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| 6 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 4, 2000 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PUBLISHER................. J. Peter Hvidsten Member BUSINESS OFFICE: Judy Ashby, Kathy : GENERAL MGR........... Don Macleod Ng Canadian ; | MANAGING EDITOR... Jeff Mitchell Locna Community i: 4 CN A Dudley, Janet Rankin, Lesley West d OFFICE MANAGER..... Gayle Stapley Member Ontari Nespahor ADVERTISING: Ginni Todd, Cindy Jobin, i ADVERTISING MGR.... Deb McEachern ~~ MeRer Ontario Community Gail Morse, Heather Mack, Linda Clarke, REPORTER.................. Chris Hall Publications Mail Registration No. 07881 Janet Archer, Malcolm Lennox Freelance Writers- Heather McCrae, John B. McClelland PHONE (905) 985-7383 ; FAX (905) 985-3708 E-MAIL: port.perry.star@sympatico.ca Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Company Limited, 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ontario - LIL 187 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Year - $37.45 (includes GST) Six Months - $19.79 (includes GST) Foreign 1 Year - $96.30 (includes GST) PRODUCTION: Trudy Empringham, Pam Hickey, Daryle Wright, Arlene Cheel, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew, Scott Ashby, EDITORIAL POLICY: Opinions expressed by columnists, contributors and letter writers are not necessarily those of The Port Perry Star. Letters must be signed and the telephone number (which will not be published) included. Requests that a name be withheld will be honoured only if there is a compelling reason to do so. Errors will be corrected if brought to the editor's attention. We reserve the right to edit of refuse publication of any material submitted. ADVERTISING POLICY: The publisher is not kable for sight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement. The publisher is not liable for other errors or omissions n connection with any advertisement in any subsequent issue or the refund of any monies paid for the advertisement. All claims of error in publication must be made by Wednesday, noon, prior to the next week's publication, and, if not made, will not be considered. No claim will be allowed for more than one insertion. Editorial Comment A world faces the future Here we are in the first days of this shiny new year, alive, kicking, and, it would appear, Y2K compliant. Any apprehension or lingering fears we may have felt about some sort of global computer meltdown began to dis- sipate as New Year's Eve approached, and locations on the other side of the world greeted 2000 hours ahead of us. Their lights stayed on. Their transit systems functioned. Their nuclear devices did not trigger themselves and launch unintentional attacks on unwitting targets. In fact, it was all rather anticlimactic. January 1 dawned here bright, warm and benign -- well, there was a slight earthquake, but on the first day of a new year it's good to shake things up a little, right? -- and we all yawned and stretched, and went on with our lives. The experts warn us that we should keep an eye on developments around the world in the days and weeks to come before we declare the so-called Y2K Bug little more than a pest. But so far, it appears the doomsday scenarios predicted by some were far overblown. Have we been had? Hard to say. Could be that all the hours and dollars spent on preparing for the worst left us invulnerable to glitches. Maybe we averted disaster by undergoing 12 months of finding potential problems, and fixing them. Or the whole planet may have been given over to the kind of speculative angst and even hysteria that comes with living in a global village. We live in a time at which we are all truly connected, no matter how independent or isolated we may feel. That means that in the millennium before us we must strive to be better, to continue the human evolution of intelli- gence and compassion. The whole world depends on it. DID 1 JUST HEAR SOMEBODY SIGH? i, B W U/ LULL, 0 NN Remember When? the past cotple of weeks winter enthgtacss ave oe sean sot {ae Sclgope opi: surface on sleek ice boards. But ice boats, or boards, are not a new phenomenon; as can be seen from this photo taken during the early 100s Above, three men enjoy a day out on the lake on their homemade craft across the frozen Port Perry Star Letter of the Week 'Scoff' organizers say thanks To the Editor: As you might already know, a group of high school students went to Moss Park, in Toronto to feed the homeless. Operation Scoff took place on Dec. 9. We hope you can help us thank all of the busi- nesses which have donated or helped us . We would kindly appreciate it, if you would thank the fol- lowing businesses for Operation Scoff for their donations: Lake View Business Center, Reids Independence, Food Basics, What Goes Around Comes Around, and Zehrs. They have all, by donating items, helped the homeless to change their Christmas spirit. We would also like to thank the Latcham Centre as well as KX.96 for helping us with the 4 clothing drive. The community needs a thanks for their clothing which they have donated, and the students of Port Perry High School for their help in the penny drive. Their donations have helped us succeed with the food, which was prepared for the homeless, and their clothing. The homeless were very thankful for all the support we have given them. We made them laugh and brought them out of the blues. We believe that the people whom helped us need a special thanks. Sincerely, Kayla Deonarain, Heather Kanabe, Julie Gajewski, Jason Donohue, Jen Banting, Lisa Tripp, J'aime Francis.