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6-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, March 23rd. 1977, I C o u nci HIRE TREASURER Mr. Klaas DeGroot of North ~Bay bas been hired as treasurer for the Town of Newcastle to fiIl the vacancy lef t by tee resignation of Mr. Joe Descent the later part of 1976. DeGroot bas acted as water commissioner responsible for the financial administration for the water department in North Bay. He bas also assisted in reviewing accoun- ting procedures. He wil take up bis new duties on April 25te, 1977. Hie is a certified general accountant. APLplication approved for rezoning for senior citizens Council on Monday approv- ed a report from tee Planning Advisory Committee that an application from the Durham Senior Citizens Lodg-e for, rezoning be approved. The actual amnending by-law is not to be passed until a number of conditions have been met. The -onidition)s are thfat a site plan agreement be entier- ed into witbtbhe Town and that tbe easterly extension of il Briefs )îbý Irene Konzelman jOrono swim club head The first general meeting of the Orono Wat er Safety Swim Club was hield at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, at the Orono Public School. Attend- ance was at an ahl time higb of 15, which isn't bad wben you consider that approximately 350 students were enrolled last year. Or is it? A Eist of the newly formed executive follows: President, Irene Konzel- mann; Vice President, Tom Reed; Secretary, Sherri Rich- ards; Treasur7er, Fern Sar- gent; Publicity, Ann Dreslin- ski. Directors: Betty Char- land, Cathie Carleton, Mary Jane Tomkins, Geri Bailey, Dianne Brachvogel, Alice Irwin, Donna Hutton, Lina Shetler, Edward street from Beaver street be acquired and im- proved to the satisfaction of the Town and be dedicated as a bigbway by by-law. Council also wants written notification from the Region of Durham that the applicant bas entered into a servicing agreement wîth the Region and that tee water treatment plant is within six montes of completion. COUNCIL APPROVES $2.2 MILLION ROAD BUDGET Coundil of tee Town of Newcatle bas given approval to their public works budget for 1977 totalling $2, 162,675. The approval on Monday was necessary to meet the provincial deadline of March 31st. Oteer town budgets will not be passed until la ter in thee year. The total road budget passed on Monday was an increase of 49 percent over that of 1976 when it amouanted to $1,785,945. After provincial grants tee Town m-ust comne up with $840,000 this year Willis Blair, chairman of the Blair Commission whîch' recently recommended ceZ- tain tax reform to the province spoke to a small glathering of sixteen at Hamp- ton last week. The meeting was arranged by the Durham Federation of Agriculture to hear the chair of the comiït- tee extplain the content of the report. Blair pointed out that farmn- land taxes should be assessed on the basis of land use, not on ownership. Hie said that even a developer, who bad pur- chased lan-d for speculation, should be taxed on the property as farmland if it continujed to be used as farmnlan.d. He also sugtgested that ail businesses pay a tax of fifty Per-cent Of the real property which they occupied and wi th no sliding scale from one business to anpother. Another suggestion was compared tLo $561,700 in 1976. Counicil members ha ve sta- ted that the increase to taxpayers will be no more than ten percent as other means have toe be found to meet the local increase. Mayor Rickard hssugges- ted taking monies from the lot levies which now totals $210,- 000 in the treasury. Other sources are also to be investigated to corne up with a good portion of the increase, A special committee of Mayor Rickard, Counc. Don Allin and Bruce Taylor bas been appointed to look into other possible sources of revenue for the public works department in order to keep the increase to the taxpayer below the 10 percent figure. Hail ons Insuranice Ail Pera ao dpnde C9m3mer1a5 that the old agfe tax credit bc changed from an age to income crîterion to tax pur- poses. The present eligible age is 65 but some people prior to this age have a need for benefits. Somne of the other recomf- mendations i the Blair report are: -residences in Ontario col- lectively bear a reduced share of the property tax. -residential property in- clude only residence and a reasonable amnount of land. -the practice of levying different milI rates in mun- icipalities be discontinued. -ail property used for business, inicluding govern- ment administrative facilities will bc subject to an addition- ai assessment of fif ty percent of market -value. -ahl public properties ex- cept residence will pay full market value taxes while public residences will pay 50 percent of market value. -churches, cemeteries and properties beld in trust for bands of Indians be exempt fromr taxation. A,1 other properties to be taxed on fifty percent of the assessed mar- ket value. It bas also been recomn- mended by Blair that the new systema be phased in over a five year period.Assessments would be conducted every two years. 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Actuall it ysgvern- tion agaiIst h gig(n hesitiates to refer to 'a 6-e old as "lel"at a time when oane can eaoabyex- pect ta live to 80 or m-Iore). Radher thxan a ife o nsthe worker often is aban-donnied to inadequate incomne and a total lack of inteliectuàl challenge. W/hile compulsory retire- ment miay be convenient for the younger workers (whol, are promoted to fi vacanicies leftC by departing workers), it is no0 longer biologically o econornically feasible policy. Experience is the best teajc-_ er: duingn our senior wor k- ers also ivolves discarding, our m-ýost knowiedgeable and sk-illr' Iworkers. Ofteni, a 65- year-old worker lias more than a decade of useful years stili to0 offer Society. e,, l Within the aext ten years, Canada will face a serious shortage of labour. Retaining Our present retirement poli- cies will mean sacriflcing a precious resource. And the faling bihrate ensures that, by ear!y in the 2l1st Cenituriy, we could have as m-rany as 2 pensioners for ever-y 3 work- crs, creating an almost im- possible tax burden for the worer wrs, bii bt eienceasndghiysmlar fins- ar reogiz the remoen- older worke.the Candin Fdeaion o it in. epe-n omerti us o working.t x Warnîng Sîgns - ý-,mffl Gana raska Seing Sued Mrs. Bonnie Lyn Belanger, mother of thee cbildren, Port Hope is suing tee Ganaraska Region Conservation Author- ity for damages as a resuit of a fatal accident involving ber busband on autbority lands in Port Hope. The supreme court action was initiated under the Fatal Accidents Act following the death of ber busband when be hit a cbain strunig from two posts wbile snowmobiling in tee Port Hope Conservation Area. Mrs, Belanger's lawyer has been reported to sta te that thee suit wiil attempt to compen- sate tee moteer, for the monetary loss of ber bus- band's wages. V.W. Targow, lawyer, said the action was not unusual. The lawyer also said Mr. Belanger, a car salesman in the area w-, snowmobiling in tee conservation area with Blair outlines fax change proposais