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130000 459 Scugog firefighter killed in snowmobile accident Funeral services 'will be held this Wednesday (March 4) for 27-year old Paul Kevin Fidler of] Caesarea who lost his| life in a snowmobile mishap early Saturday] moming, The 11:00 AM service will be in the chapel off the Wagg Funeral Home in Port Perry. Mr. Fidler had been a | firefighter for, the last five years with the Scugog Department, Hall Two in Caesarea and friends and colleagues on the force have already starfed action to help his widow Patti and two young children Kirstie Lee and Kevin. The Caesarea Firefighter's Assoc. has donated $1,000 to the family and will hold a benefit dance in about six weeks time. Bl Acting Chief Ray Gould described Mr. Fidler as a "dedicated fireman who always did his job well." He was employed as a painter at the Darlington Hydro plant in Bowmanville. The accident took place between 11:00 PM Paul Fidler Friday night and 12:30 Saturday moming, accord- ing to Durham Police Inspector Ross Smith. He was snowmobiling alone along one of the canals on the south side of Highway 7A (just a hin- dred metres from the highway) when he apparently struck a beaver dam, lost coprol and was thrown off the machine. ---- He was found conscious by two local snowmo- bilers about 12:30 AM and rushed by ambulance to Port Perry Hospital where he died later that mom- ing. Police believe he may have been unconscious for a time after the accident. When found by the two snowmobilers, he wasn't wearing his gloves and helmet. An autopsy was held on Sunday. Scugog roads subsidy up 5% Scugog Township has received a five per cent increase this year in its normal subsidy from the provincial govémment. The grant this year will be $979,000, up from $932,000 in 1991. \ Officials in the Scugog roads department were pleasantly sur- prised with the five per cent hike as they had been expecting one per cent. . The Township will be making its sual application for a supple- mental subsidy for roads. Last year, Scugog was granted $120,000 in supplemental. This year, the application will be for $200,000. Still, Scugog Township's roads are not in the best of shape and getting worse every year, Officials estimate that to bring the roads up to standard would cost a whopping $55 million In term of structural adequacy, 64 per cent of the Township's roads are up to standards. In 1988, the figure was 73 per cent of the roads. Like most municipalities, A Proud Voice For Scugog Scugog is ham-strung these days with tight budgets Vol. 1, No. 36 Tuesday, March 3, 1992 24 pages