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..~~~~- . . .... ... Making- big splash inf -the Swimming World Newcastle Ratepayers bounce on council re re-assessment Brent Gatcheil, 14 years, of Pickering. The y9ung Orono Orono, was the runnerup to swimmer comnpete4 in eleven the high points trophy in an events and received 10 Aquatic Club competition medals, three gold, two silver held February 4th and th in and five bronze. RIGHT TO APPEAL ASSESSMENT UP TO M'AR. 15 Kathryn Campbell, treasurer for the Town of Nçwcastle revealed on Monday that the new final assessment roll is exPected to be received by the Town on February I Sth. She further stated that ratepayers do have the right to appeal up to March 7th. The new roll will contain the new re-assessment figures for ahl properties in the Town. It was pointed out that the Minister does flot sign the roll for approval. The Town of Newcastle has requested re- assessment. Council may seek to have the direction turned around and this would corne up for considera- tion by the Minister to mnake a final decision. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH .Under the banner of 'Enough is Enough', a public meeting has been called to form a Ratepayers Association in the Town. of Newcastle. The public meeting has been called for Friday, February 1 8th at l'-30 p.m. in the Courtice Secondary School. The organizers caîl for a stop to skyrocketing taxes and propose to fight re-assessment. HOW'S THAT AGMIN? In the bulletin of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Milwaukee: "The eighth-graders wîll. be prçsenting Shakespeare's Hamtiet in the church base- ment on Friday at 7 p.mi. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy." From the house rules at an Oregon writers' con- ference: "There are five extra sleeping mates under the beds upstairs. Please put them back when you are finished with them." THIRD ANNUAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION DANCE The Ransberry faniily are sponsoring the third annual Kidney Foundation dance which will be held in the Newcastle Community Hall on Saturday, March 3rd. Music will be provided by the Tradesmen, a five- piece- country and western -and contemporary band. Fur- ther information available from Harold Ransberry, 983-9597. Competitors represented the Lakeshore Club, the Toronto Granite,- Alder- wood, Whitby, Ajax, t( Continued page 8ý Cle"Irk staý Error' as Counc. Hlamre on Monday brouight into question the minutes of a previous meeting of council dealing wîth council's authorization calling for the re-assessment of property within the Town at 1980 market values. Counc. Hamre stated fhat the vote had been a recorded vote which members of coun- cil agree had been held and of which the press also'concur that the vote had been recorded. Counc. Hamre said the minutes of the meeting do not show that the vote had been a recorded vote. She asked how this could be cor- rected'at this timte. David Oakes, clerk, stated the minutes were flot in error as they had been approved by council at their following meeting. He said there was no way that a' correction was possible. Counc. Hamre said she in- The hamlet of Bethany having a biblical name is now considering the promotion of an annual religous play wvhichi could put the hamlet in ac- cord with s"uch 1as stratford, Ontario where the taging of Shakespeare has brought notoriety to the Town. Initial discussions suggest, the play, based on the ife of christ and witten b-y anOt- tawa doctor, should have its debut (this Auigui"lst somewhere Newcastle ratepayers on Monday jammed into the Town counicil chambers leav- ing flot even standing roomn in the chambers and were lined )up in the hallway and stair- ways leading to the chamnbers flot able to get into the coun- cil room. It was an'orderly delega- tion but ready to respond with- applause when a point was made for their case, ob- jecting to re-assessment. Mrs. Ruth Kaaz, acting chairman of the Newcastle Ratepayer's Association, (to corne into official existence on February l7th) addressed council on the Association's behalf in a crisp and concise manner outlining their objec- tions to the re-assessmient of property in the Town of Newcastle and to be uised as the basis for the 1984 tax bis. Mrs. Kaaz stated the Association was appealing the implementation of 1980 market value assessment for three specific reasons. She said ratepayers had received limited services for taxes paid in the past and tes 'No- to minutes tended to follow-uip this issue. The counicillor poinited out that she had been. accused of supporting re-assessmient when in fact shie had flot and said this correction should be made in the minutes with thie resuits of the recorded vote. Counce. Hamrre said she will be accounitable for thiose ae- tions she has taken but wishes flot to be held accouintable for actions she has not taken. Counc. Hamire hias said it has been ruminoured around that shie supported re- assessmrent when in fact shie had flot. At the Noyembher 28thi meeting- when counicil gave approval for re-assessmient at 1980 market valuie, Conces. Hubbard, Taylor, Woodyard and Mayor Rickard voted in support while Counics. 