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Councillors favour three TO protest mortgages year term With one exception, members of Scugog council generally favour a three year term of office or have no strong opinions one way or another on the issue. That was the reaction among local councillors to the announcement last week by municipal affairs minister Claude Bennett who left little doubt during a speech in Toronto that when Ontario voters go to the polls in November, 1982, they will be electing a council to a three year term. -- Mr. Bennett, . speaking at the Association of Munici- palities of Ontario conven- tion told delegates he will introduce legislation to bring about the change, possibly as early as this fall. The three year council term has the support of the Association, which passed a resolution to this effect at the convention last week. 'Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor, who attended the convention in Toronto last week and heard the speech by Mr. Bennett, told the Star he supports the three year term for councils. "I think it would be bene- ficial for politicians to have that extra year for planning and the follow through of municipal projects' said Mayor Taylor. : He added that in his opinion the three year term would be a benefit for rate- payers because it would allow elected reps to become better informed on munici- pal matters. Mayor Taylor said it takes a new councillor several months to "learn the ropes" on municipal matters which are becoming ever more complex. He also cited the fact that "holding elections every three years instead of the present two would in the long run save municipalities money. It cost Scugog Township about $11,000 to stage the election last November, and the cost to larger municipal- ities is many times greater than that. Scugog Regional coun- -cillor Lawrence Malcolm, who was also at the AMO convention and heard the speech by Bennett, told the Star he has no real strong opinions one way or the other (Turn to page 3) Girl hospitalized when hit by van A 19-year old Blackstock girl was rushed to Sunny- brook Hospital in Toronto after she was struck by a van late Friday night in Caes- area. Julie Anne Turcotte suffered serious head and other injuries after she was knocked into the ditch on John Street in Caesarea shortly before midnight on Saturday. A police spokesman said the victim was walking alone when struck from behind by a-van. The spokesman said late Monday afternoon that police are still investigating the accident, but charges are pending against the driver, Douglas Kramp, 28, of Bowmanville. Plans appeal of liquor decision The Liquor Licencing Board of Ontario hasn't heard the last of Charlie Sharpe. Mr. Sharpe, who lives f Caesarea, has been waging a battle for several months to block a liquor licence appli- cation for a restaurant in that community, and if the licence is granted, he says, he will make an appeal. The LLBO held a hearing in Toronto last Thursday on the application for a liquor licence by Frank's Restaur- ant, and Mr. Sharpe, along with 19 other residents were at the hearing to argue why they believe the- licence should not be granted. I wasn't very happy with the way the hearing was conducted. The chairman ~ was abrupt with us to the point of being rude, and refused to let us speak about what we feel are the key issues: location, the width of streets and the safety factor," Mr. Sharpe told the Star following last week's hearing. "We came away from the hearing asking ourselves what was the point of going, and feeling that it was just a foregone conclusion the licence would be granted," he said. '""The hearing was supposed to be at 1:30 in the - afternoon, but didn't get started until 4:00 and then the chairman told me to hurry up with my presenta- tion," said Mr. Sharpe. At the hearing last week, a petition with 156 names in favour of the licence from residents of the area was presented, but Mr. Sharpe charged that some of the names are school children and at least one name is that of a person who no longer lives in Caesarea. The LLBO made no decision last week on whether a licence will be granted for the restaurant. Mr. Sharpe says that if it is granted, he will appeal the decision to a licencing tribunal, and he also plans to (Turn to page 3) Meeting In Port Perry Pa Tom Lockett of Port rry, the dilemma is this. ed it fight inflation for me to lose my home?" Mr. Lockett is typical of thousands of homeowners across Canada right now Vol. 115 No. 40 who are becoming concerned and frightened that high interest rates will force them out of their homes when the mortgage comes up for renewal. And like others in the Wednesday, September 2, 1981 country, he has decided not just to sit idle and watch it happen without a protest. Mr. Lockett is organizing a meeting in Port Perry for early in October to protest the high rates and he is" 36 Pages Palmer Gets Facelift Daniel David Palmer, one of Port Perry's most famous native sons is finally getting a face lift. The bust of the Palmer statue was transformed last week from dull green to shining gold as Ray Vaillancourt applied chemical cleaning agent to the statue. Palmer, of course, who was born in Port Perry in 1845, is recognized as the father of chiropractic with the development of techniques just before the turn, of the century. The Canadian Chiropractic Association is paying to clean up the' statue and grounds in the park which is named after Palmer. The cleaning last week was probably the first since the statue was erected in 1945, and Daniel David never looked better. hoping for support from homeowners in this area who are concerned that they too may be forced out of their house. "I'm organizing this meeting to give people a chance to voice their concerns,' he told the Star in an interview last week. "It is time we took action to start to get the govern- ment worried about this," he stated. Mr. Lockett says he has invited Durham-Northum- berland MP Allan Lawrence to attend the meeting, which he hopes can be held October 1 or 2 at Town Hall 1873 on Queen Street in Port Perry. Those homeowners who do attend the meeting will be asked to sign a petition pro- testing the mortgage rates which will be taken to Parliament. And Mr. Lockett says that if there is enough support in the Port Perry area, a protest organization will be formed to make contact with other similar groups which are being formed in Ontario and across Canada. Mr. Lockett bought a house three years ago on Orchard Road in Port Perry. The mortgage is not renew- able until 1983, but he feels personally the time to voice his concerns is now, not in two years. He says that if his mortgage was renewed today at the current rates, the monthly payments would jump to about $1000, which is beyond his ability to pay even though he has a good Police look for two men Durham Police are looking for two men in a gold coloured car who picked up a hitch-hiker on Highway 400 north of Toronto and dumped him near Caesarea after stealing his last $10. Police say the 20 year old hitch-hiker was on his way home to Kingston when the car stopped. He was then driven to the Caesarea area, assaulted and robbed, and then left in the middle of the night at Highway 7A and Regional Road 57 last Thursday. The young man contacted police who immediately began searching for the car which later turned out to have been stolen in Toronto. Police describe the car as a gold Dodge Dart, 1974 model with licence plate JUM 826. The two men wanted for questioning are described as white, one in his twenties and the other in his thirties. One has dark hair and the other light hair. The hitch-hiker was not seriously injured in the incident. Police say that a second hitch-hiker in the car had been driven to his home in Caesarea and let out of the car unharmed.