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Volume 125 Number 46 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1991 COPY 65¢ | 48 Pages Harvest Home Service Under the warm glow of gas lamps (converted to electricity), the Scugog Shores Museum Church on Scugog Island held their annual Harvest Home Service. The smell of burning wood in the old woodstove, and the sound of the choir singing created a perfect backdrop for this popular Thanksgiving time service. Pictured above during the service is Helen Redman (who conducted the service in the absence of the sick minister), with the old pipe organ in the background. See church pages for more. Region rejects board setting council By Julia Dempsey Durham Region council has voted against the idea of hav- ing a citizens' committee set their wages. Oshawa councillor Brian Nicholson proposed the idea at Wednesday's regional council meeting. "The idea of council setting their own salary has to change," Councillor Nicholson said. "We are constantly criti- cized by the public for it." The Consumer Price Index and the worth of a councillor could be indicators for estab- Highing pay increases, he add- ed. Oshawa councillor Pauline Beal alse agreed with the idea. "IT would like to prove to the taxpayers that we are respon- sible," she told council. "I want to see what they (the citizens' committee) come back with." " But those in favor won't be seeing what the committee would suggest. The proposal was defeated 19-10. Linda Dionne, the only Oshawa councillor to oppose the idea, said "We already have a process where the pub- lic decides on salaries. It's called election day. If people don't like what we do, they vote us out." Scugog mayor Howard Hall and regional councillor Yvonne Christie both voted against the proposal. The idea was originally brought to council two weeks earlier by Colin Kemp, the di- rector of the Durham Chapter of the Ontario Taxpayers Coa- lition, and a Scugog Township regional councillor candidate in the fall election. Food Bank shelves almost empty as Thankgiving food drive begins By Kelly Lown Operation Scugog volunteers are hoping for a successful Thanksgiving food drive of gen- eral items that will help to keep the cupboards full until the next drive. The food bank cupboards are currently very low. The bank is in need of all varieties of non- perishable foods. In particular, there is a great need for canned fruit, fruit juic- es, soup, peanut butter, maca- roni and cheese and baby juice and formula. Operation Scugog sees an av- erage of 15 families per week coming to the bank. In these families there are often three or more children. In September alone, the food bank provided 50 families with groceries. Other months this Jind has reached 65-70 fami- ies. There has been a definite in- crease in the number of people visiting the food bank in the last few months according to food bank volunteers Doris Grierson and Jackie McEna- ney. "Everyone is feeling the crunch. The last two food drives have not been the same as they used to be," Mrs. McE- naney added. Many people who have never used the food bank before are coming for help. Many are white-collar workers who re- cently have found themselves unemployed and are curently waiting for unemployment in- surance. Turn to Page 4 wages Elected officials "should not set their own salaries," Mr. Kemp told the Port Perry Star on Thursday. He was disappointed - that the idea was voted down, but said the issue is not dead. "If they don't do it at the present time, the new council will," Mr. Kemp predicted. He said council should be fol- lowing the example set by the provincial government and freezing salaries. "He's (Bob Rae) doing it with his people. We should be doing ithere." Mr. Kemp promised that if elected he would give any wage increase he received back to the Township. At present, regional council- lors receive a yearly salary of $21,000. Committee chairmen Turn to Page 3 'mist be signed by atleast 10° of the candidate's Sigible' Pia el hg TANI RE i ™ o clerk's department is' accepting 'nomination pa: 219 staring today es- mE et sg + oe Ar gg it bn tt 0 A ty er o_o A i se er Rnd ap Mar en ns Wi SN. Out a or SE Se | Sa Ep Pt