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Councillors battle over planning policy Last week the Orono Scouts cook-out but also some games Myles. held a cook-out at the home of and a swim in the pool. The Orono Scouts bave had Mr. and Mrs.-William Forrest Scouter Mark Konzelmann-a good first term and are to end the regular activities of pictured above was presented looking for greater interest in the troop for the summer. The with the "Scout of the Year the movement in the fail. boys enjoyed not only the Award"by Scout leader Brian Says public endorses mobile home plan Strong public approval of the idea of a mobile home park has been expressed by people visiting the model unit in the Village of Newcastle,. according to a spokesman for the proposers of the develop- ment, Rice Construction Co. Ltd. and the Royal Bank of Canada. Max Rice, president of Rice Construction, said that of the several hundred people visit- ing the unit on the main street of the village, opposite the Elmhurst Hotel, 227 filled out a questionnaire which includ- ed the query: Do you believe that this type of park should be built in the town of Newcastle? 'There were only two negative replies, and two undecided," said Mr. Rice. "All the rest answered, 'Yes'.' Of the total replying, 174 were from the Town of Newcastle, 25 f rom elsewhere in the Region of Durham, and 28 from butside. Mr. Rice said that these cards were collect- ed only during the f irst week the model unit had been open, and that many more have been collected since then. Rice Construction and the, Royal Bank of Canada, each 50-percent partners in the proposed Wilmot Creek Cove, are waiting for the Newcastle regional council to sanction the project. THe land, totaling 273 acres to the souteast of the vilage, has already been purchased. An access road from Bennett Sideroad, with an overpass over the railroad tracks, is planned. A similar park, Sandycove Acres, was constructed by the same parties at Stroud, south of Barrie, where it has been operating for about three years. Mr. Rice said the the model unit was erected in the Village of Newcastle so that local people would have an opport- unity to see what it is their elected representatives are being asked to approve. "Our biggest problem," said Mr. Rice, "is trying to resolve the confusion is some people's mind between a mobile-home park and a trailer park. The only simil- arity, really, is that both types of homes arrive on wheels. But whereas the trailer park is made up of temporary homes, mobile homes are permanent. The consist of two double sections which are bolted together to make a bungalow of about 1,000 square feet. They are placed on cement foundations, with landscaping, the services are all connected and the wheels are removed.' The main difference bet- ween a mobile-home park and an ordinary subdivision, said Mr. Rice, is the fact that while mobile homes are owned by the occupants, the land in Wilmot Creek Cove will be rented, normally on the basis of a 20-year lease. All services, such as roads, community hall, removal, street cleaning, sewage and water facilities, are provided and maintained by the park authorities. From: Fergus Cronin, 28 NIghtingale Place, Scarboro, Ont 439-1072 Ta celebrate Civic Holiday in Newcastle Cive Holiday week-end, a* traditional time of celebrat- ions in the Village of New- castle, is again fast approa- ching. This year, the Newcastle Lions Club and the Newcastle and District Chamber of Commerce will again co-op- erate in the planning and staging of this year's celebr- ations, August 3rd - 5th, inclusive. The details and planning for this year's events are well underway and final details will be announced in the near future. Now is the time to mark your calendar and plan to attend and enjoy yourselves with us. QUICK AS A WINK To get action FAST, nothing succeeds like a Want Ad in this paperi Whet"er you want to sell, buy, rent or hire, a Want Ad here will get results with maximum speed at mnimum cost! The Region Council of Durham on Wednesday after a debate of some two hours sent back a dozen planning and development committee recommendations regarding land separations on farms back to the committee for review along with a suggest- ion that the whole separation policy regarding rural land be reviewed. The twelve recommendat- ions brought before council were all concerned with rural land. Several months ago region- al council did approve a set of guidelines to be used by the land Division Committee which now region is question- ing. At the same time council aIso authorized their lawyer to a Peal any case that did not conform with the guidelines and his actions was to be automatic. The Land Division Committee at the time ap- proved the guidelines and set them forth as their policy. Mayor Malcolm of Cart- wright said he was informed when the guidleines were set down that they were only guidelines and not policy. Some council members agreed with Mayor Malcolm while others said the intent of the guidelines was to stop land falling into the hands of developers. The example that began the debate involved a family that obtained its land from the crown 140 years ago. The family originally homestead- ed the property and has farmed it ever since. WANTS HOUSE Now the fourth generation farmer wishes to sell the land. However, he wants to keep the 140-year-old farm house he was brought up in. He applied to the land division committee for per- mission to separate the bouse adn one acre from the rest of the farm. The separation violates land division guidelines, but the land division committee okayed it anyway "in view of the circumstances." The region's lawyer, acting on blanket instructions from council, appealed the approv- al to the Ontario Municipal Board. The planning and develop- ment committee was asking council yesterday to ratify the appeal. Council refused to do so. The appeal was withdrawn. The family can separate its house and sell the rest of the land. A dozen similar situations were sent back to the planning and development committee for further study. E - Your credit-rating s priceless. This is what Ontario is doing to help you protect t. Ontario has passed a new Consumer Reporting Act, one of the most im- portant pieces of consumerlegis- lation in the province's history. It deals with the reporting, ex- change and gathering of both credit and-personal information related to you r ife-styleand character. It goes into effect July 2, 1974. After that date you'lI1have the right to knowwhat is being reported about you and to whom. 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