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2 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, May 17, 1983 Citizen group forming for action Council hears Caesarea woes Scugog Council admits there is nothing it can do to help a Caesarea woman who has voiced numerous complaints about damage to her property. Jean Rutherford told the council meeting on May 9 she is fed up with COOK NL AE. CE T YOUR ROKN RA E 3 Jean Rutherford is fed up with the damage that has been inflicted on her pro- perty over the last few years but is discover- ing there is little that can be done about her problems, unless Scugog Council introduces a minimum standards property by-law. 4 having to pay for damage to her property allegedly caused by her neighbour's children. Mrs. Rutherford owns Caesarea Fish and Chips along with the private park which borders the business. '"'We don't even go there to eat anymore because it's so dirty", Mrs. Rutherford said about the park. 'You've got to live there to believe it." She claims there has been damage to the parks outhouses on sev- eral occasions, as well as general damage to the Rutherford prop- erty. The garage has been torn up and recent- ly Mrs. Rutherford was forced to repair the re- frigerating device "which controls the tem- perature of the frozen chips. She estimates be- tween $1,500 and $2,000 in repairs is needed within the next few weeks to repair recent damage. 'What are you going to do?' Mrs. Rutherford asked. "You're living i in a life of Hell and you' re afraid." It wasn't the first time Mrs. Rutherford had appealed to Council for help. Late in 1980 the Durham Board of Health was called in to inspect a nearby prop- erty which did not at the time contain proper san- itary fixtures nor an approved sub surface sewage disposal system. However, the invéstigation ' revealed there was no public health nuisance to the surrounding area, des- pite Mrs. Rutherford's complaints that it is an eyesore. Council agreed to con- tact the health inspector once more, however, to see if the situation has worsened. "They're going to agree there is a problem but somehow or another there's just no way we can correct that pro- blem," Mayor Jerry Taylor said. "I've heard about this for several years now," Councillor John Wolters said. '"The problem is, we haven't got a pro- perty standards by-law. We're working on it but right now we rely on the "health department." Mrs. Rutherford claims she has called police when her pro- perty has been damaged but says they have not been able to help her. "Not that we want to shift the responsiblity off our shoulders, but we just don't know where to (From page 1) economy are obvious. Spokesman for lumber and building supply outlets said last week Before you plant a tree, or trim one THINK ABOUT SAFETY when planting... When plotting your landscape, take a moment lo visualize your little nursery stock as a mature tree. It looks small now, but when fully grown, it could end up touching power lines. A tree growing into hydro lines could cause power blackouts. That's inconvenient for everyone affected! Or, adventurous children may climb or be tempted to build a tree house init. And, that's very dangerous. They could come too close to or even touch a wire. If trees do grow into power lines, hydro crews may have to trim them just when they're beginning to look their best. If your area is serviced by underground distribution lines, call your local hydro office for a stake-out of the lines before you dig. To strike one is extremely dangerous and could also black out an entire neighbourhood: \0¥ HL { your hydro YOUR SAFETY IS OUR CONCERN injured or killed. Be extremely careful. {i ha pruning... Cutting down or pruning trees that are near hydro wires is dangerous: If you are touching a tree or branch that falls onto wires, you could be seriously Before pruning or felling trees that are near hydro wires, call your local hydro for advice or assistance. "iy * Highway 7A. turn," the Mayor said. Caesarea residents, burdened with a reput- ation as an ill-kempt village, are fighting back, however. Gerry Johnston, a Whitby resident with property in the village, has been fighting for a minimum standards by-law for more than a month. He attends council meet- ings on a regular basis, hoping to speed up the by-law process. To- gether with Jean Rutherford and other interested people in the community, he is form- ing a clean-up comm- ittee designed to im- prove both the look of Caesarea and the att- itude people may have towards it. "The people of Caes- area have got to kick up their heels and do some- thing," he said recently. "I think there are a lot of homeowners there who would like to see it cleaned up." The committee is still in the planning stages but interested parties _ can contact either Mr. Johnston or Mrs. Rutherford for more information. that business is very strong this year, much improved over 1982. And local contractors in the: building industry are working at full capacity. There are several ma- jor construction projects either slated to get underway soon this year or in the planning stages. --One of these is an ex- pansion to Port Perry Hospital for enlarged out-patients service areas. Construction on that . expansion is ex- pected to start in the near future with initial estimates of the cost in the $700,000 range. And last week, the pro- vincial government awarded a contract for ~ reconstruction of Highway 7A from Man- chester through to the easterly limits of Port Perry. That contract is worth just over $2 million to Miller Paving of Unionville. There is also a good possibility that the severe shortage of rental apartments in Port Perry _may be relieved . this year as two weeks ago, plans were presented to Scugog. Township council for a 150 unit building to be constructed on land just to the west of Port Perry Plaza on the south side of Township council reacted very positively to the plans and the developer indicated that if all the necessary ap- provals can hé¢ obtained, he could start construc- tion of phase one (75 units) as early as this fall. Fale ht i TERA Ee Fak ke 2 oy SRE | Toons A BRIEF LOOK AT SOME OF THE NEWS THAT IS MAKING HEADLINES IN OUR NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES. BEAVERTON - Workmen -excavating around a small white house fixing a buckling foundation were startled last week when they found two human skeletons. The police were called in, but it was soon evident that it was not a case of murder. The house had been built on the site of an old graveyard. SUTTON - Well over 150 gallons of rain water was pumped out of the local Stedman's store last weekend after workmen fixing the roof left an opening. Heavy rain on the weekend' entered the building through the hole causing' much of the ceiling to collapse. Water damage to goods in the store will be over $3,000. KESWICK - York Regional Police con- tinued their crackdown on video stores last week, charging R.W.G. Video Movies with possession of obscene video tapes, and circula- tion of obscene material. The owners of Sim- coe Wholesale have also been charged, and will appear in court on June 1. WHITBY - Commonwealth Games gold medalist Anne Ottenbrite had a gold medal snatched from her grasp recently when she was disqualified in a 100-metre breastroke race at a swimming competition in England. Referees disqualified the young Whitby girl for using what they called a "dolphin kick." Ironically, Ottenbrite used the same style in capturing the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games last year. BOWMANVILLE - Downtown merchants were happy to hear last week that town coun- cil have approved construction of two new parking lots. Development of the two lots will proceed at a cost of $94,221.84 and includes pav- ing and installing meters. Work on the project should begin this week. UXBRIDGE - A 21 year old man has been charged with dangerous driving and failing to stop after police noticed him operating a vehi- cle in an "'erractic manner at a high rate of speed." Police attempted to pull over the car, and after a short chase, the driver pulled into: a gravel pit and got his car stuck. Police ap- prehended the youth after a short chase on foot. 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