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[ 2 @ Drew, Jackman go down to defeat After watching the returns for nearly two hours at the Scugog Township office on Monday night, Vern Asselstine [left[ conceded and congratulated incumbent Mayor Jerry Taylor on the victory. Mayor Taylor pulled close to double the votes of Mr, Asselstine in the two-man race for the Mayor's seat. See more election photos on page 24. The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) has ruled in ® favour of the proposed waterfront location for a new Scugog War Memorial Library building. "The OMB handed down its eight-page = decision on November 5, but the fate of Aany new library in the locat- ion will likely hinge on the outcome of Monday's municipal election. The OMB judgement, _ based on evidence given at a three-day hearing in Port Perry last June, says the proposal to locate a new building on the former Lake Scugog Lumber property on Water Street is "in accord- ance with good - planning principles, and in the public interest." ® In its decision, the OMB rejects the arguments made A Cartwright area resident reports that the family pet Samoyed dog was shot last week. This is the fourth reported case of pets being shot in the Cartwright area in the past. four weeks. The most recent incident occurred on the Cartwright- Manvers boundary en Mrs. C. Wineberg found the four-year old male dog in the bush with a: bullet wound in - the back legs. The dog had been missing by a group of objectors, especially the crucial argu- ment that the land in question should be turned into a park. "The planning evidence indicates that the depth of this. property (the former Lake -Scugog--- Lumber property on Water Street) in this location is greater than the average depth of Palmer Park. The (zoning) by-law will create an open space zone averaging 150 feet in depth, and in addition the by-law requires that 50 per cent of the land zoned for library use by landscaped." The evidence satisfied the Board that in fact there will be noticeable separation __between the parkland.-creat-- ed by the Open Space and that developed as part of the Another pet dog . reported shot for several days, and the owner took it to a veterinar- ian in Brooklin who comfirmed that the wound was caused by a .22 bullet. The wound was so extens- ive the dog had to be destroy- ed In the past four weeks, there have been reports of a German Shepherd shot while playing in the front yard of the family home; a cat who had its front leg shot; and a second German - Shepherd shot north of Bowmanville, library landscape. Thus, the effect will be a one-storey building set in parkland, and situated about 200 feet from the water's edge," says the decision. The property in question is located between Water! and the shore of "Lake Scugog, and is just under two acres in size. Township council last year re-zoned as permanent open space with no buildings permitted. . A group of citizens led by Myrtle Prentice of Port Perry and Roy Grierson of Caesarea filed formal objection against the by-law with the OMB on the grounds that all the property should be used for parkland. REACTION Mr. Grierson told the Star last Friday that he had not yet seen a copy of the OMB decision, but he said the matter would be decided by the new in-coming council elected on Monday, in any event. Scugog Library Board chairman, Chuck Preston told - the Star that he is gratified by the OMB's decision to approve the site, but Mr. Preston also said that the eventual outcome will likely be decided by the new council. Mr. Preston said the Library Board will ask for a decision from the new council almost immediately on whether the Board can proceed to have final mechanical and structural Scugog Mayor Jerry Tay- lor was easily returned to office on Monday, but two members of councill, Jerry Jackman and Richard Drew went down to defeat. - Taylor polled 3,012 votes to 1754 for challenger Vern Asselstine. In the race for the Region- al council seat between Mr. Jackman and former Town- ship Mayor Lawrence Mal- colm, the contest was never in doubt as the retunrs began to come in with Mr. Malcolm eventually winning by a margin of 3009 votes to 1744. The race between Port Perry incumbent councillor Richard Drew and challen- ger Robert Espey was the Vol.114 No.50 Goh Seta WY [i 4 A tightest, and it was not until the final few polls that the outcome was decided. Mr. Espey polled 853 votes to 750 for Mr. Drew. In the race for the area council seat, Don Crosier easily beat opponent Ruth Mark by a margin of 3577 to 1114. And -in Ward One, Neil Hunter outdistanced Vallie Lovering and Paul Saulnier by a substantial margin. Hunter polled 771 votes to 437 for Lovering and 291 for Saulnier. Presbyterian minister Stuart McEntyre scored a victory over retired GM worker Charles Sharpe in the race for the lone Scugog seat Wednesday, November 12,1980 Taylor returned easily on the Durham Board of Eductation, polling 2846 votes to 1715 for Mr. Sharpe. The Mayoralty race be- tween Taylor and Asselstine was never in doubt as the incumbent won all but two of the 30 polls in the Township, including the advance poll. Mr. Asselstine conceded defeat at about 10:30 Monday evening, and in front of a large crowd jammed into the municipal chambers, he had warm words of congratula- tions for Mayor Taylor. Mayor Taylor told the Star after the final results were in that he worked hard in the campaign and that he was (Turn to page 2) Library gets OMB approval drawings prepared for the $300,000 building. He said if the council turns down the request, the Library Board will begin to refund the money that has been donated to date (about $65,000 out of a target of $100,000) and the Board will also inform Wintario that the building is not going ahead on the Water Street location. Wintario has committed $100,000 for construction of the building, but has stipulat- ed that this will be with- drawn if the project does not go to tender by next May. Mr. Preston added that if the new council rejects the proposed location, the Library Board will use its powers under the Library "Act to ask the council .to improve the library services in the Township. If the new council re-affirms the location for the new building, Mr. Preston said the Library Board will get on with its fund-raising and will be ready to issue tenders for construction before next Monday. The proposed location for a new War Memorial Library building has been a contentious issue in Scugog Township for more than a year with two OMB hearings into the matter, and candi- dates for Monday's election lining up for and against the proposal. Scugog Township council bought the 1.75 acres of land for $150,000 in the early (Turn to page 3) Silver Cross Mother Mrs. V. Hayden 'of Port Perry represented mothers of fallen soldiers during Remembrance Day ceremonies held last Saturday. The Silver Cross mother placed a wreath at the cenotaph near the Royal Canadian Legion in their honour. [More photos on page 18.]