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Port Perry Star, 13 Jun 1989, p. 1

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Volume 123 Number 29 _' PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1989 60 Pages TestHill . charges Durham Regional Police laid 18 charges over the weekend at Test Hill, southeast of Black- stock. The area has been the centre .of some controversy since a - group of Test Hill property own- ers appeared before Scugog Township Council asking for a police presence. According to the angry dele- gates, Test Hill area has be- come a weekend party place for =a multitude of out-of-town peo- ple on off-road vehicles. Noise, * property damage and drinking were a few of their complaints. Last weekend (June 10, 11) Durham Police patrolled 'the area and laid 16 liquor viola- tions and three off-road vehicle offences. . None. of those charged was from Scugog Township. The J" parties involved came from Lakefield, Cobourg, Ajax, Ca- van, Newcastle, Oshawa, To- Fane, West Hill, Hampton and n. 2 ¥¥ SN, PRE SL ees So SORE BOG ERTL i Late night tragedy The community of Caesarea was shocked over the week- end by the tragic death of one of its residents, 35 year old John Alexander Marnoch, In a single vehicle accident late Friday night June 9. Durham Regional Police say Mr. Mar- noch was travelling alone In a 1989 Nissan pick-up truck, -northbound on Regional Road 57 near Blackstock at 9:45 p.m. The truck lost control and rolled several times before coming to rest in a west ditch. Ambulances came from Port Perry and Bowmanville, and firefighters from Caesarea and nearly two hours at the scene. Mr. Marnoch, a sheet metal worker by trade, leaves his wife Maureen and two young sons. Funeral services were planned for today (Tuesday) in Port Perry. Port Perry worked for Region adopts emergency plans in face of garbage strike threat As if Durham Region doesn't have enough garbage woes, the threat of a strike by Metro Toronto workers has forced Durham to adopt an emergency plan. The strike by Metro Toron- to employees who work at the Brock West landfill in Pickering could hit as early as this week. Although contract talks are progressing, the Brock West workers will be in a legal strike position on June 16. If they walk off the job, gar- bage collection and disposal from six of the eight municipali- ties in Durham, including Sc¢u- gog, will be affected. The Region will set up tem- porary garbage storage sites for the estimated 800 tonnes of trash that is collected each day. These temporary locations will include the transfer sta- tions now operating in Scugog, Oshawa and Darlington, ac- cording to a report from the Re- gion's works department. In the event of a strike at Brock West landfill, all curbside collection of garbage in six Dur- ham areas will stop, including Scugog. Residents will have to pack their household trash in plastic bags and take them to the tem- porary locations. These areas will be staffed and fenced, and plans are being made to treat the trash chemi- cally to reduce odours and con- trol pests. Once any strike is over, the Region will use its own employ- ees, private contractors and municipal collectors to haul the trash to the Brock West landfill in Pickering. Although Brock West is lo- Light industry park proposed in Ward 4 Scugog Township council is pondering an application to de- velop 26 acres of land in Ward 4 (Cartwright) for a light indus- trial park. The application has been submitted by Township busi- nessman Glen McCoy on the south side of Concession 4, just east of Durham Road 67 and im- RRR SR SE TRATES TDN RT SED Ane Sree cated in Pickering, it is owned and operated by Metro Toronto, and takes most of the trash from Toronto and Durham Re- gion. mediately west of the Cart- wright Transfer Station. He has asked the Township to re-zone the land to M2 for the development of about 16 light industrial lots. If the ZONING i8 eventually approved, it will be the first des- ignated area in Ward 4 for in- (Turn to page 5)

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