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Ee Me Ni 8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, March 12, 1991 Lette I'S to the editor How about a tax revolt? To the Editor: A tax revolt appears to be the only answer to the endless spen- ding of the various levels of government. According to recent articles in a variety of newspapers: The Federal Government receives 49.6 percent of its revenues from Personal Income Tax and only 8.6 percent from Corporate Income Tax, while the Goods and Service Tax con- tributes 12.7 percent and Unemployment Insurance another 11.9 percent -- that means the ordinary taxpayer is picking up over 70 percent of the Ball players point of view From Page 7 Join them is because Port Perry is tired of losing and all I can say is thanks to our coach and the sportsmanship of all the girls on the team. We all worked as a team, cheer- ing, giving each other positive comments. The coach also made sure we all had the equal time on the field and had the chance to try out many different positions. Oh, by the way, if our team was so good then why were none of our players invited to play on the Port Perry girls all-star team? This is not just my opinion, it is many opinions of the 1990 Green- bank girls softball team. Sincerely, Andrea Gibson Federal Government's expen- ditures in direct tax and probably a good portion of the balance in in- direct tax. The Goods and Service Tax with its broader base than the old manufacturing tax has taken the place of an increase in Per- sonal Income Tax this year. Our appointed senators receive a basic salary of $64,600 plus a $10,000 tax free allowance. Now they are about to get another $153 a day just for showing up for work. Meanwhile civil servants are threatening to strike this sum- mer because they are faced with a wage increase freeze of 3 per- cent. There appears to be some injustice here. While at a more local level the Durham Region School Board hopes to have a single digit in- crease in board expenses. I find it very interesting that the board's preliminary budget shows a 14 percent increase over last year or a jump from $306 million in 1990 to a 1991 budget of $349 million. This on top of last years increase of 14 percent is an increase from $270 million to $349 million or $79 million in two short years. What we need is a California style tax revolt or perhaps one like the one in Rlenhiem Ontario last year or the one starting in Malden Ontario this year. The point is we the people need to do something about the amount of money our various levels of government are spending. We need to tell them to stop wasting our money on: fancy buildings, $153 dollars a day to show up for work on top of a guaranteed in- come of $64,000 dollars plus perks, indexed pensions for politicians Dog owners beware To the Editor: My husband and I put an ad in the paper three weeks ago about the loss of our best friend Oscar. I am sorry to say he is still miss- ing despite the numerous calls from concerned citizens. The hardest part for us is not knowing where he is or what happened to him. Two weeks ago, B. Bashford of Seagrave, Ontario wrote a piece to the editor entitled "Dogs and their Owners'. I quite agree with this person's comments. I firmly believe from speaking with several people in the area that so- meone is stealing these dogs. Now, in the classified section of last week's paper, I see another dog is missing from north of Port Perry. A black and tan hound. Dobermans are easily mistaken for black and tan hounds when their ears and tail are uncut - like Oscar. Is this only a coincidence or is this the beginning of a pattern? As far as there being an answer to this problem, I feel we've done everything we can do for Oscar except watch, listen and pray. We will never give up hope. However, looking ahead, it seems only awareness, protection and prevention may aid in putting an end to the stealing and loss of dogs in our region. I ask the people of Port Perry and surrounding communities (especially country residents) - Be Aware. Watch your dogs carefully. Don't let what happen- ed to our family happen to yours. It is a very painful and heart- breaking experience and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. My husband and I are very ap- preciative and thank all our neighbours and concerned people of Port Perry, Blackstock, Little Britain and Seagrave. Again our sincere thanks and God Bless. Kimberly and David Smith For Better or For Worse® after a six year term in office, an increase in civil servants to ad- minister the new GST Tax (what happened to those administering the old manufacturing tax), all the various committees to ex- amine this and that, and the list could go on forever. It's time to write, phone, or visit any and all elected represen- tatives at all levels of govern- ment. Tell them to keep their budgets within inflation the same Meeting will explain how to compost effectively Many readers probably know that composting kitchen and yard wastes is an extremely effective way of