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ome. papper APA RP ---- 8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, February 12, 1991 Meeting on the environment set for Wednesday, Feb. 20 To the Editor: Your readers may be interested in hearing about a new en- vironmental group just starting up in Durham Region. A group called the Durham Environmen- tal Network is being formed in order to bring together people who are active in a variety of groups who can share information and network with one another. It is hoped that a large number of individuals and groups in- terested in environmental issues will become members, and the in- in all areas will feel they have equal access to the group. D.E.N. has only held one meeting so far. The next one will take place on Wednesday, February 20 at 7:30 in Court Room No. 1, 132 Church St. in Bowmanville. Anyone who wishes to is most welcome to attend! Since the group is currently without funding, people are ask- ed to bring along a stamped, self- addressed envelope if they wish to receive minutes. , x : Sincerely, tention is to rotate meetings Janet Banting around the Region so that people Greenbank -- Letters io the editor Remember When? (From page 7) MacGregor, Sharon Sweetman, Beverley Carnegie, Joanne Mar- tyn, Karen Murray, June Murray and Karen Carnegie. The Port Perry Squirt Baseball team, who won the All- Ontario Squirt Championship for 1965, were presented with their new team jackets by the Port Perry Legion who sponsored the team. . Hearty congratulations to Mrs. George A. Raines who cele- brated her 94th birthday on February 2. Janet D'Altroy, Barrie S.C. and David Porter, Port Perry F.S.C., pupils of John Wild, were successful in winning the title of the Novice Dance Championships held at Varsity Arena dur- ing the last weekend in January. Congratulations to Judy and Linda Mountjoy, music pupils of Mrs. Lorne Thompson, who obtained honours in their recent Theory examinations. Linda obtained 100 percent. 20 YEARS AGO . Wednesday, February 10, 1971 Peter Hvidsten Jr., proudly accepted the Second Place Prize Certificate for Advertising Excellence at the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Convention held last week in Kapuskas- ing. First vice-president, Wilson Boyer, elevated to the position of president for 1971 presented the award. © One of the largest business enterprises in Port Perry, Lake Scugog Lumber Co. Limited, requires additional space for ex- pansion. The company owns a large property at the south end of the village on the east side of the Oshawa Road, but before a de- cision can be made regarding a move, the company must sell its present site and buildings. Mr. Ted Griffen, manager met with Village Councillors last week suggesting, perhaps Port Perry would be interested in purchasing the site along the waterfront. Scugog News - Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. M. Vanstri- en called at her sister's home, Mrs. Trudy Scheepers in Brooklin to bid farewell to Mrs. Vanstrien's brother John Jagers who leaves for Holland shortly. Epsom News - Congratulations to Miss Esther Houghland who competed in the public speaking contest at R.H. Cornish P.S. in Port Perry last week. Esther placed first for the Town- ship of Reach. This is a first time that Epsom has won this hon- our. Esther now goes on to the County Competition. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, February 11, 1981 Bill Ballinger is the new Mayor of Uxbridge. Students at both Cartwright & R.H. Cornish PS. were giv- en a first hand view of what it is like to be blind when Mrs. Joan Caswell and her seeing-eye dog Roxanna visited the schools to demonstrate the use of a dog and speak to the children about this handicap which inflicts some 37,000 Canadians. The 55 member band from Centennial H.S. in Coquitlam, British Columbia arrived in Port Perry late Saturday to begin a busy week of activities as part of an exchange trip with the band from Port Perry High, School. Will and Jennie Stearman celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary on February 9, 1981. A few hundred children at R.H. Cornish enjoyed the Pri- mary Winter Play Day last Friday. La Aas 3 s For Better or For Worse" The media and the message To the Editor: With reference to the "Shoot The Messenger' item in View- point column of February 5, 1991, I don't know how many people comprise that convenient um- brella of "some people' but I do know that some 10 days prior you and I had a discussion on the recession in which I did offer the opinion that the media (specifically TV and Metro dailies not necessarily community newspapers) had exacerbated the problem. My recollection of that discus- sion is that you didn't disagree with me, however in the interven- ing 10 days you did manage to twist the premise somewhat and then come up with a clever, if ir- relevant, analogy to the Gulf War. I also chuckled at the closing statement ~~ "Pretending something doesn't exist is cute, but it won't alter reality." That sentence itself is "cute" but it doesn't alter the reality - that to- day's information bombardment particularly from TV is far more complex than simple "news" reporting. It consists of opinion, predic- tions and analyses by so-called experts, and selective editing designed to- enhance ratings. Sometimes impact gets lost in the shuffle. In his fine 1985 book "the Pun- dits'"' Canadian