' J . ls SE IF yA vit da SE A 4 ee ' LU) EI YW a A a PPRT§ PERRY TAR Second Section Volume 109 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1974 -- No. 3 ' out that a student can not get enough experience in just six hours of actual driving. But in that tire, they can leach the student the right procedure and the right way lo do things. Ken Lang, Bert Rodney and Harry Spiering are three other teachers involved in the program. every two weeks. The entire agenda was printed on only one side of each piece of paper. The agenda includes mas- sive reports from the various departments of the region as well as minutes of the last meeling, committee recom- mendations, correspon- dences and bylaws to be SERS Tey NT SR 0 at lt" De i RP An addition to Cartwright room, new washrooms and Education and the Board {0 Public School, which will more storage space. should know by April, if the ne bring the number of student ' The present general pur- captial money will be avail- ths 1 places up to 559, was approv- pose room will also be con- able in 1975. xf : a ed by the Durham Board of verted into a library, and Mr. Goode argued that the | : Saale Si ! Education despite the efforts there will be changes in the area will likely grow faster aia CEL | a S fo ; of Scugog's two trustees. office as well as a new than Board Officials predict Louise Van Camp, Debbie McLaughlin and Janet Parsons were recently Gordon Goode and Yvonne teachers room. and voted for the larger presented with the highest award in guiding, the Canada Cord. The presentation Christie urged the Board to The large scheme, which addition. | 4 was madeata ceremony held at the Blackstock United Church. A reception was accept a larger addition Was rejected, would have I'he Region of Durham has held in the Christian Education Building afterwards. The Cords were presented which would accomodate 622 cost only $70,000 more and placed a temporary freeze i by Divisi Commissioner Joan Hawes from Newcastle. students. would have provided for two on development of houses in y Biasion Lo ssion 03 ° " oy - ne re classr g Blackstock pending the i p The school currently has mine pa Di hor Loh aoe De: °F the ! } : ; 92g S enro ar Irs. Christie said her S$ a study ! Metered ratetoo high - A leg, and concern is for the whole septic tanks and soil condil- ; in use. Scugog area: as there are ions of the area. f - Mrs. Christie told the about 1,300 building lots that Board officials feel that if i a ter re a fe a ro ve STAR that Board Adminis- could soon be on the market the smaller addition is built. tration has predicted an in the Port Perry area. they 4 sil need three ' ifevaake 3 . If this happens, there portable classrooms for Scugog residents who have Mayor Lawrence Malcolm rale was $31.18 for three Se cenroltmen ! or won't be i, room in the some time to come. 7 P been paying too much for of Scugog made a similar months. 'The actual amount I L080 oy predict there Prince Albert Public School If the larger addition was___ ose) i ht el wid Joining she Pectin vom Bargin Togo) will be Yous students than are 23 iy H. Cornish Public . fs Le portable would be a victory at regional council. a; ¢ MEE - 10, qarrently enrolle chool. needed. Counc hsm: to give Works Committee Chairman being a sewer surcharge. "NM BIS Sale d iW he Mrs. Christie said that the Mrs. Christie said the these people a rebate as soon Al Dewar that the staff Aboul one hundred ny : : he pI Bw students from Scugog Island difference in cost between as the new resianal - would look into the mechan- residences in Port Perry disagreed with the Adminis- SU ; larger and smaller addit- levy i ional water ics of doing this have been paying too much rations assessment of the arc now sent to the Prince the larger and smaller a o ey is Saison ad tab The motion passed means since the ad Por Perry Siluationand pointed out that Alber 32d Pert Perry he aa venlly Sins Ao bx ding ¢osta that as soon as a regiondl council established a new (here are 322 non-agricultur- a % a larger addition board. ' But Geoff Owen of Kent Tale is established, the rate late last year. Gt Ol Bt on thai nn Street, Port Perry, isn't residents will receive a Scugog council has Cartwright. Island students could bo ent expansion had been debated: 4 ay MARY rebate for the difference attempted to get the meter Fhe smaller scheme, sland stunents go S Sora ting of the g satisfied