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The Cat in the Hat turns 40 Mr. Mackesey, 'a well I fully endorse participato- known resident of Clarlngton, ry gsovernment and will work has been active in many com- to create an atmosphere at mruity organizations and is your couincil in which council mnost recently tavolved as co members and stakeholders chair of the Durhamn College are comfortable working University Fund Clarington together to bring about solu- Conmmittee. Cecil, his wlfe tions to issues which benefit Nathalie and their thiree chil- ail1. dren reside ta Newcastle. The Cat in the Hat turned up at the Birthday Party hield in his honour at the Clarke Library two weeks ago. For 40 years now, ch idren have been dazzled with the whimisical rhymes and the fantastic characters-'created The Marris Conservatives continue to rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic with yet another attempt to make downloadtag $1.2 billion in services on to municipal tax- payers seem like a good tbiing for property taxpayers throughout Ontario. Premier Mike Harris once again sent Municipal Affaîrs Minister A Leach on a mis- sion to convince Ontarians that they are better off paying for policing, road mainte- nance, ambulance services, long-term care for seniors, social services, social hous- tag, daycare. and more with their property taxes. Consîdering Lcach's taiept handling of the mnegacity debate, betag found ta con- temipt of the Ontario Legislature by thie Spreaker of the House, and ta violation of the Memfber's Inte.grty ActIby the Intcgrity Commjissionier, it's really at, nig ht i Harris governmnt wouldi continue to rely on a riister who has such a track record of mtsmanage-lint and tacompetlence that bis credi- bility is less than zero. Leach tricd to play a shell garne wit-h thc numbers hop- îng we would believe him when he says Uiat the dIowýn- load is offset by education costs taken on by the province. (He even tricd to convtace us that mnunicipali- tics would be able to affordi to cut our propcrty taxes.) The bottom line is that mrrunicipalities have to shoul- der a $1.2 billion download from the Harris Conservatives, forcing a prop- erty tax hike on Ontarians that averages $330 for evcry household. And because of by Dr. Seuss in his books. There were lots of kids on hand at the party to play games and watch anid listen to a reading of the 'Cat in the Hat' by library staff." At the end of it ail the Cat Uic Conservatives' changes to rent regulation, ail renters pick up Uic cost of property taxes in their rent. So when property taxes go up, Uic cost will be passed on to tenants through rent tacreases. The Harris Cons ervatives have forgotten that there is only one taxpayer. If your municipality doesn't want to burden you with property tax increases, it will have to make the toughest decisions yet about which of your services to cut or priva- tize. It's that simple. Northeru Ontario will like- ly be the hardest bit because the cost of servicing roads and providing policing, ambulance andc fire fihting services are hlighier outsîde of Uic larger cities. Altfer January 1, 1998, ail these costs wi*,ll be paid for al- the munici-pal level with greatly increased -property taxes and ren ts, or hu ge cuts to services, al].because Harris wants to bc able to say he gave Uic pro;vince a tax cut. W.hat was the tax cut worth on your last paychcck? Was it worth having your property taxes and rents go up? Was it worth cutting health care and clostag hos- pitals? Was it worth cuts to cdtfcatidnr or bigher universi- ty and college tuition? Now Mike Harris and AI Leach want you to believe municipalities should be able to cut your propcrty taxes. What wilI your local municipal governimcnt have to cutjust to keep taxes from gotag up? How mucli more do you want Uliem to cut to give you another tasignificant tax break? The Harris agenda is not in the Hat showed up to make a wish and blow out the can- dle on his birthiday cake. The Cat's wishi was that the boys and girls would take lots of books out of the library this summner. about streamIting or mod- ernizing programs and it's not about doing better for less. It's about fewer services and higlier property taxes and higher rents. Howard Hampton Leader, Ontaiio NDP Award winning author at Bowmanville Library Award winning Canadian author Jean Rysstad will be at three Durham libraries during her cross-Canada tour sponsored by a Canada Council grant in September. Ms. Rysstad grew up in rural southemn Ontario and moved to Prince Rupert in 1975. Her ncw book of short stories, Home-Fires, offeis tales of family life on the West Coast. These stories reflect the mryriad of places thiat peo-. pie cali ho.m-e and capture the sometimes dangerous and volatile nature of the fires that keep them warm. Rysstad's short fiction has won the CBC Radio literary competition, appea-red in the Journ-ey PieAnthology and Comlngf Attractions, and has been putblished iii many peni- odicals. TravellinighI, her flrst collection of stories, was pub- lished in 1990 and Herring, Sockeye, Deer and Dog, a drama, was produced on CBC's Mormngside as "North Coast Chu-ricles". Two of her short storcies will be drama- tiZed in 1997 for Bravol TV's Spoken Arts programi. Ms. Rysstad will be reading from Home Fires at the Bowmanvîlle lranch of the Clarington Public Library on Thursday, September il at 1 p.m. Admission to readiags is free an d pre-registration is preferred. Cail 623-7322 In announctag bis cand dacy for Mayor, Mr. Mackesi stated "since placing n name to run for Loc Council, .1 have bec approached by a large cros section of the communi' asking me to consider rui ning for Mayor. After givtag serious consideration, wil the support of my family, have decided to do so. I was bor n t the Regic and chose Clarington as t] place to ralse my famnily. TI challenge I now look forwai to is making Clarington à comniunity in whlch my ch dren will choose to rafi theirs. Clarington wlll nec focused leadership ta the, years leadlng Up to t] Millenium. I arn prepared provide that leadership ar the vision this comrnuity seeking from its Mayor. 1The experience 1 briag this position, from miy preN ous tavolvement within t] governing counicil of the Roy College of Dental Surgeor and as school board truste withi responsibility of ove seetag 100 million diollar bui gets, wl sure ly be an asse Equa.lly important though feel 's -maitining a h-ic level of intcgrity as wellz betaig a good listener, keel ing an open mind to ne ideas and respectling d ifei pointls of vicw, r The Provincial -Governrnent has been very active with many changes comtag that will impact how Municipalities will conduct themselves. Many of these changes have been in the works spanning back to Premier Peterson's term and recommendatio-ns coming out of the Golden Report initiat- * ed by Premier Rae. I am h familiar with the history *behind mnany of these * changes. * Clanington is a great place * to live, with a vibrant, well educated work-force. If elected di- Mayor, I will actively pursue ;ey improving our economic 11Y development, to bring forth ai bustaesses that enhance, nlot en detract from, our con-imunity. s- Our youth should have an ity opportunity for employment in- in our, Region. I foresee a îit return of our waterfront to [th the community to enjoy once 1 again. This newly elected counicil will be held account- on able. We must work together ie. ith local bustacsses and the Lie residential com-munity to pro- rd vide tangable solutions to Lie issues such as sewers to il- Orono and sensible, con- Se trolled deveiopment and growth witbta the communi- ed ty. se to is to Lie jai riS rL nit If elected Mayor I plan to be part of the solution and flot part of the problem. I look forward to having the oppor- tunity to earn your respect and trust. Services and RepairS TO Ail Makes Of Vehicles Used Auto Parts .e Complete AuJto BoY Sevie Used amd NeFwTre Service ûCals LisaLocks 26 Cntr StretOrmoo WelOicms- Nails & Esthetics by Denise "Jessica' INatiral ['lau Cultivation Sy"sterr Arom-a Foot Thcrapy F'cdicurcs -LarCadn. Silk. 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