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Vol. 133 Number 10 PORT PERRY - TUESDAY, JAN. 26, 1999 -- 24 Pages COPY 65¢ (61¢+ 4¢ GST) Fate of KCA in limbo By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star The fate of the Kawartha Conservation Authority (KCA) will be decided during a meeting of its members Feb. 11. The meeting is being held in response to a call by three member municipalities for dissolution of the authority, which advises on planning matters in the sprawling Kawartha watershed. Scugog Township has been a member municipality for more than 15 years. KCA general manager Ian Macnab said that while three members -- the villages of Bobcaygeon and Omemee and Manvers Township -- have called for disbanding of the authority, he's confident it will survive. Dissolution would require a two-thirds vote of the authority's 21 board members, and ultimately provincial approval. "There are so many reasons to have a conservation authority, and so little reason not to have a conservation authority," said Mr. Macnab. He allowed that some of the reasoning behind the calls for dissolution are based on municipal finances. But he argued the cost to municipalities -- about $6.80 on the aver- age tax bill -- is low for the services provid- ed by KCA. Scugog dedicates $50,000 annu- ally to the authority, whose main duties are to conduct research and offer input on plan- ning matters, and to provide flood forecast- ing. Mr. Macnab said municipalities would Please turn to page 9 AR ~ ger F3 ; Pte y/ TE { 2. JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR READY, AIM... Once again last Thursday night, Each youngster was given several throws from the line, dozens of local school children gathered in the gymna- with the winners earning trophies, and a chance to con- sium at Immaculate Conception Separate School for the tinue on in regional competition. Here, Prince Albert P.S. Knights of Columbus' annual free throw competition. competitor Heather Wilkinson draws a bead. Council still leery of sludge spreading By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star Councillors continue to have concerns about the spreading of paper sludge on farmland in Scugog Township. Ward 4 Councillor David Dietlein has fired off a letter to the Ministry of the Environment calling for a halt to paper sludge on Scugog farmland "until such time that this process can be proven to be beneficial (to the land) and (environ- mentally) safe." He states in his lengthy letter to the MOE that the source of the sludge -- Atlantic Packaging -- and Courtice Auto Wreckers, the company that delivers the material, have not proven sludge is ben- eficial to the soil, a requirement that must be met to get a certificate of approval from the province. He also contends that some studies 'have found crops grown in soil where sludge has been applied are smaller, and that a phytotoxicology report prepared for the MOE is flawed because soil test- ing was done in pots rather than in field ots. On Monday, Scugog council passed a resolution expressing concerns about the practice and noting a report from Senes Consultants prepared for Uxbridge Township which raises more questions. Scugog's resolution calls on <None> the ministry to grant a new certificate of approval to Atlantic and Courtice Auto Wreckers for just one year, to allow for more study and testing to take place. "Unless further studies can justify the use of paper sludge, the township recommends that it be phased out," states the resolution. approved on 'Monday. And Scugog Mayor Doug Moffatt, who has repeatedly in recent weeks expressed his own serious reservations about sludge on farmland, wants Scugog Please turn to page 9 \ CANADIAN \ TIRE "PORT PERRY Expires February 9, 1999. FET " a " ---- -_ _-- wR 4 ay ea } ET i 3 i f "J - Y . ' "199% Parts 985-1449 ¢ Service 985-9595