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R AV 4 EE TL, NE "Fed up," says Podres Scugog Township Council will have to scramble to find a new building inspector and bylaw enforcement officer . following the short-notice resignation of Joe Podreés. at the Tuesday night council session, port P + Serving Scugog Township - In a move that surprised both council and head of the department Bob Kenny, Mr. Podres tendered his resign- ation following a confront-. ation with council on a money matter regarding the method of payment. ERRY . quitting. Scugog Township building ins Mr. Podres later stated, however, that the issue wasn't the reason for. his "Frankly I'm fed up...and it isn't- just that," said Podres. Effective this Friday, Mr. Podres' resignation comes just weeks after he was passed over for a promotion to head of the department in favour of former councillor Bob Kenny. There also has been periodic differences between council and Podres 'over interpretations of the 32 Pages R.H. Cornish Public School attracfed a good crowd to their annual Drama Night last week. Scores of students at the school, mainly grade 7 and 8's, staged a number of performances that revealed some Official start...... Q ie # J ie Tle ase excellent talent for future amateur theatre in the community. Above, a scene from Country Road. For more pictures, see page 20. J.G. Photo bylaw and questions of enforcement, Said Podres in an inter- view following the meeting: "They want a rubber stamp, more or less. They don't want a bylaw enforcement officer, just someone with that name so they can say they got.one. They (council) only back up"their bylaws where they want to." He sees his resignation as a matter of principle. "I'm . fed up with being thrown around like a wet rag," he said. pector quits post The council decision which apparently triggered the resignation was a move can- celling the inspector's $145 montly car allowance to straight. mileage. . Mr. Podres had received the car allowance for covering Port Perry and Reach township areas, but with the recentiy- retired Graham Fish, adjust- ments had to be made in remuneration for covering the areas of Cartwright and Scugog. While Podres felt he should {continued on page 7) May allow Goreski 90-unit expansion Scugog Island resort owner Phil Goreski was - given the green light by Scugog Township Council Tuesday night to expand his island trailer parking facil- ities by half of the 50 units he's requested, providing a site plan agreement is drawn up with the township: Appearing' before council, Goreski was told that the township might even go for the entire 50 units in future, providing the resort owner can prove to council that there is ample parking, recreational and open spaces to handle such an increase. Parking seemed to be the main concern, and although Goreski insisted there was ample parking space at the site, council wasn't impress- ed. "We want to see it in black and white...drawn out. Where the parking is...where the play areas are." Mr. Goreski said that showing such areas would be quite a job, since they are situated in many areas. Coun. Bob Brinkman voic- ed concern not only about the parking of users of- the trailer park, but also visitors to the park, visitors in the boating areas, day users of the beach and day users of boat-launching facilities. Perhaps strongest oppos- ition to the expansion came from Coun. Vern Asselstine. "I've camped in quite a few places in my time," said' Asselstine, "but I've never seen one as cluttered as this one." Goreski argued that most of his customers were extremely satisfied with the facilities, some of them "preferring it to Ontario Place". He said what isn't realized in the community is the impact that tourists at the site have on local trade and commerce. "Our customers buy here, patron- ize local stores and businesses." Nonquon puzzle Somewhere in a 22-page Enyironment Ministry repSrt are the facts and figures on Nonquon River water quality that backs up the growth restrictions placed on Port Perry and area. Trouble is, council cart find it. In a covering letter for the report, the ministry states that the report "Water Qual- ity of the Nonquon River in Relation to Sewage Lagoon Discharges from Port Perry, Regional Municipality of Durham' was prepared to determine whether or not future growth in Port Perry could be accomodated by present sewage (reatment facilities and the Nonquon River under predicted low flow conditions. "The report indicates the present water quality status in the river and provides guidance as to the allowable discharges of the effluent from the lagoons to the river," states the covering letter. But in the 22 pages of graphs, charts, and facts and figures, council couldn't find anything recognizable to back up the recent announce- ment that area growth must come lo a halt because the Nonquon can not handle the treated effluent that would result from such growth. The Nonquon, according to the announcement, can handle a population of just over 3,000. "Maybe an engineer can find the information is here, but I can't," said Mayor (continued on page 15) «..for $% million project Cam MacMaster officiates af ceremony Dr. Cam MacMaster, a "man that was partly respons- ible for Port Perry's present arena, was a'member of the arena hoard for years and has been deeply involved in sport activities in the area for his entire life, was given ° the trowel to lay the corner- stone for the new Scugog Community Aréna, at a brief ceremony held at the muniei--- pal offices, Saturday. The cornerstone laying, which was to have taken place at the arena site had to be called off on account of muddy and cold conditions at the site, Paul Arculus, who chaired the ceremony, thanked those who made an effort to come out, and introduced mem- bers of the new Scugog Arena committee, council- lors and Dr. MacMaster to ~the 40 people present. The chairman for the new - arena, Howard Hall, apolo- gized for the ceremony hav- ing to take place in the hall, but told those present that the committee felt that they could not delay the official ceremony again. '"Maybe when people see that we are indeed going ahead with the arena, those who haven't seen fit to don- ate to the project to date will feel more inclined to do so," he said, Mr. Hall said that he did not realize at the start that it would take two years to get the building underway, but was sure when it was com- pleted, everyone would be proud of the structure. He also thanked council and arena committee mem- bers for their co-operation in the project, without which the outcome would not have been the same. Dr. Cam MacMaster, a little emotional, thanked those responsible for the" honour of laying the corner- stone, and said that he was . only sorry that the stone could not be laid today, but felt that the municipal office was not the place to lay it. "I know the number of hours that it takes to bring about a project like this, having been a member of the old arena board. The com- mittee should be thanked for their hours of dedication," Mr. MacMaster said. Mayor Malcolm rounded off the brief speeches by saying that he was personal- ly happy to see the project underway and looked for- ward togthe fall when we will have a Wew arena to use. He urged the people of Scugog to dig as deeply as possible into their pockets for donations towards the arena, because every dollar that can be raised locally will be matched by the government with a Wintario grant. a SE