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Vol. 3, No. 45. Tuesday, May 31, 1994 CIRC. 12,000 Council 15981¢ jumps into gaming fray Scugog council has jumped into Wig debate over a charitable gaming facility proposed for Mississauga First Nation land on Scugog Island. While being careful to insist Go get 'em, Rebels! Port Perry High School Senior Rebels will be looking for the first ever provincial rugby championship for the school as they compete later this week against the best 16 high school teams from across Ontario. The Rebels earned this trip to Sarnia by virtue of a gold medal victory 23-14 over Pickering last week for the Durham York Championships. In the front from left Craig Melton, Ryan Delaney, Brett Lawson, Blair Prechitko, Lindsay Parry, Alex Knight, Steve Cochrane, Matt Jewell, Nick Brazier. Back from left Mike Tripp, Cralg Mitchell, Max Wordiey, Daryl Bourgeois, Mike McArthur, Anthony Farrell, Allen Foggettl, Nathan Short, David Morrin, Mark Cosway, Mike Mitchell and coach Brian Armstrong. The OFSSA tournament In Samia Is June 2 and 3. they are not opposed to the gaming facility, councillors agreed unanimously Monday afternoon to ask the provincial government to insure that issues like water and sewage capacity, the impact on traffic flows on the Island Road, and whether hydro service 'is sufficient, are addressed. Council delegated Mayor Howard Hall and Ward 3 (Island) councillor Ken Gadsden to draft a letter of concern for the provincial ministry of municipal affairs outlining the Township's concerns. The provincial cabinet Is expected to approve a charitable gaming facility licence for the Mississauga First Nation as early as next week. First Nation chief Gary Edgar in a letter to the editor in this edition says work will start this summer of a 25,000 square foot facility for bingos and other games of chance. But a committee made up of Island residents has expressed vigorous opposition to the proposed facility, citing several reasons including water and sewage capacity, increased traffic on the Island Road and an intrusion into the tranquility of life. Robert Deflorio, a member of the committee, presented council with a list of concerns on Monday. Members of the committee were extremely upset when they were not invited to an information meeting called last Friday afternoon by Durham East MPP Gord Mills. Mayor Hall and councillor Tun to page 2 SES closes down Port Perry office Scugog Employment Services (SES) has closed its doors due to lack of money. SES manager Vonne Haigh began clearing out the two room office at 238 Queen Street last Friday, saddened that she was unable to secure funds from either the provincial or federal governments. Ms. Haigh began the service last year to provide local residents with assistance and counselling in their search for jobs or re-training programs She appeared in front of Scugog council Monday to inform members of her decision to shut down SES, saying "I just can't go on financially." Aside from an $18,000 federal grant last October and $500 Ready for school? Custodians arriving for work early Monday morning at Port Perry High School were surprised to find a car with the motor running parked right in front of the-main doors to the school. There has been a rash of car and truck thefts in Bcugog over the last three weeks. And numerous vehicles stolen eisewhere are turning up all over the Township. The car at PPHS was discovered just before 7:00 Monday morning. from Township council, SES has received nq public money Keeping the doors open until now pushed Ms. Haigh deeply into debt. "This has meant a great (financial) loss for me personally," she told council. Back in February, she was buoyed by the fact that Durham East MPP Gord Mills liked the kind of services being provided by SES to the unemployed in Scugog and agreed to try to get provincial funding However, that fell through and with her own resources at an end, she had no choice but to persons registered with SES. Of that total, 94 found full or part-time work, 18 are self-employed and four returned ta school. That's about 31 per cent. "It should be clear that (SES) has had a beneficial impact on the community. It should also be obvious that the eriginal instinct was accurate: that there is a need for a link between small towns and rural communities and main urbln employment markets and resources," she wrote in a letter to council. "Convincing the powers that be to provide the funds, that's the trick," she stated Scugog Mayor Howard Hall said Monday the closing of SES is "unfortunate. It has served a useful purpose for the people of this community. I'm sorry to see it close" Reward offered The Port Perry Auto Glass Sting Ray slo pitch team is offering » cash reward for any information leading to the recovery of a large sum of money that went missing at a slopitch tournament over the weekend in Port 3 The money had been from sales in the beer garden and was discovered missing shortly after the tournament concluded early Saturday evening. The Sting Rays host the annual tournament for teams from the Beugog Hockey League. A rep from the Sting Rays team asked that if anyones has information about the missing money to contact the Bcugog Citizen at 985-6397 and leave & message. " CANOE THE NONQUON = SATURDAY, JUNE 4