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6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, March 11, 1997 shia lnm "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" '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 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Includes $5.95 GST Editorial Comment Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST rE) Dr She J 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - LoL 187 Accounting.......Judy Ashby, Louise Hope Retail Sales...... Kathy Dudley, Member of the BUSINESS OFFICE Canadian & es Ap at ASS0% Office Mgr. .......ccccccurvenne Gayle Stapley Published every Tuesday by the + CNA Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. - 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. Heather Callan EDITORIAL: Publisher................. J. Peter Hvidsten ADVERTISING General Manager....Don Macleod PRODUCTION Advertising Mgr. .......... Don Macleod Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell Annabell Harrison, Trudy Empringham, News Reporters .....Chris Hall, Rhonda Mulcahy, Pam Hickey, Freelance - Heather McCrae, John B. McClelland Robert Taylor, Richard Drew Sales: Deb McEachem, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Deborah Tiffin Myra Park, Joanne Bambrough, "2 1:11 4] CIRCULATION The faces of mental illness Understanding someone's circumstanc- es is the first step toward forming the kina of compassion and sympathy that could make their path much easier. And the mentally ill or unstable, so easy to dismiss as frightening, unsavory or just plain looney, are in need of both. it's unfortunate, but it often takes crisis to generate any discussion of mental ill- ness or disabilities. It is only when condi- tions and their manifestations are ex- plained that we can begin to gain an understanding of the illness, and an ex- planation for behavior that's outside the bounds of what we might consider nor- mal, or aceptable. Such a crisis is being experienced by a local family now. A woman, diagnosed as schizophrenic, is going through a particu- larly rough time in her iliness now. Her illness is causing her to flee and avoid the very people -- family, friends and police -- who want to help her. Rela- tives fear for her safety, and want only for her to come home, where she can be cared for. Knowing these circumstances should put in a different light those we fear and ridicule. Knowing as we do in so many cases that peculiar behavior is not the fault or even the choice of those display- ing it should make us feel compassion, not revulsion. The United Church in Blackstock is hosting a talk by a speaker from the On- tario Friends of Schizophrenics organiza- tion tonight at 7:30. If you'd like to learn more about mental illness and its effects on those around us, please plan to at- tend. REMEMBER 55 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 13, 1942 Extremely high winds on Sunday blew down part of the front of Beare's garage, located on Queen St. Owen Cliff joined the army this week and his leadership of the Boy Scouts will be taken over by Foster Vernon. | The poolroom business operated by William Kaufman has been bought by Grant Jeffrey. Miss Jean Hood of Scugog Island secured office work in Toronto. 40 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 14, 1957 The Port Perry Chamber of Commerce held its first annual dinner meeting at the Scugog Hall. Guest speaker was Harold Kenneth Hillier of the Ont. Hydro Electric Power Commission. Mary Lynn Hodgins and Bruce Taylor have won second place positions in the Lions Club public speaking contest at Norwood. 30 YEARS AGO Wednesday, March 9, 1967 OPP constable David lan Godley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Godley graduated from the Ontario Provincial Police College, Toronto. T0 GET THESE ROADS FIXED... To the Editor: Through your newspaper I would like to my thank Louis MacPherson for his response, albeit in vehement opposition, to my letter ALCL SR | jams Foundry, located on Perry St, In 1857. The foundry manufactured A If machinery and employed up to 50 people, Citizenship is a precious symbol I suggest, however, that anyone who found tone to be offensive should ask himself or herself a simple question: Is citizenship, with its attendant rights and privileges, too pre- regarding Sheila Copps' Flag Day cious a symbol for us to allow it to be bandied celebrations. around by a politician, any politicians, as if it If more people showed as much interest in is a patronage goody? and passion for the affairs of the country as he Yes or no? ' does, we might even start to get a better voter turnout for our elections. Then, who knows? Bernie Gotham, We might even elect a government that actu- R.R.1, ally listens to the voters. Bowmanville .WHEN....? John Maw, past president of Port Perry Legion was elected to the post of Zone | Commander for F1 by acclamation at a Zone | Rally in Whitby. 20YEARS AGO Tuesday, March 9, 1977 Dr. John Stewart was re-elected as head of the local Big Brothers organization at the annual meeting of the group. A photo-feature on ballooning by Star editor John Gast won a Premier Award in the OCNA Better Newspaper Competition. 10 YEARS AGO Tuesday, March 10, 1987 Six-year-old Dustin Kellesteine was pulled from a well by his grandmother, Marion Melnichuk, after falling into the 40' well on his grandparents property on the Shirley Road. Scugog Chamber of Commerce and the Township have joined forces to share the cost of re-publishing a $10,000 township brochure. The Port Perry MoJacks were defeated 2-1 in overtime in the sixth game by the Uxbridge Bruins in the division final. Community Memorial Library took its first step towards computerization by transferring card index files to a computer data base.