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at stmt, ST -------- --" Pom om mi Lae Te eT --_--_ er I0 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, February 26, 1991 Remember When? (From page 7) land will be closed. The oldest of the schools on the Island, the "Foot" School was built in 1886, and is of frame construction. Ac- cording to the reeve of Scugog Township, Victor Aldred, it was built by his grandfather William Aldred. Miss Lexie Love, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Love, Prince Albert, received first class honours in Grade VI singing recently. Miss Barbara Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph vapor, Port Perry, also received first class honours in Grade VIII singing. Both young ladies are pupils of Mrs. Grace Has- tings and sing in the United Church Choir, Port Perry. Greenbank News - Mrs. Everett Hook has left for a holiday in Mexico with Mrs. Jack Gray of Port Perry. On Monday evening several familiar faces appeared on the "Take a Chance" television program over Channel 9. The Port Perry Senior Citizens chartered a bus to Toronto to take part in the show. Mrs. Jessie Robertson won a guessing game contest and received $300 worth of Tex-made linens. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, February 24, 1971 185 members and guests attended the Charter Night for the newly formed Port Perry Kinsmen Club. 24 young men were in- stalled in the local club on Saturday evening. Scugog News - Mr. and Mrs. Nicholishen of Port View have sold their cottage and are going to try farming at Milton. Mrs. Nicholishen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patte and has spent much of her life at Port View. Two huge storage tanks for flour arrived and were erected at Flamingo Pastries Limited on Monday afternoon. Instead of having flour come in begs, tank trucks will deliver and blow the flour into the two tanks with a capacity of 25 tons each. The ac- tual weight of the two tanks is 7,000 Ibs. each. A rink skipped by Irene Carter won the coveted I.G.A. Tro- phy on Wed. evening. Proprietor Dan Madsen presented the tro- phy to Irene Carter. Other members of the rink were Betty Brown, vice skip; Joy Ballard, second; and Freda Cochrane, lead. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, February 25, 1981 Port Perry High School band members Julie Reed, Donna Kerry, Mary Rose and Elizabeth Jennings helped raise funds for the band's trip to British Columbia through the sale of small soapy bears. The Port Perry Lions Club held their annual Effective Speaking Contest for high school students and the winners were Kim Harris and Gordon Barraball of Blackstock. "A Touch of Class' a vocal group from the Port Perry and Seagrave area recently won first place at the Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto. The Port Perry Malmont Farms Atoms won the annual Li- ons Club tournament Saturday at the Scugog Arena. The Port Perry Kinsmen Club celebrated its 10th anniver- sary with a banquet and dance Sat. evening and paid tribute to Jim Lawrence with an honourary life membership, the highest award in the Kinsmen organization. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wilson have returned from a lovely holi- day in Florida. - 'gfimadeus . Seafood & Steak House ! 'uv "OPEN 7 DAYS a WEEK Banquet Facilities Available * =J EVERYDAY DINNER SPECIALS .=@ * Roast Prime Beef (Can. Grade A) ™ * New York Steak & Shrimps =. * Fresh Seafood Plate ANY SPECIAL FOR ONLY: = 22 ~ = x = J =P = We also replace HEADLIGHTS Some through your Insurance Company SAVE °50. On any One ULE [IIR RIN SIVI =7.Y [of Ho] W.-Y] with most insurance companies with this coupon at time of purchase. 985-8507 MOBILE SERVICE __ Guaranteed Workmanship TH rl I LC rare. 3 Letters io the editor 1180 Simcoe St.N., Oshawa 436.9333 or 436.9065 i $9.99 f Middle East war touches all of us To the Editor: In January we all noticed that people everywhere were very ap- prehensive that war would be in- itiated, then quite sobered when it actually happened. People began to panic slightly, sought out and purchased gas masks, foam sealant and medication to counteract the effects of possible disasters. Now, a month into the war, we have gone on in our daily lives, getting caught up in sports scores and other concerns besides basic survival. What we see is our ad- 'jJustment to the conditions around us. We haven't changed anything about the condition of war, but we have changed our reaction to the situation, to one of acceptance. This is partly due to the fact that we feel powerless to do anything to change things, but also, we