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.PrAGE 10, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1978, WHIThY FREE. PRESS Ave rage Whitby taxpayer pays $36 to $5 more this year Average Whitby taxpayers wili be paying fromn $36. 'to Port Whitby 1614 Charles St. 668-1611 r I I I I I I I I I $51. more in total 'property taxes this year according to a report issued by Town Treasurer Forbes McEwen. Base une C.3 ln canjunction with an international advertising campaign soliciting new business development in the Durham Regian, THE DEPARTMVENT 0F PLANNING AND DEVELOPMVENT invites queries tram corporations or individuals with knowledge of planned industriairelacation. If you have a suggestion or are aware of any corporate relocation plans, we'd li ke ta hear t ram you. To: Robert J. Nicol, Director of Development, Department of Planning and Development, The Regional Municipality of Durham,. 105 Consumers Drive, Whitby, Ontario, Canada Ll N 1 C4. 1 suggest you contact On an average house as- sessed at $5,000, the tax increase-will be $3650 or 4.8 per cent to a public school supporter, and $51.50 or 6.8 pe r cent for a separate school supporter, says Mr. McEwen. This represents a total increase of seven milis over the 1977 tax rate for residen- tial public schooi suppor ters and 10.3 milis for residential separate school supporters. The increases will be uni- form throughout the town except for the rural area which is flot charged the garbage collection miii rate. Local and regional taxes increased .9 milis for resi- dential property and one miii for commercial property. This represents a tax in- crease of $4.50 on a house assessed at $5,000, says Mr. McEwen. Under the Durham Board of Education budget,-public school supporters pay eie- mentary sc>iooi taxes and al 1I with a view to providing more explicit information- on Durham's potential as a new industrîal site. Recommended by DURHAM ONTARIQ.CANADA You may use my reference YES [3 NiOL sehool taxes. The elementary school budget for Whitby increased by $257,214 or 12.7 percent over 1977, said Mr. McEwen. Elementary School taxes increased 1.7 milîs for resi- dentfial and 1.9 milîs for commercial properties, rep- resenting an increse of $8.50 based on an assessment of $5,000, he said. The secondary school bud- get decreased by $198,960 or 9.7 per cent, representing a tax decrease of $2.50 per house assessed at $5,000. The decrease represents .5 milîs residential and .6 milis com- mercial. The combined eiementary and secondary, schooi budgets of the Durhaml Board of education require a miii rate increase of 1.2 milis or $6 per household using the average assess- -ment of $5,000. The Durham Region Sep- arate School Board had an increase of $24,230 (10.5 per cent) over 1977, represeftifg an increase of 4.7 mills for residential property and 5.2 milîs for commercial pro- perty. This represents a tax increaSe of $23.50 to the average home assessed at $5,000. The total tax rate for res- idential public school sup- porters is 159.5 milis and for residential separate sehools supporters is 160.7 milîs. BOOKCAS ES Upright &Horizontal STEREO- COMPONENT-STAND (Custom Buji) Bedroom Suites (Specia!) SHOP LOCAL AND SAVE TEAK, FURNITU.RE WAREHOUSE CENTRE Iz401 cn I ry On Friday, April 21, the Volunteer Association of Whitby Psychiatric Hospital, held, ini conjunction with the Annual Meeting for the Elec- tion of Officers, their 2nd Annual Appreciation Dinner, to thank the Volunteers for their support of the Associa- tion and its many programs. One hundred and five volunteers attended thc din- ner, heid in the Administra- tion Building of Whitby Psychiatric Hospital. Attending the 'Apprecia- tion Dinner were, Michael O'Keefe, Adminstrator; Larry Chapin, Assistant Administrator; Dr. Sama Usha, Medical Director; Patricia Kruspe, Director of Nursing; Nina McFarland, Director of Vocational and Recreational Service; and Alayne Metrick, Volunteer Co-ordinator. Speciai plaques for those volunteers with five years or more of service to the Assoc- iation were presented by Trudy Ruest, Volunteer Asociation Treasurer to: Rose Farewell, Ruth Latulipe, Ann Dauncey, Ivy Booth, Greta Hope, Betty Goodiet, Ellie Weir and Lynn Robertson. AI Farewell and Bert Dauncey, who assisted their wives in the-Good Luck Shop, received special men- tion for their support of the shop and of the Volunteer Association. Ruth Latulipe, outgoing President of the Volunteer Association was presented with a speciai gif t in recogni- tion of ber service to the Association, particularly for the past three years when she served as Association President. After the dinner and pre- sentations were over, the Association moved on to the election of officers for Uic coming term. The followmng were elected Wo the Execu- tive of Uic Vountýor Asso- ciation: President, Erika Dovey; Past President, Ruth Latulipe; lst Vice President, Darlene Wilson; _2nd Vice President, Anna- Milian; Treasurer, Trudy Ruest; and Secretary, Gillian Christie. Convenors are: Good Luck Shop, Ann Dauncey; Thera- peutic Pub, Erika Dovey; patient iÀbrary, Elfreda Noseworthy; Cottage 14 Craft, Joan Brady; and St. Marks Church Group, Elle Weir. The outgolng executîve, thanked the Hospital Admin- istration, Hospital Staff and, especiaiiy the Volunteers for their support in the past year. For more information on the Volunteer Association of Whitby Psychiatric Hospital, please cali 668-5881 ext. 323. Nonffprofit and co-op honsing funding sought Durham Region Deveiop. ment Foundation, President, Garry Kent announced today the submission by the Foun- dation of a four year funding proposai and'budget to Uic Centrai Mortgage and Hous- ing Corporation under its Community Resource Organization Program. According to Mr. Kent, the CMHC funds, when provided wiil be used to develop non- profit and co-operative hous- ing in Durham Region and areas east. The Foundation has spent the last two years researching and deveioping the proposai to CMHC. Mr. Kent also announced the election of Foundation Secretary Brian Evans to the Board of Directors of the Co-operative Housing Foun- dation of Canada. Mr. Evans, a solicitor with the firm Schilling, Evans in Whitby and a representative of the proposed East Whitby Co-operative Homes in Whitby; and Leonard Brise- bois, President of Cordova Co-operative Homes in Osh- awa, together with Founda- tion member Blain LaLonde of the Oshawài1?lannitig De- partment and Pamn Dawson, Foundation staff member, recently attended the Cané- dian Housing Foundation's annual conference iii, Edmonton. According to Mr. Kent the Foundation received funding Wo attend the- Conférence from UAW -Local 1090 and the Cordova Co-op in Oshawa In the past, the Founda- tion, which now employs three staff in Whitby under the Canada Works Program , bas received funds fromn the United Auto Workers Local 222, to provide local coin- munity houSÎng conferenc.s of its own. Dinner honors the hospital volunteers Yo)u can bea part of Durham'sg rowth. i Your future starts here.I L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -J Cu taxpayers pay seconclar wamwomoma