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Happy New Year everyone! Little Justin Cottrell, who just turned one on December 29, symbolizes the way all of us feel at the start of a new year ---- young, enthusiastic, and brimming with promise for a fresh, bright future. Everyone here at the Star wishes you and yours the healthiest and most prosperous of Vol. 122 No. 5 Wednesday, December 30, 1987 Copy 50° Township will get you Don't ignore that ticket By the end of January, it will be a lot more difficult to ignore a park- ing ticket issued in Scugog Township. Changes in the Provincial Of- fences Act (Part 2) will be im- . plemented bythe municipality in an effort to force more people to pay the $10 fine for a parking infraction. Township by-law enforcement of- ficer Don Intine said recently that of about 600 tickets issued each year in Scugog, some 35 per cent are routinely ignored, and under the old system it was difficult and time con- suming to track down the offender. Mr. Intine said there seems to be a feeling among certain people that parking tickets issued in small com- munities are not to be taken seriously. When the new regulations come into effect, probably by mid- January in Scugog Township, a per- son issued a parking ticket will have 15 days to either pay the $10 fine or indicate a not-guilty plea and fight the infraction in court. If neither action is taken within 15 days, the by-law enforcement department will take the case to a Justice of the Peace and a guilty conviction will be entered. And ultimately that; conviction and the un-paid fine will be registered in d& computer that will show up when the person applies for a driving licence renewal or new licence plates for the vehicle. Then the person must pay the outstanding fine or the plates or licence will not be renewed. There will also be administrative fees to pay as well. That $10 parking ticket could end up $30. Under the old system, when park- ing tickets went un-paid, the by-law officer had to serve a summons in person, a costly and time consum- ing procedure, and virtually im- possible against persons living out- side Township boundaries. In Scugog Township, it is contrary to local by-laws to park a vehicle longer than three hours on any street or road in the municipality. Mr. Intine said that with the new procedure, it won't mean he's going to spend a lot more time issuing parking tickets, but there are cer- tain problem areas in the municipality, especially on some (Turn to page 3) Le : = ] \ 4 } | bie J ' } ' DE J 1 futures, in this new year and in all to come! Council gives green light to Central 7 store Central Seven Association for the Mentally Retarded will be allowed to operate a convenience store at their workshop on Durham Road 8 and Simcoe Street. The decision came about at a council meeting on Monday, December 21, at which James Dun- can appealed to council to recon- sider their decision not allowing the establishment of a variety-type store. It was just a week earlier that council had turned down a request by Central Seven to open a conve- nient store at the workshop because a number of the councillors were concerned about the operation being leased out to a large milk company like Becker's or Mac's Milk. Also questioned was the fact that nobody had opposed the proposed convenience store, when just over a year ago the entire council chambers were filled with residents opposed to a similar variety-type store just east of the Central Seven building. In answering some of councils concerns, Mr. Duncan said that the could not speculate, but "there is no opposition that we are aware of." He explained that Central Seven must come up with some new ways of raising money to operate the facility and that a convenience store was recognized as a good use by the government. "It is our intention to lease the store out to private enterprise, but they (whoever leases the store) will have to assure Central Seven that they will help train and employ some clients," he said. Mr. Duncan went on to say that there must be more than financial benefits and that if they can't make a deal with a potential operator of the store, then Central Seven will operate it themselves. He explained the reason that they (Turn to page 6) A special gift Floyd Argue of Cadmus had good reason to enjoy Christmas this year thanks to a very special gift from his mother Wilma Rudkin at left. She donated a kidney in a transplant operation November 26 and a month later everyone is do- ing just fine. At right in photo is Floyd's wife, Joan. While doctors continue to monitor Floyd very carefully for signs of rejection, he told the Star last week he's feeling great and hopes to be able to return to work this spring with the Scugog Township Roads department. (See story on page 7 for details). i