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VWM'1RYVRR V, P»P.aWRDN1PRDAY.. MAY 2.1990. PAGE 5 -DearS Mr. Wilson: Yes, Michael - you don't mind my calling you by your first name do you? - this ls about my income tax. As I write this, the hands on the dlock race toward. midnight. And since this colunin is written each Monday evening, come heUl or high water, then this must be April 30. We both know what that means. It meons that this old colunin isn't the only thïng headed for a deadline. And ail evidence ta the contrary, I con only do one thing at a Uie. Whaddaya think I got, two hands? So, either this coiumn is late. Or your tax form is late. And we both know what we'd rather be doing, don't we? Tut., tut. Don't lbave now. Read on. I know you'd much rather, go, bork and count your pennies. Did onyone tell you that was my idea? I guesa not. Don't sweat it. That idea was, everybody'd wrap up their margarine tube full of pennies and send them tayou, postage free, ta Ottawa. You're s upposed ta use theni ta pay off' the accumulated nationai debt. I hope you and Brinoren't playing tiddly winks with theni. Anyway.. Tonight being tax deadline, I did my best. Good intentions and ail. (Right after dinner we repaired ta the den and commence ta pul files.) T419, T5's, 6's, even lucky sevens. Charity receipts. Even calculated that itty-bitty bit that Doug Anderson coughs. up eoch month. Io Anderson a Scottish nome? Con we osk questions like that these days without-causing on international incident? WITH OUR FEET UP by Bill Swan Filed One probiem emerged. Remember that big, greyv elope you sent me a few weeks bark? The one with afilhe foris and stuif? Well, would it be aékingto much if we were toaïak yo u ta send onother? I know, I know, itfs a dumt thing ta do. But it éther got coiored on and pinned 1 o the rec room wo]l, or turfed eut at month in the hmt of opring cleaning. You know, of course, thatfé ifs not usuaily like me ta wait luntil the at minute. Hléck, last year I got things maibed by seven o'clock. But, webb, without the formes and stuft we sure aint gonna make it. There goe a thirty-year record- of always making the deadllne I suppose the Mounties will bat the dor first thing M the morning. Tailkng about taxes' and deadlines, have* you iieard about guys who haven't filed for two, three years? I always thought these guys were hike those who get double my gos mileage while driving a V-eight dune buggy. You know - more hot air thon substance. iàke locker room tolk about the facta of life, one expects some fiction where the maie:ego is involved. And itfs always guys who boast about not fillng. Maybe females are too smort to boast about such things. Anyway. Driven ta desperate measures, 1 took te reading the tax guide. Know what? I don't have ta file, on time or anytime. Your rules: "If you are entitled té a refund you must file a return within three yeors of the end of the taxation year for which you are entitled a refund." Okay, see, maybe those guys who file every third year have something there. See that's the secret: If the government owes you an refund, you don't have ta file. Did Iget that rughnt?; I also learned other neat things. Like people who die during a taxation year must file within six montha after the date of death,' or April 30, 1990, whichever is later. Or else. Anwy, if you con send a copy of those tax fornis straigh!t away, we'll get at filing or whatever. In the meantime, count your pennies. Everyne you qet syxnbolizes the love people of Whitby have for you. See, I didn't even once Tn-rntion the .. . Relcycling plan awaits council de cision. Byr!Mike Kowaiski A rezoning application for a paper recycing depot now operating illegaiby north of the Whitby-Scugog border came under ;fire from nearby home- owners lest week. More thon 100 residents of both municipalities appeared before Scu' g Township council ta oppose Mhe application sought by Please Save& Recycle Ltd. Ten people in addition ta, com- pany owner ]5oug Puckrin, spoke at the meeting. Ail but one were opposed te the propoaI. The company is seeing a change in zoning from rural to commercial ta albow for stora e of trucks and containers used in the recycling business. Although advertised 'as a transfer station for paper, card- board, glass and tin, residents are ,worried about other types of garbage being kept on. the. site. Ruesidents also fear a rezoning wibb bead ta, further deveiopment in the environmentabby sensitive' Oak Ridges Moraine. The company, has actualby been operating on the 85-acre site, north of Town Uàne Rd., since .lest year, without having acquired the 'proper zoning change. As a result, the company hos been charged by the Township with two bylaw infractions in-- vobving illegal use of the pro. perty and facilities. Hilay Prke, pesientof the tion, was pleasec with the num- ber of Whitby and Scugog resi- dents who attended the meeting. "I feel optimistic they (council) will turn it down from the ques- tions they asked » said Parker. She said mention was made of serviced industrial land. now sit- attempts'ta locate eisewhere on industrialond,» said Parker. Port perr councillor Marilyn Pearce said Puckrin7s buoines*'is webcome in Scugogi, bt oti this location.. ' «We would webcome this busi- ness in the tawnshipi, it's fairly dlean,» said Pearce.beiarul zone or in the Oak Ridges2" Pearoe said Scugog has- 20 acres of bond esewhere that has been zoned specificaliy for a recy. Ingoerton. "Iet wu= be poor planning to stick them ail over the place," said Pearce. (Puckrin was not a, ailable for comment.) Pearce pointed out that Scugog council recently endorsed preserving thie moraine in its natural setting. Council's action was in res- ponse ta a géeenlands strategy report for southern i Ontario being prepared by Toroif t MPP Ron Kanter. Pearce said cou acib's approval of the rezoning ap lcation wouid represent an «abouUface in light of the position it ýSk with res- pect. ta developient of the moraine. SIRE PAG9 29 Funds needed PIROMPA,2'1 use policies. I addition ta, improving the harýbor area the Town abso undertook l. anning studies of the Lynde Shores area and lands around the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital, said Short. "Whitby sees itself continuing ta, have a strong and meaningfil leadership role in the planng and development of the water- MYRTLE RD. TP.14ICKSON HfWY 1 &w 1 rev 1 9ýdCalil6558558 ~~RU.We Deliver front," said Short. 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