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3M ¢ 4- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 18, 1995 A «en uf ¢ 13] "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Scugog's share of costs up 1 6% Durham board brings in average $8 hike By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star To no one's surprise, Durham public school trustees approved a $366 million budget that imposes an average tax hike of $8 per household at their regular meeting last Monday night. The trustees, all of whom sit as members of the budget com- mittee, succeeded in hacking away at a 1995 budget that started with an initial estimated hike of around 6 per cent, and brought in a .63 per cent increase over the 1994 levies paid by public school supporters. For taxpayers in Scugog, the increase represents about a 1.6 er cent increase in the school oard portion of their annual tax bill. "I think it's a very responsible "he noted that the board had managed to incorporate millions of dollars worth of initiatives legislated by the provincial gov- ernment and keep an acceptable level of ¢ :rvice without sub- stantially raising the bills for cash-strapped Durham Region ratepayers. ticularly Junior Kindergarten, which will introduce 4,000 more students and carry a price tag of $5.4 million. Of that, almost $1.2 million is to be raised through local taxation, while rovincial grants account for $3. 2 million, and the board will draw upon a $1 million reserve created to fund the program. for more than $200 million to be raised by way of municipal taxes, while provincial grants and other revenues account for the remainder. Scugog's contribution toward that school board bill is $10.6 million, up from $10.4 million in 1994. The per-household bill for budget," Bobbie Drew, Scugeg's trustee and chair of the finance committee, said after the meet- in Port Perry. ~ CLARIFICATION A story in last week's edition of The Star detailed a local woman's claims that daycare workers alerted the Children's Aid Society after her daughter was involved in a playgroud altercation. The centre involved was not the Stonemoor daycare By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star A girlfriend of one of the men Seon S41) ve the Octo. r bank robbery an Schoolhouse Playcare Centres shootings in Port' Perry > as plea guilty to ob- - of Durham >> Invites you to attend | Si. iin voice. OPEN HOUSE & Margaret Wilkinson, REGISTRATION 40, of Kingston, was placed on probation for S Jo 27 a op two years and ordered to Sr Fublic perform 110 hours of com- 16200 Old Simcoe Road munity service work. Port Perry | Ms. Wilkinson, who We offer Pre-school, lived with Mitchell Mick- Nursery School and ey) McArthur, admitted School Age Programs lying to police when ques- 'Call Tammy at (905) 985-8936 for details! tioned:*in 'her Kingston apartment the day after Closed For Renovations - April 17th To April 21 RE-OPEN SATURDAY, APRIL 22 AT 12 NOON WATCH FOR RE-OPENING SPECIALS Provincial requirements account for a large percentage of the board's expenditures, par- The board's budget of $366.1 Sc million (last totalled $368.8 million) will call year's budget per McArthurs i in ¢ court n next month the October 20 shootout at the Bank of Montreal on Scugog Street. A second charge of coun- selling another to commit the same offense was dropped against her. McArthur brother Angus were ar- rested the same day for the robbery and shootings and subsequently charged with 43 offenses, includ- ing five counts of attempt- ed murder, two counts of robbery, forcible confine- ment and kidnapping. Five people-three Dur- ham Regional Police offi- cers as well as the bank manager and a real estate agent-were wounded in Book & Lyrics by Jeremy James Taylor Director Diane Lackie Musical Directors Tom & Catherine Millar Producer Karen Burns Music By David Nield and his. presents PERFORMANCE April 27-28-29 May4-5-6-11-12-13 the shootout. A Port Perry woman was later held hos- tage in her home and her . husband was forced to drive the men to Commu- nity Memorial Hospital. ~All five victims, Det. Paul Mooy, Constables Warren Ellis and Mark McConkey and civilians Alan Knight and Debra- Ann Taylor are recovering from their wounds. After receiving a tip, Durham Regional Police 'and the Kingston Police raided two homes in King- ston where they arrested the McArthurs and Ms. Wilkinson. The two men were de- nied bail in a hearing held DATES >--4b At "Town Hall 1873" Port Perry Doors open 7:30pm Tickets available at: [rwin Smith Music Limited Queen & Simcoe Sts. 985-2635 Thurs., Apr. 27 - $10. All other performances $12 By Special Arrangement With Music Theatre International dip A. g Township in 1995 is $382 1,000 worth of assessment, an increase of 1.6 over last year. Woman in robbery case found quilty in Whitby in early Novem- ber. A preliminary hear- ing, which is expected to last two weeks, is sched- uled for late May in Oshawa. The men claim they Jats been framed by po- ice. Thieves hit 'Thieves with bolt cut- ters broke into a trailer and made off with a haul of power tools from a Port Perry business during . the weekend, according to police. Durham Police said that sometime between April 13 and 15 someone used bolt cutters to break a lock off a cube van in the lot at Oppers Aluminum on North St. and stole a power saw, two cordless drills and a pry bar. . Two other trailers were opened but it appears nothing was stolen, police said. Also last week, some- one kicked in a door at the First Nations Learning Centre on Scugog Island. Stolen was computer equipment. YOU ARE INVITED La ALLA Bill & Paula Lishman invite you to attend an Open House Tuesday, April 25th between 3:00pm to 8:00pm at the Nestleton Community Centre Bill and Paula will take this opportunity to discuss their plans and answer questions relating to the new [.ishman Facility they would like to build in Nestleton.