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a a i ial RE a i i a i EE a ai pil ao Bie as "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" [[Srem---- A 7 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - LOL 1B7 - PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 The Port Perry Star is authorized as second class mall by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. Second Class Mail Registration 0265 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 @he Port Povey Sha BLUE RIBBON LYE 1995 EDITORIAL BUSINESS OFFICE Publisher................. J. Peter Hvidsten General Manager .... Don MacLeod Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell Sports Editor........... Kelly Lown ADVERTISING Advertising Manager... Anna Jackman Advertising Sales........ Myra Park Joanne Brambrough, Deb McEachern, Telemarketing..Cindy Jobin PRODUCTION Trudy Empringham, Nancy Hvidsten Office Manager...Gayle Stapley Accounting......Judy Ashby, Louise Hope Retail Sales......Kathy Dudley, Nancy Lee Rhonda Mulcahy, Annabell Harrison, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew Member of the 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 Strike won't sway Tories Chances are good there is and will be little sympathy here for the members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), whose members hit the bricks yesterday in their first-ever strike. Civil servants have long been considered overpaid, underworked, and spoiled. There has long been a perception that once somebody was a member of the government ranks, there was little that could happen to bring about dismissal. Boy, have things changed. OPSEU now finds itself on the firing line, as the new Progressive Conservative government sweeps in with plans to cut as least 13,000 members from its 60,000-plus ranks, maybe many more. The Tories want to chop costs drastically in order to pursue two key election promises: Reducing the province's deficit, and implementing a 30 per cent tax cut for all Ontarians. The odd thing about the strike is that the union isn't fighting to save its members from the chopping block; it is holding out for a better severance deal for th ose who are sacrificed , ERTIES ATES irs STILL OFFICIALLY {CE FISHING SEASON "MR. iMPATIENT/ Fr HS WIL een =r) --_-- oc --- AAA a : = = -- EP DUN Y 4ThK a Al SG SS i IR Se te I WR Gs SR and wants to protect those it can through labor er technicalities like bumping, protection of seniority, and movement of surplus workers | elsewhere within the massive system. One thing you can bet on is that the Tories | won't budge; they don't have to. They have brought back legislation that will allow them to bring in replacement workers (scabs to labor), so they can wait out a long strike. They can legislate the union back to work if need be, too. But more important, they likely have the support of the province. All Ontarians seem to agree cost-cutting is necessary, and there are few tears shed for bureaucracy. No, expect the Go To the Editor: Here we go again. Before anyone is allowed to come here and film a movie, they have to face the local council. } The "Gold Digging Whiners" downtown want - can you believe this? - $100 per hour for every hour the main street is closed within 100 ft. of their property. Give me a break! Council, you are way out to lunch on this one. I personally, spend quite a bit of money in this area and the inconvenience of closing down cer- government to stand firm. REMEMBER 45YEARSAGO tain streets, to make a movie, doesn't compel me to PHOTO COURTESY SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM VILLAGE ld-diggers' chasing business awa shop elsewhere. I would like to see council put forward a propo- sal that movie companies make a donation to eith- er the hospital, the library, town hall, Millar Lights... the list is endless. This way we all benefit. A lot of movies were filmed in the Vancouver, B.C, area until demands for more money were made. You guessed it they went elsewhere. Please, let's re-think this one. Charles L. Matthews, Port Perry WHEN....? Wednesday, March 3, 1976 Thursday, March 1, 1951 Ronald Peel addressed the Junior Farmers at Port Perry High School. He also showed pictures of farming methods and hazards in Mexico, Florida and Arizona. School has been closed several days in Manchester owing to the illness of Mrs. Samells. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reader who celebrated their 45th anniversary on February 21. 30YEARS AGO Thursday, March 3, 1966 Guide Sandra Anne Hall was the proud recipient of her Gold Cord in guiding. Sandra is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hall of Port Perry. C.D. Danny Reesor, formerly of Port Perry, was elected president of the Scarborough North-York Progressive Mr. Ron Deeth of Port Perry was awarded a citation in Florida after landing an 89 pound Tarpon while tournament. More than 200 people jammed the Oddfellows Hall to say farewell to Mr. Cam MacMaster on his retirement from veterinary medicine. Cam was presented with a plaque for 34 years service to the community. in a fishing 10YEARS AGO Tuesday, March 4, 1986 Durham Police apprehended two pre- teenage girls suspected on causing extensive damage to two cottages in Caesarea. Ruth Thompson, of Blackstock, a former teacher, completed a book on the history of Pefferlaw. CBC was at Port Perry High School to film a major Newshour feature on the school's Conservative Association. Congratulations to Miss Joanne Jackson Students Against Drunk Driving program. The Kinsmen Club of Port Perry held a of Port Perry who recently received 100 marks in her Grade II theory at recent exams at the Royal Conservatory of Music. 20 YEARS AGO A view north on Highway 12 in Greenbank in 1911. In picture are O'Neill's Store, right, which burned in the 1930s, and the blacksmith shop next door. special ceremony in honor of the clubs 15th anniversary. Several of the club's past presidents were on hand for the festivities. hy, . aw, i Me page Ey a