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Vol. 124 No. 50 PORT PERRY, ONT. - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1990 Copy 60¢ 56 Pages Search For Missing Girls The search for Julie Stanton and Elizabeth Bain moved into the Port Perry area last weekend, with about 80 volunteers searching the ditches, brush and wooded areas along township roads. The two young women have been missing from their homes since early this year. Above, Sue Statten, seen here with her tracking dog 'Gizmo', gives instructions to some of the volunteer searchers. The search will continue this weekend on Scugog Island. Anyone interested in assisting can do so by meeting at' the Scugog Island Hall either Saturday or Sunday at 9:00 a.m. More photos on page 12. For Durham Board Administration Er Vat aS IS IY JScugog 'schools on fiveyear 'wishlist' The Durham Board of Edu- cation has placed three projects for Scugog Township in its five year capital forecast. The capital forecast, which was adopted by trustees last week, is sometimes referred to as the Board's "wish list." The three projects for Scu- gogidentified in the forecast are a new addition at S.A. Cawker School in Port Perry; a new high school in Blackstock; and a new elementary school on Scugog Is- land. Scugog trustees Joyce Kel- ly and Bobbie Drew both said it's significant that the projects appear in the five-year forecast, but they stressed that it's just a forecast. When the projects actually get built will depend on provin- cial grants and how quickly oth- er schools in the Region are built. "Yes, it is significant. This is the first time these (Scugog) projects have been identified in a forecast," said trustee Kelly. Turn to Page 2 Newspaper fined $1000 The publisher of the Oshawa This Week newspaper has been fined $1,000 under Scugog Township's anti- littering by-law. The conviction and fine was registered against Metroland Publishing October 30 in Pro- vincial Courtin Whitby. Township by-law enforce- ment officer Bill Henshall said the littering charge was laid last March after Scugog re- ceived numerous complaints from residents that unsolicited newspapers were being left on lawns and on driveways. And he said the Township continued to receive complaints as recently as the day the mat- ter was heard in court. The $1,000 fine is the mini- mum under the Township's new anti-littering by-law. The maxi- mum fine is $5,000. New $25.8 million building under fire A proposal for a new $25.8 million administration building for the Durham Board of Educa- tion came under fire last week from members of Citizens Against Unjustifed Taxes. (CAUT) The criticism of the propo- gal came at a public meeting in the S.A. Cawker School library in which school board officials presented details of the propo- gal for the new building. The meeting was poorly at- tended with only members of CAUT and the Cawker School Advisory Committee present. But CAUT members Larry Davidson, Colin Kemp and Andy Andrews told Durham Board chairman Ian Brown and Scugog trustees Joyce Kelly and Bobbie Drew they feel the build- ing should not be constructed because it will add to the bur- den of property tax payers in Scugog and Durham Region. "It's just not right at this time. You just can't keep adding to the property taxes," said Mr. Davidson. What the Board 's propos- ing is a new building of 150,000 square feet at an estimated cost of $25.8 million. Board chairman Ian Brown told the meeting last Thursday evening that the 340 adminis- trative staff are now working out of six different locations, in- cluding the Board's main office at 555 Rossland Road in Oshawa. Brown said the fact staff are scattered in several differ- ent locations means inefficien- cy, and it is costing the Board just under $800,000 yearly for leased office space. As to how the Board would pay for the new building, Brown said $17.6 million would be fi- nanced by 20-year debentures, $1 million would come from Board reserve funds, and $7.1 million (estimated) would come from sale of administration property the Board now owns. He estimates the net im- pact on the average household in Durham would be an extra $6.14 in property taxes each year for the 20-year life of the debenture. The Board is scheduled to vote on the proposal early in De- cember, and Brown said he ex- pects the vote will be a close one as there are trustees opposed to the plan. If the building gets the green light, it will be built on land already owned by the Board on Taunton Road West in Whitby, near Highway 12. Brown himself is in favour of the new building. "We are going to spend money to accommodate our staff, the question is how: a new building which you (taxpayers) will own in 20 years, or continue to pay leases," he told the meet- ing. Turn to Page 2 Sate = RETRY