The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

4 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, October 7, 1986 Editorial Comments Changing Climate? Trying to read some sense into the tangled and often volatile rela- tionship between the United States and the Soviet Union is nearly impossible for the average citizen on the street. There are so many conflicting signals coming out of Washington and Moscow that sorting out the true stance of the two super-powers vis-a-vis each other confounds even the shrewdest international analysts. With Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev set to meet at a "pre-summit summit' in Iceland this weekend (the big summit will be in Washington later this year) the Communist Party controlled news Agency Tass ripped into U.S. Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger, accusing him of trying to '"'drum up militarist hysteria."' That's standard Soviet jargon which appears almost daily in the controlled Moscow press, but one can't help but wonder why the tactic was used on the eve of such an important meeting between the two most powerful men on the face of the earth. On the other hand, when a Soviet sub caught fire last week off the Bermuda coast, the Russians immediately informed President Reagan of the accident, and Reagan said he appreciated getting this info. The Russians obviously want to appear to be living up to the terms of a recent agreement which would help prevent a reaction should there be a mistake or an accident which the other side might interpret as hostile action. And just when relations looked like they were turning for the bet- ter, the KGB (taking a page from Joe Stalin's book) grabbed an American writer off the streets of Moscow, accused him of spying and clamped him in a prison. The American was released from Russia, apparently in exchange for a Soviet spy working at the Russian offices in the United Nations. And as a further part of the deal, the Soviets agreed to releasa dissi- dent Yuri Orlov who has languished in jail and Siberian exile for the past decade for criticism of the Soviet system. it's all very confusing, but then that's the nature of the relations between the two super-powers. When the KGB nabbed U.S. writer Nicholas Daniloff and accused him of spying, the incidents almost scuttled the upcoming summit in Washington. Suddenly, not only is this summit back on, but the two leaders will 'get to know each other" in Iceland this weekend. The Iceland meeting was suggested very recently by Gorbachev and Reagan quickly accepted the invitation. Some pundits say the world should not expect to see much head- way at these meetings in the crucial arms control negotiations which seem to have gone nowhere over the past couple of years. Yet behind all the posturing on both sides, behind the rhetoric, and even behind such heavy-handed incidents like the Daniloff Af- fair, there appears to be some common ground among the two leaders. The fact that they agreed to have two meetings in a short period of time, is in itself, reason to feel slightly encouraged. Of course, the world has witnessed "historic meetings" between the Soviet leaders and U.S. presidents many times over the past few decades. For all intents and purposes, these meetings have done little to change the basic relationship between the two countries which essentially is one of mutual distrust and suspicion. It has been said before on the eve of super-power meetings that talking is better than silence and any face-to-face meeting between the American President and the Soviet Premier is better than no meeting at all. The world waits for some concrete action on arms controls and reductions of nuclear arsenals. It's not likely it will be as a result of (Turn to page 6) -------- (C CNA mere | (fE=R mann = Irn) \H d ° Ya HEADACHES J. PETER HVIDSTEN Member ¢1 h- Publisher Canadian Community Newspaper Association tising M and Ontario Community Newspaper Association Ad er Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co Ltd . Port Perry. Ontario J.B. McCLELLAND E Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa. and tor cash CATHY ROBB payment of postage in cash News & Features Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 vy, Eo o Subscription Rate: In Canada $15.00 per year. LR Elsewhere $45.00 per year. Single Copy 35 ©COPYRIGHT -- All layout and composition of advertisements produced by the adver - tising department of the Port Perry Star Company Limited are protected under copyright and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher Chatterbox by Cathy Olliffe THE GREAT SCUGOG MONOPOLY CHAMPIONSHIP Are you a closet Monopoly maniac? Does the mere mention of Boardwalk make your lips curl? Have you threatened to kill your spouse, sibl- ing or parent while playing the game? Do you play fiercely, with no mercy? Do you sulk when you lose? Are you an arrogant pig when you win? I am. Oh, I am alright. I play Monopoly fien- dishly, cut-throat style, and can never get enough. I beg, coerce, and whimper in order to get a game going, and once I start to win, I refuse to stop, ordering my fellow players around like a mad dictator, until the blood saturates the carpet and they declare themselves bankrupt. Admittedly, I do lose once in a while. I think I have lost maybe twice in my lifetime (usually because someone cheated) and when I have lost, I am unconsoleable. At one time I believed I was the only one who felt this way about Monopoly. But I have discovered there are many others who house this secret passion -- some of them right here in Port Perry, others, around the world. The following is quoted from the Deluxe An- niversary Edition's Rules and History booklet: '""Let's play Monopoly! If you could count the number of times this suggestion has been made, the result would astound you. You would need to recall voices from over 50 years past and unders- tand 19 different languages. For since its introduc- tion, the demand for Monopoly has never diminished. It is a game that lives on and on and is clearly recognized around the world as the most popular brand name board game ever produced." '"The reasons for this phenomenon are many and cut straight to the heart of the role of games- playing itself. Monopoly is drama. Monopoly is make-believe. Monopoly is humour. Monopoly is, as former Parker Brothers President Edward P. Parker said 'clobbering your best friend without doing any damage.' Monopoly is a microcosm of life with one exception: everyone is perfectly equal from the word GO." And that's not all the booklet has to say! "Monopoly 's a game that lends itself to fierce competition and zany events. In 1961, during a 161-hour marathon at the University of Pitt- sburgh, the Monopoly Bank went broke. Rather than end the game (the students were not play- ing by official rules in which the bank never goes bankrupt!) the Bank wired Parker Brothers to bail them out. Parker Brothers not only sent the money by plane, but also wired Brink's Armoured Car Service to meet it at the airport. The cash was delivered to Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity house under armed guard and the game played on. This was the first officially recognized Monopoly event." "Unmitigated interest in Monopoly has led to the creation of local and national tournaments in this country and abroad. Parker Brothers spon- sors the U.S. Tournament as well as the prestigious World Championship. Begun in 1973, the World Championship has been held at suchil- lustrious locations as the posh Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo and elegantly art-deco Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. Prizes, press and prestige mark the festivities. For the contestants, however, tournament Monopoly is serious business. Each match is refereed and the rules are strictly drawn. Five finalists are chosen from the results of four preliminary rounds. The results are based on point scores awarded for a player's placement at the end of the round .... Past contestants have come from all walks of life including the expected real-estate developers, mortgage brokers, accoun- tants, and of course, bankers. However, college students, a janitor, the owner of an ice-cream store, a fisherman, a house painter and teenage schoolboys have bested them on several occasions." . So there you have it. Monopoly at its most cut- throat. Well, almost its most cut-throat. THE most cut-throat Monopoly is bound to be played right here in Scugog Township on November 1st and 8th, when the Port Perry Star hosts the area's first annual SCUGOG MONOPOLY CHAMPIONSHIP. Don't laugh. It's serious business, and bound to be the most exciting event to hit this town in a long time. On November 1st, 25 players will meet at high noon and square off into five separate games, with five players per game. The games will continue for 90 minutes, at which point each player's assets will be tallied up. The winner of each game will return for the cham- pionship game the following Saturday, November 8th, when the five players will play without a time limit -- to the bloodthirsty end when only one sur- vivor escapes bankruptcy unscathed. The game might take an hour, or it might take five. However long it takes, the game won't be over until it is over. And the winner will be richly awarded. For starters, the Monopoly Champion will be one hundred bucks richer (that's real money, not Monopoly money). A snazzy trophy will be award- ed, as well as yet un-named other prizes. But that's not all! The Scugog Monopoly Championship will be the Monte Carlo of the board (Turn to page 6) wi A - & " . A