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JET | | | 4 Vandals took out their mindless hostility on the dead over the "weekend, toppling, smashing grave- stones at the. Pine Grove Cemetery in Prince Albert, Just south of the Queen and Simcoe. Street intersection. The. desecration - took place on the 12th, 13th and . 14th of November, and police investigations have revealed that' 18 graves desecrated. In some cases, it would simply be a matter - of setting gravestones back into place. But on':others, the damage was irrepair- able with stones toppled and . smashed. #3 PERRY JILVS Police estimated monitary damage in excess of $1,000, The investigation of the incident is being conducted by Prov. Const. Ed Laas of the Whitby detachment, Ontario Provincial Police. SECOND. Ad SECTION Two kinds of remembrances: toppled marker, caused by vandali in Prince Albert. The wreath in the foreground and the sts over the weekend at Pine Grove Cemetery . -- Photos by John Gast On list of candidates.....barely It was only by an 11th hour decision of Scugog Township Council that Neil McLaughlin of Blackstock was able to add his name to the list of 24 candidates running for the nine education and council seats in the upcoming municipal election. At 22, Neil McLaughlin is the youngest of the 24, and wants to win the Ward 4° 'council seat. There's a 'four-way battle for the position. Problem was, McLaughlin is a member of the Scugog roads department as well as /\family. a Blackstock area dairy farmer. Since township employees are unable to run for office, McLaughlin required a leave of absence before his name cold be added to the list. A Friday request by Mc- Laughlin for a leave of absence from the roads department was turned down by clerk Doreen.Van- Camp on the grounds that township bylaws allowed such. leaves only on the death of a member. of the Mr. McLaughlin then approached Mayor Malcolm about calling a special meeting of council; which requires a 48 hour notice. Malcolm declined, however, on the grounds that calling the meeting at this late hour could be interpreted as a supportive move by some, since there are three other candidates. He also said there is no guarantee that a quorum could be formed at such a short notice meeting. The mayor did suggest, however, that a meeting could be called on Monday afternoon with the consent of at least three councillors. With the mayor in atten: dance, that would ensure a quorum, he pointed out. This method, he felt, would be a fair and open way ol resolving the matter, and is in the best interest of both parties. Council voted . to grant McLaughlin a leave of absence until December 7. The decision came about a half-hour before nomin- ations closed. A photo start. Pine Grove Cemetery vandals wo» Ay 0 oy MEL AY IP Pha? MR ICS) "a - "oa a _-- < EE A » 4 oN ' >, es pe Ness 2 ot DRE i Se < ; el NE x pa Fe Ae oa SEER 5 Ar rye nd RN Pe res Ary hy * ta TOW TERI En a Ys a Te JRC 4 .T » NC IT be Ps py -- 3 Se o~