in this part of the world are largely unaffected in any tangible way by the bombs and fear of harm. The war is happen- ing to the other guy, not to us in Scugog. That is not to say that we don't care about the other guy, but we have our own concerns that distract us. I believe that we're pretty naive if we think that the misfortunes of those in the war zone won't affect us in some very real way. Do we all have to see the atrocities of war firsthand before we come together as a world, put aside our Youngster's thoughts of Gulf War To the Editor: Two weeks ago our 8 yr. old daughter sat down on her own and wrote a poem about her thoughts on the war. We felt that it was very well thought out and in- teresting. Since one never knows what is going through a young child's mind, especially in today's troubled times, we would like to share her poem with your readers. Life Would Be Better Life would be better if the war would stop Life would be better if the bombs would not blow Life would be better if there were no oil spills Life would be better if no soldiers would not die Life would be better if there would be no threat of gas mask Life would be better if we could be friends Life would be better if the soldiers could come home Written by, Ashleigh Flieler Port Perry differences, preconceived ideas and dogma, whether political, racial or religious, to com- municate, to learn the art of con- sultation, whereby we can find the solutions for the good of the whole world, thereby attaining the best for everyone? Isn't it time for every human being to pray that our leaders will, by an act of consultative will, arise to design the framework in which we can live in cooperative harmony, free from oppressive fear of the future; and also to pray that we individuals, the grass roots of a world society, will arise ourselves, to play respon- sibly and maturely our part, by developing the qualities and characteristics such as trustwor- thiness, optimism, selflessness, fairness, open-mindedness and freedom from all forms of pre- judice - characteristics which will be the very fabric of a truly new world order. Imagine a world made up of people striving to live by these principles. The threat of wars and injustice would definitely be lessened, even eradicated. It starts with one person. I believe that if you and I try hard, we will make the difference that will make the world another world, one which will have a bright future. Sincerely, Nancy Lee, Port Perry Don't need more studies - To the Editor: How much studying does the government need to do before it comes up with some conclusion about what it intends to do about the Toronto areas garbage disposal problem. Apparently our new environment minister has said no to the recently proposed dumpsites on the outskirts of Toronto, does not like rail transport of trash to Kirkland Lake, and has given no new meaningful proposals as to recycling or reduction. What are they doing up there in Queen's Park? Studying? How much stu- dying does one have to do before one finally takes some action and tries to solve the problem. The production of all these ex- pensive plans with their charts and graphs seems to have become an end in itself. I am getting the definite impression that the main reason for all this studying, is to provide the groundwork for yet more research. Yet we do have a problem with the heaps of gar- bage growing ever larger in the local dumpsites. Why can't we just do something about this waste problem rather than just researching it. After all no high tech is needed, it's simp- ly a problem of getting people to sort their garbage, and providing public handling facilities to recy- cle or compost it. Inert material which is not recyclable can be shipped up north and dumped in some old mine pit. It's a problem of motivation, since we are all accustomed to easy disposal of household trash. It just disappears somewhere, and we do not have to give the smelly stuff another thought. If only something would be learned from these studies, but in- stead the same old mistakes are copied. Peterborough County is now undergoing the same landfill site SUNROOFS! TRUCK SLIDER! CELLULAR PHONES! BOX LINERS! RUNNING BOARDS! 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Studying no longer has any connection with learning. Yours sincerely, David Dietlein, Zero Garbage GRADUATE Debra D. Drinkwalter, daughter of Ross and Jean Short of Port Perry, graduated from Durham College as a Registered Nurse. Debra is employed at Oshawa General Hospital. LEAKING BASEMENT? McGUINNESS LLU Ed {oe Je] gd] e Si FREE ESTIMATES 985-2814 call Today!