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Thursday, May 2, 2013 • 5
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Cartwright High School Honouring our History Help us to celebrate and recognize the richness of Cartwright High School Community Life on
Friday, May 24 • 2013
GETTING MCHAPPY: (From left) Chas Harding of Precious Minds Resource and Learning Centre, Jackie Granger of the Jennifer Ashleigh Children’s Charity and Ginger Jackson of McDonalds Port Perry and Uxbridge are preparing for the return of McHappy Day, the annual fundraising event held at McDonalds restaurants across Canada each spring. This year’s McHappy Day is on Wednesday, May 8 and with each hot beverage, Happy Meal and Big Mac purchased from Ms. Jackson’s restaurants that day, money will be donated to each of the aforementioned charities. BLAKE WOLFE The Standard
The Open House begins at 1:15 pm with a visit to students working in classrooms. Decade Rooms will be open from 3:00-9:00 pm with displays and memorabilia to provide an opportunity for reflection and shared memories. A light lunch will be provided. For further information call CHS at 905-986-4241. Email: chsmemories@outlook.com to post photos and memories! In subject line, include your name and decade you attended.
Solar farm, East Cross Forest discussed SCUGOG: East Cross Forest is on the grow again, after Durham Region Council approved funds for the purchase by the Kawartha Conservation Authority of two additional properties totalling 107 additional acres for the Scugog conservation area. The two properties, bordering East Cross Forest in Scugog’s southeastern region, will expand the conservation area that was originally established in 2006. The Region recently approved expenditures of $135,254 and $8,056 toward KRCA’s purchase of the two new properties,
amounting to 40 per cent of each total property cost. Approval was also given for the reallocation of a total of $36,000 in funding previously provided by Durham to make up ten per cent of the property costs, part of a funding formula that is expected to result in the remaining 50 per cent of the property costs covered by the Ontario Heritage Trust. The total cost for the two properties is approximately $358,000. Township to appeal solar project Scugog staff will appeal the province’s approval of a solar farm proposed
for a Greenbank property, a development that has drawn concerns from neighbours of the site and has raised the issue of how agricultural land should be used within the township. Community Services Director Don Gordon recommended to councillors this week that the township appeal the Solray Energy development, recently awarded approval from the MOE, after a document by the provincial Ministry of the Environment presented at this week’s general purpose and administration committees meeting
‘All-call’ paging model returns F RO M PAG E 1
Mr. Walker said that numbers quoted in the Chief ’s report could also be misleading if taken strictly at face value. Although the report states that last year, full-timers responded to 57 calls on their own, Mr. Walker added that full-timers “still respond to 100 per cent of calls during our shift.” And while he raised concerns that
news of the arbitration award may bring criticism from residents, particularly in regards to wage increases, he has received no negative feedback. “We’re in a small town and we all grew up here and we like to think we have a job to be proud of,” said Mr. Walker. “People in the community seem to understand and we haven’t heard anything negative.”
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stated that appeals to the project must be received by April 30. The development, proposed for a Cragg Rd. property, has raised concerns from both township staff and neighbours. Among those concerns is the use of agricultural land for such a project, which opponents have said took advantage of a loophole in the provincial Green Energy Act that previously allowed for such developments on lands zoned rural, including Class 1 and 2 farmland.
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