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a _ Volume 8 Number 3 PORT PERRY a La en al Tin, A Ng . . Ce FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2000 Ro ER RISE IN I I Dh IE A 18.2 NICK ORAM JOR fe WM le)n)% a i FREE ESTIMATES 8 COLLISION REPAIR & REFINISH ® ® LICENCED TECHNICIANS ® ®ALL WORK WARRANTED INWRITING ® ~ WINSURANCE CLAIMS ® SRENTAL CARS AVAILABLE ® NO ANTIQUE, CLASSIC OR SHOW-TYPEVEHICLES ¢, Prince Albert 985-199} Victoria residents stunned by report By Clifford Eige Weekend Star It took restructuring commissioner Harry Kitchen less than 15 minutes to stun 300 Victoria County residents - with . his vision for 'their political future at a public meeting April 19. His incorporation of a single-tier government - despite 84 per cent of the 613 written submissions being opposed to that model - was antici- : pated. But the new name, City of - Kawartha Lakes, and his nine-mem- ber transition board, left everyone .- speechless. Towns, townships--and counties - are gone along with municipal coun- cils as of Dec. 31, 2000, to be replaced by the. corporation of the City of Kawartha Lakes with the slo- = BES gan "Victoria County: A New Beginning." Sixteen wards having an average population of 4,750 each will be formed, with one mayor elected at large in November to run the new city of 76,000 residents. Mr. Kitchen emphasized the importance for residents to elect quality councillors to determine the new system's success or failure. Mariposa will be divided into two wards. One is south of Hwy. 7, exclud- ing Oakwood but including the area from Manilla to Lake Scugog. The- other lies north of Farmstead Rd. including Oakwood and Woodville, to the Trent System and taking in most of Eldon. The election will be run by the Lindsay clerk's office. Applications will be accepted beginning May |, said Lindsay CAO John McCormack. In the meantime, the transition Please turn to page 4 CHRIS HALL / PORT PERRY STAR LOBSTERFEST.2000: Tickets are now on sale for the Port Perry Kinsmen Club's Lobsterfest 2000, which will raise funds for the second ice pad and Cystic Fibrosis. It'll be held May 6 at the Scugog Community Centre, beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets are $27.50 each, and must be pur- chased in advance. Here, club president Brian McKinlay, far left, joins Steve Webb and John Cavers in checking out some of the items that will be included in the silent auction. For tick- ets to the dinner, which will feature former NHL greats, visit the arena or the township office. Serving Port Perry, Uxbridge and 4 surrounding areas since 1981 1575 Hwy. 7A - Port Perry FREE MOBILE SERVICE FOR REPLACEM AUTOMOTIVE GLASS RE, 0) .. HOUSEHOLD IS AVAILABLE A PE EN EN EE ER EN EE.