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¢ -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, November 11, 1986 Letters Where's the equality? (From page 5) My basic point-is simple. As a . government regulated agency, the Durham Board of Education is bound by the Charter or Rights and Freedoms. To not provide transportation to students who live in rural areas to a special program is to discriminate in favour of urban students who can walk to school or take subsidized public transportation. To provide such transportation to high school students (as is routine in the Blackstock area) to take special courses at PPHS and not to do so for elementary students is discrimination in regard to age. Mr. Bowers of the Ministry of Education indicated that in his opi- nion, they were not bound by the Charter. Yet Mr. Justice Estey, in a recent decision of the Ontario Supreme Court, ruled that univer- sities are, and they are much less controlled by the Ministry than elementary and secondary school boards. Mr. Bowers further indicated that the only way the Ministry would re- quire local school boards to abide by the Charter is if they were forced by the courts. Mr concern is in part based on an apparent unwillingness on the part of our school board to obey the law. How can we as adults teach our children proper respect for law and -order if officials refuse to obey the law unless forced? Another part of my concern is a school board that apparently cares little for providing equal opportunity and a proper education for our children. Over 25 percent of the jobs in the country require a knowledge of the French language. I myself, as a former federal civil servant, was denied advancement and subsequently lost a promising career because of lack of fluency in the French language. I can understand the objections raised to the provision of transpor- tation on the part of some people. After all, why should they have to pay for services they do not enjoy? My taxes are, even with the farm rebate, three times the average in Durham Region. The only service Durham Region provides me (other than education) is use of the library. So I help pay for your streets, sidewalks, lights and so on. I think that for my taxes, I can at least expect equal opportunity for my children. Yours sincerely, Vernon Yorgason, R.R.1, Nestleton. outside. Yesterday's Memories (From page 5) There was an unanimous agreement in asking Durham Regional Council to stick with their opposition to the proposed privately-owned garbage dump in the township. Councillor Don Frew was opposed to the dump in general, saying that the township had enough pro- blems getting rid of their own garbage without importing more from This years Remembrance Day parade, held last Sunday, was one of the largest in recent years. Viewpoint Famous star of 'Indigo' Love, honour, and Oh-Bey! Those are the catchwords that will be echoing in Town Hall 1873, Port Perry, on Sat «day, November 29th, when one ol ' heir most famous and unusual ath actions to date lights up the Hall stuge. Salome Bey, blues and jazz singer currently at the top of her dynamic musical career, ac- companied by her eclectic group "The Relatives' (the name is no mere frivolity), will ke away grey Ontario November. Singer, actress, composer and writer, Salome Bey, after a brief stint at Law School in the U.S, began her club singing career with a talented brother and sister. In 1964, Bey played an engagement at Toronto's Colonial Tavern and shortly afterwards, met and mar- ried Howard Matthews. Toronto became home base, and there Salome soon discovered theatre. She became a well known jazz and blues singer in local clubs, then starred in various stage productions, one of these being Love Me Love My Children, which was taken to New York where Salome won an Obie award as best female performer in a musical. Later, Bey toured for two years with a production of 'Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope,' leaving the run for the birth of her second daughter. More broadway roles followed, as did TV Superspecials, including Toller Cranston's Dream Weaver, giving Bey a nomination for best TV Variety performance. Later, she ap- peared in a production of 'The Three-penny Opera' at Young Peo- ple's Theatre. Many record albums have been produced by Bey, one being a col- laborative appearance with singer Dan Hill, and Bey has also compos- ed a show based on the life and songs of famed songstress Ethel Waters. However, it was with the smash hit 'Indigo,' which Bey wrote and starred in at Basin Street Cabaret in Toronto, that she gained international recognition. For this exciting musical, which traced the history of black music from its beginning to its current existence, Bey won the first Dora Mavor Salome comes to Scugog Moore award for an outstanding performance in a cabaret or musical. 'Indigo' itself won for outstanding production of a musical cabaret. Bey has received rave reviews in performances as wide ranging as with the Toronto Symphony, at the Royal York's Imperial Room, the Stratford Music Festival, on tour from Edmonton to Montreal, and on pay TV. Salome Bey and the Relatives, her most recent group, have even performed for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip during (Turn to page 7) Salome Bey Say it with a ... BALLOON BOUQUET Add to Your Bouquet Candy, Fruit, Wine, Jams and Mints The Balloon House Delivery Available 986-5105 handed the three-year contract, worth $104 million to Canadair, despite the fact a Winnipeg company Bristol, was some $3 million lower in its bid. Canadair just hap- pens to be in the province of Quebec. Now, it may strike the taxpayer as just a trifle odd that the government would spend the extra $3 million to award the contract to a Quebec company. But think how the pilots who have to fly these damn CF 18's must feel. Federal bureaucrats in three different government departments all recommend the Bristol bid because it was "technologically superior' to that of Canadair. In fact, there were stories surfacing towards the end of last week that Canadair may have to spend an extra $30 million to buy the necessary technology to service these planes. Can you guess where that money will come rom 0.K., the Treasury Board president has ordered an investigation into the matter. Maybe the truth will come out, eventually. But don't count on it. Maybe, it's just all a crock of sour grapes by the firm Bristol Aerospace, who didn't get the contract. But on the surface, something smells. Like the $3.5 million difference in the two main bids and the fact that the government's own mandarins came to the conclu- sion the Bristol bid is technologically better than Canadair. You don't have to a dye-in-the-wool cynic to suspect that what smells is that there are a lot of more voters in Quebec than there are in Manitoba. Can't we do anything for the right reasons in this country? Is it any wonder that Canadian millionaire Robert Campeau, who bought a big U.S. company recently, said he's taking his money out of here because he doesn't like the long or the short term prospects in Canada? He thinks we are headed straight down the garden path. Maybe he's right. CRRISTMAS comes early at . LUKE'S COUNTRY STORE 207 Queen Street -- Port Perry -- 985-3011 -- and -- DAISY'S FABRICS Located in Luke's Country Store -- 985-3221 WE PAY THE 7% Sales Tax November 13, 14,15 & 16, 1956 'Don't forget, a I we/have a Special Day for Kids to shop for Mom and Dad on Dec. 7th. 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