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Port Perry Weekend Star, 28 Sep 2001, p. 3

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~ Lae Ea BI Be a I I Re hn] "WEEKEND STAR" FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2001 - 3 Scugog agrees to forward needed cash Cartwright Fields getting $150,000 advance on funds By Kay Langmuir Weekend Star Council has agreed to pay its $150,01 000 grant to. Nestleton's Cartwright Fields project in advance in order to help the construction proceed on schedule. The grant was scheduled to be handed out in three annual $50,000 installments, wrapping up in 2003, but project organizers are $167,000 short of the $367,000 bill for Phase One. Grading and drainage excavations on the site on Highway 7A are to begin immediately. "We're hoping we might not need the extra $50,000 but we'd like to have it," Ward 4 Councillor David Dietlein said Monday. "It makes the fundraising easier and we recognize that," said Scugog Mayor Doug Moffatt. "But 1 hope this guarantees forever that Colin (Cartwright Fields organizer Colin Kemp) won't come back to me and say "You never do anything in Cartwright", "the mayor joked. : 'The steering committee for the Cartwright Fields Sports and Recreation Complex recently began sifting through"nine tenders "and the push is on to get the work started this fall,* says project co-ordinator Wilma Wotten. When, completed, the Cartwright Fields site on Highway 7A is expected to include baseball diamonds, soccer fields, a playground with splash pad as well as "shuffleboard, volleyball and tennis courts. Most 'of the contractors bidding on the contract can "start within 14 days of being told they've been selected, 'Mrs. Wotten told the township's planning committee. Members of the steering committee appeared briefly-:::| +. at the committee meeting on Sept. 17 for another step in a zoning bylaw amendment application for the project. It proceeded without objection. by Committee members also invited councillors to attend their project fundraiser, a chili cook-off, which will be held .:.on Sept. 29 in Blackstock. |@) HAVE YOU JOINED A COPE SUPPORT GROUP? Expressing Depression - Tuesday evening in Uxbridge Social Recreation Group - Wednesday afternoon in Port Perry Women's Support Group - Tuesday morning in Port Perry To register and for further information, phone Barbara 905-852-9560 (COPE is a program of Durham Region Community Care) Ward | rep wants to see a non-violent end to terrorism problem Councillor calls for peaceful solution to U.S. crisis By Kay Langmuir Weekend Star Ward | Councillor Larry Corrigan drew some incredulous stares from his peers Monday when he suggest- ed the municipality's letter of sup- port to 'the United States should include .a plea for a non-violent response to the Sept. Il terrorist attacks on American soil. : Canada should remain conscious of its reputation as a peacemaker in these volatile times, said Councillor Corrigan. But Scugog Mayor Doug Moffatt. was taken aback by his proposal. "We can't just stick "non-violent" in there,! said the mayor. © "Everyone hopes, that their (the Americans') action-will be selective and sensitive to human lives, but even our peacekeeping efforts can be very confrontational." The discussion arose when Council agreed to endorse a letter from the Township of Armour to the | 'New York American government, expressing sorrow and concern for the tragedy of the terrorist attacks and its desire to see the Canadian government offer all possible support and assistance. The world was stunned on Sept. Il when passenger jets were taken over by terrorists and used as bombs to destroy the World Trade Centre in and damaged the Pentagon in Washington. A fourth air- liner crashed in rural Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh. it's time to update your selected women's fashions from look... haggar.. for Bee % PQ ur _ghhe. ci py collect )on. excluding fundamentals group Save everyday with your Brock's Gold Card. See instore for details. PR@&@C CIS or Kids ISIS STIS IN Eo i | YWW.DITOCKSLore.com CUCKS 168 - 178 Queen Street, Port Pern BINCAS on {Oot

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