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6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, August 13, 1996 | The Port Povey Stay 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - LOL 1B7 Te (05) Ses 7983, FAX (905) 985-3708 bs S authoriz second Post Office Department, Ottawa, vg cash oa oy Te, EDITORIAL Second Class Mail Registration 0265 PUDIiSHr........covvcrune J. Peter Hvidsten Subscription Rates: x General Manager.... Don Macleod 1Year-$32.10 & Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Managing Editor...aJeff Mitchell Includes $2.10 GST includes $1.15 GST ~~ Includes $5.95 GST Sports Editor........... Kelly Lown Editorial Comment Wd How far right \ IS right? Ba It's interesting, during these dog days of summer, to watch as conservative political parties debate on their policies. : In America, where Republicans are meeting to give Bob Dole the nod as their presidential candidate, the show is being run by the Christian Coalition, a right-wing group whose organizational skills and fearsome conservative agenda makes Mike Harris and the Ontario Tories look like Commies. ; They want to cut off welfare for single teen mothers, and chase out immigrants for a start. Then the real work begins. Here in Canada, it's young Progressive Conservatives who are veering to the right, and they're urging the party hierarchy to adopt such policies as tax cuts coupled with deficit reduction, phasing out of the Canada Pension Plan and employment equity, adoption of | private health care, and reinstatement of the death penalty. : It's understandable that Canada's Tories are scrambling to define themselves and their party. After their implosion in the last election, when Canadians expressed their venom for a party that had betrayed them, a clear message is necessary. And with Preston Manning and the Reformers stumbling so badly as of late, the time is right to woo those who want a conservative party with ideas they can relate to. Even the federal Liberals have taken on a harder edge, and will continue to redefine themselves in fiscal matters. , - The question is, how far right is right? It appears the politicians are betting that going all the way is the key. But the electorate -- and the first test will be in November -- ultimately decides. ...Right? 3 REMEMBER 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 16, 1951 Congratulations to Georgia Brock of Port Perry High School, who has just completed two weeks of leadership training at the Ontario Athletic Training Camp on the shores of Lake Couchiching. There was a gathering of 45 relatives at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dowson, of Scugog, in honor of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sanguine, who are visiting from California. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 17, 1961 Queen of the 1961 Regatta is Miss Janice Henley, of Torento. Mr. Lorne Clark,of Uxbridge, and Mr. Murray Jones, of Ashburn, have been selected as Ontario County winners of the Provincial Junior Farmer bus tour to points of interest in Eastern Ontario and Quebec. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 18, 1966 Congratulations to Susanne McMaster, who placed highest in the Department of WHAT HAPPENED N I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING FISHING THIS Turtles lose in fight I know that a few turtles, even a few dozen, will not be of much importance in the human scheme of things. : But I admit to sharing a little guilt at the way in which we bulldoze areas where these and other creatures live, and all of a sudden are buried alive by our callous arrogance in doing just what the hell we like with the world we should be sharing with some degree of sensitivity. for mig - Ld A a PHOTO COURTESY SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM VILLAGE WwW j | Ee \ LE BB BE ----- _-- -- - Education's Grade 13 an average of 84 Central Ontario C P 14 years, Scugog Frew has anno struck by ligh \ or' oct Jiabing into t 0 John F. Gerrow, Oliver Raymes, captain, Orme Gerrow, Mr. Dafoe, Miss Hos pi the Claughton, Della Raymes, Henshel Raymes and Mr. Claughton, aboard | knocked Mr. S one of the tug boats used to transpoft bricks and other freight from | minutes. Lindsay. The boat was tied at Pine Point.