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-~ --- ---- 38 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, December 19, 1989 Youngsters perform at snowy Christmas Concert Everyone was in a holiday mood last Thursday evening when 11 tables of euchre were played at the Community Centre. Men's first prize went to Art Richardson, second prize to Elmer Johnson. Low prize went to John Medland. Ladies first to Wilma Lynde, second to Janet Mayrath. Low prize to Olive Aiken. Lone hands to Mac Allbright, lucky door prize win- ners Violet Cole. 50/50 made his appearance and handed out can- dy canes to everyone. Plan to join together with your friends on Thursday evening, December 28 for the next euchre. Last Wednesday evening, the Ladies Bible Class and W.M.S. joined together at the church hall for the Christmas pot-luck dinn- ner. After enjoying a lovely din- ner, everyone enjoyed a short pro- gramme. Lois Daw conducted the worship service, with members of the W.M.S. participating. Several Ashburn and Area News 'by Florence Ashton favourite Christmas carols were sung, accompanied on the piano by Sandy Bath. Margaret Davis and Florence Ashton had a devo- tional on the Lord's Prayer, with the lighting of candles. Rev. McEntyre favoured us with two lovely selections, The Golden Carol, and the Holly and the Ivy. It wasn't planned, but actually the entire programme was done in candlelight, due to a power failure. What fun! Last Friday night, in spite of the snowy evening, a good crowd turned up for Community Centre Christmas Concert at the church. We surely have a lot of youngsters in the surrounding area, and they all performed beautifully. Bob Nixon was the chairman for the evening. Everyone enjoyed a delightful programme, with the moms and tots, cubs, beavers and scouts, taking part. Even had a fashion show, which provided lots of laughs. Santa made his grand appearance, and while the children took turns sitting on San- ta's knee, the moms and dads and friends enjoyed hot chocolate. I would like to commend all those who had a part in making this such a fun evening for everyone. The Ladies Bible Class: are packing shut-in boxes on Wednes- day at the church. Monetary donations, fruit and home made goodies would be greatly appreciated. I wish all the staff of the Port Perry Star, as well as the readers of this column a very happy and blessed Christmas. See you in the New Year School Boards. GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE WHO HAS EVERYTHING! Cmiel's Place 24 A GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEA! Downtown Port Perry 985-2066 or 986-2257 | PROPERTY ASSESSMENT ~ AND SCHOOL TAXES Notice to Business Partnerships and to Publicly Traded Corporations and their Subsidiaries Starting in 1990, the rules by which business partnerships and publicly traded corporations and their subsidiaries direct their school tax support will change. This will affect the way the property assess- ment base is allocated among Public, Separate and French-language * Business partnerships will acquire the right to support a Separate NENW -- hey pS A I A I I I I I MTT I. . School Board, or the French-language School Board in Ottawa- Carleton, up to the proportion that the partnership is held by Separate School supporters or French-language School supporters. Until now, all partners had to be Roman Catholic or Francophone and agree to do so. ® The property assessment of publicly traded corporations and their subsidiaries will be shared between Public and Separate School Boards in the same area, and in Ottawa-Carleton by the Public, Separate and French-language School Boards, in proportion to each board's residential and farm assessment. Until now, a corporation's support for a Separate School Board, or the French-language i School Board in Ottawa-Carleton, could not exceed the proportion ; 4 of shares held by Roman Catholics or Francophones. In order to implement this initiative, the Ministry of Revenue must amend its records to identify those business partnerships that wish to split their school tax support, and to identify all publicly traded cor- porations and their subsidiaries. Information about the new school support rules will be sent to you in the near future, along with a Notice of Property Valuation. Please review the new rules, and then check your Notice to verify that the Ministry of Revenue has correctly identified your school support. If it's not right, please tell us. A reply form will be included with the Notice. Your cooperation will ensure the proper allocation of your school taxes to the School Boards in your area. © Ministry of Revenue Ontario The Environment by Janet Banting Returning once again to the goal of learning to create less garbage, there are a lot of things all of us can do around home reduce our families' contribution to the problem. The following ideas are all based on the reuse theme. You can consume less paper by taking what would other- wise be thrown out (e.g. notices that come in the mail, notices from school, etc.), turn it over, and use it for scrap paper. At our house all lists, reminder notes and so on, are written on scrap paper. I have even been known to write letters on this stuff, although to some people that might seem extreme. My children have been given scrap paper to do all their draw- . ings on from day one, so to them brand new paper is a luxury! You can cut down on the number of magazines you subscribe to (many of which are available at the local library) and sharing them is also a worthwhile idea. My sister passes her copies of one magazine to me when she is finished with them and I pass a different one to her in return. This saves both of us money and means a little less garbage in the long run, It is also possible to take copies of ones we are finished with and drop them off at the doctor's or dentist's office or a senior citizen's home. Many teachers (in nursery schools, public schools, and day care centres) are happy to be on the receiving end of cer- tain items that would otherwise go into the garbage, such as paper towel and toilet paper rolls, egg cartons (although these should ideally be re-used for eggs), styrofoam trays and con- tainers (although it would be even better if the stores would stop using these garbage creators)! Old Christmas cards and wrap can also be incorporated into craft projects. Ask around and find out who might be able to use some of these things that you usually throw into the garbage. Don't throw out clothes unless they've- become unwearable (in which case, add them to your "rag bag!"' Old underwear makes great rags, as do old cloth diapers. Rags, of course, have all kinds of uses, from drying windows to mop- ping up after painting, and so on). In our household, many of our clothes come from other families, and we in turn pass the outgrown ones on. Second-hand clothing stores are another great way of ensuring that clothes get maximum use, and are also places where you can find terrific bargains! Develop the habit of passing toys to friends who have younger children, or donate them to a toy library, nursery school, or your church nursery. If you are keen on saving money as well as being conscientious about not wasting, your children can survive on a steady diet of second-hand bikes, skates, skis, etc. Throw a yard sale once in a while, and let your "junk" become someone else's "treasure!" A wor- thwhile alternative to holding a yard sale, if you can't be bothered with the work, is to donate used items such as small appliances, lamps, etc. to places such as women's shelters. Old blankets, sheets, and towels can be used by organizations like the Salvation Army, Goodwill, and St. Vincent de Paul. Old eyeglasses are passed on to Third World countries by the Canadian Institute for the Blind. Ask at your local church, second-hand store, or social services department if there is a need for some of the things that you are finished with. You can wash and re-use plastic bags that some of your food comes in (bread bags, for example), then you won't have to buy any. In our house, we stopped buying the big green gar- bage bags a while ago, and instead use a big plastic pail out in the garage. In the kitchen, we do use a plastic grocery bag under the sink, but since we compost and use a separate small pail for dry garbage, there isn't all that much going into the plastic bags. When you put your mind to it, there are lots of ways to cut down on waste. Hopefully, some of these ideas will be of use to you, and likely with some thought, you will come up with others. When every family begins to get serious about cutting down on garbage, all of our efforts will add up toa big difference.! 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