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ioe Res, HOw A 2 a8 x i <= el 7 = lise SNP LEIP NED SWORCE MS NOR CHE wr rR SR Cae ANS > AT 3 wl er Cop? Fos APRON I SN Bb That . SPEIER SR ON AN, =H DITORIAL PINION Here Are The Facts? Following our editorial of a few weeks ago, "Give Us The Facts' the government has made available a number of informative documents designed to clear up any questions we, or our readers, may have about regionalization. These documents present the facts with all the clarity people of this province have long expected of the Davis government. By way of example we turn to the area which seems to concern most of our readers, taxes, and an in'ormative little document titled, "Regional Government - Some Financial Aspects. This document, first of all, explains that grants will be made available to help municipalities to recover costs, and to help the taxpayer. This grant system is explained as follows. "The net costs of the new area muncipality (which consists of two or more 'merged area') together with its share of the net regional levy, are apportioned to the merged areas on the basis of their WEA (but excluding assessment equivalents for payments in lieu etc." Well of course. We all knew that anyway. Didnt we? The big question, though, is what will our taxes be? How will the mill rate be figured out. The government is quite definate on the matter. "Net area municipality costs plus share of regional levy divided by 85 percent local residence and farm assessment plus 100 percent local commercial and industrial assessment equals commercial and industrial mill rate." Got that? Good. Moving right along here we come to an explanation of how the WEA factor in your mill rate is figured out. The net costs (after Provincial subsidies but before application of the Regional Muncipal Grant) are apportioned to each area municipality in the proportion that its weighted, equalized assessment bears to the WEA of the whole region. For example, area municipality WEA divided by total regional WEA times net regional costs equals area muncipalities share of net regional costs. 85 percent times local residential and farm assessment plus 100 percent times local commercial and industrial assessment times 100 divided by equalization factor equals your WEA." Now what could be clearer than that? Thank you, Mr. Government, for giving us the facts. b.a. OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES The warm weather drew several people out by the waterfront last Sunday. One six year old, taken for a walk along the waters edge, took one look and declared "that sure looks like dirty water." It does. Not the water itself, of course, that was still under ice so the child could not actually see it. What she did see were the empty containers and other debris that unthinking people have thrown on the ice, to pollute the lake after it thaws. Do you suppose people will ever learn to care for the environment? b.a. nr ox PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited {+ CNA , ---, Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships S » . . | ): OAR S Ps 2 BE) Sl a, r) oN "irs ASS P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher. Editor J. PETER HVIDSTEN, Advertising Manager WM. T. HARRISON, Plant Manager Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Lid., Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration' Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $6.00 per year. Elsewhere $8.50 per year. Single Copy 15¢ CAPITAL EXPENDITURES a CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BILL MILEY ~ ) UGAR ano THINGS THAT BUILD UP BLOOD PRESSURE Most of the major disasters of life I can accept with a certain equanimity. It's the little things in life, the almost daily irritants, that keep me in such a flaming rage that I can almost hear my great-uncle, Mountain Jack Thomson, the wildest-tempered man in the entire Ottawa Valley about ninety years ago, whisper, "That's my boy. One of the old stock. Give 'em hell, William." I have ridden, or flown, into the valley of death, and come out with nothing twitching except my sphincter muscles. - I have landed an aircraft with a fused bomb dangling from one wing, climbed out to face the fire truck and the ambulance, and managed a quiet, "You're making alot of noise with those sirens, chaps. Hard on the nerves, you know," before fainting. When I was shot down and crashed in a plowed field in Holland, my first thought was, "Dammit, I won't be able to keep that date with Tita tonight." Tital was in Antwerp, several hundred miles away. A logical and calm conclusion. When I was beaten up for an attempted excape, I didn't rail against anyone, including the beaters. I lay there quietly in the boxcar, hands and feet wired together, licked my wounds and said to myself, "Serves you right, you nit, for trying to be a hero. You weren't cut out." When our train rode through the German night and right into a major bombing raid on Leipzig, I looked down on my grovelling, screaming, praying, calling-for-mother fellow prisoners, and thought coolly, "There but for the grace of God and the fact that I can't get out of this luggage rack (where I was resting) would be 1." Sedate, poised. paralized. That was in war-time, of course, and a man had to keep a stiff upper, not to mention / PICE neither lip. But life since has brought the same sort of thing. