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PAGE 6 WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY21,1987 Group< petitions to remove pornography. An Oshawa group bas decided to go region- wide to petition for stricter laws governing pornography. People Against Pornography, Muerder sentence PROM PAGE 1 murdered at .the Greenwood Conser- vation Area on March 5, Antle's body was found ini Fantasyland Paékon Sept. 27,1986, by a troop of boy Scouts. Two other people were aise, convicted in the. death of Cris pin. John Alexander Sarson, 3o, was found guilty of second degree murder in connection with the kifling while Michelle Rackey was found guilty of manslaughter. Both have - been remanded for senten- cing on Jan. 23. co-founded by Marjorie Kelsey - and. Susan Shetier of, Oshawa in November last year, is opposed to the sale of pornographic maga- zines and video casset- tes in local-.stores. The group aise. favors bylaws banning strip parlors, says Shetier. Members bave so fa gathered signatures on the petition toward a goal of 10,000. The group began collecting signatures in Osihawa but decided to go region-wide because residents of other municipalities .un Durham Region signed. the petition.. Shetier says the petition will be submit- ted to local councils as well as to the federal government. The group is affiiated with Canadians for Decency. Rae is gu.est speaker Bob Bae, leader of Ontario's NDP wil ad- dress the provincial nomination meeting. of the Durham East Riding Association.- The meeting will be held in the, Lecture Hall at Durham College on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Judy Armstrong, sehool trustee from Cobourg, wil chair the officiai nomination meeting. The only declared candidate so far for the nomination is Marg Wilbur, a resident of Scugog Township. Wlbur was the NDP candidate in Durham York in 1981 and 1985. Scugog Township is now in the riding of Durham East which also includes the Town of Newcastle, Manvers Township, and those parts of Oshawa and Whitby lying north of Taunton Road. NO ONE WAS HURT in this ndshap mnvolving a Burlington chemical truck on Monday mor nmg. The em- pty truck was travelling south on Thickson Rd. N., when. at Rossland Rd., the back-wheels-locked and the truck ended upi the ditche'It didn't take long to get the truck back on the road. Local c ar dealership will xpad A $400,000 remodelling and expan- sion will be carried out ac Durham* Automobiles Ltd. on Dundas St. E. in Whitby. Mayor Bob Attersley joined representatives from Maxda, Mercedes- Beniz, and Volvo for a recent - sod-turning ceremony at tne dealer- ship operated by Gus Brown, who also operates a' Pontiac- Buick dealership across the street. Bill Red- shaw, the new manager of Durham Automobiles Ltd., says two A- frame buildings on the site will be removed. An addition will be built on an existing building to produce a "complete .new sales area." The, service area will double in size and the auto par- ts area will triple in size. Redshaw, who was general manager of a Peterborbiugh Mazda- Volvo dealership for four years before coming to Whitby, says the renovation work wil take about five months. The site originally began as Durham Maz- da with, the Volvo and Mercedes-Benz lunes. added three years ago. "It will be a nice, new facility," says Red- shaw. "It'Il.-lend a lot more credibiity to the establishment." The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Whitby lntends io pass a by-law to restrict the operation of aduit entertalnment parlours to that area of the Town identifled as the "subject area" on the following location sketch. The area is composed of lands zoned M-1, Restric- ted Industrial, by Zoning By-law No. 1784, as amended, Iocated south ofVictoria Street East, bounded on the east by the OshawalWhitby boun- dary and on the west by Thickson Road South. The Operations Commttee of Council wilI meet on Wednêsday, January 28, 1987, at 7:30 p.m. in the Meeting Hall.of the Municipal Building, 575 Rossland Road East, Whltby, for the purpose of hearing àny person wlshing to make represen- tation with respect to the by-law. Any persori wishing to make representation at this meeting is asked to advise the Town Clerk accor- dingly no later than Monday, January 26, 1987. Any person wishing to make representation but who is unable to attend the meeting can submit their written comments to the Clerk. AIl such submissions will be forwarded to the Operations Commnittee for consideration. Copies of the draft by-law and additional infor- mation are available by calling or writing the Clerks Deartrent. Donald G. McKay, Clerk The Corporation of the Town of Whitby 575 Rossland Road East Wh itby, Ontario Li N 2M8 Phone: (416) 668-5803 PROPERTY ASSESM ENT and your 1987 Municipal and School Taxes Regional Assessment Offices located throughout Ontario are responsible for assessing ail real property for the purposes of municipal and school taxation. The resulting Assessment Rolîs are delivered to municipalities which use them to set their milI rates and compute municipal property*tax buis. The amount of property tax you pay on your home &r business depends on the assessed value and the mili rate set by your"municipality. The assessed value multiplied by the mili rate wiil determine your 1987 property taxes. Open House Sessions Open Houses are your opportunity to fully understand your assessment and to evalu- ate its equity. Open Houses are held in every municipal- ity at convenient times and locations to pro- vide you with the opportunity to discuss your assessment with staff of the Regional Office. An assessor will be pleased to explain the' basis of your property assessment and is authorized to amend any inaccurate informa- tion prior to the delivery of the Assessment Roll to your municipality. If you have any questions but are unable to attend the Open House, please contact your Regional Assessment Office at the address or telephone number shown below. Assessment Notice Property owners and tenants will receive an Assessment Notice only if information relat- ing to their property or assessment was changed during the past year, if the assessment was appealed Iast year, or if there has been a general reassessment in the municipality. If you receive an Assess- ment Notice, it may ref lect changes you have requested in your school support designation, in the amount of your assessed value, or other recorded information on last year's Notice. Appeal Procedure If, after attending your local Open House, you are stili dissatisfied with your assessment, you have the right to appeal it to the Assess- ment Review Board. The Assessment Review Board conducts informai hearings and is responsible for determfinring whether the assessmnent under appeal is fair and equitable with the assessments of similar properties in the vicinity or neighbourhood, and may alter your assessment accordingly. Appeal Deadine The final date for appealing your assess- ment is February 26..1987. Your appeal must be forwarded, either on a Notice of Appeal Form or as a letter, to the Regional Registrar of the Assessment Revieèw Board on or before February 26, 1987, noting your property address, roil number and the reason for the appeal. To assist you, Notice of Appeal forms and the address of the Regionai Registrar of the Assessment Review Board are available at Open Houses, your Regional Assessment Office, or your municipal office. Sohedule of Open-Houses Town of Whitby... Tues. Jan. 27 &Wed. Jan. 28,1 p.m.-8 p.m., Regional Assessment Office. 605 Rossland Rd. E.. Whitby Ontario Ministry of Revenue DURHAM REGIONAL ASSESSMENT OFFICE 605 Rossiand Road East, Box 270 Whitby,Ontario LiN 5S1 (416) 668-9351, Toronto Lne 686-1422, Zenith 67140 Brake lock