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- - ps wad PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, December 19, 1989 -- 7 BEWARE THE BEAR western world was being "womb to tomb" social services? provide its citizens with came to the real important things care, the system looked after the folks just fine. recently on the sports never mind even t let paper. nov and V Remember just a few years ago when the fed an almost daily dose of propaganda from the Soviet Union about their The Soviet Union ay not have been able to CRs, electric shavers, ooth-paste and oranges, but by gosh, when it n life like day care, free education and free and universal medical Turns out that was all hog-wash. A small item ges (of -all places) really drove home the fact that the Soviet Union has been incredibly inept at providing anything for its citizens, tiniest of "luxury items" like toi- adimir Krutov arrived this fall in Vancou- Viewpoint by John B. McClelland chair as he did on the ice. Here we have two of the Soviet Union's creme de la creme citizens, One had never been to a den- tist (or was completely ignorant of even the rudi- ments of personal dental hygiene) and the other had never had a proper eye exam. If this is indicative of the level of basic health care for elite jocks, can you imagine the plight of the 260 million average lvans in the USSR And if health care is so poor, what about edu- cation and the other social necessities the system is supposed to deliver? Of course, the western world is now learning the truth about the Soviet Union and its "satellite states of eastern Europe. " Their economies are in hopeless shambles, perhaps beyond saving at this time. Their vaunted A Soups of Soviet hockey players, Igor Lario- Syston based on the 19th century rambli of a c By all means, the west must do what it can to support the people of Eastern Europe and Russia as they try desperately to right the wrongs that have brought economic chaos. And by all means, negotiate a bona fide quid pro quo reduction in the insane nuclear arms race. But when it comes to dis-mantling (or greatly reducing) NATO, there is need for extreme caution. Just under all the euphoria we are witnessing in Eastern Euione and the apparent reforms in Rus- sia itself, there is a tremendous amount of internal turmoil bubbling away. Hamessed for the wrong reasons and pointed in the wrong direction, that turmoil could be catas- trophic for the West. Before we talk about bringing home all those NATO troops, cutting conventional defense budgets and so on, let's see exactly where the Soviet Union is going over the next few years. ver to play for the Canucks. These guys were elite players back home; members of countless world champion and Olym- plo gold medal teams, high ranking officers in the ed Nay and presumaoh in line for all those little "pergs" that are handed out to those who bring ty. fame to the Soviet system. Well, Vancouver Canuck hockey officials were a bona fide eye exam. Krutov's mouth was a nightmare, his teeth in such horrible condition that once he got to Vancou- ver, he spent almost as much time in the dentist's cent events. The nomic realities t ap named Marx, and later re-fined by Lenin, sim- ply has failed totally and completely. That's what scares me a little about all the re- y may have more to do with eco- han with any notion by the leaders to create a more democratic, open and free socie- A country falling apart economically is a dan- erous one (like Germany in the 1920's) Economic aghast to find that Larionov's vision in-one eye was desperation fertile ground for domestic and ex- , SO poor he literally could not see from the blue line yornar hostility. to the goal. If you can believe, it he had never had While | don't doubt for a minute that Mikhail Gorbachev wants to reform his country and longs for dn end to the Cold War with better economic ties to the West, he is but one man power may be tenuous. , and his hold on Gorbachev is not the first reformer in Russia since the 1917 Revolution. Open a history book and look what happened to most of his pre- decessors. the spirit of things. Turn to page10 IT'S CHRISTMAS, ALMOST Gee, what happened to December (and No- vember, for that matter) | just threw out the last of Halloween candy, and good gosh, here it is just a few short days until December 25. Yours truly, as per usual, is hopelessly ill- prepared for Christmas. Can't seem to get myself in | must admit, | found myself humming "Silent When? 10 YEARS AGO JANUARY Council decides against passing by-law to prohibit operation; of snowmobiles on streets in Port Perry. Port Perry Chamber of Commerce honoured Ed (Sam) Oyler at a Testimonial Dinner where he received an éngraved plaque with the following inscription: "A testimonial of sincere. appreciation presented to Ed (Sam) Oyler, reeve of Reach Township, Warden of Ontario County, in recognition of distinguished service to Reach Township and the people of On- tario County." - FEBRUARY Lions Club presented $1,000 to the Community Memorial Hospital, the last installment of a $5,000 pledge. 