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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 15, 1994 - 7 The Port Perry Star @&¥ BLUE 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONTARIO PHONE (905) 985-7383 The Port Perry Star is authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: 6Months-$17.72 includes $1.22GST 1Year-$32.10 includes $2.10GST LoL 187 FAX 985-3708 RIBBON AWARD 1994 Forelgn-$90.95 includes $5.95GST EDITORIAL Publisher - J. Peter Hvidsten General Mgr. - Don Macleod Managing Editor - Jeft Mitchell Sports Editor - Kelly Lown ADVERTISING Advertising Manager - Anna Jackman Advertising Sales - Bill Eastwood Advertising Sales - Rhonda Stevens Production - Pamela Hickey BUSINESS OFFICE , Office Manager - Gayle Stapley y CNA iT Accounting - Judy Ashby, Louise Hope Retail Sales - Kathy Dudley, f= | Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association Ontario Community Newspaper Association Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. Port Perry, Ontario * GST included in price PRODUCTION Annabell Harrison, Trudy Empringham, Susan Milne, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew CCNA 4 VERIFIED (SS [IIR gle] N] I _ETTERS Gun owners have rights, too To the Editor: I would like to assure H. Van- deloo of Port Perry that his or her "human rights to live" are not outweighed by the "human rights" of legitimate gun own- ers. I also would like to assure you that the vast majority of gun owners share the idea that "better education, solid family ethics, strong moral beliefs, and an effective and efficient crime control system would help to get rid of the excessive violence we are now witnessing," and that we have a very good view of whatis right and wrong. Guns for any purpose, other than to serve and protect, have always had, always will, and al- ways should have a place in our society. They have been a part of our heritage and our history since the first white man set SAC appreciates support To the Editor: On your travels through the town of Epsom, you may have noticed the many changes to our fantastic, proud school. Our committee, known as "Better Schools and Gardens" worked hard at improving the look of the front of our school. The pathway from the old school to the crosswalk, the split rail fence and our large berm are all major improve- ments with the attractiveness and safe conditions seen by all residents and motorists passing our school. At this time, I wish to thank all those who made this project possible: Rick Trotter Excavat- ing who installed culvert; Port Perry Landscape Supply which provided all gravel and rocks for path; Ron Compton, John McCoy, Steve Lee for landscap- ing; Mr. Simpson who donated all fence posts; Phillip and Pen- ny Manchee who provided all rails; Vandermeer Nurseries, Ajax for providing perennials; Twyla Ballagh who supplied all our sod; T&R Brown Construc- tion Ltd - thanks, Terry. I am very pleased to say all these fine companies and indi- viduals donated their time and materials to make our school a better place. With thanks, Zoltan Domik, Co-chairperson of SAC, Epsom Public School Another community effort To the Editor: The Parents Advisory Com- mittee of Cartwright High School in Blackstock are grate- ful to a number of individuals who have helped to make our school and indeed the communi- ty a better place. We have nearly completed a hardcourt multi-use surface be- hind Cartwright High School. This was a co-operative work between the Parents Advisory Committee and the Board of Ed- ucation. When parents are involved with the needs of our kids' edu- cation, much can be accom- plished. A special thanks to Jim Wil- - liams (excavation), Jim Martyn (trucking), Bob Strong (surface preparation). All these gents gave of their valuable time to help create more physical edu- cation facilities for our stu- dents. The assistance of Bobbie Drew and Dr. Barry Vail from the Board is also appreciated; showing that working together more can be done. Studies have shown that stu- dents do better when parents are actively involved in their children's education. Reg Keddy, Chairman foot on this land and have been used in a positive way, much more than in a negative way. Hunting for sport and target shooting have no more to do with ego or a thirst for domi- nance and control than your getting up each morning and striving to live each day to its best and to make the following even better. I do hope that this 1s the way you greet each day. I don't know where you get your figures from, concerning the hundreds of children violat- ed by guns in the home but I don't think that you are aware of the safe storage laws we as gun owners have to and willing- ly abide by. No! Our livelihood does not depend on snagging a-deer for supper, but many of us do like to supplement our diets with veni- son or fowl just as you may choose tobe a vegetarian. I would like to mention that if the rest of society understood and realized that we are all re- sponsible for our actions, and that we need to respect and hon- or life in any way, shape, or form, the way that the legiti- mate gun owners do, our efforts will not be futile, and there won't be any spent cartridges on another streetin town. Yours truly, Stu Jacobs Blackstock Greenbank From page 6 council to alter the garbage pickup situation so hamlet resi- dents can get the service and pay for it while rural residents who choose not to have it do not. That said, will the mystery writer please stand up? Or is it more comfortable to hide? Yours sincerely, Bruce Rogers, RR 2, Blackstock 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 17, 1949 At the turkey dinner at the Anglican Church, some three hundred people sat down for a delicious repast. Rev. J. T. Coneybeare was the minister at this time. Mr. M. McIntyre Hood, managing editor of the Oshawa Times Gazette was the speaker at the Lions Club regular meeting. Sinclair Robertson and Tommy Duff, Shirley, entered two baby beef calves in the Royal Winter Fair. Mr. Glenn Demara of Scugog returned from the west where he had been employed for the last three months. