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«5 1 f Page 10 The ClaringtoaCourtice Independent, Bowmanvillc, Saturday, August 15,1998 Tax Changes Introduced Over Next Three Years Durham Region councillors voted 12-11 Wednesday to implement a phase-in program for property taxes. For areas where properties hadn't been reassessed in decades -- some since the 1940s -- the province's shift to Current Market Value means dramatic dramatic increases in taxes. But, here in Clarington, where properties were reassessed in the 1980s, many residents will actually qualify for a tax decrease. However, because the changes are being phased in over three years, many people won't see the full effect of the tax break right away. Under the new program, residents facing increases will pay either the first $500 of the increase, or one-third of the assessment-related increase, whichever is greater. And people expecting a decrease will only see the first $423 of the drop on this year's tax bill. That bill is expected in September. Oshawa Mayor Nancy Diamond says this was the only fair way to go about it, especially for people facing giant increases. Clarington councillors John Mutton and Mary Novak both voted against the phase-in, as the majority of households in Clarington are actually expecting a decrease. Mutton said he wishes he had better news for people who are getting the decrease. "You're just going to have to wait a little bit longer, unfortunately. That's about the only thing I can say to them," he said. Region to Phase in Tax Increase From page one ers were looking forward to tax decreases. But, under the Region's new property tax policy, which includes a three-year phase-in for both increases and decreases, many residents residents won't feel the full effect of their decrease immediately. Clarington councillor John Mutton voted against the phase-in and was disappointed the proposal won by a 12-11 margin. "Basically you're looking looking at 2,000 to 2,300 Clarington residents being told, you're still going to be paying too much for your taxes for three years, while 800 will, be paying too little for their taxes for the next three years," said Councillor Mutton. Residents who arc eligible eligible for decreased proper ty tax under the new assessment model will receive the first $423 in tax relief in their next tax bill, due out in September. Any decrease they arc owed above and beyond the $423 cap will be paid off in time for tax bills in 2000. People getting an increase will have to pay the first $500 of increased tax amount on this year's tax bill. Contingency Fund In order to further alleviate alleviate the tax burden on the Region, councillors dipped into the Region's contingency contingency fund. The fund was set up in the budget to allow for mistakes or changes in the province's numbers, and had been set at about $9 million. Councillors took $8 million million from the fund, leaving only $1 million to deal with unknown costs associated associated with provincial downloading. Having only $1 million in the contingency contingency fund makes Clarington councillor Mary Novak a little nervous. nervous. "There's $1 million in the risk management fund, which is a very minute amount of money. Obviously the strategy of the majority of council was to go back next year and get more money if they needed it, rallier than take the advice of all of the treasury people at the region to try to mitigate some of the changes," said Novak. According to regional Finance Commissioner Jim Clapp, the $12.3 million, million, which includes $8 million from the contingency contingency fund and the $4.3 million guaranteed by the province, will drop the regional tax levy impact to 11.8 percent. It still means about a seven percent increase on the regional portion of people's tax bills. Disappointed Novak said she's disappointed disappointed the province seems to have reneged on Premier Mike Harris' promise the changes to the provincial lax system would not cost municipalities municipalities more than the former system. "I'm disappointed that we didn't get a commitment commitment from the province, in writing, saying that if it wasn't revenue neutral, they were going to make up the difference. That commitment was not forthcoming," she said. Choose Blackstock Girl As Kinsmen Carnival Queen Secondary School Teachers Cancel Voluntary Services Away wc go again! School is only a couple of weeks away from opening and already Secondary School teachers are planning to withdraw their voluntary services to focus attention on their concern over provincial ceilings on education spending. This could mean there would be no football, no band practice, no basketball, no drama club, no track or field activities. The decision to withdraw voluntary services was- announced by Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation president Douglas Dinsmore after a workshop in Lakeficld last week. ( Continued on W.yc Iwoi Raise Funds for Muscular Dystrophy Kathy James, (left), was not only named Miss Congeniality by the other