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6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, May 7, 1996 "Scugog"s Community Newspaper of Choice" 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - L9L 1B7 7 PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 'The Port Perry Star is authorized as sécond class mall by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for Gash payment of postage. Second © Class Mall Reglsttation ne. p ) Moths -3174 GST F | @he Pout Povey Sta Incues 5. 95 GST. BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1995 EDITORIAL Publisher................ J. Peter Hvidsten General Manager .... Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell Joanne Brambrough, Deb McEachern, Telemarketing. .Cindy Jobin BUSINESS OFFICE Don Macleod Sports Editor........... Kelly Lown ADVERTISING PRODUCTION Advertising Manager... Anna Jackman ~~ Rhonda Mulcahy, Annabell Harrison, Advertising Sales........ Myra Park Trudy Empringham, Nancy Hvidsten Office Manager...Gayle Stapley Accounting......Judy Ashby, Louise Hope Retail Sales......Kathy Dudley, Nancy Lee Robert Taylor, Richard Drew - Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Onjario Community Newspaper Assoc. Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Lid. - 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. Editorial Comment Budgeting by the meat-axe It's over. Start counting the casualties. Trustees with the Durham Board of Education did the best they could, under the circumstances, when they came in with a budget that calls for an increase of about 47 bucks for the people of Scugog. They were faced with what is becoming a classic dilemma in this age: How to continue to do their job -- educate the kids of Durham and provide them with quality programming -- while dealing with the double-whammy pressures of a government that has imposed stunning cutbacks, and an overwhelmed taxpayer base that declares, realistically, that they just can't afford to shell out anymore. It required approaching the process, in the words of Scugog trustee Bobbie Drew, "with a meat-axe". | The result is a failure to fulfill a promise delivered by the Tories, who said cuts would be imposed on the system without affecting classrooms. Well: Computers were sacrificed; maintenance for the buildings in which the kids learn were sacrificed; staff who provide support and expertise to the teachers were sacrificed. The list goes on. At what cost is this process being carried out? see, as is the case with so many other elements of society in Ontario now. It's too late now to stop and re-think the objectives. The cuts are finished, and some 50 people who have worked for the board are now jobless. It's depressing and shameful that the education system has been targeted to such a degree. With the sublety of a wrecking ball, the government has left its mark, once again. REMEMBER 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 10, 1951 Due to the increase of telephones in Port Perry a fourth operating position to the switchboard was installed. High Point Echo Supreme, a pure bred Holstein owned by Smith Bros. qualified for a Blue Seal certificate for longtime production records of more than 125,000 pounds of milk. A play entitled "The Grape Vine" was put on under the auspicious of YPU Seagrave. A good crowd was in attendance. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 12, 1966 On a request from Port Perry Chamber of Commerce the local council decided to contribute $200 towards a banquet for Anna Forder and Richard Stephens, Canadian Junior Pairs Figure Skating Champions and Tripp's Bulldozers, the Intermediate C "= 4 AT NT on A A BIT OF A BABY NS oO = re \ WHY... ITs THAT BA {mn bg TY CORED LONG WINTER! 7 T'LL TELL YoU | ...It would seem we'll have to wait and To the Editor: | The past week has seen some trying times for those on both sides of the 'gay rights' issue. It has been particularly difficult for me, as a member of the Reform Party, to reconcile the unfortunate comments made by MP Bob Ringma of British Columbia, and MP David Chatters of Alberta, with the principles out- lined in Reform's Blue Book of party policies. Those policies include the right of every indi- vidual in Canada to receive fundamental jus- tice, and to be able to take part in SE EER ERR HERR SARA BR A eR RERRRRR SAREE RR REE EERE EE Confederation free from discrimination. As a director on the riding association for Durham, [ have spent a great deal of time and energy promoting the many positive elements of what Reform is all about, only to see two pro- minent figures in the party speak in such a way as to display what appears to be a high level of intolerance, and misplaced priorities. To suggest that an individual should be treated as a second class citizen in an effort to appease bigoted customers in a shop or busi- Turn to page 7 EERIE SERRE NR hockey champions. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 12, 1976 Dagmar Construction was given the go- ahead for the [alla Street widening with a tender of $1,051,357. Gibson, Bob Gregg, PHOTO COURTESY SCUGOG SHORES MUSE M VILLAGE Pictured are back row (I- r) Jim Blair, Wes Real, WHEN....? The Port Perry Legion dart team were finalists in the District Dart Competition in which 16 teams competed. members were Bob Thompson, Al Wackett, Harold Shaw, Ted Wilkinson and Cliff Wilson. Gord Goode of Port Perry was the winner of a new blazer at Gregory's Mens Wear first anniversary sale. Local marina owner Bill Kendry told Scugog Council that he might be prepared to build a new marina if council was prepared to give him a long enough lease. He had a five-year deal with the township. 10YEARS AGO Tuesday, May 13, 1986 Ratepayers gave Scugog Township council they were opposed to a commercial development in a north end subdivision. Area farmer Henry de Wolde lost 450 pigs and his large barn to a vicious blaze. Bob Bunting, Harry Goulding, Paul Britton Love, Jim (middle) Jack Whiteford, Armour McMillan, Dick Woons, George Love, John Michie, Charlie McCuaio or McKaque, (front) Frank Dobson and Ryerson Beare. | Saulnier and Owen Kennedy of Scugog were among 100 Korean Veterans who attended a re-dedication service at the Legion Cenotaph. The Korean War was officially inscribed in the Cenotaph to honor the 516 | Canadians who died.