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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - LOL 1B7 PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 E-Mail: port.perry.star@sympatico.ca Publications Mail Registrations No. 07881 Subscription Rates: 1 Year - $32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Includes $5.95 GST [| Gna | UUS BLU} ENTE | | | Member of the Canadian & Ontario Newspaper Assoc. Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. - 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. ADVERTISING Advertising Mgr. .......... Don MacLeod Sales: Deb McEachern, Barb Hillier, Ginni Todd, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Deborah Tiffin BUSINESS OFFICE Office Mgr. ..........c..c.......... Gayle Stapley Accounting.......Judy Ashby, Janet Rankin Retail Sales......Kathy Dudley, Heather Callan EDITORIAL: Publisher................. J. Peter Hvidsten General Manager ....Don Macleod Managing Editor ..... Jeff Mitchell News Reporters .....Chris Hall Freelance - Heather McCrae, John B. McClelland PRODUCTION Trudy Empringham, Pam Hickey, Rhonda Mulcahy, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew, Barb Bell Editorial Comment Can deal work for boards here? As local high school teachers, their unions, and the public and separate school boards make last-ditch efforts this week to avoid strikes and school closures, we urge them to look to developments elsewhere in the province. | A tentative deal has heen worked out at the Near North District School Board which could end the strike by secondary school teacher there and, it's hoped, set the stan- dard for other boards in Ontario. At issue there, as here, was the Bill 160 requirement that calls for teachers to spend 1,250 minutes a week instructing students, the equivalent of seven of eight classes a day, and increase from the six of eight classes a day that was the standard in teachers' contracts. The Near North board solved the impasse by recognizing a number of teachers' duties -- such as study halls, on-call coverage for absent teachers and the like -- as well as in-class time in calculating instruction time. Essentially, they're recognizing the extra things teachers do to make sure the schools run as part of the job requirement imposed by Bill 160. If it's good enough for the Near North board, can it not work here? Teachers and trustees ought to study the tentative agree- ment well, and see how it can be adapted. A strike next week would harm teachers and students. And you have to wonder if the public support for a strike so evident last fall would be there. A strike must be avoided. DAD? | THINK | WITH MY HOMEWORK! = > 1) . er tive' . > Ssassnsasssnssinieint , . LE . . * . Kappa Port Perry STAR == ad "Let's not play favoritism » "To the Editor says he fell asleep and did not know he was in an accident. Maybe we should have another trial and get the truth. He also told Sgt. Johnston that he was the mayor of Port Perry. Had he forgotten he was defeated, and the mayor of Port Perry was Mr. Moffatt? Sgt. Johnston also testified Mr. Hall said he had four to five glasses of wine, then at the trial says he only had three glasses of wine. Re: Aug. 18 article - Judge rules former mayor not guilty. Mr. Hall not guilty? Let's not play favoritism. If any ordinary person had been drinking, and hit Mr, Hall, would they have got off all three charges: Over the limit of alcohol; impaired driving, and leaving the scene of an accident? " Mr. Hall told Sgt. Johnston the reason for not stopping at the accident was, "well, I guess I had a bit to drink." Then his lawyer Turn to page 7 1976 oA Po rad SV -- "ANB ANS 1+ 2 mn ee Me Liouor Control Boaro FRR Season The old Willard Block has been home to a number of tenants since it was built in 1885. The above photo was taken in the 1930s when it was the home of Archer Motors, owned by Harold Archer (inset) . The Liquor Control Board of Ontario occupied the old Willard Block during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1977 the liquor store moved south on Perry St. its present location. The building is now home to the Royal Bank.