contestants for Queen of the Bowmanville Kinsmen Carnival but the contest judges decided to award her second runner up in the overall contest. Lori Van Camp was named first runner up and Miss Cable TV, Michelle Robinson, was named Queen of the Carnival. In addition to winning a kiss from Carnival Chairman Bob Abbott (right), she also received $100 cash, a six-month membership in Figur Magic, three months hair care from Simpsons-Sears, Party Barrels and Snack Packs from Mary Brown's Fried Chicken, a gift certificate from Bryson's Smoké Shop, a color portrait from McRobbie Photography, a gift certificate from Skid Robes - Mother Mod, a gift certificate from Lynda's, a silver charm bracelet from Hooper's Jewellery, a portable radio from Western Tire, a shoulder bag from Maher's Shoe Store, a hair setter from Canadian Tire, a bouquet of roses from Flowers by Jackman and dinner for two from Lotus Gardens. ANNUA!. PC BARBECUE U was announced this ' week that the sixth annual barbecue at popular Durham Durham MPP Alex Carrulh- ers' home in Garden Hill will he held on Wednesday, Sept. 12th. Tlie menu will be the traditional steak- cites (If they arc still available), corn and salad. Invitations arc going out to all the members of the Durham Progressive Con servatlvc Association and attracts upwards of 1.000 guests. Governor Urges Rotorians Get Out and Plant a Garden Local Rotarians heard their ians that u garden full of peas, The squash should be used District Governor, Bob Wat- squash and lettuce would help on gossip, criticism and son, urge them all to get out the cause of Rotary flourish, cliques, and plant a garden Thursday The peas, he said, should Lettuce too, is important, he at the Flying Dutchman. include: pleasure, pride, said. Let us be faithful to u i ; ii p*j It .Watson, Q.C., Çistrjcl promptness, patience and per- Canada, toour obligations, let ( n,, |>r i„ |..j|i«Ui«rr am) ' 7 Governor, told (he Rotar- severance. ' ' "fConllhuoddn Pa'gdTWo) their wivcs.' Tlfe even! Is -- -- sponsored each year by the Name 3 Winners of Cartoon Contest Winners of the first three awards in the "Name The Cartoon" contest have been selected from the hundreds of entry forms sent or mailed this week. F. Luxton, 32 Church Street, wins two $5 vouchers, good at McDonald's Variety and McGregor's Hardware. David C. Cook, 136 Ontario St., wins one $5 voucher at Jeffrey's Superette and Mrs. Marg Page was the third winner of a $5 voucher at Kut 'n Kurt. These Will be mailed to the lucky winners. The three winners will be included in the main draw at the conclusion of the six weeks' contest. The correct caption should have read "Lunch is ready . . . First platoon, first, I suppose!" Unfortunately the T' did not appear in the paper, so the revised version was "Lunch is ready ... First platoon, first, suppose!" Wins Draw hr Kinette Patio Set VOLUME 119 18 Pages BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO WEDNESDAY ..AUGUST 22, 1973 15c Per Copy NUMBER 34 Mason Won't Run Hobbs Runs for Region Council There were two new developments in the local election field this week. Mayor Ivan Hobbs of Bowmanville has announced that he will be a candidate for Regional Councillor in Ward 2 which is the Town of Bowmanville, and Councillor and former Mayor Lawrence C. Mason has advised The Statesman that he will not participate in the forthcoming election for personal health and business reasons. Earlier, there was speculation that Mayor Hobbs might congest the. Mayor's. . post, but he said he decided against it after many hours of'consideratioh and feels he can continue to render worthwhile service to Bowmanville citizens, rather than entering the broader field, that would include Darlington, Darlington, Newcastle and Clarke as well as Bowmanvillc. Bowmanvillc. (Continued on Page Two) Weather, Co-operates For Kinsmen Carnival Fun and Profit were the Cindy Masters, last year's results of a two day Carnival Queen of the Carnival was in Bowmanville last weekend, unable to attend this years sponsored by thç Town s event to crown her successor Kinsmen Club. but first runner up Irene The parade to kick off the Rietmuller was able to per* weekend of games and rides form the duties at the opening was led by the East Scarbor- event of the Carnival. ,ough Drum Corps, "the Kins* Michelle Robinson of Black- men" and included 80 boys s t oc k was crowned Queen of and girls between the ages of the Carnival, Lori Van Camp 12 and 20. ' was named first runner up and .1 AIN'T mil Kathy James second runner nw TnvvNiiAi I up. Kathy was also voted Miss ON TOWN HALL Con^iA^by.the other girls John Cowell ot 100 Liberty Street North, manager of the Voyageur Restaurant, Waver- ly Rd., won the 10-speed bicycle on Friday. Mrs. Char- ......--TUe.nM -Town-Hull buttU-. -b; ing is receiving a much- needed coal of paint at the moment. The color is a neutral shade that blends well wltli Ihc pigeon droppings. droppings. 