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 17, 1964 Mr. N. A. Sweetman, a native of Scugog Island, was the speaker at the high school commencement. Miss Carol Ann Morrow was the valedictorian. Claudette Boulanger, a graduate of Port Perry High School received the Bapco Paint Supply Award of Art Material for excellence in her first year studies at Alberta College. Ron Wanamaker was installed as Noble Grand of Warriner Lodge. Miss Barbara Webster received her Gold Cord in Guiding. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, November 13, 1974 Work started on a 16-unit, $250,000 motel-hotel complex near the corner of Water Street and Highway 7A. The name of the motel will be the Railroadhouse, and will be a two-storey building, with completion expected for the first phase by spring. A shocked Scugog Township council accepted the resignation of township clerk Neil Brodie. In a brief letter read to council, Mr. Brodie said he was resigning for personal reasons, and it was to take effect immediately. Damage was estimated at more than $80,000 in a dairy barn fire on the property of Peter Hoogeveen in Blackstock. The fire could be seen from Port Perry, as huge clouds of smoke billowed from the barn. No injuries were reported, but a quantity of hay and straw was destroyed. Township council made a grant of $2,500 to the Port Perry Chamber of Commerce to help pay for the new tennis courts. The Chamber had already paid $7,402 towards the tennis courts this year and has a paving bill of $5,275 yet to pay. The Chamber said it would pay the rest of the bill. Work began on the third and final floor of the new Community Nursing Home on Lilla Street. It is hoped the $700,000 project will be completed by early March 1975. The new building will accommodate 75 people and will be 32,000 square feet. 10 YEARSAGO Tuesday, November 13, 1984 Scugog Township council announced it was calling for immediate tenders for construction of a new municipally owned marina on the Port Perry waterfront. Cartwright High School held its annual commencement. Ontario Scholars being recognized were Dwayne Bryant, Eleanor Kelly, Robert Green and Paul Malin. Dwayne was also the valedictorian. The graduating class also included Ralph DeJong, Vanessa Lewerentz, Norma Jean Newbold, Craig Paisley, Chris Rooney, Susan Witteveen and David Sharpe. Tom and Daphne Mitchell, owners of the Settlement House and Ted E. Bear Toy Shop, opened a third store "From My Heart." The first meeting of the newly-formed Lake Scugog Task Force met and discussed long and short-term plans and solutions to protect the quality of Lake Scugog. The Borelians theater group sponsored a poster contest and three Cartwright Central Public School students took the top prizes. Sharri Masterson, 11 David Browne, 12, and Jeff Hewson each won in their age category. pr rd wi Editor's Notepad by Jeff Mitchell terday's municipal election. pride I can inform you that: chair; Councillor; Councillor, and WE WIN! WE WIN! ... SORT OF... BOY, DID WE SHOW 'EM: Here's a word of sin- cere thanks to everyone who supported me in yes- The final numbers are in now, and it is with a Four people supported me for the Mayor's a Three of you want me to be Regional a Five people put my name down for their Ward a Another three of you think I would make a pretty good school board trustee. If my arithmetic is correct, that totals 15 votes. office. That's a mighty impressive showing -- 0.023 per cent of the popular vote here, thank you very much -- and more than double the number of votes I garnered during my federal campaign in 1993, when I was named on seven ballots, which were, however, cast in three different ridings and there- fore lacked the impact of this year's results. ...Unfc tunately, some other guy won the Mayoral race, thus depriving me of the chain of But I feel good about the election. I held to my promise not to use my position as editor of the newspaper to further my political ambitions, and didn't clutter the local skyline with tacky election signs, as my opponents did. I stuck to my "Coffee Shop Campaign", taking time to talk with Scugog residents about relevant issues and their concerns over steaming mugs of java on Queen St. We're talking People Power here, a true case of Government For The People, By The People. And they said it couldn't be done. So, troops: Don't despair. This vote has only made us stronger. - And I shall continue the Coffee Shop Campaign with a view to taking us over the top in 1997. You just gotta believe. TOYS IN BABELAND: I was kicking back last Saturday afternoon with my good pal Johnny Anonymous, sipping a few beers and watching some pretty thrilling fishing shows on teevee. Neither of us actually go fishing much, mind you... but it sure is enjoyable to sit back in an easy chair and watch some guy wrestle in a giant flopping behemoth from the depths, and comment on how the battle is going. During a break in the action a beer commercial flashed across the screen. Beautiful women in bathing suits cavorted among muscular, athletic guys. I looked at Johnny: He lay on the sofa in torn Jeans, rubbing at a spot on his dirty sweatshirt where he'd just regurgitated a bit of hastily-swal- lowed beer. Then I considered myself: Torn T-shirt, Bermuda shorts, tattered wool socks, a smelly dog resting his head in my lap. Our wives, disgusted with us, were nowhere to be found. "Man, this is living," I sighed. "Another brewski, John?" "Sure," he belched, then leaned over to grab a smoke. "Say -- when's curling come on?"