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byJulia Ashton Love them or hate them, "su- permailboxes" are here to stay. Most residents in Port Pe started picking up their mail from the 88 community mail- boxes enMouday. Canada Post orporation de- cided to go to this system in Port Perry because the local post of- fice could not accommo growing number of people in the te the' Township, said Connie Read, the manager of delivery servic. es. "Canada Post cannot suffi- ciently service the town from the post office any longer," Ms. Read said in an interview with The Star on Thursday. When questioned why Cana- da Post would incorporate the - system at this time of year, Mrs. Read said CPC had hoped to have the boxes installed earlier. "We wanted to have them (in- stalled) before winter, but win- ter beat us," Ms. Read ex- plained. The delay in the system was caused by workers trying to find appropriate locations for the community mailboxes, Ms. Read said. "We wanted to make sure the boxes were in a good location, were safe, and caused no traffic hazards," Ms. Read said, "We had tremendous co-operation from the municipality." Engineers were hired to en- sure that no boxes would be placed in low lying areas that may become flood after a rain storm or during the spring thaw, she said. Construction has not. been completed at all box locations, so some flooding may occur un- til the work is complete, Ms. Read said. Parking at the Fost office was another reason CPC opted for the community mailbox system. Ms. Read said the new boxes will provide mail service closer to home in most cases. Each community mailbox lo- cation has a letter slot for outgo- (Turn to page 3) i Volume 124 Number 1 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1989 - Copy 50¢ 60 Pages Miracle noone hits, gasp pumps TTT Miraculously noone was seri- ously injured after avel ok went out of control and "struck a Nestleton gas bar Mon- day morning. : e cause of the accident is stillunder investigation. Unconfirmed reports state that a vehicle was about to ne- gotiate a turn into the Mark's Maintenance gas station, locat- ed in Nestleton on Highway 7A. The vehicle apparently did not signal and the gravel truck driv- er slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting thecar. After ap, pplying the brakes, the driver lost control of the truck. It slid sideways into the parking lot, hitting a car and i te 5s er the Star was Observers said a mother and her five-month-old baby were in the hit car at the time of the ac- : cident; and a gas bar attendant wasin 'the kiosk. All escaped se- rious injury Another witness said a gen- tleman was getting gas immedi- ately before the accident oc- curred. He saw 'the. truck heading toward the gas bar and quickly moved his car out of the wa 4 fire ignited soon after the accident. Spectators said flames shot 20 feet into the air. Both Scugog and Caesarea fire departments responded and had the fire under control quick- ly. (Tum to page 2) Police and firefighters were called to the scene » OL.2 an n accident late Monday orhing. A gravel truck driver lost control of his vehicle. The truck hit a car and then slammed into the gas bar at-Mark's Maintenance on Highway 7A in Nestleton. Water bills in Durham Re- gion will be heading up 7.9 per centonJanuary 1¢ For the average residential customer in Durham, the in- crease will amount to an extra $5.81 on each quarterly bill. But the increase for heavy (industrial/commercial) water users in Durham will be even higher. The hike will be 11.6 per cent for businesses using up to five million gallons annually; and 12.7 per cent for over 160 million gallons. 'The recomendations for these increases were handed down last week by the Region's Works, Finance and Manage- ment Committees. Itie expected that Regional a rt -------- Dig deeper, cost for water to increase 7.9% council will put its stamp of ap- proval on the new rates at its Decting this Wednesday (Nov, The water bill sent to cus- tomers in Durham is actually a combined bill for water and sewer charges. In 1990, Durham will spend about $38 million on its water works systems and a fur- ther $43 million on sewer ser- vices. In handing down the rec- ommendation for the 7.9 per cent hike in residential rates, Regional officials sa say £ the main reason is the need for more money for capital water and sewer projects, The Region anticipates the number of water and sewer cus- tomers will grow by about six per centin 1990. There are currently just over 95,000 water and sewer customers in Durham. The 7.9 per cent hike ex- pected for 1990 is the second year in a row that rates have gone up by more than seven per cent. In 1989, the increase was 7.1 per cent, the first time in five years, the hike had been more than five per cent. ' The report released last week states that "high residen- tial growth has led to the deple- tion of s capacity. (Turn to page 2) . us treatment plant ow water and sewer fo - co HPD i wo i ev. a ee? SI a ie ; i a a NE eg AA dit mt a a cs AE RI Eb Eg