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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, July 1, 2000 -§ 'Tom Sawyer day' will aid church Mens' group has novel idea for museum building By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Sam Clemens would be pleased. That's because mem- bers of a local church group have taken it upon themselves to do a huge painting job - and they plan to raise money while they're doing it. Just as Tom Sawyer made a killing charging his envious pals to paint Aunt Polly's fence in the famous novel, members of the men's group from Emmanuel Pentecostal Church are looking to charge for the privilege of wielding a paint brush this coming Saturday. They spent last week- end scraping and priming the exterior of the old Head Church at Scugog Shores Historical Museum, and on Saturday will be applying the final coat of paint. For a dollar, you can come and help with the effort. All proceeds from the effort will go to the museum, said event orga- nizer Peter Utnans. "The reason we're doing it is because we feel Todd Hale was among the volunteers from Emmanuel Pentecostal Church who came out Saturday to do some preliminary work on the Head Church at Scugog Shores Museum. A community effort to put a new coat of paint on the historical building continues this coming Saturday. the church needs to show more presence in the com- munity," said Mr. Utnans. "(The church repaint- ing) is a needed project." Rather than simply forming a work party to paint the church or raising funds for the effort, the group seized upon their novel approach as a means of "involving the whole community, said Mr. Utnans. } "Next (Saturday) we're going to have a Tom-~ Sawyer day," he said. "For a dollar, they can take part in a historical building project." The museum and church are located on Scugog Island, on the Island Rd. just north of YOUNG DRIVERS OF CANADA Hwy. 7A. Work starts at 8 a.m., and refreshments will be available throughout the day. For more information, you can call Mr. Utnans at 985-7436. It's opening in August Job openings at new plant are still available There are still a num- ber of job openings avail- able at the new International Parts Delivery Systems plant, set to open south of Port Perry in the near future. Adept Personnel Services president Wally Thompson, whose compa- ny is filling IPDS' staffing needs, says that there are still about 16 positions available. "They still need a lot of help, they need lots of tradespeople and general workers. Welders, punch press, forklift operators, general factory workers... there's still maybe 16 jobs left that need to be filled," Mr. Thompson said last week. He said his company has been "swamped" with phone calls from those interested in working since an article in the July 9 Weekend Star reported that hardly anyone had applied for a position with the new company. "There's been lots of calls about it; there have been a lot of people call- ing about work there." The plant is scheduled to move into Port Perry by Aug. |. IPDS, based in Ajax, builds cradles that carry auto parts down the assembly line during the vehicle manufacturing process. The company supplies parts to General Motors, Ford, and Daimler-Chrysler. It will be located in the former Johnson Controls building on Oyler Dr, south of Port Perry off of Simcoe St. Anyone interested in applying for a job is asked to bring a resume in per- son to Adept Personnel Services at 15 Harwood Ave. South, Suite 202. 7 swith on Real Estate Peace of Mind - George Smith Real Estate Law for Over 25 Years Real Estate & Taxes Like everything else, real estate attracts a lot of government taxation. The most obvious and direct tax on real estate is local municipal taxes which are levied annually and payable in installments throughout the year, most commonly four installments falling due between February and September each year. 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A purchase closing in September or early October after all taxes have been paid for the year, results in the purchaser having to effectively increase the purchase price by one-quarter of a year's taxes. With taxes on a typical home of $2,000.00 to $3,000.00 a year, this adjustment can be $700.00 or more. Municipal taxes also result in significant adjustments between a buyer or seller and the mortgage company where the mortgage company is collecting taxes as part of the mortgage payments. For scllers, this adjustment 1s usually good news. Usually the mortgage company has excess money. in the tax account and this money comes back to the home sellers when the mortgage 1s paid off out of a sale's proceeds. Conversely in purchase transactions, mortgage compa- nies frequently need to collect additional money from the purchaser usually done by deducting money from the mortgage advance. 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