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Vol.116 No.28 Tuesday, June 15, 1982 32 Pages Council protests budget measures Usually, it is Scugog Town- ship council which must listen to complaints about tax increases. But council decided Mon- day afternoon to do a little complaining of its own over some of the new provisions set. down in the Ontario government budget passed last May 13. The reason for the com- plaints, which will be for- warded to Durham-York MPP Ross Stevenson, is a wide range of items for municipalities which now are subject to the seven per cent provincial sales tax: everything from trees and shrubs in local parks, gravel for roads, to building mater- Housing plan gets approval Scugog Township council has given approval in prin- ciple to a development plan for 18 semi-detached homes on a vacant piece of land at the north end of Cochrane Street in Port Perry. Developer John Rohn un- veiled the plan at a 'meeting of council Monday afternoon. HF. Grander, speaking on behalf of Mr. Rohn, told council the units would sell in 'the $60,000 price range, and -each would be two storeys with an attached garage. Mr. Grander said if all the necessary approvals could be worked out, construction of the units would likely get underway next spring. A re-zoning will be needed on the property to permit the semi-detached units. Mr. Grander said the units (Turn to page 3) ials used in municipal pro- jects. Itis not certain at this time just how much money will be involved with these now taxable items as far as Scugog is concerned, but Roads superintendent Ron MacDonald told council Monday the amount in his department alone next year will be $15,000 at least. Mr. MacDonald estimated that the tax will add about $5000 to his 1982 budget, which was set before the Ji provincial government passed the measures last month. And he noted that in 1982, for the first time, municipal- ities had to pay the full price for vehicle licences, which amounted to $6400 for Scugog. Sales tax will now apply to items bought by local fire departments, arena boards, ¢ It's not often you get your picture taken with a movie 'Star', but seven year Sonny Jai iii pane old Christie Luke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Luke of Port Perry did last week. a rede lagen ieipa rid Christie is seen here with London, star of the Littlest Hobo, who is seen each week increase in the OHIP pre- ©°N CFTO TVin Toronto. The Hobo was in Port Perry last week shooting scenes for an episode entitled Double Vision which will be seen later this fall. More photos on (Turn to page 3) page 8. Having fun at the Fun Fair With their wild painted faces, this group of Cornish students did not need much persuading to ham it up for the photographer. We'll let you try to guess just what the names are that go with those faces. The kids took part in a Fun Fair at R.H. Cornish last Saturday. More photos on page 11. . Works depot built to cut | heating costs Officials with Durham Region will be keeping a close watch next winter on the heating costs of the new Regional Works Depot in Scugog Township which was officially opened last week. The 7600 square foot build- ing at the intersection of Durham Roads 23 and 1, west of Utica has been de- signed and constructed to cut heating costs. The walls and ceilings are heavily insulated, a heat pump will be used to heat the office area in the centre of the building, and the garage area on both ends of the building will be heated by propane fired coils which give a radiant effect. At the official opening last week, attended by Regional and local politicians as well as Durham officials, Works department commissioner Bill Twelvetrees made special mention of the fact the building should be heat efficient this coming winter. The building is the new base for 15 Regional em- ployees who provide roads, water and sewer mainten- ance in Scugog and Uxbridge Townships. It replaces the old Regional depot in Man- chester. Although the: official opening was just last week, the building has been in use since completion last March. It is the first Regional build- ing to be completed under the design and construct con- cept, and the total cost was about $470,000. The new building had been in the Regional budget for a couple of years, before con- struction got underway. However, it was delayed a (Turnto page 9)