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6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed. May 5, 1982 house. Award for the year 1971. remember when..." (From page 5) buted to faulty wiring in the sitting room at the front of the The Scugog Ski-doo Club held a very successful dance in the Township Hall with approximately 100 people enjoy- ing the dancing, lunch, prizes and social time. For a third time, Mr. Elmer Arsenault was denied approval by council to operate a chip wagon in the Village of Port Perry. Council told Mr. Arsenault that zoning by- laws prohibit the operation of a mobile food truck on the two locations requested by Mr. Arsenault. G.M. Williams Motors of Port Perry is one of 106 Ford, Mercury and dual-line dealers of Ford Motor Co. to be awarded the company's distinguished Achievement This is the tenth year in a row that Williams Motors Ltd. has won this honour. Mr. and Mrs. Grant McDermott were entertained on Saturday evening by a host of friends in honour of their 25th Wedding Anniversary, May 2 at Club Annrene. Before the party, the couple were guests of honour at a family dinner held at the Georgian Hotel dining room, Oshawa. Region council gets into act Over the past several months, Durham Region council has been asked by numerous municipal juris- diction to support or endorse statements which are critical of the national economy and certain fiscal policies: namely high interest rates. Now, Regional council is getting into the economic fray itself, as the council has asked its management committee to prepare a report and come up with recommendations on the worsening situation within Durham. The go-ahead for manage- ment committee to prepare the report was given by the council at its regular meeting last week. The report is expected within six weeks to 'eight weeks and will be presented to the federal government. And although there are no concrete terms of reference, it is a certainty the report will deal to a large degree with the troubled auto industry, since General Motors is the largest single employer in Durham. In March, unemployment in Durham increased to an all time high, and in March, import cars out-sold General Motors vehicles for the first time ever. The report will be pre- pared by Regional staff and the management committee, as council rejected a sugges- tion from Whitby councillor Tom Edwards that there be input from labour unions and the business sector. Scugog councillor Lawrence Malcolm was one of these who wanted the report prepared only at the. Regional level, stating other groups and organizations have the chance to come up with their own recommenda- tions. The motion to prepare a report comes when Durham is experiencing the tough economic problems plaguing just about every part of the "country. And a report by the Region's planning depart- ment shows that since 1971, the number of jobs in Dur- ham has not kept pace with the population growth, In fact, the number is falling. The report says that in 1971, there were 33.3 jobs for each 100 citizens. In 1980, there were 31.8 jobs per 100 residents; and by 1991 it is estimated this number will fall even further to 30 jobs per 100 residents. The report concludes that Durham must take action to stimulate employment growth just to keep the current trends from getting worse. The rate of growth in the number of jobs in Durham from 1971 to 1980 was about 2.5 per cent, while the overall population growth was about three per cent during the same period. The planning department estimates that in 1980 there were 88,150 full time jobs in the Region. According to statistics, in the report, the job picture in Scugog Township actually improved from 1978 to 1980. There were 2445 jobs in 1978, and 2535 in 1980. Pickering, Ajax, and Whitby were the only other municipalities to improve on the number of jobs during those two years. The number of jobs in Oshawa actually dropped by about 2000 during those two years. One of the conclusions reached by the report is that unless the number of jobs keeps pace with the popula- tion growth, Durham will have to continue to rely heavily on Metropolitan Toronto for its employment opportunities. letters Baha'i persecution must be stopped Dear Sir: Inrecent letters to you, our community has expressed concern over the persecution of the Baha'i's in Iran. On behalf of our co-religionists, the Baha'i' community in Scugog, along with all of the Canadian Baha'i' comm- unities, have been active in bringing to the attention of the Canadian government, the United Nations and the media, the repressive living conditions of the Iranian Baha'i's. Along with the above mentioned agencies, other organizations, on their own, have intervened on the be- half of the persecuted Baha'i's. This action has hopefully prevented escalation of the systematic mass extermination, feared by the Baha'i's throughout the world. The Trinity College of Oxford contacted the United Nations, con- demning the acts of aggression towards the Baha'i's by the fanatical Iranians. Also the United Church of Canada, meeting in plenary session in November of 1981, took the following action: "In keeping with the Division of World Outreach of the United Church of Canda's expressed policy condemning any violation of human rights, we are appalled at the growing evidence of a systematic EMIEL'S PLACE Ada Lee COMING! FLOWERING GERANIUMS f or Mother's Day! BRUNTON'S QUEEN STREET WEST PORT PERRY - 985-7114 Guaranteed Investment Certificates 1to 5 YEARS ANNUAL 1 & 3 YEARS MONTHLY 2,4 &5 YEARS MONTHLY ... 17.75% 17.25% 17.125% (Rates Subject to Change without Notice.) SCUGOG FINANCIAL SERVICES 250 QUEEN STREET - PORT PERRY PHONE 985-3832 All Members of Canada Deposit Insurance Corp. campaign of persecution, violence, and murder in Iran, aimed at the Baha'i' faith community. We there- fore, urge the Executive of the General Council to commend warmly the Government and Parliament of Canada for their past actions concerning these events and further urge continuation of any possible and appropriate action in all world forums." We warmly thank the members of the United Church in Scugog Township and in all of Canada for their active support. Sincerely, Jim Lee, Chairman The Spiritual Assembly of The Baha'i's of Scugog Questions French Immersion (From page 5) caution in introducing French immersion at the primary level in view of the evidence that the learning of a foreign language is more efficient among older children." While a person with an excellent command of both languages enjoys a great advantage in our country, we must not achieve fluency in French at the expense of proficiency in English. English is still "the dominant language of Canada, the dominant language of our biggest supplier and customer, the dominant language of world trade and commerce" (Richard Needham, The Globe and Mail, April 21, 1982) The FWTAO paper comments that "it is ironic that at a time when schools are under attack for alleged failure to teach English, we would now be contemplating teaching entirely in French for the early years of a child's school life. Perhaps we should forget about Primary French immersion and instead con- template Junior or Inter- mediate French immersion. This would certainly allow children to become pro- ficient in English prior to immersion in a second language as well as cancell- ing learning problems due to a maturational lag. At the very. least, as re- sponsible parents, we should ask that early identification tests be implemented to pre- vent unnecessary failure. Yours sincerely Ricarda Kight R.R.4, Sunderland Benefit dance held on Saturday A story in last week's paper said a dance at Immaculate Conception Church Hall was to be held on May 1. The story should have said the dance will be held this coming Saturday, on May 8. Proceeds from this dance will be turned over to the people of Poland for economic relief in that country. There will be door prizes, refreshments, a buffet and music by D.J. Franssen. The Star regrets the error and any inconvenience this might have caused. So, get out your dancing shoes on May 8 at the Church Hall and support this worthy cause. For more information about tickets call John Kersten 985-7987 or John Martens at 985-7430. 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