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SA 6 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 14,1993 PHONE (416) 985-7383 The Port Perry Star 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONTARIO FAX 985-3708 The Port Perry Star Is authorized as second class mall by the EDITORIAL LoL 1B7 RIBBON AWARD Publisher - J. Peter Hvidsten News Editor - Scott Anderson Features Editor - Julia Dempsey Sports Editor - Kelly Lown BUSINESS OFFICE Retail Sales - Kathy Dudley, Marlene Moore Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. ADVERTISING PRODUCTION ccnag Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Advertising Manager - Anna Jackman Annabell Harrison, 4 Subscription Rate: Advertising Sales - Jackie McDonell Trudy Empringham, a 1Year-$32.10 6Months-$17.72 Foreign -$90.95 Production - Pamela Hickey, BarbaraBell Robert Taylor, BIRGUL ATION includes $2.10GST includes $1.22GST includes $5.95GST Susan Milne Editorial Comment Partisan politics aside, Prime Ministers visit to Scugog was exciting The Kim Campbell show rolled into Utica last Thursday afternoon, just one day fol- lowing the official announcement of the federal election on October 25. To anyone unfamiliar with the complexity of an election campaign, the procession of large buses, hordes of television, radio and newspaper reporters and photogra- phers, security agents and pre-arrival organizers, must have been a bit overwhelming. Prior to the Prime Minister's arrival, security personnel scoured the grounds and building, the media arrived in two large buses, unloading and setting up their sound equipment and television cameras. But this was Day 1 of a seven-week long campaign, and the media were still hyped after waiting for weeks for the official cam- paign to get underway. Although the rou- tine will be the same for these journalists for the next seven weeks, there is little doubt their enthusiasm will wane some- what as the tedious and repetitious routine rolls on. The fact that she brought her entourage into the hamlet of Utica (population of about 50), was surprising to many of those attending. On only one other occasion in recent history has a Canadian Prime Minister honored the community with their presence. And that was more than 20 years ago when PM John Diefenbaker was in town to address students at Port Perry High School. Regardless of ones political affiliation, it is an honor to have the Prime Minister of Canada visit Scugog Township. We don't have to agree with her politics, ideas or campaign rhetoric, but as Canadians we should still respect her position and take pride in knowing the leader of our country took the time to visit the community. There's little doubt most of those invited to meet with the Prime Minister at Utica Farm Equipment and to hear her speak and answer questions were Tories, but that shouldn't take away from the smiles she brought to faces and excitement she generated during her two hour visit. It was nice to see partisan politics put aside for a few hours last week as PM Kim Campbell visited our community. That's the way it should be and that's just the way it happened. Congratulations Scugog! Office Manager - Gayle Stapley Accounting - Judy Ashby, Louise Hope 2 ZT oom "NOTHING RUNS LiKe A DEER" fer TRY To CATCH Mg JEAN. poate Se Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association Ontario Community Newspaper Association Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. Port Perry, Ontario * GST Inoluded In price 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 23, 1948 Perry, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on September 12, 1948. They received 100 guests who offered congratulations. Mrs. Myrtle Palmer and Mrs. Helen Colbear, Port Perry, are attending the Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, in Toronto. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 18, 1958 Construction on Port Perry's Community Curling Club's new rink is proceeding rapidly. Building chairman is Oscar Beare and job superintendent is Bob Kenny. The barn on the farm of Mr. W. F. Batty, Brooklin, was destroyed by fire. Damage of $50,000 was reported although two Jersey bulls, a team of prize winning Clydesdales and 14 calves were led to safety. The year's crops were also destroyed in the blaze. Four teachers and 20 students from Cartwright High School attended the Shakespearean Festival at Stratford to - gee the student's matinee of Henry IV. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bowles, Port Thursday, September.19, 1963 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Graham, Scugog, left by train for the Winnipeg district to visit their son Vernon and his family. Skating club members Anna Forder,Richard Stephens and David Porter spent part of their summer vacation skating at the Tam O'Shanter Club. