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leo oo oo oo : oo oo So PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 29, 1994 - 7 "A Family Tradition for 128 Years" The Port Perry Star (CTS oi Hvidsten 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONTARIO LoL 1B7 a, rr Jr BLUE anaging PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX 985-3708 Helse] ] Sports Editor - Kelly Lown The Port Perry Star is authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. SMEULE ADVERTISING Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Advertising Manager - Anna Jackman Subscription Rate: Advertising Sales - Bill Eastwood 6Months-$17.65 Advertising Sales - Rhonda Mukahy includes $1.15GST Production - Pamela Hickey BUSINESS OFFICE Office Manager - Gayle Stapley Accounting - Judy Ashby, Louise Hope Retail Sales - Kathy Dudley, Nancy Lee ¥ CNA Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association Ontario Community Newspaper Association Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. Port Perry, Ontario PRODUCTION Annabell Harrison, Trudy Empringham, Susan Milne, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew 1994 1Year-$32.10 Foreign -$90.95 includes $5.95GST includes $2.10GST i LETTERS Adopltees deserve to know more To the Editor: There is a private members' bill going through the Provin- cial Legislation agenda as Bill 158. I'm quite sure the majority of the Canadian public are prob- ably unaware of its' contents, so I feel that this is one way of bringing it to their attention. This Bill is asking that adop- tees can access their 'Statement of Live Birth," which is totally unobtainable at present. In fact, if you were born after 1970, then even the last name is sealed into the records, and they can only get their last ini- tial and a number. This is distressing to say the least, although it was done for what people thought were good reasons, i.e.: not disturbing the birth parents. Adoptees have been disturbed about this all their lives, sometimes thinking they were just discarded be- cause they were unwanted. Most children are given up with the hope that they are go- ing to a better life, and it is the most emotional time of life for not just the birth mother, both the child's father, and birth grandparents. There are major medical rea- sons, including the future chil- dren of the adoptee, why they should have access to their own background. There is also always the pos- sibility that a mutual attraction could occur between people who are closely related, and get mar- ried, not knowing that this per- son could be a brother or sister. Jan M Sullivan, (Birth Grandmother) Ajax Government mismanaged pension To the Editor: In his last weekly Report from Parliament Hill our feder- al MP, Mr. Alex Shepherd made a feeble attempt to explain the impending failure of the Cana- da Pension Plan, by saying the plan was badly managed, and as he put it, "Canada's popula- tion is aging and more people are collecting than paying." If indeed it is so poorly man- aged, who is responsible for that? Might I suggest the cul- rit has been the Tories and be- ore them, the Liberals, who governed for many moons in Ot- tawa. Many seniors, including my- self, paid escalating Unemploy- ment Insurance premiums over the last 40 years without ever drawing a nickel. Our C.P.P. contributions were increased more than once, and if we paid into another pension fund, our C.P.P. pension was reduced con- siderably at age 65, even though we had paid full premi- ums all along. If we saved for that rainy day, as our genera- ~ tion did, we suffer now with the effects from the claw-back of even our Old Age Pension, through our own thrifty habits. If anyone should have any sense of injustice over C.P.P. cuts and suggested cuts to the Old Age Pension, it should be seniors. The trouble with the angry young people who com- plain about having to pay off the debts accumulated by our gen- eration is the Liberal's failure while they were the govern- ment of many moons, failing to fund the plan properly and soundly when they set it up dur- ing the Lester Pearson reign in Ottawa. As a senior I'm fed up to the teeth being dumped on by the present Liberal Government in Ottawa, while I pay more to them in taxes than I ever would hope to receive back in my life- time. I also like the crafty way Mr. Shepherd implies that the provincial governments are ob- taining some sort of subsidy through C.P.P. funds. Own up Mr. Shepherd: you and your kind in Ottawa are looking for a scapegoat, and it matters least if that scapegoat happens to be a senior, on whose aging back the guilt for Ottawa's past mistakes can be piled high. Gordon L. Mills, C.D.,M.P.P. Durham East Man left stranded From page 6 faith in mankind was badly shaken. After about four miles he ar- rived at our door. In another five or ten minutes our lights would also have been out and this con- siderate, freezing man would have passed on by. Fortunately we had a five gal- lon gas can full in the garage. My husband drove him to his car, filled his tank and made sure the car was running prop- erly. Then he followed him as far as Seagrave Village, our home. When my husband returned about 40 minutes after he'd left, he said the man was deeply hurt by the way he'd been treated. Now, I realize that crimeison the increase and we all feel a lit- tle less safe each day, but when someone is up to no good they are not likely to go to well-lit homes and knock on their doors. To those people who refused to help this man, you know who you are, and you should be ashamed. I hope you all slept well in your warm beds; it's more than you deserve. Yours truly, Judy Anderson, Seagrave 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 1, 1949 At the high school commencement the principal Mr. J. Crane addressed the assembly with a special message to the students and parents. Mr. Roy Cornish, principal of the public school presented Gary Lawrence with an award for ranking highest for high school entrance examinations from Port Perry and Isabel Baylis from the district. Twenty-five years ago there was an acute shortage of electricity and the Hydro Commisgion asked all consumers to save at least five per cent. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 3, 1964 Mr. J.J. Gibson was acclaimed Reeve of Port Perry for another two-year term at the nomination meeting. There were three nominations for deputy reeve. Irving Boyd, Philip Orde and Jesse Buxcey. For councillors, Bruce Beare, R..A. Kenny, Ivan Parkinson and Orten Michie. Nominations at Scugog saw Mr. Victor Aldred returned to office for another term as reeve, the councillors went in by acclamation, they were Glen Demara, Joe Dowson, Everett Prentice and John Hoult. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, November 27, 1974 Doreen Van Camp will be the new township clerk. Miss Van Camp, who was the clerk-treasurer of Cartwright Township before Regional Government, will replace Neil Brodie who resigned suddenly two weeks ago. Victor Malcolm will take over as deputy- reeve. Town Hall 1873 has been awarded a LIP grant in the amount of $14,248. The money will be used to renovate and restore the century old landmark in Port Perry. Teacher John Barton of Port Perry High School was one of six elected to the executive of the Durham Region Chapter of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation. Fire Chief Jack Cook, Bill Harrison and Clive Boyd attended a "foam demonstration" sponsored by the 3M Company in Oshawa. 10 YEARS AGO Tuesday, November 27, 1984 Two explosive devices, a small bomb and a grenade were found at the Scugog dump, but police figured they were just souvenirs someone wanted to get rid of. Hundreds of area children enjoyed the Santa Claus parade in Port Perry. The population of Scugog Township will continue to grow at a gradual rate and is expected to be just over 20,000 in the year 2011, according to a forecast by the Durham Region Planing Department. Brewers Retail in Port Perry expanded the west side of the building to allow for a cooler system. Pay TV came to the Port Perry and Uxbridge areas. The heliport at Community Memorial Hospital was nearing completion and lights were ready to be put up. tH ;*Htuta You can fax your letters 985-3708 Editor's Notepad by Jeff Mitchell CHUCK BLOWS UP REAL GOOD BLOW 'EM ALL TO HELL: Saturday dawned bright and cold, and everyone in my household was up early to greet a lovely morning. After breakfast I decided to venture out and tackle the yard work I've been avoiding since September: A little raking here, and bit of gravel in this part of the driveway, removal of Otto's gigantic yard muffins from just about everywhere. I had just got nicely into the task of removing Otto's prodigious productions when I saw Chuck, my grumpy old neighbor approaching. "Oh, noo..." my soul lamented. While he's not a bad guy, Chuck is one of those older retired fellows who has way too much time to read the papers every day and find things to get royally PO'd about. I don't mind talking politics with a guy every now and then, and I'll put up with a bit of griping if it's good natured and offered up with a sense of the irony that's required to swallow most pills doled out by life. But Chuck's another story. "Cleanin' up after the dog, eh?" he called as he approached, cheeks and ears red under the plaid hunter's cap he likes to sport. "I've been having a problem with the dogs around here," he continued. "Buggers come around here in the middle of the night and mess all over the place. Jeez! There's one now!" He scraped his boot on a tree trunk as he continued. "Iried calling the Canine Control to get over here and catch the damn things but all they say is, 'We haven't got the staff to come and keep and eye on you lawn, especially at four in the morning'. Lazy buggers. Oughtta nuke 'em all. "And of course they don't have any money to spend on catching dogs anyway because their funding's cut way back. Province won't pay what it takes to keep the place running. No. They throw away all our money on welfare and payments to single mothers who got pregnant so they wouldn't have to get a job and go to work in the first place. They just keep spending and spending, and taxes go up and up and up. Damn politicians. Oughtta nuke 'em all. "Ah, jeez," Chuck sighed, glancing toward the front of his property. "That ditch is all backed up with ice and dirty snow again. I called the town- ship to come out here and steam out that culvert, and they said they'd look into it, and I haven't seen hide nor hair of the buggers. Damn roads crew. Oughtta nuke 'em all. "°N how about the job of plowing they did last Wednesday, eh?" he prodded. "Ibok 'em until quar- ter to eight to get over here and push the snow back off the shoulder and when they did they just filled my damn driveway. Damn Plow drivers. Oughtta nuke 'em all. "And then there's this Chretien hoppin' all over the globe, hob-nobbing with these Chir.ese and whatnot, and coming back and telling us we can sell 'em billions of dollars worth of stuff, only we gotta lend 'em the money first. Oughtta nuke Ottawa, that's what I say. And then there's this his voice rattled on behind me. He didn't notice. immigration mess --" I turned and walked away as