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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Member of the | Ry BUSINESS OFFICE Canadian & Ontario Newspaper Assoc. Office Mgr. .........ccccvuennnne. Gayle Stapley cn Published every Tuesday by the Fo | Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. - | .. (*#CNA RDN Sg Accounting.......Judy Ashby, Janet Rankin Retail Sales...... Kathy Dudley, ot GP fi EATERS A330 WSPAPFRS C 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - LOL 1B7 PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX - oo The Pont sd, os is authorized as bis the EDITORIAL: Heather Callan Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. Publisher................. J. Peter Hvidsten ADVERTISING Second Class Mall Registration 0265 General Manager ....Don MacLeod PRODUCTION Advertising Mgr. .......... Don MacLeod Subscription Rates: "Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell Trudy Empringham, Sales: Deb McEachern, Barb Hillier, 1 Year - $32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign -$90.95 News Reporters ..... Chris Hall, Rhonda Mulcahy, Pam Hickey, Ginni Todd, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, GSS Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Includes $5.95 GST Freelance - Heather McCrae, John B. McClelland Robert Taylor, Richard Drew Deborah Tiffin Rl Editorial Comment | S NOTICE : | pontaneous ALL ICE- HUTS MUST BE wd patriotism rrr errr 1 (uostceTTinG STARTED! There's not a red-blooded, patriotic Canadian in this country who wasn't upset 7~ with the comments of Bloc Quebecois MP Suzanne Tremblay at the recent Nagano Olympics. ig " Tremblay, who publicly stated she felt flag Hel SA , waving was excessive and "exhibitionsm" HIRE TER on part of Canadians, has come under con- g| = siderable criticism by many Canadians, at HR fo T= least outside of Quebec. RAF == So last Thursday when she stood to speak gis -- = in the House of Commons, she was drowned out by dozens of MPs who broke into singing the national anthem and waving Canadian flags of all sizes. Although the action was 'out of order' for proceedings in the chamber, most MPs agreed it was justified'because of the inap- propriate actions of Tremblay. And while the Bloc MPs were not amused, J -- R pDA PoRT PERRY STAR they may as well get used to this type of - TE ------ ---- me _ : | t iotism, ly f d A a A A School and teachers are among finest | large. Canadians are becoming increasingly restless with the Quebec situation. We're tired of the Bloc wanting to take advantage of all the good things federalism provides, but continue to whine and talk of yet another referendum to separate from Canada. Good luck to them! We fully support the unprecedented actions of flag waving MPs last week. It's ~~ § about time all Canadians stand up and , W make their true feelings known. : To the Editor: part at least, I would like to acknowledge The entire community, I'm sure, has read how helpful, positive, encouraging and cre- your article regarding a certain teacher's ative the teachers are, and how well they classroom methods at Cartwright Central are able to help children realize their growth Public School. While it covered the issue potential. thoroughly, it also begs further comment. Politics and paper trails aside, we would Regardless of how well-grounded the be remiss in leading the public to think that allegations against the teacher are, and the because one teacher's methods are in ques- fact that we all stick by our own experiences, tion, C.C.P.S. is not a good school. The the circumstance should in no way minimize teachers, administration and support staff the superb job the other teachers at this are some of the finest. school are doing. Because we want to know that our chil- Mrs. Cathie King, dren are safe and happy at school, for my R.R. 2, Pontypool p 55 YEARS AGO Nineteen head of cattle perished when a i. m & ! | oo r 2 Nn February 25, 1943 barn owned by Donald Taylor, Saintfield went > eg . up in fire destroying barn and contents. Ted Jackson was auctioneer at the Victoria \ Shorthorn Assoc. sale in Lindsay. Thomas Redman, a longtime resident of aE 37 YEARS AGO - MARCH 1 961 Players in a hockey game between G.M. Scugog Island celebrated his 92nd birthday. Hala Payroll and the Port Perry Boys were Bob 20 YEARS AGO Carnegie, Arnold Roach, John Jeffrey, Don March 1, 1978 Camegie and Gordon MacMaster. For the first time, a Port Perry High School 45 YEARS AGO curling team captured the Lake Ontario February 26, 1953 Secondary School Championship. Members It was announced Simpson-Sears of Toronto are skip, Paul Griffen, lead Grant Stone, vice- would be opening an order office in Port Perry. skip Scott Harvey and second Doug McKinnon. Port Perry United Church Choir received Coach is John Barton. marks of 81 and 84 to win the shield and Pattie Kendry, 13, completed her snowmobile $75.00. racing tour, finishing in third place. Bill Baker of Port Perry and Don Smith of 10 YEARS AGO Oshawa were driving across the ice on Lake March 1, 1988 Scugog when the car hit a soft spot and broke Alice Carnegie won first prize in the presti- through. Thankfully they both escaped. gious Canada Packer's Quilt competition, 40 YEARS AGO establishing her one of the top quilters in February 27, 1958 Canada. Scout Commissioner Jack Atkinson pre- Scugog council supported an application for sented the Scout Medal of Merit to District Cub a official plan amendment to allow a subdivision Master Stanley Ploughman. on the Brooks Farm. oo AS ED i vo In the election of officers for Port Perry The Rotary Club announced they would . " Yacht Club, Port Perry resident W. Baker was contribute $12,000 towards a new filter system Bell Telephone layed a cable across Lake Scugog in March 1961 by elected Fleet Captain and Phil Orde a trustee. and upgrades to Birdseye Pool. cutting a large slit in the ice and dropping the heavy cable to the bottom 30 YEARS AGO Township council purchased the Orde house of the lake, eliminating the need for telephone poles across the causeway. February 28, 1968 next to the marina for $130,000.