250 Ontario weekly newspaper people heard Dr. M.B. Dy- mond speak at the annual convention of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association held at Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Leanne Ballard was chosen Queen at the annual "'At Home" held at the high school. Chosen Princess was Sandra Enge. MARCH Former Prime Minister John F. Diefenbaker and his wife were visitors in Port Perry. He was taken on a tour of the high school, prior to speaking to 800 students and teachers. 39.7 percent of eligible voters in Port Perry went to the polls ° and approved sales of liquor under a dining room licence. 443 were in favour, 199 opposing. : 185 new telephones were installed in Port Perry during 1969, bringing the total up to 2,715. APRIL After competing in the Goderich Pee Wee tournament in Goderich, Ontario for 15 years, the local team sponsored by the Legion Branch 419 was successful in capturing the coveted trophy. 89 teams from-across Canada competed for the honours. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lamb were honoured at a Testimonial Dinner for their 22 years of devoted service to the Port Perry Agricultural Society, 15 of those years as secretary treasurer. Cartwright High School students selected Lorrie Turner, 1970 Queen of the Annual 'At Home." 3 MAY Honeydale Women's Institute celebrated 35 years in the Anglican Church Hall, Friday, May 8. Ontario Water Resources Commission awarded the sewage project contract to Clairson Construction Limited, Oakville, On- tario and construction of the $1,496,554 project commences. Ross Carter, grade 12 student of Port Perry High School was the winner of a Centennial Flag contest. (Tum to page 8) Remember | Letter S to the editor Murders not a male witch hunt! To the Editor: It was bound to happen sooner or later. The focus on physical violence against women brought about by the wanton slaughter in Montreal must contribute to an understan- ding and should not become a divisive male witch hunt. Some of us lose sight of the vast psychological and physiological differences between males and females. Differences that mother nature originally designed to make opposite sexes attract. Dif- ferences that under the pressures of our stressful complex society can go awry, bringing on untold suffering. This complexity of differences and pressures between sexes for the most part work on the positive side and play a large roll in the richness of our society, as in "via Reason forlong trucks To the Editor: With the Ministry of Transport's decision to allow "Longer" trailers and trucks on our over-crowded antique highway system I think it's time the general public heard the reason why." It's not the "Macho" truck drivers' decision to haul 53' of trailer behind his or her highway tractor. It's the corporations in- volved in a system called "Just in Time" Just in Time is a method of "Warehousing" the corporations goods on trailers so as to meet production schedules within a cer- tain time period. Real Estate costs of land have dictated this, in my opinion. Foolish procedure of rolling stock pounding up and down our highways waiting to be delivered by already tired, and yes, I admit, some careless truck drivers who unfortunately have to deal with this system. It should be stopped. Rush, Rush, Rush, it's a work- ing day world our society and government has created for everyone in the trucking business. In finishing, I must admit I drive one of those too long trucks and pull one of those too long trailers for a living; and yes, I too deliver **Just in Time" freight. I don't like it any better than Mr. and Mrs. Motoring Public but in order to pay mortgages, taxes, etc. I think you get my point. B. Bashford, R.R. 2, Seagrave Smile For The Day la difference," If these differences work in the negative, the female -may hold subtle but commanding potver - over the male. Conversely males may take up physical violence. In some cases it would not take a great deal of added pressures on a male or a small error in judge- ment by a female to push a male into physically violent acts, or on the other hand the female to use her subtle powers and perpetrate psychological acts that are as devastating as physical violence. In the formative mating years, it is an extremely delicate balance. Few sane, well balanced people in a loving relationship can admit that they have not been at the brink of violent acts during periods of stress. Considering these factors, it is (Turn to page 8) 'SEVEN TIMES 4 15 86. MOTHER WHILE 6HE'S BALANCING HER CHECK BOOK." ree a