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Se ing garbage illegally $1,000 (from $250) and the In recent months, Town- The garbage being dumped in Scugog Township couldprove maximum fine for a conviction ship officials have been dis- illegally includes household tobeverye sive. is a hefty $6,000, . mayed to find large amounts of trash, construction debris, old Towns R council has The amendments were ap- hago dumped on purpose car parts and in one instance, amended its littering by-law to proved by council Monday after- along the roads in isolatedrural about 40 used car tires. increase the minimum fine to noon. areasin Scugog. In one recent case, trash Vol. 124 No. 40 PORT PERRY, ONT. - TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1990 Copy 50¢ 56 Pages Scugog Council has set the wheels in motion to proceed with the eventual hiring of a ~ Fire Chief for the Township's :- two fire departments. The move came about at Monday's session of, gouncil when the Scugog Fird'Commi- tee report suggested it was time to consider engaging the servic- es of a Fire Chief on a full, or Cigarette rip-off thief cons smokes from merchants Police have a suspect in an unusual string of thefts that oc- cured on Tuesday, August 21. According to Durham Re- gional Police, a man entered three local businesses in the af- ternoon, stating at each that his wife had purchased a carton of cigarrettes earlier in the day, and had forgotten them. None of t had worked the morning shift, so taking his word for it, each handed over a carton to him. The "rip-off" scheme was dis- covered later by the three busi- nesses of Swamp Garage, Nes- tleton Country Store, and Blackstock Esso. Police report that they have a suspect, who they believe to be from the Peterborough area. The incident is still under in- vestigation. Commuters say A decision on whether to ex- tend GO Train service to Peter- borough will not be announced until early next year. Provincial Minister of Trans- portation Bill Wrye told the me- dia on Wednesday that the cor- ridor study -- underway since May -- will not be completed un- til mber. A decision and a subsequent announcement will not be made until after he has had time to study the report, he said. : Mr. Wrye made that state- three attendants: 'Council considers | 'hiring Fire Chief part-time basis at an estimated minimum cost of about $40,000 to $50,000 per annum. Most members of council ap- peared to agree that the time had come to consider hiring a Fire Chief, although they all had reservations about the costsinvolved. Councillor Yvonne Christie said the part she finds hard to grasp is the fact one employee would cost the Township an - addtional 3 mills on the tax roll. Marilyn Pearce, chairman of the Fire Committee said that she would love to say "let's for- get it", but felt the decision could not be put offany longer. Scugog Township has been debating the hiring of a Fire Chief to oversee both the Port Perry and Caesarea depart- ments for years, based on rec- ommendation made by the Ont. Fire Marshal's Office. She said Scugog was nearing the time when it will need a full-time Chief. "We may be able to get away with part-time for a few more years, but as the area grows there will be more demands putonus." Mayor Howard Hall agreed saying that "now is the time to make a move on thisissue. Both present Fire Chiefs agree for the need of either a full or part time Chief." A motion was passed to have the finance committee take a look as see how the money could be designated for a full or part- time Fire Chief. ment to members of the media while on the campaign trail with Durham East riding Lib- eral candidate Marilyn Pearce in Bowmanville on Wednesday. When asked by the media whether he would be talking to members of the Toronto- Peterboro velock Line Passenger iation during his visit to Bowmanville, Mr. Wrye said no. "I think they have had a num- ber of opportunities to speak to me," he commented. "I have no answer today. I am here to sup- ugog gets fough on trash dumpers dum on a Townshi was ped toa construction site in Toronto. . Cleaning up the mess is proving expensive to local tax- ayers. Roads superintendent Ronn MacDonald said Monday he estimates it will cost about$5,000 to collect and haul away the trash from three areas of Scugog. One important aspect of the amendments will make it easier for the Township to get a conviction in court. The Township will be able to prosecute the owner of the trash as well as the person re- sponsible for dumpingit. Although the amendment carried Monday afternoon, there was some opposition from Turn to Page 13 Lieutenant Governor Lincoln 'Alexander was rode in a horse drawn ca Lincoln Alexander is pictu wi % port Marilyn Pearce." But Paul Pagnuelo, presi- dent of the passenger associa- tion, told reporters that he al- ready knows what the answer will be. He said that although the corridor study will be complete by December, sources in the Ministry say the study is "aca- demic." "The ridership numbers and costs/revenues have already been determined and the deci- sion we were told is now a politi- cal one," Mr. Pagnuelosaid. "However, undisclosed sourc- es informed us that the Liberal Government has in fact reached a decision not to extend GO Train service to Peterbo- rough." yay Pagnuelo said the MTO corridor study is an "election goodie designed to placate com- muters. "It deflects criticism and clos- es the subject without having to romise to deliver anything," eadded. He is demanding that the Liberal government make a de- or Lincoln was on hand Saturday to open the 125th annual Blackstock Fair. The first event of the day was a parade down Old Scugog Street to the fairgrounds. The Lt. Governor and his wife flags to the opening ceremonies. The Honorable d above with fair president Dave Petrle. ~~ no GO to Peterborough cision about the commuter line one way or the other before pro- vincial voters head to the polls. "We want a decision before the Sept. 6 election," he said, adding that if it does not hap- pen now, the commuter service to Peterborough will be an is- he in the next provincial elec- on. Mr. Pagnuelo also blasted the government for blocking a proposed private 'sector com- muter service to Peterborough. Tum to Page 3 --- . a FY | | . 3 2 +!