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PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1995 oppers looking s week wh n thi COPY 65¢ 61¢=4¢ GST) 40 Pages Durham trustees reject AIDS paper In 8-7 decision By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Durham public school trustees have voted by a one-vote margin to scrap a controversial teaching guide on AIDS pre- vention. Reduce the Risk, a teaching guide for senior high school stu- dents written by board staff, was scrapped after an 8-7 vote last Tuesday night (Oct. 10). The vote was seen as a victory by Carol Switzer, one of the people who have campaigned to have the document -- which contains several activities and teaching guidelines opponents find objectionable -- tossed out. "I think with the defeat of d S { Reduce the Risk we have sent S an cou S a clear message to the board . that we will not tolerate AIDS { education from any perspective ge d repri eve other than abstinence," Mrs. Switzer said last week. The future of Scouting on But Scugog trustee Bobbie | Scugog Island looks brighter Drew, who voted in favor of | after a number of people came the paper, said those who suc- | forward last week in answer ceeded in defeating the docu- | to a plea for leaders. ment will find the alternative Howard Wolf, group com- -- Ministry of Education cur- | mittee chair for the Island's riculum -- even more offensive. Scouting program, put out a "The alternative to this doc- call for adults to become ument (Reduce the Risk), which involved in the program in 1s very conservative, is ministry the form of a letter to the edi- guidelines the teachers have | tor in The Star last week. He to work with now," she said. | warned that unless more peo- and those ministry guidelines, | ple became involved, the pro- let me tell you, are very liberal." gram for boys was in jeopardy AIDS education is required | of closing down. curriculum for schools in Three local people offered Ontario. their services at a meeting The fact that the paper |held Thursday night (Oct, wound up coming to a vote by Turnto Page 10 Turnto Page 18 Two big events take place this Friday night Inside this issue of the Star you will find two special sections ajmed at promoting two special events this Friday, Oct. 20. The first, found on pages 23-27 informs and announces the official opening of the new Scugog Centre Community Centre which gets underway at 7:30 p.m. The ceremony takes place at Scugog Centre (beside the arena) and members of the communi- ty are invited to attend this much awaited event. The same evening, members of the local BIA are holding their first Harvest Moon sale in downtown Port Perry. Most stores will be open until about midnight offering great values on a variety of items. The event is similar to the very successful Midnight Madness event held earlier this year. You can see more about the BIA Harvest Moon promotion on pages 14-17.