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ah x i 1, NE DR RAE Te FETA RA HIBS APL "ep VOSA TCT Poh 4 $0 1.4428 ELLY 3 ii " F, i NE NE a A A Ls Jia Xap eta Tah RA BSA ' ~~ h u FJ bh A ' . Rush zoning change . Bitter council gives in -- . by John B. McClelland Along, costly, and at times bitter battle came to a quick end Monday afternoon when Scugo Township ¢ouncil re- luctantly passed a by-law amendment to permit a 10- acre lot for an Agincourt businessman in the north- west corner of the munici- pality. Although the carefully The director of Durham Region's environmental health services says he is satisfied with the timetable for the installation of sewers to the Comco plant just south of Port Perry, although the plant's present septic system . is discharging sewage into nearby swamplands. Dr. J.E. Watt told the Star last week that plans to have sewer lines from the plant * operational by March 1, 1979, are "reasonable", and a spokesman for the engineer- ing firm handling the project said that the actual work is expected to get underway early in January. ~ a Although his 'sleigh' was powered by whirling blades rather than flying reindeer, Santa Claus made a dramatic entrance last Saturday morning, arriving at Port Perry Plaza by helicopter. He CRE RON h a worded amendment allows Mr. Carl J. Rush the 10-acre lot at the corner of Concess- ion Road 12 and Regional Road 23 as directed by the Ontario Cabinet and the courts, council made it es- pecialy clear that this is a unique case and in no way sets a precedent for further land separations in restrict- ed zoning areas of Scugog. Plant told to . stop polluting A letter dated December 4 from Dr. Watt to the Durham Region public works depart- ment says the present septic tank disposal system used by the plant is failing and creating a situation "which cannot be allowed to con- . tinue." The letter called on the owners of the property, Aycuzz Realty, to come up with an alternate sewage "system or face legal action. Commenting on the situa- tion, Dr. Watt said the problem has existed for several months and this was verified three weeks ago (Turn to page 6) -. wr 5 IT Sm iT TA After passing the amend- ing by-law, council imm- ediately endorsed a resolu- tion which states that any similar applications to sever will be rejected. The resolution also states that council only passed the amending by-law because of a direct order from the pro- vincial cabinet and further order issued by a Justice in the Ontario Supreme Court. Mr. Rush and his lawyer were in the council cham- bers Monday afternoon, and prior to the passing of the by-law and accompanying resolution, Mr. Rush read a four-page statement in which he claimed harrass- Vol. 113 No. 6 ment and discrimination. "I am utterly astounded," he read, "by the discrimin- ation that my applications for a land severance have brought to light. Other sev- erances since my application have been approved, which do not conform with the Official Plan." Mr. Rush went on to say that at the time he made His original application to sever the 10-acre parcel in October 1975, the official plan for the old Township of Reach allow- ed the severance of lots with LES iE YF x In this issue of the Star you will find our Christmas supplement with greetings from local businessmen and merchants as well as letters, poems and stories by the children of Scugog Township schools. We think you will enjoy reading the material from the children and urge you to 'read the ads and stories. Below is an exam- ple of the type of letter you will find within this special Christmas edition: Dear Santa Claus, My name is Adam. I would like x-wing- fighter and Land Speeder and ... Am I asking for too much? Anyways, Lets get on to business. By the way, how are the rein- deer? Are they feeling well? Is Rudolph's nose burnt out yet? ... Am I asking too many questions? Anyways besides the stuff up there I'd like Luke Skywalker and C3P0 and some stormtroopers. Whew! Sorry I have to go now good-bye. 4 efi « I* 7s § a minimum of five acres. He - stated that changes were - (Turn to page 8) Grade 3, R.H. Cornish Your friend, Adam R. Cookson Wednesday, December 20, 1978 32 Pages dal " 07% 5 oF od pn A ? p = i stayed more than an hour and delighted the youngsters who didn't seem to mind his unusual means of transportation. Grants for new arena work Scugog council agreed Monday evening to make immediate applications for provincial grants to help cover the costs of a proposed addition to the Cartwright Arena in Blackstock. Ward 4 councillor John Wolters told council! that the proposed addition would include two dressing rooms and an eight-foot walkway along one side of the ice surface. Councillor Wolters said the arena committee estimates the tentative cost of the project to be in the neigh- bourhood of $10,000, depend- ing on the type of construc- tion and materials used. He added that the committee -now has about $6300. ear- marked for the work, which the committee considers a continuation of the artificial ice in project which was completed about a year ago. While council agreed to make the applications for Wintario and Community Continued on page 8 ISL. 1