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, somebody said. Oh, yes, it hath. Try this. Tell your wife you'll be home for dinner at six. Arrive home at 3 a.m. with a couple of cronies you've invited for a late snack. "Nah, she won't mind. Come on, what're you, scared of your wife?" A woman scorened, compared to a woman waiting, is like a Boy Scout trop compared to a panzer division. We'll all agree then, that I've faced the worst without flinching, without becoming hysterical with fear or rage. What I can't cope with is the daily degradations. The insults to intelligence. The utter stupidity of bureaucrats and the malicious heckling of inanimate objects. I'm afraid I lose every vestige of coolth, sang-froid, poise, reason. Item. As though it knew exactly what I was writing about, my tuypewriter just broke a ribbon. And I just broke my typewriter. After using the name of the Lord, the typewriter company, and various other deities in vain, T beat the thing with my bare hands. All I got was ink up to my wrists, and a laconic, snide remark from my wife in the next room that she'd already had her hair curled, thank you. Item. They're cutting down the trees. the stupid bureaucrats. May they roast in eternal flames. And why are they cutting down the trees? So they can widen the roads for more stinking, rotten cars. Item. They (meaning the mindless bureaucracy) are re-numbering all the addresses in town. We were 303 and now we're 613 or 631 or something. I don't even know where I live any more. Of all the flaming, ridiculous, useless, idiotic, moronic, expensive . . . Steady, old Man. Remember the blood pressure. ~~ * % RAE K4 AENESS 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 15, 1923 On Tuesday morning Mr, Tom Beare had the misfor- tune to fall from his sleigh. The sleigh ran over him breaking his collar hone and bruising him considerably. At the invitation of Reeve Figary a number of men holding official postions in town enjoyed a well cooked and appetizing dinner at Rudd's Restaurant Tuesday evening. From every point of view, dinner, talks and general exchange of ideas - the gathering was a pro- nounced success. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 11, 1948 Cartwright Township has completed the canvas for the Canadian Appeal for Child- ren by collecting $524. One of Ontario County's longest established Holstein herds will sell when W.W. Holtby disperses his 40 head herd on Saturday. Port Perry Midgets re- turned to Cannington last week and defeated the Cannington Midgets 11 to 4 after suffering a 8 to 7 defeat the week before. Ron Wallace scored four goals, Coulter 3 and Heayn, DeNure, Rider and Heard scored one each for Port. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 13, 1958 Port Perry High School basketball team won the COSSA Senior B Champion- ship in Barrie by ousting Albert College in the final game. Members of the team were: Brian Tayler, Harry Kiezebrink, Bob Carnegie, John Croxall, Grant Cawker, Gary Edgar, Bill McMillan, Ralph Honey, Jim Burnett, Dale Lowcock, Ron Willer- ton, Terry Braham, David Mosienko was manager and Ivan Parkinson, coach. Under the capable direc- tion of Mrs. Elsie Dobson, the Junior Farmers' Choir gave two performances of a musical program in Brooklin and Uxbridge. The varied songs and dances were enlivened by the change of costumes to fit the arrange- ment of songs, etc. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 14, 1963 An early morning fire claimed one of the oldest homes on Scugog Island. Mr. Richard Wilson was about to leave for work when he discovered the fire had started in the wood shed. The home was originally built for Mr. John Foy, the first township's clerk in 1856. Dave Thompson's rink consisting of Harold Cowan, skip; Mrs. Helen Thompson, vice-skip; Mrs. J. McCowan, lead; Dave Thompson, second; scored three wins and chalked up a total of 44 pts. to capture the Weiser trophy. About 89.9 percent of Uxbridge's electorate voted Monday on three liquor questions. 62.5 percent ap- proved sale of beer and liquor through Government stores, but turned down cocktail bars and dining lounges. +