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111788 Down to the wire The race is nearly over for the candidates seeking election in Scugog Township. Voting day is this coming "Ti®sthry; November 12 with the polls open at 10 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m. We would strongly suggest that if you care even a bit about your municipality, make the effort to exercise your right to vote. If the advance poll held last Saturday (Nov. 2) is any indica- tion, voter tum-out could be heavy on November 12. There were 298 ballots cast at the advance poll, and that is about one-third higher than usual. There arc races for all seats on Township council except arca, which was taken by acclamation by Harvey Graham' In this issue of the Citizen, most candidatesthave taken space to present their message. The supplement starts bn Page 13 In order to bring you up-to-the-minutes results of the elec- tion, the Citizen will be published Wed., Nov. 13, a day later than usual. Vol. 1, No. 20 Tuesday, November 5, 1991 Circ. 9,000 32 pages Birds of a feather Meet Otis, the feisty Macaw who has found him- self a loving home with Sue Soper, who has raised the nine-month-0ld parrot since he was just a bald baby. Otis loves to cuddle, and happily follows Sue around like 8 puppy. Sus among the many Scugog Town: puasWird lovers who Is anxious 10 join the Pet Parrot Club of Durham, which wii.se holding its first meeting Nov AN | Port Perry High School. This new club will wel come all parrot owners and those thinking of own- ing a parrot. You might call them, birds of a feath- oF (see story on page 10) Tough to keep ahead of illegal dumpers Staying ahead of the FY +1 joint effort with Oshawa and Newcastle to clean up piles of * MANN IRIAN LIA trash dumped illegally along the unimproved road that forms a boundary for the three municipal ithe But when Township officials went back 10 the area Monday morning, what did they find? Ri You guessed it. More trash had been dumped over the woek ond Roads superintendent Roan MacDonald said the "new" trash included construction debris, a tollet, bath tub, vanity and sink. So, it will cost more money (read tax dollars) 10 go in and clean up this mess, ak LY) wonnes of old shingles and numer ous derelict vehicles Evemtanlly, access routes into this area will be fied with pad locked gates in an effort w keep the illegal dumpers out This problem, and it is not unique 10 Scigog. wok off a cow ple of years ago when commer clal tipping foes st landfill sites went up dramatically