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Terrace = Schrei": Wednesday, July 9, 1986 Vol. 41, No. 27 Serving Terrace Bay, Schreiber and Rossport 35° Government book says; Area lake trout contaminated A Schreiber resident has confirmed from -various provincial government Ministry sources that no lake trout 30 inches or more in length caught in Lake Superior near Terrace Bay or Schreiber is fit for July 7 fun The Canada Day Committee in Terrace Bay once again held fireworks to con- clude the week of celebrations earlier this month, with one of the spectacular effects seen here. This photograph was taken from the McCausland Hospital park- ing lot, where a large group of people gathered to see the show on July 1, which actually took place at the beach area. (Photograph by Conrad Felber) human consumption due to high contamination levels present in such fish. The man, who wished to Study to be conducted By Conrad Felber At its latest meeting, Terrace Bay Council dealt with what was called a 'tough case" involving township easements and ° walkways which exist ad- jacent to private property. The matter arose after a copy of a letter from Mr. and Mrs. R. Samp of Ter- race Bay was read at the June 23 Council meeting. In the letter, the couple protested the township's in- surance adjuster's decision in the.matter of damages to the Samps' property. '*The municipality does not accept liability because the municipality was not at fault," clerk Larry Simons explained, adding that the Samps belive they should be compensated for dam- age their property has sus- tained because of a mun- icipal walkway which ex- ists next to their house on Lakeview Drive. "If they are not prepared to accept that, there isn't much more the insurance company can do,"' Simons went on to say. The Samps have claimed that the walk- way next to the property is used continually by the public and thus some dam- age is caused on occasion. 'They could take a pol- itical route to get compen- sation," Simons. pointed ut. "Or they could take the regular way, through the courts." "They questioned why it was not our responsibility ..I said this would set a precedent," town engineer Doug Baker noted. "It's a clear cut case,"' Councillor George Ramsay said. "We don't have acc- ess to funds for this. If they can't accept that, too bad... we just can't open the vault door like that.' He did ad- mit later, though, that "it is a tough case." Baker told Council that many people use that part- icular easement all the time and that there might be a '*hue and cry"' if it is clos- continued on page 5 remain annonymous, con- tacted the News earlier this week with his discovery, which was actually there for virtually anyone to see. He first became aware that such a problem exists when he came across a govern- ment publication titled '*Guide To Eating Ontario Sport Fish."' The booklet, which is re- vised by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of the Environ- ment on an annual basis, is designed to provide those who catch and eat fish a guideline for fish consump- tion in Ontario. According to this year's release, large lake trout in the Terrace Bay region of Lake Superior should not be eaten because of cont- aminants which may be present. Smaller fish are considered edible, but on- ly in limited quantities. '*That would appear to be a very 'serious state- ment," the Schreiber man explained in an interview. '*But I had to wonder why, if this is true, no effort had been made by either Min- istry to alert people of the danger."' He then decided to call the MNR office in Thunder Bay and was given a two- continued on page 2 Up and away! To celebrate the start of the Summer Playground Program in Terrace Bay, the students and teachers in the program gathered in the ball field in town on July 4 to release a number of balloons. Attached to each balloon is a message with the address of the town Recreation Office so that if the balloon is found, the Of- fice can be contacted. The students in the program are aged three to 12. Library float was tops The Terrace Bay Public Library's Bookworm float took top prize in the con- test to determine the best float in the town's annual Canada Day parade. Second prize was won by the Recreation Depart- ment's entry, while the Ministry of Natural Res- ources and their forestry float emerged as the third prize winner. According to the town- ship clerk Larry Simons, the trophies will be dis- tributed to the winners over the next few weeks. The township's own float, de- signed by the Public Works Department, was shut out of the awards. By most accounts, all of the many Canada Day cele- brations were considered great successes, and most were well attended. In the annual Bed Race, the Bed- knobs and Broomsticks en- try representing the house- wives of Terrace Bay came in first. The week ended with a fireworks display held at the beach area on July 1. The festivities this year were funded in part by a federal government grant of $5,000. Tailender winner The Bed Race entry from McCausland Hospital and the Disability Action Group encountered all sorts of problems during the June 29 event, including a broken wheel on their bed, but they finished the race any- way. and wound up with the third place award plus the Tailender Award. The Bedknobs and Broomsticks en- try took the first place trophy, with B.J.'s Welding/ Bank of Commerce coming in second in the race.