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The Food Bank at Operation has recelved over $376 In cash donations and numerous large boxes of food collected at the Scugog Library during a two week "amnesty from fines" for overdue books. Kathy Gundy, Food Bank co- ordinator was "overwhelmed" with the amounts collected and expressed sincere thanks to Library CEO Tom Bonanno on Monday. Construction my" Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday, Psenter 19,1995 -- 5 --% Three very expensive snow machines reported stolen Three snowmobiles worth close to $40,000 were reported stolen from a cottage in the View Lake area. Police say the theft took took place some time between Decembe and 15 as thieves were able to pry open a garage door and drive away with two 1996 Polaris Indy models valued at $13,000 each and one 1994 Polaris XLT valued at over $10,000. Police say the three machines were driven out onto Lake Scugog but the tracks could be followed no further than that. A Township woman surprised two burglars in her home last week and they got away empty- handed. Police say the woman Light show For the 4th year, a spectacular Christmas light show is on in Scugog Township. To view this show, take the Oshawa Road south from Port Perry to Concession Line 3 and turn right. You can't miss it. How many lights are involved in this show? Judy Hilton long ago quit spectacular trying to count them all. But in the last four years, thousands of people young and old have arrived at her place from all over to marvel at this Christmas extravaganza of light. There is no charge, but Judy welcomes donations of food for Operation Scugog's Food Bank or money which will go to the Port Perry Lions Club. was asleep last Friday afternoon when she was wakened by the sound of voices in the house on Highway 12. When she went to investigate she found two men getting ready to make off with a TV and VCR, but they fled empty-handed. Police had been alerted to the break-in by security alarm that sounded When the patio door was jimmied open, .but they arrived moments after the two suspects drove off in a small, teal coloured car without minus rear licence plates. The men are described as tall who spoke in a foreign language. Thieves made off with 1989 GMC truck from a driveway on Major St. in Port Perry with a 95 Indy Polaris on the back valued at $10,000. The truck was later _ snowmachine recovered on Marsh Hill Road, but the was nowhere to be found. A 1996 Polaris XLT worth $12,000 was stolen Dec. 16 from a shed on Highway 12 near Saintfield. Durham Police are investigating a case of vandalism at a home under construction on Cawker's Cove Drive last week. Somebody broke into the house and smashed a whirlpool bath, punched holes in the dry wall and poured liquid cement over an oak staircase. Extent of the damage in dollars is not known. And some time on the evening of December 13, thieves forced their way into a garage on Old Scugog St., Blackstock and made off with a quantity of tools including an air compressor. TBM PERSONAL COMPUTERS still sputters in Township The value of building permits issued by the Township continued to sputter in November. Figures released by the Township last week show permits in November reached a total dollar value of $1.3 million, about $100,000 less than the same month a year ago. So far in 1995 (to the end of November) the Township has issued 253 permits worth just over $9 million. By comparison to the end of November in 1994, Scugog issued 227 permits valued at $10.3 million. The 1995 numbers were helped considerably by the $946,000 permit issued for construction of the Scugog Centre Community Hall at the Arena. So far this year, there have been 53 permits for single family homes valued just over $5 million. Last year at this time, there had been 58 SFH permits issued with a value of just over $7 million. One major dollar decline this year in the value of permits for industrial/farm buildings. Last year, there were 19 permits worth $977,000. This year, there have been 18, worth $385,000. However, it appears as if people are spending money to upgrade their places of business as there have f ASH "QUALITY - SERVICE - SUPPORT" | oun 8 Gary (nee Partigion) NEW and USED IBM COMPUTERS h 1 A Danae ys FOR HOME and BUSINESS KAMIN WILLIAM FREE INSTALLATION SET-UP and SUPPORT born Nov. 11th, 1995, 4:16 PM, . Ottawa Grace General Hospital, NCS Authorized IBM Dealer 81b. 13 0z. Second grandson for Charles &Shirey Ash of Port Perry and John & Jackie Partington of Dundas and second great-grandson for Bill & Gwen DaF oe of Hamilton and Arthur Partington of Hamilton. TEL. 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