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I atts | it slat ain te Reads 4 ie Fear dogs being stolen by Cathy Olliffe Several dog owners on Scugog Is- land claim their pets have been sto- len in recent weeks, prompting ru- mours of extortion and animals being sold for research. Late last week the Star learned of the outbreak of missing dogs on the Island, and of residents' fear that their dogs could be the next to disappear. Peter Kneale, owner of Pete's Pet Pantry , says his customers are watching their dogs carefully, afraid they could be next. He told the Star about four cases where animals disappeared. In three cases, the dogs were re- turned--one, in return for $100 re- ward. "They're not letting their dogs ou of their sight," he said. "Not at all. His wife Pat added, "I won't let our dogs out of our sight. I'd die if they took one of our dogs." . According to Mr. Kneale, the first dog to disappear recently was Griz, a part shepherd/ part wolf/ part husky, owned by Donna and Gord Churchill of Scugog Island. Mrs. Churchill says Griz disap- peared five weeks ago and hasn't been seen since. The last time she saw the one and a half year old dog was on a Friday afternoon. It was "about 3 p.m." and Mrs. Churchill was heading ping. Before she left, she tied up all three family dogs with chains, as she does every time the dogs are left alone. She returned an hour later ("I knew it was 4 p.m. because the kids were just getting home.") to find the black lab and the part hound/part shepherd tied up exactly where she had left them. Griz, however, was gone. into Port Perry to do some shop- (Turn to page 4) Volume 123 Number 28 TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989 Council likely to compromise on snowmobile law It appears as if snowmobil- ers will continue to be allowed 'to use the streets in Port Perry and Prince Albert to get to the lake and the trail system. - "The last thing we (council) want to do is ban snowmobiles from Port Perry and Prince Al- bert," Scugog Mayor Howard Hall told a public meeting Mon- day called to get input for a new snowmobile by-law. Several weeks ago, a new draft by-law was drawn up by the Township, and it raised the anger of snowmobilers as it called for a ban on snowmobiles from virtually all areas in the two communities. About 40 people attended Monday's meeting in the coun- cil chambers, many of them members of the Port Perry Snowmobile Club. Ward 2 councillor Marilyn Pearce, who last winter re- ceived numerous complaints from residents of Port Perry about snowmobiles racing on private property and sidewalks, said after Monday's meeting that compromise in the new by- law is needed. She suggested that rather than an outright ban in Port Inside this issue: . Celebration Perry and Prince Albert, she would like to see a mid-night curfew in residential areas, and she called the suggestion from the Snowmobile Club members for a public awareness cam- paign next fall is an "excellent one." And Mayor Hall said the Township will consider giving Snowmobile Club trail wardens the authority to patrol in the community and enforce local by-laws. "We have the power to make the wardens temporary by-law enforcement officers," he said. Snowmobiles are banned under the old by-law from all sidewalks, and most certainly the new by-law will contain the same provision. And it was suggested at Monday's public meeting by Re- gional councillor Yvonne Chris- tie that machines might be banned from busy Queen and Lilla Streets. An exception might allow machines to cross Lilla at right angles to get to the lake. Several of the complaints (Turn to page 5) held at R.H. Cornish See page 20 Canoe. the Nonquon * "Thrill of a Lifetime" With a smile as big as the Sky Dome Itself, Sherri Hvidsten of Port Perry took time away from a busy rehearsal schedule at the dome and posed proudly with the hoop she used to perform at Saturday night's gala opening ceremonies. This photo was taken about a week ' 'winners before the opening, when construction crews worked feverishly and fire alarms were ring- dd OE ER RE ing constantly. Sherri said the atmosphere was hectic, the work was hard, but it was all a See | arts 4 i worth it. "It was a once In a lifetime chance," she said. For story and more photos of the GREER Page "se Sky Dome opening, see inside this issue of the Port Perry Star. 3 ALE his Hie cit AROSE ny