author Lloyd Tataryn states on page 20, as the author Michael Ignatieff has observed: '"The locus of political socialisation has shifted from the family, the workplace and 'the community to the great meeting place of the society of strangers: The Media. With rare exception today's citizen has little choice but to form his views on what he reads, hears and sees from the media." John Pilger's "Heroes" makes several references to the same point as does William Man- chesters "The Power And The Glory." In a fictional vein the same point is illustrated in Tom Wolfe's novel '"The Bonfire Of The Vanities" and if you don't want to bother reading a book take a look at "Absence Of Malice" starring Paul Newman for the impact of so called news reporting. Fiction all right, but tell me it hasn't happened. In their zeal, media people sometimes go beyond the point of reporting the news and start to create it. My point in our discus- sion was and remains, we were victims of overkill. Nightly predictions, rationalizations and tongue in cheek references to the "R" word flavoured with an anti free trade bias, had an impact on public opinion and more specifically on investor opinion. Once investors get scared, go- ing for bank deposits and other safe havens instead of business ventures with their greater risks, jobs have a habit of disappearing and recessions get worse. At no point in our discussion was criticism levelled at the Port Perry Star's handling of the issue and that was clearly stated. Discussions are more fun when both parties express their honest opinions at the time, rather . than snide potshots after the fact. If the logic continues to escape you - so be it! The recession is here, - we're stuck with it until we work our way out of it, and free trade certainly doesn't appear to be helping. Ken Gadsden, R.R. 5, Port Perry No thank you Mr. Bourassa To the Editor: Re "Viewpoint" Your February 5, '91 writing. How very concise and otherwise informed you are regarding Quebec's demands. Were we to believe the oft repeated Big Lie that Quebec was left out of the constitution, then possibly I could express and ac- cept some guilt. Not so. It was Quebec - under a separatist regime - that chose not to join the signing. We should also keep in mind that Meech was never the solution, and according to Bourassa and apparently ac- cepted by Mulroney, represented Quebec's '"'minimum" demands. In other words, - and to the rest of Canada, sign now...but we will be back later. Quebec is now offering Canada a solution in which we can all share. That is, - one which meets all of Quebec's demands, but which in the process weakens and divides the rest. : To Mr, Bourassa and our P.M., No.Thanks. ] RE Sa fa A+ : A. Grant Port Perry Public speaking contest Feb. 24 by Maureen Wren Two successful meat draws were held in January which were well attended. Entertainment for these days were the "Fiddlers" and "Joe Simpson." Winners - Jan. 29 -- C. McGillvary; B. Doupe; A. Brown; K. Rankin; J. Bright; B. Ashmore; S. Groves; D. Christie; D. Blain (2 wins). Winners - Jan. 26 -- J. Simpson; M. Jeffery; S. Lorenz; J. Grieves; G. Goulding; W. Moore; B. MacDonald; A. Brown; M. Shishko (2 wins). The next meat draw will be held on Feb. 16 with the "Fiddlers" providing the entertainment. Sick and Visiting On January 18, Doug Butt visited John Sweetman at the Whitby Nursing Home. Also Doug visited Port Perry Nursing Home; John Leahy, John Doupe. Ted Whitter. Doug went to Oshawa Hospital to visit M. Dowson, C. Buttson, O. Michie. M. Dowson is now home. Also Bev Evans is now in Oshawa Hospital G-Wing. Ross Hutchison is in Toronto General Hospital. On January 31 Doug took fruit baskets to Mrs. Glass and Fern Williamson in Port Perry Hospital. These ladies thank Branch 419. On January 21 John Sweetman was brought from Whitby Nurs- ing Home by his two brothers to celebrate his 90th birthday. 50/50 for January & Feb. The winner was Joe Burrows, the seller of this draw Doug Butt. For Feb. - winner Doug Butt. Seller is Amy Sherwood. Doug Butt would like to thank all Comrades & friend for the suc- cess of selling 50/50 tickets. Youth Education Report During October, Immaculate Conception Public School and Port Perry High School par- ticipated in the poster, essay, and poem competitions in connection with the Poppy Campaign. At the branch level "Tasha Vanderwyst."" grade 7 of Im- maculate Conception Public School was awarded 1st prize in the poster contest at intermediate level. " Mike Fischer, grade 10 of Port Perry High School was awarded 1st in the Senior Contest. His poster went on to Zone level and again placed 1st. We wish him well at District Level. "Branch Level Essay Senior Contest' Chris Wokral won 2nd place at zone. Katie Talbot won branch level. Tina Carr won branch level. | Branch Level Senior Poem Con- test'"" Careen Lawson won 2nd place at zone. James Love won branch level. Craig Sweetman won branch level. The Public Speaking Contest will be held at the Legion Hall Br. 419 on Sunday February 24 at 1 p.m. Congratulations and thank you to all who participated. THIS PROBLEM 16 A WHOLE vol) WORRY ABOUT MICHAEL. AWAY, EL WHY ARE youu EEO oL WORRYING MOTORC WON IT NOW 2 BE PALE OHNE YoU doorsa ALL THE TIME as THE OR EMME INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED 193 QUEEN ST., PORT PERRY, ONT. 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