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wre Volume 124 Number 14 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1990 Arena Board budget suggests ice rental increase of $10 hour Ice rental rates at the Scu- gog Arena will be going up in September, but the chairman of the Arena Board says the in- crease is justified and the rates for ice rental are in line with what other arenas in the area are charging. Glen McCoy made the com- ments as he presented the 1990. budget to the Scugog Township council's finance committee last Thursday morning. Manorderedto stand trial for Ghost Rd. murder A 23-year old Ajax man has been ordered to stand trial on a charge of second degree murder in the death of a Whitby man whose body was found last fall on Scugog Island's "Ghost Road." Gary Melville Newman will appear in Supreme Court in Whitby April 17 to have a court date set. He was ordered to stand trial by Judge Donald Dodds, following a two-day prelimi- nary hearing held last week in Oshawa court. A ban on publi- cation of evidence at the hear- ing was ordered by the Judge. Melville was arrested late in November by Durham Police in Vancouver and orginally charged with first first degree murder in the death of Alfred Meitner, 36 of Whitby. Meitner's body was found October 30 in a field a few yards from the Ghost Road. He had apparently died from head inju- ries. Meitner had been reported missing in September from his home in Whitby. The charge of first degree murder was reduced to second degree at the preliminary hear- inglast week. The Arena budget, which still must be approved by the committee and the council, calls for a $10 per hour hike in the "non-subsidized" rate, and a $4 per hour increase in the "subsi- dized rate." The $10 hike means that groups like Mens Hockey, Broomball and the local Junior C team will pay $85 per hour for ice starting in September. For children and youth groups like Figure Skating, Ringette and Minor Hockey, the $4 per hour increase will push their hourly rate from $65 to $59 next September. The $10 increase is about 138 per cent. Describing this hike as "fairly stiff," Mr. McCoy told the finance committee the Arena Board feels it is justified based on "the high demand (for ice time) and the popularity" of sports such as broomball and mens recreational hockey. ~ And he added that the $4 per hour increase in the "youth group" rate can also be justified as the Board is attempting to - pass on more of the costs of oper- ating the Arena to user groups, rather than asking Township council for more grant money. As it is, the Board's pro- osed 1990 budget is seeking a 56,000 operating grant from council this year, up $3,000 over the $63,000 receivedin 1989. The total budget for 1990 is $314,000, up nine per cent over 1989, but that total includes $22,000 for capital costs this year to clean and re-paint the steel beams and to install a de- humidifying system for the building. The actual operating bud- get for 1990 is pegged at $292,000, up five per cent over last year's $279,000. Councillor Yvonne Chris- tie, who chairs the Township fi- nance committee, called the proposed budget "reasonable" (Turn to page 2) MolJacks win, but still have back to the wall The Port Perry MoJacks fought off elimination Sunday night at the Scugog Arena as they defeated Uxbridge Bruins 5-4 in front of another sell-out crowd. But the MoJacks trail the best of seven series three games to two, and they put the season on the line again tonight (Tues. Feb. 27) as the series moves to Uxbridge for game six. Face-off is 8:30 PM. The MoJacks have not won in Uxbridge during this series. If they can change that to-night, all the marbles will be on the ta- ble for both clubs this Thursday at the Scugog Arena for the de- ciding game. Face-off for that oneis 8:30 PM. See sports pages for reports on this series between two bit- ter rivals. Raindro 2 Ff LS box keep falling These three Scugog Township fellows weren't too concerned about Thursday's- rain- storm. They planned on being wet all weekend long. Sandy Mark (at left), his brother Colin (in front) and Jeff Postma are members of the Uxbridge Swim Club and qualified for the Provincial Swim Meet held over the weekend. See story on page 32 for more details. Councillors salaries, mileage top $640,000 for past year Salaries for Durham Re- ion's 32 councillors totalled 620,600in 1989, a finance and administration reports states. But after adding in costs for mileage and conferences, the councillors took home more than $642,600. Regional councillors receive an annual remuneration of $19,000 each. Committee chair- men earn an extra $2,600. Regional chairman Gary Herrema walked away with the biggest purse, though. His an- nual remuneration is $68,000. Add in automobile expenses ($4,930.52), meetings, confer- ences and convention expenses ($31.588.34) for a total of $104,518.86. (Chairman Her- rema is provided with a car and is reimbursed for expenses in- curred.) Locally, Mayor Howard Hall received a $19,000 salary and claimed $1,328.78 in mileage expenses for a total of $20,328.78. Councillor Yvonne Christie received $19,000. She did not claim any mileage or confer- ence expenses and is not a chairman of any committee. Newcastle Councillor Diane Hamre was the councillor with the mostest. Councillor Hamre is chairman of the health and social services committee, claimed $1,436.10 in mileage expenses and $516.19 in confer- ence expenses for a total of $23,479.29. Brock Mayor and chairman of the finance and administra- tion committee Don Hadden fol- lowed with a total of $22,930 which included $1,430.80 in mileage expenses and no con- ference expenses. Newcastle Mayor and chair- man of the planning committee Marie Hubbard also had no con- ference expenses but claimed (Turn to page 3) Man faces two charges for multi-vehicle crash A 26-year old Oshawa man is facing two charges following a four-vehicle accident early Sat- urday morning south of Port Perry. Regional Police said Mon- day the accident occurred just after midnight on Durham Road 2 near Oshawa Concess. 10 when a car driven by Michael John Perry struck a north- bound vehicle driven by Tammy Keeler of Greenbank. Her car in turn struck a sec- ond northbound vehicle driven by Port Perry resident Joe McConkie. The Perry vehicle then struck another northbound car driven by Theresa Greer also from Port Perry. Police said Ms. Keeler was taken to Oshawa General Hos- pital for treatment of suspected broken left arm. There were apparently no other serious injuries, and no estimate of damage was availa- ble Monday morning. Police have ated Mi- chael J. Perry with impaired driving and refusing to take a breath test. There were no other charges. (on i pes etd