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16 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, July 23, 1991 A group of energetic youngsters, living near the corner of Cochrane and Balsam Streets in Port Perry, performed a variety show on the porch of the Adderley home Sunday night for the neighborhood. The show called "Ooooo Baby That's What | Like" featured a selection of 60's rock hits. Above are the performers and their assistants: Back left, Michele Ferland, singer; Emile Shore, M.C. and curtain raiser; Daniel Shore, the boyfriend. Front, Robin Adderley, singer (dressed for song "The Lions Sleeps Tonight); and Adam Shore, musical techniclan. About 30 people gathered on the lawn to enjoy the kids performance. 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However, the story ended happi- ly when he transferred enroute. Brenda Hellingman returned home from a sixteen day trip to Holland where she visited her mother and other relatives. If you see Alan Petrie pedalling around Blackstock or Port Perry area, he is training for the 150 km. Multiple Sclerosis Bike-a-thon on August 10 and 11th. Last year Alan raised over $800 and this year hopes to double that amount. If anyone would like to sponsor Alan, please call 986-4771 There were 11 tables at the weekly euchre party on Tuesday evening with the following win- ners - Albert Watts, Doreen Ferguson, Laurrena Bright, Ruby Smith, Charlie Campbell, Harry Hill and Vera Fawns. Draws were won by Elsie Pogue, Pat Porrill, Ella Venning, Harold Swain, Ber- nice Loudfoot and Marie Geer. Glenn and Marion Larmer en- joyed their vacation driving through Northern Ontario to Manitoba and Saskatchewan. They visited with friends and relatives and enjoyed seeing the Prairies where near-record rain- falls are making for a very pro- Juising harvest but lots of spoiled y. On Saturday evening Donna and David Kyte were the honoured couple at a Twenty-fifth Wedding Anniversary Dance held " by their children at the Nestleton Hall. A large number of relatives and friends joined them to help celebrate this happy event. Many chuckles came forth during the skit presented by their Aunt Eileen McLaughlin, Blackstock and Uncle Ted McLaughlin of Fenelon Falls as well during the slide show review of their lives together. One highlight was that Donna was wearing her wedding dress of twenty-five years ago-a feat that few women can attain. Congratulations and best wishes for many, many mor happy years together. Sorry to report that former resi- dent Andrea Weir had the misfor- tune to suffer a broken leg last week when trying out a new bicy- cle. A speedy recovery is wished for you, Andrea, Pleased to report that both Jen- ny and Frank Bailey have been released from Port Perry Hospital and are continuing to recuperate at home. Take care of yourselves. Last week a group of farmers enjoyed a tour of Haldimond, Nor- folk and part of Oxford Counties for several days. Those from this area who were part of the Soil and Crop Improvement Tour were Lloyd and Thelma Wright, Richard and Ruby VanCamp, Ben and Wemke DeJong, Ralph and Peggy Larmer, Ernie and Connie Swain and Roy and Edit McLaughlin. A short holiday which combined education and fellowship with your neighbours. If you have been on a summer holiday or have had company please share your news with this column. Phone before Monday morning 986-4257 please. Tight grip on purse strings by Ross Stevenson, MP for Durham Ottawa is determined to keep a tight grip on its purse strings. That's the clear message of the new Spending Control Act an- nounced recently. The Act puts a firm ceiling on all federal spending -- only ex- cluding interest payments on our national debt -- for the next five years. Increases must be held to no more than three per cent an- nually between now and 1996, lower than the level at which budget restraints have kept them for the past six years. That's well behind the inflation rate as well as the pace at which our economy is growing. Where special circumstances call for higher than expected pro- gram spending in one area, that will have to be balanced by pro- gram reductions in other areas. Most important to us all as tax- payers, the Act neither permits higher borrowing -- which would add to the deficit - nor does it per- mit tax increases to cover any ex- cess spending that might occur. Obviously some flexibility has to be allowed so Ottawa can res- pond to emergencies or disaster situations requiring federal finan- cial help. These can't be foreseen and tied into a five year program. But any such over-spending will be limited and must be publicly identified by the Minister of Finance, either immediately or in the next federal budget. Some critics already have pointed out that these new con- trols are to be enforced simply by an act of Parliament, which could be changed in future. While that's possible, it's also most unlikely. Any federal budget that exceed- ed the Spending Control Act limits could not be presented to Parlia- ment without new legislation to change the Act also. That is a highly public procedure. The government would be required to explain why it wants to spend more taxpayer's dollars, and what effect that will have on taxes, the deficit, and the size of the national debt. With the Canadian public feel- ing as it does about taxes and spending by all levels of govern- ment, that would be no easy matter. These new federal spending controls are much more restric- tive than the U.S. Budget En- forcement Act -- successor to Washington's Gramm-Rudman- Hollings Act with which some of you will be familiar. The U.S. law permits new spen- ding to be financed through in- creased taxation, so long as the deficit doesn't become larger. While the Canadian Act will per- mit only limited exemptions from the new spending limits, in the U.S. the limits can be adjusted for changes in inflation, and statutory programs such as social D. J. TAYLOR INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. 169 North St., Port Perry L9L 1B7 Guaranteed inissiment 10% ertificates (Rates Subject to Change without Notice) PHONE 985-8416 G.I1.C. 5 YEARS security are exempted from changes due to economic conditions. There already has been signifi- cant progress in controlling pro- gram spending at Ottawa. In the last six years it has been held to an average annual increase of just 3.7 per cent -- considerably less than the 13.8 per cent average annual increase for the 15 years prior to 1984. As I said in a previous column, the Spending Control Act, combin- ed with the direct channelling of all Goods and Services Tax revenues to debt reduction, will cut the deficit and thus control federal taxes. And that's good news indeed for all of us taxpayers! Mischief A residence on Scugog Island was the victim of mischief Sat- urday night, According to Durham Re- gional Police, a pumphouse was overturned next to a pool on Spring Road sometime between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. Damages were estimated at Break/ Enter A break and enter was re- rted to Durham Regional Po- ice on July 19. According to police reports, a home on Percy Crescent on Scu- Island was broken into and a chain saw was stolen.