yet, as he would like between what they have rate adjusted without suc. Which was accepted by a there and then the other two at a open mee ing ih an imine roe: He- "been a on Tp, ey: wo uo alos then Koro vote of 9 to 7, provides for a schools could accomodate a board and ih mg © lomerstobe charged the lal What they would have paid services was taken over by Music rom. a double kinder "The addition: must be the Board approved a series | rate until j icv is on a flat rate. the region on January Ist of 8arlten. two regular class- . pha ig Ty deli 'hich will limit 1 a new policy 1S REAL . . ka 2 rooms, a general purpose approved by the Ministry of of guidelines w ch wi mi established. : Mr. Malcolm said the flat (his year. the amount of building in the ) - next three years. { - There are currently more Pro ram Saves headaches teaches students to drive pupil spaces in Durham 1 ' | schools than there are stu- , | By spending forty dollars ¢ar. the student can relax you don'( yell at me". the program was started in {ape recordings in the class- dents. but ER Dfeas, he and forty-two hours, a lot of and take instruction from a Thereisn'( the built-in fear 1967. There hasn't been a go ss like wl look for 2 Ping "than "heeded Port Perry area teenagers Professionally trained of wrecking their parentscar bad accident involving a Tings i ¢ what lo ook or Spaces : have been saving themselves teacher. } } either when they are learn- student learning to drive at In businga se caran ow . ?, and their parents a lot of 'There is a very basic ing to drive at the.school. the school. go Slee Compatiies gw Pi Nn k Bi uU e anguish: - difference in attitude in the ~The Car used at the school For their forty dollars, the il Hie premiums are also. . "This year there are eighty- Student when he is taking is supplied by General student gets twenty-six wp se - cossiullv . seven students enrolled jn instruction from one of his Motors through Beare hours of classroom instruct- i » 10 successfu 2 S | X po u nd S the Driver Education Pro- teachers than when he is 'Motors in Port Perry. ion, six hours of actual £ompy he the course an gram at the Port Perry High Ying to learn to drive with "We are not there to jump driving and twelve hours of pass red De est are . . Sclinol. his parents," according to down the kids throat and tell observing another driver in Hyon hh or (hee yo Wh t IS 1t? "#+- So instead of having their Gerry MacTavish, co-ordin- him he almost wrecked the action. ; aed) onl dree nving ¥ ad Le. parents yelling and scream- aor of the program. car." Mr. MacTavish said. Many diferent aspeets of % nl ance ees What is green. yellow, ing at them as they come Mr. MacTavish said some Mr. MacTavish said they driving are taught hpthe iisg usually. pve. for is orange. pink, blue and close to wrecking their new of the students tell him, "but 'have been very lucky since of film strips, movies and ni Rg ee white? premiums for the teenaged It weighs about six pounds driver." Mr. MacTavish and is about three inches said." "Its reduced as much thick and measures eight as lwenly per cent by some and a half inches by eleven | insurance companies." inches. ) The instructors of the The answer is the regional course have taken summer council agenda for fast week, / E42 courses sponsored by the It was so big this time that ~ insurance companies and |! Was bound into two separ-__ have provincial certificates. @!¢ books and then four FE supplements were added to it bh Ten students from Cart- rior (hat. hg wright High School are Each regional councillor enrolled in this year's Port; 4 member of the local Perry course. Last year a press plus certain other satellite program was oper- people gel copies of the ated at Cartwright. agenda. But Mr. MacTavish points 11 costs about $1.75 to mail ™ it to the STAR office once how to drive. Classroom instruction takes place right after school. Students pay $40 for the course and receive an insurance discount if they successfully complete the course. Kathy Stone, 16, of Greenbank received instruction from teacher Ken Lang before she attempts parallel parking. Mr. Lang is one of four instructors in the Port Perry High School courses which teaches students They are paid for the time they spend by the Ministry. of "Education through the Dur- ham Board of Education. passed. [Lis all colour-coded to try to help people find their way through the agenda.