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booze ads, and Just One More Landing Blackstock sculpter Bill Lishman perches on his replica of the Apollo Lunar landing module which he created more than a decade ago. The steel module was rusting in the backyard when Lishman got a phone call a few weeks ago and now the creation will be off to a space exhibit in Japan. Last Saturday afternoon, Bill threw a blast-off party at his Purple Hill workshop south of Port Perry. (See . story on page 9) ~ Church asks for ban on drinking age to 21 yrs. "The United Churches in Durham Region have asked. governments to raise the legal age from 19 to 21 and to ban all media advertis- ing of alcoholic bev- erages. The resolutions, which also included one not to relax the laws on marijuana use, came out of a meeting of the Oshawa Presbytery held last week at the Prince Albert United Church. This Presby- tery is made up of near- ly-50 United Churches in south Durham Region, including Port Perry and Prince Albert. Rev. Glenn Jackson of the Port Perry and Prince Albert United Churches, told the Star following the meeting that the request for a The ghost of Perry Street The, Perry St. ghost is full of holes and crumb- ling a bit around the foundation, but is not in any immediate danger of collapse. . The ghost, of course is that partially finished house at the corner of Perry and North Streets which has been more than just an irritant to Scugog council over the past couple of years. -..... The two-storey struct- ure has been labelled an eyesore and a possible safety hazard, but coun- cillors learned to their dismay Monday evening that its condition is not yet unsafe enough to allow the municipality to tear it down. Township adminis- trator Earl Cuddie told councillors there is really nothing the mun- icipality can do at this time to clean up the property.- He said- the (Turn to page 3) ban on media advertis- ing of alcoholic bev- erages is nothing new as this has been a policy of the United Church of Canada since 1925. Referring specifically to the so-called 'life- style" beer ads on tele- vision, Rev. Jackson said for young people they depict "a ticket to the good life". The ads always show young people in good- time situations with the presence of alcohol, he explained. He said the subliminal message is that if you drink our beer, you will be cool, but of course, you never see the drunks. Rev. Jackson did say that he is encouraged by the recent announce- ment from Labatt's Breweries that it will spend $1 million over the next three months on a television ad cam- paign on the dangers of drinking and driving. The commercials will be seen on Ontario and (Turn to page 19) Vol. 117 No. 21 45.01 PR sevaminuliin ges dip du ideiniiasinh ainsi FRR ha Ale Ba | ot M . 4 ' Jel ' Tuesday, April 26, 1983 40 Pages Dig a little deeper School taxes about to take anoth It's 'going to hurt but Scugog taxpayers can take comfort in the knowledge that Osh- awa's pain will be even greater. } The Durham Board of Education announced and passed its 1983 bud- get last night (Monday) with an overall mill rate increase of 9.25 per cent. The Township of Scu- gog's increase is slight- ly higher, coming in at 9.33 per cent. Ratepay- ers can expect to dish out between $45 to $50 more this year. Oshawa trustees are slightly less than happy with their increase, however. The municip- ality will bear the high- est hike with a rate of 10.49 per cent, .49 per cent higher than the Wines ceiling. Township of Ux- bridge fared best with an increase of 8.66 per cent. - With the increase in taxes trustees have promised maintenance or expansion of all curr- ent programs, and some new initiatives. Budgets to schools have been increased by 10 per cent over the 1982 base rates, to $63.36 per elementary pupil and $178.54 per secondary student. As in the past, staff salaries, wages and benefits will account for the largest proportion of board operating expend- itures. In 1983, these will amount to 87 per cent. ~} er painful bite School principals will find additional funds available for upgrading and replacing textbooks and ordering school supplies. More than $680,000 has been bud- geted for new and re- placement furniture (Turn to page 3) Proposal for 150 apartment units ed very positively to ja proposal for a 150 unit apartment "building on five acres of land just west of the Port Perry Plaza on Highway 7A. "I am thoroughly in favour of apartments rental units in this Members of Scugog Township Sha Towing this car out of the ditch was not exactly a routine job for Reg Jackson and Brian Fulford (with the cap) of Brian's Tow- ing early Saturday morning. They had to use a small boat to hook up the tow lines as the car went out of control at the 'pump house turn' on the Oshawa Road and came to rest in several feet of water. The accident took community. I have no doubt that all the units could be rented easily", was the way councillor Lawrence Malcolm summed up his feeling after a presentation to council Monday evening by Bill Calderwood, president of Seven Tow- ers Ballymena Develop- ments Ltd. of Whitby. Members of council agreed with Mr. Calder- wood's statement that "there is a desparate need for apartments in Port Perry at this time.' He said plans call for construction of 150 units (Turn to page 3) Think You Have Problems? place shortly after midnight. The driver, a young Township man, walked, er, swam, away unharmed. The name of the driver is with-held pending completion of a police in- vestigation into the incident. Damage to the 1976 two tone brown Ford was described as ""extensive." ilk. Gira, Re 7 Cp LI rd (Rt Fans 'y SARA Init diy St bitin hf He RE Wore diny