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6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 2, 1996 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 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 mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. Second Class Mail Registration 0265 : Subscription Rates: 1 Year - $32.10 6Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Includes $2.10 GST / Includes $1.15 GST Includes $5.95 GST @he Pout Peven Shar | EDITORIAL BUSINESS OFFICE Publisher................ J. Peter Hvidsten Office Manager... Gayle Stapley 1' General Manager .... Don Macleod Accounting...... Judy Ashby, Louise Hope # CNA | =| BLUE Managing Editor ..... Jeff Mitchell Retail Sales......Kathy Dudley, Nancy Lee Send RIBBON Sports Editor........... Kelly Lown PRODUCTION Member of the AWARD ADVERTISING Rhonda Mulcahy. Annabell Harri Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Advertising Manager... Anna Jackman onda Mulcahy, Annabel HAMmSon, 6 iano Community Newspaper Assoc. Advertising Sales........ Myra Park Trudy Empringham, Published every Tuesday by the 1 995 Joanne Brambrough, Deb McEachern, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew Port Perry Star Co. Lid. - Telemarketing..Cindy Jobin Nancy Hvidsten 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. Editorial Comment "Budget crunch for Durham Ouch. Trustees with the Durham Region Board of Education have to be smarting this week -- or certainly feeling extremely anxious -- after receiving word that they'll have to trim $24 million in expenditures if they expect to bring in a 1996 budget that imposes no increases on the region's taxpayers. It would seem to be an insurmountable obstacle. Therefore, don't expect to get away with no tax hike from the board. Before you grumble, though, it's time to think about priorities. A frozen budget would be nice, but at what cost? Look at what's already on the block: Teachers, at both the elementary and secondary levels; teaching assistants for kids with special needs; the counselors who work with students at risk of dropping out, and special outdoor education programs, such as the excellent Nonquon facility here in Scugog. Are ycu willing to swallow an increase to keep some semblance of the programming and staffing that have brought the Durham board recognition from around the world? The hens are coming home to roost. We jumped at Tories' promise of a tax cut, many of us not realizing that such a massive reduction in provincial costs would have to come from somehwere; the burden has trickled down, and now the effects -- we haven't even seen the full impact yet -- are being felt. The lower levels of government have been handed a huge budgetary burden, and are dealing with it with varying levels of success. And they must continue to do so. 'Get used to doing more with less. Get used to young teachers out of work, and high-risk or high-needs kids doing without the services on which they depend. Get used to the New Ontario. T'S THE DOVAL HATCHET YOU KNOW, FOR THE ROVAL ci L etter To the Editor: : | : The OPSEU strike is over - but not forgotten. O f I find I have been left with a disturbing, unans- wered question: If 28 Ontario municipalities found the authority to appoint interim meat | inspectors, why did ours Fail? t eh Our council let us down considering town- | ship liability (a farce) over the livelihood of local businesses, farmers and their families. I Week would sooner trust a veterinarian than a meat inspector with that decision. The meat inspec- tors do good work, but you can't compare the PHOTO COURTESY SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM VILLAGE 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 5, 1951 At the annual meeting of the Community Memorial Hospital it was unanimously decided to proceed with the construction of the new hospital. Extensive damage was done to the home of Mr. and Mrs.. W. GG. Bowles in Blackstock, after fire broke out in their home. Help from the community and the Port Perry fire brigade saved the home from being a complete loss. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 7, 1966 Mr. R. Larocque, Cedar Creek, reported that he had spent more than an hour and a half watching a flying saucer hovering around the County Road to Oshawa. At first taking the bright object for a star, Mr. Larocque got his binoculars and saw red and green flashing lights at quite a high altitude. the Gold Cord. The presentation was made by her mother Mrs. Harold Forder at a Gale Forder won the highest achievement The Millinery Department 3 & rid ; ang - v 3 * ey ofr 78 ~ » ; i % oa En SX ha £4 gm, Hs % 5 0 Y of the Jones Brothers store on Queen Street in Port Perry. Pictured are (I-r) unknown, Maggie Brooks, Miss James ceremony at the United Church. (Milliner), from Toronto, Olga Diesfeld and Katie Sebert. training. I trust council educated themselves enough to be aware of the fact that a meat inspector cannot condemn an animal without first con- sulting a veterinarian - of course with this knowledge, your liability concern makes no sense. The sad truth is that 28 other municipalities had the courage to stand up for the people they represent and move in the direction of muni- cipally appointed inspectors. Ours passed the TurntoPage8 WHEN....? successful in collecting $802.75. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, April 7, 1976 For the third straight year Miss Beverley Simms auditioned for the Young Artists Recital in Oshawa and was accepted to perform. The Chamber of Commerce met with criticism on their proposal to beautify Queen Street with many shoppers opposed to the removal of angled parking and dilapidating awnings. Homestead Furniture and Apphances, owned and operated by Richard Carnegie and Ralph Ballard, opened at its new location beside Ballard Lumber (now Cashway). 10YEARS AGO Tuesday, April 8, 1986 The Chamber seriously considered asking Durham Region to officialiy declare Port Perry a tourist area, allowing stores to open on Sundays. It was no April Fool's joke the ice left Lake Scugog on the first day of the month. Goreski Bantams were crowned All- The local heart and stroke campaign was Ontario champs for the second straight year.