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po "verge on the Reach St to harvest a corn crop this spring by the co Epsom-Utica United Canadian Foodgrais hoping for good weath volunteer labor and harvest the 35 acres one of the project organi: He said a good yield for the crop, growing im Regional Rd. 8 west of "It's hard to tell, bu we'll get 100 bushels to way," said Mr. Asling The Canadian Foo helps feed the disadvan countries in Africa, America and Bosnia. Mennonites in Manitoba, i across the country as a mull national effort that is also by the federal government Grains grown here, o from their sale, go to cou times of need to combat hus Once again residents of due f Marsh Hill Rd. and the dur surrounding area will be putting up with film crews and equipment. The trucks that recently occupied the property of Robert Gay and the east side of Marsh Hill Rd. will be back again to pick up shots that were damaged JEFF MITCHELL/PORT PERRY STAR IT'S A MYSTERY: There's been amurder at the Scugog Shores Museum, and you're invited to come out next week and determine just who dunnit. The fundraiser, scheduled for next Wednesday (Oct. 30) will see participants fol- lowing a cast of characters through the museum grounds as they piece together clues in the murder. Cost of the mystery is just $5, and for $15, you can enjoy a dinner at Haugen's prior to the event. Here, cast members (clockwise from lower left) Rachel Henshaw, Julie Puckrin, Dan Robert and Robin Adderly invite you out for the Halloween event. Cail 985-3589 for tickets or more information. Politicians leery of workfare co | But MPP insists work for welfare program By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star It now appears possible that the province's plan to introduce workfare in Durham Region could be derailed by local politi- cians. A regional committee study- ing the possibility of adopting the province's work-for-welfare cheques scheme was inundated last Wednesday night by foes of the plan, who put forth argu- ments that ranged from the ideological to the analytical. While some argued the morali- ty of forcing social assistance recipients to work for their benefits, other claimed there are too many unanswered ques- tions about costs and adminis- trative responsibilities for the local government. Scugog Regional Councillor Marilyn Pearce -- who a few months ago saw workfare as inevitable, and supported the region's investigating a pilot project here -- says now that there is softer support for the Tories' workfare plan. "I think right now the region is split as a council on this," said Councillor Pearce, who said she and her colleagues are nervous about unanswered questions on cost and adminis- tration. "When push comes to shove, Durham Region may say to the province, it's your idea; you implement it." Concerns over program She said that the province ought to maintain workfare's stress on retraining and work- place involvement, but drop the mandatory work aspect, making it voluntary. That way, welfare recipients who truly want to get work experience can take advantage of oppor- tunities, and local municipal employees aren't wasting their time trying to get those who don't to work. "I still believe those who don't want to work will be able to avoid work," said Councillor Pearce. "You can't make them work. "Workfare money could be better spent on skills training." The response to workfare in Durham has been lukewarm at best, with few suggestions for job opportunities coming in to the region. And last Wednesday's strong show- ing of opposi- tion is a good indication of the communi- ty's response to the scheme, said PEARCE Colleen Twomey of the Durham Region Coalition for Social Justice. "It's my interpretations that there isn't the support it was thought there was for work- fare," she said after last week's committee meeting in Whitby. And she says that uncer- tainty is being felt among" regional councillors, who are to vote on Durham's participa- tion in the workfare scheme next month. Ms Twomey s uncertainty is bas unknown costs fo strapped region, and opponents that wor n't accomplish the g proponents point to. The Coalition is ¢ the Tory scheme to p! recipients to work on sophical grounds: " huge dignity issue said Ms Twomey. "It's affect our communiti are real people's lives. But Durham East MP O'Toole, a Tory, insist requiring work for a be cheque offers recipients out of the welfare trap. "My view is tha has dignity, and they" being paid," he said not asking them to do an; somebody isn't al d The Tory Fg : "mystified" by the vocal sition to workfare. "People have to involved in the solution problem, and the gover