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

0 ® e J LJ it | 2 '. | | s | | | | Ny! 7 < |} * $ [ 2 | { ! 1 3 Liberal Leader Bob Nixon at Club Annrene. Approve in principle to host centre While Uxbridge acts........ Uxbridge Township Coun- cil Monday night voted to make their own bid for the - penitentiary service's recep- tion centre in the wake of Scugog's indecision. Inarecorded 4-2 vote at the Uxbridge meeting, council resolved that the township approve in principal the lo- cating of the federal recep- tion centre 'in the township, subject to a mutual agree- ment between the service and the township on an acceptable site. 2 The resolution includes council's reasoning. 'Where: as," the. resolution reads, "the Township of Uxbridge is desirous'of encouraging de- velopment and employment to the community, and (_ whereas the penitentiary ser- vice is desirous of locating a federal reception centre in the Uxbridge-Scugog area, the township approves in principal. The motion, put before council by Coun. Bill Balling- - er of Uxbridge, came follow- ing an almost identical intro- duction by penitentiary service deputy regional dir- ector John L. Bennett to the one presented to Scugog Township council some three The pen: Off the record, Fred Jack- son will tell you within a concession--just where, in the Township/of Scugog, the pro- posed penitentiary service's Fred Jackson: months ago. He was asked by Uxbridge council to appear before them. For the benefit of the almost 200 people who attend- ed the meeting, held at the The second half of a com- mittee to study both sides of the penitentiary issue and" make recommendations to Scugog Council was elected last "Tuesday at "a piiblic meeting--in the Township- Council chambers. Elected to that segment of the committee opposing the penitentiary in the Township are Bastion Benschop, repre- senting Reach Township, Greg Fedyk representing Island, Nigel Harvey erry, and James wright: The names were to have been submitted to council this Monday for council's acceptance, and will join the four names on the committee already appointed to repre- reception centre will be located. But that's just off the record. "Idon't want to upset anyone," he'll tell you, so I Uxbridge Music Hall in anticipation of the turnout, Coun. Ballinger repeated in part a report outlined before council last week. (continued on page 6) ...Scugog debates sent those people in favour of the penitentiary. They are Dr. Matthew Dymond, M.P.P., of Ward 2 (Port Perry); Fred Christie of Ward 1 (Reach); Anson Gerrow, Ward 3 (Scugog Island); and Jim Marlow, Ward 4 (Cartwright). Mr. Benschop, nominated by Nigel Harvey, decided at first to decline due to the heavy workload at his Reach farm, but agreed to stand when Mr. Harvey suggested the meetings could be attended by alternated should work keep him from a meeting or two. Mr. Harvey was the only member appointed to the committee who made any substantial statement follow- (continued on page6) don't want to let it get out." How does Fred Jackson, retired Scugog Island farmer and well-known well-witcher know? Well, you might say Fred " hasasystem. A system, mind you, that is at least as accurate as a lot of the predictions, forecasts and threats that have accompan- ied this penitentiary issue. Mr. Jackson, a veteran of some 35 years of -well-witch- ing with an' impressive record of successes (three or four failures of the hundreds he's witched) has recently discovered a new talent. Like well-witching, he can't tell you how it works--only that it does. Holding two bent copper wires in his two hands, he'll begin a series of questions designed to eliminate the wrong answers from the right ones. "Will the penitentiary be located in Scugog Town- ship," he asks in a casual way. The ends of the wires | BI is [ TB MR 7X _ Premier Davis, Herman Kerry at nursing home luncheon z 20c per copy Vol. 109 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, August 27, 1975 -- No. 42. 28 Pages Uxbridge decision does not rule out centre locating in Scugog "The fact that Uxbridge has shown they will accept the proposed reception centre does not mean we (Scugog) are out of the runn- ing," said Howard Hall in a special address to Scugog council Monday night. Having just returned from the Uxbridge meeting where that council moved to accept the institution in principal, he told council that Ux- bridge's move puts more urgency on the decision- Don't you just 'witch' it was! slowly start to point inwards until they cross. Affirmative. "Will the penitentiary be located on the island?" The copper wires sit rock steady. There is no move- ment. Negative. Through a half-dozen more questions, the location is narrowed down to a conces- sion in the township. Where, he won't say. "It could get a guy in a lot of trouble," he said. A lot of bunk? Some neighbours don't think so. He's already made at least a half-dozen predic- tions that have proven accurate. Like the birth of a heifer down to almost the minute. There are other feats Fred does with his strange ability, like the people finder. Holding the L. shaped single copper wire, the short end of the L in a piece of plastic straw, he'll ask (the wire) where the interviewer is. Sure enough, the long stem continued on page 2 | Malcolm making process here and that council should make their decision, on a council' basis, as soon as possible. "Council already has made their decision>on a council basis," said Coun. Reg. Rose. "That decision was reversed." Coun. Rose, the original mover of the motion that turned down the penitentiary for the township, was not present when a rescinding motion was made some weeks later. "Well lets hope," shot back Mr. Hall, "that they make the right decision this time." Mr. Hall said a meeting scheduled for Tuesday with MP Norm Cafik, Mr. Bennett and' the Scugog Chamber of Commerce should result in the setting of a deadline date for a Scugog Township de- cision. Chamber president Rich- ard Drew earlier in the meeting invited councillors to attend the meeting. "Now that we are going to have the institution close by, no matter what we do, we might as well have it here and get the benefits," he said, referring to $100,000 in grants and 180 jobs, the service outlines as part of the advantages to a host community. } .Scugog Mayor Lawrence was somewhat ruffled following Mr. Hall's report and a comment from the gallery by former Ontario County Warden Anson Gerrow, that he wish- ed Scugog council had the guts that they (Uxbridge council) have. Mayor Malcolm dug through his files and read out the resolution to set up a -- ji} committee in the township to investigate the two sides of the question. He said he's called a meeting of the committee this Thursday at 7:30. "Who knows," he said, "it might be settled in one meeting, but it'll have to go through the process." Holiday closing Next week, the Star will be published one day later than usual. This is due to Labour Day, Monday, Septem- ber 1st. The next issue of the Star then will be pub- lished on Thursday, September 4th, rather than Wednesday, Sep- tember 3rd. This will also effect the deadlines which will be advanced 24 hours. Display adver- tising, Tuesday, 3 p.m. and classified, Tues- day, 5 p.m. Any material (ad- vertisements and art- icles) we may receive prior to the long week: end will be greatly appreciated. Hospital Report Week Ending August 21st Admission .................... 26 Births ........cooooeiiiiinn 3 Deaths ......................... Nil Emergencies .. . 191 Operations ...........0........ 6 Discharges ......... . 36 Remaining .......... .. pK] 5 mA ry EA eX EEE rr i Leas x iF Lae Cod A LA ey re. a ERG