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PAGE 8, MONDA Y, bLILMBER Z30, 1985,WIIITB Y FR FE PR ESS February.... Sehool t axes could jump 10% this year o Brown saysI Frorn ail 0f us to .4 > ail of you: Hope 1986 s filled with hoppiness and prospenty. Corne see us soon. K-M ART PLAZA 555 Simcoe St.S Oshawa 579-0742 FO T ENE.EA *.................arad ri ri Whity Juior hamer o C merc 668-898 LEADRSHI, FLLOWHIP SOCIA RESONSIBLITY Whitby residents can expect to )ay about $1.68 more a week iii education property taxes this year Whitby Trustee Ian Brown, vice-chairman af the Durham Board af Educations finance committee. said the amount is flot more than you pay for a pack of cigarettes a day>* Talks for the 1985 budget are still in the early stages while the Camnuttee* gathers al pertinent revenu(, n formation Based on the infar- mation presently% available. Brown is estimating a five ta tea per cent incr<'ase in education (axes over last year Figures stîll missing are variaus aspects ai property con- siderations, transpor- tation committee figures and the special education budget. The board is also waiting for the provin- cial government to an- nounce its grants for 1985. According to Brown, the governiment is late in telling Durham their grants for this year However, the board is going ahead in the calculations with the assumption of a four per cent increase in provin- cial grants. Last year the gover- i nment provided for about 50 per cent of the cost of education. The ratepayers of Durham raised the remainder, about $75 million. This year the preliminary budget was projected at $164 million with a local revenue af $M8 million. The overlevies for 1984 have also yet ta be calculated which Brown attributes to an increase n assessment overlevies is the amouint over and above the budget spent last year, The amount spent bas ta be returned by the governmeflt in the next year's tas kn- crease. Obviously the higher the overlevies the higher the assessment ai the followiflg year. After the grant has been calculated the board then bas ta review variaus programs and ascert.ain whetter they can be afforded. 'We then look at requests from other departments and justify the expenses, - said Brown In March the budget goes to the board for final approval Competitor in Durham Regioft Poice Games for disabled children. February.... Town shuts down bingo interlopers Cammunity arganiza- tiens and service clubs fram outside ai Whitby will rio longer be illowed ta hold bingo games in the com- munity However, those non-Whitby groups currently holding bingo games wîll be allawed ta continue their operations carrier wilI be asking you for 60' forJut6<.i i orFe rs a w hle month of home delivery of your local newspaper This voluntary paymnent is the best bargain in town. No other newspaper costs so littie and of- fers so much f0 local residents. And even if you don't want f0 contribute we'll deliver your newspaper anyway. Your 60' payment may flot seem like very much money. but it means a lot to your carrier and to us. Your carrier ear- ns more money and as a result is more properly rewarded for a job well done. defrlay e rcuaon ostsndhappier Yorayloiclesapernfits atdhrough ~[ carriers. And you benefit by supporting and helping to maintain your very own truly local newspaper. P.S. You can win valuable prizes also! So when your e carrier says "Free Press calling- you'Il know what its ail about and that your rmoney is going f0 be well1 spent. WHITBY FREE PRESS 131 Brock Street North, Whltby 668-61 cil's operatians commit- ice made that recomn- mendation Monday night aiter hearing f roruî several bingo g:ýme arganizers. The issue was brought ta the fore by Catherine Wood, ai Ashburn, the owner ai the Hideaway Bingo ai the corner ai Dundas St. E. and Garrard Rd. Wood was protesting the proposaI ai a Pickering resident ta start up another bingo hall1 on Hopkins St . She told the commit- tee in a letter that should another bingo hall be allowed ta op-en, it could prove detrîmnen- taI not anly ta ber aperatian but tu the community organiza- tians who rely an bingo to help finance their aperatii)ns. ~Bingos, as you know are intended as a means for a service club or sports association ta raise iunds for charitable purposes,- Wood wrate. -11 accomn- plishes this t.ask adequately only if the number of patrons is great enough ta caver the cost ai prizes, rent, advertising etc. "The nurnber ai patrons can only be high enaugh ta generate good profits only if there are nat toa many bingos competing for this finite group ai people." Mer husband, David, told the committee that bingo halls are only patranized by about one- balf ta one per cent of the population play bingo. That means there are only about 1,200 ac- tive bingo players in the Ajax - Whitby - Oshawa area.