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Vol. 129 No. 38 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1995 Another credit card theft reported here Bank, post office investigate fraud By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Officials with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) will undertake an investigation in Port Perry with Canada Post after yet another case of credit card fraud surfaced here last week. CIBC spokesperson Anna Relyea said Friday the bank will work with the local post office in an attempt to find out how two monthly statements sent to a VISA card customer in the Sunderland area went missing, and were never deliv- ered. The report of $1,350 in unau- thorized charges rung up on a card belonging to Jack and Wanda Owen of the Sunderland area last Wednesday (Aug. 9) .. makes three in the area in the past month; two other incidents surfaced two weeks ago. At the time of the initial frauds, bank officials said the two occurring here were coin- cidence; now, however, they're checking the Port Perry area more closely. "It appears to be localized," Ms Relyea said. She added that VISA offi- cials are trying to determine what happened to two monthly statements that should have arrived at thé&"Owens' home this summer. The statements include information that can be used by fraud artists to make purchases on cards. . "They're investigating the occurrence together. with Canada Post and tgying to resolve. this," she saic She added, though, that Turnto Page 13 By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Scugog Township will have to shoulder the cost of street improvements in Port Perry as a result of cuts made by the new provincial govern- ment. It will be up to the town- ship to borrow or find in reserves the $55,000 cost of paving, sidewalks and curb installation that was carried out on Mary St. in downtown Port earlier this summer, administrator Earl Cuddie said last week. "We're going to have to come up with the money... and carry it for a year," he said, explaining that a Township is on hook as Tories chop funds reduced schedule for roads subsidies imposed by Premier Mike Harris' government will delay payment of funds that figured heavily in for- mation of the town's budget this year. The cuts have hit hard in some areas. Last week Scugog public school trustee Bobbie Drew said funding shortfalls will have to be dealt with to avoid a deficit. And there have been reports that some municipal- ities -- such as Brougham Township, near Renfrew, where bankruptcy is a real possibility -- are being caught TurntoPage 13 2 3 J. PETER HVIOSTEN / PORT PERRY STAR Fans of Dick Assman In less than a month, Dick Assman has become a household name across North America, and the unlikely celebrity made a pit-stop at the Jal pstoly Jamboree over here being cuddled by of two of his new fans, Vicki Lacroix of 08 Szabunia of Courtice at the jamboree last Saturday night, | appearance today (Tuesday) at Kotya Peekin' in Port Perry. Off-Road Jamboree in the Port Perry Weekend Star. >a «