1-amre and Hobbs opposed with Counc. Cowmvran absent. in the huis north of the hamelt to mark the 20's On- tario birthday. Rev, John Lindsay of the Bethany United Church states ail they bave now ,is a Vision but that he is en- thusiastic about the idea. "T here are many logisdtical problemrs yet to be solved,ý" he said. The first major step wýill be to get a local commit tee head- ed by a play co)-ordl:inator. have had no new services in- troduced which would war- rant the substantial increase which w as being o r ced upon themn. Further she said coin- panisons betwý,een ratepayers have disclosed glaring me- quities in the assessment mnethods used. Mrs. Kaaz stated tIhat a provincial stu dy was com- pleted w,ýhich clearly indicated where the shift in taxation would be felt the greatest and the amount of increase which would be felt by each tax- payer. She also said it was, understood this study was neyer mnade puiblic. Mrs. Kaaz said 'the Association feels strongly that the Mayor and council ignored thre impact of the study. "Why was this study neyer made public? Why was the year 1980 used for real estate value, when this was a peak period to base assess- ment upon," asked Mrs. Kaaz. She said market value has homecowners frightened because no longer do they control the factors upon Counic. Woodyard at Mon- day's counicil meeting called the newý street lighltingÎ policy introduced by the Town of NeWta.nýtie a ccverfp 'and the breaking, of fait ith those areas that hiave been paying their ownl costs for suchl ser- vices on an individlual basis. Woodyard hias said the newý policy wýilI corne back to haunt counicil. He said it is not fair to those areas which have agreed to their own street lighiting uinder local improve- ment. He states the new policy is extremecly flot fair for the Oronio Estates and Newtonville ratepayers who wAill hiave to take sizeable in- creases in st reet lighting costs. Counc. Woodyard states that although one or two areas will have their street lighting costs reduced this may onfly be temporary when new developmnents are includ- ed in the new 'tiral street lighting areas. which their property taxes are based. Many homeowners in the town are developing a fear thfat although they have already worked hard to establishi equity in their homes, they may no longer be able to afford to retain thtemi," said Mrs. Kaaz. She said they strongly believe the Mvayor and counicil chose to ignore the study when they voted in favour of the re- assessmnent progr-am. Mrs. Kaaz said it was their understanding that council stili has the timne and power to reconsider and withdraw the implementation of a tax system that will generate so much ill will throughout the Town. The speaker also poînted out that council had accepted a recommendation from the regional assessment depart- ment that a two percent buf- fer be included in the new re- assessed figures. In closing Mrs. Kaaz said, "We petition this counicil to reconsider and withdraw their approval of this re- assessment and we ask that He calîs the inclusion of the bounidary road ar-ea wvith Oshawa into the rural street ighting planl a coverup by ~-ese1 He said counicil is, spreadling, this cost over the entire rural street ilght areas on unsuspecting ratepayers but arecflot placing anyv of thîs cost to Orono, Newcastle Village or Bowmanville. Wvoodyard points cut that the Towni of Newcastle couni- cil somne years ago entered in- to an agreement with the City of' Oshawa and to this point hias noi(t made good on the agreement. He states this, area has been included in the new rural street lighting area as a means to generate ftunds for the costs associated with the Oshawa-Newcastle boundary agr eement. Couinc. Woodyard attemp- ted to mnake changes at count- cil oni Moniday wýith the only support for change comning fromn Coun,,c. Cowmiian. Y ou may need us as we now need you! The Ontario Heart Foun- dation is conducting their an- nual fund-raising campaign duLiing th e imon th of February which is part of the Canadian Heart Foundation campaign durîng this sanie perîod in the year. The 1984 national objectiv e is $22,000,000 wvith Ontario residents expecting to raisec of this amnounit, $9,050,000. Funds; are used for researchi to fight heart disease and strokes, the niation's mnajor heaflth problemi. Ini recognition of thle camn- paign the mnonth of February has been designated as 'H-eart Mon-th' whlen thouIsanIdsof volunteers acr-oss the nation pitchi-in to bring thIle cam- paign to the attent(i o of aIl recsidents. The campaign in Orono is now underway door to door and is expected to be com- pleted by Februtary 24th. Mrs. Betty Chatterton is cam- paign chairman for tLhe Orono sector. In 1983 in Orono $1 148.00 was collected and it is hoped that in 1984 this mark can be somnewhat bettered. The Heart Foundation throughout Canada have played a major role in stimulatingc public Support of heartreech In a 2!7-y'ear period $126,374,487 M~s been channelled into research to fight C'aniada's, leading cause of death and disability\. Hecart Foundation rlesearchl supporittakes twofom - grait.s-in id ýiland flo sis Street ight policy coverup-Woodyard Bethany looks to play the world