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PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1994 | Airport Service T&C LIMO 985-0170 1-800-361-0216 REAL ESTATE J. PETER HVIDSTEN / PORT PERRY STAR Brenda meets her 'Franklin' fans The very popular and talented children's illustrator Brenda Clark visited The Kids Store in Port Perry on Saturday to the delight of area children. Ms. Clark is best know for her illustrations in the Franklin series of books. While at the store she demonstrated how she draws the character Franklin, showed sketches from her childhood and read from the latest Franklin book, "Franklin is Messy." Ms. Clark (left) and Heather Cooper (back), owner of The Kids' Store, are seen here with Daryl Finn and Katie Callery who came to meet Franklins creator. Striking Times workers hit street with own newspaper By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Striking Oshawa Times staffers have hit the streets -- with a new paper. The Oshawa Independent was due to be on news stands in Oshawa and Whitby this morning (Nov. 15), and will publish weekly "for the duration of the strike," Wally Donaldson, Times sports editor and a resi- dent of Scugog Township, said. Meanwhile, the paper's pub- lisher has hinted that the strike could mean the death of the Times. "] am extremely concerned that, given the highly competi- tive nature of the Oshawa mar- ket, our position will be eroded so badly by this work stoppage so as to jeopardize the progress we have made and make it impossible for us to resume publishing," publisher F.M. (Mac) Dundas said in a prepared statement last week. Staff of the new Independent have taken up residence in the Bond Towers building across the street from the Oshawa Times building and last week were preparing for their first issue, which was to include cov- erage of municipal elections in the area. Between 18,000 and 20,000 copies of the paper are to be distributed free, said Mr. Donaldson. "Our main focus is going to be Oshawa and Whitby," said Mr. Donaldson, noting that merchants in the two areas have been approached to act as distributors of the paper. He added a "hardcore set of people" including editorial and advertising sales staff have been preparing for about a month to launch the paper in the event of a strike. Unionized workers at the Thomson-owned daily have been without a con- tract since the summer of 1993. Funding for the paper has been provided by the Southern Ontario Newspaper Guild. Editorial staff and advertis- ing reps, as well as typesetters and press workers shut down production of the paper last Monday, voting 89 per cent for a strike after failing to reach a new contract agreement with management. The main hitch is money; management is holding out for a three-year wage freeze with the possibility of bonuses -- dependent on the paper break- ing even or showing a profit after three years -- while work- ers agreed to a two-year freeze, but asked for a review in the third year. The stalemate led to the abrupt shutdown, leaving many residents in the area wondering on Monday where their daily paper was. The last edition Turn to page 4 Nov. 26 date is set Santa and friends coming for a visit By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star The jolly old man himself, Saint Nick, will be making his way into Scugog Township later this month. wv The Scugog Chamber of Com- merce is currently busy organiz- ing its annual Santa Claus Pa- rade, which will take place in Port Perry on Saturday, Novem- ber 26. The parade will begin at 2p.m. from the Port Perry Fair- grounds, weaving its way to the downtown core. Service clubs and organiza- tions, church, youth and school groups are invited to partici- pate in this year's "Christmas In Wonderland" parade. Plans for the parade have been going along "excellent", ac- cording to Alissa Smith, of the Chamber of Commerce. She credits a great deal of the plan- ning to the legwork of the Grade i2 entrepreneurs working in the Chamber office. Entries are currently on par with other years and organizers are aiming for between 50-60 entries for the parade. This year's parade will see an increase in animals as several groups have expressed an inter- est in using horses and North- wood Buffalo and Exotic Animal Ranch will be bringing some of its animals along on its float. After the parade, children will once again be invited to vis- it with the main attraction at the BIA Santa Claus house, lo- cated beside the Laurentian Bank. Any group interested in par- ticipating in this year's parade should contact the Chamber as soon as possible. To register your float or for more information contact Alissa Smith at 985-2635 or 985-7671. Vandals hit school Vandals wreaked havoc at Cartwright High School Friday night. Police said two windows were broken and seats at the ball field of the school were damaged during the incident. A nearby house party spilled over onto the school grounds around midnight, police said. Friday morning when a large number of membrance Day ceremonies under crystal-c IR 085-4484 DVANTAGE CARE FALL SALES ~ Hi. Eff. Gas Furnaces ~ ~ Central Air Units ~ ~ Gas Fireplaces ~ Think Smart Think Natural Gas Authorized Dealer 0) CONSUMERS GAS Heating & Ar Cond toni oon \V/ 'Coleman is a registered trademark of The Canadian Coleman Co. Inc. used under cence. JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR Blackstock service The streets surrounding Blackstock's Cenotaph were filled le attended Re- r skies. FURNACE CLEANING SPECIAL >