1 BITS m® PIECES RECOVERING -- It's been a rough year for at least two of Bowmanville's Department heads. First, Chief of Police Bernard Kitney had a severe heart attack and has still not returned to his desk. A week ago Tuesday, Fire Chief Jim Hayman was taken to Oshawa hospital suffering from an ulcer. He was operated on Monday afternoon of this week ana, according to reports, is making satisfactory progress. READY FOR ACTION -- It won't be long now until the arena on Queen Street is in action once again. The work on the roof appears to be completed and the new paint job op the outside outside certainly is a big improvement. No doubt considerable restorative work has also taken place inside the walls, all of which will he apparent in only a short time. So, get those skates ready for the big season ahead. les Kilpatrick of Third street was the winner of the Patio set. John Brine junior, 111 Elgin St., was the winner of (Continued on Page Two) SUCCESSFUL OPEN HOUSE A. L. Wcarn Ltd., (lamp* * ton held an Open house last weekend to introduce their new facilities to their customers. Although many area residents were on vacation, a large number turned out to tour the newly expanded premises. The winner of the Power Humidifier Humidifier which was offered as n door prize was Gordon lleecli, 185 Ontario St.. Bowmanville. There was great excitement at 3 Sunnicrest Boulevard on Monday as ys of preparation by a group of youngsters resulted in a successful Flea trket that-raised $f8 ; 33-to be donated-Mhe-Mwwifa* Byntrophyfuqd. fays of preparation by i _ . . Market that-raised $8;334o be do - ... - Thé preliminary work Included a pop bottle drive that provided fuhds to buy supplies for sale to neighborhood youngsters. Included in the group that organized the event are, front row, left to right, Jon Janack, Gary Schissler, Paul Dadson and Paul Gaina; back row, Kevin Noble, Ronnie King and Eric Leslie. . Clarke Twp. Official Plan Provokes Little Criticism The Clarke Township i ills ..h Plan- hand when the final draft was 0 f a pattern o! development nine Board presented Us final presented by planning consul- which facilitates economic draft of the Townshlp-propos- tant John Farrow and no servicing by public utilities, cd official plan on Wednesday major objection was raised, evening In Ihc Township Hall. A major change since he The plan has been over Iwo plan was first presented to the years in Ihc making and public last autumn, said Mr. during the past eight months Farrow, has been a different changes have been made to set of objectives, those proposed in 1072. Among these, he told the About CO ratepayers were on audience, was the promotion The plan, he said, also aims at preserving good agricultural agricultural land and the preservation preservation ot land within 500 Icofrol the lake bank for future puWic use. ; The plan allows farmer» Ic (Continued on FagoTwo) Apprentice Embalpier Wins Kinsmen Trailer Draw BLACKSTOCK FAIR -- This Saturday, all roads lead to Blackstock where the Cartwright Agricultural Society has been working hard preparing for one of the finest fairs in their long history. The parade will get underway during noon nour and everything will be hopping from then on. Don't miss it! SELLS BUSINESS -- An announcement in lilts edition provides the information that Geo. Stephen is turning over the Stephen Fuel business to 'liai!' Knight who Inis been one of Ills employees since he started 15 years ago. Mr. Stephen doesn't mention what he plans to do. hut prolmlily lie will lie taking a run at one of those municipal or regional council posts, although to dale he hasn't made any tut- mmncemcnl. Or maybe, lie'll just try to improve improve tils golf. We'll know more litter. SHAVING IT -- The west end of town was a busy spot Tuesday morning, with earth moving machines all over the place and huge cranes back nn the job putting Hie concrete supports in place for the second bridge over Vanstone's Creek. It appears that the construction crews arc doing their utmost to complete their work before the rough weather begins. Mrs. Charlie Kilpatrick, .in Jackman Road, llowmmiviile, was the /older of ticket number 2169 Hint won the Kinette patio set, drawn during tlie Kinsmen Carnival on Snlurtkiv night She Is shown livre at left, being I'mint-Miiii-ilfd Iiv Kinetic Draw ('hnimvm Anne Sobbeti CONTEST -- The big 'Name the Cartoon' contest got underway last week with a dull thud from our point of view, because one word an "I" was Inadvertently deleted from the negative of that page. The omission must have driven contestants up the wall trying to make sense of what remained, However, several several did well with It mill the three prize winners winners are mmmmeed elsewhere, This week, we hti|iv to have all the words Included so It should lie simpler. John Brine, lu, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Brine, 111 Elgin Street, Bowmanville, was the happy winner of the main tlrnw at the Kinsmen Carnival on Saturday night, a magnificent trailer, lie held ticket number 3044 and Is pictured above receiving the keys from Draw Chairman Harvey Webster. The winner Is on nppruulco embalmin', studying In London.