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"Te . rg -° 6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 7, 1997 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" ; : Member of the dhe; Paul » Ei BUSINESS OFFICE : Canadian & Ontario Newspaper ASSOC. ~) gM) % CNA Office Mgr. ......c.ccccnnsnnens Gayle Stapley Ey CN A cn Published every Tuesday by the pT Te Accounting.......Judy Ashby, Janet Rankin re Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. + 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT, - LOL 1B7 Retail Sales......Kathy Dudley, 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 } Heather Callan | The Port Perry Star is authorized as second class mailby the ~~ EDITORIAL: ADVERTISING Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. Publisher................. J. Peter Hvidsten PRODUCTION A ina M Don MacLeod CCNA Second Class Mall Registration 0265 General Manager... Don MacLeod Trudy Empringham, Rhonda Mulcahy Advertls ng ; gr. her Subscription Rates: © Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell a all, PoE ot 1a cr i Myra Fula, Gail Mors¢ | 1 Year - $32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign -$90.95 News Reporters .....Chris Hall, Pam Hickey, ylor, Barb Hillier, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Inchuides $5.95 GST Freelance - Heather McCrae, John B. McClefland Richard Drew, Scott Ashby Deborah Tiffin, Gini Todd Editorial Comment About time for campaign It appears -- at long last -- that there will be rather a healthy slate of candidates pur- suing seats in the coming municipal elec- tion. That's a good thing, especially given the reluctance with which candidates appeared to be approaching the process this time around. It seems as though when we did this three years ago thére were people champ- ing at the bit almost as soon as Labor Day arrived; this time, however, our would-be politicians have been slower to take up the challenge. Could be they're uneasy about the cli- mate in which they'll be working over the next three years. The province is dumping on municipalities and school boards, shifting responsibilities and costs with abandon. There's a good chance the politicians over- seeing township business here during the next term will have to hand along some siz- able tax increases to keep up. Who wants to be the one to deliver that message? School trustees will have it even tougher; they face a greatly-reduced budget, a great- ly reduced board in terms of trustee num- bers, and greatly reduced salaries. Add to that the veritable war zone that is education these days, and you've got a challenging mix, for not a lot in return. So here's our word of thanks to those hardy souls who are stepping forward, and taking what amounts to a large risk: It's not easy to put your views forth for scrutiny, and in the event you're elected, you can be sure somebody will remember what's been pledged on the campaign trail. Here's hoping for some good dialogue on the future of Scugog, and its schools. On your marks, get set... run! REMEMBER 55 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 8, 1942 Mrs. |.R. Bentley, Mrs. A Brock and Mrs. J.E. Jackson attended the first fall meeting of the College Chapter Alumnae at Ontario Ladies College, Whitby. Miss Florence McMillan left Port Perry to start her training with the Women's Division of the R.C.A.F. at Rockcliffe. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Prentice, Scugog, are moving to Port Perry. 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 2, 1952 Mr. Roy Scott, a Seagrave farmer, was candidate in the next Federal election. Reeve Ernie Hayes announced § Ontario Hydro Electric will close their FS offices, and the billing and inside office J work will be taken over by the village. te Dr. M.B. Dymond was the first Port Perry man elected as president of the Progressive Conservative Association in A) = & t & 7 SPOR of (i MAN! THEY'RE N\A REALLY COMING ouT YY OF THE WOODWORK i Cw NOW! AN # 5 10RER 107 a WS DAY FOR As ANDIDATES fd = _&, CODELLAR Laas : Ne ORO NY ) EAI LECT: Rg : og RETRY Ape iC NN / EEL \ Letter Kids t To the Editor: sion, but instead would be made by a remote, | - The Harris government's Bill 160 is designed unaccountable'bureaucracy in the Ministry of of to take another $1 billion out of our childrens' Education. the Ww. eek e losers with Tories' Bill 16 education by cutting up to 10,000 teachers. Cartwright will loose up to three teachers, and Port Perry High School 18. Under Bill 160, Cartwright High School will certainly be closed; it is simply not possible to time table all the different courses in high school with just nine teachers. The decision to Cartwright's internationally famous instru- mental music program, led by teacher John Beirness, will be cut. Education Minister Snobelen has decreed that music teachers are expendable. What will be the impact on student learning if Snobelen is allowed to cut 18 teachers from Port Perry High School? Some inevitabilities re-nominated as Ontario Riding's C.C.F. [ess WHEN....? Ase Toronto, spoke to the Port Perry Lions Club on Monday night about the use of laser beams that can transmit voice, business data and television programs. Port Perry I.G.A. PeeWees won the O.A.S.A. Championship "B" title and captain Ken Nightingale received the coveted Harry C. Knott Memorial trophy from Vin Walker. Marilyn Whittstock, (formerly Marilyn Ruth Take) replaced Jean Barclay as we club "pro" for the Port Perry Figure Skating Club. She was runner-up to Barbara Ann Scott in 1944-45. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, October 5, 1977 Doug Mannen and Nancy MacMillan of Port Perry are new teachers at Epsom Public School. Dr. Tom Millar was given a standing rE -------- xe 2 NR Sr SR ge 3 2 ne # ] . H H i 4 1s Ovation following his season opening bessiuiusd concert in Town Hall 1873. » ye oe Bd * : 2 ¥ x Pl x = > a oo 2a ¥ Sa 8 years. Bye 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 5, 1967 Bell Telephone lecturer, Don cook, Jack Masters is the man identified in this picture with a team of horses. It was taken in the 1920s in front of the Manchester store and garage (seen to the left). The picture was submitted to the Star by Roy Dobson. of Leanne VanCamp of Blackstock was awarded the National Farmers' Union Trophy for exhibiting the best dairy calf of the day of the East Central 4-H Championship Show in Lindsay.