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in A RG SG Gr A go, aN SNA 3 NE 6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 4, 1997 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Che Rovf Peery Stax 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - L9L 1B7 PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 The Pont Perry Star Is authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. Second Class Mall Registration 0265 Subscription Rates: 1 Year - $32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Includes $5.95 GST Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Member of the BUSINESS OFFICE / oO Canadian & Ontario Noueane: Assos. Office Mgr. ...........ccuueeee.. Gayle Stapley Published every Tue Prd Judy Ashby, Louise Hope WwCNA as ! Port Perry Star Co. LId. - vo : N 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. Retail Sales...... Kathy Dudley, Nancy Lee -----/ EDITORIAL: Publisher................. J. Peter Hvidsten ADVERTISING General Manager .... Don Macleod Advertising Mgr. .......... Don MacLeod PRODUCTION Trudy Empringham Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell Sales: Myra Park, Joanne Bambrough, pata: ir ' " Melcahy 73am, News Reporters .....Chris Hall, Deb McEachemn, Bob Osbome, am Hickey, Rhond " Freelance - Heather McCrae, John B. McClelland Cindy Jobin, Gail Morris, Deborah Tiffin Taylor, Richard Drew Editorial Comment A NA Dojo Give coaches a break I's unfortunate, but maybe not surprising. that some of the fallout of all the stories on the sex abuse scandal in junior hockey has been an air of suspicion toward coaches everywhere. Call it overkill if you want to, but the aftermath of the Graham James case -- he's the coach who pleaded guilty to years of sexual abuse toward two of the teenaged players he was responsible for -- was shattering for minor hockey. Countless reports were filed, in which officials promised to ferret out the abusers who were among their ranks, and impose a fool- proof screening system to prevent any others slipping in. The result was the sense that the hockey fraternity is riddled with potential abusers, who are involved in the sport only for nefarious reasons. And that, as we know, couldn't be further from the truth. The guys who coach hockey -- and they are predominately guys -- are in it for the love of the game, and the satisfaction that comes from working with youngsters toward the achievement of a common goal: winning, or at least trying hard, and having a good time doing it. The pay-off comes when the team trimumphs, and, on a smaller scale, when the kid on the third line scores his first goal; when the youngster who was withdrawn and shy becomes a member of the team, accepted and accepting. The creeps, alas, are going to be there. They've been found in Scouting, in our schools, in church groups. Those who suffer most are the victims, and the volunteers who carry on, whose motives will be questioned by a public that's been appalled once too often. Let's be careful, sure. But let's give the coaches a break, too. REMEMBER 55YEARS AGO Thursday, January 29, 1942 Mr. Fred Christie Jr. was elected president of the Port Perry Fair Board. Jr. John Orde has joined the Canadian Ordinance Corps, and is a present stationed in Peterborough. Flight Officer J. W. Kerr, a former teacher at Port Perry High School, now serving in the R.C.A.F., was honored at the high school. 40YEARSAGO Thursday, January 31, 1957 At the annual Holstein Friesian meeting held in Toronto, Mr. Hugh Ormiston received the Master Breeder shield form Dr. C.D. Graham, Deputy Minister of Agriculture. Mr. and Mrs. Colin McLaurin and family, Epsom, have moved to Evanstone New York. Joanne Mosienko, Donna Samells and Graham Powell are competing in the Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 2, 1967 Anna Forder and Richard Stevens placed third in the Canadian Senior Figure Skating Competition and David Porter and Janet D'Altroy placed third in the Novice Dance Pair LAY Da FULL PROVINCIAL FUNDING. FULL PROVINCIAL FUNDING. COME ON PROVINCIAL J Can pyramid power save the Buds? To the Editor: Last week, my wife and I were passing the Port Perry arena when we saw the sign advertising the forthcoming Antique and Memcrabilia Show, and it was the memorabi. lia aspect which really piqued our interest. Whatever happened, we wondered, to: 0 Pet rocks 0 Earth shoes 0 Lava lamps Q The Whole Earth Catalog 0 Pyramid Power Remember Pyramid Power from 20 odd years ago? The "force field" surrounding, a pyramid made from metal rods This pleture taken circa 1876, shows a telephone Installation crew in front of the old Sebert House, which was located at the co on and is now the site of the CIBC, a ni or --. Had L¢ AT i a, : was supposed to energize ones' tomatoes and make them grow to enormous sizes when the pyramid was placed over the tomato plant. The practice didn't stop at tomatoes, either. So desperate for results was the coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs at the time, he sat some of his key players under large pyramids. The latter use of Pyramid Power raises some important questions:Is it time for Cliff Fletcher to give Pyramid Power a second try, or would it make the situation worse? Could the situation by any worse? Food for thought, eh? Bernie Gotham, R.R. 1, Bowmanville WHEN....? class. Ron Wanamaker, Mansell Gerrow and Fred DeNure were among those taking part in a dinner at the Oddfellows Hall to honor the Grand Master of the |.0.O.F. rner of Queen and Water St. It Star publisher Per Hvidsten was in Montreal with 200 publishers from across Canada for a preview of Expo 1967. 20YEARS AGO Wednesday, February 2,1977 Ken Sturman and Frank Branton headed up a committee to undertake the costly renovation of the Seagrave Church basement. Herb Richards, Blackstock and Irwin Smith, Port Perry competed in the Mini-Tractor Pull at the Canada Farm Show in Toronto. 10 YEARS AGO Tuesday, February 3, 1987 Seagrave Country Store and BJ Donuts, Port Perry were both robbed at gunpoint during the same evening. Area farmer Rod McKay was elected as president of the Port Perry Agriculture Society at the annual meeting Students for Niagara College in Welland were in Port Perry filming a documentary on the ghost of Scugog Island.