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ee es "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 Mervin Storie, Bill Brown, Chet Geer and Ralph Wilbur have nearly completed the forms for the new hall foundation at Utica. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 19, 1961 Anson Gerrow, Port Perry, Warden of Ontario County won the J. N. Parret Trophy at the annual plowing championships held at the Vermilyea Farms, Belleville. A good number of sports-minded citizens attended a meeting in the Municipal Building to discuss the possibility of securing flood lights for the present ball park. The Port Perry High School football team won their first game of the season against Sutton 33-3. Chick Carnegie, Ivan Luke, Larry Davidson, and Ardis McArthur ran the ball over the touchdown line with the rest of the team playing equally as well. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 20, 1966 J. J. Gibson, Reeve of Port Perry, was among those who officially opened the new direct distance dialing system at the Bell Telephone in Oshawa. The members of the Port Perry Fire Department held their first Open House in the new Fire Hall. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Lawrence have donated a two storey log house to be used as a Historical Museum in Nestleton for Cartwright Township. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, October 20, 1971 The Meals on Wheels program has received many contributions from local groups and organizations and will be available for senior citizens in Port Perry and area residents within a very short time. Wayne Taylor of Shanley Street was voted outstanding carrier boy for this district by the Toronto Daily Star. Wayne was among other carrier boys from all over Ontario who were honored at the Westbury Hotel, Toronto, and he received a plaque, a crest, and $20 cash in recognition of his efforts. Mr. and Mrs. Mansell Gerrow celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with 235 relatives and friends being on hand to offer their best wishes. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, October 21, 1981 Pat Gracie, of Carnegie Beach, is concerned about the controlled hunting area on the Island. Her main concern is that children must walk along Concession 13 to catch the school bus and the controlled hunting area which reaches right to the north edge of the road could be a safety threat. Durham Region councillors voted 15-13 against giving themselves a five per cent raise next year. Their annual salary is $13,890 -- the highest in the province. Regional Chairman Gary Herrema will be getting a raise in salary from $38,015 to $42,515, but he is still one of the lowest paid chairmen in Ontario. Meals on Wheels is celebrating its 10th Anniversary. More than 25 hot noon-hour meals arc now delivered cach Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to Scugog Township residents. The Greenbank Gamblers have emerged as champions of the Uxbridge Community Fastball League. Greenbank won the final series three games to one by winning the replay of the disputed game in Port Perry by a 7-6 score. IRWIN SMITH MUSIC LTD. 305 Queen Street, Port Perry, Ontario (416) 985-2635 Scugog Women dinner/workshop series Psychiatrist's lecture shows women how to deal with anger By Gillian Barfoot The oppression and dehu- manization of women has made them "profoundly angry," Dr. Hossain Danesh told more than 80 area women who at- tended a dinner and workshop at the Greystone Equestrian Centre last Wednesday. Dr. Danesh, who is a psychi- atrist, author and marriage counsellor, opened the 1991-92 season of Scugog Women's din- ner/workshop series with the topic "Women and Anger --- Learning a Healthy Approach". He described the situation of women in different countries, from the "supermom" role of women in the USSR to the fam- ilies in China where a female baby is still considered a dis- grace. In India, he said, the news- papers are filled with stories of bride burning and personal ads from young educated women who cannot find husbands. And in Japan, where education is highly valued, educated wom- en are frustrated because they have total responsibility for the home and family and therefore lose the opportunity to pursue a career. Society is organized on the basis of power, and whoever has more power has more op- portunity, he explained. But so- ciety has not allowed women to have power. Instead, women have become victims and ob- jects, rather than individuals in their own right. "By and large, the majority of those in the world who have become victims are women, the poor and minorities," he said. The victims react with anger, which is always accompanied by fear and anxiety, Dr. Da- nesh explained. Our anger shows that we feel threatened. He told the audience there are five kinds of threats. Our integrity -- what we are -- and identity -- who we are -- can be threatened on a physical, emo- tional