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7 Bs 5 3 LS Committee undertakes ambitious project A set of working committees has been established by the citizens group interested in bringing a recreational facility to Scugog Township. The group of citizens held its se- cond meeting last Thursday evening in Port Perry, and like the initial meeting in October, much of the time was devoted to a discussion about what kind of faeilities are needed in the Township. It was generally agreed that Scugog Township needs an indoor swimming pool and a recreational facility in include such things as a running track, weight room, squash .and indoor tennis courts, and a room for aerobics and dancersize classes. Spear-heading the formation of the ~itizens group he Ye been Gerry Jonkheer and Bryan Davies, who were both voted to the €xecutive committee at last week's meeting. They will be joined on that commit- tee by reps from the three other working committees of finance, planning/operations and public Mink farmer wins A Hampton area mink farmer got some help from Regional council last week which turned down an ap- plication to create a new residential building lot near the farm. The application for the building lot had been submitted by a property owner who has land fronting on Taunton Road, just west of the hamlet of Hampton. However, the application, was strongly opposed by mink farmer Gerhard Diefenbach who owns the Kiefer Ranch to the southeast. The 449' arc of influence from the mink ranch (under the Code of Practise guidelines) bisects the land OMMISSION Please note that all travel arrangements for the Odd- fellows and Rebekahs' Trip of the Month Draw are 'made through the offices of MARLIN TRAVEL, Port Perry. An advertisement an- nouncing the winners of the Trip of the Month, placed in the November 10th issue of the Port Perry Star in- advertently missed men- tioning Marlin Travel as the "sponsor for this ad. Robert Bateman fhe Wa ter Campbell Carole Black Ate) Keirstrad PORT GIFTS Custom Ploture Framing 233 QUEEN STREET PORT PERRY VISA where the building lot was being sought. The mink farmer argued that if the building lot was created, it would effectively limit the arc of in- fluence at its present dimensions and would rule out further expan- sion of his mink ranching operation. The Region's planning depart- ment recommended against the creation of the residential lot on the grounds of the potential conflict bet- ween the property owner and the mink farmer's operations. However, the Region's planning "committee, made up of councillors, voted earlier to approve the request for the building lot, despite the ob- jections from the department, the Ministry of Agriculture and the planning staff from the Town of Newcastle. relations/ promotion. Named to the finance committee are Bert Stulen, Bill Lockman, Al Loyst, Tom Mitchell and Rob Kroonenberg. The planning/operations commit- tee will consist of Andy Bacca, Brian Callery, Virginia Burt and John Kuipers. And the promotions and public relations committee will be made up of John McClelland, Rob Kroonenberg, Diane Burt and Brian Callery. The executive committee is battle But when the issue came in front of the full council for a decision, the council sided with the mink farmer by an overwhelming margin of 21-3. Scugog councillor Lawrence Malcolm stated at the meeting that to allow the building lot would "be the thin edge of the wedge' that would lead to other applications in the same area for lots, and the "mink farmer would soon be out of business."' The mink farm has been operating there since 1953 and has more than 2,000 mink for breeding purposes. The property owner reguesting the Official Plan amendment for the additional lot has already filed com- plaints about odours coming from the mink farm to the southeast, council was told last week. PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, November 24, 1987 -- 3 scheduled to meet within the next week or so and there will be a full meeting of the group in mid- December. © About 30 people attended last Thursday's two hour meeting at the Conway Price and it was agreed to set up a voluntary membership fee of $50 open to any individual, group, organization or business. The fees collected will be placed in an ac- count to the credit of the Scugog Community Recreational Centre, and work is now underway to apply for tax deductible status for those who make financial contributions. The move to attempt to bring a new fitness and recreation facility Fitness, recreation facility in planning stage to Scugog Township is still very much in the pre-planning stage. The planning and operation committee has been given the responsibility to determine the kind of facility, the location and the phases of development. The group would welcome further input and support from interested citizens in Scugog Township who feel the municipality should be working to fitness/recreational facility in Scugog. Watch the Port Perry Star for the date, time and location of the December general meeting. A Personal Christmas Gift CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING PORT GIFTS [IF PICTURE FRAMI O SPECIALISTS 233 QUEEN STREET 985-2543 establish a AL 1 A CE A od Bring the kids to the annual Port Perry Santa Claus Parade y "f ' SATURDAY, NOV. 28th PARADE STARTS at 2:00 PM All Participants should be at the Port Perry Fairgrounds for formation by 1:15 PM Special Awards will be presented to the Children Participating in the Santa Claus Parade. For the safety of the children, please DO NOT PARK ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE. Remember the Borelians play "NOBODY LOVES A DRAGON". (Details in the Classified Ads.)