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PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1989 Copy 50¢ 52 Pages Come Blow Your Horn The halls of schools all over the Township have been alive with the sound of music these last weeks, with youngsters participating in the annual Sunder- land Music Festival. Awards have been earned by the best, including Jason Cliff of Cartwright Central Pub- lic School, who won a first place In the grade eight trombone class. For more photos from Cartwright (other schools will be featured In future issues of the Star), see Inside. Firefighters call for Caesarea Fire Chief to retire The Scugog Township landfill site will be closed down March 31, and that means the cost of get- ting rid of garbage in Scugog is going to increase dramatically. "It's going to be absolutely horrendous for us, locally," was the way Regional councillor Yvonne Christie described the sit- uation to fellow Scugog council- lors Monday afternoon. She said she has no idea at this time just: how much the dump closing is going to cost tax- payers in Scugog, but "we're talk- ing alot of money." As of April 1, municipal gar- bage collector Edar Brown who is under contract to Scugog for col- lection in Ward 2, 3, and parts of Ward 4, will have to truck the gar- bage for dumping at the Brock West landfill in Pickering, and round trip that could take his driv- ers up to four hours. Not only will labour costs go up, but the cost of gasoline and wear and tear on trucks will add to the totals. And councillor Christie point- ed out, the tipping fee charged at Brock West is $85 per tonne. At the Scugog landfill it is $28 per tonne. } "There is nothing we can do here in Scugog about this situa- tion. We are hog-tied. We have no options but to truck our garbage to Brock West," she said. When the Scugog dump on Regional Road 8 closes at the end of this month, the Region will be setting up a transfer station at that dump for residents to take house- hold trash. A similar transfer sta- tion has been operating for many years near Blackstock. It's no secret that the Scugog dump was to close down this year (it's filled to capacity) but Mayor Howard Hall said Monday the March 31 date came as a bit of surprise. He said the council had been SN IN THREE WEEKS under the impression that the clos- ing date would not be until later this year. urham Region, which oper- ates the Scugog landfill site, noti- fied the Township of the closing late in February. The Region will advertise lo- cally about the closing starting next week. Councillor Christie said Mon- day she asked if Scugog could truck its garbage to a dump in Brock Township, rather than Pick- ering and was turned down. Ward 1 councillor Neil Hunter commented bitterly that for sever- al years, the Scugog dump has been taking parbage rom all over Durham, and that helped to fill the site to capacity in a hurry. Garbage collection in the three Scugog wards is billed to the tax- payers who receive this service. With the Township now in (Turn to page 4) { 3 by John B. McClelland and chiefs, Scugog Township council has asked the Ontario Fire Marshall's Office to conduct a study of fire protection services in this Town- ship. FCouncil agreed to ask for this study after meeting Monday "in camera" to deal with a petition from the firefighters who work out of Hall 2 in Caesarea which asked for the retirement of Hall 2 Chief Len Scott. The petition was not made public following the "in camera" meeting on Monday. Mayor Howard Hall told the Star that even though the petition originated from within the ranks of the firefighters in Hall 2 (Cae- sarea) the council wants the Fire Marshall's study to include fire protection in all of Scugog. There are two fire hall in Scu- gog Township, each with its own contingent of firefighters, officers Len Scott is the Chief at the Caesarea Hall and Jack Cook at the Fire Hall in Port Perry. Chief Scott was very reluctant to comment about the petition when asked by the Star Monday evening. He agreed with the decision taken by council to ask the Fire Marshall for a study, and in fact, said he has sent a personal letter to the Fire Marshall asking for the study and review on his depart- ment. When asked if the internal problems should be a concer to the general public in Ward 4 who rely on the ent for fire pro- tection, he said "not as far as I'm concerned. The men will do their Job (in an emergency) or they'll be The petition asking for the re- tirement of Chief Scott was (Turn to page 2) Drivers - Start Your Engines The auditorium of the Port Perry Legion Hall was packed with cubs from the Pine Ridge District last Sunday afternoon as the finals of the Kub Kar Derby were held. The races have taken place over the past week, with the winning cars com- peting for trophys. The eventual winner of the "Speed" competition was young Wesley Wood (second left), who showed a lot of emotion as his car raced for the finish line In the final heat. More photos of the winners on page 22. - Ar ~