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a 0 Vol. 132 Number 01 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1997 COPY 65¢ (614+ 4¢ GsT) Lobby group being formed locally Parents, teachers vow fight against Bill 160 By Rik Davie Port Perry Star A group of concerned parents and teachers are serving notice to the provincial government that they are not through fighting Bill 160. Last Wednesday evening (Nov. 19), a crowd of about 135 people filed into the R.H. Cornish Public School gym to hear principal Rick DeJong and members of his staff explain in detail their objections to the govern- ment's - controversial education reform legislation. : Mr. DeJong is outraged that under the bill principals and vice- principals will no longer be members of teaching associations but be con- sidered management staff, separate from teachers. "They want to arbitrarily remove us from our bargaining group and say we're not teachers," said Mr. DeJong. "Well, I'll always be a teach- er first and an administrator second. I'm here for the kids." As the meeting opened, Mr. DeJong made it clear to the assem- bled teachers and parents that this was to be an open forum for any point | of view: "We want this to be a safe place to discuss your concerns and view of Bill 160 no matter what the position may be." And some of those concerns were expressed. Two parents were quick to voice Please turn to Page 17 Teens wounded by shots at fairgrounds By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Three teens were shot by an unseen gunman while they walked through the Port Perry Fair Grounds recently, say Durham Regional Police. According to a police report, three 14-year-old males were strolling along the public property around 1:45 on Nov. 23 when they approached a tower at the south end of the grounds and heard voices. They could not tell if the voices were coming from the tower or from nearby bushes or trees, add police. struck by pellets, say Durham Police. One youth was struck in the lower 5 back part of his right leg while anoth- er was hit in his lower abdomen area, say police. Neither received injuries as the pellets failed to puncture the skin. A third teen was struck in the mouth say police, after a pellet grazed his lip, cutting it, and continued to hit one of his large front teeth. Police say the pellet broke off a large chunk of his right front tooth and he now has a large lump on the left side of his tongue. By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Scugog Township residents will continue to receive mail during the course of the postal strike, but only from each other. According to Bob Walker, the Postmaster at Port Perry's Canada Post Corporation office, local residents will continue to receive local mail. "We will only be delivering local mail during the pres- ent postal strike. Anyone wh® mails anything from with- The three youths made their way The teens then report hearing to the Uxbridge site of the North three or four loud bangs before being Please turn to Page 21 Mail moving in Scu aN = in the township -- Nestleton, Port Perry, Janetville, Blackstock -- to anyone else in Scugog will have their package delivered," he said Friday morning, two days after 45,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) across the country walked off the job. The local office --which employs eight people plus 13 route drivers -- is not joining their colleagues on strike because of their different affiliation, he says. - "No one who works here is a member of CUPW. We are all member of the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants s off at Port's fairgrounds at r kids having their picture taken with Santa at the ft, Margo Gadsden and Heather Callan. The m. and finishes at Reid's. : gog despite strike Association (CPAA)," Mr. Walker said. During the strike, the local Postmaster says that anyone wishing to mail a letter --depending on where it's going -- must come inside the building. "Everyone should come inside because we have sealed up all the (street) boxes so if you want to send something you should come to the counter. , "If you want to send something outside of the town- ship -- from Port Perry to Toronto -- then we would Please turn to Page 17 CH pon LIMITED | 10 Vanedward Drive, Port Perry. [k=