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aay I TT IR oo EEE i ----m--"mnmnmnm.--"" for all our readers. words in length. to write about. the Star Office, 235 Queen Street address, group (A, B, or C), and phone number. So, here's your chance to get into the spirit of Christmas, have some fun, and let your imagination and creative powers run wild. The Port Perry Star Christmas short story-essay contest - why not dust off a pen or pencil and give it a try? Just about everyone has a secret desire to be a writer, to set free the crea- tive forces and put words to paper. So, here's your chance. The Port Perry Star is sponsorin The contest is open to three groups: (A) up to 13 years; (B) 14 to 19 Years: and (C) Over 19 Years -- and the essay-short story should be about 500 to 600 We have selected three topics and entrants must choose one of the three * "What Christmas Means to Me" * "My Most Memorable Christmas" * "Christmas Shopping in Port Perry" ' The Port Perry Star will judge all the submissions and award prizes to the top three in each age category. And, they will be published in the special Christmas edition of the Star. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, December 11th at 5:00 P.M. at , Port Perry. Be sure to include your name, 8 a Christmas short story-essay contest Twinkle's for sale Nancy Prentice has a twinkle in her eyes and a Twinkle on her shoulder -- Twinkle the doll, that is. Nancy made Twinkle to raffle off for the Matthew Geer fund and tickets are $1. and available through Nan- cy at the Port Perry Star office, or through Kathy Stapley at Mersco's. keeps pa Regular customers at the Brewers Retail out- let in Port Perry have probably noticed that an expansion on the west side of the building has been underway since early September. The additional space is needed not because people are drinking more beer. There are just more people buying their favourite brew there. A lot more. The original building hasn't changed in size since it was put up in 1966, at the intersection of Highway 7A and Queen Street. Its simply wasn't large enough to keep up with the de- mands of a growing community, especially during the summer months when cottagers, boaters and tourists find their way to Port Perry: Store manager Jerry Kozlinsky told the Star last week the addition will essentially do two things: reduce the time for loading and un- loading trucks by about half as new ramp and docking facilities are being installed; and double the amount of cooler space where beer for sale is kept at 42 degrees in summer and 48 degrees in winter. Since the lobby area won't be altered, cus- tomers won't see any changes to the store, but the extra storage space and quicker loading time will make life a lot easier for the six em- ployees who work at the store. However, because of the extra space for cooling beer, customers are virtually assured their beer will be chilled every time they buy it. Although the addition was planned to keep up with the demands of a growing market area, Mr. Kozlinsky said the recent advent of differ- ent shaped bottles by the brewing companies has helped to create a need for more storage space for cartons of empties. Work on the addition began early in Sept- ember and Mr. Kozlin- sky says it should be finished in time for the busy Christmas season. PORT PERRY STAR -- Tues. November 27, 1984 -- 3 Brewers Retail expansion | - "va NN I ~ We ." NE k & $ Ny | iF 5 BN \ AL / hl | f 5 / LU, o with demand . « ®) Wy hs SELLY a © - -- - - - AY Keeping A Cool Head Jerry Kozlinsky, manager of the Brewers Ret stands in the area which will soon be part of the to renovations now underway. (See story.) ail Store in Port Perry ""cooler" system, thanks Thick fog and icy roads give police headaches Slippery road cond- itions and treacherous fog patches were blamed for a series of accidents across the Region early Monday morning. Durham Regional Police were called to the scene of numerous coll- isions including a five vehicle crash at the Ridges. According to police, Chris Ruhl, 19, of R.R.4, Uxbridge was travelling eastbound on the Tenth Concession in a 1974 AMC at 8:10 a.m. Police say he couldn't see the stop sign at the corner of the Tenth and Regional Road 2 because of fog, and collided with a car heading south on 2. That original crash sparked a series of rear-end collisions involving several area residents. David Ellis, 37, of Sunrise Drive, Blackstock, was driving a 1981 Ford; Jane Griffin, 39, of R.R.2, Port Perry was driving a 1980 Oldsmobile; Brian Gollop, 53, of 63 Chester Crescent, Port Perry was driving a 1983 Pontiac, and Ronald King, 40, of 20 Robin- glade Estates in Sea- grave, was driving a 1981 GMC pick-up. Damage is estimated roughly at $10,000. No (Turn to page 7) Item: A woman is beaten unconscious by her husband. When she comes to, she discovers him systematically ripping out her finger- nails. She leaves the house and calls police, who charge him with Assault 1, formerly known under the Criminal Code as Assault Causing Bodily Harm. It's a serious charge and the husband, with no previous record, faces the possibility of a few months in jail. But before the trial date comes up, the 'band and wife get back together. The wife wants to drop the charges, afraid that the criminal aspect will taint their tenuous re- union. However, it's too late. The case proceeds, but with the wife standing by her husband's side, the Crown doesn't stand a chance. The verdict? For maliciously beating his wife senseless, the hus- band is handed a year's Women don't have to ta probation. Item: A battered wife goes to a counsellor for help. The husband beats her, she says, because she doesn't cook to his liking. The counsellor suggests she take cook- ing lessons. Item: One in ten women are abused. And that's only counting the ones who report their husband's or boy- friend's crimes. Pro- fessionals estimate it's closer to three in ten women who are abused. Item: Durham Region doctors, lawyers and clergymen surveyed in 1981 said they were in contact with 900 abused women in one year. The Oshawa YWCA accom- odated 435 women in emergency rooms in 1981. Of these women, 150 were abused. The statistics are staggering, and yet most people can still look out their windows and, seeing a peaceful neighbourhood, content themselves in the know- ledge that all is well behind their neighbours' doors. What they don't realize is how prevalent wife battering is, even in '"'quiet" towns like Port Perry. This fact was driven home to a small audience at Port Perry United Church last Wednesday night, at a panel discussion called Women In Crisis. Speaking about the options available to battered women, six representatives of various area social agencies came to the meeting including Joyce Killin of Project Auberge, Donna Prentice of the Scugog Crisis Centre, lawyer Barry Evans, Reverend Glenn Jackson, and Leslie Wright and Sue Wakeling from the Yellow Brick House in Aurora. Each speaker stress- ed how common batter- ing or abuse is, and how it shouldn't be accepted by the person who is being abused. As each panel e abuse anymore member pointed out, assault is a crime. Abuse can occur periodically, usually in the form of slapping, pushing and shoving, with no intent to serious- ly injure. It can occur repeatedly in such forms as punching and kicking with attempt to injure or intimidate, but not to kill. If a husband hits a wife, for example, Pro- ject Auberge (a haven for abused women and their children in (Turn to page 10) 1