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2- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, March 7, 1995 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 1a J. PETER HVIDSTEN / PORT PERRY STAR -Topsy-turvy it was a night for the kids of the Durham YMCA gymnastics program to "show off their stuff" Yor their parents last Tuesday night at R.H. Cornish School. Above are just a couple of the children who take part in the program which is offered throughout the winter months. CS TD Unbelievable Savings Throughout The Store 'Canterbury proposal From Page 1 een was to also remain in _ Developers were told to come oy _ back to council with a detailed Township council did not say Plan of the new park idea, in- they wouldn't delete the plans cluding sketches of where for the golf course, but at the benches, trees and gazebos same time didn't show strong would fitinto the plans. place. = STARTS THIS THURSDAY MARCH 9th It's Here! The One You've Asked A Gallery of Functional Art 158 Queen St., Port Perry 905-985-0574 ; SUE BOL o PIZZA & SUBS | * 80 Water Street, Port Perry Free Delivery 7 985-8448 .- 63. LARGE PEPPERO 2-16 PC. uly PIZZAS WITH 0 CHEESE & PEPPERONI NITWINS Find us fast in the "Yellow Pages" ™ | they're taxed. support for a park plan in its 'Commission report carried | out for the NDP government; Cottagers call for tax break By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star The association that repre- | sents Ontario cottagers says its membership will be press- ing candidates in the upcom- ing provincial election to bring abopt changes in the way The Federation of Ontario Cottagers Association (FOCA) has in the past couple of weeks been mailing to MPPs' offices literature which calls for adop- tion of measures recommend- ed in the Fair Tax Commission report. Those recommenda- tions include a call for the end of market value assess- ment, and levying of school taxes based on property val- ues. ~~ The FOCA says there are more than 11,000 cottagers in Durham East riding,which includes Scugog Township. . The Association is urging its membership -- some 50,000, cottagers across the province '== to stand up and be counted when the election is called, said FOCA executive director Jerry Strickland. "Cottagers are a lethargic bunch until an issue comes along, and then it's time to man the barricades," he said. "All you can do is keep ham- mering; eventually some- thing's got to give." ; 'Cottagers are most upset about the imposition of market value assessment in some municipalities, and the por- tion of their property taxes that go toward local school board expenditures. They don't enroll kids in the schools and are not entitled to run for trustees' seats, said Mr. Strickland. He said concerns raised by cottagers before the last provincial election have been reflected in the Fair Tax but so far, measures to correct fiom haven't been implement- ed. "What we're saying is, this report came out a year ago," said Mr. Strickland. "What's anybody doing about it?" Durham East MPP Gord Mills said Friday he's in oun. port of the cottagers' calls demands of tax revisions. - "I'm quite supportive," said the New Democrat member. "A lot of the things these cot- tagers talk about are unfair." - He said cottagers' concerns could be addressed with adop- tion of recommendations by the Fair Tax Commission, a move he predicted an NDP government would pursue in a second term. John O'Toole, the candidate for the Progressive Conservatives in Durham East, couldn't be reached for comment. Durham East Liberals have yet to choose a candidate for the election, expected this spring. BIGFOOT®GIANT WE DELIVER TO THESE AREAS -- Port Perry. Blackstock. Nestleton, Caesarea. Seaarave. Greenbank Utica Ep THE ORIGINAL