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[3 it ask indiana AN as paki Anion Fd BAN UES : EAN CV A Book lists area services, organizations \A resources handbook list- ing, the names and contacts of over 200 agericies, com- munity service groups, and other organizations, ' has been completed and is now being distributed in various key offices in_the township. The Scugog Handbook of Community Services is the first to be compiled by the Scugog Social Planning Council, and is the culmina- tion of over a year of re- search volunteers of the council. The handbook is available to interested individuals, de- partments and agencies and is an attempt to provide access to the many services' that exist in the community. Although the many new- comers to the area could take good advantage of the "handbook, organizers are quick to point out that long- time residents of the com- .munity -are unaware of all the services and organiza- tions available. "You don't realize just Fire razes barn building, " kills over 20 animals It was with a great deal of determination and the enthusiastic help of neigh- bours that allowed Keith Ashton of RR 1 Port Perry to continue his dairy farm operation. on the day following a tragic fire that razed one barn building, killing 20 to 22 young stock and cows. According to Uxbridge Fire "Chief - Norm James, Ashton was'in the house near the barn at the height of the severe electrical storm Sunday. night when he heard a loud crack as a lightening bolt smashed through the main barn building. The bolt put telephone lines out of order, and Mr. Ashton had to go to a neigh- bour's farm to call firemen. "That's at a time when every second counts," said Chief James. "By the time we got there it was pretty well underway." Despite the enormous heat that turned heavy rainfall to steam, Uxbridge fire crews were able to save another three or four animals from the burning building. Most of the animals had been removed from the barn by Ashton and neighbours be-' fore firemen arrived. By a careful watch and thousands of gallons of water from our fire vehicles at the site, crews were able to save . Continued on.Page 3.' Over 20 animals were lost when lightning struck a barn at the farm of Keith-Ashton of RR 1 Port Perry during the severe electrical storm Sunday night, Fast action by Uxbridge firemen saved two buildings Ff SHEE Ll how much there is available in a' small community such as this one until you've look- ed through' something like this," said one volunteer. Although the organization did-considerable advertising .in an effort to get in contact with organizations, most of the lists .were compiled through diligent legwork by volunteers. "We didn't really get all that much response to the advertisements," said Betty Deeth, a member of the handbook committee and an early promoter of the pro- ject. '"'Actually, we had to search many of the groups PORT PERRY Serving Scugog Township ~~"... out." She points out, however, «that despite the fact that an 'effort was made to include all organizations and agen- - cies providing a community service, it is likely that some groups were overlooked. She urged that -corrections and - omissions should be Wednesday, June 16, 1976 pointed out to the council, so that they be included or corrected in the future up- datings. It is anticipated that the handbook will be updated at regular inter- vals. * Under the co-chairman- ship of SSPC members '(continued on page 9) 20° 2d Vol. 110 No. 32 32 Pages indy pollution -probe 1 Wants locals on commi Scugog Township Council- lor Vernon Asselstine wants * the Scugog area to be repre- sented on a Lindsay-based pollution probe eommittee that will study such things as trailer camp development, dredging, domestic wastes, sanitary. land fill and many other areas of environmental concern. Coun. Asselstine last Wed- nesday attended a Lindsay Chamber of Commerce- hosted meeting in Lindsay -that dealt with environment- al and pollution problems in the area. What was billed as an "extremely frank report on the environmental problems that face the area', the attached to the barn, and a clean- -up and equipment: scrounging effort by 'neighbours put the dairy operation back in business by Monday. J.G. Photo meeting saw a réport given by Terry McFadden, direc- tor of Fish and Wildlife program of Sir Sandford Fleming College, who has carried out an intense study on the problem over the past few years. Although Mr. Asselstine reports that the Scugog area wasn't touched on in the report, much of the inform- ation applied to both' areas. He said. an. alarming. increase in the "levels" of pollution in the Lindsay area could happen here if the necessary preparations aren't made, and the best way to make them, accord- ing to Asselstine, is through a joint effort as opposed to an ttee individual local effort. He said he was approached by a number of Lindsay officials about getting repre- sentation from the Scugog area. "We belong to two separate areas, but share a joint problem," said Mr. Asselstine. solutions." The Scugog councillor said that the discussions would be timely not only for the Lind- say. area, bul alsp fo i Port Perry-Scugog' ave Wheater 2 light of recent sewage- devel opment and. trailer park con- troversies. He suggested that the Scugog Chamber of Com- merce might be an ideal group to represent Scugog. No choice on taxi issue It looks like Scugog Town- ship Council has no choice but approve any application for a taxi licence that meets the township's regulations, at least until council amends its bylaw to include the authority to regulate the number of taxis operating here. According to bylaw en- forcement officer Bob Kenny, communities do have _ the authority to regulate the ~number of such operations, "but must stipulate such power when they draw up their own controlling bylaws. Scugog's regulatory bylaw, said Kenny, does not stip- ulate such control at this time. "And we can't change it now with an application before us,' said Counc. Vern Asselstine. 'You can't change the rules in the middle of the game." Council was referring to the application of Mr. N. Sweet to start a second taxi operation in Port Perry. Although the initial application was blocked be- cause the operation gave a residential address, council also questioned its power to block such an operation on "the basis that the community can't support another. taxi. Most councillors favoured the controls, saying that Continued on Page 2 Oily slick on lake worries cottagers There was more than a little concern by many Scugog Island lakeshore residents last week about a yellowish-white sheet of oily scum that covered hundreds of square feet of shore water from a point just south of Platten Island to about three miles south of the island, about 30 feet across, accord- ing to an eyewitness report. Ed Michell of Scugog Is- "land and a number of other area residents called the Durham Regjon Health Unit, who found the substance to be perfectly harmless pollen blown to the surface of the lake from dense stands of pine trees in some areas of the lakeshore. More upset than most, was Ed * Michell, who said a health department official had told him after he examined the slick last week that he (the official) didn't know what it was, and warn- ed Michell not to go swimm- ing in the lake until the slick is analysed. That might take a month, Michell was told. Luckily, it didn't. SY SE a ITH ring "It'll take joint . aw ea X ; -- " SDS Cg ECR AE oy A Rs er A eS iy x Fe as