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Pretty impressive Eight year Nicole Prentice of Scugog Island was prefty impress- ed by the antics of Trent's Travelling Troupe, a group of young pup- peteers who performed at the Library, Thursday afternoon. The troupe includes Napoleon Forbes, Chris Oberg and Michelle Stong. See page 16 for story and more photos. The company developing the Cawker"s Creek sub- division in Port Perry has flatly refused to pay any more bills to the Township's firm of con- sulting engineers because the fees "are away out of line." Peter Koropisz, an of- ficial with Carlan Developments, told councillors Monday af- ternoon the company is very angry at the amount of money charged by the Town- ship consultants Totten, Sims and Hubicki Ltd. for engineering and other inspections and approvals at the Cawker's Creek sub- division. Mr. Koropisz, who was accompanied by Carlan owner Tony Cesaroni at the council meeting Monday after- noon, said so far, Carlan has been billed $39,000 by the Township's con- sulting firm. He asked council to put a stop to any further bills and hinted that Carlan may consider legal action over what he flatly termed "over- charging." Using figures to back up his claims, Mr Koropisz told council Totten, Sims and Hubicki Ltd. has charged $39,00 in fees to oversee $244 000 worth of work on the housing project. By contrast, he said, Durham Region engineers have charged $23,000 for inspections and approvals of the portion of the project under Regional control, worth about $390,000. Vol. 119 No. 38 Tuesday, August 20, 1985 36 pages There have been four confirmed cases of rabid foxes in Scugog Township in the past month, including one found drowned in a residential swimming pool, but a spokesperson with the Federal Agriculture department says this is not an unusually high number of cases for this time of year. The dead fox was found in the swimming pool July 26 at a residence south of Port Perry. Animal health of- ficials believe this is the first time in this area that a rabid fox has drowned in a swimming pool. The federal spokesper- son told the Star last week that because the pool had been heavily chlorinated, there would not be any danger to Developer refuses to pay more consulting bills And he said Carlan's engineering firm hired for this project, has charged $22,000 for the design of the entire project. "It makes no sense to us that the charges of $39,000 for checking the work should be so much (Turn to page 3) Caesarea beach OK for swimming Coliform levels in the water at the government dock in Caesarea have dropped to the point where officials with the Durham Health Depart- ment now consider the area safe for swimming. Brian Devitt, director of Environmental Health Services for Durham told the Star last Thursday afternoon that he was ordering the "warning" signs at the swimming area removed that day. He said the latest fecal coliform readings from the swimming area at Caesarea were 84 parts per 100 ml. of water. The provincial standard for safe swimming 1s 100 parts per 100 ml of water The Health Depart: ment ordered the warn- ing signs posted at Caesarea just prior to the August 1 weekend when readings of 220 parts per 100 ml. of water were recorded "The trend there has changed for the better," said Mr Devitt, who add- ed that the most recent reading was based on 18 water samples He went on to say that water sampling from other swimming areas in Lake Scugog, including the Kinsmen Beach in Port Perry, show no signs of contamination problems. humans using the pool. The most recent case of rabies in the Scugog area was August 1 when a fox killed by a farmer near Blackstock was tested positive. And there were two earlier cases of rabies in foxes in the rural areas around Blackstock, one July 16 and the other on July 10. While the number of confirmed cases in Scugog is no higher than usual, the Federal agriculture office in Bowmanville reports that for all of Durham Region, there have been 55 confirmed cases of rabid animals so far in 1985, an increase over last year. ) yg Four rabid foxes found in Township Rabies seems to be more wide-spread in areas to the west of Port Perry, especially around Goodwood, and there have been numerous reports from the rural areas of York Region, further to the west. Nevertheless, residents of Scugog should be very wary of any wild animal, especially skunks and (Turn to page 2) Date for trial A trial date will be set in Assignment Court September 11 for former Epsom resident John Begin who is facing two charges of criminal negligence causing death. The trial had been slated to start in District Court in Whitby on August 19, but the re- quest for a postponement and new trial date was made by Begin's lawyer Alec Sosna. The two charges stem from a fire in February, 1984 at the Begin home just north of the Epsom School, which claimed the lives of his two young children. Just warming up Mark Graham of Purple Hill was doing a little warming up Fri- day afternoon for the Blackstock Fair's ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) pull Saturday, August 24th at 1 p.m. The ATV pull replaces the garden tractor pulls of the past and has its own specially made weight transfer sled. For information about entering call Harvey Graham aft 986-4856. ---- ---- --------------