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Vol. 121 No. 18 Tuesday, March 31, 1987 Copy 50° 40 Pages Artist Howard Shanks applies more than just a touch of humour to his work, as this win- some bird perched on his shoulder demonstrates. The clay bird, complete with over- sized tennis shoes, is part of a display at Scugog Fine-fea thered friend Memorial Library called Fine Feathers, featuring two other artists as well. All three talented peo- ple will be at the library this Saturday to talk about their work. i Tax bite coming for home owners Property tax increases for local government (Scugog Townhip) purposes likely will be in the seven per cent range this year, unkess there are more items added before Scugog council puts its final stamp of approval on the 1987 local budget. Council spent more than three hours 'Monday afternoon going over the preliminary budget item by item, and there were very few changes made. Unless there are further changes, the spending increase in 1987 will add about $20 to the local portion of. the tax bill on an average home with an assessed value of $3200 Durham Region will take a fur ther $20 increase from the average property owner. The budget for the Durham Board of Education has not yet been set, but.a ten per cent hike in School Board spending will add another $55 to the tax bill for the average homeowner this year. There are several small budget items the council has yet to deal with for the local spending estimates. And there are a couple Good Samaritan pulls boy from lake A "Good Samaritan" pulled a four year old boy from the icy waters of Lake Scugog Saturday afternoon, drove him to hospital for treatment, then left without telling anyone his name. Four year old Jerry Raines was playing with his older sister and a friend in Palmer Park when he wandered down to the lakefront, stepped onto the ice and fell through a few feet from the shore. The youngster was floundering about in the cold water when a man waded out, grabbed him and im- mediately drove Jerry, his sister and his friend to the local hospital. The young boy's mother, Mrs. Ann Raines of Port Perry said she "would very much like to get in . touch with this guy, just to say thank you. (Turn to page 3) Two young children die in Uxbridge fire An investigation is underway to determine the cause of a fire which claimed the lives of two children north of Uxbridge last Friday afternoon. A spokesman for Durham Region Police said Azam Ali, 5, and his three year old sister Natasha, died when flames raced through the single storey frame house at Wagner's Lake. The Police spokesman said the children were alone in the house watching television when the fire broke. Their mother had left for ten minutes togotoa neighbour' s to ask for help to fix. faulty plumbing. When the mother and the neighbour returned the house was filled with flames. Repeated attempts to get in- to the house through the front and back doors failed as the mother and neighbour were driven back by the intense heat and smoke. Wagner's Lake is north of Ux- bridge and west of Durham Road 23. Investigators from the Fire Mar- shall's office and the Durham Police are looking into the cause of the fire. As of Monday morning, that in- vestigation was still going on. Dr. Lois Wilson speaks "Myst deal with women's issues" | "Women That Amaze Us" was the theme of an address given by the Very Rev. Dr. Lois M. Wilson at a special service last Sunday night at the Seagrave United Church. It was a fitting theme as the ser- vice was sponsored by the United Church Women who are celebrating a 25th anniversary this year, and this is also the 80th anniversary of the Seagrave United Church. In her address, Dr. Wilson told the audience the Church must not shy away from dealing with womens issues, even though they may be divisive. "We have dealt with other more divisive issues in the past and we survived," she stated. Dr. Wilson, herself ordained as a minister in 1965, noted that 1986 was the 50th anniversary of the first woman to be ordained by the United Church in Canada, a process which she described as "slow and painful." A former moderator of the United Church and former president of the Canadian Council of Churches, Dr Wilson was the first woman to hold these positions. She now spends much time work- ing on human rights issues, interna- tional affairs and nuclear disarma- ment. She has travelled widely in South America and she told the Seagrave service that women in some countries in that part of the world are showing amazing per- sistence and courage in the fight for basic rights. In Chile, for example, women are workirfz on behalf of prisoners de- tained for political beliefs, and they are calling for a return of democracy. In Argentina, the mothers of young people who have simply disappeared into the military prisons, don white kerchiefs each Thursday afternoon and march on government buildings to demand justice for those who have disap- peared. Dr. Wilson said most of the young people who disappeared have been murdered. In some cases, the very young (Turnto page 11) By % ' > %A Eon ~The Very Rev. Dr. Lois Wilson (left) the first woman moderator of the: United Church of Canada, was guest speaker Sunday night at a special service held at Seagrave United Church. The service marked the 25th anniversary of the UCW. With Dr. Wilson are Gertrude Wanamaker, treasurer of Seagrave UCW and secretary Shirley Barr. Mrs. Wanamaker presented a che- que on behalf of the UCW for the World Council of Churches' Rural Development Fund. Dr. Wilson spoke about "Women that Amaze Us." (See story) Ld