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6 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 17, 2000 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PUBLISHER .. === J. Peter Hvidsten TD) ~~: - Drm xr Ore Mambes Bus INkSSD PriCE: Wy ay Yoni - T 3 3 / Se Canad eather Callan, Janet Rankin, SEAEROL MGR... Don Macleod Aocna PORT PERRY STAR [IEE ¥ CNA - Je itche = 1866 Fy ta Nsw varie of - 3 a ik Newspaper ADVERTISING: Ginni Todd, Cindy Jobin, OFFICE MANAGER = Gayle Stapley EE ---- tl - mmr, Association Member Ontario Community Gail Morse, Heather McGregor, Linda Clarke, Newspaper Assoc ADVERTISING MGR . . .Deb McEachern Lisa Monk, Janet Archer, Malcolm Lennox PRODUCTION MGR . . Pam Hickey REPORTER .... =. Chris Hall PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 Publications Mail Registration No. 07881 We acknowledge the finanaal support of the Government of Canada, through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) towards our mailing costs PRODUCTION: Trudy Emprningham, Daryle Wright, Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Company Limited, 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ontario - L9L 1B7 Arlene Cheel, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew E-MAIL: port.perry.star@sympatico ca SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 Year - $37.45 (includes GST) Six Months - $19.79 (includes GST) EDITORIAL POLICY: Opinions expressed by columnists, contnbutors and letter waters are not necessarily those of The Port Perry Star. Letters must be signed and the telephone number (which will not be published) included Requests that a nai brought to the editor's attention. We reserve the nght to edit or refuse publication of any matenal submitted. ADVERTISING POLICY: The publisher ts not kable for shght changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advert subsequent issue or the refund of ary monies paid for the advertisement. All daims of error in publication must be made by Wednesday, noon, por to the next week's pubkication, and, it not made, will not be considered. No dam will be allowed for more than one mnserton Foreign 1 Year - $96.30 (includes GST) Freelance Winters Heather McCrae, John B McClelland, Rik Davie me be withheld will be honoured only if there 1s a compeling reason to do so. Errors wall be corrected if sement. The publisher 5 not kable for other errors or omissions n connec bon with any adver tsement in any Editorial Comment Now it's our turn A week ago in this space, we were lamenting the dearth of candidates for the upcoming municipal election, and speculating on the reasons why folks hadn't been stepping forward to take part in this most important of political exer- cises. What a difference a week makes. Last Friday saw a flurry of activity take place just before the deadline for nominations for the municipal election. The list posted at the clerk's office in Port Perry grew longer vir- tually by the minute as would-be politicians and trustees ¥stepped forward to place their names on the ballot, and accept the challenge of the upcoming campaign. We now have races for almost every position available, from mayor to school trustee. There are five people running in Ward 5, which a little over a week ago had attracted no attention at all. There are 23 candidates registered for this municipal election. Good for them. | Now, it's our turn. | The people of Scugog need to pay attention to the cam- paign and above all, vote. The council that's elected Nov. 13 will face a number of challenges, primary among them the possibility that Durham will be targeted by the province for some sort of municipal realignment. This topic may not interest you particularly, but it will affect you. And the discussions and actions that take place among the representatives elected in a month's time will, we hope, contribute largely to the vision of what's to come. Failure to act is extremely dangerous; just look at Victoria County, where politicians couldn't agree on a structural model, and wound up having The City Of Kawartha Lakes imposed upon them. You DON'T MIND, DO You? Port PERRY STAR You ballot's arriving in the mail soon. Please, use it. 2% Remember When? av Fis Hi A ; Js Yn po id > A » 1 od] ~ a) z A Po ot 343% ii A g $3 di w= A by a 2% E 3 i a % 3 ¥ ¥ A & ry da 3 5 ¥ Lens ; NRE. he a 2 aa al a An interior view of E.H, Purdy's hardware store, about 1920. The store was located on Queen St. (now the approximate location of Brock's On Foot) beside Sam T. Cawker's butcher shop. Mr. Purdy is seen behind counter (with beard) chatting with Joseph Rainesy as he sits on a stool in front of the counter. Mr. Purdy held the office of Reeve of Port Perry in 1901 and from 1903 to 1905. LETTER Teachers' concerns go unheard To the Editor Why have our teachers con- cerns fallen on deaf ears? It makes me truly angry when | hear people degrade teachers, because they feel that all teachers dois whine. The saying that you should never judge another person until you've walked in their shoes definitely rings true here for me. The insinuation that teachers don't care about children or edu- cation because they are refusing to take part in extracurricular activ- ities is incredible. They don't choose to do so because they feel like stirring up trouble; they do so because they have been left with no alternative. I am not a teacher, but I am a teacher candidate. As such, | feel I have the unique advantage of being able to look at the system from the outside in. I see how much teachers give. | see the time, energy, and money they pour into their classrooms, sometimes in vain. Perhaps if the public had listened a little better, we wouldn't be faced with the pre- sent situation. I guess those | hope to address are the very same people who voted for Mike Harris, and conse- quently all of the changes. This is not to say that all of the changes have been bad, but if teachers tell us, that under the current situation, they can not hope to meet all of the needs of our children unless certain conditions are met, why are we questioning them? At the end of the day, | guess it all comes down to who do you believe, a group of highly-trained professionals, or the politicians who are engineering all of these sugar-coated changes in education that sound just a little too good to be true around election time. It's your call. By the way, I still intend to become a teacher, and it certainly isn't for the crumby pay. Oh, and while I'm at it, let me clear up some common fallacies: Teacher's don't earn half as much as they should and they don't have their summers off either! There, I think I've whined enough. Aaron Stanley Prince Albert