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PTE TORS TNR EDITORIAL "The Port es Co a 188 MARY STREET + + PORT PERRY, ONTARIO = LoL ABY SIN ~~ PHONE (416) 985:7383 FAX 98 086-3708 RIBBON ET the: , i Post Office ment w= i | ADVERTISING wl Second Class Mail Be mberozes | - PY Advertisin - Anna. akan Subscription 2 Advertising Sales Jackie McDonell oar- - jonRste x orel FT, = i 1Year-$32.10 6Months- $' "Fo $00.95 Fr Production: Pamela Hickey, Barbara Bell nausea.) 100sT beast _ncludesss: 35087 bye. Poter cFidston" HERE WE GO AGAIN! Agreement apna aont 'impossible, but Rickey Its adeall i "hot-dog" Henderson After months of on again and off again 1 That news. reloa d. i negotiations, Bob Rae's New Democratic "ve Mone ay, ws, rel paged Se government has got what it wanted. A' | about tear the heart Social Contract agreement with the prov- os out of die-hard Jays fans 'who tried to boo "ince's 950,000 public sector 'employees 0 r the Oakland lead-off man out of was agreed to over the weekend. me just few years back. kybox fans will remember, and never for- This deal was: struck to shave more ive Henderson for embarrassing the Jays "than $2 billion from the payrolls of the 4 tealing eight bases as Oakland ' "province's budget. § he 1989 'Under the terms of the deal a number ; pie 8 hue eyeing the on of sectors have agreed to cutbacks. Al Butthe 2 thing about bi seball These inclide the municipalities ($220 "analy he ain on, off aga Ain love affairs A 'million), health ($470 miltion), community - services ($10 million), agencies, boards "and commissions ($55 million), education ($425 million), colleges' ($40 million), uni- versities ($90 million) and Ontario. 'public service ($210 million). ~The total savings, including $470 mil- lion in pension savings estimated by the government, is $1.99 billion. The savings, . will be achieved in the next three years, Eight sectoral deals and 13 susectoral. deals have been.approved by the govern-. ment to date. Hundreds of local agree- - ments have also been received for the 'treasurer's approval as well. ~~ The framework agreement : 'reached earlier this week will. now allow the loca), agencies, including ° municipalities, hammer out local agreements. - After that time, the government will al- low a period for the cost-cutting meas- ures to take affect. If they are not suc- cessful the government will implement a program of unpaid days off and lay offs. - Although Mr. Rae and his government-- - achieved their goal, they are falling just short of calling it a victory. Instead Floyd -: Laughren, treasurer, preferred to label it © "an accomplishment." ~ with players. Even their own team p layers 5 ban tine of this "air-head eg 4} menon" which allows them to love a play- ] eroneminute and hate him the next. ~ 7 Right now fans are having a alove-affair : ith ohn Olerud, the Jays phenomenal firs baseman who i8 no nly shockis By doing so, Mr. Laughren has. admit- and ton that Pa bad pedis: Day - ted that there were no winners in the So- ersneed the support and. encouragement cial Contract talks. We are all losers. We 'of their fans at all times, especi have all suffered from the practice and will continue to suffer. No one will aus against the need for such measures, but the harm done in the process has been great and wil bo fel | suggest aon ay AR sho ) for years to come. . a & a | atpla Play, te hav re not d ~ "The government has lost its closest al | Wy T-- Ne, PR yy elt that may be, Sorhoeh ns out . lies:and staunch supporters when the un- | 88 iw wal lm how hearies ang inconsiderate baseball jons began to denounce it. The talks fans really can be. 8 -.scared away investment and slowed the { Now, Jays fans have tC learn tolove a ~ 'economic recovery of a province set to playe yer that most have hated for the past climb out of a recession. It has also taken | four years. a ote n roan ".some of the spending powers out of the lw ba tod Rocke ing a (Te hands of the municipalities. 14s Alva ey's guts, a ceura Ra A deal may have been reached, but the like Rin was a tes : probably be no sh costs are enormous. Pinderson fans in in up his spot in left field under the! lights 0 Sky in left fil Letter to the editor etd 4 ethene EL doesn't tions, nat only Ri | | up to th fa Sick Tennis club apologizes to fire ols wa tchers | ap = they're struggling res pow betaine pla yers are paid such high salaries they d be at the top of their game all the time, They LE VIERS YO JHE EDITOR To the Editor: "tha League--an interclub league Our tenis dub {rise to serve the With reference to Mr. and Mrs. D. from various WYnaap] ays on Thurs- community to the best of its ability Young's letter in the Port Perl. Star day evenings. This scheduleissetby and commends the Chamber of July 13, 1993, the Port Perry Tennis the Kawartha League | rather than Commerce for its great efforts in Club wishes to extend its la by the Port Perry Tennis Club. Un- putting onthe annual display. to all who were inconvenienced fortunately we had a visitingclubat ~~ Please accept our sincere apolo. 'when court lights were left on dur- our courts that evening. This was an gies for this unfortunate occurrence. - ing'the annua fireworks display on oversight on everyone's part and, § Ung Jy 1. ho pefully, will not occur again. That bE Sally Martin the. summer, 'the Kawar- ely would be our aim. i SH Port Perry Tennis Club ly Ser hn § 4 FAYE FR MRO i : AAS VRE AA ETD /