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T way HMR EIR BN Vol. 127 No. 13 r. By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Shortening the winter ice fishing season is the Ministry of Natural Resources recommen- dation to controlling the wall- eye harvest taken from Lake Ice fishing time on Lake Scugog to be shortened and 15 per cent, as well as pro- viding more protection to the fishery. The MNR's goal is to re- duce the annual harvest by 15 percent. The new season will reduce the winter effort by 20 per cent x hc wn Femi MARAT. SRS ub a maori Cllr, 2 tic" 1 Scugog. resulting in 30 per cent harvest | ; The Ministry announced last saved for an annual reduction of 3 \ week that it has recommended approximately 12 percent. ! : the shortened season and hopes December is the hot period, : to see the new regulation in ef- and March has high catch rates fect by the start of the 1993-94 winter season. The MNR also announced the annual harvest," Lois Deacon, i possibility of a further regula- MNR biologist told the Star in tion being implemented yegard- angarlierinterview. ; 3 ing catch and possession limits, but this would not be in force un- til more public input is collect- ed. The shortened season is ex- pected to reduce the annual walleye harvest by between 10 making shortening the season an effective way to control the o far this is just our recom- mendation. It still has to be ap- proved by the minister's office and the federal government," said David Bell, biologist with the MNR. Turnto Page 12 Number crunchers prepare '93 budget By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star The earliest the township's budget could be approved is March 8, says Finance Com- Christie had seen four of the 13 (approximately 25 per cent). "From what I've seen so far, they have been responsible budgets," she said. "Those who mitte Chairman Yvonne Chris- are asking for increases are for tie. valid reasons. We may not be But she is not making any able to concur with the reasons, promises. but they are valid." It's down to number crunch- ing time as township officials prepare Scugog's 1993 budget and the township is seeking a budget that is "proveable, feasi- ble and responsible." And this is exactly what the committee has been seeing to date as the budgets from the various municipal organiza- tions "trickle in." The committee is responsible for setting the budget of 13 or- ganizations that fall under the jurisdiction of the township. These include the Fire Depart- ment, Library Board, Arena Board, Fair Board and Roads Department. As of last Friday, Councillor The life and times A PERIEI RP EVD While seeking a "proveable, feasible and responsible" bud- get, it is the hope of the commit- tee to see no increase in last year's budget as well. "We intend to try, but we're not promising," she said. Although the budgets which she has seen have been as ex- pected, Councillor Christie said the committee got quite a sur- prise when the Fire Committee presented its budget recently. Expressing a need for two new trucks and various other ex- penses, the department's re- quest fore#847,277 is of consid- erable concern. _ Councillor Christie is unsure Turnto Page 12 Two women, three men recruited as \ [oN F=Ted He [Flag] 0) Uxbridge in first round of Junior C et Cian ML INRA: «Hs IN PI et Nal i new firefighters at Port Perry Fire Hall Palmer, founder of Chiropractic ol Fz Veli iF:-Tej {leg