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" "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - L9L 187 PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 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 0265 Subscription Rates: 1 Year - $32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Includes $5.95 GST Editorial Comment Who's winning In this war? When the courts ruled last year against the Para-Dice Riders -- who challenged actions by Durham Regional Police as infringements upon their Charter rights -- it was hailed by the police as a major victory in the fight against crime. The argument went that while bikers on their annual summer runs to Caesarea might be inconvenienced by roadblocks, that was a small price to pay for the chilling effect such shows of police muscle might have on criminal activities in Durham Region, and beyond. But how effective is the measure? Despite prior knowledge that police will be out in force to hold them up, bikers streamed in to Caesarea this past weekend, as they have in years past. Although there were numerous reports and plenty of speculation on the vigor with which the police would greet party-goers coming here to bid former Satan's Choice president Bernie Guindon farewell -- and even though it poured rain -- the bikers came, and ran the gauntlet last summer. I's a showdown now, to be sure, but you have to wonder if anybody's winning. What the police have to show for their roadblocks is a handful of misdemeanor charges, and maybe some information as to 'who's riding with whom. Meanwhile, it looks -- like a very expensive response to a non- threatening situation. We're behind the police all the way in their efforts to combat organized crime, and encourage them to pursue what ever suspected links there might be with the biker culture. And we sure as hell don't want open warfare, as has been the case in Quebec. But people are getting tired of what's happening every year in Caesarea. It's time for a new approach. ) REMEMBER ~~ S55YEARSAGO Thursday, June 25, 1942 p Mr. Grant Christie presided over the | Decoration Service At Pine Grove Cemetery. | Lion Bill Chapman reports the annul Lions 3 Club Camival was a great success. 1 45 YEARS AGO : Thursday, June 26,1952 Mr. J. J. 'Gibson was among the deputy || Grand Masters installed at a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ontario, |,0.0.F. The new parish hall of St. John's Anglican church, Blackstock was dedicated. Miss Matilda Snelgrove celebrated her 96th birthday at the home of Mrs. H. Stone. 40 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 27,1957 Mr. Garry Venning and Dr. Charles Cattran, who shared the cost of a ticket on the Brighton Kinsmen Club car draw were the lucky | winners of a 1957 Ford sedan. SPER Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and family have just . | arrived from England and will reside in Prince Albert. | A 30YEARSAGO June 29, 1967 After completing an 11 week course on er TT . -- . cl Bi i A Freelance - Heather McCrae, John B. McClelland Robert Taylor, Richard Drew mber of the BUSINESS OFFICE Caradund RSS ior Auton Office Mgr. .......cconnnnniisns Gayle Stapley CN A Published every Tuesday by the Accounting.......Judy Ashby, Janet Rankin Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. - --- Retail Sales......Kathy Dudley, : 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. EDITORIAL: Heather Callan Publisher................ J. Peter Hvidsten ADVERTISING i DD tipped, P MacLeod PRODUCTION Advertising Mgr. .......... Don MacLeod CONA Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell Annabell Harrison, Trudy Empringham, gales: Myra Park, Deb McEachem, News Reporters .....Chris Hall, Rhonda Mulcahy, Pam Hickey, Barb Hillier, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Deborah Tiffin °6 6000 pH! I HAVE SUCH y To the Editor: Has this ever happened to-you? You're chatting with someone from the city, and the subject of Lake Scugog comes up. "Oh I know that lake," they say with great authority, "You sure don't want to eat the fish that come outa there. It's seriously polluted you know." For years, I've heard comments like that from people who know Lake Scugog only by reputation. I've heard it from visitors. And truth be told, I've heard it from people who live right here. We who love the lake know that its algae-caused The myth of Scugog's pollution murkiness is a sign of vitality and fundamental water purity. The government places no limit (at least, last time I looked at the book) on the con- sumption of fish caught in Lake Scugog. That means it's not polluted, right? Wrong. Lake Scugog has become polluted in the public mind...maybe even in our own minds. We all wonder about the thick, pea soup water. We see the floating garbage on every shore. The weeds. The gas slicks. The bobbing pieces of broken ice huts, rotted docks and carelessly cut-down trees. Turn to page? . EYE, | heating sponsored by Ontario Hydro in | Oshawa, three local electricians, Wes Lane, Fred Tully and Larry Mabley, received their graduation diplomas at a banquet. | The Hon. M. B. Dymond officially opened | the new addition to the Scugog Township Hall | on Saturday. The addition is housing council | chambers, clerk's office and washrooms. | Miss Barbara Burnett graduated from | Victoria Hospital, London, Ont. } 20YEARS AGO Wednesday, June 29, 1977 Under the threat of mass resignations from the Scugog Recreation Committee, council agreed to study a proposal giving it broader responsibilities with participation from local sports and recreation groups. 10YEARS AGO Tuesday, June 30, 1987 Ivan Bell retired as the areas Ministry of Agriculture representative. More than 3000 people attended the Port Perry High School reunion, some coming from as far away as Australia and Norway. PPHS student council president Kristy Armour read the address during the dedication of the Memorial Gardens. A v ; on ' i L ii y . ; A) y+