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6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 17, 1995 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" : ' EDITORIAL BUSINESS OFFICE 5 uy La | tv Publisher................. J. Peter Hvidsten Office Manager...Gayle Stapley 7 he ~~ General Manager ....Don Macleod " Accounting......Judy Ashby, Louise Hope 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - L9L 1B7 Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell Retail Sales......Kathy Dudley, Nancy Lee moon on Shean, nani, | REI] | Sports favor oly Lown pRODUCTION ------ Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. AWARD ADVERTISING Production Supervisor - Pam Hickey Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. : Second Class Mall Registration 0265 ; Auvertising Manager... Anna Jackman Annabell Harrison, Rhonda Mulcahy, Ontario Community Newspaper Assoc. : Subscription Rates: Advertising Sales........ Nancy Bongard Trudy Empringham, Published every Tuesday by the 1 Year -$32,10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Joanne Brambrough, Deb McEachern, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew . Port Perry Star Co. Lud. - Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Includes $5,95 GST Telemarketing..Cindy Jobin Nancy Hvidsten 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. Editorial Comment NDP's new dawn is dark The federal wing of the New Democratic Party has a new leader... but does anybody care? : In the current climate of fiscal restraint, with governments both federally and provincially introducing stinging cutbacks to programs that have for so long been part of the Canadian . institution, it's hard not to interpret the NDP, bs and its doctrine of social responsibility, as an anachronism. As stunning as Alexa McDonough's win on Saturday was, it was overshadowed by an air of -- futility. Although the contenders for the NDP crown spoke long and passionately about the role of the party in national affairs, all the words and speeches and declarations of commitment to the cause rang with a faint hint on despair. For even the party's stalwarts know that now, in the nasty 90's, the only message that is being heard loud and clear is that of restraint -- and responsibility. What you see as govefnment's responsibility OW FOR PETE'S SAKE GET OUT of od Ba a A had. JAE ai disdain. oadih db ails. aid odio de adh col dd. aie. i aaa. hdd Sal depends on which end of the political spectrum you occupy. Is government's responsibility to Haas rein in spending and cut programs that have for years been the net into which the dislocated fall? Or is it to oversee a country-wide redistribution of wealth and income, so all Canadians get a piece of the pie? For now, at least, the mandates given government -- in Ottawa and Ontario -- would seem to be the former. It's a sign of tax fatigue, and frustration with experiments in social democracy that many have declared faulty and wasteful. So the NDP embarks on a new era. It's a dawn with clouds on the horizon, with little promise for the party or its politics. s made rig Truste THE RISK document for Durham Schools: I fails to qualify as a useful document on that REMEMBER [a= 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 12, 1950 The first of three gala nights in aid of the new arena was a great success. The bingo was under the charge of the Lions Club, this netting $207. On behalf of the student council of the high school a cheque for $150 was presented to arena chairman Ted Jackson, by Miss Kaye Prentice. Dancing was enjoyed and a turkey draw netted $66.25. The many friends of Cecil Collins gathered in the basement of the United Church to say goodbye and wish him success in his new home. He was presented with a gold wrist watch. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 14, 1965 Through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Harrison of Seven-Mile Island, the Scugog Ramettes ball team and their families were served a delicious banquet and evening of entertainment. Each girl was presented with a lovely white cardigan by Don Ashbridge. Pictured is the J. Carnegie Union Mill, located where the Scugog Memorial Ontario County Farmers had the six top | Public Library now stands on Water Street. entries at Markham Fair this year in the Turnto Page 39 WHEN....? Garv Oats class. They were Bruce Heayn, R. R. 3 Port Perry, Roy Gerrow, R. R. 3 Port Perry, Jim Gerrow, R. R. 3 Port Perry, Bruce Wilson, R. R. 2 Uxbridge, Norman Wilson, R. R. 2 Uxbridge and Dale Swanick, of R. R. 3 Uxbridge. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 16, 1975 Port Perry Merchant Midgets defeated Meaford completing the year as All-Ontario Champions. Team members were Don Phinney, Colin Wackett, Sean Taylor, Larry Elson, Jay Williams, Charles Durward, Ken Bryant, Dan McKee, Mike McQuade, Dan McClure, Danny Taylor, Dean Abraham, Phil Cochrane, Robert Evans, Mike Healey, John Scott and coach Doug Scott. 10YEARS AGO Wednesday, October 16, 1985 Mark Kendall, 16, was selected as a youth delegate to the Provincial Conservative convention. Port Perry High School students raised $1,855 for foster children during their yearly fundraising campaign held during Foreign Child Week. To the Editor: and invites the surreptitious introduction of In response to the controversial REDUCE the undesirable lifestyle of homosexuality. Pages 4-6 of the draft reveal that the docu- want to applaud the conscientious trustees ment is not as much about STD prevention as a who voted it out, and shame on those who Kinsey-type survey to find out what sex games didn't. each student might be willing to play or suc- Alittle bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing; cumb to and to elicit discussion on the validity a little bit of knowledge gleaned from false of homosexuality -- supposedly beyond the information is a disaster. "Reduce the Risk" scope of this document. Russian roulette is 83.3 per cent safe, con- basis. It conveys varied misinformation on doms are only 80 per cent safe: Teach absten- AIDS. It encourages sexual experimentation, |