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The Great pine Ridge castle parade on Monday advertising Heritage Canada, from other days as well as Kinsmen Club' entered'- an bringing not only acclaim to The trailer being pulled in flying the flag of Canada, intersting float in the New- the local club but also the parade noted antiques Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, August 4th, 1976--5 Homes for aged increase in costs The cost of building a new home for the aged continues to spiral at an alarming rate. Doug Johns, commissioner of social services, told a committee meeting Thursday that to construct a municipal home for the aged today would be about $25,000 to $30,000 per bed,. And the cost increases each month. Mr. Johns said the architect costs increase about iy 2 per cent every month. "It's outrageous the charges charges for building a home for the aged," said the commissioner, commissioner, "when a private home can be built for substantially less. ' j. At last count the waiting list at Hillsdale Manor ' in Oshawa was 236. The need for a home for the aged in southest or central Oshawa (the King Street area-) was expressed in an updated report on regional homes by the commissioner, already passed by council. Regional council on Wednesday Wednesday turned down a bid to provide certain portion of lot levies to be used to help finance Homes for the aged. Following this decision by council the matter was taken to the finance committee when the finance committee was asked to study financing for such developments such as homes for the aged. Councillors felt that it would set a pattern to get a policy at this time and that other departments would ask for similar use of the levy monies. Jt was suggested in one case that the social services committee go ahead with their plans for a new home, get approval from the province and then come to the council with a specific sum of money required for the project. project. OTTAWA and Small Business Taxa tion -- too high a price By KENNETH McDONALD Coopers and Lybrand, the well-known chartered accountants, wrote recently: recently: "If one accepts that taxes - in any shape or form - are a cost, either of doing business or simply of living, then this country's country's current efforts to combat inflation are a cruel hoax. " • • • Taxation is the price of government services and unless the price of them is controlled at least within the same limits as wages add salaries and profits, theii everyone's disposable income is reduced. unicipal property tax, salés taxes, gasoline taxes, customs and excise duties, income taxes -- unlèss these are used to provide additional services, their imposition reduces our ability to buy other goods and services. If business profits are held back while income taxes on existing -profit levels are increased, business income is reduced. The same with wages and salaries. Yet the tax effect is concealed by the device of excluding the cost of government services from the cost of living index which is used to measure inflation. • • • Ottawa is fond of shifting shifting the blame for spending > the 'provinces, and it certainly has a point. Between 1975 and 1976, sales taxes increased by 14 per cent in Nova Scotia, 25 per cent in Newfoundland Newfoundland and 40 per cent in BC. Corporate income tax rates rose by eight per cent in Newfoundland, 15 per cent in Manitoba and BC, and 20 per cent in Nova Scotia. A new 20 per • cent surcharge in Manitoba Manitoba brings the rate of provihcial income tax in that .province to 51 per cent of Federal Basic Tax on taxable incomes over $20,000. For self-employed persons in Ontario, the provincial health premium has been Increased by 45 per cent. In Quebec it has gone from .8 per cent of income to 1.5 per cent, an increase of 87.5 per cent. Municipal property taxes are shooting up. With 55* per cent of them going to education, teachers' union settlements of 20 per cent and more are working their way through in taxes. The Canadian Federation Federation of Independent Business is under continual continual prëssure from members members to seek reductions in government spending. There is no question it 'must be reduced, but when whole communities are dependent on social spending of one Form or another, sudden cuts would be disastrous. e e e , What is needed is an unequivocal commitment from Ottawa and the provinces provinces to reduce govern ment spending, over a five year period, at a rate corresponding to increases in spending in the private sector. The two must move in phase - public reduction, private increase - if Canada's social and economic fabric is to be preserved. A salad is a planned creation A salad. That wonderful concoction of crispy greens, crunchy vegetables or tender, fresh fruits. It can introduce a meal, complement a meal, end a-meal, or even be the meal, but whatever its use, a salad is by no means a f haphazard creation. Even the simplest of salads must be prepared with care and attention to details, if it is to be a success, say food specialists at the Ontario Food Council, Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The greens must be fresh, clean, dry and crisp. Fruit must be ripe, fresh, cool and clean. The dressing must be a perfect blend of seasonings, selected to make the salad distinctive and to complement complement the meal for which it is served. Become distinctive with your own salads. Try new _ combinations of fruits and vegetables. Try different salad salad greens. Experiment with different vinegars or combinations combinations of vinegars. Use herbs, fresh or dried, to give your salads new overtones. By changing just one or two ingredients in a salad, you can give it an entirely new character. If you are inclined to qse recipes rather than experiment experiment on your own, choose a salad and follow the recipe exactly. The next time you prepare it, add a slight variation of your own, and a new salad is created. Lyall supports use of CPR line in north The Toronto to Havelock rail line could be used for a GO system in the future, Counc. Ken Lyall told regional regional council Wednesday. "It could provide one of the fast GO systems into Toronto," Toronto," Counc. Lyall said. The Newcastle councillor made -the comment ,when council received a note from the Canadian Transport Commission Commission saying the commission commission has ordered the CPR to continue operating rail'service rail'service on the line. The line runs through Durham Regiona, touching communities such as Myrtle and Pontypool, on its way to , Havelock, which is located about 25 miles east of Peterborough. The CPR had applied 1 to discontinue the run because it is losing money. Counc. Lyall wanted the note sent to the region's planning and development committee for further study. But council decided to receive and file it. Counc, Gerry Emm (Whitby) (Whitby) and Counc. Clark Mason (Ajax) rioted that the transport transport : çdmftiissioh was just supplying information to the region. Orono Building Contractor Brick - Block - Concrete Stone Work • Carpentry - Cabinet Work Floors-Tile 983-5441 Orono umm NURSERY STOCK CUT FLOWERS POTTED PLANTS PHONE 987-4670 2 MILES EAST OF fjjh NEWCASTLE ON HWY No. 2