The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

mant---- IRE Only Coun, Don Frew voted in opposition to a resolution at Monday's council meeting that allows private shooting "competitions" at the Skin- . - ner property on Lot 2and 3 of Concession 3 on Wednesday, - Friday and Saturday of the Sisters reunited after 44 years. Lived only J '. remaining = weeks November. 1 Made by Coun. Reg Rose, the resolution appeared a- half-way point between a longer range authorization asked for by property owners in_ come through the back door and the complete curtail ment*of shooting activities demanded by a group of area citizens. FON . George Smith, represent- ing the citizens, told council Monday that what Skinners. actually want is a scaled down version of the target shooting and fishing school commercial operation that was asked for earlier and refused by council. He said the owners are attempting to oy PORT | &4 I'RRY with something that won't go any other way. ol Earlier this year, council refused to make the neces- sary zoning changes to facili- tate use of the property for a commercial shooting 'and fishing school. Now insisting they want only to have a private, non- "commercial target shooting operation at the property, owners 'asked council to authorize such private shoot- ing for suggested periods of ome or two months, A gun bylaw amendment made by council a week ago seemed to indicate council was seeing it their way. Council amended the bylaw to read that shoot- ing "practices or competit- ions" could be authorized, instead of the wording "prac- tice or competition'. * Idea behind the amend ment seemed to be'in line with what property owners wanted, and Mayor Lawrence Malcolm said at 20° Ld Vol. 110 No. 1 Jimmy Harris of Prince Albert was the only cub, scout, guide or brownie at the Remembrance Day service at the Legion on Sunday. The young lad took You might say Helen McKean of R.R.2, Seagrave and Dorothy Simpson of Ux- bridge are practically neigh- bours. At least in the rural sense, the nine miles that separates the Uxbridge Simpson home and the McKean farmhouse near Greenbank is a little more "than a stone's throw. - Although the two families didn't know one another, there were more than a few things they held in common. For example, many of their * friends are mutual. A lot of Helen's friends in the Green- bank area knew the Simp- sons. In at least one case, the two families had crossed paths. That was at an April Mother and Daughter ban- quet in Uxbridge. Helen sat" across from Dorothy, and the two struck up a conversa- tion, resulting in Helen de- = PISCE CENT PRINS | 3 FYE CTU THD RA = Wednesday, November 12, £5 5 > 35, 5 3 2h an active part in the ceremony, and, as can be seen here, took time out to remember. About 150 people turned out for the service, conducted by Rev. Reg livering a photograph for Mrs. Simpson to one of her Greenbank neighbours. Another time, at an auction at a neighbour's farm Mrs. McKean was with a church group serving coffee at the event. One of the people she served was a John Irwin son-in-law of the Simpsons. In the winter months, the Simpsons' son Roger would often come to a neighbour's farm near Greenbank to. snowmobile, where they met the McKean children. But today, 44 years after being separated through adoption, Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. McKean realize they have even more in common. They're sisters. Sisters Helen McKean and Dorothy Simpson have a lot of catching up to do. Forty- four years of catching up, to be exact. The two have been the time that what council was simply doing was elimin- ating the need for property owners to come before coun- cil continually and going through the mechanics of - getting permission. + Scugog Council limits shooting at Skinner's But it was the time ele-, ment that proved the area of the most contention. While property owners wanted a much longer term, Mayor Malcolm suggested that two (continued on page) Lilla St. widening, information centre A decision on a Lilla Street 'widening project and a Port Perry public information centre on the project was scheduled to be made this Wednesday. Regional council was sche- duled to be asked Wed., © November 12, to approve a works committee recom- mendation that the widening go -ahead as well as to endorse the findings of a route feasibility study for a connection between the north and south limits of Port Perry. The committee was also to recommend that a public information centre be established. Some of the Lilla Street. residents have expressed concern over the proposed widening because they feel the expansion would funnel through Port Perry a heav- ier flow of traffic, particular- ly during the summer tourist season, from the densly- populated southern com- munities to the Kawarthas. WIDENING The study calls for the widening of the street to 32 feet...allowing for two lanes of traffic flow and one addit- ional lane for parking...as the north-south connection. The committee had pre- viously made the same decision in October last year but the issue has been tabled due to the opposition from local residents. The problem with Lilla Stregt was originally ident- ified as early as 1969 when the County of Ontario road needs study found the street to be "deficient and requir- ing immediate reconstruct- ion". However, proposals fo widen the thoroughfare, even though bearing the ap- proval of the Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications, met with op- position from the residents of Lilla Street. Some concern had been expressed over the fact that the road widening would result in the removal of a number of trees but the works department staff has pointed out that these trees would be replaced in accor- dance with regional policy. The staff recommendation also points out that the resid- ents of Lilla Street would find a smoother traffic flow . resulting from the widening, separated for 44 years--and only nine miles. Now, three weeks after Helen found the sister she never knew, things are still pretty exciting around the McKean place near Green- bank. "There's just so much to say," -~smiles Mrs. McKean. And there aren't enough hours m the day, she'll tell you. Helen, sisters Dorothy and Ann of Oshawa were separ-- rather than the heavy "traffic jams' they fear. TownHall licence Scugog Council Monday night approved the holding of events at Town Hall 1873 where liquor is used or sold. Requested by Jim Catty of the Town Hall committee, the move is required before the committee can approach the Ontario Liquor Licencing Board. * Mr. Catty thanked council for their support and efforts, particularly their 'swift action -in designating the building a valuable histor- $25,000 from Ontario. Mr. Catty outlined the up- coming program and review- ed the project. He said about $130,000. has been raised for the project, and about 80 per cent of that money was spent inside the community. The only things that the commit- tee has gone outside the community for was seating and lighting equipment. Delay Scugog sludge removal Mixed up files, staff dif- ficulties, and a scarcity of capable contractors were given as reasons why the removal of sludge from the lake adjacent to the North- down property, just west of Lake Scugog Lumber. In a letter to Scugog solic- itor, Thomas Jermyn, North- down's vice president G.W. Graham, states the company has been endeavouring to make arrangements to remove-the sludge from the lake, and has held discuss- ions with the provincial government who have agreed in principal to share the costs of the removal. "The gentleman who was handling this in our organiz- ation has left our employ- ment and his files are some- what mixed up," states the letter. '"However, we are attempting to finalize this matter to everyone's mutual satisfaction. It is difficult to find a contractor equipped and able to do his job." 9 miles apart ated through adoption while still infants. Circumstances of the adoption allowed Helen and Ann to remain in contact all of their lives, but Dorothy was moved by the Children's Aid to a second family, resulting in a sub- sequent loss of contact. The missing sister has always had an - effect on Helen's life, she said. "I can't think of a single week continued on page 2 A ee ov ER ST LK ~ RE La Rim ST (5