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12 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, June 20, 1989 June 25 is deciding date Editorial Comment (from page 6) questions and demanding answers. And they might just demand that local governments and school boards put a lid on certain projects and expenditures, no matter how need- ed they may be. The sad part is that the bite on the property tax payer is going to continue, as long as those tax payers contin- mue to push for better levels of service. The provincial government has served notice this year that grants to local municipalities can and will be frozen. Whe itior that changes remains to be seen, but don't count on it. Here in Durham, large sums of money are being ear- marked to sort out the garbage crisis. New landfills, inciner- ation, re-cycling all cost enormous amount of money, and we foot the bill, one way or another. In Durham, 1989 seems to be the year of the tax hike. A cynic might say that's to be expected. After all, the next municipal election is not until 1991. But a lot of people feel they have taken it in the neck three times this spring. Prop- erty taxes, plus the federal and provincial budgets, both of which put the bite on everyone in so many ways. ~ Most Canadians now work from January to July just to pay all their taxes. In 1961, they had to work from January to early May. It is no wonder that a lot of people are shak- ing their heads and asking where and when will the brakes go on. All levels of government must examine their spending. But the citizens must take a hard look at the demands they are making for government services. SE he b 50% off MANY CLOSE-OUT SALE CLOSING JUNE 28, 1989 All Accessories - Brushes, Rollers SPECIALS ** ALL INVENTORY AT COST OR LESS ** Garbage strike averted (From page 1) posed settlement are incom- lete, Regional officials are hopeful that ratification will go ahead onJune 25. Art Leitch, Regional Direc- tor of Operations, was pleased with the outcome, "things look a lot more hopeful." Youth injured A 20 year old Uxbridge man is in serious condition at Sunny- brook Hospital, as a result of an unusual accident north of Port Perry. Durham Regional Police say the incident happened Sunday June 18 at 2:16 a.m. on Simcoe Street, south of Regional Road 6. According to police, Jeff Wood, a passenger in the front seat of the car, opened his door and fell out while the vehicle was travelling 60 to 70 km. an hour. ' An ambulance was called and Mr. Wood was first taken to Ux- bridge Cottage Hospital before being transferred to Sunny- brook. No charges have been laid. % 2 Z 7 on ni SE 4 1 i. a> # * A trade mark of C-kL Inc, used under licence by BAPCO. WALLPAPER WONDERS Port Perry Plaza - Mon. to Wed. 9 to 5:30, Thurs 9 to 8, Fri. & Sat. 9 to 5:30 985-0509 Mr. Leitch explained that the Region has advertised an explanation of the contingency plans , "just in case." But, no changes will be going into effect until an actual strike occurs af- ter June 25. Mr. Leitch said that this action, "brings home the point of how dependent Durham is on the Brock West site." In his opinion this adds strength to the argument for the necessity of the proposed Durham operat- ed P1sitein Whitevale. Several members of Dur- ham Regional Council remain critical of the P1 plan. In the council meeting last week, de- bate was renewed over whether $1,450,000 should be released for preliminary study of the proposed site. In light of the possibility of a garbage strike, it was voted to get the work underway as soon as possible. Several members of Re- gional council felt that the pos- sibility of a strike provided the opportunity to "turn people onto recycling." Councillor Brunelle said, " We hope what will happen is that people will begin recycling inareal way." Random Jottings by ).P. Hvidsten (from page 8) | was sitting at the breakfast table recently, with eyelids at halfmast, and my head held up with a hand cupped under my chin, when Matt walks up to me and sticks a dirty diaper be- tween my toast and my nose. "Look what Katie did Dad", he said with a grin. | replied, "put it in the garbage Matt", and took another bite of toast and a sip of my coffee, before going back into a trance again. Matt likes to help change the babies (or at least watch), and when Nancy asked him to help the other day he readily agreed. Climbing to a position near Katie on the change table he watched as Nancy proceeded to unbutton her sleepers. Re- moving the sleepers revealed what could be termed as the great "yellow blowout"! Matt took one look at the mess, and one whiff of the air then climbed down from his perch, exclaiming "I don't like the look of this one Mom", and left the room, leaving Nancy to change the diaper alone. IN CLOSING: | personally don't want to "flaunt this col- umn with stories about the twins, as | am sure there are man readers of this column (or former readers) who are already get- ting tired of hearing about our escapades. But, with that said, | have to admit that most of the com- ments | am hearing from readers are favourable about things written about the girls, and encourage me to "keep them in- formed through the column". It's just another one of those "damned if you do.....damned if you don't situations. See you next week! MOVING SOON? - FREE ESTIMATES - 14' x 20" & 24' x 28' Fully equipped vans Scugog Moving & Storage Inc. Local & Long Distance Full Packing & Crating Service Packing Material For Sale Palletize Heated Warehouse FREE Wardrobe Service Fully Insured Over 25 Years Experience Courteous Service Phone 985-3761 Port Perry Warehouse 985-4360 ---------------- . ---------- a gr pits Ep