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_ a oso Parents of Port Perry High School music students are in tune with children's extracur- ricular needs. That's why they have formed the support group called the Music Parents' Association. Among its goals and objec- tives, the association hopes to encourage community interest and support for the music pro- gram at PPHS, and actively participate in the development of the program in a supportive role, its constitution states. The Music Parents' Associa- tion will work hand-in-hand with the music department and the Student Music Council. The newly formed association held its first general meeting re- cently. All parents of the 228 music students at PPHS were invited to attend. Association chairman Greg Smith told those in attendance that the students had often relied on ad hoc parent commit- tees to help out with fundrais- ing and other projects when ex- tra help was needed. An increase in music students and special projects prompted the need for a full-time association. Executive board members of the association are Greg Smith, chairman; Liz Smith, secretary; Liz May, treasurer; Sandy Craig, Arnold May, Penny Toye and Gail Verwoerd, directors; Barry Hodgins, PPHS music de- partment head; Peter Chellew, music teacher; and Michael Toye and Krista Hazelwood, Students' Music Council. After passing a constitution and set of bylaws, the discus- sion turned to upcoming fund- raising projects. Fundraising efforts Mr. Smith told the parents that the students would be sell- ing citrus fruit again this year. "(Citrus fruit) has been a suc- cessful project in the past," Mr. Smith said, even though some to the editor Letter Keep up excellent work To the Editor: Iread with great dismay Peter Hvidsten's last Random Jottings column. I'm disappointed that a handful of insensitive, sarcastic individuals will bring to an end a column I personally enjoy. Maybe it is because I happen to agree with Mr. Hvidsten's view on waiting in a doctor's office or that being a mother myself I like to hear how he and his wife Nancy are handling the arrival of their twins even though I don't know the family personally. I may not know little "Jimmy" who scored the winning goal but I do know that little "Jimmy," his parents, friends and relatives lov- ed to see hisname and face in the paper. Everyone loves to see familiar names in print and the Port Perry Star does this hun- dreds of times a week with stories and columns from the surroun- ding communities. If some readers find these items nauseating and trivial, they should be choosing another paper to read. Nobody is forcing them to read the Port Perry Star or Mr. Hvidsten's column. If readers want to hear about Gorilla War- fare, terrorist attacks, problems in the Middle East, murders, muggings, rapes and plane crashes they should be reading a big city paper. If what a reader wants are stories and articles on things that mean something to them personally such as propos- ed garbage dumps in their area, new snowmobile by-laws, meetings to fight high taxes in their community and the birth of their neighbours first grandchild then the Port Perry Star is the paper to read. In closing, although I must ad- mit two whole pages devoted to Hilda the cow was indeed trivial, never have I or my family and friends ever enjoyed a story more. Keep up the excellent work in bringing this community news that interests and concerns THIS community. Sincerely, Mrs. Robin Duke, Raglan, Ontario CIRCULAR SOUNDS Album Clearout Sale Any Regular LP $8.00 Double Albums $8.00 - $10.00 All 45's $.99 All 12" $8.98 *Sale Ends October 21, 198S$ (No coupons on sale items) 24 Water St. 985-0804 difficulties with produce quali- ty arose last year. The fruit will be supplied by a new distributor this year called Indian River Fruit Company. Students will be taking or- ders for the fruit from Satur- day, Nov. 6 to Saturday, Nov. 27. The fruit will arrive to Port Perryon Friday, Dec. 15. The music department also hopes to raise money by holding a bake sale on Parent's Night at the High School. Students will be asked to prepare baked goods and sell them during the open sue Ne Ne Na Fe Na [] EE Er Er hy] Order Now For Christmas PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, October 17, 1989 -- 17 Parents group to help music dept. raise funds house on Nov. 16. Money raised through the various projects will go towards purchasing new music folders and instruments. Presently, 38 students in the music program are studying saxophone, but the school has only 13 saxes. The next general meeting of the Music Parents' Association will be held Tues. Dec. 5 in the music room at the high school. Other music notes Barry Hodgins is the new mu- sicdepartment head at PPHS. 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