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~~ Tw8'others fled the scene of the fire and were unhurt. Durham Region taxes increase mendation to reduce that impact by application of $750,000 of development charge levies to the current road budget council left the amount of its total budget to be recovered frof residen- tial taxpayer through the general regional | levy at $14,155,510. 'The current budget, how- ever, is exclusive of the water and sewer operating budgets as well as the region's budget for solid waste disposal. Water and sewer charges will not be recovered by a user rate on the. regional water bill, while the solid waste disposal costs are picked up in the local 'portion of the tax bill. : Averaging it all out, an 11. _ per cent hike in the Region -of Durham's tax bill will . mean an estimated increase to the Scugog taxpayer of about $9.00 on an. average Regional levy of $89.00; Taxpayers in the Region were presented last Wednes- day with an average $12.00 increase in the region's por- tion of their residential tax bills. The increase came about" with the regional council's acceptance of the $41,301,967 'current budget for 1976. "In his letter of transmittal to council during the budget presentation, Coun. George Ashe (Pickering), finance ° committee chairman, said this year's budget presented a 10.3 per cent increase on the overall impact to the ratepayer. 'After passing a recom- 3) DAE Round-about' Bits 'n- Pieces from: Here n" There UXBRIDGE - An address book containing 2,000 hames 'used for mailing purposes during the Uxbridge Centennial has been lost. An extensive search for the book has not come up with any clues as to -its 'whereabouts. ' Gs Coun. Ashe, in presentin the current budget, sai "special recognition should be given to the standing UXBRIDGE -Archbishop Pocock, attending the St. ; John's Training School awards night, last week, presented Brother Adrian a Plague of appreciation for his work at the school. LINDSAY - Two young men were killed and four injured in an early morning fire which destroyed the | |__interior of a boarding home in Lindsay 'last week. LINDSAY - May 17 to 22 has been designated Clean-up Week here when the C of C in co-operation with the _ town's works department plan a major clean- -up campaign. » BOWMANVILLE - The high school band, chaperones ~ and teachers are spending a 10-day trip to Disney- "world, Florida. The band has several 'scheduled performances and snough free time to see all the attractions: - BOWMANVILLE - A plan to refurbish the town hall in Bowmanville and re-organize the building so it could be used as office space for the town office has been decided against. Council advised the consulting engineers that they feel the building is not worthy of a complete refurbishing. OSHAWA - An early morning break-in at the Otto Schwartze Gun Shop last week resulted in 26 rifles valued at $3,940 being stolen. Entry was gained by breaking a rear window in the store. _-- 'Why you should let H&R Block worry about your income taxes. 'H&R Block is a full-time, year-round income tax preparation firm. We don't disappear after April 30th. Offices are per all year to help you with tax problems. Get a little peace of mind. 'HaR BLOCK THE INCOME TAX PEOPLE 16 Water Street - Port Perry at Lakeview Plaza Mon. to Sat. - 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Phone 985-2232 No Appointment Necessary |, & et eR RR err committee, boards and 'regional staff for their dili- gent effort in producing an initial budget which reflect- ed restraint...and then doub- ling their efforts to remove $1.8 million from the net estimates." He said that 8.3 per cent of the budget increase was at- tributable to.inflation. The actual impact on the average tax: bill across the region as the result of coun- cil's decision Wednesday will be about an 11 per cent increase. The increase will range from an average high in East Whitby of $20 to a low of $4 in both Beaverton and Cannington. Other estimated i increases » include: Oshawa - $12; Ajax - $12; Pickering Village - $12; Town of Pickering - $14; : Newcastle - $13; Bowman- ville - $13; Clarke - $19; Darlington - $14; Town of Pickering - $16; Whitby - . $13; Brock - $12; Thorah - $9; Scugog - $9; Port Perry - $10; Reach - $17; Cartwright - $10; Town of Uxbridge - $7; Uxbridge Township - $16; Scott - $13. The regional levy on the average taxpayer across the region will range from a high-of $201 in Uxbridge Township to a low of $67 in Beaverton. OTHERS The regional levy on the' ayerage tax bill in the other vour personality . . See them today . It's easy to create one or a thousand new environments with Sunworthy Ready Pasted wallcoverings. An infinite variety of styles and colours to reflect . your taste, for the finer things in life. municipalities is estimated to now be: Oshawa - $118; East Whitby - $188; Ajax - $134; Pickering Village - $135; Town of Pickering - $140; Newcastle - $103; Bow- manville - $106; Clarke - $158; Darlington - $122; town of Pickering - $148; Whitby - $140; Brock - $153; Cannington - $72; Thorah - $110; Scugog .- $89; Port Perry $91; Reach - $161; Cartwright - $97; Town of Uxbridge - $104; Scott - $179. Firemen battle Island fires Scugog firefighters are hoping that the past week's 'experience isn't an example of what's in store in the next few months. Firefighters were out batt- ling two Scugog Island grass fires on Tuesday and Friday. Grass fires, accord- ing to No. 1 Department Chief Jack Cook, don't usually occur until late next month. *- The Tuesday blaze raced over about four acres of grass on the 10th concession. Chief Scott said burning rubbish caused the fire. The second fire, Friday evening and also on the island," kept firemen busy for a couple of hours. Create your new environment with 'SUNWORTHY 2 /\ PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Mar. 31, 1976 -- 3 . particularly would like to Fellowship Evening Apr.6 Mr. Mel Smith, will be the guest speaker at the 5th annual Fellowship Evening. The event is. sponsored by Warriner Lodge No. 75 Oddfellows. This years banquet will be held on Tuesday, April 6 at the Port Perry High School. The dinner for the past four, years has been held at th Legion Hall, but due to the increasing popularity of the evel a larger location was ed to hold the partic- ipants. The organization urges members of the community to attend the function and ment and an informative address by Mr. Smith. All profits from the event will be donated to the Cancer fund. Tickets are still available, for inform- ation, see ad in this issue of thd STAR. Ice Review continued re-design and re-tailor some of last year's costumes, sav- ing enormous funds needed for costuming the entire cast in new outfits every year. In all, the 150 youngsters on the ice have a counter- part off the ice, behind the scenes. "Taking all things into consideration," said one organizer, "there are prob- ably 150 people involved behind the scenes on things see a large number of young people attend. Admission to the night of Fellowship, is by ticket only, and hake attending will be treated to dinner, entertain- ranging from ticket sales to prop design." Preparations for the event havé been underway for some three months. The skating club in past years has asked scouts or local sea cadets to do usher duties at the show, but since both organizations have been allowed to fold in Port Perry, organizers are hop- ing to get girl guides to do these duties. Profit from the show will go towards the club's finan- cial commitment to the new One Parent Those wishing further information on the One- Parent Association which is getting started in this area are asked to call 985-2546 or 985-7270. The first meeting is scheduled for tonight (Wednesday, March 31) at 349 Queen Street. The telephone number printed in the March 24 issue belongs to an official of the Oshawa branch. Venetian 32 x 64 Other Sizes Blinds Steel-Plastic Tapes 7.95 '7.95 Curtain Rods in Large Assortment. A.W. BROCK 10003 59:9 34 LY 8 O30 ARCH 0) 29 arena project. Wallpaper 200 Patterns in Stock 29 wom Regular *2.95 - *3.95 - %6.95 - *7.95 WINDOW SHADES Large Stock 36 x 70 $25 45 x 70 34% i 35% ROOM DARKENING 935 sg (CL A laf ot off of of a oot od oo ot of a of oo a a -- A Ch v "> ras FRE FTA ND ER owe re eX x wh = Leh