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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, November 7, 1989 Region denies estate development near Utica the. Kawartha Conservation Authority was concerned the action would create "greater discharge and thus cause great- A 81-hectare parcel of land near Utica, designated Major Open Space, will remain just that. Developer Michael Mooney had submitted an Official Plan Amendment application to Dur- ham Region, hoping to get the lands re-zoned to permit an es- tate residential development. Regional councillors voted Wednesday in favor of the plan- Remember When? ; (From page 7) School and Prospect School, where his mother, the former Miss Tilly Holtby, taught many years ago. ning committee's recommenda- tion to deny the application. Mr. Mooney wanted to devel- op 46 estate homes on the Sea- ton Nurseries property, located on Regional Road 21. The pro- posed lots would be serviced by individual well and septic sys- tems. But Durham Region council- lors turned down the applica- tion for several reasons. Among their complaints was the diversity of land uses in the area. As well as some residen- tial homes and agricultural lands, the development sits next to an auto wrecking yard and adjacent to a gravel pit. i "The Durham Regional Offi- cial Plan does not encourage es- tate residential development in areas of high mineral capabil- ity" because the two land uses are not compatible, the plan- ning report states. The develop- ment could cause the gravel pit to become sterile, while the pit operations would create noise and excess truck traffic for the residents. The land is also zoned Envi- ronmental Protection. It is lo- cated in the Oak Ridges Mo- raine and the Nonquon River flows through the area. The developer also wanted to enlarge an existing pond, but er flows in the tributary stream," the report states. After publicly advertising the proposed development, Dur- am Region received a petition from about 70 area residents who opposed subdivision. Among their complaints were well depletion; the septic sys- tems may affect the Nonquon River; increased traffic and speeding; the development would fragment an agricultural community; and the proposal encourages haphazard sprawl of residential construction. L.A.C. Allan Irwin, R.C.A.F, lately stationed in Germany, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Earl Bryant of Seagrave, before repor- ting to his new station at Cold Lake, Alta. Mr. Clark Graham of Saskatoon, who was in attendance at the Royal Winter Fair, assisting a western cattle exhibitor, spent Monday night with his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Leask. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Reader who celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary on November 25. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 20, 1969 Jim Gerrow, R.R. 3, Port Perry, a member of the Port Perry 4-H Grain Club, is this year's Barley Champion at the Royal Winter Fair. His brother Roy, captured second place in the same class. Also winning a Championship was Albert Hockley, Clare- mont, for his Sebago Potatoes. The O.W.R.C. reported to council in a letter that Port Perry ' has used over 58,813,000 gallons of water in the first eight months of 1969. Mrs. Sam Cawker of Nestleton (formerly of Port Perry), and Mrs. Nelson Williams, Port Perry, were elected to the Provin- cial Board of the Women's Institutes of Ontario at the area con- vention hall at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto. Miss Dianne Taylor gave the Valedictorian Address at the 1969 Commencement Exercises at Cartwright High School. Following a complete training program at the Community Memorial Hospital and successfully passing Provincial Registra- tion Examinations in Toronto recently, three staff members of the local hospital were presented with their R.N.A. certificates. Mrs. Jean Gray, Director of Nursing, made the presentations b Mrs. Sylvia Franssen, Mrs. Marie Perigoe and Mrs. Marie ray. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Reader of Port Perry and formerly of Scugog, as they celebrate their 66th Wedding Anniversary on November 25. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, November 7, 1979 Halloween has come and gone for another year and it was "one of the quietest nights in Scugog Township in a long time. A break-in October 30 at the Tawco Coin Laundry in the Port Perry Plaza resulted in a loss of about $200 in coins. Scugog Townships clerk-administrator Earl Cuddie has been named Citizen of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce in Lakefield, the community where he worked for several years before coming to Scugog last August. Ellen Hope and Melodie Cannon of Port Perry were among 41 Durham College students awarded scholarships at the Col- lege November 2. A report from the Scugog Township engineering consultants says that a proposed 30 foot addition on the west side of the Port Perry 1.G.A. store is possible, providing extensive measures are taken to ensure flood control for a small stream that runs across the property. The Central Seven Workshop for the Mentally Handicapped was the recipient last week of a $100 donation made by the Mississauga Indian band of Scugog Island. The presentation of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance by Scugog Choral Society is in itself a great occasion, but also has some significance in the fact that the operetta was written and composed exactly 100 years ago. Cartwright High School's valedictorian for this year was Lin- da Duivesteyn and Port Perry High School's valedictorian was Shelly Yurko. Life's Like That by Julia Ashton Show Suzy your Christmas spirit Don't you just feel like you should be sing- ing Christmas carols. Ca No, it is not snowing as | write this weekly column. In fact, last week we had tempera- tures that reached the 20 degree Celcius mark. But on Saturday, October 28 (probably the hottest October 28 recorded in the history books) every merchant in town was tra-la-la- la-laling as they put up Christmas displays. Christmas tree ornaments, inflatable Santa Clauses, pine cone scented pot pourri, greet- ing cards...you name it. If it was red or green, it was on display -- and clashing violently with the orange and black Halloween ornaments. Can we not get over one celebration or holi- day before we start promoting the next? Ap- parently not in the world of merchandising. (It must be a shoppers nightmare in the United States where Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas are celebrated within two months.) Now please don't think I'm a Scrooge. | love Christmas. " I'm looking forward to stringing cranberries and popcorn together for a garland for my Christmas tree. I'm looking forward to my favorite Christ- mas program -- The Grinch Who Stole Christ- mas -- to be aired on television. Cindy Lou Who has become my heroine over the years. And I'm looking forward to ripping open a brightly wrapped package, addressed to me, to reveal its contents. But | can wait, knowing that | will make a garland, | will see favorite Christmas pro- gram (unless the cable goes out) and some- where under my Christmas tree there will be a gift for me. But not everyone will be so lucky. Some families, due to bad luck and misfortune, will not celebrate Christmas this year. They will have no Christmas tree, watch no Christmas programs and open no presents. Take five-year-old Suzy. The days are get- ting colder now and so she must wear a coat handed down by her brother, Neil -- a coat their brother Tom wore first. When she gets to school she listens to her friends who are reeling off long Christmas wish lists. Their lists do not include a hot meal or a roof over their heads. Those are things that are taken for granted. No, their lists in- clude Lego, Easy Bake Ovens and portable stereos. Suzy wonders aloud to her mother why their family doesn't receive presents from Santa Claus. She and her brothers have kept their bed- room -- which doubles as a living room during the day -- clean. And Tom always gets up on time to deliver the newspapers before going to school. The money he makes from his paper route, he gives to his parents to help buy the groceries. Suzy's father is ill. He got the flu three years earlier. The virus affected his brain. He tried to continue on with his job, but couldn't cope. The money he gets from his disability pension helps, but is far from enough to sup- port a family of five. Suiys mom works part-time at a bakery. They'll have a special treat for Christmas din- ner this year. It won't be the first course of beans and wieners, but the dessert of day-old Chelsea buns, now three days old. No Suzy and her family don't live in Toron- to. They don't live anywhere actually because the story told was just that -- a story. But fami- lies, like Suzy's, do exist. Everywhere. Not just in the big city centres where the cost of iving is even more outrageous, but even in small town Port Perry. Take a close look around and you'll see a Suzy somewhere. Please, this Christmas, remember those less fortunate. Come ON, THEN. WELL GNETHIS. \_ io by Lynn Johnston EMMERSON INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED 193 QUEEN ST., PORT PERRY, ONT. LOB 1NO (416) 985-7308 ALL LINES OF GENERAL INSURANCE * » » HOMEOWNERS - FARM - AUTO COMMERCIAL Cah Fh oe