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a LS 2h iS - | 0 ERAN It seems unlikely that Scugog Township council will come up with the money this year for an addition to the Fire Hall in Port Perry. Councillor John Wolters, chairman of -. council's finance committee said Monday that the '1981 draft ""budget has been completed for presentation. to council April 13th, and the funds for the fire hall addition are not "included. "There just is not enough money this year for that project," said councillor Wolters. The fire department had requested money for a two storey addition on the south side of the hall with the ground floor used ds storage for a 'new' truck which arrived three weeks ago. Without the addition, the department will either have to find storage elsewhere for one of 'the older trucks, or give it up. The department Mersco Durham Region police are - continuing an investigation into a break-in March 24th at the Mersco department store on Queen Street in Port Perry. - C. According to police, thieves made off go Xo undisclosed amount of cash after smashing through a Workers vote yes to strike action Durham . Region's 260 water and sewer workers "have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action and could be off the job by the middle of April if mediation efforts slated for this week fail to, resolve the dispute. The workers, members.of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, voted over 96 per cent in favour of strike action last week, 'and local 1875 president Erwin Meyer is quotéd as saying the - bership felt they were treated as second class citizens after Durham offered a two year contract with nine per cent increases each year. The membership is also No money for-addition to Fire Hall 'non-negotiable personal BEG PRs 5 wants to keep all the older trucks as back-ups Councillor Wolters said the finance committee met twice last week to prepare the draft budget, and he said if it gets council approval the . increase at the local level will be about 14 mills. (One mill raises about $22,000 in tax revenue). Taxpayers won't know the final budget until the levy requests from the school boards and Durham Region are complete: Scugog's share of the Durham budget - is about $169,000 more than last year, and no figures are available at this time for the 1981 school board budget. "It is going to be a tough year for the taxpayer," admitted Councillor Wolters. One area that caused the finance committee head-- aches in drafting the local budget was a deficit of some (Turnto page 7) robbed washroom window at the rear of the store. . Also missing are some cheques, according to police. The break-in was discovered last Wedresday morning when store employees reported for work. ~ upset that Durham wants to eliminate a "'triggered"' cost of living allowance in the old contract. The union points to a recent 27 per cent increase over a two year period for Durham's police force which will hike the salary of a first class constable to almost $30,000 per.year by the time that contract expires. Mr. Meyer said the membership -is- upset over the nine per cent offér when apparently the Region could have offered 13 per cent. National CUPE repre- sentative Russ Whitney is quoted as predicting that if a strike does take place, it could be a long and bitter It was March Break for Scugog area students . last week, and some took advantage of the warm weather to limber up at the golf driving range, Ready to take a line-drive ~. swipe at the ball is Dale Coates, 19, of Prince south of Port Perry. | Tuning up for summer - Alberf who says he use the facilities of the driving range quite often during the summer. He ~ is silhouetted here against the sky and bright" Spring sun. More Spring Break photos on page 8. affair. AN . The Port Perry Star, along with 217 community newspapers across the pro- vince are pleased to announce a plan to honour the youth of this province through the Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year awards program. The program, which is the joint under- taking of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Asti ion and CP Air is aimed at recog- nizing young people who have performed acts of physical heroism; overcome dis- gbling physical or psychological handi- ~~ caps) made a meaningful contribution to personal family well-being; or have been involved in some worthwhile community -. service endeavour. All too often hin. we pick up a newspaper, listen to a news broadcast, or watch a news telecast, our youth séem to be in the headlines. When you think about it you'll realize that the exploits of our youth are almost daily occurances, and variably tell of the problems the youth of today are causing society. When compared to the worthwhile contributions that our young people con- -tinually make, but of which we read or hear very little, we soon realize that bad news geems to outweigh the good news. It is this unrecognized group of young Ontarians, of which there are many. in Scugog Township, that CP Air and the community newspapers across the pro- vince are concerned. The Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards Program is open to both boys and girls, between the ages of six and 18 years, and will run from mid-March 1981 to December 1, 1981. Competitors will be nominated by " Ontario residents who are aware of the .outstanding deeds or accomplishments performed by the youth of their commun- ity during the year. Nominations will be made through the 217 member papers of the OWNA, of which the Port Perry Star is one. Nomination forms will be available at We're looking for a Junior Ci tizen of the Year the Star office at 235 Queen Street, Port Perry, all community newspaper offices, as well as CP Air ticket sales outlets and all elementary and secondary schools throughout the province. In addition, nomination forms will be published period- ically in'this newspaper. When all nominations have been care- fully assessed at the end of the year, 15 of the most outstanding nominees as well as two groups of from two to as many as an entire classroom will be selected to re- ceive awards. The awards, consisting of a framed ~ citation certificate outlining the _indivi- (Turn to page 3) ? 2 or 0 Yah , STN NY Core