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6 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 13, 2001 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PUBLISHER, GENMGR Don Macleod yy, CANADIAN EDITOR... Chis Hall CY | & J& : S comanry @ de CNA OFFICE MANAGER Gayle Stapley 2001 | ORT ERRY TAR REN ADVERTISING MANAGER .. DebMcEachem __ 7 [IU rie SET MEMBER CREATIVE MANAGER Pam Hickey ai econ] | | CON oCna CONRAUNITY REPORTER .... .. 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No daim will be allowed for more than one insertion BUSINESS OFFICE: Judy Ashby, Kathy Dudley, ADVERTISING: Ginni Todd, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Tracy Souch, Suzanne Sutherland freelance Waiters: Heather McCrae, John B McClelland, Kay Langmuir Janet Rankin, Lesley West Janet Archer, Bill Watson PRODUCTION: Trudy Empnngham, Daryle Wright, Arlene Cheel Editorial Comment The battle of Epsom begins Playing one community against another has become a depressing part of the Student Accommodation Plan that the Durham District School Board trots out every. five years for the closure of old, under-used schools and the building of much-needed additions to others. While trustees at the DDSB publically call for under- standing between those who are losing a school and hose who need new facilities, the jockeying for position egins. ccording to a School Community Council chair in Uxbridge a local trustee has already been on the phone to him telling him in no uncertain terms that his $12 mil- lion, 14 classroom addition to a vastly over-crowded school must be cut to $6 million. That same trustee is championing the cause of Epsom school in its battle to cheat the executioner's axe in the same accommodation plan. At a meeting last week senior board staff did not mince words when asked if the failure of one school to close could affect the renovation of the other. The answer was yes, it could. The budget and avail- able funds are so tight and the plan so carefully orches- trated that any change will have a ripple effect. So while trustees publically call for understanding and decry infighting between SCC members for the lim- ited bucks up for grabs, in private it seems they are lobbying those same people for position and political capital with which to bargain their fellow trustees into saving some at the cost of others. The SCC members, especially those who are attempt- ing to save Epsom Public School, will have a hard time keeping to the high road on this one. So far this group has managed it in spite of a natural inclination to fight for their kids no matter the cost. If they can stay out of the trustees' political games then no matter the outcome they will, if not win the war, then very probably win the peace that comes after. . ---- Ll 1) Vy AA) A N IN. 2% A 7 py ", a 177777200 00 Z 4 i / Marvins new leat-blower works even better than expected... \ . Ar ory TI <x ww Kap? Perey STAR -- i = . » Historical photo feature by J. Peter Hvidsten This picture shows the Port Perry Railway Station as it looked during the early part of 1900. The picture is taken looking south with the water tower and repair shed on the left and the station bulldings on the right. These buildings were located where the Gazebo in Palmer Park is located today. The railway ceased operation and the tracks were torn up in.1941, LETTERS Blackstock area ignored once more by township To The Editor: How nice to read that once again, Port Perry and Prince Albert will have curbside leaf pick up. When township-wide garbage pickup and recycling began in the Blackstock area, | called to see when we too would have leaf pickup. | was told two years ago that it was not in the budget for that year, but would be looked into for the next budget. What happened? We had to take them to the transfer station and pay $2 to drop them off. The recent ads in the paper make no mention of the fact that we will now have to pay $5 to drop our leaves off at the transfer station. Why can't Blackstock's leaves be picked up? | also notice that Port Perry has had Christmas tree pickup for years, but never the Blackstock area. Again we'll have to pay extra to dispose of our trees. There should be equality throughout the township. Tim Lang Cartwright Thanks for helping our daughter make a difference To the Editor: We wanted to take this oppor- tunity to thank you and especially Chris Hall for taking the time to publish an article regarding our daughter's upcoming trip to Thailand. The article was well done and we fell that is captured the essence of volunteer spirit. In spite of the unrest as a result of the terrorists' attack on Sept. I1, Emma feels more committed than ever to do what she can to reduce Turn Page 7