or spiritual level. Violence is a major threat and is "the weapon that men have used throughout history to rule over women," he said. "Whenever we are faced with anger and violence, we tend to withdraw." Another threat is injustice. "At one level, humanity knows that we are all one, therefore when an injustice is done to someone in Africa, we get outraged here," he stated. _ | AM RUNNING IN THE CURRENT ELECTION CAMPAIGN AS A CANDIDATE FOR COUNCILLOR IN WARD 2. | Having lived my life in the local area, currently in Apple Valley, 4 | believe | share local concerns with the constituents of Ward 2. | believe that the experience | have gained through my involvement in a local family business, Raglan Wi the difficult economic decisions wi recession. Iding, has helped to prepare me for hich lie ahead in view of the current In the upcoming years, | believe that fiscal restraint must be exercised by local government on issues such as garbage disposal, taxes and education. Because our community is growing and our young people also have special needs and concerns, recreation facilities must also be addressed in this up-coming term. Continued community growth is also necessary, however, it must be at a reasonable and controlled pace with corresponding development of community services. Lack of planning control may prove disastrous. For positive, progressive leadership, with careful fiscal control, vote for Paul C. Michel on November 12, 1991. r Ward 2 "Women have an experience of injustice in every day of their lives." The final threat is frustra- tion, he said, explaining how "we are constantly faced with little things in life that chal- lenge our sense of omnipo- tence." When people feel these threats, they feel angry. He said most people agree anger is bad but they don't know how to deal with it. "We have been told the best way to deal with anger is to ex- press it," he said. "At all levels, society has become more an- "Obviously, showing our an- ger has not helped to make this world more peaceful." Dr. Danesh said people try to deal with their anger either by diverting it in a less harmful way or by finding something which will numb their senses so they don't feel. "Diversions don't get rid of anger because they don't get rid of the cause," he said. "But the best way to get rid of anger is to go to the source of the threat and begin to prevent its occurrence." He emphasized that society must change and is already in the process of changing. "Change always is frighten- DR. HOSSAIN DANESH ing because you have to go through a period of chaos. We are now in the midst of that chaos." "We are living at a time when a new consciousness is emerging." Up to now, he explained, con- flict resolution has been based on power politics. But the em- phasis of politics has to change from power to caring, from competition to co-operation, from confrontation to collabo- ration. "We must learn to resolve conflicts in a different way," he said. "The process of change will be the feminization of this world -- to make it more beauti- ful, equitable, comfortable, peaceful, united, co-operative -- even at international political levels that is what's happen- ing." "Men have to develop these qualities," he said. "Women have to become leaders of soci- ety." Bociety will change when men and women realize they are in this world together and have to create a new world to- gether, he said. They must discover the best solution for both sides, without compromising or competing with each other, Dr. Danesh explained. Men and women need to treat each other with honesty and compassion. "Women must assume the: role of teachers to teach men compassion," he said. Although more than half of the world needs to change -- be- cause many women think the same way as men do and feel comfortable with their roles -- he assured the audience they needn't feel discouraged, be- cause "the process of change doesn't go according to the law of majority." "In order to change society, you need a critical mass of be- tween five to 10 per cent of peo- ple who think in a new way." If you have a vision of what the world can be, he said, you will begin to think in a new way. And a change in thinking will slowly but inevitably re- sult in a change in behavior. Break-in nets thieves television and VCR A break-in at a house on Riv- er Street in Seagrave netted the thieves a television, VCR, and an unspecified amount of coins. According to Durham Re- gional Police, entry was gained into the residence through a sliding door. The incident was reported Sunday evening, but the incident occurred earlier in the day. QUALITY LEATHER APPAREL & accessories for LADIES & MEN! Sunday We also carry a wide selection of ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES & GIFTS 12 FRANCIS STREET W., FENELON FALLS (708) 887-1700 LEATHER FASHIONS Third Anniversary Specials Huge Selection Hundreds Of Coats To Choose from Low! Low! Prices