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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 19,1994 - 7 PHONE (905) 985-7383 1Year-$32.10 includes $2.10GST The Port Perry Star 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONTARIO The Port Perry Star is authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: 6Months-$17.72 indudes $1.22GST LoL 1B7 FAX 985-3708 RIBBON AWARD 1993 Foreign-$90.95 includes $5.95GST EDITORIAL Publisher - J. Peter Hvidsten News Editor - Scott Anderson Sports Editor - Kelly Lown ADVERTISING Advertising Manager - AnnaJackman Advertising Sales - Jackie McDonell, Advertising Sales - Bill Eastwood Production - Pamela Hickey, Barbara Bell BUSINESS OFFICE Office Manager - Gayle Stapley Accounting - Judy Ashby, Louise Hope Retail Sales - Kathy Dudley, Retail Sales - Marlene Moore PRODUCTION Annabell Harrison, Trudy Empringham, Susan Milne, Robert Taylor, VERIFIED CIRCULATION 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 included in price I ETTERS ~ social Politicians and "harebrained ideas" To the Editor: Well here it is, spring has sprung and all the loonies and their hare-brained ideas are be- ing loosed upon once again. First we have our M.P.P., a normally-astute person Mr. Gord Mills, regurgitating the "Party Line" regarding the forthcoming "Photo-Radar Im- plementation," by attempting to justify it with a vague refer- ence to, are you ready, an at- tempt to curb noxious emissions from those viscous and anti- drivers known as SPEEDERS! Please Gordon, give us a break and say it like it is. We were unable to screw you sufficiently with all of our other taxes so we came up with this one. Next we have our NEW M.P., Mr. Alex Shepherd, talking about the formation of a "Busi- ness Network" so that local business people can "bitch" about current government poli- cies. Come on Alex, thanks to the taxation policies of all levels of government, there will con- tinue to be a shrinking business Snowmobile Club takes old trees from shoreline To the Editor: I would like to thank the call- er who contacted the Scugog Chamber of Commerce regard- ing the pine trees which were used as trail markers along the east shore of Lake Scugog. As of April 8, these trees had not been removed and this gen- tleman was concerned over po- tential environmental and boat- ing hazards. I contacted the Port Perry Snowmobile Club and was in- formed that though this was not their territory, they would con- tact the proper organization as bad publicity would also dam- age the good name of their club. P.P.S.C. reports to me that a hovercraft has been located and the trees shall be removed hope- fully by the time this letter is printed. Thanks for showing concern, Brenda Casteels, 1st Vice President, Scugog Chamber of Commerce new hall. auditorium. show from June 13-15. King and Queen. 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 21, 1949 Nearly every business building on the two blocks of Queen Street were modernized or was in the process of alterations, the latest improvement being in the new premises of Cawker's Butcher Shop. Part of the Purdy Block, recently vacated by Bert McGregor, had been added to the premises and renovated also. Carnegie Hardware built an addition to their store, making it a larger household display area; and H. R. Archer Motors are making alterations to their showroom, and office. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 16, 1964 Maybelle Rebekah Lodge No. 348 was honored recently when Sister Matilda McDonald, President of the Rebekah Assembly in Ontario made her official visit and congratulated the league on its The ice left Lake Scugog in the early hours on Tuesday, April 14 as a stiff breeze moved it to the far end of the lake. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, April 17, 1974 Tina Ruhl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ruhl of Epsom, won the contest for a bus tour to the United Nations, sponsored by the Rebekah Lodge of Port Perry. Tina was congratulated by Earl Geer chairman of the committee sponsoring the event. The people of Port Perry and area donated more than 1,000 pints of blood to the Red Cross since the Kinsmen and Kinettes initiated the Blood Donor Clinics three years ago. This year on April 3, 200 pints were received at the clinic held in the United Church Booth space sold quickly when the Chamber of Commerce announced two weeks previously they would be holding a home 10 YEARS AGO Tuesday, April 17, 1984 The ice officially left Lake Scugog on April 14. It was announced that there was a real possibility a new school would be built in Port Perry within three years. David Burnett and Lisa James were named At Home prince and princess and Jamie Lane and Jackie Abraham were chosen as Port Perry welcomed a new dealership and family to town last week when Dennis Anderson opened his Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership for business on the former Beare Motors site. Arnold Kerry, of Utica Farm Equipment, was elected director of the Ontario Retail Farm Equipment Dealer's Association for 1984. community. Better you should take the message to Mr. Chreti- en that there will be no business community left by the time he wakes up to the fact of over tax- ation. Lastly, we have our very own township council, several of whom it appears, may not be members following the upcom- ing election. No, not necessarily because of defeat at the polls but due to various personal pri- orities. These people however, still feel that they should con- sider spending some $600,000 or $323,000 (depending on who's telling the story) of public money on a new arena hall. Mayor Hall would have us be- lieve that by spending, we are actually saving. Wow, talk about your "creative account- ing," thisone's a dandy. It has often been said that, "We deserve the politicians we get," but why must it be all at once? Yours truly, Keith A. Charles, Port Perry, Ont. Thanks to volunteers To the Editor: Literacy Council of Durham Region realizes that without volunteers we would be unable to teach adults reading, writing and numeracy skills. We wish to express our appre- ciation to all our volunteers not only during National Volunteer Appreciation Week, April 17- 24, 1994 but throughout the whole year! Carole Giggey, Student/tutor co-ordinator Lost grip From Page 6 itself. Excuse me for rambling. But we the people have got to make our elected representatives un- derstand that they are exactly that. Elected to represent our beliefs and convictions to our government and not necessarily their own. Please let Mr. Rock know that you want him representing you. His contact numbers are as fol- lows: 1-416-231-2301; 1-613- 947-5000; Fax 1-613-9907255. Durham Area - Alex Shepherd - 1-905-721-7670; 1-613-996- 4984. In other constituencies please substitute latter with ap- propriate member of parlia- ment. Yours truly, StuJacobs, Blackstock, Ont. Earth Day is Friday, April 22 To the Editor: Earth Day '94 is coming up on Friday, April 22. For people lo- cally who haven't done much in the way of environmental ac- tion, here are three suggestions for simple small steps that may help get you going. The first is to make a pledge to stop buying coffee in disposa- ble cups. It's easy to develop the habit of carrying a reusable mug, and in doing so you'll help cut down on the garbage prob- lem. Paper cups contribute to deforestation and its many re- lated environmental impacts, while the foam ones contribute to ozone depletion (the HCFCs with which CFCs have been re- placed are still ozone- depleting). Another simple way to help is to stop warming up and idling your car. Not only is idling bad for car engines and a crazy way to burn up money, it also con- tributes to health and environ- mental problems. I guess it stands to reason that, if car ex- haust in an enclosed space can kill, there must be some pretty nasty stuff coming out of those tailpipes! The guideline I have heard is to turn the engine off if you're stopping for more than 10 seconds. Air pollution is be- lieved to contribute to fast in- creasing rates of allergies and asthma. We can help do some- thing about that! Thirdly, start composting! Composting reduces household waste by one-third or more and the end product is great for lawns, gardens, and shrubs. Durham Region's Works De- partment is holding a compos- ter sales and information work- shop in Port Perry on April 23. Call 985-7363 (or the region at 668-7721) for more details. These tips alone certainly won't "save the planet," but we all have to start somewhere, don't we? It's easy to say, "what can one person do?" but until more of us as individuals make a commitment to change, how can we expect governments and businesses to do so? Janet Banting, Greenbank, Ont. 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