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GAIN na ¢ ay PRENSA Rd . a Wein dori Be PAYER fi IAN SR LAIN HEAL BED VNR uy NV ENERPREES FRU B I 12-- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., November 11, 198) Port Perry pays tribute to the fallen Guest speaker at the banquet this year was District Commander Jack Rashotte. John Sweetman, flanked by [left] Ed Mulholland and Clare Nightingale approaches the cenotaph to lay a wreath Fh Store owner pays $1000 for maple tree Port Perry IGA store manager Jim Grieve has paid the $1000 penalty imposed by Scugog council two weeks ago for the removal without permission of a maple tree on Township property on Mary Street. He told council he objected to the fact the resolution of . two weeks ago imposing the $1000 penalty was tied to a halt in further expansion agreements for the store: unless the penalty was paid. Mr. Grieve told council Monday afternoon the reason he ordered the maple removed was that it inter- fered with construction of a new driveway from the rear of the IGA store onto Mary Street. : ~ Calling the threat of no building permit for the expansion unless the $1000 hoped that any other "stumbling blocks" could be resolved in more business- like fashion. ' Meanwhile, the Township has already bought and planted two eight-inch maple trees for Mary Street at a Robert .Espey who said "it makes council look silly and I just can't be part of this." Councillor Espey was opposed to the conditions in the first resolution of two weeks ago on the grounds that demanding payment for the tree before a building permit was issued amounted almost to a form of black- mail. Councillor remarks about council looking silly prompted Ward 4 councillor John Wolters to comment that the arguments "are just a lot of water down the drain." Espey's . the rescinding motion was over, Roads superintendent - Ron MacDonald informed council that there are 31 mature trees on Township property that will have to be removed this fall because $y they are either dead or pose - | a LEN And council Monday after- total cost of just under $1000. ~ a danger to property. . jes 4 noon agreed to a request The motion to rescind the He said the decision to alts from Mr. Grieve that the resolution of two weeks ago remove these trees was SHE conditions in a resolution of came under sharp criticism made by himself in consulta- Sled two weeks ago be removed. from Ward 2 councillor - tion with Scugog Hydro manager Larry Mabley, and those trees have been marked with a: red circle. Mr. MacDonald said, how- ever, that any resident of the Township who may not agree that a tree should be removed should contact the Township office and he would be happy to get a third opinion and re-assess the decision. Hillside Geramics BETHANY, ONTARIO (7A Highway east of Highway 35) CERTIFIED TEACHER - Head table guests at the Remembrance Day Banquet held at the Royal Canadian Legion last Saturday evening. gy : ainmnnncinsnnansmnng SEWING MACHINE MIN 985-8048 DlelileRzSIanliia & Li t § id 63 b d : - ho o4 pW ion ict: Ironically, shortly .after P re-Christmas REPAIRS council that in future he the debate about the tree and -- SALE so Call a 209; v GIL RUMMENIE | TING V/Or 986-5319 -SCUGOG EXCAVA 3- (ALL GREENWARE "Or Drop Off At SPECIALIZING IN POND CONSTRUCTION & SHORELINES. (November 15th thru 30th) ~ MODERN TEXTILES 985-7720 amuunnaniEsunoueRng Le ETT DEEGAN Denture Therapy Clinic 305 QUEEN STREET - PORT PERRY -OPEN - BY APPOINTMENT ONLY! Tuesday & Thursday Evenings - 6:30 P.M. & Saturdays. PLEASE CALL: 985-2916 Ed Groves, president of Branch 419 lays a wreath at the War Memorial Library on Queen Street. ' ~