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Scugog inherits $124,000 'mega mess' By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Scugog Mayor Doug Moffatt has slammed provincial funding cuts that will see township officials scrambling to make up for a $124,000 budget shortfall this year. He said Monday morning he would be putting any new township initiatives on hold, and asking the region to do the same, until a thorough examination of all the implications of the downloading costs announced by the province Friday. Durham Region will have a shortfall of $10 million as a result of downloading. "We're going to have to be looking for any nickels and dimes we can find," said Mayor Moffatt. "There can be no new funding at a municipal or regional level until we get this cleaned up." Mayor Moffatt, like his colleagues across the pro- vince, was angered that the transfer of the cost of social programs to municipalities will result in increased expenditures; provincial officials have promised for months the rearrangement -- which sees the cost of pub- lic education removed from municipal tax bills -- would be revenue neutral. The scheme sees Scugog relieved of $316,000 worth of Please turn to Page 16 Vol. 132 Number 04 32 Pages May not co-operate Judge remands Micky for 60 day psychiatric exam By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star Convicted bank robber Mitchiel "Micky" McArthur has been remanded for a 60 day psychi- atric assessment, but whether he co-operates in the process is another question. Justice Harry LaForme took under 10 minutes Monday afternoon in handing down his decision to remand McArthur for the assessment, the first step in the process to have him declared a dan- gerous offender. 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Lafontaine did tell reporters after Monday afternoon's decision that there is no legal require- Please turn to Page 8 Drunk drivers need treatment: victim By Chris Hall PEEK-A-BOO: After spending some time last Friday Fernandez's class, will spend the entire 1997-98 afternoon sorting recyclable goods at Port Perry's school year making sure all the recyclables in the Immaculate Conception Catholic School, a group of school are sorted properly. Here, 11-year-old five Grade 6 students -- nicknamed The Green Team -- Desiree Belling-Ducos and friend Jessie Doe take a take a breather. The students, who are in Phil little break in the newspaper recycling bin. Port Perry Star While the provincial government and Ontario's police services grab headlines with the number of drunk drivers they catch and the fines they hand out, a Blackstock man waits for them to win the war against impaired driving. Almost two years after losing his wife because of a drunk driver, Lloyd Beech credits the province for tougher fines for impaired drivers, but wonders why Ontario doesn't put more money into reha- bilitation programs, which, he says, is the key to stopping the problem. Sitting at his kitchen table last week, the father of three young children recalled the evening of Jan. 19, 1996, when a drunk driver killed his wife and altered his life forever. "My wife Suzanne and I were in Oshawa celebrating our ninth wedding anniversary at a restaurant. It was the first time we were out together since the birth of our youngest son Corte, who was five months at the time," he said. "We had no drinks, just coffee. We were clean and my wife is not a drinker. We were out and she was enjoying her favor- ite meal: Lasagna." The evening took a horrendous turn during their ride home. "We left the restaurant about 8:45 or 8:50 and were returning home. There was a line of cars coming at us on Simcoe, just outside of the entrance to Trillium Trails, when a vehicle pulled right out to pass. We were the lead northbound vehicle. "The guy who was driving swung out too Please turn to Page 20 3M price * 1 9,600 3 i ------ aaa lt, Ne AL) £ LL i hy > 8, RS. 5 NF . PONTIAC BUIC PT + % Moa) B |