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Members of the Port Perry Bowling Club hope that the township will complete work on the creek running beside the bowling greens before winter PORT kf PERRY TAR Second Section Volume 108 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1974 -- No. 47 Hunters question bylaw Mayor Lawrence Malcolm was on the hot seat Sunday night at the Latcham Centre when over 80 hunters from the area fired questions at him regarding hunting regu- lations in the township of Scugog. . : A new bylaw which council passed in March prohibits the discharge of firearms in the township and has caused a great deal of concern among area hunters. Steve Russell, presi- dent of the South Central Ontario Big Game Association and chairman of the meeting, asked the mayor to explain the bylaw and the reason for passing it. The bylaw has already been passed, the mayor said and it over rides all existing hunting regulations, Mr. Malcolm said. There were two ways council could have approached the bylaw, he said. One would be a restric- tive bylaw that only restric- ted certain things, while the other would be a bylaw that closed "all doors" and then only opened the doors council wanted open. Mr. Malcolm explained that council chose the latter method and consequently there are only three ways that hunting is allowed. As it now stands a farmer can use a gun on his own property, a hunter can hunt on a farmer's property as long as he has written per- mission from the farmer and a person can hold a hunting competition if 'he has per- mission in the form of a resolution of council. "Would it be possible for the hunter to just get verbal permission from the farmer this season, as it is too close to the opening of the hunting season to have anything changed, "Mr. Russell asked. "No you might just as well forget about a verbal agreement," the mayor said. "It doesn't mean anything." When asked what help the hunter can expect from council, the mayor said the best protection for the hunter is to heed the bylaw and get permission from the farmer before entering their property. "Would you as a farmer give us permission to use your land?"' somebody from the floor asked. "All of you?" the mayor "wondered. "Yes, all of us" came the reply. The mayor replied that he had never refused anyone permission to cross his property before, but did not give any indication that he was anxious to put it i writing. Region out of money The region of Durham will soon be living on borrowed money, the finance com- mittee has been told. Finance Commissioner Jack Gartley said that all the money from grants which the region has been opera- ting on will be used up next month and the region will have to operate on borrowed money for the last quarter of the year. If the region has to con- tinue to borrow money in the new year until the first tax money comes in, a very heavy load of interest will develop, he said. To help combat this problem, the finance com- mittee hopes to set its budget in February and collect the first installment of taxes in March. Coun. Christine Thomas of Oshawa didn't think this was a good idea as she felt there would be no real savings if the municipalities have to borrow the money to pay the region the first levy. Mr. Gartley said that treasurers of local council have said they don't expect to be able to collect the first levy in time to meet the regions proposed deadline. Additional delays for town's newest well It appears that Ontario Municipal Board approval will be needed again before a pumping station can be constructed on Port Perry's newest well. The well, known as number five, is located about two miles south of Port Perry on the Oshawa Road. In September 1973, OMB approval was received for expenditures not exceeding $87,149 for the construction of two new wells. But one well failed and the succesful one cost $46,000 to drill. The éstimated cost of a pump house for the well is $45,000 bringing the total cost of an operational well to about $91,000. Despite the fact this is only about $3,000 above the approved expenditure and that the OMB approved a preliminary estimate of $100,000., the region received a letter from the Ministry of Environment stating that OMB approval would probably be needed again. FE EN freeze so there won't be any flood in the spring. In the picture, the club greens are busy during a recent tournament. Will clean up creek next to lawn bowling greens Work on cleaning up the creek beside the Lawn Bowl- ing Club should start soon, according to Ron Mac- Donald, Scugog Roads Superintendent. And it can't start too soon, according to Howard Will- oughby, Lawn Bowling Club Tournament Secretary. Mr. Willoughby said the club members were getting impatient waiting for action on council's promise of Sept. 9 to clean out the creek which has - flooded several times causing the club problems. There is one big tourna- many ment left at the club on Oct. 2° this year and Mr. Willoughby would like to see the work completed by then. Mr. MacDonald said the work will be completed this fall, although he didn't know exactly what could be done to remedy the situation. He said the matter would be delt with as soon as a couple of other jobs around town are completed. Mr. Willoughby said that the stream fills up with so much silt that when a great quantity of water comes, it overflows and also blocks the club's drainage system. Mr. Willoughby said the club has a contractor ready to start work on renovations and improvements to the club as soon as the club receives a "New Horizons" grant it has applied for. The club has applied for a $4,500 grant and plans call (continued on page 26) A crowd gathered on Thursday afternoon to watch firemen at work at a minor chimney fire at this John Street house, located across from Beare Motors. It only took firemen a few minutes to extinguish the fire at the house owned by Beare Motors.