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) ibaa dh Sl ili a a re a a ii i EE i i a a EE a a ii a i a EEE TE EE 6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 30, 1996 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" "PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 Second Class Mail Registration 0265 : Subscription Rates; @he Poul Povey Stax 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - L9L 1B7 The Port Perry Star Is authorized as second class mall by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. 1Year~$32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Includes $5,95 GST Robert Taylor, Richard Drew - Joanne Brambrough, Deb McEachern, Nancy Hyidston Telemarketing..Cindy Jobin Advertising Sales........ Myra Park 1995 EDITORIAL BUSINESS OFFICE =n Publisher................. J. Peter Hvidsten ~~ Office Manager...Gayle Stapley lim | General Manager ....Don Macleod Accounting......Judy Ashby, Louise Hope ¥ CNA = BLUE Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell Retail Sales...... Kathy Dudley, Nancy Lee Med CIEL] Y | Sports Editor........... Kelly Lown PRODUCTION Meriter oi the AWARD ADVERTISING Rhonda Mulcahy, Annabell Harrison Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Advertising Manager... Anna Jackman on : vy: ' --------,n Ontario Community Newspaper Assoc. Trudy Empringham, Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. - 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. Editorial Comment Another blow to integrity Canadians across the continent are shaking their heads in disgust over the admission last week by federal Finance Minister Paul Martin that it was a "mistake" to give us the impression the Liberal government was going to do something about the hated GST. We have every right to be disgusted. And we would be correct if we all chose a moment sometime this week to stand together, all Canadians, and shout in the direction of Deputy-Prime Minister Sheila Copps: "Resign!" : The Liberals will tell you they never promised to scrap the GST... with the exception of Sheila Copps, that is. They'll point to their Red Book, which said a Liberal government would "replace" the tax with a system that is more fair, but generates the same revenue. But Canadains who handed the Grits their majority a couple of years ago didn't do so after careful perusal of campaign literature. They did so after listening to candidates from various echelons of the party give us the impression that once they were elected, the GST would be a thing of the past, and we could look for goods and services without the burden of the GST factoring into the decision to buy legitimately, or resort to the black market. Integrity is up for sale, and it's going cheap. That's without the PST and GST, or some harmonized mixture of the two, of course. It's a shameful blemish on the Liberal record. And it needn't be. There was no need to mislead Canadians with regard to the GST, a promise to look at reasonable alternatives would have sufficed. But the Liberals --led by Ms Copps -- went the whole nine yards, and now find themselves on the receiving end of our scorn. They deserve it. LLL SLO Shots Sa a SRE a a a ep a To the Editor: Jobs and affordable housing are the main needs in Scugog Township. Over the last decade we have seen mainly quarter million dollar homes being built. We are completely forgetting homes for the most important and most needy - our young families. The young family is the only hope we have to survive in the future. Scugog Township - with its millions of dollars in reserve - must start thinking of how to help our coming generation. The present exploita- PHOTO COURTESY OF JOYCE FULLER all incentive is lost. Constantly we hear pleas to help the young people in every sector. But Scugog Township obstructs development so strongly that there are no areas in which people can find afford- able homes for ordinary family life. Question: Who benefits most from a con- trolled land market - the corporation that owns the land or the citizens of Scugog? Our planners suggest market price for a REMEMBER 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 3, 1951 Fourteen teams are expected to enter the Tri-County Baseball League this year from Port Perry, Sunderland, Sutton, Stouffville, Woodville, Valentia, Fenelon Falls, Cambray, Lindsay, Little Britain, Sonya, Bobcaygeon and Cameron. At the annual meeting Roy Scott, Seagrave was re-elected president, Irving Boyd, Port Perry, Pete Hicks, Valentia, vice presidents. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 5, 1966 The local Intermediate Tripp Bulldozers captured the OHA championship for the first time in history for a Port Perry team. Vin Walker, Port Perry, was one of 29 men appointed special conveners of the Ontario Amateur Softball Assc ciation. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 5, 1986 Port Perry High School held its annual At- Home and Christine Donnelly was crowned WHEN....? $94,000 budget cut for the hospital by the province. "Mary Lynne MacMaster, daughter of Archie and Marion MacMaster was part of the CTV program W5. Mary Lynne was the circulating nurse in a feature film about an open heart operation at Toronto's Sick Children's Hospital. Carol Williamson won the Girl of the Year award for the Theta Delta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi of Port Perry. : The 5th Star, one of the highest awards in Cubs was awarded to Jimmy Harris and Glen Kerry of the 1st Scugog Cub Pack at the annual Father and Son banquet. 10YEARS AGO Tuesday, May 6, 1986 Ground was broken for Carlan House, a home for the developmentally handicapped, located east of the Central Seven on Regional Road 8. Al Kivel was named Sportsman of the Year at the Port Perry Mens Curling League Queen. Lori Clark was princess. Efforts by hospital chairman Dave Brown and board chairman Howard Hall resulted in a $56,000 reduction in the original The Myrtle House was the first hotel to be built in Myrtle. Photo taken in 1885 by W. E. O'Brien of Whitby. banquet. The award was presented by president Ralph Fairman. tion of the land market must be halted before Turnto Page 22 We a I RE SRG A a i Re Ca gn RR ly SRE se bk I oR mIRC LN on Tn kB a a ay Sg lain