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1 A two car accident Saturday afternoon on Regional Road 21 claimed the lives of an Is- lington couple and sent three Port Perry residents to hospital. Patrick Murphy, his wife Su- san, and son Emmet were taken to hospital with non life threatening Injuries. Two other children of the Murphy's were uninjured. See story on front page for more details. Welfare figures holding steady Durham Region is beginning to see a small glimmer of hope in what seemed like a never- ending welfare crisis. For the first time in 20 'months, Durham recorded only a minimal increase in its over- all caseloads from March to April and the number of people living on welfare actually de- creased slightly. The number of caseloads rose from 9,579 in March to 9,620 in April -- an increase of .4 per cent. Meanwhile, the number of people living on welfare dropped .5 per cent from 16,766 in March to 16,671 in April. And that meant a drop in the gross basic needs expenditure by .9 per cent in April. The total pay-out was down from $5.457- million in March to $5.406- millionin April. "We're very pleased," social services commissioner Gary Cubitt told the Port Perry Star Seedling containers reuseable A Brooklin-area man who is in the business of keeping Dur- ham Region green, wants to make the area even greener. Bob Eckel of Robert G. Eckel Greenhouses on Highway 12 wants his customers to return the pots and plastic trays they purchase their flowersin. "Recently a fellow came in and bought 20 geraniums," Mr. Eckel told the Port Perry Star BARDMATIC" HOME COMPOSTER SAVES PRECIOUS SPACE IN LANDFILL SITES POWER TEC PORT PERRY GREENBANK 985-4771 985-7667 on Friday. "And then he came in today to buy six more. Do you know what happened to the first 20 (empty) pots? They were thrown in the garbage." Mr. Eckel said his green- house would accept the empty pots and flats back after the flowers had been transplanted. "It doesn't save us any mon- ey," he said, explaining that it costs money to clean and steril- ize the used pots. ™7 WHAT IS BARDMATIC™? The Bardmatic is a heavy duty plastic cone shaped composter. Molded from 100% recycled plastic, the Bardmatic has an open bottom and tight fitting snap-in lid. The Bardmatic is now subsidized by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and the Durham Region. The Barmatic is maufactured by Techstar Plastics Inc. in Port Perry, Ontario and available for only $20.00 at the following locations; GREENBANK GARDEN CENTRE in regards to the recent statis- ti "It's the first time in 20 months the costs have dropped slightly." But he cautioned the crisis is far from over. "Although we are reall pleased, the situation is still very serious," Mr. Cubitt said. The number of people cur- rently living on welfare is 71 er cent higher than in April of ast year and 158 per cent high- er than April 1989 when 6,450 people were living on welfare. The number of caseloads are 63 per cent heavier than in April 1990 and expenditures are up 83 per cent over the same period. PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, May 14, 1991 -- 3 Confidential, professional after-hour service. Business or residential. Call 985-3688 GLonemogy * hk kk * ha) P A 3 Y typ, Genvst® STONEMOOR DAY CARE CENTRES INC. offers a CHILD ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME. Limited openings in most age groups, 18 mths. to 5 yrs. Full and Part Time Openings Available. For further information call * ok Wk ok 085-0800 * * * % * * Come Join the "Circus" § held at PORT PERRY HIGH SCHOOL 8:00 PM to 12 Midnight FRIDAY. MAY 24th Everyone Welcome $25.00 includes Photo, Live D.J., Refreshments CIBC LI | 4 Issued by CIBC Mortgage Corporation nal oreo erally gv drd cei by Ie Candid Imperial Bank of Commerce 145 Queen Street Port Perry, Ontario 24 Hour CIBC INSTANT TELLER * WITH US-- CIBC is one of North America's10 largest Financial Institutions dedicated to providing the highest quality financial services. We have a variety of secure deposit and investment products designed to meet your specific financial needs. Ask about our "Great Rate" GIC* Hours of Business Mon. - Wed. 9:30-4:00 Thursday 9:30 - 6:00 Friday 2:30-5:00 Saturday 9:30 - 2:00 We want to grow with the neighbourhood-- We'd love to ave you Come Grow With Us! Get us working for you! **Registered trade mark of CIBC