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4- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1994 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Pit foes will take fight to council Organizers decry process that allows them no consultation By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star A submission to Scugog Township council will be made Sept. 26 by a residents' association opposed to a wayside pit Dr boosal south of McKee About 40 residents, most of whom have prop- erty on the Scugog Manvers township line, agreed to the resolution during a public meeting at the Nestleton Community Hall last g) ureday night (Sept. The residents are alarmed by news that the owner of a 98-acre parcel of land, south of McKee Rd. and west of the township line, has asked the provincial transportation min- istry to carry out soil testing, the first step in acquiring an aggregate extraction license. If residents want to prevent property owner Eid Attia of Scarborough from extracting sand from the property for highway projects, it's impor- tant to show a united front, said Doug Parsons, the newly- elected chairman of the citi- zens' committee. "One of the next steps is to contact our neighbors and get a little dialogue because I'm disappointed with the turn- out" at the Thursday night meeting, he said. "...If we can pack that (township council) meeting room with bodies, (Mayor) Howard Hall will get nervous, because he doesn't like angry people." The residents were urged as well to start putting in calls of protest to council members and candidates, provincial government officials, and Durham East MPP Gord Mills. 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Dr. Workman recommends regular ocular-visual examinations of VDT users Jor early detection and remediation of any resulting visual problem. If any new or persistent symptoms such as a headache, fatigue, dizziness, eyestrain, eye irritation or a change in your vision are experienced a prompt eye examination, which includes thorough eye health assessment, should be performed . It is important to tell your optometrist that you are a computer operator; details of the working environment will allow Dr. Workman to recommend the most appropriate vision therapy for you. Living and working in Port Perry for the health of your vision. Dr. Darryl Workman For an eye examination please call 985-1361 or come and visit us at the office 180 Mary Street, Port Perry (beside Star Building) said Mr. Attia could apply for a wayside pit permit, which would allow him to supply sand or gravel for highway projects tendered out by the provincial government. Although the permit is tem po- rary -- 18 months is the cus- tomary period -- it can be renewed, said Councillor Dietlein. He added that there are no hearings or citizen consulta- tion during consideration of the permit by government offi- cials; the township council would be alerted for comment only when the pit owner was awarded a contract to supply aggregate. . "We must strenuously object to a process where there's no dialogue and leaves room only for confrontation," said Councillor Dietlein. Mr. Attia, who met on Labor Day with committee members, was not in atten- dance Thursday night after being advised not to come by the local organizers. He said in an interview with The Star last week though that he is willing to talk about his plans for the property, and try to accommodate the neighbors. His first preference for the property is to subdivide it and build homes; but region official plan designations may stand in his way. He also suggested building a golf course on the land, or leasing or selling it to the res- idents in the area. Mr. Attia added he has only requested soil testing by the province so far: "At the moment I have no application or anything; we are just doing some investigation," he said. The residents' group, which has yet to be named, also cir- culated a petition to those in attendance Thursday night. Group home workers in Scugog could strike Employees at two Scugog Township group homes for autistic adults are hoping that talks with a government- appointed mediator will help them solve a labor dispute with Scott's Place Group Homes. The 25 members of CUPE Local 2936-09 have been in a legal strike position since Sept. 1, and have been trying to negotiate a first contract with employers since February, said union spokesperson Cindy Kilbride. Although the union has a 72 per cent strike mandate from the local membership, workers want to avoid a strike that would prove disruptive to autistic residents at the homes, said Ms Kilbride. "We're hoping that mediation talks scheduled for later this month will help us reach a negotiated settlement," she said. "Barring that, we go to first contract arbitration, which allows newly-formed unions to have their first contract settled by a provincial arbitrator." Scott's Place Group Homes is part of an organization called Kerry's Place, which has six centres across southern Ontario. The workers at Scott's place are the first among the organi- zation's workers to unionize. KARATE Men ~ Women ~ Children * Academic Improvement ¢ Shihan Sei Hei Walker INTRODUCTORY COURSE 19.95 OPEN 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR! REGISTER NOW! Learn about Karate before you join! HIRYU BUSHIDO KAI Martial Arts Centres I EVER [i [ofe SR Port Perry 985-0205 VACH Side Tol ESTA Uxbridge 852-3093 Township and building owners agree on plans for Royal Bank Scugog Township officials and owners of the Royal Bank building in downtown Port Perry have hammered out an agreement on restoration of the heritage structure. Scugog Mayor Howard Hall said last week work is being allowed to continue after the building's owners, the Hatsios family of Markham, agreed to several demands made by the munic- ipality. A stop work order was issued in July when township officials declared renovations being carried out on the building, at the corner of Perry and Queen Sts. in the downtown core, to be in con- travention of heritage guide- lines adopted by the munici- pality. A lengthy delay ensued as workers investigated the con- dition of brick in the building to determine if it could be salvaged, or if plastering of the walls would continue. As it turns out, brick in. the west wall of the building is too far gone to save, so it will be plastered, Mayor Hall said Friday. But it has been determined the brick front of the building can be restored. "On the front of the build- ing they are going to save the brick," said the mayor. That work will include replacement of more than 100 bricks and repointing. In addition, ornate wood- working will be installed or restored, and the bank's sign -- a major point of contention with the township, whose laws prohibit fluorescent signs in the downtown core - - will be individual low-lit letters mounted on a wooden background. © Other features will be attended to to bring about the "aritiqued" look that's in keeping with the downtown, said the mayor. "We told them there was no other way," he'said of nego- tiations with the building's owners and contractors. "I feel sure they got the message. We wanted some- thing nice there on that cor- ner because it's a focal point. 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