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6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday. October 4 1908 Editorial Comments THE OLYMPICS Cynics, of which this country has its fair share, have been handed a lot of ammunition in the last week or so, to load and take dead aim against the Olympics, and es- pecially Canadian participation in the Games. And in the wake of the Johnson debacle, not to men- tion the fairly poor showing overall by Canadians, it is quite easy to take a very cynical attitude towards the lympics. But if ever this country needs to dig down and over- come our negative feelings, it is now. The Olympic Games, flawed though they may be, are still the best way to bring the countries of the world to- gether for a few brief days to compete rather than argue, squabble, or shoot at each other. Those who watched the Games over the past couple of weeks should remember that the Olympics are far larg- er and far more important to the world conimunity than any of the isolated negative aspects. As Canadians, we are dismayed at the Johnson de- bacle, a controversy so large that our federal government is considering some kind of a full-fledged judicial inquiry into what happened. That's good. Maybe it's the only way we will ever learn the entire truth. But surely the Olympics are bigger than one man's mis-fortune. And surely, this country, not to mention all the others which send athletes to the Games, have lean- red an extremely valuable lesson: namely that the use of banned substances to enhance performance will not be tolerated by the 10C. We, as Canadians, should keep in mind that Ben Johnson was not the only medal winning athlete sent home in disgrace for showing positive in a drug test. The spill-over of the Johnson affair can't help but have a positive impact on young athletes in all sports, Olympic or otherwise. Drugs simply have no place and must never be tolerated. As for the Olympics, [ayse some people will sit back and say that "winning at all cost isn't everything." Sure, the Olympic ideal dictates that every athlete must strive to do his or her best, but not at the expense of everything else. And maybe some of the corporations so quick to hand out huge sums to the brightest stars, will re-think their blank-cheque policies and the detrimental impact 'these have on the Games and sport in general. As for Canada, we have no choice but to stick with the Olympics and the programs for training and encouraging young athletes. If ever they need encouragement and support it is now. There were a lot of "downers" at the Korea Games, to be sure. But what of the bright spots, like the smile and the tears on the face of Carolyn Waldo; the bronze medal by Dave Steen in the decathalon, the toughest of all Olympic events; even the courage of the track team members who voted for voluntary dope testing to prove they are "clean" and stayed to finish the Games under trying circumstances. (Turn to page 8) ) oR | A wh 0\\ WE: Top, WIN Bs THE LAST TEMPYATION OF BRIAN COMING SOON TOA POLLING PLACE NEAR tts A, Vieni 11 ser imdid i SE wg Ca RAE a i flit Jil I Wil RE a J Ke lr I ho Port Perry | 235 QUEEN STREET - PORT PERRY, ONTARIO Phone 985-7383 P.0.Box90 LOB 1NO J. PETER HVIDSTEN OU] Ch [a | Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Ontario Community Newspaper Association. Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario. J.B. MCCLELLAND Editor . Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for cash CATHY OLLIFFE payment of postage in cash. News & Features - Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $20.00 per year. Elsewhere $60.00 per year. Single Copy 50° © COPYRIGHT. -- All layout and composition of advertisements produced by the adver- tising department of the Port Perry Star Company Limited are protected under copyright and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. (sCin PICKING UP THE SLACK This space on page 6 is normally occupied by Cathy Olliffe and her Chatterbox, but for the next few weeks | will attempt to fill the space while Cathy is recuperating from sur- gery. It's been a rather busy couple of weeks at the Star, first with the publishing of our special Anniversary issue on January 20, preparation for a celebration with staff and friends, and now being short staffed, as two of our regular employees are off on sick-leave. Both Cathy Olliffe and Anna Gouldburn are out of commission for a few weeks, and we wish them both a speedy recovery. In addition to these two staffers, Annabell's husband Bill was unable to attend our 25Anniversary party and is still hospitalized in Oshawa. We hope they find out quickly what Bills problem is, and look forward to seeing him home again soon. To say it has put a lot of pressure on the remaining staff is an understatement. Our nor- mally busy office is in turmoil as staff members try and keep up with the tremendous load of their own jobs, as well as pick up the slack from our ailing staff. In addition to the extra work load, we are in the process of installing a new computer system which is just about ready to go on line. We hope you will bear with us for the next few weeks, and if we can't get to all the func- tions, or your account is messed-up, give us a little time to work out the problems. In the meantime, my thanks to the staff for the extra effort they are putting forward to get us through this period. WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED When the paper arrived back from our printers last Tuesday, one of the first things | noticed was we had inserted the wrong date- line on the front page. Instead of reading Sept. 27, 1988, the date from a week earlier had been inserted and it read as though it was the Sept. 20th is- sue of the Star. | know exactly how it happened, but will not bore you with the details. But there is something that came out of that error that | found hard to believe. We never realized at the Star just how many people read the dateline when the pick up the Star. It never occurred to me that any- one looked to see the date on the front page before they purchased the paper. I guess working so close to the paper, and constantly having it in front of us, we always TP Jottings by ]. Peter Hvidsten realize what issue we are working on, so we never check the date. Well last week we had people pick up the paper, walk to the front door, only to return and say that it was last weeks paper. Others phoned to tell us we had made a mistake (rub- ing it in I'm sure), and even our outlets around the township phoned to let us know this serious mistake. We just couldn't believe how many people noticed the error in the dateline! The funny thing was, no one mentioned the remaining 47 pages were correctly dated. But then how can you poke fun at something that is done correctly. At any rate, we've had a few laughs out of the episode, and we promise this weeks date "and future issues will be dated correctly. THE ANNIVERSARY ISSUE Favourable comments on our 25th Anni- versary issue of the Star continue to come into the office, and we are all very grateful for our readers interest. Most of the response appears to be com- ing from the 25 Year Re-cap of events from the area, in which many local issues, events and pictures were brought back from the old iles. Many residents indicate they just did not realize how many events have taken place over the past quarter century, and they were very glad to re-live them for a few minutes. It has also been said by relatively new resi- dents, that the issue helped them to under- stand more about the area, how it has devel- oped and who the main players were as the area grew and developed. Only one person has complained about an article in which they considered the informa- tion to be inaccurate. That's not bad, when you consider the number of articles in the 56 page supplement. | would like to say a special thanks to the James families, both from Bowmanville and Amhurstburg for their kind comments on the issue. Both elude to the fact the issue should be up for some awards from our newspaper associations. While that would definitely be the icing on the cake, the acceptance of the issue by our readers was far more important. The hours we spent researching the issue were not done for rewards, but in the interest of our history and a love for our township. Our thanks to everyone for your interest and kinds remarks! ps, Eh S : y a tS (Ea a PCT a, Long A po --- CI, Ton HAN 7 gy, weg Ls Tent piss pre . i d = A SRA MET Yi Ri SE -------- Ac pt PE. SN NT Ne --