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4 ke PARANA w RR Ar wy y " Sams ved skid il Pansy 4 wat I » . . Volume 135 Number 09 HH I RE TN IIR III ae. [LC esd Lh dhol vg hail ad ab oa? COPY 75¢ (70¢+5¢ asm) | 24 Pages Student By Chris Hall Port Perry Star : It is time long-suffering students got help to restore extracurricular activities at Port Perry, Highschool, says. one stu- - | dent. - Se t+. . School Board and an | OAC ' student at PPHS; says he's had enough of the con- stant bickering between teachers . board: cial government and stalled negotiations with the Durham - told The Star last week. "There is nothing going on here." : So Mr. Skinner has suggested the community get behind local students. Please turn to page 3 Chris Skirinef: SLi : : dent trustee with the "Durham" 'District 2 Friday morning. and the school In protest over ---------- sweeping changes 5 Skinner made by the provin- Council opts for SE CO nd ice pad By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Scugog Township councillors have thrown their support behind a second -ice pad. for the community, making the decision ata special ¢ council meeting last - After much debate;. councillors. meet- rena as the highest recreational priority for the township. That plan will now be: put forth as -council applies for federal and provincial funding through the SuperBuild grant program. After a lengthy session early last "week, councillors arrived at an impasse -as they considered three community projects that are in need of funding. They had to select from the second ice pad-indoor pool proposal for the Scugog Recreation Centre (Scugog right now, and it would be difficult for the municipality to come up with its share of the funding for such a large project, council heard. Please turn to page 13 at the corner of n AYVAVAR PAP VE o AVVAVARY J : District School Board, secondary school Arena), and helping out with the creation 3 teachers here have withheld extracurric- of Cartwright Fields out in Nestleton. ] g ular activities for several years now. They Applying for grant money to help with | : say their increased teaching require- reconstruction of Coulcliff Blvd. in Port ; is ments leave them no time to participate Petry was also considered. 7 in after-school programs. While they agreed that Cartwright ir Mr. Skinner said that leaves students Fields sports complex was perhaps the .# . and their parents disgruntled, but the township's best shot for getting financial | $n problem is nothing occurs to facilitate a assistance, councillors opted to support | jo solution to the impasse. the ice pad project. | 5 "I'm sick of people complaining. I'm It was decided that the accompanying ki sick of hearing the students saying indoor pool at the Scugog Centre would x there's nothing to do, and sick of the be dropped for now, because of financial £5 teachers 'saying they have no time," he constraints. Township reserves are .low -------- in Manchester etn