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Fos tant 3) FAT LEAN Cs BR Ag YAN ET EPA a Sed S78 FAL SARE \ Va Fig x bs) ? igi fF Shh a A large reddish-brown coyote which viciously killed one dog and attacked at least two others September 11 in the western rural area of Scugog Township has been positively identified as rabid. The coyote was killed when hit by a truck Sept- ember 12 on Highway 47, and tests on the brain last week by the federal research lab in Ottawa revealed that it was carrying rabies. On the night of September 11, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McTavish who live on a farm $ 3 hs oF = fst farm dog and cat on Concession 9 near Dur- ham Road 23 spotted the animal walking up their laneway. When they returned home later that evening, they found one of their dogs "Gidget" had been throttled, its neck ripped open. Another dog "Missy" on the farm had been badly cut about the head and mouth, but was still alive. "Missy" has since been put in-quarantine on the farm for up to six months. As of last Friday, "Missy" seems to be recovering from her wounds suffered in the attack and Mr. and Mrs. George McTavish are keeping their fingers crossed that the dog does not start to show signs of rabies and have to be destroyed. Since both Mr. and Mrs. McTavish handled "Missy" after the attack and the dog that was found dead, they have been advised to have the series of anti-rabies shot as a precaution. The same evening that the two dogs were attacked at the McTavish Farm, Ben de (From page 2) 36 Pages" = : Tuesday, Septem ber 21, 1 982 Yvonne Christie in the race Three battle for Regional Council seat. . . so far!!! There is a crowd gathering = in the hunt for the Scugog seat on Durham Regional council, Former Board of Educa- tion chairman Yvonne Christie announced Friday that she will be a candidate for the Regional seat when Township voters go to the polls on November 8. © YVONNE CHRISTIE The incumbent councillor Lawrence Malcolm and present Scugog area coun- cillor Don Crosier have already announced that they will be after the Regional seat. Mrs. Christie, a long time resident of Scugog Township served eight years as a trustee with the Durham Board of Education, in- cluding four years as chair- man and one year as vice chairman. She was first elected to the old Ontario County Education Board in 1973, and to the Durham Board in 1974. She did not seek re-election in 1980 elections, but made an unsuccessful bid for the Con- servative nomination for the provincial riding of York- Durham in February 1981. Mrs. Christie was a history teacher, guidance counsellor and librarian, who taught at Port Perry and Cartwright High Schools. She is married with an 18 year old son, Peter. In announcing. her inten- tion to seek the Regional seat, Mrs. Christie pointed to her experience on the School Board, stating that this gave her wide knowledge of all areas of the Region. Her work with the School Board gave her. exposure to the planning and subdivision development process as well as intense labour nego- tiations. Mrs. Christie said she be- lieves the concept of Re- gional government is a valid. one, but she is critical of some of the individuals trying to make that concept . \ work. She currently serves as a member of the adult services committee for the Central Seven Association for the Mentally Retarded, and works as a volunteer teacher at the Central Seven work- shop in Port Perry. Mrs. Christie said she has been thinking about running for the Regional seat for quite some time. In fact, her official announcement came as no real surprise as her name has often been men- tioned as a possible candidate. The election of the Regional councillor is shaping up as one of the races to watch on November 8, as all three of the declared candidates have extensive backgrounds in municipal affairs and are well known in Scugog Township. Regional councillors are paid just under $14,000 yearly by Durham Region, in addition to the $7000 the Regional rep receives as a member of the Scugog council. Nominations for the muni- cipal elections close on Oct- ober 18 and election day is November 8. For the first time, municipal councils elected in November will sit for three years instead of the current two year term. - i It's Big Brother Week I n Scugog »rix It's Big Brother Week for the North Durham |[ Scugog] Association and one of the activities planned is a fun-filled softball game between the Little Brothers and the merchants of Port Perry and Uxbridge. That's little brother Robbie Windsor and George Legere representing the merchants and both Robbie and George will be on the field when the teams square off at the Port Perry diamonds this Wednesday evening [Sept. 22] at 7:00 P.M. The public is invited to come out and enjoy what should be a great game. Relief that GM strike averted Merchants laud new pact Merchants. in Port Perry and Scugog Township are breathing easier this week as a new two year contract between General Motors and the United Auto Workers was ratified Sunday evening by a wide margin. When it became apparent late last week that the ten- tative contract would likely be accepted and a strike averted, several merchants in Port Perry contacted by the Star said the news was welcome indeed. The General Motors public relations department was unable to give the Star a break-down in time for this story of the number of GM employees who live in Scugog Township, but the number is significant and a strike would have had a devastating effect on the local economy. Fearful that a strike was brewing, some local merchants had been keeping a very close watch on inventory levels over the past couple of months. Many merchants report .. that business generally has been sluggish this summer and part of the reason no doubt is that GM employees were putting away every spare penny as a hedge against the possibility of a long strike. Scugog Chamber of Commerce president Miriam Price could not be reached for comment Mon- day morning, but Ralph Ballard of Homestead (Turn to page 7) Scugog trustee opposed to big salary increases Scugog Board 'of Education trustee Rev. Stuart McEntyre says he is opposed to a recommend- ation from the Board's finance committee which would raise trustee salaries from the current $7200 to $11,300 by the end of 1984. The recommendation, which will be presented to the full Board on September 27;calls for an immediate ingrease to $10,000, followed byJsix pe cent next Dec- ember and another five per cent the following Dec- ember. Commenting on the report which was made public more than a week ago, Rev. McEntyre said there is a danger that increases such as these could lead to similar hikes after the next three years. He said that in his opinion, a trustee should not consider the job full-time, and thus should look on the salary as an honorarium, rather than a wage. He said he would be willing to support a freeze of (Turn to page 2) PA TT IA Rete ba i oe - - SIE ro aK