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Vol. 2 Number 1 The Township of Scugog is hosting a one day confer- ence and evening public open house on May 8th at the Scugog Community Centre on Reach Street in Port Perry. It will be an opportunity for a wide range of government, environmental and community stakeholders to learn about the Lake, the status of the Lake Scugog Environmental Management Plan and various other projects underway for improving Lake Scugog. It will also be an opportunity for participant groups and the public to put forward ideas for the future. The day will kick-off with a Provincial Ministry, Kawartha Conservation and agency panel discussion on current ini- tiatives going on about the lake. This will be followed by a presentation from Doug Downey, Chair of the recent Trent-Severn Waterway panel about the waterway. Les- OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC Should you be interested, a number of spots for citi- zens have been reserved for the daytime conference. For more information about the event, it is suggested that you call the Township Office (905) 985-7346 -- CAO Bev Hendry at ext. 117. OPEN HOUSE The general community is invited to learn about the highlights of the work of the conference at an open house following the daytime sessions. The Community Centre will be open to the public and agencies from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. Participant groups will be there with booths to answer your questions and give out their relevant environmental sons that have been learned about i the cur- rent Lake Simcoe Environmental Management Strategy will be the topic that will lead into an interactive lunchtime discussion for the attendees. to attend and bring forward their lake issues for the record and learn about the good work that is underway. The Scugog Lake Stewards will be p ‘s and particip and are ially excit- ed about this lake conference as it is seen as the beginning of the process of healing and improvement of the Lake that they have been working on for years. The Stewards applaud the Township for this action. website: www.focusonscugog.com *APRIL.0B/52pages.indd 21 FOCUS - APRIL 2008 21 snene 10241900 |