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PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, November 11, 1986 -- 5 1 > oe - ¥ p-- McClelland Viewpoi nt ., wm - CONSTABLE JERRY Police work is often a combination of sheer hard work and the odd stroke of good luck. That must have been the case with OPP Constable Larry Jerry, who works out of Wawa. yo ~The story of Constable Jerry's hard work and good luck was printed in the October issue of the OPP Review. In condensed form, it goes something like this. Last summer, a tourist from Michigan was camp- ing at a park near Lake Superior and her vehicle was broken into. The thief made off with some $650 worth of stolen goods, including stamps and self-addressed envelopes. The tourist reported the theft to the OPP and Const. Jerry investigated. After exhausting all leads without success, he wrote to the victim informing her that there wasn't much chance of catching the thief or recover- ing her stolen property. As it turned out, the victim wrote back to Const. Jerry stating that the thief had written her a very cheeky letter (using the stolen stamps and self- addressed envelopes). The thief told the victim in the letter he "really.en- joyed the cash and the (stolen) calculator." But it was this cheeky letter that tripped up the ner- vy thief. It was post-marked Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With this bit of info, Const. Jerry checked the records at the campground and as luck would have it, there was one Milwaukee resident registered there the day of the theft. The OPP man then got in touch with police in Milwaukee and within a couple of weeks two young Unfortunately, almost none of the stolen property could be recovered. I suppose this crime might never have been solved if the young thief had not been a braggard who wanted to rub it into his victim. But it likely would also not have been solved if Const. Jerry had not taken the time to write the victim to inform her the case was virtually closed. The long arm of the law reached way out in this case. : TWO LOTTERIES A guy in Toronto won two lotteries last week and * he didn't even buy a ticket. He earned a nifty $10.2 million on Monday, then pocketed a further $6.2 million in loose change the next day. : So how did he do it without buying lottery tickets? Easy, if his name is Harold Ballard and he owns 584,491 shares of Maple Leaf Gardens stock. And that's what happened. Ballard is the owner of that number of shares (or about 76 per cent) and the stock took a hike on the exchange of almost $30. Of course, Ballard didn't really put $16 million in his pocket in just two days. But that's the increase in the value of his stock. Any way you cut it, that's not a bad day's work, if you can get it. I can't help but wonder if the tax men noticed. The value of Maple Leaf Gardens stock has climb- ed nearly $30 in the last few sessions of the exchange and is now worth about $175 per share. I know the Toronto Maple Leaf hockey team is off to a fine start, the best in several seasons, but this alone would not be enough to drive the value of the stock so high. If the value of the stock was dependent on the for- tunes of the hockey team, Ballard would have been bankrupt many years ago. In any event, virtually all seats in the Gardens are sold out no matter what the Leafs do on the ice. There has to be some other reason why the value of the stock is moving in an upward spiral. Whatever the reasons, is it any wonder that every time the TV cameras flash Hal's mug on the tube dur- ing a break in the action, he's got a grin on his face from ear to ear? Harold's quite a guy. He's worth millions, makes it hand over fist, yet a month or so ago, he sacked a Gardens employee who refused to take Hal's pooch for a walk down Church Street. Times are rough out in Alberta. I wonder how much Pete Pocklington would take for Wayne Gretzky? If Harold's stock value keeps going up at this rate, he could not only buy the Great One, he could buy the whole darn Edmonton Oilers team. JUST ONCE IN CANADA Just once. Just once in this country, I would like to see our Federal Government take the high road and do the right thing for the right reasons. The Mulroney Conservatives, already hurting over the extra $40 million it's going to cost to put a jail in the boonies of Brian's home riding rather than Montreal, found themselves in more hot water over the awarding of the maintenance contract for some 140 CF 18 fighter aircraft. The Mulroney government, in its infinite wisdom, (Turn to page 6) guys, 12 and 15 years of age, confessed to the crime. tte I ii 10 ame nists i a Re TT i ¥ Yesterday's Memories 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 11, 1926 The following were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Jackson for the holidays: Miss E. Kirkpatrick, dietitian-in-chief at Sick Children's. Hospital, Toronto; Mr. G.H. Rutherford, Mr. Stanley Teskey, Mr. Harold Jackson, all of Toronto and Rev. E.A.Tonkin of Bowmanville. Mr. George Kerry of Reach Township has recently purchased the chicken ranch and market garden belonging to Mr. Thomas Rogers. Mr. Neil Yellowlees, piano tuner of Bowmanville, tuned several pianos in Myrtle Station last week. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 8, 1951 Mrs. Ray Munro and Mrs. R. Armstrong of Epsom placed first and second in the Best Dressed Adult Classes at the Red Cross Halowe'en party. : Miss Mary Hooper and Mrs. H. Shortridge of Blackstock attended two days leadership training class in the Department of Agriculture Office, Bowmanville, under Miss G. Noble, Home Economist. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jeffrey, Prince Albert, on the birth of their daughter on November 2 in Oshawa General Hospital. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 9, 1961 Feature of the 19th Annual Blue Ribbon Sale held at Blackstock was the top bull price of $1,250 - this constituting a record price for a bull sold at this sale. The bull was consigned by Master Feeds Farms, Gormley, Ontario. Miss Kathleen Trenka was Valedictorian at the Port Perry High School Commencement Exercises held last Friday evening, November 3rd. Dr. Matthew B. Dymond, Ontario riding, will be retained in his position as Minister of Health for Ontario. Mr. Potesek and his wife, Olivia, of Myrtle Station, are the first Nutria breeders in this area. The 10 Nutria with which the ranch was started, were originally from Southern Germany and they have now increased their farm to 500. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 10, 1986 During Commencement Exercises at the Port Perry High School on Friday, November 4, 1966, Catherine Nelson, President of the Students Council presented Barbara Holtby, this year's Valedictorian with the Annual trophy. Dianne Mairs, a student of Peterborough Teacher's College was Valedictorian at Cartwright High School's Commencement Exercises on Friday, November 4, 1966. Mr. and Mrs. George Irwin of Green nk were pleasantly sur- prised on Sunday evening when they discovered triplets born to one of their purebred Holsteins. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, November 10, 1976 Jerry Jackman of Port Perry, announced his intention to challenge Lawrence Malcolm for the Scugog mayoralty. Letters Deserve equal benefits for all To The Editor: Unlike certain of the trustees of the Durham Separate School Board, I am not surprised to learn that transportation is to be provided to children in their French Immersion Program. I suspect that the Separate Board checked with its lawyers and discovered that to not provide such service would be in violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, article 15, which says: "Every individual is equal before the law and under the law and has the right to equal protection and equal benefits under the law without discrimination..." I have two children in French Im- mersion provided by the Durham Board of Education (Public) and both as a rural resident and with a working wife, suffered substantial- ly in regard to having to at least pro- vide partial transportation for my children. Not only this, but the fact that both are taken out of class half an hour early in the afternoon (and thus lose the equivalent of three weeks school each year) in order for them to catch the school bus at Port Perry High School has caused me concern. I duscussed this matter with trustee Joyce Kelly, Mr. Martin, a regional supervisor and Mr. Bowers, from the provincial ministry of education. To the Editor: A school is a place to learn. What a wonderful happening this is. What more evidence of progress than the need for an additional school. Awake, concerned mothers. Of course a wise choice of site must be made, and now an oppor- tunity is right here. The planned Where has the sign gone? To The Editor: The Kinsmen Club does great work for our Township. Many group homes benefited from their help. We would be hard pressed without their help. But I now must ask the Kinsmen why they took down the sign on the Scout Hall. I know they are paying the bills for the hall. Lets go back 45 years or more, [ many people gave of their time, money, and built the building. I myself spent 10 years there as a cub master, fundraiser and free labour. Many boys and girls have gave to this hall for Cubs, Scouts, Rovers, Guides, Brownies, and Rangers. I feel the name Port Perry Scout, Guide Association sign should re- main on the building somewhere, not inside but outside. It is a land mark. I also feel Council should see this is done and also that Mr. Stan Ploughman"s name be on the building also. If anyone feels the same, please write to me at Port Perry General Delivery and we shall see that this is done. Personal Regards, Paul Sanlneir, Scugog Township. They all told me that since the Durham Board has a policy, that such a policy was inviolate. I took the matter to the Minister of Educa- tion, Sean Conway, an assistant of the Minister dismissed me in a most unpleasant and abrupt manner say- ing I should "'write a letter," and that he "neither wanted to nor had the time to discuss the matter with me." (Turn to page 6) It's up to you, Mothers! development of the Brooks Farm on Lilla Street north has fallen through for now. Why not put a new school there? It is within walking distance from town, accessible to the fast growing northern part of Port Perry. Where the school is built is vital- ly important. It should be a pleasant space with trees and houses sur- rounding it; a happy approach as children enter through its doors. It's now up to you mothers, if you don't fight for this truly exclusive spot, some developer is going to beat you to it. Yours truly, M. Webb Highland Beach, Port Perry Letters to the Editor ... our policy It has always been the policy of this newspaper to encourage our readers to make use of the letters to the editor column. Our readers have a right to freely express their opinions and view- points on just about any subject, and we feel that a lively letters column helps make a better community newspaper. We insist, however, that a letter writer sign his or her name. On rare occasions, we will agree to with-hold publication of a letter writer's name, if we feel there are very good reasons to do so. Under no circumstances will this paper print an anonymous letter to the editor. : While we enjoy receiving letters from our readers, we must continue to insist on knowing the identity of the writer. - re