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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, April 5, 1988 by Cathy Olliffe (From page four) Honestly, | wish | never heard of the thing. More people have bugged me about the stupid ghost than anything else. Yes, even more than the courier trucks. And | still have BSopis bugging me. A couple of weeks ago a college stu- den wanted to interview me about the boneheaded ghost. | didn't know what to do, scream, or just start running. Something I'll never want to forget is writin about Port Perry's infamous big lay, the late Maxine Pedlar, who was killed in a traffic accident a few years ago. I've never been prouder of a story, and | don't think I've ever worked harder at one. Winning honourable mention with that story in a Canadian newspaper competition re- mains one of my biggest thrills. And remembering how peo- ple in the community pitched in to buy her a tombstone still makes me feel good. Every once in a while | go out to the Prince Albert cemetery and visit her graveside and wish, for the umpteenth time, that | had known her. Winning third place in the International Crime Stoppers competition last year was a big thrill, no doubt, but that sto didn't mean quite as much to me as the Maxine story did. Regardless, the Crime Stoppers honour was definitely the highlight of 1987. Other highlights include flying in an ultralight aircraft (what a great experience!); working for a day at city-tv in Toronto with a hard-nosed police reporter; going to a newspaper convention in Toronto with John B. and Peter--and having such a great time that | haven't been invited to another con- vention since! Going on the tour bus with Ronnie Hawkins and his band up to Ottawa was also a big thrill, as was coming within elbow distance of then-Prime Minister John Turner. But organizing the Great Monopoly Tournament of 1986 was more fun than meeting either celebrity, and it ranks right up there with highlights of my five years. And along with the highlights, there have been many hor- rible moments, some so horrible that | don't even want to think about them, never mind write 'em down on paper. But overall, it's been a satisfying five years. I've been hap- pier than a pig in a manure pile about my job here at the Port Perry Star, and while | don't think I'll still be here in another five years time, | just might be--after all, never in 'my wildest dreams did I figure I'd make it through the first five. Viewpoint (From page 5) Open the fridge door, take a look in the kitchen pantry, and see just how much plastic there is around the food we eat. Why is it that just about every conceivable consumer item we buy over-packaged. Think of the enormous costs this adds to the product itself, and the cost of getting rid of the packaging as garbage. Why are the spirit and wine makers not forced to put their produsis in returnable bottles, like the beer and pop makers ave been forced? Like most people. | never thought much about garbage. I'd simply haul the plastic green garbage bags down to the curb on pick-up day, and when | got home from work in the evening, they'd be gone. That's all that mattered. | didn't care where the garbage went, or what it did to the environ- ment over a period of time. | never thought that the day would come when the dumps would be full. But that day is now just around the corner, and sadly, | don't think we are ready for it. ur throw-away life-style, our love of fancy packages foisted on us by slick ad campaigns is now catching up to us. That's just the tip of the ice-berg. What do we do with the garbage that:may be really harmful to the environment; stuff like paint, old tires, solvents, lacquers, thinners, oven clean- ers, plastics and resins, all the stuff that is laced with chemi- cals which don't break down and disappear? OK, that's enough gloom and doom for one column. | still feel grouchy, but at least | know that if you managed to wade through the above, you probably feel grouchy too. Have a nice week. PARAGON EXCAVATING PORT PERRY -- BOX 1773 -- LOB 1NO Dozer - Track Loader - Dump Truck Rental Backfilling - Grading Sand - Gravel "GARRY TRIPP "°29M8 remev GATCHELL 985-0481 986-4917 (From page 1) Game three in this interesting match-up goes next Sunday in Port Perry at 12:30 PM (that time may be subject to change later in the week) The Port Perry MoJacks had their backs to the wall Sunday Music Festival results The following piano and vocal students of Audrey Beauchamp performed well at the Annual Sunderland Lions Club Music Festival. Gr. 5 - Piano Solo - Maria Dorig 84 percent. Gr. 5 - Piano Solo - Karen Guen- ther 82 percent. Gr. 5 - Sonatina - Maria Dorig 83 percent. Gr. 4- Piano Solo - Tanya Guen- ther 82 percent. Gr. 4 - Piano Solo - Allison Holtby 81 percent. Gr. 4 - Piano Duet - Cynthia Switzer, Allison Holtby 81 percent. Gr. 3 - Piano Solo - Aaron Zabudsky 79 percent. Boys Vocal Solo - Aaron Zabud- sky 84 percent. Gr. 2 - Piano Solo - Kimberly Guenther 85 percent. Beginners Piano Solo - David Kamminga 84 percent. Beginners Piano Solo - Christa Guenther 84 percent. Also Royal Conservatory of Music Results: Gr. 2 Piano - Karen Guenther 81 percent. Gr. 1 Theory - Jackie Faber 84 percent. Congratulations to each one of you. night when they made the long trip to Wellington for game three in the best of seven league final against the Dukes. The MoJacks trailed in this one two games to none after los- ing by scores of 7-3 and 4-3, but they kept their hopes very much alive with a gritty 5-4 win over the Dukes on Sunday in a rugged, hard hitting affair that was on the line until 'the final buzzer. A loss in that one would real- ly have put the MoJacks under the old eight-ball. But with game four slated for this Wed. night at the Chatterbox | Port teams reach finals Scugog Arena, the MoJacks have a chance to square things up with the fast skating and hard hitting Dukes. Face off is 8:30 PM. And if you enjoy skating of a different kind, don't forget the an- nual showcase for the Port Perry Figure Skating Club. The skill and talent of the 'young skaters will be front row centre this Friday and Saturday evenings for the annual Skatefest. For details of the Ringette, hockey and figure skating, turn to the sports pages in this week's Star. Yesterday's Memories (From Page 5) gle building. Port Perry council have yet to set the new mill rate for | the town this year, but it looks as if it may go as high as 58 mills, an increase of 7 mills over last year. Mr. William Chapman escaped a car accident in Kingston unhurt, but can not remember what happened. He was ac- companied home by William Carnegie and Cec Heayn. 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 1, 1943 Dr. Joseph Kamm has had to give up his practice of medicine due to ill health. He will no longer be associated with her partners, Dr. Rennie and Dr. Dymond. A piano recital in Massey Hall, Toronto was attended by Mr.s F. McClintock and Miss Ethel Cook. 70 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 4, 1918 News has come that Lieut. Frank Spence has been wounded in both legs, and is now in hospital. The Seagrave Dramatic Club's presentation of "The Hand of the Law" was well received at the Jown Hall, Port Perry, last week. Musical num H.W. Emmerson, Mr. Milligan a Fourteen year old George Sonley, waved down a CNR train last Friday and saved it from plunging into a hole made by a wash-out. CAROL'S CUT & CURL IS having a Gratitude Sale 2 in appreciation of our customers' patronage. (Includes cut & style -- SUN GLITZING 8 COLOURS ......- (Cuts no 3 CUT & STYLE - Reg. 16.00 MEN'S CUT - Reg. 1000 G - Re EAR PIERCIN : FACIAL WAXING - Ree. 6.50 . to 16th, 1988 From April 6th CAROL g. 10.95 HAIR FASHIONS FOR THE FAMILY 176 PERRY ST., PORT PERRY bers were provided by Mrs. nd Miss Gertrude Elliott.