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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - LOL 1B7 PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 Subscription Rates: Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Editorial Comment 1 Year - $32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Includes $5.95 GST Don't tune out on vote They're off! ...Except, that is, for the Progressive Conservative Party in Durham riding. The Tories, as you probably know by now, are mired in a nasty fight that has left them without a candidate, although the election was called Sunday for June 2. They'll finally make their selection May 9, a full two weeks into a five-week campaign. And that could just be too late. Their failure to. successully complete the candidate selection process has been coupled with the national fall from grace displayed by the Reform Party to lead some folks to conclude that it's all over but the speechifying; that Alex Shepherd has a cakewalk ahead of him on the way to a second term in office, as a member of the government. Could be. But don't tune out just yet. There's more at stake in this election than meets the eye; the country is poised on the brink of a new millenium, and must choose leadership for the future. Are the candidates before you capable of providing such a vision? Also figuring in this campaign is the fight for the right to be the official opposition. That title must be wrested away from the sovereignist Bloc Quebecois and placed upon the Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell News Reporters .....Chris Hall, Freelance - Heather McCrae, John B. McClelland Robert Taylor, Richard Drew BUSINESS OFFICE Office Mgr. .........ccccceuennae. Gayle Stapley Accounting.......Judy Ashby, Louise Hope Retail Sales...... Kathy Dudley, Member of the (GC | Canadian & Ontario Newspaper Assoc. i CNA Ch Published every Tuesday by the Fa | Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. - 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. Heather Callan The Port Perry Star is authorized as second cl il by th EDITORIAL: Post Office Department, Otiawa, for cash payment of posage. PUDIISHE ......... J. Petar Huidsten po oo 00 ADVERTISING Second Class Mail Registration 0265 General Manager.... Don MacLeod Advertising Mgr. .......... Don Macleod Annabell Harrison, Trudy Empringham, Rhonda Mulcahy, Pam Hickey, Sales: Myra Park, Deb McEachern, Barb Hillier, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Deborah Tiffin / Ny DURHAM ; 7 REGION Ale Mx \\ 2 AW ARN NY Are '97 ( Contribution made in Roy's } shoulders of a party that can rightfully claim to To the Editor: helping students safely cross a busy street to represent the os from coast. a to My husband and I have been very pleased get to school. My husband, children and I coast. with the community participation in the have made a $1,000 contribution to the Who will that be? "Light the Way Campaign." We believe that "Light the Way Campaign" in memory of Roy That's up to you 0 decide the addition of these lights will be of signifi- Grierson, as a belated thank you to him and his family for his many years of dedicated service to the town and the students of R.H. Cornish. Thank you, Roy. Name withheld by request, as we wish this cant benefit to the town as a whole, not just to those students who use them to safely cross the highway. We would like to make a tribute to a man who made many significant contributions to You'll be inundated over the next five weeks with more promises, pledges and prognostications than you would ever wish on an enemy, some of it brought to you courtesy of the local press. But do yourself a favor: Cut through the crap to what's really being said. Then make your decision. this community, not least among them was PHOTO COURTESY HILDA MICHELLE REMEMBER 55YEARSAGO Thursday, April 30, 1942 The guest speaker at the Lions Club "Preacher's Night" was Rev. E.A. Twist, the Anglican Church minister at Uxbridge. Rev. W.C. Smith, united and Mr. Hawkins, Baptists were also guests on this occasion. A party was held at the home of Mrs. J.E. Jackson in honour of former Scout Owen Cliff. About 25 scouts were present including Scout Master Vernon. 40 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 28, 1957 At a meeting of the IOOF, 25-year jewels were presented to Bros. Oscar Beare and Les Smith by Bros. A.M. Lawrence, and also to Bros. Charles Reesor and M. Dowson by Bros. J. Gibson. Miss Georgia Brock is spending her Easter vacation in Hamilton, Bermuda. Mr. and Mrs. George Wolfe, Blackstock, attended the By-Line Ball at the Royal York, sponsored by the Toronto Press Club. 30 YEARS AGO Wednesday, April 27, 1967 By one vote, Scugog Township approved the sale of liquor under a dining room licence. A Ll : > Photo of the swimming pool in ry Gg CH "ihe SAC RT 3 od 5. 88 2 - w i 3 ] LN 5 PRA BLL » ¥ Fo ) Bs ¥ wi by = AL a ER FE " Birdseye Park. The pool was built in 1939 by Ed and Hilda Michelle who operated the park. The same pool is still in use today, almost 60 years after it was built. to be a tribute to Roy, not ourselves. WHEN....? Tre turnout was the heaviest in the history of the township. Peel's Poultry Farm Ltd., will be sponsoring breeding stock and broilers for the poultry building "Man- The Provider" at Expo '67. Winners of the 8th annual Beare Motors bonspiel was the Gerry Hunter rink with Bud Sonley, Art Panabaker and Gord Prentice. 20YEARS AGO Tuesday, April 14, 1987 John Espley, Debbie Ireland, Paul Delhaise, Greg Carriere and Wendy Bracken placed first in Durham Region in a Junior Math Contest sponsored by the University of Waterloo. Morely Davidson took part in the Boston Marathon and placed 659 out of more than 4,000 participants. : 10YEARS AGO Tuesday, April 14, 1987 The building boom in Scugog has forced the council to hire an additional inspector for the building department to help inspector Paul Milligan with the workload. High school teacher Paul Arculus headed up a project to dig up the foundation of the old high school lost in the fire of April 15, 1926 and create a memorial garden with a bronze plaque.