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par with the cost of gasoline, they're saying that the increase 6 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 26, 2000 "Scugog"s Community Newspaper of Choice" PUBLISHER .... J) Peter Hvidsten GENERALMGR ....... Don Macleod MANAGING EDITOR . Jeff Mitchell OFFICE MANAGER . . = Gayle Stapley ADVERTISING MGR .. .Deb McEachern PRODUCTION MGR . = Pam Hickey REPORTER ..... .. Chris Hall PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 E-MAIL: port.perry.star@sympatico.ca Aocna Member Ontario Community Newspaper Assoc PORT PERRY S CTE ss sm-- a = y= Meribe: T A Canadian Lab El CNA Publications Mail Registration No. 07881 We acknowledge the finanaal support of the Government of Canada, through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) towards our mathng costs Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Company Limited, 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ontario - LIL 1B7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 Year - $37.45 (includes GST) Six Months - $19.79 (includes GST) ~~ Foreign 1 Year - $96.30 (includes GST) BUSINESS OFFICE: Judy Ashby, Kathy Dudley, Heather Callan, Janet Rankin, Lesley West ADVERTISING: Ginni Todd, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Heather McGregor, Linda Clarke, Lisa Monk, Janet Archer, Malcolm Lennox Association PRODUCTION: Trudy Empnngham, Daryle Wnght, Arlene Cheel, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew Freelance Writers Heather McCrae, John B McClelland, Rik Davie EDITORIAL POLICY: Opinions expressed by columnists, contributors and letter waiters are not necessarily those of The Port Perry Star. Letters must be signed and the telephone number (which wall not be published) included. Requests that a name be withheld will be honoured only if there 1s a compelling reason 10 do so. Errors will be corrected if brought to the editor's attention. We reserve the nght to edit or refuse publication of any matenal submitted. ADVERTISING POLICY: The publisher is not kable for skight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement. The publisher 1s not hable for other errors or omissions in connection with any advertisement in any subsequent issue or the refund of any monies paid for the advertisement. All dams of eor in publication must be made by Wednesday, noon, prior to the next week's publication, and, if not made, wall not be considered. No daim will be allowed for more than one insertion. Editorial Comment GST a federal gas gouge There's an added chill in the air this autumn, as rumblings of skyrocketing gasoline and home heating fuel prices rever- berate around us. Leading the chorus of discontent are the province's truckers. Faced with price hikes that have seen diesel brought nearly on in overhead costs mean they won't be able to stay in business much longer. An agreement brokered by the province has helped to avoid a truckers' shut-down for now, but you have to wonder how long the peace will last. The rest of us motorists have been enduring a prolonged season of inflation at the pumps, watching the price of gasoline jump five cents one weekend, then two the next, and so on. It is becoming prohibitively costly for folks to commute to work, and there is no end in sight. * As if that weren't bad enough, it would seem anybody who burns anything but wood can expect a hefty increase in the price of their home heating fuel this winter. Naturally, Canadians are looking to their governments for relief. And just as naturally, politicians in both Ottawa and the provinces are looking at one another, and blaming a lack of action on the refusal of the other to budge on tax relief. Well, here's a start: The Liberals can begin to come close, for the first time in their mandate, to taking action on the GST, a tax they pledged to eliminate while they were in opposition. The GST on gasoline is charged after provincial tax and a federal surtax, making it a tax on a tax on a tax. PERTURBED BY THE RISING PRICE OF GASOLINE, MARVIN BORROWS HIS SON'S CAR TO GET TO WORK... 'GREENBANK: INDY ) SEPT.30 | And the GST increases each time the base cost of a litre of pa fuel goes up, almost a daily occurrence. Whichever way you look at it, the GST on fuel is gouging every Canadian. And in these days of soaring budget surpluses, you have to wonder how necessary - and ethical - it ----------ee-- ad 2 Rood Port Ferry STA IS. Hundreds of Port Perry residents crowd around to gain entry into the new $100,000 combined Public and High School on Wed., May 18, 1927. The crowd was so large it overflowed from the hall into the corridor, and many people simply waited outside as there was no room inside. le a parade, luncheon, concert and formal opening. The school replaced the which was burned to the ground in April 1926. Since then, Port Perry High a number of changes and additions, the most recent being this past year. - LETTERS Yes, Alexandra, we do need a pool To the Editor: In response to Alexandra Haagaard's letter "We want a pool." | agree wholeheartedly. My husband and | have raised five kids and one thing we have observed over the years is that young or old, good or bad, kids love to play and swim in the water. That a town like Port Perry has been without a public pool for two summers now is a disgrace, especially when our beaches are closed more and more because of pollution. What about the extra money coming in from the casino? Let's put our kids first. Ann Van Weston, Port Perry To the Editor: It's shocking news that the cost of home heating could go up a whopping 45 per cent this winter, while oil company profits hit an all-time high. Now natural gas prices could double. I recall at one time Ottawa regulated natural gas prices to be at least 15 per cent lower than oil. It was to cut imports of oil with Canadian dollars flowing Highway robbery, home invasion outside the country. Highway robbery has turned to home invasion. Year 2000 - a winter of despair. To paraphrase Sir Winston Churchill "Never in history have so many been taken in by so few." Caveat Emptor - let the buyer beware. Dean |. Kelly, Port Perry port.perry.star@sympatico.ca