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 19, 1968 Port Perry council passed a resolution to purchase a new diesel tractor from Morrow Farm Equipment Limited. The cost of the tractor is $1,680 plus trade-in of the old tractor. The government gave notice that all first-class letter rates, both local and out of town, will be raised to six cents. Rates now are four cents for local delivery and five cents for out-of-town mail. Tina Ruhl, R. R. 4 Uxbridge, was one of more than 1,000 children participating in a poster contest Turn to Page 8 Letter to the editor Where has the service in customer service gone? To the Editor: Where has the "Service" gone in "Cus- tomer Service?" It's no wonder the auto- motive industry is in such poor shape. I just had an experience with General Mo- tors which has me furious. On a very hot day in August my 1987 Chev. Celebrity blew a tire. The spare tire is one of those little "Donut" spares and is brand new. It had never been taken out of the trunk. When I tried to fit it on the lug bolts, the holes didn't line up. It was the wrong rim for that model. After hiking for 1/2 a mile, a kind neighbor pulled over, and gave me, my wife and daughter a ride back to the car to get the flat tire, took us to Mike Bakers to have it fixed right away (thanks Mike!), and back to the car to put it on. The next day I went to Onta- rio Motor Sales in Oshawa where the car was purchased new in 1987 to see if they would exchange the brand new spare for IS rd ad Mg another one the proper size (used was okay with me). I have owned three GM cars, two of them purchased at OMS. They said they had to check it out and see what could be done. The next day they called and said it wasn't their re- sponsibility, it was GM of Canada's, and to call GM Customer Service. I was told the number was in the phone book! (Wow, what service)! I looked up the number and called Turnto Page 9 by Julia Dempsey CHARLIE'S GOT MY VOTE! It's official! In less than six weeks, Canadian vot- ers will be heading to the polls to elect a federal government. Upon the official announcement of the election date, the party leaders wasted no time stampeding out of the starting gates like a herd of wild horses looking to cap- ture the Triple Crown. Unfortunately for the Canadian elector- ate, that's where the similarities between horse racing and the federal election cam- paign end; because, unlike the equestrian sport, it is still considered unorthodox to shoot a politician who-has stumbled along the way, only because it is feared there would be no one left to vote for come elec- tion day. cae d For those of us who have no ties to any particular political party, choosing a can- didate can often be a difficult task. So I'm going to share with you my voting method. : 1... First, read everything I can about our local candidates and their party leaders, Then, 1 usually dismiss it all as the stuff. that great fiction novels are based upon. That, of course, brings me back to square one, so I resort to my usual election ritual. It's called "Pin the Mandate on the . =: Donkey" and involves me begging an = election worker to blindfold me, spin me around in a circle until I turn the appro- priate shade of green, and then point me in the direction of a voting booth. I won't have to resort to such a scientific approach for this election, because I alrea- dy know how I'm going to vote. My vote is going to the Refarm Party. (Yes, I mean Refarm Party, not Reform.) For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Refarm Party, it's campaign head- quarters is located in a Cavendish Beach, P. E. I. dining-room, where the party's fearless (yet somewhat corny) leader, Charlie Farquharson, spouts off daily about how his party can save the cotritry. As Prime Minister, Mr. Farquharson' would put tobacco workers in Ontario back to work by retraining them to make rubber products because, he says, Canada has become a "condom nation." His party, he promises, will cancel the Post Office and give the mail to Jehovah Witnesses who go door to door anyway. The Refarmers would also extend the 200-mile fishing limit to 3,500 miles to let the Newfies fish the waters of Portugal. The party would also abolish the Elderly, Expensive, and Eccentric Senate, and do away with the Grab and Swindle Tax. (Brian Mulroney only took the GST off of yogurt: He wanted a little Canadian culture left on the table.) | As for our present Prime Minister, he says the twice-divorced Kim Campbell must really be lonely because she keeps asking for a man-date. I won't be setting her up. Charlie's got my vote. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Port Perry Star encourages our readers to make use of the letters to the editor column to express their opinions and viewpoints on just about any subject, as we feel a lively letters column helps make us a better community newspaper. We insist, however, that all letter writers sign their name and include a phone number for verification. Sorry, no anonymous letters will be published. The Port Perry Star also reserves the right to edit with respect to libelous comments or length of letter. ira + tA Ng RT RENEE LL ane Nt dbl gl dN st ini ei ln i ot TE, A al rd tN sas ----- mn A RO