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Ye : The department says Outraged W %". that early removal of the 4 "£° huts should be con- When his family's pet cat was killed RV "' sidered by owners February 20 by a motorist, James Wills 7 because of the poor and became angry, very angry. ¥ A unstable ice conditions In a letter to the editor of the Star this ) A on the lake. week, Mr. Wills of Simcoe Street, Prince i The freakish winter Albert, expresses outrage at the loss of the hE conditions probably have family pet and also raises the more general issue of speeding motorists on Simcoe Street. He calls it a dragstrip and says that something must be done before the next acci- on the lake is down over a last year. dent claims a human life. i 4 A survey by aircraft The letter is on page five of this week's bit: carried out February 18 issue of the Star. Sp ~ ~ os Procrastinators At Work As was expected, line-ups for automobile licence plates was long on Monday morning at licence issuing offices throughout Ontario. Port Perry was no exception, as the above photo indicates, with over 4 50 people standing in line at 9:00 a.m. when the door opened. With De) the new system of renewal now on computer, line-ups like the above will become a thing of the past. i il Council struggles 5 i with '83 budge : A 8 2 Scugog Township vices and the costs of the next couple of weeks, council has been told that providing these services and council will then Vol. 117 No. 13 Tuesday, March 1, 1983 36 Pages even with an'increase in - in Scugog Township has have to make some tough the 1983 roads budget, it grown faster thanthein- political decisions on may not be possible to maintain present levels of - service in the municipality. : At a preliminary budget meeting last Thursday . morning, council -indicated it is prepared to budget about $70,000 more this year from taxes forthe Roads department for a total of $654,700. The department will also receive some $700,000 in direct subsidy dollars from the provin- cial government. However, roads superintendent, Ron MacDonald told council that the demand for ser- crease in assessment. A very preliminary spending estimate for the Roads department tabl- ed at the meeting last week calls for a budget of $1,486,082. However, council asked that it be cut back by $130,000. In response to a ques- tion from Mayor Jerry Taylor, Mr. MacDonald said that with the limited increases this year, it would be most difficult to maintain levels of service. It is expected that the final Roads budget will be submitted for council approval some time in which road projects are done this year and which ones will have to be delayed. Although the discus- sion at the meeting last week was in general terms of overall roads department spending, members did indicate agreement that re- surfacing of Concession 1, Ward 1 must be done this year as the Township has financial commitments from gravel companies using the road to help in the up- grading. It was also agreed that (Turn to page 3) Charge two youths in music store robbery An 18-year old Port Year old juvenile have Perry youth and a 15 been charged by Dur- Wintario show seats on sale Tickets are now available for the March 24 - Wintario draw which will take place at Port - Perry High School. According to the Scugog Chamber of Com- merce, organizers of the event, the doors will be open at 7:00 p.m. with the program com- mencing at 7:30. Entertainment will be provid- ed by Port Perry High School choir called Jazz Merize, and a fusion band "Intrusion" as well as the popular "Touch of Class' prior to the 8:30 p.m. Wintario Draw Tickets for the evening are now on sale at Stedman's and Red and White in Port Perry Plaza; and Port Perry IGA on Queen Street. The admission price of $4.00 includes a free Wintario ticket. ham Police with break, enter and theft in con- nection with an over- night break-in Feb. 20 at Irwin Smith Music Store "in Port Perry. A spokesman for Dur- ham Police said the arrests were made two days later and about $8000 worth of records, tapes and musical instruments were re- covered. Shane Legere, 18, of 312 Rosa St. will appear in court in Whitby on March 4 charged with three offenses. The name of the 15-year old juvenile facing similar charges cannot be pub- lished, Spring can't come too soon for these three pre-school children who attend the Durham Y "Day Care" program on Queen Street, Port Perry. The children, from left, Mathew Philips, Lindsay Luke and Peter Mathews, are seen here enjoying the tire- swing at the playground beside the Y Cen- tre (old Library) on Monday morning. Although the children are dressed in winter clothes; temperatures soared to about 12C for the last day of February.