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A om GSE 241 il o PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990 a fi Copy 50¢ 64 Pages ¢ The First Taste of Spring Paul Wannamaker, Assistant Supervisor at Purple Woods Conservation Area just south of Port Perry was on hand last Saturday to help two year old Tonl Silllus of Oshawa get her finger Into this bucket to taste the sap from a Maple tree. Hundreds of people, of all ages, enjoyed two days of tours of the bush, pancakes and Maple syrup, horse drawn wag- on rides, or just getting out into the fresh alr after the long, cold winter. (See more photos on front page, section B) m, ent It 8S In't he for. To od J Sonia Sant active roll in identifying, s sup- 'porting and providing resourc- es for victims of family vio- - lence," she continued. And the victims are usually children, said Durham Board of te. Education director Pauline La- Children are the direct vic- tims or foe] responsible for (the violence Detween parents)," A pe +n which cannot pro- Jost. its most defenseless mem- 0. hhh Laing is proud oh iain uy Wo: i ji Budget with no fat i will i increase taxes in Scugog by 7.9% Property taxes for local government will be going up in Scugog this year, but the bite won't be nearly as deep as origi- nal estimates. Township council put its stamp of approval on the 1990 local budget Monday afternoon, a budget that will increase the local share of the total tax bill by 7.9 per cent. In dollars, that means an . additional $8 in local taxes for each $1000 of assessment on a residence. Thus a house assessed at . $8,000 (for taxation purposes) will pay $24 more this year in lo- "cal taxes thanin 1989. . Just what the overall in- After crunching the num- ers to come up with the 1990 " ydget for the last several .ceks, Township council is about to turn its attention to a different kind of numbers game: future development. Specifically, which devel- opments in Port Perry can be fully serviced with sewers and how many new lots are in- volved. Over the next few weeks , council will be considering four different areas for develop- ment, and the number of poten- tial new housing units is high, perhaps as many as 500. "Education isakey wih pre- vention of the abuse society," a resource booklet for teachers states. "What is essen- tial, if this behaviour rested; ing sicioty whishsemnp 8 tbe az "Educators: as professionals *drug hg tw fombome; Forking with childre pave the I. hind of Changs necsssary to Atouing Sok hae iis oid " oe a a vid iclont Tarmily situation: ins. ton fa oie d Shel i: A vical. complatots. i i a inte, such cycleinour n : tions that violence and: its LY Shey en Catan Fil Sivoree, ots bf overy pi sepecislly if there are Joie e parerital separa- are not informed ) "0 i ~_it"reasonable andyeaps crease in taxes this year will be won't be known until the Dur- ham Board of Education and the Regional government pass their budgets later this month. In presenting the budget to council Monday afternoon, fi- nance committee chairman Yvonne Christie said "there is no fat in this at all. In fact, we (the committee) took the scalpel and made some deep cuts" (in the original estimates which had been a staggering 26 per 'centover last year) And the budget handed down drew words of praise from Mayor Howard Hall who called sible. y (Turn to page "Getting new homeson | D stream priority] in1990 Getting some major new residential development on stream this year is a priority for council and Mayor Howard Hall. And it's all tied in with the capacity of the lagoon system sewage treatment facility for Port Perry. Early in February, Dur- ham Region, which manages the treatment facility, informed the Township that there is re- serve capacity for a population growth of some 1800 people, or (Turn to page 18) MoJacks bow out fo Raiders In sixth game It's all over for this year for the Junior C MoJacks. After pulling a couple of ts from the hat, the $5 acks bowed out to the Na- ee Raiders with consecutive osses over the weekend. Heading into the weekend with the series tied at two Funien each, the Raiders nip acks 3-2 on Saturday, took game six 5-1 in fron of the home town fans at the Scugog Arena. For Napanee, next stop on the all-Ontario trail is in Orangeville for a date with the Stone Crushers. For the MoJacks and their loyal Jus, it's wait 'til next year. Full report on the sports pages. : } i § K