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| Mery Grristnas ' Terrace Bay Schreiber 4 News Vol. 20, No. 52 Tuesday, December 24, 1985 +b in - Public Library TERRACE BAY, ee ee + NT. POT 2WO C.C.T.F.N. Serving Terrace Bay, Schreiber and Rossport 35° "No" to private property snow removal ) "dk The above photograph is indeed one of Santa Claus, but not in the flesh. This St. Nick is merely an almost life sized painted crea- tion that can be seen standing in front of Birchwood Terrace in Terrace Bay. Also decorating the exterior of the senior citizen's residence are Santa's reindeer, not visible in this picture. 1 « Terrace Bay businessman Mike Moore said he understands the township council's recent decision to say "no" to his request regarding the removal of snow from private property on Radisson Avenue, .but he added that the council also did not show too much flexibility on the controver- sial matter. Moore and a number of other Simcoe Plaza business people had ap- proached council on Dec. 9 to ask them about the possibility of snow removal from the back of their stores. Council made its decision after the meeting, and informed Moore in a letter which was sent to hiny last week. "What they did, in ef- fect, was turn us down," Moore -said. **They said they gould not plow us out and not provide the same Council turns down request service to other businesses. "" The Plaza store owners had made the request because they said they need . the area in the back of their shops to park their own cars and to accept deliveries. **T understand the coun- cil's point of view," Moore said. *'They pro- bably made the right deci- sion, and it was a tough one to make, but the businesses on that street are going to find that it will be a dil- ficult decision to live with." Although many Plaza shops also have access from the Plaza itself, a few businesses face Radisson itself, and now the owners of those stores realize that they will be responsible for clearing the snow from the front OF= their establishments. continued on page 2 Members of the Terrace Bay area Catholic Women's League got all dressed up as Santa's elves in order to put on an entertain- ing musical skit at Birchwood Terrace on Dec. 17. The skit was A °. Hoe (0 held to entertain residents, staff, and visiting families. Some of the 'elves' can be seen in the photo above in the middle of one of many songs performed during the evening of fun. ° a Group formed "4 by Conrad Felber There is now a_han- dicapped action group for the Terrace Bay and Schreiber area, although it doesn't have an_ official name yet. Gertrude ~Cotton, the organization's publicist ex- plained last 'week that a core committee of five peo- ple was created recently, with Rod Thompson as Chairman. **We are quite undecid- ed as to the name (of the group). she said. *"We can't use the same name as the one in Thunder Bay." That organization is called the Handicapped Action Group, Inc. For= =the- moment. though, the local commit- tee's 'name will be the North Shore Disability Ac- tion Group. 'There is also a group in Manitouwadge-Marathon, and what they have sug- gested is that we come under the same umbrella and. meet with them perhaps once or twice a year, Cotton told the News. The other members of the committee are Vice Chairman Shirley Mikus, Secretafy Elizabeth McLean, and Treasurer Ann Mercure. Terrace Bay Reeve Ollie Chapman is - also a member of the association. "T started out as a representative of township council,' Reeve Chapman said. "But I'm going to stay with it, as I am con- cerned about seniors, youth, and handicapped people." The committee, which was formed at a meeting on Dec. 12, will meet again on Jan. 23, 1986. At that time the group will become fur- ther organized with a more concrete schedule. "We still have to get some funding and we have to set ourselves up on a non-charitable basis,'* Cot- ton said. She added that one of the organization's top priorities is to make people aware of the fact that there are han- dicappéed people in this area who need assistance. Cotton noted that any in- terested parties are welcome to attend the next scheduled meéeting of the committee, which is cur- rently set for the lobby of the McCausland Hospital in Terrace Bay on Jan. 23 starting at 7:30 p.m. ff et « yim och ti COHO-