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TT "A Family Tradition for 128 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, Tuesday, February 14, 1995 -7 PHONE (905) 985-7383 1Year-$32.10 includes $2.10GST 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-$17.65 includes $1.15GST The Port Perry Star @« 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONTARIO LoL 1B7 FAX 985-3708 BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1994 Foreign -$90.95 includes $5.95GST 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 Mulcahy Production - Pamela Hickey BUSINESS OFFICE Office Manager - Gayle Stapley Accounting - Judy Ashby, Louise Hope Retail Sales - Kathy Dudley, Nancy Lee PRODUCTION Annabell Harrison, Trudy Empringham, Susan Milne, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew CCNA 4 [AT [S{OIREN lat Canadian Community Newspaper Association Ontario Community Newspaper Association Port Perry Star Co. Lid. Port Perry, Ontario =u @ Member of the Published every Tuesday by the _-- I ETTERS Leagues can work together To the Editor: - We felt that this letter was re- quired to answer and clarify some of the statements made in last week's article on the new Nestleton Hardball League, by Mr. Dale Newman, President of Cartwright Minor Ball. Firstly, let us clear up Mr. Newman's comments about us "refusing to negotiate". The coaches and officials in the Nes- tleton Hardball League have tried for two years to make their concerys ut problems within hardball known to CMB execu- tive, with little or no effect. Diamonds provided for hard- ball ranged from too small to outright dangerous, while soft- ball was played on diamonds much more suited to hardball. We have tried for two years to get across the need for two um- pires at higher levels of hard- ball. They still don't have them. This year, we will! We will offer clinics for players and officials (develop- ing new umpires is critical). And all monies spent will be spent in Scugog Township, something not always true in past years. The coaches and parents who formed the Nestleton Hardball League, only did so after Scugog Baseball had severed its affilia- tion with Cartwright Minor Ball. We feel our kids should have the opportunity to play hardball in the township where they live without being bur- dened by having to travel out- side the area. There has been a long standing and healthy rival- ry between the Port and Cart- wright teams which was about to be severed through no fault of the kids involved. That was our main motivation in all this, the kids. Since we have started the league we have been branded as "malcontents", rednecks" and "those people". Well, Mr. Newman, "those people" you speak of have over 100 years of playing, coaching and officiating between them. One of our most valuable mem- bers was previously involved in CMB from its birth. These are the people whose motives you question? We were good enough when we were volunteers for CMB, but now we're "those peo- ple"? Please!! Perhaps the Cartwright Execu- tive would do better to look in- ward and wonder why nine hardball coaches and assistants and several of the most experi- enced officials, have opted to form their own league out of ne- cessity because CMB have made themselves unwelcome within Scugog baseball. We can work together in this. Nothingis ever past negotiation and reason, to reasonable peo- ple. We don't believe that any- body involved in this has any but the most honorable inten- "tions, on either side of it! Terms like "rednecks" and "those people", Mr. Newman, cheapen us all. We are open to meet. Anyone interested in playing hardball this year can register by contacting Pineridge Sports orone of us. Rik Davie 986-0645 Kevin Balser 986-4954 Dale McClurg 986-5196 Don Orr986-1144 Get out Feb. 15 and wave the flag To the Editor: February 15 marks the 30th anniversary of the Canadian flag. This major event will be an opportunity for all of us to ex- press our immense pride as Ca- nadians. Over the years, our flag has become a powerful symbol of who and what we are. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, we fly it proudly. Many of us will have happy memories of February 15, 1965, the day when the new red and white Canadian flag was cere- moniously raised for the first time on Parliament Hill. The Prime Minister of the day, the Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson, had made it his goal to give Canada a distinctive na- tional flag in time for the cele- brations marking the centenary of the Canadian Confederation in 1967. The new Canadian flag replaced the Canadian Red En- sign that had been Canada's of- ficial emblem since 1924. For young people, the flag represents the banner under which they have grown up and flourished. The Canadian flag also symbolizes the country of their ancestors, those people who worked together to create a country in which the fundamen- tal principles are freedom and respect for others. Today, the Canadian flag is recognized throughout the world. Wherever it flies, the red maple leaf stands for peace and freedom. Moreover, the United Nations has declared Canada the country with the best living conditions in the world. I therefore encourge you to take part in the many special events being organized for our flag's anniversary. I hope they will be a time of joy and sharing for all Canadians. For 30 years now, our country has had a flag in its own image - something we can all celebrate! Michael Dupuy, Minister of Canadian Heritage. Mitchell and Helen Bathie. cheque for Handicraft Guild." Lions Club. Street the next morning. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 18, 1965 : This year appointments to the local hospital board were for Port Perry Charles Reesor, Reach Township Harry Phoenix, Scugog Township Joseph Dowson, Township of Cartwright Merrill Van Camp and County of Ontario Irving Boyd. A Port Perry rink won the John Ballard Lumber Co. curling trophy. Members were Ruth Mitchell, Mary Jean Heron, Iva At the regular monthly meeting of the hospital auxiliary, a $100 was presented to them by the Ladies of the Orange Benevolent Association of Blackstock. Interested women from Port Perry and surrounding area gathered at the home of Mrs. S. Cawker for the purpose of organizing a Handicraft Guild. After some discussion, it was decided the Guild would be known as "The Louise Patterson Ontario County Junior Farmers Debating team defeated Peterborough county in the fourth round of the Provincial series. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, January 22, 1975 Two Oshawa men had an icy plunge into Lake Scugog when they were towing a fish hut out for an afternoon of fishing. They were both rescued by fishermen who heard their cries for help. David Hughes and Murray Clodd escaped cold but uninjured. Mr. Terry Delmenico, an exchange high school teacher from Australia was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the A $1,400 snowmobile was stolen from the backyard of Norman McLeod on Cochrane Street. It was located the next morning along with a 1973 snowmobile stolen from Ralph Taylor of Shanley Mixed firewood, dry and split, mostly maple and birch was sclling for $20 a single cord ten years ago today. Big Brothers/Sisters appreciate coverage To the Editor: I wanted to take this opportu- nity to thank you and your staff for all the wonderful advertis- ing you do for our agency during "Bowl for Million$" and throughout the year. Your constant donation and support helps us incredibly as funds are always an issue with non-profit agencies. Your article on Andrea and Lisa was great. Their friend- ship is such a good one! I am sure you could see that this is what we are all about. Thank you for helping to make this match and the other 23 possi- Board committe was stacked: former member From page 6 name cleared that I did not en- dorse any of it. Mr. Mike Brousseau, Pro- gram Facilitator who developed Reduce The Risk, agreed in the meeting of April 7, 1994, to change two activities, which stated that students were to "Compare their criteria for sex- ual intercourse with the class and change to reflect the con- sensus of the group." The com- mittee felt these exercises were intimidating and coercive. The correction was never made! Public Health's activity on FLEAC was also shocking. Their representative cautioned the Board not to include the real risk factor of condoms and sper- micide, as teens might not use them. They seemed to have their own agenda. Perhaps, Public Health should be more concerned about the lawsuits that might ensue, should any student in Durham schools, thinking they are protected by using condoms, develop AIDS or any other sexually-transmitted disease; as the transmission of herpes and H.P.V.-genital warts, cannot be prevented by condom use. The sex "games" in Reduce The Risk are deplorable, an af- front to any teen's natural mod- esty and sensitive spirit. Stu- dents should not be forced to play these intrusive, privacy- invading exercises. Will a "Cni- sis Team" be available for these students who have emotional and physical problems from be- coming sexually active? Promiscuity, endorsed by Public Health, (as long as you wear a condom) is a high-risk activity. Fifty per cent of girls, after abortion, become suicidal; some anorexic, others sterile from numerous infections and most suffer from some form of guilt, depression and shame. It is called Syndrome. If parents really knew what went on in the classroom they would be appalled. Schools are no longer "public" but govern- ment" controlled schools with little community or parental say; using hard-earned tax dol- lars to fund politically and mo- rally divisive programs. I would suggest that parents remove their children from this kind of desensitizing education - quick- er than if the school building it- self was on fire. We have re- moved our grandchildren ana they are safe (being taught ba- sic academic skills with good moral values)in a private Chris- tian Academy and I might add, educated at half the cost of pub- liceducation. With all the fuss in education and whose values should or shouldn't be taught, I see an es- Post-Abortion- calating need for the Ontario government to introduce the "voucher" system, whereby par- ents can redeem their education vouchers at the school of their choice. True Democracy; free from moral terrorists and spe- cial interest groups, so obsessed with justifying sexual choices, that they see any target market as fair game. A concerned parent and past committee member, Mary Johansen, Reg. N., Port Perry Fax your letters to 985-3708 ble, and also by perhaps helping us-to find volunteers for the 21 boys we have waiting. Our organization would also like to thank Cathy Olliffe for the superior story and coverage she did on Andrea and Lisa in your newspaper on February 10. With such a great article, I know that we will have a far bet- ter response than ever before. Sincerely, Patti Goreski, Executive Director, Let's just play ball Re: Ball Leagues vie for Players (Star, Feb. 7) You know, we could go on and on forever, back and forth and up and down, and who did what to who, and who's better than who, and, it's their fault, no it's their fault, etc. etc. ete. Enough already, people! The bottom line is, that if kids want to play hardball in Scugog Ip, they either sign up with Port Perry (Scugog Base- ball Association) for home games in Port Perry, or Nestle- ton Hardball for home games in Nestleton, Blackstock. It no longer matters why Scu- gog Baseball Association is no longer affiliated with Cart- wright Minor Ball. For myself, I want my kids to have the opportunity to play _houseleague hardball in their own backyard. Nestleton Hard- ball, in association with Scugog Baseball is providing that op- portunity! M. Boccaccio.