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Police charge man with attempted rape Durham Regional Police have charged a Peter- borough man with attempted / rape, assault causing bodily harm and break and enter, following an incident early Saturday morning at a residence in Port Perry. Durham Police say the incident 'began about 3:30 Not everyone enjoys the noise that goes along with A.M. when a man allegedly entered the home through a window. Police say the victim of the attempted rape is an 11-year old girl. When the young girl's 16 year old brother came to her rescue, police say he was punched once in the face. a tractor pull as these two young lads demonstrate. The kids were part of a crowd of hundreds who attended the two day Blackstock Tractor pull last weekend. More photos on page 22. Grads Get Great Grades See page 21 Inside the Star A Place In The Sun See page 8 The commotion woke the father who came to invest- igate and he and the teen- ager boy managed to subdue the intruder and hold him until police arrived at the scene. Facing the three charges is 26-year old Gary William Trumble of 659 George Street North, Peterborough. He was held in police custody over the weekend, and was to appear in court Monday afternoon for a bail hearing. Vol. 116 No. 32 Tuesday, July 13, 1982 36 Pages May have to be replaced this fall Birdseye Pool 'deplorable' The condition of Birdseye Pool is deteriorating so rap- idly that it likely will have to be replaced at the end of this summer season. Township administrator Earl Cuddie warned council Monday afternoon that the municipally owned poolis leaking badly, the deck is in poor condition, and the pumps and filters are break- ing down because of over- work. "Itis in a deplorable state, and starting to cost the Township a lot of money," he said. Scugog Mayor Jerry Tay- lor agreed with the assess- ment, stating that he was shocked to see the poor con- dition of the pool. "I don't think any of us would accept a pool like that in our own back-yards," he told council. Mayor Taylor also told council that the Durham Health department has in- dicated the time has come for the pool to either have a major overhaul or be re- placed completely. And council was told Mon- day afternoon that since the pool opened about a week ago, there have been several cases of children cutting their feet on the cracks in the bottom. Council agreed that spec- ific problems should be corr- (Turn to page 3) Alcohol seems more of a problem than drugs among today's youth by Jackie Glass It's 1982. An age with all the answers, It's a time of new discoveries and new possibilities. We've come a long way. But have we? Students smoke up and drink on school property and there's a growing movement to younger grades. And common miscon- ceptions about drug and alcohol still haunt us like: alcohol is safer than drugs, that if you smoke up or drink "it's cool" and a way to belong and that nobody gets busted anymore. William Smith, Substance Abuse Counsellor with the Durham Board of Education, says that they are currently revamping the health program within the schools to provide more information to students over the abuse of substances. By this Mr. Smith hopes to incorporate education about substance abuse from kindergarten to grade 13. "It's important to have some type of education program", he said, "we want kids to be able to cope." The experts agree that the use of alcohol appears to be generally on the uprise. John Logan, Community Services _ Officer with Durham Region Police told the Star that drug use generally peaks at grade 11 with the exception of alcohol which continues to escalate. The reason, says Const. Logan, is that most homes have alcohol and its socially acceptable, but both are harmful. "Education is the only answer; there's no other way to stop it", said Const. Logan. Mr. Smith says that there is a new kind of sophisti- cation in today's students as. compared to the '60's where kids freaking out in class. He agreed with Constable Logan that today's emphasis is on alcohol then marajuana and some chemicals. Also currently on the increase is glue and solvent sniffing. The reason for this increase is hard to pinpoint although warm weather, cheaper cost and year-end examinations are possible causes. Today's users are hot social outcasts. They're rich, poor, urban and rural. And its hapd to pick them out. Mr. Smith says the effect of pot on kids is hard to detect. It's hard to tell if they're high. So kids toke up at school in the smoking Woman killed in two car crash A 22-year old woman was killed and a 46-year old man seriously injured in a two- car crash on Regional Road 23 July 7. Jo-Ann Aubin, of Roderick Road, West Hill, was killed instantly when her car collided head-on with a vehicle driven by William Coner, of Johnson Street, Pefferlaw. Police said Aubin's car, which was - southbound, swerved into the northbound lane and hit Corners car at 4 p.m; Both cars were de- molished. , Corner was. taken by air ambulance to Sunnybrook Hospital suffering from multiplé fractures. areas and no one knows the difference. : Part of the problem says Pat Smith, a guidance counsellor at Port Perry High School is that teachers don't feel they have adequate knowledge about it. Although they might have their suspicions, there is very little that can be done except to suspend the student. The Board of Education in addition to establishing resource centres in class- rooms about substance abuse, also plans to look at a parental awareness Mr. William Smith is a Substance Abuse Coun- sellor with the Durham Board of Education and would like to see students from kindergarten to grade 13 education program which would enlighten parents on these problems. What are today's kids using? According to Mr. Smith, the most commonly used drugs are Valium, Black Beauties (amphetamine stimulant) and a drug called PCP (phencyclidine) or angel dust which has result- ed in some fatalities in Durham Region. Coming out of the closet as well are "lookalike" drugs - usually replicas of phar- (Turnto page 10) receive more information about abuse. ~ cs aL a) I rol i AL, Bi hen