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wT we a aa ai auth Shari au odie a auf o Adio dha adie A dedinie Sumine anal dba UTNE fc OE m1 5 oes Ie, Ee 6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 26, 1995 pe "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" cond class mall by the sh payment of postage. stration 0265 'Second Class Mall Reglstr Subscription Rates; 1 Year -$32,10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Includes $5.95 GST EDITORIAL BUSINESS OFFICE a Publisher................. J. Peter Hvidsten ~~ Office Manager...Gayle Stapley oy General Manager .... Don Macl eod Accounting...... Judy Ashby, Louise Hope" # CNA | = BLUE Managing Editor .... Jeff Mitchell Retail Sales......Kathy Dudley, Nancy Lee \ A RIBBON Sports EdROr ....0005 Kelly Lown PRODUCTION . Neri rina AWARD ADVERTISING Production Supervisor - Pam Hickey Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Advertising Manager... Anna Jackman Annabell Harrison, Rhonda Mulcahy, Ontario Community Newspaper Assoc. Advertising Sales........ Nancy Bongard Trudy Empringham, Published every Tuesday by the Joanne Brambrough, Deb McEachern, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. - Telemarketing..Cindy Jobin Nancy Hvidsten 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. Editorial Comment MP faces the music Whether you agree with his logic or not, it's difficult not to admire the stance taken last spring by Durham MP Alex Shepherd. Mr. Shepherd, as you'll recall, chose to disobey the party power structure, and on two occasions, defied his Liberal government on key legislation. He did so despite dire warnings that such actions would not be looked upon kindly by the Prime Minister. In the first instance, he voted against proposed gun control legislation. His reasoning was that he doubted the effectiveness of the controversial law, and worried that the cost of creating a nation-wide registry of firearms would far exceed initial estimates. The second instance was a matter of principle, and could more readily lend itself to tough questions. The MP refused to rise from his seat to vote in favor of a hate crimes bill which would introduce tougher sentences against those convicted .of persecuting members of identifiable groups, including gays and lesbians. Both pieces of legislation passed, and in the M'SIEUR SPEAKER T WOULD Like To CHANGE 'DA TOPIC OF DEBATE FOR A LITTLE WHiLE... XP & # JH = tl ila | peg 10 LY ani Wy / 2 : ] "A+ nm aN I I al il ji ie Dosa x wake of the votes there was speculation as to how severely the dissenting government members would be punished. Well, the hens have come home to roost: Mr. Shepherd last week was handed a demotion, losing his vice-chair's seat on the committee that analyzes government spending. He was shuffled to the natural resources committee, where he says he will serve to the best of his ability. Its a shame Mr. Shepherd and his colleagues who opted to vote according to their principles and the stated wishes of their constituents were punished. It simply goes to | ty i To the Editor: Firstly, let me thank The Star for your cover- age of proposed Childrens Aid Society cutbacks to adoptees searching for their backgrounds. The proposed cutbacks would effectively end the practise of CAS searching for and providing adoptees with non-identifying information regarding the circumstances of their birth and adoption. The waiting list for this service is now between two and seven years, depending on the region involved; Hamilton-Wentworth show that real change in Ottawa is still far off. has simply closed their service for the next REMEMBER 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 21, 1950 Junior Farmers from all over the province of Ontario spent a week at Geneva Park on Lake Couchiching. Representing Ontario County were Ross McMillan of Beaverton and Kay Prentice of Port Perry. The new arena was erected this year. Mr. Ivan Parkinson was the new PT teacher at Port Perry High School this year. A gathering of young people met at the Trewin home in Blackstock to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Howard Trewin home after their wedding trip. Officers this year for the Seagrave United Church Young Peoples Organization are president Bernard Standish, vice president Leona Reynolds, secretary Ron Wanamaker and treasurer Joyce Harding. Educational Foundation. Owen won 68 prizes at the Port Perry Fair. They 30 YEARS AGO : Pictured are the students of S.S. #1 Scu Thursday, September 23, 1965 Crawford, Rowena Black, Stella Raymes, Emma Wheatley, Miss M. Johns, | the Durham Regional Police Commission for Miss Margaret Terrett was one of 33 | teacher, Edna Reader, Mary Carter, Milt Crawford, students to be awarded a continuing | Reader, Margaret Black, Malcolm Black, Helen Carter, Doris Murray, Marjorie | life of a young friend. bursary by the ATA Trucking Industry Wheatley, Nellie Lee, Della Lee, Jean Black, (front) Alan Dowson, Frank ~ LES 4 3 AND APPLAUDS TUE HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER... 7 THE CHAIR RECOGN )/ 1A NN 4 A ANN fee WN GET == Were Were! 4H \ . * - {| 7 : . ¢ Zz is adoptees three years. When I was contacted by you for comment on the news release from C.A.S. regarding these cutbacks my wife and I (as volunteers for Parent Finders Durham) immediately contact- ed Mr. Dubray of C.A.S. and our M.P.P,, Mr. O'Toole, in order to gain more information on these cutbacks. Neither Mr. Dubray nor Mr. O'Toole returned our calls. Never ones to take silence for an answer, we Turnto Page 10 gog (1921). Back row (I-r) Ray | Prince Albert was awarded a citation from (middle) Gladys Wheatley, lla | quick action he took that may have saved the Reader, Constables Frank Hammond and : Cliff, Howard Lee, Harold Aylsworth, Merle Dowson, Norman Aylsworth, | Wolfgang Palleske were awarded bravery Mrs. Violet Skerratt and her son Kenneth Lorne Smith, Clarence Carter and Earl Reader. WHEN....? submitted 60 entries and received 37 firsts, 21 seconds and two thirds. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, September 24, 1975 Mr. and Mrs. Percy Van Camp celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Van Camp, followed by an open house in the United Church, Blackstock. Durham Chairman Walter Beath, presented a beautiful sterling tea service to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Redman as winners in the Farm Improvement Competition. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hunter, Greenbank and Mrs. and Mrs. Donald Hunter, Seagrave were also winners. 10YEAR AGO Tuesday, September 24, 1985 Eight-year-old Bradley Richardson of citation for bringing a woman out of a burning home in Caesarea.