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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" Th EDITORIAL BUSINESS OFFICE e oO erry Star Ui Publishes J. Peter Hivdsten Office Manager - Gayle Stapley A IBBO eneral Mgr. - Don Macle Accounting - Judy Ashby, Louise Ho 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - L9L 187 [We Managing Editor - Jeff Mitchell Retall Sales ; Judy / Dudley, Nancy ope HONE (905) 985-7383 FAX 985-3708 1994 Sports Editor - Kelly Lown Telemarketing - Cindy Jobin @ Port Perry Star Is authorized as second class mail by th 7 Post Office Deparment, Otiawa, for cash payment of postage. ADVERTISING PRODUCTION Mombor of the © Canadian Community Newspaper Association Ontario Community Newspaper Association Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. Port Perry, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: 6Months-$17.65 includes $1.15GST Annabell Harrison, Trudy Empringham, Pamela Hickey,Susan Milne Robert Taylor, Richard Drew Advertising Manager - Anna Jackman Advertising Sales - Rhonda Mulcahy, Joanne Brambrough, Sandy Dunham, Debbie McE achern, Bill Eastwood 1Year-$32.10 Forelgn- . includes $2.10GST 91)7390.05 includes $5.95GST v RS Lh pk etk I FETTERS Sex ed dangerous 'Pandora's Box' To the Editor: As school boards consider amalgamation, it is with great concern I watch events trans- pire in Durham. Trustee Drew's claim, that Durham board teachers will be sensitive and make good judgment calls when using the controversial materi- al, Reduce The Risk, I find par- ticularly presumptuous and somewhat unnerving. There are almost 4,000 teach- ers in Durham Region and begs the question, Does Ms. Drew even know all their names, let alone their personal lives, value system and moral stance? The board quickly assures parents that the homosexual content in Reduce The Risk is for "Teacher Information Only" (should questions arise in the class) however, parents feel that it is immaterial whether these "questions" are student or teacher initiated. The signifi- cant factor is, who will be direct- - ing the course of conversation once Pandora's Box is opened? A Gay Activist would have a field day with questions like, ~"How many gays are there?" "Why do people want to be gay?" "What causes homosexuality?" "Don't all gays want to have sex with children?" Even more threatening, stu- dents are encouraged (during Letter was offensive To the Editor: Over the past 20 years I've read thousands of newspa- pers and many more "Letters to the Editor". In all that time I've never seen a letter more vile and offensive than the one written by Carol Switzer printed on Feb. 28. Congratulations. Stephen Ogilvie Port Perry small group discussions) to change their opinions to reflect the consensus of the group. In my opinion, the board has crossed the line. And should parents do a reality check it would be only too obvious that these questions have little to do with Reducing The Risk of a sexually transmitted disease (which I understood was the in- tention of this document) and has everything to do with "de- sensitization" education and fostering positive attitudes about a deviant lifestyle. It wouldn't be the first time AIDS education had been hi- jacked by the homosexual com- munity to advance their agen- da. Parents with children in the Toronto schools know only too well how easily this is accom- plished. Their AIDS education document turned into sexual or- ientation: homosexuality, lesbi- anism and homophobia, right before their eyes. With the AIDS epidemic run- ning rampant throughout the homosexual community, re- cruitment is their only option. Outrageous? In June/92 the To- ronto Board of Education deemed it politically correctin a 14 to six vote to lift the ban on proselytization of homosexuali- ty. Counselling services set up in the schools, allowed solicita- tion to gay/lesbian organiza- tions outside the schools and students could be referred to these organizations without pa- rental consent. We are not against sex educa- tion as it pertains to anatomy, biology, puberty and reproduc- tion, but to advertise a lifestyle under the guise of AIDS educa- tion is outrageous! Trustee Drew hides behind the board's political rhetoric that they nei- ther "condone" nor "condemn" homosexuality. Big business of- ten use these, same marketing strategies. They neither "con- done" nor "condemn" their prod- uct. They just flash it, intermit- tently on the viewers screen. It's called subliminal advertis- ing! Homosexuality, as contained in Reduce The Risk is adver- tised; routinely flashed on the screens, in the theatres of stu- dents minds, to shape and mold attitudes. It doesn't take long before the flood of "new" possi- bilities transforms children's thinking. Schools have become attitude factories, conditioning students through intimidating and coer- cive values clarification tech- niques and behavior modifica- tion group exercises; victims of social engineering. C.B. Flewell, Bowmanville, Citizens For Decency Durham Region 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 16, 1950 Mr. and Mrs. James Boe celebrated their golden anniversary at their home in Greenbank. : ) At the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Mr. Alan 'Reesor passed his First Grade Theory with first class honors. Heisa pupil of Mrs. J. E. Jackson. ; > Mr. and Mrs. James Wright and family of Newcastle have moved into their new home on Queen Street. Mr. Wright has been the owner of the orchard on the hill for some time. Miss Adelaide Fennel returned by plane to Port Perry after a six-week visit to Barbados and Jamaica. : 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, March 19, 1975 A Caesarea fire truck enroute to a fire went out of control after hitting an ice patch. The truck left the road, went into the ditch, struck a culvert and came to a stop after hitting a hydro pole. Damage to the truck was about $1,800 and driver Mr. Ronald J. Radcliffe