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indicate the government's will was exercised by the police. 6 - "WEEKEND STAR" FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2001 PUBLISHER.., GEN. MGR......Don MacLeod MANAGING EDITOR.. Jeff Mitchell TUT 7 TON 17 Vrs A Member orice naan Sno OCIA WEEKEND STAR Joist ADVERTISING MGR... Deb McEachem | Tt a -mm" community Qe CNA REPORTER................. Chris Hall Member Ontario Community C Newspaper Freelance : Heather McCrae, John B. McClelland, Rik Davie Newspaper Assoc. ' PHONE (905) 985-7 FAX pA ) Sng go 8, Published every Friday by the Port Perry Star Company Limited, 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ontario - L9L 1B7 E-MAIL: editorial @portperrystar.com advertising @portperrystar.com Distributed free in the following communities: Port Perry - Uxbtidge - Sunderland - Little Britain - RR Lindsay Janetville Oakwood - Manilla - Seagrave - Greenbank - Brooklin - Ashbum - Columbus - RR Oshawa Zephyr - Udora - Leaskdale - Sandford - Caesarea - Blackstock - Raglan - Nestleton - Yelverton - Prince Albert 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 wil ba corrected if brought to the editor's attention. We reserve the right to edit or refuse publication of any material submitted. 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BUSINESS OFFICE: Judy Ashby, / Kathy Dudley, Janet Rankin, Lesley West ADVERTISING: Ginni Todd, Cindy Jobin, | Gail Morse, Linda Clarke, Janet Archer, Lisa i Monk PRODUCTION MANAGER: Pamela Hickey Production Staff: Trudy Empringham, Daryle Wright, Arlene Cheel, Richard Drew TNT J > WEIN YY OPINION A premier on the run It has been interesting to watch of late, as the hens come home to roost for Ontario Premier Mike Harris. The premier has been caught in a very harsh public spotlight in at least two instances in the past couple of weeks: First with his appearance at the Walkerton tainted water inquiry, and, not quite so directly, in reports of his'involvement on discussions on the native occupation of the Ipperwash provincial park. Mr. Harris' performance at Walkerton was disgraceful. The premier had the perfect opportunity, in a highly-publicized setting, to recognize the government's role in the tragedy. His answers could have been direct, absorbed by the public verbatim, without passing through the filter of media interpretation. He could have expressed his government's regret and desire to improve water safety. He could have seized upon an opportunity to make amends. | FRG Instead, he coldly and callously spent his time on the stand denying government responsibility and, presumably, culpability. ~ And on Ipperwash, the premier is about to be flushed out. He has insisted for years that he and his government exerted no pres- sure on police to remove protesters from the park. Police actions, of course, led to the slaying of an unarmed protester. Now documents from that time reveal a premier who was chafing to toss protesters from the land; the recollections of others Clearly, time's running out for Mike Harris..And he continues to deny the obvious. WHAT'D You THINK?) T WAS ALL RIGHT. T HAV TO ADMIT TOGETTING A LITTLE EXCITED WATCHING THOSE FLY BOYS DIVING ON THEIR TARGETS! 4 HAVE You SEEN 'PEARL HARBOUR' YET? EAR, 1 CAUGHT \T AT THE LINDSAY DRIVE IN! PEAKING OF TARGETS, DO You SEE WHAT I SEE? THIS 1S A DAY THAT WILL LWE IN INFAMY. By Walt Radda Baad TTT hi 1 a Re : THE GUY WASHING HIS : STATION WAGON? I'M E ON 1T! | In i 7 TR homeT, designinqtrade . com/ Sid in Jean Arksey of Brooklin sent in this photo of daughter Kiley, cuddling with canine pal Goldie. If you have an interesting picture we could use for Photo of the Week, please drop it by The Star office, or give us a call LETTERS at 985-7383. TT, GA ------- a Tm, _ er a ei aa I ---------- Th tT Thanks for supporting Big Bike To the Editor: It's not every day you see a 30-seat, one- ton cycle moving down the street, but Thursday you may have been lucky enough to run across one. Our Port Perry Big Bike for Stroke event was held on Thursday, July 5. It was a great success. Through the three Big Bike for Stroke events held in Durham East, we raised $27,000. Oshawa"s event raised over $15,000; Bowmanville's raised over $8,000 and the Port Perry event raised almost $4,000. Port Perry's Big Bike for Stroke event was an entertaining evening, with lots of enthu- siasm, exercise and a great deal of fun. Here is a list of teams that participated and the revenue they raised for stroke research, along with our top fundraiser and award winners. Thanks to all our teams and partic- ipants. a The Township of Scugog - $1,730 a Canadian Tire - $150 0 Royal Bank - $1,168 a Bank of Montreal - $670 a Re/Max - $206 a West Shore Village - $45 (donated in lieu of participation) The top fundraiser was Marion Lee who raised a total of $1,100. The spirit award will be given this year to the Royal Bank. The mountain bike winner is Cathy Ballingall from the Royal Bank. Congratulations everyone on a great day. A special thank you to Reid's Independent Grocer for hosting the event, Canadian Tire for donating a mountain bike, Still Water for donating water and the police for providing such enthusiastic escorts for the event. We couldn't have done it without the support of our volunteers and all the teams that came out for the day. Thanks again for making the Port Perry event such a huge success. Hope to see you again next year. Kim: Poppleton, Heart and Stroke " Foundation, Durham East Democracy in action To the Editor: After reading Melinda Crawford's let- ter in the Weekend Star (It's time to move forward, June 8), I'd like to congratulate all the citizens of south Ajax for electing a school trustee who makes absolutely no sense at all. Well done. S. Ogilvie, Port Perry