The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

LSE Tae PO aa eee ed gS ree a ee Set es ee LOLA Appreciation Constable Claude Monroe receives appreciation plaques and an exemplary service medal from Mayor Bob Sullivan at Monday's council meeting. Monroe is retiring after 30 years of police ser- vice, almost 20 in Penetang. : 6 a donee and Paula Butfineau Cellular respiration is tiring Will it ever end? Everyone is patiently awaiting the exemption list and thus the end of yet another semester at St. Theresa's High School. Those who don't make the list write exams. And for those who do, it marks the beginning of a long-awaited holiday. (The few weeks since Christmas holidays have been so long and treacherous.) Everyone starts to get irritable at this time. Teachers are fed up with Another permit reco Last year saw another record for construction in the Town of Midland. "More of the same"' in 1989 is expected by Ken Cave, manager of public works. 'We could easily crack the $20 million level in value of permits," he said. The 1988 total of students and students are likewise getting ticked off with their teachers. The 76-minute classes seem like they will never end, lunch is way too short and the bus couldn't be more anxiously awaited. Don't get us wrong, we're not complaining. We have accumulated a lot of "valuable ex- perience' in these past five months. The classes have been stimulating up until- this last week and the teachers have been equally exciting in trying $19,490,600 is an all-time high permit total for the town. The first dramatic in- crease in construction oc- curred in 1986. The year- end total has been higher in each succeeding year. Sixty-one more building permits were to keep their classes in- terested in photosyn- thesis and _ cellular respiration, Macbeth and Othello. But we truly believe the history of Ontario and Quebec have worn out their welcome on the boards of the geography classroom. With the end of the semester comes course choices for next year and a flood of bodies to the guidance office. What can I take that will ensure acceptance to these course at this university? isused in 1988 than in 1987. The totals for the two years: 1988, $19,490,600, 412 permits: 1987, $18,146,400, 351 permits. The year 1988 ended with a surge: $522,350 and nine permits -in December, compared Condominiums are proposed How can I ever complete this many courses in four or five years? We wish everyone the best of luck in their selec- tions and, fellow students, don't get too ex- cited about meeting your new teachers for the next semester. The end is com- ing at an incredible rate and the teachers are cramming. Be on your best behavior. And never ever forget an exemption is a privilege, not a right! Where have I heard that before? rd set with $173,500 and eight permits 12 months earlier. Industrial construction accounted for about $4 million. Commercial con- struction accounted for about $3 million. Institu- tional accounted for the remainder. Penetang development comes under study by Robert Risk Staff Writer Penetanguishene's planning advisory com- mittee spent almost $20,000 to hire a planning consultant firm to look at possible development costs. At the Tuesday meeting, McNair and Marshall of Barrie, met with the committee to make the hiring official and discuss the next course of action. Mayor Bob Sullivan said the town has been approached by developers wanting to build condominiums and needs to know how to deal with the growing concerns about them. "We've got applications for about 300 units. Basically there are two developments, one at Dutchman's Cove for 100 and one along Cambridge near Inn at Bay Moorings for 187." Sullivan said the com- mittee knew about the ap- plications since March, but didn't have budget money to move on them. Now the consultants will be analyzing various aspects of the town, the official plan and the zon- ing by-laws. After this is done, recommendations for changes or new guidelines will be sug- gested by the firm. "The study will take about five months. Our first big meeting on it will be May ° 15," Sullivan. At the meeting, he said more concrete courses of action will be set for the town's future. Sullivan said the im- plications of building condominiums in certain areas of Penetang will have to be kept in mind. "There will be an im- pact on residences near those units, which pro- bably won't go for less than $200,000."' He explained that houses in the neighbourhood will ap- preciate in value, which is good news _ for homeowners wanting to move. "It wouldn't be so good for people on fixed in- comes when their assess- said ment taxes double."' Another potential pro- blem is following housing ministry guidelines which call for 25 per cent of all new housing to be affordable. Sullivan said Penetang's definition of affordable is $78,000, which might make it dif- ficult to get builders since they are usually putting up $125,000 homes. While admitting the 25 per cent is only a guideline from the ministry, Sullivan said the next steps are in- evitably toward a defined policy. "It's a good idea to listen to the ministry. If you don't, your grants get cut off and we can't have that." Loose dogs can't outwit Bay Animal Control - at least not forever. When the pound gets a call, they move on it right away, acvording to Fran- cine Ungvarsky, who mans the phone, but sometimes they can't catch the dog easily. Besides, as she says, "A lot of owners will let a dog run at night when they know we're not patrolling." She gave an example of "a very smart dog" who took more than a week to catch. Bay Animal Control puts out a "live cage" baited with food. The dog managed to get the food out without getting caught -- at first. Finally he was nabbed. "We brought him in,"' Ungvarsky noted. "'They (the owners) had to pay the pound fee. Now he's on a leash." The cages don't hurt the dogs, Ungvarsky ex- plained. They help catch i Running dogs beware of the animal control them betore they hurt themselves or anyone else. In January the phone has been quiet compared with the first two months the Ungvarskys were in charge. Port McNicoll council noted a large number of calls in the village in December. That doesn't necessarily mean more dogs are running, Ungvarsky said. The pound can get up to 10 calls when one dog is ter- rorizing a neighborhood. Weston man treated aiter plunge in ice One Weston man saved another Weston man dur- ing the weekend after a snowmobile fell through lake ice. Robert Marks, 28, found Keith MacDonald, 25, clinging to ice on Bax- ter Lake. Marks used his coat as a rope to pull MacDonald from the freezing water. Marks was a passenger Reach for the stars on the snowmobile when he and MacDonald left Honey Harbour around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. He and MacDonald had parted when Mac- Donald preceded him on the snowmobile to test the ice. Marks came upon MacDonald in water after following the snowmobile tracks for 10 minutes. MacDonald was treated for hypothermia and released, the Midland OPP said. Snowmobilers, who in- sist on going onto ice should check with local residents or marina owners, the OPP advises. Unsettled weather in recent weeks has made going onto ice dangerous. A young gymnast raises her arms high and wide in the gymnastics per- formance Friday night at the Civic Centre in Midlanc as part of the Winterfest activities. THE FINANCIAL CENTRE! G.I.C. ae 11.25% AN 11.25% 3 Yr. 11.25% 4 Yr. 11.25% 5 Yr. 11.25% Mon.-Fri. 9:00 a.m. R.R.S.P. R.R.1.F. tae 11.25% | 1 Yr. 11.00% 2 Yr. 11.25% | 3 Yr. 11.10% 3 Yi 11.25% | 5 Yr. 11.10% 4 Yr. 11.25% | 10 Yr. 11.15% 5 Yr 11.25% | 19 Yr. 11.15% Bonus Interest available for R.R.S.P. Transfers Call Teri Lancaster at 526-0543 511 Dominion Ave., Midland (opposite Mick B's Restaurant) 5:00 p.m., Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon The Annuity and RRIF Specialists 30 Days 10%% (Rates subject to change without notice) (Minimums Apply) Wednesday, January 25, 1989, Page P3