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»n XESS OL FI KE $ 5 Wis 3 BANRIRESY A h Happiness.".at least in the Fall of the year...is a big pile of leaves. Look close enough and you'll find four smiling faces in the pile of leaves. The picture Preliminary federal-municipal meeting was taken last Sunday, when a bright sun and warm " temperatures added to the fun. The four are Bradley Fulford, Ernest Scriver, Fulford. i Jeff Ireland, and John Stick to bylaw, council is told Over building the objections of inspector Joe . Podres, Scugog Township council has given permission to island cottage owner A.G. Henley to put a strip footing under the cottage foundation. The problem, according to Mr. Henley, is that the cottage keeps listing every year, and that the cottage is annually being jacked up, and new blocks put under it. the strip footing would simply spread the weight of the cottage evenly around the walls, and eliminate the need to do the repair work every year. But Mr. Podres sees the problem differently. The strip footing is a permanent foundation, he said, and under the terms of the by- law, the cottage must be moved 10 feet away from the lot line if such work is undertaken. The cottage is now three feet from the lot line. Although the property on the deed is shown in one of. two 50 foot portions of land, Mr. Henley said that it has subsequently been divided up among four members of the family. In fact, he pointed out, his 22-foot wide cottage: sits on a 24-foot portion of land. Therefore he cannot move 10 feet away from the lot line. Mr. Podres and Mayor Lawrence Malcolm question- ed if family division of the property should be consider- ed, "when the 'documents - before council showed two 50-foot lots...enough to pro- vide for the setback. Mayor Malcolm warned that if it is allowed, there are over 40 people on the island who've had to comply with the bylaw on the island "who will be awful annoyed". Annoyed most of all by council's granting of per- mission was Mr. Podres, who said the decision makes him "look like an idiot". "I'm confused," he said. "How can we pass a by-law today and break it tomorrow?" Penitentiary sites discussions held Scugog Township Council "and a representative of the federal public works depart- ment held preliminary talks dealing with the location of the proposed Penitentiary Service reception centre in the township. The in camera session was held Monday morning, and included full council with A Collette, a representative~of the purchasing branch of the department. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm said following the meeting that talks were '"'prelimin- ary' and "general", dealing mainly with procedural matters and very prelimin- ary site considerations. ..He assured the STAR that when council gets down to site proposals, the matter will be dealt with before the public. He said council will be in contact with Mr. Collette again, but that no timetable has been set-up. He did not know when the next meeting would be held. The meeting was the first step in the difficult task of choosing a site for the maxi- mum security centre in either Uxbridge or Scugog Townships. According to Deputy Regional Director John L. Bennett, a formal request was put before the federal works department, and that the job of finding suitable sites is now in the hands of that department and local 'officials. He said the next step in the procedure is that the works department officials contact local officials in a joint search.for suitable sites. "We don't know how ad- "vanced they (works depart- ment) are at this point," said Mr. Bennett. He said, how- ever, that a report by the department on mutually- acceptable sites could be before the Penitentiary Ser- vice in "a matter of weeks'. Mr. Bennett said the pro- cedure demands first that the works department and the local community approves the sites. These mutually approved sites would then be put before the penitentiary service. "We also have to consider, of course, if there is land available for sale," he said, reiterating that the service will not expropriate land. Asked if the decision- making process will be con- ducted in public, Mr. Bennett said that where and how the decision is made is up to council. - Asked about time factors involved in establishing the institution in the area, Mr. Bennettsaid that as soon as a suitable site has been found, approved, and purchased, site development would begin, with construction soon after. But Mr. Bennett declined in making any definite state- ments about possible timing. "I don't like to be pinned down on the time involved," said Mr. Bennett, referring to the detailed process of approval, purchase, and other preliminaries. He said only that the service would like to "get moving" on it as soon as possible. Bow hunting in Nonquon area Portions of Durham Region will be opened for deer hunting later this year, Natural Resources Minister Leo Bernier has announced. Special bow season will be held Oct. 27 to Dec. 31 in Nonquon provincial wild life area, just north of Port Perry. From Nov. 3 to Nov. 5 Newcastle and Scugog in Durham, as well as Cavan, Manvers and Mariposa Townships, will be open for hunting. . Dogs are prohibited on this hunt and only shotguns and primitive weapons such as bows and muzzle-loaders will be legal. \ The decision to establish a short dear season in late 1975 is based on a successful experiment last year in Cavan Township. The ministry reports no reduction indeer this year as a result of a hunt then. It is open only to Ontario residents. Demanding some support of council, Mr. Podres said that it seems to him, "the person who talks loud enough gets away with it." It was explained, however, that Mr. Henley wasn't talk- ing about a cottage conver- sion, but only trying to elim- inate the annual repair. Firemen off flood duty Firemen will no longer be obligated to pump out flooded basements in times of flood or heavy rains. It was suggested instead that the township's works department take on the task and that a charge be applied for such calls. The decision came after Fire Chief Jack Cook approached council Monday night on several matters. He said that firemen would do as directed by council, but that they-required "council's word on it either way"'. The fire department is called out regularly to pump basements because they are the only ones in the commun-. ity with the equipment, ac- cording to the fire chief. He said some officials frown on the practice, and think the equipment should be used only for fighting fires. Councillor Bob Kenny agreed. 'If a pump is broken down from fighting a- fire, that's bad enough," he said. "But if it breaks down from pumping basements and there's a fire call, that could be disasterous." It was Coun. Reg Rose's suggestion that although it is not a tewnship obligation to provide such service, local people have become accus- tomed to the service, and that in future it should be provid- ed by the works department for a charge. Coun. Kenny said that is was. hard enough getting volun- teers now, and that employ- ers have to agree to let their employees go to fight fires at a considerable loss of time and money, considering the, high cost of labour today. Burdening them with the additional service of pump- ing basement would only make matters worse. Holiday closing Next week, the Star will be published one day later than usual. This is due to Thanks- giving Day, Monday, October 13ih. « The next issue of the Star then will be pub- lished on Thursday, October 16th, rather than Wednesday, Oct- ober 15th. This will also effect the deadlines which will be advanced 24 hours. Display adver- tising, Tuesday, 3 p.m. and classified, Tues- day, 5 p.m. Any material (ad- vertisements and art- icles) we may receive prior to the long week- end will be greatly appreciated. ] AREA i 0 OF SER Ae >, +3 Ra En a hoot 04 - i