was taken to hospital and held overnight for observation. Mr. M.B. Dymond, Ontario Riding MPP announced that a grant of $20,000 had been approved by the Ministry of Culture and Recreation for the Port Perry Town Hall recreation project. The old Catholic Church on the corner of John and Casimir Streets was being torn down to make room for a new development. The Port Perry Junior Boys Basketball team won the Central Ontario Secondary School Association Championships. Team members were Sean Taylor, John Zoet, Gord Scott, Raymond 'Meunier, Larry Elson, Colin Wackett, Dean Abraham, Vincent James, Jay Williams, Dave Sinclair, Phil Cochrane and coach Roy Clarke. : 10 YEARS AGO Tuesday, March 19, 1985 After the murder of Christine Jessop, Port Perry residents began an Outreach street-proofing program for Scugog kids. The Port Perry MoJacks lost for the third straight year to the Port Perry Old Cees in an exhibition game. Scugog Township announced it wanted to wait a year before making any decisions on the "first response" system between the fire department and the local ambulance service. = Property owners in Scugog will be paying an even smaller increase in regional taxes this ycar due to an additional allocation of grant funds from the provincial government. A tractor, several appliances and 11 cattle were lost in a late - afternoon fire at the DeLong farm on Highway 7A, just west of Blackstock. Three trucks from Port Perry and three from Caesarea fought the blaze which caused an estimated $100,00 in damage. Politicians missing the point of deficit reduction To the Editor: While Paul Martin's budget recognizes the drastic financial situation in which the federal government finds itself, it fails to reverse the accumulating debt which results from years of successive deficits. In short, the federal budget does not reduce spending enough. A balanced budget must be achieved immediately for the sake of protecting our way of life and our most worthy social pro- ams. When one third of our ederal tax dollars are used to pay interest on debt, then all so- cial programs are at risk. Once that debt is eliminated, then those tax dollars can be spent more meaningfully on social programs that Canadians need. MPP Gord Mills' criticism of the federal budget is centred around the issue of cutbacks to social programs. While it is re- grettable to see services such as education and health care threatened, he fails to recognize the fact debt is controlling fed- eral and provincial govern- ments. When the New Democrats first went into a $10 billion defi- cit, they ignored the concerns of the opposition parties and the Ontario business community. Reality hit the NDP over the head soon after. The result was a desperate act: the Social Con- tract. However, as the inevitable election nears, the mad spend- ing spree continues. The New Democrats are not bribing vot- ers with their own tax dollars; instead they are bribing the vot- ers. with their children and grandchildren's tax dollars. Mr. Mills ignores the reality of a desperate situation. He whines that the federal budget threatens Ontario's wellbeing. Llewellyn Jones Nestleton Editor's Notepad by Jeff Mitchell a few 50-calibre volleys over their bow. As this is being written, the pirates are skulking toward Canadian soil under escort. Damn good show. THE KING, ELVIS -- Stojko, that is -- for Guts and Glory. Canada's figure skating champeen ignored a throbbing ankle and torn ligaments and came through with another stellar performance Thursday night in Brimingham, England, capturing his second consecutive world title. and now appear determined to do the same to their baseball Expos. Team brass are looking else- where, and are eyeing a solid-gold carrot being dangled by a consortium of pudgy rich guys in Virginia. Les Expos have been treated shabbily in their home town for years, even during the recent rebuilding that has been so exciting and success- ful. Montreal doesn't deserve a baseball team. HARVEY GRAHAM, about whom we told you SOME TIPS OF THE HAT WAY TO GO, EH? ...Here's a list of congratula- tions, handed out this week to those we think are deserving. FISHERIES MINISTER Brian Tobin and the Canadian Fisheries department, for chasing, scar- ing the hell out of, and eventually apprehending the captain and crew of a pirate fishing vessel off Newfoundland Thursday. The Spanish fishermen were scooping their nets full of turbot off the Grand Banks -- in clear defiance of Canada's stated position on the matter -- when the Canucks swept in and gave chase. The Spanish ship cut their nets and turned tail, but decided to whoa up a tad when our guys fired No superlative is too strong for this guy. His bril- liance, determination and humility are an inspira- tion. Canada's youth need look no further for a fit- ting role model. PORT PERRY'S OWN ModJacks, whose run in the playoffs came to an end Wednesday night after their fourth straight loss to the Bowmanville Ringers -- er, Eagles. The local boys overcame some mid-season hitch- es and started to play the way they could, and put on a good show in a seven-game playoff opener against the surprisingly tough and resourceful upstart Ice from Georgina. See you next year, boys. THE PEOPLE OF Montreal, who killed their CFL franchise with an astonishing show of apathy, last week. Mr. Graham, a more than capable Area Councillor who left Scugog's council chamber last year, is now head honcho at the Ontario Cattlemens Association, where he will be busy lob- bying on behalf of the beef industry and helping his colleagues move ahead. Scugog's loss is the OCA's gain. MY MOM, Carolyn, who came into the world on a March 12 some years ago. Thanks, Mom, and Happy Birthday. Couldn't have done it without you. ...That's about it, I guess. Surely there are others deserving of a nod, but these few are the ones that come to mind just now. In closing, here's some comfort: spring arrives in just a few short days. Get happy, eh?