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Volume 123 Number 51 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1989 Copy 50¢ 64 Pages School Board unveils $320 million forecast The Durham Public School Board will need more than $320 million to build new schools, re- pair old ones, add portables and day care centres between 1990 and 1995. "This is not just another wish-list," Durham Board chairman Ian Brown said em- phatically Monday evening as he presented the five year capi- No new clues in murder A team of 12 officers contin- ues to probe the circumstances swrounding the murder of Whitby resident Alfred Meit- ner, but Regional Police have released no new information about the case. Meitner, 35, was reported missing on September 23, and his remains were discovered Oc tober 29 in a field near Scugog Island's Ghost Road, between the 10th and 9th Concessions. A funeral service was held in Whitby on November 13. Although tests have yet to pin-point the exact cause of death, there was damage to the skull that may have been caused by a bullet or a blunt ob- ject of some kind. The body was discovered in an advanced state of decomposi- tion »leadinginvestigators to be- lieve he died about the time he rted missing by friends Jatein fen eptarer. The Whitby man had been employed at a factory in Ajax until mid-June when he was laid off, and apparently had not worked since then. Water rates jump by 9% Durham Region water and sewer users could be looking at a nine per cent hike i in fees in January. Durham's commissioner of finance Jack Gartley told a Re- gional council committee last week the increase is necessary to help the Region keep pace . with rapid residential growth rates. However, he stressed that the nine per cent hike is just a preliminary estimate at this time. The actual hike will be set by committee later this month. Estimates for the next dec- "ade project that Durham will have to spend $678 million on (Turn to page 16) . tal forecast. "These are must- have projects. as far as the Board is concerned." Increasing enrolment pro- jections plus the need to provide Junior Kindergarten after 1991 are the main reasons for the multi-million spending fore- cast, said Mr. Brown. In that five year period, the Board predicts it will have to provide places for 12, 000 addi- tional students, most in the high growth areas of Whitby, Pickering and Ajax. But not included in the forecast made public just prior to Monday night's Board meet- ing, is the requirement for the new community of Seaton in North Pickering. Mr. Brown said that if the Seaton community gets. off the ground, it will cost some $50 million for new schools. The five year forecast shows no capital projects are planned in Scugog until 1991. Prince Albert School is slated to get a new roof at an estimated cost of $75,000, while Cart- wright School in Blackstock will need a new boiler, at a cost of $65,000. In fact, the forecast pre- sented Monday shows the Board has no plans for a new school in Scugog until 1994 at (Turn to page 16) «7 x . . pee Ses esi PAPE ~~ a gen