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8 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 18, 2001 "Scugog"s Community Newspaper of Choice" New bylaw to help police solve, fight problems in downtown core of Port Perry Scugog ushers in new nuisance bylaw to combat problems By Rik Davie Port Perry Star To say you better not spit on the sidewalk may be stretching it a bit, but Scugog's new nuisance bylaw may go a long way towards solving recent problems in the downtown core, says the township's Ward 2 rep. With little fanfare, Scugog Council passed the new bylaw at their Sept. 10 council meeting and will, if all goes well, follow that up with a motion that will see the Durham Regional Police Service become involved in the develop- ment process in the town- ship. The nuisance bylaw, according to Ward 2 PORT PERRY STAR 16 17 18 19 20 21 50. One of 12 sons of Jacob 51. Old World lizard 54. Suffers a nervous breakdown 59 Like a newborn babe 62. Hawk 63. Bewilder 64. Czech river 65. Privation 66. Cola 67. Interpret Clues DOWN 1. 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Councillor Pearce said that in the wake of recent public concerns over safe- ty and nuisance issues in the Water St. area of Port Perry and other areas in the township it is time to work more closely with police and planners in how things are built. "This is being initiated by our ongoing discussions with the Durham Regional Police and in fact the bylaw just passed was brought to us by a young constable with the (police) who found it had worked well in other municipalities in Durham," Councillor Pearce said. The bylaw includes such items as blocking the passage of pedestrian traffic and spitting or curs- ing at the public as infrac- tions for which the police . Directory of Coming Events Tuesday, Sept. 18 . Confident Women - "What You've Known All Along" - Kinsmen Hall, Port Perry - 7-8:30 p.m. $20 -RSVP - 905-986- 1441. Wednesday, Sept. 19 Hospital Auxiliary Membership Tea - Lakeridge Health Port Perry - 2-4 p.m. Info. 905- 985-7606. Friday, Sept. 21 Rummage Sale - St. John's Presbyterian Church-9am.- 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, 25 & Oct. 2 Confident Women - seminar series for women who like to be inspired - Kinsmen Hall, Port Perry. Call 905-986- 1441. Wednesday, Sept. 19 Hospital Auxiliary Tea - 2 p.m. - Port Perry hos- pital. Tuesday, Sept. 25 Confident Women - "Rooting Joy, Happiness and Fun" - Kinsmen Hall, Port Perry - 7-8:30 p.m. $20 -RSVP - 905- 986-1441. Sept. 27-29; & Oct. 4- 6 Uxbridge Musical Theatre - The Fantasticks - Uxhridge Music Hall - 8 p.m. Matinees - Sept. 29 & Oct. 6-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 Whitby Junior Chess Club - fall junior open chess tournament. - Whitby Montessori School. Info. call 905- 430-8201. Sept. 29 & 30 Victoria County Studio Tour - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. For free brochure call 705-887-5273. Sunday, Sept. 30 Peniel United Church Anniversary Service - 11 a.m. Evening Music pro- gram - 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30 Roast beef dinner - Oddfellows Hall - 5 p.m. Tickets - call 905-985- 2343. Tuesday, Oct. 2 Confident Women - "Discovering Your Life's Purpose" Kinsmen Hall, Port Perry - 7-8:30 p.m. $20 -RSVP - 905- 986-1441. Coming Evenls sponsored Dy... |4Y:Xele FUNERAL 5 (0) 1:3 By») Me 'Dermott- Panabaker « hapel wh Tor SG, O'Riordan - Funeral Director Owner 216 Queen St., Port Perry 905-985-2171 Email: wagg.fh@sympatico.ca GG DEN RULER ws FORE. HEL YWOHT can charge persons. "It gives police the tools they told us they need to deal with prob- lems surrounding persons who impede public access or intimidate peo- ple by their presence," said the Ward 2 councillor. "If these persons are asked to cease their activ- ity and they do, nothing further is done. If they do not, then the police have the bylaw in place in order to deal with the matter." The issue of safety in planning is one the coun- cillor said has been over- looked for far too long. She added that the idea of using DRPS Architectural Safety Officers was brought to council from an unusual source. "This is an issue that was brought to us through a number of calls from media asking what kind of rules and regulations were in place within Scugog and mentioning the use of these environ- mental safety officers," Councilor Pearce said. "We will ask the officer to come to council and describe his functions and how they can fit into our planning process." Architectural Safety Officers look at new build- ing design as well as land- scape on existing struc- tures and park areas with an eye towards taking away the kind of blind- spots and hiding places that invite crime. There is no charge for the service and it is used by other municipalities as part of their planning approval process. Councillor Pearce said the moves are part of a new, more hands-on involvement between Scugog Council and the police service. "We will make use of police expertise to make the public safer and do what we can to make the job of police in our com- munity more proactive to the benefit of us all," she said. Mid-summer bash turns $8,000 profit Chamber, BIA to share StreetFest profits By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Organizers of the inau- gural StreetFest bash have deemed their mid- summer festival as a suc- cessful venture. Stewart Bennet of the Business Improvement Area told members of the township's Economic Development committee last week that the event held last July attracted large crowds and, in the end, resulted in a profit of about $8,000. Changes were made to the event this year after the BIA and Scugog Chamber of Commerce opted to form a partner- ship and hold a new-look bash dubbed as StreetFest. Prior to this year, Scugog residents and those beyond the town- ship's borders flocked to Port Perry's downtown core to take in Festival Days. That mid-summer celebration, while it changed names and for- mats over its 30-year his- tory through the Chamber of Commerce, was elimi- nated this year. However, it appears the change was a good one. Local merchants and officials with both the BIA and Chamber proclaimed StreetFest a success shortly after it wrapped up in mid-July and now, almost two months later, those same officials have released some pretty solid numbers. "StieetFest, through the co-operation of the Chamber of Commerce and BIA, has turned an $8,000 profit," said Mr. Bennet last week. He told committee members that the two organizations will split the profits. Some of those funds will go towards pur- chasing more trash recep- tacles for Port Perry's downtown area and Palmer Park. Mr. Bennet also noted that the funds will also be used to buy a bench or two, which will be donat- ed to the township and put to use in local parks as well. "We've gotten good results from StreetFest The businesses on Queen St. were very pleased... all the local merchants seemed to be happy with the event," he said ER PO Oe