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Ducks Unlimited raise over $50,000... Remembrance Day held in Blackstock... 1 4 Midgets win gold JON JENKINS Vol. 121 No. 51 - After a 35 year career as a police officer, Durham's top cop will be retiring next November. Regional Police Chief Jon Jenkins made the announcement to the Board of Commissioners November 5 and it was made public last Thursday. Chief Jenkins has been head of the Regional force since Durham was formed 15 years ago, and under his guidance, the department has Copy 50° A solemn Remembrance Day Service was held at the Cenotaph in Blackstock November 11 with the wreath laying and the reading of the honour roll. Buglers Gloria Wilson and Andreena Coulter from the Port Perry Cadet Corps sound- Tuesday, November 17, 1987 ed Last Post to honour the memory and the sacrifice paid by over 100,000 Canadians in two World Wars and the Korean War in this century. (More photos inside this issue, page 14). Twp. in good shape Scugog Township is just about on target for both spending and revenues for the first ten months of 1987, according to the financial report submitted to council last week. The report shows that as of Oc- tober 31, the municipality had col- lected 90 per cent of the budgeted revenues, while spending over the same ten months amounted to slightly over 83 per cent of budget. In total dollars, the Township has a 1987 budget of $11,601,000 of which $10.4 million has already been col- lected from various sources, and $9.6 million has already been spent. "I have noreason to feel concern- ed about the present (financial) situation," municipal treasurer Kathleen Harper told the Star last week. She went on to say that one area of the financial picture that is just slightly off normal for this year is the amount of taxes owing by pro- perty owners. As of October-31, that amounted to $792,000. "That figure is a little higher than other years," said Mrs. Harper. She said one reason for this may have heen the fact that the municipality did not send out tax notices in Oc- tober because of the mail disruption. And she said there are quite a few property owners who wait until late in December to pay their 1987 taxes in one payment. = Mrs. Harper said the roads department budget looks like it will be on target by the end of the year, unless there are exceptionally heavy snow and ice storms in November and December which would mean overtime to keep the roads clear. However, Mrs. Harper said the position of the municipality "looks pretty good right now in 1987." grown from one with 250 employees policing a population of 180,000 peo- ple, to one with 537 officers and civilian workers covering an area with a population of about 350,000 people. Prior to his appointment as the first Durham Region Chief, he had been Chief of the Oshawa City Police department for five years. He said that one of the biggest challenges he was faced with as a police officer was the amalgamation of the eight municipal forces in Durham into one Regional force, and a big reason for the success of in tournament.......... 2 A Durham's "top cop" retires this transition was Chief Jenkins ability to listen and communicate with both the general public and the members of the force. Another of his priorities was the education and training of officers for the future. He believed that senior officers and some NCO's should be transferred from branch to branch within the department every two or three years. Along with his duties as Chief in Durham Region, Jenkins took an ac- tive role in national and interna- (Turn to page 3) Pet cat dies from Members of a Scugog Point fami- ly are angry, upset and scared after their pet cat died last Friday, possibly as a result of getting caught in a leg-hold trap. The Chambers live in a quiet, wooded area near Lake Scugog, a family of five with two cats. Mrs. Sherry Chambers said both her cats are "outdoor cats" who enjoy pro- wling the neighbourhood, but who always come when called. "Angel," a five and a half year old black and white cat with tan mark- ings, "was more like a dog. She'd go for walks with us,'"" Mrs. Chambers recalled. On Tuesday November 3rd, Angel was let out, but never came when she was called later in the day. As the days passed, the Chambers searched anxiously for their miss- ing pet, but it wasn't until exactly a week later that Mr. Chambers discovered Angel in a neighbour's yard near the lake. leg trap injuries "*She could hardly walk, and was dragging her front left paw behind," Mrs. Chambers told the Star. "It was hanging by a thread." When they took her . to veterinarian Andre Macko, Brooklin Veterinary Hospital, he discovered a hole under the cat's armpit. Her leg was broken off at the first joint. '"'Her whole leg was rotting away," Mrs. Chambers said. "The stench was unbearable." Dr. Mackg' amputated the leg and he said the cat passed through surgery "with flying colours." Un- fortunately, 20 minutes after the operation, Angel's lungs filled with fluid and he was unable to save her. Dehydration, a high temperature and lack of nutrition may have played a role in her death, Dr. Macko said. And although he doesn't see many cases where domestic animals are caught in traps, he was sure that (Turn to page 7) Industrial lands get The Durham Region Planning department has given its approval to zoning and Official Plan amend- ments which will re-designate 81 acres from industrial to residential zoning. The lands in question are on the west side of Simcoe Street, south of Regional Road 8 and north of Vachon Pastries plant in Port Perry. The Region's Planning committee has also approved the re- designations and the recommenda- tions are expected to get the green light from the full Regional council which meets this week in Whitby. Included in the re-designation is a seven acre parcel immediately across Simcoe Street from the Port Perry Fairgrounds which is slated for development of 14 single family homes on municipal water and private septic systems. The 14 lots will front on Simcoe Street. The re- quest for this Official Plan amend- ment was submitted to the Region last August by Ralph Feirman, owner of the land. The request for the re-designation from industrial to residential for the re-zoned for homes remaining 75 acres of land came from Scugog Township council this fall on the grounds that this area would be more suitable for new homes than light industry. The Region's planning depart- ment agrees, especially in light of the fact that a new school is to be built across Regional Road 8, the area is close to the Scugog Arena and the proposed recreational lands behind the Arena. In a report prepared by the Region's commissioner of planning, Dr. Mofeed Michael, he notes that Scugog's inventory of available in- dustrial land will not be upset because of recent amendments for industrial land near Highway 12 bet- ween Concession 6 and Durham Road 8. The newly designated residential land west of Simcoe Street will have Cawker"s Creek as its western boun- dary, and this will serve as a natural dividing line between future homes and industrial land further west. If these lands are developed for new homes at some point in the future, they may be serviced with municipal water and private septic systems.