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2- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 25, 1997 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Welfare numbers up in January Scugog follows province-wide trend with hike Following the provin- cial trend, Scugog Township saw a slight increase in social assis- tance caseloads early this year. While Ontario experi- enced a 0.8 per cent increase in January 1997 -- which translates into an additional 4,638 cases -- Scugog's number of dependents grew by three in the first month of the year. There were a total of 303 social assistance cases in January, up from the 300 cases in December of 1996. An increase in the number of General Welfare Assistance (GWA) cases was reported, with 178 dependents in January compared to 174 at the end of last year. However, there was a slight decrease in Family Benefits claims, with 125 Personal Wealth Management™ Are You Being by Today's Low Interest Rates? Talk with Investment Advisor VE DOMINION SECURITIES 111 Simcoe St. N, Oshawa, ON LIG 454 Squeezed Robert J. 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Community and Social Services Minister Janet Ecker, Minister said that a caseload increase usu- ally occurs in the winter months. : She added that with the exception of January1996's caseload decrease, last month's jump has been the small- est January increase in the past 10 years. That's attributable to the government's tougher eligibility rules, anti- fraud measures and the work for welfare program, said the minister. "Our reforms to the welfare system include measures to reduce fraud, the rate reduction, tighter eligibility criteria and implementation of Ontario Works continue to produce results," said Ms. Ecker in a press release. Time to bring huts in Ministry of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Wray McQuay is d -- Ne EMERALD * RLLAXED DINING 10] hay LW @ 39 1d 219) VN | Each Week Offers New Tastes! choose from 3 delicious entrees... ind dessert. warning ice-fisherman on Lake Scugog that they have until this Friday (Feb. 28) to remove their huts. The fine for having an icehut on the lake after the removal date is $155. During the months of January and February the Ministry has laid over 150 charges to fisherman on Lake Scugog. These include having no license ($95); an expired license ($50); having more than two lines ($100); and hav- ing no numbers displayed on an icehut ($155 + $30 victim surcharge). FAX SERVICE Send & Receive at the PORT PERRY STAR 235 Queen St - Port Perry 985-7383 Edged in race for Tory nomination Jones pins hopes on ballot appeal By Chris Hall Port Perry.Star Scugog resident Llewellyn Jones was on the wrong end of a tie-breaking vote in his attempt to grab the Progressive Conservative Party for Durham Feb. 15. The Scugog Point man is appealing the process, which saw veteran Tory Sam Cureatz take the nom- ination at a meeting in Courtice. After 382 votes were cast at the Durham riding nomination meeting at Courtice High School, Mr. Jones and Mr. Cureatz were deadlocked at 191 votes each. After a recount was held to ensure that the count was accurate, chair- man Roger Wilson was asked to cast a vote to elect the new leader, as rinted in Article 9.7 of the Durham rogressive Conservative Association guideline book. The chairman made his decision and tossed a single tie-breaking vote for Mr. Cureatz. While he says that the chairman interpreted the constitution correctly, Mr. Jones doesn't agree that a right course of action was taken. : "I don't think that the correct section of the con- stitution was quoted," said Mr. Jones, a teacher at Sinclair Secondary School in Whitby. "I wish that wasn't the way the final decision was made. I think that a second ballot should have been held to allow the people to vote again. It's better that the people endorsing the nominees make the choice; the members of the party should have broken the tie." 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