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Shoreline is major problem For about two weeks now Tiny Township j-ssesidents have been giving a close look to the ees new proposed zoning bylaw -- and ff | ah ey've decided they're not entirely pleased with what they see. Discussions with various ratepayer groups in affected areas this week revealed that many Tiny residents feel the proposed zoning poses serious problems for the future. "Tt's going to cost a lot in terms of work, time and money," said Bill Jackson, President of the Clearwater Beach Ratepayers Association. The major point of contention according to Jackson is the proposed seasonal residential zoning. No one wants it. Under seasonal zoning, ratepayers feel 58 pages Wednesday, August 31, 1977 mie their property will be devalued, and they will be prohibited from be adding to or expanding their homes. And those who are truly per- manent residents will have to apply for "'spot zoning."" Each of these individuals will probably hire a lawyer, go to council, and after a lengthy period of time, make a presentation to the Ontario Municipal Board -- it's going to cost."" Jackson also said many ratepayers are upset that their private beaches along the Tiny shoreline will be zoned "open space" and be open to the public. Apparently many bought the lots because they extended all the way to the high water mark. Now that space will be open to anyone. ] | ; Vol. 10, No. 35 wo He got a pretty reasonable deal on this one The happy looking man inside the car is Patrick Pilon, the winner of the elimination draw held Saturday night for the new arena floor. Here the organizer of the draw, Ron Being awakened in the middle of the night with an urgent message isn't so bad, if the news is good. That's what happened to Patrick Pilon of 93 Fox Street in Penetanguishene in the wee hours of Sunday morning. He had just turned in, when his brother-in-law and his wife came ver and awakened him, at about 1:15 a.m. The message? Pilon had just won the new car being raffled off for the Penetanguishene Arena Floor Fund. Pilon said Monday that people had tried to get hold of him by phone immediately after the draw was finished, but they were greeted by a busy signal, because the Pilon phone was in use. Pilon's ticket, number 224, was the last of 1,000 tickets drawn at a dance put on Saturday night at the Penetanguishene Curling Club by the Penetanguishene Industrial Hockey League. Although he found out he won Sunday morning, it wasn't until later in the day that he got official con- firmation of his good fortune from the organizer of the draw, Ron Bellisle. Bellisle, hands over the keys to Pilon's prize, a brand new car. The dance and draw was attended by about 1,200 people. Staff photo Pilon and his wife picked up the car Monday afternoon, but he didn't hand over his half of the ticket. "I'm going to frame that little beggar," he explained. Pilon wasn't the only one to receive a prize in the elimination draw. Archie Bruhn of Midland, who held the 996th ticket drawn picked up a Micro-eye radar detector. The 997th ticket drawn was held by Sandy Mason, of Penetanguishene, who won a CB radio set. Phil Devillers of Penetanguishene won a television set for holding the 998th ticket drawn, and Martin Desroches, whose_ticket was the second last one drawn, won a stereo component system. Other winners of consolation prizes in the draw were Herb Dusome Jean Lalonde, Mike Orser, June Dupuis, Helen DuBeau, Gary Rourke, Linda Hamelin, Remi Gignac, Paul Mills and Paul Vallee. About 1,200 people attended the dance, and Bellisle said $5,000 was raised on ticket sales for the arena floor fund. He said he had not yet figured out how much money was taken in at the bar, but he hopes it will be somewhere in the neighbourhood of $2,000. The concern was similar to that voiced by Jack Nygaard of Peekaboo Trail. "The public already has been guaranteed access te the water with the placement of right-of-ways about every five lots," he said. Most of us are already troubled by the loud parties that many 'undesireables' hold on the right-of-ways. Now they'll have clear access to our frontage. No one can police that kind of problem." Nygaard also said that the seasonal zoning would devalue the property and put a stop to any addition that a citizen may want to build on to his home. He said such restrictions would make the home difficult to sell. "J don't think they really did their homework," Nygaard said, "'and I think they realize it now." Ron Hamelin, a Kettle's Beach ratepayer said a significant amount of the zoning was just not "'realistic."" Hamelin said that Kettle's Beach was nothing but swamp and rock when most residents moved there, but thousands of private dollars have transformed the area. "There are now homes here that are worth $100,000 and over," he observed. "'It's just not correct to define such areas as 'seasonal'."' Certificate of Conversion Hamelin also said that many residents that are seasonal. now, plan to convert their homes to permanent residences and retire there. These residents will have to apply for a certificate of conversion, and then acquire spot zoning approved by the OMB. "'It's hard to say how much time and money it will cost," he said. Hamelin went further to suggest that any law prohibiting a citizen from improving his property may be an infringement of one's civil rights. "We intend to protest the zoning bylaw vigorously,"' he said. '"'The township should either preserve the status quo, which may not be perfect -- or zone all existing per- manent homes 'Residential One' including all vacant lots, as well as zoning all seasonal dwellings 'Residential Conversion' to save the ratepayers time and money." While the bylaw was passed by the council of the Township of Tiny, the bylaw will still go before the Ontario Municipal Board for final approval. Ratepayers have already filed objections and will present their cases at the hearing. No date has yet been set. oe eG CO ee Nearing the end of the trail About 35 riders, with flags flying, entered Awenda Park Saturday afternoon to par- ticipate in ceremonies to dedicate a cairn marking the northerly end of Heritage Trail 77. The riders spent a full week following the trail along its 200 mile route from Bronte to Awenda, just north of Penetanguishene. Staff photo Trail riders arrive at Awenda to open Heritage Trail 77 About 35 members of the Ontario Trail Riders' Association were welcomed to Awenda Park Saturday afternoon, after they successfully completed a 200-mile, six day ride along Heritage Trail '77. She's been-here six years seme