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PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 24, 1995 -5 ins. tn Port Perry High School OAC students Amy Sinclair (left) and Erika Goreski were gathering signatures on a petition calling on the students of Quebec to remain in confederation last week. It was to be sent to Quebec this week, before the Oct. 30 referendum on sovereignty. Signatures gathered on petition Students send message to Quebec: Don't Leave By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Students at Port Perry High School have a simple, but strong message for their peers in Quebec: Don't Go. Last week, kids at PPHS were lining up to sign petitions that will be sent early this week to Quebec. Their signa- tures appear beneath a brief statement which expresses their "sincere hope" that Quebecers vote against sovereignty in the upcoming Oct. 30 referendum. The effort was begun by the Ontario Secondary School Students Association, and taken up locally by the student council at PPHS. Last week, OAC stu- dents Erika Goreski and Amy Sinclair were staffing a booth gathering signa- tures when they received support from an unexpected and high-profile individ- ual -- Reform Party leader Preston Manning. Mr. Manning, at the school to address a student assembly, strode up to the table and signed the petition as he entered the school gymnasium. He was one of many people to sign that day. Ms Goreski said that while the ques- tion of Quebec sovereignty isn't an ongo- ing hot topic at the school, students feel strongly enough on the matter to take part in the signature campaign. "We're trying to show students in Quebec that we still want them around," she said. "I think it's important to people that feel they're being excluded." Copies of the petition -- it reads "We, the undersigned, extend our hands in friendship with a sincere hope for your continued presence in Canada" -- were to be gathered by the Secondary Students Association and sent to schools in Quebec this week. Thieves create minor crime spree From Page 1 Rd., north of Port Perry. One of the bikes was later recovered by police. Q Around 3:15 a.m. last Thursday (Oct. 19), a man was awakened by the sound of the door opening and closing at his Bigelow St. home, police said. When he went to inves- tigate he found that two acoustic guitars had been stolen from the hallway of the home. The night prior to that thieves tried to enter a garage at a Bigelow St. home but were foiled by a refrigerator that blocked their way in. 0 On Friday (Oct. 20) thieves kicked in a rear door of a Rose St. home in a daytime break-in, police said. The home was ran- sacked and cash was stolen. Other items, including a stereo and a telephone and answering machine were left behind by thieves. Before they left, how- ever, thieves kicked in the door of a basement apartment in the same home and stole cash, as well as jewelry worth $5,500. The apartment was also ransacked, police said. a Car thieves hit at Scugog Chrysler some- time between 6 and 11:30 p.m. Friday the 20th, punching out a door lock and the ignition in an attempt to steal a 1996 Dodge Ram truck. When that attempt was unsuccessful the thieves moved on to another vehicle, and man- Mackey, Bailey & Korb Barristers & Solicitors Saturday Mornings 9:00am to 12:00 noon Lake Scugog Lumber Building 085-7391 oye l-TodF-]| A 2 LHI SD e1V] oI [X" MN BIo1V] ol [HS Tg {[o=1 IAT) IS] [|] a [« JN SME RAT) (=1o WAUSTaalla]0]ag Te) i 1 ERA p11 (= WOT (=X-1y o J Oshawa Rd., Port Perry $49.95 $69.95 ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS Reduce Drafts and Increase Warmth in Winter and Cooling in Summer. FINANCING AVAILABLE - 5 yrs. from 8.28% O.A.C. Allen's Siding Products Limited Sales & Installation SINCE 1969 DOORS - WINDOWS - TROUGH ADDITIONS - SOLARIUMS Lindsay ... (705) 328-1402 or 878-2023 Port Perry ... (905) 985-3333 or 985-3747 Reach Industrial Park - Reg. Rd. #8 (1/4 Mile East of No. 12) FREE ESTIMATES (Limited Time) Aloan Avthortzed Deonter PH Fane SADA pemeammne $|[)ING AND) ~~ WINDOW ~ == INSTALLERS ------ ASSOCIATION OF - CANADA aged to get away with a red 1996 Ram truck. Earlier in the week, someone tried to steal a voyageur from Old Simcoe Rd. And sometime earlier on the 17th of October, a 1988 Pontiac was stolen in Port Perry. It was recovered later that night by OPP in Bancroft. | Cp LLISHMANS Paula Lishman 1995 Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the year International Competitiveness "A Gallery of Functional Art" 158 Queen St., Port Perry 985-0574 iy, il ~---- Bobcat machines and attachments available by the hour, day, week or month. CALL FOR RATES: UTICA FARM EQUIPMENT LIMITED 2 MILES WEST OF MANCHESTER ON DURHAM 21 985-9701 Have you an interesting story to tell... Call the Port Perry Star & Weekend Star - (905) 985-7383 -- ?