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> <-- Kole jot - pv B ertac® Terrace Bay - Schreiber aaa ' an ie: BS > | uU ugU Do you smell tar ? BELLUZ Realty Ltd. Simcoe Plaza Box 715 Terrace Bay, Ontario POT 2WO Lynn Hodder Sales Person ¥ Office 825-9393 Home 824-3429 Fs Erik Boucher, above, gets into the spirit of the Ernie and Bert playtime group as he gets his face artfully painted. left: The rest of the group proudly poses paint- ed. Photos by Greg Huneault Told to leave by Sept. 1, Schreiber trailer park tenants prepared to dig in By Greg Huneault the News Residents of the trailer park on the west side of Walker's Lake Road in Schreiber don't have much time left. That was their message to Schreiber Council last Tuesday night when at least four of them appeared before council to appeal for assistance before they are evict- ed from the park. There are 12 trailer homes affected, and those who attended the council meeting either live in the homes or rent them. 'The property, owned by Roy Kragero of Schreiber, is for sale, and the tenants and owners of the trailers on the property have been told they must leave by September 1, or face eviction. Despite past meetings to discuss the issue, the four say they are angry and concerned with council's apparent apathy. Schreiber council- lors, however, say there is nothing the Township can do. ~ The tenants of the trailer park have been served a Termination Notice and must be off the land by September 1. They say their water and. electricity supply will be cut off on that date. "September the first is coming up pretty fast. No one's prepared to move their trailers yet," Vivian Bechard told council members at the public meeting on August 9. She and the others who addressed council said they have no idea where they can go if they are required to move their trailers off Kragero's property. "No one wants to take responsi- bility for this. What do we do? Who do we go to?," council was asked. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Winters told council that legal advice they sought indicated that council has the authority to prevent any possible evictions after the notice becomes effective, but councillors said it was a private matter. Councillor Gerry Godin told the group that council wouldn't have given permission, "but the fact is that the contract is with (Kragero) for trailer rental." Aurel Gauthier, Schreiber clerk- treasurer, told the group that the Township's legal counsel indicated there was no course the township could take to prevent the land owner from doing what he wants with his own land. "He has:rights as a landlord too," Gauthier told the group in response to their contention that services would be denied at the beginning of next month. "The Township is not obliged to force the law," he added. The issue appears to be the result of a by-law passed as part of _ the Official Township Plan devel- oped last year. Included in the Plan was a limit on the number of house trailer parks within the town's limits. Reeve Mike Cosgrove told the group that the public had an oppor- tunity to voice any objections to the limit when the matter was raised last fall, but there were no argu- ments against the limitation. "There's nothing we can do about it," Cosgrove said. "We just can't go and buy housing for some- one." Vivian Bechard feels the Township could do something. "It's frustrating to go (before council) and their not willing to help. "They have lots of land, but none for twelve trailers. They should consider buying the trailer park," she told the News in a later interview. She and her husband have been living in the trailer park for six years. There are children of other families who live in the park, but she is concerned about her own two young ones. "When you have kids to think about, you need a roof over your heads. People in Schreiber don't really realize that we're being evicted." She said that her family is going to stay in their trailer home ' even after the effective date of ter- mination. © Mrs. Kragero declined to com- ment before presstime. Changes to Lottery Act could hurt local recreation services By Greg Huneault the News Proposed changes to the Ontario Lottery Corporation Act could have negative effects on local recreational, sport and: fitness ser- vices say the two area Recreation Co-ordinators. Ron Larivee and Dean Main (the recreation coordinators of the Schreiber and Terrace Bay Recreational Centres respectively) say that amendments to the Lottery Act would further reduce the amount of funding provided to local recreation programs and pro- jects. The provincial government has already given one reading to Bill 119, which is An Act to Amend The Ontario Lottery Corporation Act. This Bill would allow the See 'Recreational' on page 7 Step right up! 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