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Vol. 132 Number 27 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1998 COPY 65¢ 1¢+ 4¢ GsTy 28 Pages Police set to crack down on vandals By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Talks have begun between Durham Regional Police and concerned Blackstock representatives on how to crack down even harder on problem teens in the community. During a 90-minute meeting last Wednesday (May 20) a small group of people have come forward to address the issue of youth problems, said Sgt. Ken Hudson, an officer with Port Perry's 26 Division. While police have taken a "zero tolerance" stand on the troublemakers in Blackstock, Sgt. Hudson says the meeting was held to come up with more, and better, ideas on how to curb the loitering and vandal- ism for which some young people have been blamed. "It was sort of a forum where we could share ideas... some strategies on how we could approach this problem," he said. "We need some constructive solutions to this. We already have a zero tolerance policy, but we want to ra LE JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR know how to resolve this." | yt ht £5 he Jo : While he says that a recent focus by police on the HEAD FIRST APPROACH: Young Garrison ing running, standing long jump, shot put, and the small community has resulted in numerous fines Chariton showed no fear as he threw himself head- very popular high jump. It's the time of year when and maybe struck a little fear into the trouble mak. long in the high jump competition at Scugog you can see kids at schools throughout the town- ers, some people are not happy with that approach Christian School's annual track and field day. Kids ship taking to the field to test themselves and com- alone. of all ages took part in a variety of events, includ- pete with one another. Please turn to page 17 By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star It will be at least another five weeks before Scugog resi- dents find out if their property taxes are going up this year, and by how much. re-- Scugog finance committee chairman Ken Gadsden said Monday he hopes the township is able to finalize its 1998 budget by the end of June; but he warned that it could be later than that. ; The municipality already is in the | unprecedented position 'of not having a { budget and mill rate struck by the last i week of May. And on Monday, the finance committee took steps to approve depart- Ken Gadsden mental spending, even though this year's budget is far from final. However, municipal departments need to spend money Scugog continues to wrestle with budget, but still five weeks away to keep the wheels of government moving in Scugog Township, so the series of spending approvals made in com- mittee Monday morning were necessary. The reasons for the delay in striking a municipal budget this year have been well documented. Scugog does not yet know the full impact of provincial downloading; likewise, "Something is very wrong here...the numbers just don't add up" - Moffatt the impact of changes in assessment by the provincial gov- ernment has yet to be determined. The impact of the assessment changes should be known in the near future, as the township is due to receive the new rolls by the end of this week. Councillor Gadsden noted that reassessment will impact differently on property owners in the township. And Please turn to page 17 Looking for shutterbugs It's that time of year again, photographers. That's right: We're putting out the call now for your submissions to The Star's Fourth Annual Photo Contest. We've got cash prizes of $50 for the winning entries in each of three categories: People, Places and Pets. The contest -- which has gained in popular- ity since its inaugural run a couple of years ago -- 1s open as of now to amateur photogra- phers. We want your best print photos, and we'll accept them at The Star office in Port Perry until 5 p.m. on June 26. Please be sure to affix your name, address and phone number on the back of each print; contestants are allowed to submit one photo in each of the categories. There is no restriction on the dimensions of the prints you can enter. We'll print the winning photographs, as Please turn to page 17 SENIOR'S (© "DAY N/a Thurs, 28 | 11am & 1pm iIOWTUIMe! "THE COUNTRY FOUR" sk' BARBERSHOP QUARTET Seniors -- come in for great savings and be serenaded by one of Appearing OFF YOUR PURCHASE details "Local Areas 268 Queen Street, Port Perry (905) 985-8886 the best quartets you'll ever hear Store Hours: Mon.-Fri.8am-10pm; Sat, 9am-7pm; Sun, & folidays 9am-5pm 0 SCRATCH 15s o/o Geo tare for DELIVERY"