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Peter Hvidsten Office Manager ...Gayle Stapley General Manager ....Don Macleod Accounting......Judy Ashby, Louise Hope # CNA | - Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell Retail Sales......Kathy Dudley, Nancy Lee Sports Editor........... Kelly Lown PRODUCTION y Fa the | ADVERTISING Production Supervisor - Pam Hickey Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Ontario Community Newspaper Assoc. Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Lid. - 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. Editorial Comment Paring down high school Is the government of Ontario doing the right thing as it presses ahead with plans to eliminate the optional fifth year from high school? There's little doubt the move would bring about savings. How substantial they will be depends on whose version of the transition you accept. The Progressive Conservative government estimates the savings will be a flat-out $350 million, an attractive sum in light of today's deficit-slashing efforts, and the demands by taxpayers for an education system with bottom-line cost efficiency. : That's appealing at first glance. But the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF), the union representing teachers in the secondary system, argues those savings will be offset and even undermined by the need to revamp Ontario's school system as far back as the primary grades in order to prepare kids for the pared- down high school experience. They too have a vested interest of course, in that it will be members of their union who are faced with job ® loss. Is the cost worth the savings, no matter what they may be? Proponents of the fifth year, currently labelled OAC studies and formerly known as Grade 13, say the extra year allows kids the time to sample and experiment with curriculum as they approach their high school graduation. But Tories feel the kids should knuckle down, make career choices, and pursue their studies accordingly. ' "It's nice to have read Tolstoy," Durham East MPP John O'Toole said last week, "but it's not necessary to get a job." But surely there's more to life than work. WELL, WE MIGHT CONSIDER QUEBEC AS DISTINCT... BUT OF BEING THE SAME AS FEN 2 3 - 4 \ ' % Q Noa > RECOGNIZING ONLY IN THE CONTEXT EVERYONE ELSE... I otter \ Porn is a serious To the Editor: Port Perry is a terrific place to live. We have seen wonderful examples of the community spirit we share in the responses to events such as the robbery of the Nursing Home, and the shootings at the bank last year. In my opinion, there are also positive signs of concern for the moral health of our community. It has been a long time since I have seen ads for 900 numbers, and I am grateful to the editors of our local papers for leaving these out. And it was very good news to me to read that PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERT BAKER community Issue the "Reduce the Risk" curriculum will not be used in our schools. Recently, some of our community supported "WRAP," White Ribbon Against Pornography. The availability of pornography, especially to our young people, is an area of community con- cern that needs consideration. It is documented that pornography is poten- tially addictive and when it becomes such, it can be deadly. Convicted assaulters have tes- tified that pornography played a part in get- Turnto Page 8 REMEMBER WHEN....? 45YEARS AGO Thursday, November 9, 1950 Elected to the Literary Society's executive at Port Perry High School were Isabel Clements as president, Dave Bruton vice- president and Doris Denure secretary- treasurer. escaped from their flaming home near Nestleton. Every able bodied man in the district joined the bucket brigade in a futile attempt to save the general store of Ada Leal, and the apartment attached. When Burt Hutcheson broke an egg the other day to fry it, out popped a perfectly normal egg of pigeon-size. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 4, 1965 The Senior and Junior winners of the Port Perry Rod and Gun Club this year was Senior Charles Lown with 1000 marks out of 1000 and Cathy Nelson with 996 points our of 1000. Trophies were presented. For the benefit of UNICEF local children collected $2317. Marie Taylor received a gold medal for highest marks in A.R.C.T. Pipe Organ at the Two women and a two-year-old baby é y A Harvard plane landed in Suggett's field, just west of Sunderland between 1942-1945. The photo Is taken by Jean Baker. Anyone who may know the identity of the pilot is asked to call the Port Perry Star at 985-7383. Royal Conservatory of Music Examinations for 1965. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, November 12, 1975 Separated by adoption two sisters were reunited after 44 years. Ironically the two sisters, Helen McKean of R. R. 2 Seagrave and Dorothy Simpson of Uxbridge were living only nine miles away when they found each other. At Port Perry High School commencement Ontario Scholars were Janet Watson, Carol Anne Sharpe., Janice Stark, Mary Skinner, Connie Sutherland, John Foster, Brian Payne, Alex Faux and Lillian MacPherson. 10YEARS AGO Wednesday, November 13, 1985 Jerry Taylor was returned as mayor of Scugog defeating challenger John Wolters by 865 votes. Ashburn General Store had a 151-pound squash on display. Cartwright's Ontario Scholars were recognized at commencement exercises. Lynn Bazarin, Anne-Marie Hoogeveen, Lynn McLaughlin, Boyd Vanderheul and Allen Hudson. Cn a NN INT IRV SSI SR WR ----