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Need flood policy change The Port Perry Unit o the Scugog Fire Depart ment believes Townshiy council should make changes in the policy which presently pro- hibits the department from responding to emergency flooding situations in homes. The Fire Department has written a lengthy let- ter to the editor in this week's Port Perry Star responding to allegations made in a letter printed in the March 6 Star about severe flooding condi- tions in a Bigelow Street home. In the letter printed on page five this week, of- ficers with the depart- ment point out that the policy of not pumping out flooded basements was set by the council of the day almost a decade ago, and the department has. no control over this policy. (Turn to page 3) Vol. 119 No. 15 Tuesday, March 12, 1985 36 pages The average property owner in Scugog Township will pay just under $6 more in Regional taxes in 1985. Durham council put its stamp of approval on the 1985 budget last week and the average tax hike Lindsay. Woman struck & killed by car A 56 year old woman of no fixed address was killed Wednesday night when she was struck by a car travelling north of Highway 12, 1.8 km. north of Manchester. Maxine Pedlar, also known as Maxine St. Patrick, was crossing the highway with an armload of firewood when she was hit by a car driven by Archibald McCarthur of R.R.1 The driver of the car wasn't charged and Whitby OPP say Miss Pedlar walked directly into the path of the vehicle. For a more complete look at the story of Maxine Pedlar, see page 12. - for Scugog ratepayers will be 3.3 per cent, or $5.91 on a home assessed at $3000. While the total budget for all Regional depart- ments will hit $140 million in 1985, the net levy from property owners will be $32.4 million, an increase of just over eight per cent from the 1984 net levy. Scugog"s estimated assessment growth of 3.8 per cent this year, plus the application of appor- tionment factors will reduce the net impact on tax payers to the 3.3 per cent level. \ Mayor Jerry Taylor said following the three hour final budget meeting last week that he is pleased with the overall. budget and the net impact on property owners in the Township. "I don't think we could - ask for much better than that," he said referring to the 3.3 per cent hike Tax hike 3.3% in Scugog Twp. for Scugog which translates to $5.91 more in Regional taxes for the average home owner. In 1985, the average home owner in Scugog Township will contribute $192 to Durham Region. That's just over 20 per cent of the total tax bill for the average home owner. School board con- tributions amount to over 50 per cent of the tax bill, and local government takes about 25 per cent of the total. Mayor Taylor said Scugog Township council will get around to setting its 1985 budget in the next couple of weeks, and councillors are working to hold the net increase to five per cent or less. While Regional council was able to reduce the total budget to the five per cent average impact across Durham, both the social services depart- ment and police force (Turn to page 3) As expected, Marg Wilbur of Scugog Township was acclaimed as the NDP can- didate in Durham York riding for the provin- cial election which could come as early as this spring. The nomination meeting was held in Keswick and guest speaker was Par- ty Leader Bob Rae (left) who pledged a positive campaign. At right in photo is Georgina Township Mayor John Rogers, who nominated Mrs. Wilbur. She is no stranger to politics and election battles in this riding. (See story) »e Swing Into Spring If last weekend's terrific weather hasn't convinced you spring is indeed on it's way, then the Port Perry United Church Women's second annual fashion show is sure to. With clothes like the crisp white suit and red T-shirt (from Dor-Jean Fashions) worn by Stephanie Butt, the show is bound to put you in mind for warm weather. Swing Into Spring is slated for March 20th at 8 p.m. in the Port Perry United Church auditorium. Tickets are $4 and are . available from Brock's Department Store, Dor-Jean's or any UCW member. Wilbur acclaimed to NDP nomination Ontario NDP leader Bob Rae says his party will conduct a positive campaign stressing peo- ple issues in the next pro- vincial election which could come as early as this spring. Mr. Rae wes guest speaker March 6 at the Durham York NDP nomination -meeting in Keswick where Marg Wilbur was acclaimed as the party's candidate for this riding. Mrs. Wilbur, who lives in Scugog Township and is active in several com- munity organizations, was the NDP candidate in the 1981 election and has worked as campaign manager for the New Democrats in several other federal and provin- cial elections As expected, she was unopposed in her bid to win the nomination this time, and even though a date for an election in Ontario has not been set, she told about 100 party stalwarts at the meeting last week that she plans to start knocking on doors across the riding in the very near future. In his address to the meeting, Mr. Rae said the NDP will not conduct a negative and carping campaign, but it will be "positive for people," stressing such things as fairness and trust. He took some broad swipes at newly elected Conservative premier Huts office by this Friday This coming Friday, March 15 is the final day for fishermen to remove ice huts from Lake Scugog, and failure to do so could lead to charges and a hefty fine. A spokesman for the Lindsay office of the Ministry of Natural Resources said last Friday that during the winter, as many as 500 huts were on the ice at one time. However, that number has been reduced by now. . Ice conditions on the lake as of late last week were reported good, but any prolonged mild spell will mean trouble for those with huts still out as the ice around the shoreline will deteriorate very rapidly. "With a real mild spell, it could be touch and go getting the huts off,"' said the spokesman. MNR staff will remove huts left on the ice past the Friday deadline, if conditions are safe. But huts that go into the water after the ice melts pose a real threat to early spring boaters. Frank Miller, calling him a "man of the past," who is shifting the Tories away from the present and future into the past. "We (the NDP) have a good target in Frank Miller. The Tories don't care about small (Turn to page 7) TL ----------E RG ---