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Vol. 115 No. 23 Wednesday, May 5, 1981 36 Pages Liquor application to be rejected LLBO influenced by letter from council An application for a liquor licence by a Caesarea restaurant will likely be re- jected because of concerns expressed by Scugog Town- ship council. Roy Spoffard, a licencing officer with the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario told the Star Monday morn- ing it is routine for appli- cations to be denied if concerns are expressed by a municipal council. He said he had not yet received the letter outlining Scugog council's concerns on behalf of Caesarea residents, but added that once the letter is received by the Board, the recommendation will be made to reject the licence application. At its meeting April 27, Scugog council voted to write the Licencing Board outlin- ing the concerns expressed by a delegation of about 30 Caesarea residents opposed to a liquor licence for Frank's Restaurant located just west of the four corners in the community. The delegation to council on April 27 was led by Charles Sharpe, a resident of Caesarea, who said the main -areas of concern were for the safety of young children in the community and the fact that if one licence is granted in the community, it could lead to more applications from other restaurants. Mr. Sharpe attended a Liquor Board hearing April 9 in Peterborough and pre- sented the Board with a 39-name petition opposed to the granting of a licence. - Caesarea is in Ward 4, and a "wet vote' held five years ago passed easily, but apparently this is the first time since then that an appli- cation has been made for a liquor licence in the ward. Frank's Restaurant, locat- ed across the street from the municipally owned Putsey Park, was constructed over .the winter months but has not yet opened. © - Efforts by the Star to reach the licence applicants for comment were unsuc- cessful. However, the Star has learned that Scugog council may be faced with a delegation of people from the community who support the licence application. Mr. Spoffard said that if the licence application is rejected, the applicants can take their case to a tribunal of the Licencing Board, or (Turn to page 6) Receives Recognition Scugog Chamber of Commerce president Miriam Price presents Mr. Arthur Brock a plaque in recognition of the Brock's 100 years of continuous service to the Port Perry area. The Brock's are the guests of honour at a banquet last week. Mrs. Brock looks on at right. More photos and story on page 2. 'Mayor will oppose resolution, fears loss of voice at Region Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor says he will oppose a resolution from the mayors of Ajax and Whitby who want the provincial government to review the representation on Durham Region council in light of "present and antici- pated population and assess- ment of each municipality" within the Region. The resolution is expected to be dealt with by Regional council at its next meeting May 13. Ajax Mayor Bill McLean and Whitby Mayor Bob Attersley both feel their municipalities should have one more representative on the 30 member Regional" council, and have submitted briefs to the council outlining the reasons why. However, part of the pro- posed resolution says that the council should remain at 30 members, and this is the part which worries Mayor Taylor and other mayors from the northern munici- palities. If the council remains at 30 members and Whitby and Ajax get one more rep each, some municipalities will lose a rep on the council. Scugog Township pres- ently has two reps on the A half dozen Durham Police officers and eight members from the Scugog Fire department spent most of Saturday night searching swamps and bush along the west side of Scugog Island for a man who became lost after a fishing trip. According to a Durham Police spokesman, Hugh Nichols and Jacques LaSaux were fishing from a boat Saturday evening when they developed troubles and had to run the boat aground on the edge of a swamp on Scugog Island. The two set out to walk to Hospital's Happy Cookers | The Hospital Auxiliary Spring Fair was held left to right are Grace Beacock, Mildred Puckrin, Saturday at the Latcham Centre, and as always, the Irene Carter and Reta Reader. More photos and bake table was one of the most popular spots. From story on page 7. a council, and Mayor Taylor does not want to see this number reduced. Ajax, with a population of about 24,000 has two reps on the Regional council, and Whitby, with a population of 35,000 has three reps on the council. Scugog has a population of about 13,000. Brock Township, which also has two reps on the council, has a population of about 10,000. Newcastle has four reps on Regional council for a population of about 30,000. Under the Durham Region Act, the provincial govern- ment has the sole authority to alter the representation on the Durham council, and if the resolution from the mayors of Ajax and Whitby carries, it calls for a study to be completed by the provin- cial government no later that November of this year. Mayor Taylor says he is (Turn to page 6) Man lost in swamp, walks out next day the road, became separated, and LaSaux finally called police around 9:30 PM when his partner did not turn up. Police were joined by fire- fighters in the search over difficult and dangerous swamp areas, and eventu- ally the search had to be called off at 2:30 Sunday morning because of the difficult conditions. During the search, one police officer fell into mud up to his shoulders. The search resumed again at 6:30 Sunday morning, just about the same time Nichols walked out of the swamp unharmed. 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