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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" The Port Perry Star &w5 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - LoL 187 [FSV PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX 985-3708 RIBBON The Port Perry Star is authorized as second dass mail by the AWAR Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. D Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: 6Months-$17.65 includes $1.15GST PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 22, 1994 - 7 EDITORIAL Publisher - J. Peter Hvidsten General Mgr. - Don MacLeod Managing Editor - Jeff Mitchell Sports Editor - Kelly Lown ADVERTISING Advertising Manager - AnnaJackman Advertising Sales - Bill Eastwood Advertising Sales - Rhonda Mukahy Production - Pamela Hickey BUSINESS OFFICE Office Manager - Gayle Stapley Accounting - Judy Ashby, Louise Hope Retail Sales - Kathy Dudley, Nancy Lee *CNA Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Assodation Ontario Community Newspaper Association Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Lid. Port Perry, Ontario PRODUCTION Annabell Harrison, Trudy Empringham, Susan Milne, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew CCNA 1994 1Year-$32.10 Forelgn-$90.95 includes $2.10GST includes $5.95GST | ----- Ee el o I _ETTERS Poppy boycott misguided move To the Editor: I read an article in my city's local newspaper the other day which was in reference to peo- ple wanting to ban the sale of Poppies in certain legions some people deemed racist. After reading this article, I found it extremely repulsive. A Poppy is a Poppy. How can anyone distinguish whether it was purchased from this legion, that legion, store front or side- walk? Would each and every one of us be deemed a racist for sport- ing a Poppy? Is that all because of certain people feeling their religious be- liefs are being threatened? Religion is not what you wear or how you pray but your inner most feelings and beliefs in life. These beliefs are as different for each of us as snowflakes are dif- ferent from each other. As for the purchasing of a Poppy, I would not hesitate to buy a Poppy from any one of the many legions. The Poppy symbolizes an ap- preciation and love for the many men and women, who at the beginning of their lives went to support a belief. In do- ing this they went willingly to serve their country, provide support for people and coun- tries and if needed, to kill or to be killed. This was done to preserve the world and its people and of course, Canada. For these acts of kindness and unselfishness they showed, we now enjoy this Cops' visit helped kids To the Editor: Nov. 18 was a special day for me. I'm a resident of Port Perry but I work as a teacher in Oshawa. On the day following the Oct. 20 hold-up shootings, our students saw fit to send messages of concern and get well wishes to the police officers involved via FAX.. The school received a return FAX from the Police Dept. the same day and shortly thereaf- ter, the mother of one of the offi- cers called to thank us as well. This let our students know that they had been a moral support to those involved. But, as I said, Nov. 18 was a special day. Constables Paul Mooy and Mark McConkey ar- rived at our school in person to thank our students for their en- couragement of a month ago. They were shy but truly appre- ciative of the childrens' con- cerns and very glad to be alive to give their thanks in person. I spoke with the officers brief- ly before they met the student body and expressed how glad I was to have them there. To Mark McConkey I said how im- portant it was to have the chil- dren see his face before all the healing was complete. I know that our students now realize that these were real peo- ple, with loved ones, who were dealt real, physical pain com- plete with shattered bones. It was more than a news story from a distant locale. I thank them for their visit and hope that it, and the unfor- tunate events that precipitated it, will help our students see the tremendous need to work at eliminating violence in our soci- ety. 'David Lepp Port Perry P.S. I still love our little town and I think it's a safe place to raise a family. land we live in today, our free- doms and all the joy that life has to offer. The majority of these people that served from Canada were of the Christian belief, as aml. I am a firm believer in the right of freedoms of expression. I do not sport any religious arti- facts, go to a house of worship nor kneel if I were to pray, but I do believe that if someone wish- es to do so that they should be entitled to have that choice. These men and women put aside their religious beliefs, one being "thou shalt not kill," plus all that life had to offer. This was to ensure that Canadians today could enjoy what they were to lose. It is not a religious belief to remove one's headdress; but, a Canadian custom out of the re- spect for those who have died. If these people do not wish to put aside their religious beliefs while visiting a legion, then I personally feel that they should not have to. R.C. McNeil, Prince George, B.C. Eyesore From page 6 want to be informed, not just in- fluenced. If you agree that election signs are a pain in the eye, and a blot on the land, speak up loud and clear before the next elec- tion. Let the candidates know that you already know their names and what they are run- ning for. If no one puts up these signs, then they all have a level play- ing field. Wouldn't it be nice if all the election signs were down within a week, never to return? Leanne Lang, Blackstock 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 24, 1949 Two local families were particularly interested in the rescue of the passengers and crew of the B-29 forced down in the Atlantic as each had a son among the personnel of the Destroyer who went to the rescue of the passengers. Mrs. J.C. Whitby's son Patrick and David Bentley, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Bentley. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mountjoy, Blackstock, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary at the home of their daughter Mrs. M. Byers. Miss Audrey Kent won 13 prizes with her rabbits at the Royal Winter Fair. She had 17 entries. Sinclair Robertson won first place standing in his class of Aberdeen Angus at the Royal Winter Fair. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 26, 1964 Mr. Neil Clark was promoted with his orange belt in Judo. Mr. A. G. Pacey was appointed the new manager of the Royal Bank. Port Perry Hospital Auxiliary presented a $100 cheque to the hospital. The third consolidated school in Reach Township was officially opened in Epsom. The trustees this year were Pat Love, Byron Holtby, Dorothy Mulholland, Neil Hunter and Earl Wilson. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, November 20, 1974 The arena committee was given the go ahead by Scugog Council to start working out details for a single-pad arena. Damage was estimated at between $8,000 and $10,000 in a cottage fire on the 7th Concession of Reach, just west of Highway "12. Fire Chief Jack Cook said there must have been an explosion before they arrived as the walls had shifted and one end of the building had moved. The clock in the tower of the Post Office was to be back in working order as soon as the renovated Post Office opened for business. Postmaster Bruce Hull said there was a good size bell in the clock and people would once again be able to tell the time when the clock strikes. Van Camp Construction moved its 34 ft. by 50 ft. garage from its old location on Bigelow Street to its new location on the Oshawa Road, across from the Odd Fellows Lodge. It took about three hours to move the building. An addition to Cartwright Public School would bring the number of student places up to 559 and was approved by the Durham Board of Education. Gordon Goode and Yvonne Christie urged the board to accept a larger addition which would accommodate 622 students. 10 YEARSAGO Tuesday, November 20, 1984 Brookview Tony Charity, a six-year-old cow owned by Peter Heffering of Hanover Hills, stole the spotlight for the second straight year at the Royal Winter Fair taking home the Grand Champion Female Holstein prize. Paul Gouin, of Port Perry, won $10,000 in a Wintario draw. A color poster featuring Scugog residents Joel Aldred, Jennifer Dixon, Danny and Mark Brown, Gianna Raffin and Yoshia Hikida won a first place at the Forum Competition for Ontario government advertising for multiculturalism. A new store "the Children's Den" opened for business in downtown Port Perry. Police warned residents to lock their vehicles when they go in the house for the night after a rash of speaker and stereo thefts in the area. men, even if it means letting fly with a real hum- SURFIN' ON THE NET: The other night after Editor's Notepad by Jeff Mitchell BLOWIN' IN THE WIND TRY IT, YOU'LL LIKE IT: There's confirmation out of Amsterdam this week of a premise to which I've clung for years now: Breaking wind is good for ou. d The Netherlands Liver and Intestine Foundation has issued a statement claiming that farting is healthy, and should not cause undue embarrass- ment. They recommend letting rip a minimum of 15 times a day -- we should all be so lucky -- as a means of expelling digestive gas that might other- wise collect and cause discomfort. I have taken this advice to heart, and pledged that never again will I feel sheepish when it is necessary to heed the forces at work in my abdo- dinger. In public. YET MORE SIGNS OF WINTER: In an effort to keep you, the public, up to date on the advent of the meanest of seasons, we have undertaken to publish with regularity a checklist of undeniable signs of winter's onset. Here's a few more: 0 Kinsmen at work on the Ice Palace down at Palmer Park; a The feds gearing up to launch upon us a budget that will, in all likelihood, mean the end of life as we know it in Canada; a Canadian Tire stores everywhere selling out of those bristly little chimney-sweeping brushes; a A thin layer of ice on the ponds and puddles along the roadside in the early morning; a Deadly yet invisible black ice on those same roadways where the sun has not yet deigned to appear; 0 The reappearance everywhere of Santa Claus, snowmen, angelic choirs with rosy cheecks, and cavorting dwarves toting brightly-wrapped presents; 0 Contests urging me to enter and win a trip to the Super Bowl; a Cranky kids with fevers and runny noses. the dinner dishes were cleared away, I sat at the table enjoying a glass of wine and leafing through the stacks of Christmas catalogues that have arrived lately. The kids were off having a bath, happily splashing gallons of water onto the bathroom floor, and Pamela sat across from me, occasionally groaning with disgust over things she read in the daily paper. A household at peace... but not quite. Something was botherng me; a droning, repeating, nagging -- something. Then I realized what it was: Otto, the Dog, had been barking incessantly outside. "Oof, oof, oof," went the racket. "Oof-woof! Qof- oof-o00f1" ~ "God Almighty," I said. "That dog is driving me insane." "He's on the Net," said Pamela. "The what?" "The Net. the Dog Internet. Listen." Sure enough, the pauses in Otto's barking were filled by distant replies from his dog pals. Mm thinking: If I get him a modem, can I drink my wine in peace?