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Page 2, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, March 19, 1986 You can fight City Hall, Terrace Bay man discovers Bill Smilsky of Terrace Bay found out on March 10 that you can fight City Hall and 'win, as Township Council . decided to withdraw its objections to his lot severance application. Smilsky had originally appeared in person to ques- tion council on the matter at an earlier meeting and succeeded in convincing the Councillors and Reeve to evaluate their previous decision. The issue came up again at the March 10 council meeting, after council had been given a chance to reflect on Smilsky's re- quest. Smilsky, of 3 Highland Crescent in Ter- race Bay, had planned to build a garage on his pro- perty and on a portion of an Chantal. and Shee Ontario. | Birth Announcement HAMILTON: Ian and Barbra are happy to announce the arrival of Wilmot Gavin Ian 7 Ibs. 11 0z., on February 3rd. A brother for Claude, Daniel and Proud grandparents are Wilmot Hamilton of Terrace Bay and Peter and Janet Mocarski, of Jellicoe. Proud great grandmother is Kay Hamilton of Madawaska, j REE A 5 CELT adjacent lot, which he pur- chased in June of 1985. He had applied for a lot severance earlier this year but was, at first, turned down by council. After Reeve Ollie Chap- man declared a conflict of interest on the matter, clerk co-ordinator Larry Simons informed council that the vote on the motion withdrawing council's ob- jections to the severance would 'have to be unanimous. Councillor George Ramsay was absent from the meeting. The motion, moved by Councillor Jim Files, was then put to a vote, and all three Councillors voted in favor of it. The other Township Councillors pre- sent were Jim Ziegler and Peter Romanuk. Files admitted that he wasn't in favor of changing his mind on the decision Phillips | grandfather.: ever spoken. We would like to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to our relatives and friends for their many kindnesses offered to us in the sud- den loss of a dearly loved husband, father and Special thanks to the friends who sent cards of sympathy, flowers, memoriums and food, and who came to the house to offer their condolences and help us in many ways. Your thoughtfulness | will remain with us always. ' 1 Thank you to the pallbearers, honorary pallbearers, the fellows from the Quinard Old Timers' hockey club for ar- ranging the cars and driving all the family. And thank you, Len, for the eulogy -- no truer words were Marg Phillips & family initially. "'But I had a chance to think about this one for a long time, and I talked to a few people about it," Files explained just before the vote was held. '"We have to have some flexibili- ty on this. My feeling now is that we shouldn't stop him (Smilsky),, because there is no one objecting to this."" : Ziegler said 'Council knows my feelings." He did not elaborate. The mo- tion was then carried. Later in the meeting, Files spoke about his discussion with Austin Air- ways of Timmins and the township's desire to have that company expand its services to the Terrace Bay Airport. With the airport already being serviced by Noron- tair, Files explained that Austin President Bob Deluce was apparently reluctant to compete, though the company '"'is keen on serving Northern Ontario and Terrace Bay,"' Files added. "'There may not be enough users for the ex- isting carrier," Files-said. 'But they are interested ... they haven't ruled it out." "I'd like to talk to them about it," Romanuk said. "We could set up a meeting with them," Reeve Chapman suggested. In other airport matters, council passed a motion to reduce the price of aviation fuel by three and a half cents per litre to 69.4 cents. The difference will be taken out of the township's profit margin. Council was less quick to act on a request from the Terrace Bay Cottagers' Association for a grant from the township, with some councillors somewhat confused about the entire matter. "'T still don't understand what they want," Files said. Simons explained that two years ago, some area cottagers found they had substantial tax increases due to a reassessment of their property at that time. '*They came in and ask- ed for either additional ser- vices or a reduction of taxes," Simons told coun- cil. "Now, council has no authority to reduce taxes, as taxes are based on the assessment and that's it." He said that the com- promise reached then was that council would make a one-time-only "donation" to the association which the cottagers later formed. A second request, however, was received by the township earlier this year, to cover the fiscal year of 1985. "'The original donation was $850,' Simons noted. '*And this was in lieu of our not plowing their road in the winter?" Files asked. "That's very difficult to ~ say, as you can't create a relationship between taxes and services," Simons replied. The township does provide some "soft" ser- vices like planning, zoning, police, and fire protection, but few if any of the "hard"' services like sewer and water for the cottages. '*Some of these proper- ties are worth a bundle too,"' Files pointed out. "The cottagers had a chance to appeal their assessments and at least one was reduced," Romanuk said. Reeve Chapman, who was a Councillor with the Township at the time of the original grant request two years ago, said "I think we told them this would not set a precedent." '"'We just committed ourselves for that year,"' Reeve Chapman felt the best solution for the, time being would be {0 just acknowledge the Associa- tion's letter and add that a decision on the request will be made after the budget for the township is approv- ed later this year. "We're not ignoring them, but we want to get the budget in place first," she said. Later in the meeting, Councillor Ziegler said that the Day Care Committee on which he serves as the township's representative Romanuk agreed. is currently "on hold."' Girl Guides. of Canada Guides du Canada THANK YOU | would like to thank Dr. Adey, Dr. Pear- son and Dr. J. Smith, Nurses and Staff of P.A. General Hospital, 4th Floor W. and the Respiratory Dept. for their wonderful care and concern while | was in the hospital. Thank you also, to my friends and organiza- tions for the flowers, fruit, cards, phone calls and visits and baking since | returned home. A big "Thank You" to our Home Care Nurses. It is very much appreciated. Helen F. Wallace le ge -- -B -- © Carpets e Vinyl Flooring You are invited to come in and browse through our *- showrooms. The largest on the North Shore Featuring e Kitchen Cabinets & Vanities ; © Bathroom Specialties ¢ Largest Ceramic Tile display (Olympia, Ames, Central, World Mosaic) © We also feature "Colour Your World" paint and wallpaper supplies. ERLANDI BUILDERS INC. Marathon, Ontario Peninsula & Penn Lake Road NEW HOMES DIVISION: great home designs © Home Design e Home Remodelling Plans ° Drafting Come in and join our opening party FSS Your Wedding Photographs a beautiful investment everlasting evertrue Treasure these memories with Birch Magic Photography .S. Johnson Hewson 824-3155 GERLACH Birth Announcement and Thank You XN On February 5th, just as cute as can be -- Michael and Leslie were presented with love, baby Courtney Marie, She appeared on the scene in the evening at 9:58, A wee package of six pounds eight. A sixth grand bundle for Doris and Rudy And a first grand branch on the McBride family tree. To God, Doctors Bailey, St. Rose and Wilkes a special Thank You Prayer For your exceptional initial and extended care. To all the nursing staff and hospital help For your continuing concern and special care touch : Mom, Baby and Dad too, say, "Thank You" so much. " The Corporation of the Township of Terrace Bay NOTICE Garbage | Col te Due to the Good Friday holiday on _ March 28, garbage collection nor-. mally scheduled for that date will take place on Thursday, March 27. --