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LL A Le { SASL BIE RE SA Saka a otalos iat Bows To Objections Chimo Withdraws Application Honouring it's commit- ment of not locating where it isn't. wanted, Chimo Youth Services Inc. has withdrawn it's application for a zoning change to the property at '279 Queen St. that would have allowed the establishment of a home for disturbed 'young people. Scugog Township Council complied with Chimo's with- drawal, and repealed the bylaw that would have allowed the needed zoning change. i "When we originally. ap- proached council, we told them that we wanted to be, accepted in the community, or our program could not function properly," stated PORT § PERRY Chimo business manager D, Montgomery in a letter be- fore council Tuesday. '""Thé 11 letters of objection to our program indicate that we will not have the full sup- port of the neighbours to 279 Queen Street," the letter continued, ) Chimo, heartened by council's apparent support Serving Scugog Township Wednesday, April 20, 1977 of the project and the 'ap- parent support by the rest of the community, will try to locate elsewhere in the commupity. "We would like to thank the council for the excellent reception that they gave us at their meetings," stated Montgomery. "Only 25 per 28 Pages Favours local housing authority Senior, Citizen Housing Manager Mrs. Sevcik told Scugog Township Council last Tuesday that she was very much in favour of the Ontario Ministry of Hous- ing's proposal for the estab- lishment of a local housing authority. . Mrs." Sevcik said she reports to head office in Toronto now, a somewhat remote process. 'A local housing authority made up of representatives from this area would give 'me the support that is needed." she said. "The local contact would enhance communic- ations, allowing local people to have an opportunity to. take part in operation, planning and development of the program, ; Scugog Township at a meeting last month, endorsed a housing ministry proposal that would estab- lish such an authority covering all of Durham, but excluding Oshawa. She said that the local knowledge of .a local board would be invaluable, and would make her job that much easier. ~~... Coun, Reg Rose wanted to ciel]. know, 'however, about local input on development and That's "Mad Tom' Millar at the keyboard, ale in hand, and John Scott with the guitar. Where the inspiration for the impromptu jam session is coming from is obvious. The shot was taken at a rehearsal for the upcoming Cabaret * night this Saturday at Town Hall 1873, starting at 8 p.m. The evening will feature, among other things, W. C. Fields movies, Can-Can girls...and a bar. Ld planning. As he understood it, those kinds of programs would still be worked out in Toronto, while the local board was to concern itself with the day-to-day oper- ation of the seniors housing jin the Region. Mrs Sevcik said that while the decisions would still be made in. Toronto "where the money is", the board would have an oppor- tunity to take part'and have ~~ an input. Coun. Vern Asselstine was worried that the authority would become a cumber- some beaurocracy, centra- lized and inefficient. He asked if complaints would . be acted upon-a plumber or electrician answering a call- from a central location. This, he insisted, would be very wasteful and time- consuming. Mrs. Sevcik assured coun- cil that - local building custodians are authorized to use local services for such work. Being tall, blonde, beautiful and well liked by your fellow students. doesn't hurt when you are a contestant for the Queen of the At Home. This was the winning combination for pretty Joan Merchant, centre, in becoming the 1977 At Home Queen at Port. Perry High School last Friday night. Joan can be seen above receiving her crown from last years Queen Chris Donnelly, left, Train, right. Scugog man dies ¥ « d ii abe S00 ¢ NETTLAR OAD dealiibumend abides alblsimdidaindoide MRL and princess Melody in glider mishap Elemer Balint, 53, of RR 2 Blackstock died late Sunday afternoon when the glider he was piloting apparently went out of control and smashed into 'a swampy area just northeast of Omemee. According to a spokesman of the Lindsay detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, the accident happened shortly before - 4:30 p.m. Investigations were still underway by Monday evening to deter- mine the cause of the crash, (continued on page 6) Fout fires going at one time..... Four simultaneous fires, one of them a tragic house fire that left a Scugog Is- land family homeless, kept Scugog firemen and equip- ment spread somewhat thin early Tuesday afternoon. Seven men, an emergency. Van and a tanker had been dispatched to a. Cadmus area government forestry area fire on a back-up call from the Caesarea fire hall when the call about the Scygog Island house fire, came in. Port Perry hall chief Jack Cook answered the call him- self, driving the remainliig truck to the island. On the way, he radioed the dis- patched vehicles, diverting them back to the Scugog Island fire. While on his way to the house fire, another call came in, this time a grass fire in the Greenbank area. Under the mutual aid agree- ment, local fire authorities contacted the Uxbridge de- partment, who answered the call. On arrival at the house fire, much of the initial work of setting up equip- ment had to be done by Chief Cook until the divert- ed men and equipment arrived. Already spread rather thin, the department got.a fourth call while in the midst of the house fire. Another grass fire had erupted, this time in the Saintfield area. A truck and five men were dispat- ched Yo that one. "It never rains," said one puffing fireman at the Is- land house fire. "It pours." ..... home lost in one A single-storey frame home at 62 Sunrise Beach, Scugog Island, burned to the ground last Tuesday afternoon as a result of a kitchen mishap. The fire, at the home of 'William Rochford, began when a friend of the Roch- fords, Miss Marlene Joyce Bent, 15, was making french, fries in the kitchen of the winterized cottage. The grease apparently exploded and the flames quickly en- gulfed the kitchen area. "I was sitting in the living room," said Mr. Rochford, "and the next thing I knew everything was in flames. I had just enough time to grab the cat and get out of the house." No one else was in the house at the time, according to police. Attempts by the Port Perry hall of the Scugog Fire Department to grapple with the situation was ham- pered by the fact that two other fires were burning at the time. A fourth fire call came in a little later. All were grass and bush fires. The Rochfords are cover- ed by fire insurance, accor- ding to police. AE A a nL J a "re ve nn a a ID A rw: ro TD