Director of Nursing leaves PGH to study at St. Paul's in Ottawa The Director of Nursing at Penetanguishene General Hospital, Sister Rena Spooner, has resigned her position effective today. After six years service at the hospital, she is leaving to take a master's program in Pastoral Counselling at St. Paul's University in Ottawa. Sister Rena arrived in Penetanguishene in September of 1971, following a stint as the public health nurse at a high school in Ottawa. A native of Buckingham, Quebec, she was a graduate of Ottawa Civic Hospital, and has served as Director of Nursing at Pembroke Hospital, and as the Director of the Lorrain School of Nursing in Pembroke. "T've truly enjoyed Penetanguishene and the people here,' she said Monday. "The first year was a little lonely, but I got in- volved in a lot of things and I haven't been lonely since. I really hate to leave." She's not exaggerating when she says she has been involved in a lot of things during her stay in Penetanguishene. She is a member of the.Board of Directors of the hospital, and has served on pretty well all the committees of the board at one time or another. She was the instigator of the hospital's staff association, an organization she helped start up during her first year here. As well, she has been on the board and the executive of the Huronia Social Planning Council, and was on the first board of the Big Brothers Association in this area. She has also been involved with the Big Sisters and the Quota Club of Huronia. She has been the chairman of the Nursing Section of the Ontario Hospital Association, District Council Three. She is also a member of the board of the Simcoe County Recreational - Association for Senior Citizens, a body organized last year. Met a lot of people "T've met a lot of people in all those ac- tivities,"' she said. "I'm going back to home territory, but I'm going to miss Huronia." One of the things she found hard to get used to in Penetanguishene was the winter. She said the first winter she was here was a particularly bad one. The only thing she could do was take up cross-country skiing, and she has been ejjoying that sport ever since, with no major mishaps. When she completes her program in Ottawa, she expects to wind up working in the Pastoral Care department of a hospital somewhere. Pastoral Care involves the counselling of people in distress. "When you're sick, more of your personal Sister Ren Bik BS a Spooner problems seem to weigh upon you,"' she said. She added that although hospitals have been interested in the physical care of patients all along, and have become interested recently in-mental care as well, spiritual care hasn't been what it might be. This too would be covered under Pastoral Care. Sister Rena said Pastoral Care is a fairly recent innovation. "'It just started here four years ago. It's a new development in hospital care, and one that's very badly needed. I think it's going to grow quickly....I hope."' She doesn't know yet where she will be working after she graduates from St. Paul's, but she didn't rule out the possibility of coming back to Penetanguishene General Hospital. She said she rather liked the idea, although it is only a remote possibility at this time. The riders had started out with their horses, at Bronte, Ontario, last Saturday, and they arrived in Penetanguishene Friday. On Saturday afternoon, a group of dignitaries, including the Mayor of Penetanguishene, Vince Moreau, the Reeve pf Tiny Township, Morris Darby, the Reeve of Elmvale, Ken Knox, park superintendent Tom Stott, Tiny Deputy-Reeve Hilda Sib- thorpe, and M.P.P. for Dufferin-Simcoe George McCague. The president of the Ontario Trail Riders' Association, CR. Purcell, acted as Master of Ceremonies for the occasion. The dignitaries almost didn't make it in to the site of the end of the trail. As they made the trip from the main road in Awenda Park in to the cairn marking the end of the trail, in a horse drawn buggy, the harness broke and the buggy rolled backwards down a short hill until it came to rest in a gully. No one was hurt, and the passengers continued their journey on foot. Vince Moreau addressed the assembled riders first, welcoming them to the area, and reading a letter the riders had brought with them from the Mayor of Oakville. Morris Darby also welcomed the riders, and pointed out that they had travelled through a number of municipalities on their trip, but they had obviously saved the best for last. Following brief remarks from the other dignitaries, the trail was declared officially open, although Awenda Park itself will not be officially opened until some time next year. Car fire put out in Tiny A fire in the Township of Tiny Monday night partially destroyed a car parked in the driveway of Lediard's Gravel Pit. An Ontario Provincial Police spokesman said Tuesday that John Moreau of Tiny Township had parked the car for a few minutes, and when he turned around to return to the car, he discovered the rear end was on fire. The fire departments of Penetanguishene and Tiny were both called in at 9:50 p.m., and extinguished the fire. The damage totalled about $2,000. No cause for the fire has yet been determined. Moonlight cruise this weekend A moonlight cruise on the M.S. David Richard is the next scheduled event in the Penetanguishene Arena Floor Fund cam- paign. ~The cruise is Holiday office hours The business office of the Penetanguishene Citizen will be closed for the Labour Day holiday Monday, September 5. Advertisers are notified the deadline for classified and display advertising is Friday, September 2 at 5:00 p.m. Editorial deadline will be Monday at 5:00 p.m. slated to leave the Penetanguishene town dock at 8:00 p.m. this Saturday, and will feature live music. Refreshments will be served on board. The ship's owner, Gil Robillard, said tickets will be available from most of the campaign organizers, including Frances St. Amant. Some tickets will also be available at the M.S. David Richard's office at the dock Robillard emphasized that only 200 tickets will be sold, so those interested in going should get their tickets early. The tickets will be sold for $5.00 apiece, and most of the money raised through tickets sales and refreshment sales will go towards the fund. Commander Roy Wood of the H.M.C.S. Annapolis reads a hand written letter of greetings presented by members of Penetanguishene's Historical Military and Jubilee celebrations Monday. ' Establishments guard greets ship Naval Establishments. The crew, dressed in period costumes, helped the destroyer escort dock at Midland's town wharf for Silver Staff photo