reducing the amount of garbage going to landfill by up to 40 percent. Some may also know that Durham Region is now sell- ing two different kinds of com- posters at the terrific (subsidized) price of $20.00. But some of us are still a little reluctant to start com- posting, believing it is difficult or complicated. Since the garbage problem is one that affects all of us, we need to get over these fears and get started! For anyone who feels an informal information session at the Scugog Memorial Library at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 21. Everyone is welcome! We also have two speakers will- ing to talk to community groups about composting. If you are in- terested, please call Janet Ban- ting at 985-3225 or Colin Kemp at 986-4305. ( N Please recycle Turn to Page 9 she/he gould use a little advice on compofhin please come along to this newspaper Back Talk by Kelly Lown Finding one's roots is, to say the least, time consuming, and confusing, but at the same time very interesting, and often rewarding. For the past three weeks, my hysband and | have been tromping through graveyards i Prince Albert, Siloam, and .Goodw intj to read the names etched on t family members, making sure | Rave names and dates correct. : 4 ; A few years back, a professor of mine in col- lege had our class research our family trees as far back as we could. Of gourse this informa- tion came from family members, And as much as they could remember was as far as | traced - back. But ever since | began that family tree | have always toyed with the igea of delving a lit- tle deeper into the subject apd keeping a written record for future generations to keep. My father was always one who was deeply in- terested in past ancestors, and the ties from yesteryear. One day a few years back | gave a book to my father that is packed with charts upon charts to store ancestral information. When my father passed away, | decided | should take up his ambition to connect the branches of our family tree. It was decided that | was the obvious choice, with my journalist training. Journalists are sup- posed to have a hunger for facts, and get enjoy- ment out of sifting through mountains of infor- mation to come up with a valid conclusion. But, | have decided | could research three in-depth news stories in the same amount of time it takes to find one valid clue to a family branch. Call it mind boggling, or confusing, tracing roots is a very difficult task. In my research | have come across many ob- stacles. #1 Our difficulty started years back actually when our family was talking to a man who makes family coat of arms. That idea went a lit- tle sour when we were politely informed that Storry is not a real name (at least spelt our way). What a great way to start off, to be in- formed that our family members hundreds of years ago changed their nathe to Storry either from Storr, or Story when they came to Canada. #2 | have begun to wonder if there was a shortage of names all those years ago. | find it hard to believe that the same names were used over and over again within families. Sure it's cute when fathers name their sons after them, or children are named after their randfathers. But it isn't as cute to someone like me, who hundreds of years later reads in- formation on them (with no date) and has to de- cipher if | am reading about senior, junior, or someone else. : | also ran across sons who had married wom= en with the same name as their own mother, thus creating two women with the same given and family name. In one part of our tree (albeit some only relat- ed by marriage) there were three women with the same name. My grandmother's name was Rachel, which of course my grandfathers father also married a Rachel, and named their child Rachel as well. #3 It becomes increasingly difficult to trace very far back on either ot my grandmothers sides. Both are from Ireland, so any prior gener- ation's records are still over there. On the Wallace side (my Mom's side) | have my grandpa who has always had interesting tid- bits about past family members to pass on to me. On the Storry side it is not so easy to find someone to share information with me. The old- est living person with the last name Storry be- sides my mother, are my older brothers who are at the ripe old ages of 26 and 28. For now | am settling for finding the basis of our family through cemetery records, books such as Burrs and Blackberries, and The Shores of Scugog, along with odds and ends found in books and letters of my grandmothers. When | finally complete all the preliminary work and its time to move deeper into the subject, no doubt I'll be in for a greater shock when the re- Sago I'm certain will be that much more diffi- cult. : Despite the heartaches, confusion, and all the times | have already said "Forget It", | am. enjoying the trip through the past, | am enjoying sorting out all the infomation, and finding a valid branch every so often makes all the effort well worth the while. 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