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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, September 6, 2000 - § A community tribute Local church plans service for firefighters By Jeff Mitchell * Port Perry Star Congregation members at a Port Perry church are planning to hold a special service to thank the township's firefighters, and they're hoping to have the whole communi- ty join them. Pastor John Benschop of Victory Christian Centre and his congregation are planning a service to say thanks to Scugog township's volunteer firefighters Oct. 1. Part of the trib- ute will be a video presentation in which township residents can describe their encounters with the firefighters, and thank them personally. Oct. I, a Sunday, is the start of Fire Prevention Week in Ontario. Firefighters from Scugog"s stations in Port Perry and Caesarea respond to calls ranging from house fires to car accidents to medical distress. They are on call 24 hours a day, a team of emergency response volunteers who spend hours in training in addition to their time on calls. Anyone who's had trouble ranging from a heart attack to a chimney fire will likely have come in contact with them. Pastor Benschop said he and his church members came up with the idea of honour- ing the firefighters while discussing a fire at the Alma St. church a couple of years ago. A new youth centre which had been built onto the church went up in flames in an electrical fire, endangering the church sanctuary and offices. Scugog firefighters worked feverishly to save the main building, and were successful. "They just worked so hard; they really went out of their way" in battling the fierce blaze, said Pastor Benschop. "I just think these guys do a fantastic job." The idea of having others tell their stories of encounters with the firefighters - and take the opportunity to say thanks - came about as a way of making the service a community event, said Pastor Benschop. "We thought there must be lots of other people out there who want to do the same," - he said. "It's a morale builder," he added. "It's a way for the community to say thanks." Organizers want to start collecting stories now. If you'd like to contribute to the effort, you are encouraged to call 985-1346. The service will also include thé presen- tation of paintings for both the Caesarea and Port Perry fire halls, and chocolate firetrucks for all the firefighters, being made by The Nutty Chocolatier. A man has been arrested for theft after he allegedly left the Port Perry Canadian Tire Store with a car fuel pump. Durham Regional Police said that staff observed a 33-year-old male leaving the Man charged with theft of fuel pump from CTC store with the automotive part on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m. The Toronto resi- dent was stopped and held while police where called and now faces theft charges in an Oshawa court on Sept. 28. Mother Jackson's Open Kitchens Wholesale Brand Name Factory Outlet UNDER CONSTRUCTION 15350 Old Simcoe Rd., Port Perry (905) 985-7373 Fiddlin' up on Pigeon Creek The Pigeon Creek Trio provided the entertainment at the Port Perry Seniors' Home and Villa last Tuesday (Aug. 29) evening when the Pine Ridge Garden Club held its annual corn roast for residents. Joining Perry Grandel (above) were Ruth Jennings on violin and Jeanne McMahon on the piano. Close to 30 of the seniors came out to enjoy the food and music. wn TIMED Ren Smith on Real Estate Peace of Mind - George Smith Real state Law for Over 25 Years Mortgage Assumption: You Need | he Bank's OK. Having a mortgage assumed by a purchaser | happening right now, lender's have an incentive is not as common as it once was. | to call in lower interest rate mortgages where Arising out of the fact that a mortgage is a | possible. promise to pay and is registered against the : wr land, not only does a purchaser of property, | One of the things that homeowners, thinking subject to a mortgage, become liable for the | @bout transferring a property into the name , of different family members, need to remember payment of that mortgage, but also the seller | % A 4 remains liable on the mortgage along with the | that to do so without the lender's consent purchaser, i . vo | would allow the lender to call the mortgage mortgage. if the purchaser assumes the seller's in. This issue can be easily overlooked when a husband and wife want to transfer the family One of the reasons that mortgages are less | home from the name of both of them into the commonly assumed in real estate sales and | name of only one of them. Spouses commonly purchases today than they once were, is that | want to make such transfers to protect the all lenders routinely include provisions in | home from business risks anticipated by one their mortgages which say that the lender has | of the spouses. Transferring the property out the right to call the mortgage in, if the property | of the name of the spouse fearing future is sold. business risk into the name of the other, keeps - the house safe from the claims of the creditors In the pis, Ho EINDEISY ors. abe bo copie of the spouse incurring the risk. A transfer Tockin ; re Io wh " y occurred, by also needing the mortgage lender's consent ong, In a ong pil 0 guge Ww hen | Occurs when spouses separate and one spouse Wo eure wn a purchase) he: en | wishes to maintain the former family home interest rates rose. y's standard prohibition | 54 take sole responsibility for the mortgage. on transferring mortgages without the lender's consent makes this no longer possible. Ina | Next column, I will continue my discussion time of rising interest rates as seems to be | on mortgages. ' 220 Queen Street, Port Perry, Ont, LOL 1BY ©: (905) 985-8465 Fax: 985-3758