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Vol. 4, No. 44 Tuesday, June 6, 1995 Call (905) 985-6397 CIRC. 13,500 36 pages Getting ready for the race David and Tracy Castell and Beth Cranmer-Smith In the kayak prepare to start the 27th annual Canoe the Nonquon held on Saturday. Despite rain and overcast skles there were 85 canoes and kayaks entered this year, and organizers were pleased with this turn out. More photos and story see Citizen Sports pages this week. 178677» Scugog to charge $5 to launch your boat Starting July 1, it will cost $5 dollars to put your boat in Lake Scugog at the municipal boat launch in Port Perry. Township council agreed Monday to initiate the $5 "user fee" as a pilot project on . Saturdays, Sundays and holiday Mondays during July and August this summer. "We want to develop this (user fee) this summer as a pilot project to see if it's feasible," said regional touncillor Marilyn Pearce. She chairs the Township parks and recreation committee which made the recommendation to council on Monday afternoon. She noted ' that other communities such as Whitby and Oshawa charge boaters to get their craft into the lake. The money raised by the user fees will be used by Scugog Township for repairs, maintenance and up-grading the busy boat launching facility immediately north of Birdseye Park. Councillor Pearce said the pilot project will also give the Township an opportunity to see how many boaters are using the launch on weekends and to test reaction among boaters to paying this fee. The recommendation got the approval from all councillors. Scugog Mayor Howard Hall, who spent time Sunday evening observing the bodt launch area, said it was extremely busy. He said he expects most boaters wogdll sbject too seriously to paying a 3 fee, but there will likely be a few complaints. The $5 fee will be charged from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays this summer. The Township intends to post signs at the boat launch area as soon as possible to warn boaters that the fee will be charged starting July 1 Graves damaged Vandals have once again struck in Pine Grove Cemetery in Prince Albert. Some time over the weekend, three headstone on historic markers in the old part of the cemetery were pushed from their base. There was also damage to two smaller gravestones in this part of the cemetery, police report. In the west section, a large granite head stone was pushed off its base and will need to be lifted back by a crane. Police said the cost of repairing the damage and putting the headstones back on their base could be as high as $600. The vandalism was discovered by caretaker Wayné McCully when he arrived for a work on Monday morning. Bowmanville man dies in car crash Whitby OPP are continuing to investigate an accident May 31 north of Greenbank that took the life of a 36 year old Bowmanville man. An OPP spokesman said Timothy McDermott was northbound in a 1994 Cavalier on Highway 12 about half a mile north of Greenbank when he veered across the centre line into the path of tractor trailer loaded with 36 tones of gravel. McDermott was thrown from the vehicle on impact and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the gravel truck, 39-year old Jerry Hough of Peterborough was not seriously hurt. McDermott's car "was damaged beyond-recognition from the force of the crash. A third vehicle was struck by debris from the accident, but there were no injuries to the occupants.' The accident took place shortly before noon on May 31. Lake Scugog quality should be monitored The quality of the water in Lake Scugog needs to be monitored to see if it is deteriorating, a member of the local "Green Team" told Township council Monday afternoon. Janet Banting made the comments while repor ng to ANTIQUE/CR SHOW JUNE 10-11 AT SCUGOG ARENA council on the Green Team's up-coming activities. Banting suggested that volunteer groups should work to co-ordinate the water testing. Under "questioning from members of council, she said she has no concrete proof at this time to suggest the lake is deteriorating. "It needs investigation to see if there are problems. We need to make sure the lake stays healthy," she said. Ward 1 rep Doug Moffatt agreed. He said testing would establish a bench mark for quality. Similar tests a year later would determine if there is any change for the better or worse. "It (the lake) is our biggest asset," he told the Citizen. He said officials from the Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority believe the eutrification problem (too much vegetation) is worse in Scugog than in Lake Simcoe. It was suggested that testing for water quality could be carried out by environmental studies students at Sir Sandford Fleming College.