Durham and out- Continued on page 2 If you haven't done this by now, you wont be driving your car to the Ontario Licence Bureau on Water Street in Port Perry. The deadline for 1978 automobile plates was February 28, and as usual a good number of drivers put off buying the stickers until the last minute. Keith Fraser of Port Perry bought his sticker Monday afternoon. Ir Lo JN T ITY RA oad ES ty Al Cn or a ed a) & Ts _-- ARS Ne * 3G att A RE of Shee RO ACS RA A Alot REST, RT A Cra