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-y-- Copy 50¢ 60 Pages Volume 123 Number 24 $608: people dumping trash In plate, phone police or the Town ~ story) PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1989 dit Ty problem that seems t0 be /the Increase in Scugog, and the Mayor along with: Town- officials are asking the public to help combat. if:anyone rural areas, get the license. ship office and report i. (see. Mayor furious with this mess Township officials were fu- rious Friday afternoon when they received a complaint that a large amount of trash had been dumped beside Old Simcoe - Street, about three miles north of Port Perry. Road superintendent Ronn MacDonald said it's not unusu- al for trash to be dumped in small quantities along rural roads. But the sight last Friday was quite disgusting. re were at least ten gar- filled with all kinds of household trash--everything from old books and magazines, utensils, old shoes, ttles, even an old hock- cookin empty ey sock. Also scattered beside the road were old kitchen chairs, broken down doll carriages and an old battered child's tricycle. Mr. MacDonald, who called Mayor Howard Hall to view the mess, said the Township takes it very seriously when people dump trash wherever they please. He said the by-law for lit- tering carries a $300 fine and if those responsible can be found the Township will prosecute to (Turn to page 5) Big change proposed for waterfront parks Members of Township had their first close look Monday morning at a concpetual plan, which if fully implemented, would change the face of the Port Perry waterfront. The plan was prepared by the local consulting firm of Ter- ry Twine and Dan O'Brien, and the plan covers the large stretch of Township land from Beech Street in the north to the Water Street baseball diamonds in the south. Councillor Marilyn Pearce, who chairs the Township's parks and recreation commit- tee, said Monday that imple- menting some of the recommen- dations are for the long term, while other aspects of it can pro- ceed as early as this summer. But councillor'Pearce add- ed the public will have ample opportunity to view the plan and comment on it. She is a hopeful that a pub- lic meeting can be called within four to six weeks to allow Scu- gog residents to. see the design and hear the consultants. The conceptual plan as pre- sented Monday suggests nu- " merous proposals and changes for the land in question, and at least one could be controversial. That is the recommenda- tion that the Water Street base- ball diamonds be moved, and the land incorporated into the overall park. Mus. Pearce stressed that moving the ball diamonds is not something that will happen overnight, and in fact this is contigent on whether the Town- ship opens up new recreational land near the Scugog Arena to include new diamonds. Area councillor Don Co- chrane was luke warm to the suggestion that the diamonds eventually will be re-located. "A lot of people like to play baseball and watch baseball at the waterfront location. It may be forever before those fields aremoved," he said. And it was noted that some Water Street merchants may not want to see the diamonds moved to a new location near the Scugog Arena. Among some of the other suggestions made in the plan is a walkway stretch- ing the length of the waterfront, the development of Birdseye Park for picnics large and small, boat slips at the govern- ment pier at the foot of Queen Street for day use by boaters; improvements to the beach area at Palmer Park; and new play- ground equipment near the beach The plan also calls for a sea-wall and boardwalk to be constructed along the water- front from Palmer Park to the south end of the ball diamond. While the plan calls for the eventual re-location of the two diamonds, it suggests that the tennis courts be left where they are. Following the presentation by the consultants, councillor (Turn to page 3) Youth arrested A 17 year old Uxbridge youth was arrested last week and charged with theft of a $300 scanner from a Pcrt Perry store. He can't be identified be- cause he was charged under the Youthful Offender Act. According to Police a wit- House trashed A house under construction in Blackstock was "trashed" late Thursday night as vandals caused about $4,000 damage. Regional Police say some- body pried open a patio door on the Greensborough Drive house after mid-night and then pro- ceeded to destroy just about everythingin sight. Walls were gouged with a sharp object, the thermostat was ripped apart, vapour barri- er torn down, and several fix- tures in the kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms were ripped out. The damage was discov- ered the following morning. - Meanwhile in Port Perry last week, Police report two in- cidents of vandalism on Or- ness saw a person putting ob- jects in his pocket while in House of Howard on Queen Street. The witness watched the person leave the store and called Police with a description. The arrest was made by Po- lice a short time later. chard Park Road. Late Saturday night a cast iron lawn oranment was over- turned. Police say it Sppsets as. if those responsible tried to drag 'the ornament away, but were foiled by the weight of it. And also on the same road, a home owner - reported that wires attached to decorative lawn lights were ripped out and damaged to the tune of $300. On May 6, Police report that a home on Rosa Street was damaged when shot by what ap- pears tobe a pellet rifle. And also May 6, a residence on Lilla Street was broken into and thieves made off with a tool box and tools valued at $400. The box was sitting on a shelf in the kitchen.