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Yessiree, it was initiation day at Cartwright High School on Fri- day, a day when teachers and principal turned a blind eye to chas- ing jelly beans around toilet rims, slave auctions, men in make-up and impromptu car washes (as Esther Kelly was forced to do). Note the high fashion normally worn by grade nines on the dreaded day. 119 No. 42 Tues. September 17, 1985 36 pages ee . The race for the two =. = _ Scugog seats on the A Durham_ Board of Education is beginning to > shape up with two can- . x didates announcing their intention to run for elec- tion on November 12. i < #. Incumbent trustee $7 s .* Rev. Stuart McEntyre mw" said Monday morning he CL will be seeking re- tT election and well known * Blackstock resident Joyce Kelly threw her hat into the ring last week as well. Scugog presently has just one seat on the Durham Board of Education, but that will Still no rebates for lawn watering systems 1s $25 million. These costs, Durham Region coun- cil is not going to alter its policy and start giving special breaks on the water bills to customers who water their lawns all summer. The issue was raised briefly at the meeting of council September 11 when it was suggested there should be a rebate during June to August for water that goes on lawns or used for washing cars The total water tll issued a customer is a combination of water and sewage charges. But finance committee chairman, Jim Witty, noted last week that the combined bill takes into account the fact that about 25 per cent of water used does not go back through the sewer system. And he said that while it costs about $14 million per year to operate the Region's waterworks, the cost for the sewage Star changes must be recovered from the water and sewer (Turn to page 3) increase by one because of shifts in the assess- ment base in this municipality. As of this date, Mr. McEntyre and Mrs, Kel- ly are the only official candidates seeking a spot on the Board, but that may change as the Star has learned there are others in the com- munity seriously con- he said, sidering their chances. In the last elections in November 1982, Mrs. Kelly was defeated by Mr. McEntyre for the lone Scugog seat on the Board. Mrs. Kelly is a life long resident of Blackstock who was a school teacher for 13 years after graduating from Queens University. She left teaching to raise a fami- Two candidates run _ for the School Board ly of four girls, two of whom are now students at Queens and two are at Cartwright High School in Blackstock. Mrs. Kelly is well (Turn to page 2) Stevenson to back bid by Grossman Ross Stevenson has made it official. The Durham York MPP announced Monday that he's throwing his support behind former treasurer Larry Grossman when Ontario Tories meet in Toronto November 15-16 to choose a new party leader. Mr. Stevenson, who at one time was parhamen- tary assistant to the treasurer, was a staunch backer of Mr. Grossman in the last leadership campaign which ended Effective October 1, 1985. readers of the Star will notice quite a difference in the appearance of their community newspaper Although the actual size of the newspaper wil remain unchanged. the Star will conform to the new Canadian Newspaper Unit CONU s1zes. thus reducing the number of columns in the paper from seven to five Star publisher Peter Hvidsten says the change to C NU measures 1s the culmination ol years of effort by both newspaper groups and advertising agencies to standardize newspapers across Canada and the USA making it easier for the agencies to place ads In community newspapers In addition to the national advertising. local retail advertisers should be pleased with the new clean. less cluttered look the tie coll format will provide We at the Star look forward to our new look. and hope our readers and advertisers approve of the change Advertisers with the Star are asked to read the notice on page 8 of this week's Star and con- tact either of our advertising consultants if they would like further explanation. The Big Sister organization of Scugog and Uxbridge received a $1500 shot in the arm on Sunday, thanks to the efforts of many people who took part in a Bowl-A- Thon at Centennial Lanes. Members of Scugog Township council were on hand to knock down a few pins for this worthy cause as well. From left are Keith Elliott, presi- in victory for Frank Miller. In making the an- nouncement, Mr. Steven- son noted that Mr. Grossman appears to be gaining momentum among his parliamen- tary colleagues as about 20 MPPs have declared their support and a fur- ther ten are leaning towards him. Included in that group who have declared their support are Durham MPPs Sam Cureatz and George Ashe. There are two other declared candidates for the leadership of the On- tario Conservatives: Dennis Timbrell and Alan Pope. There is an outside chance that former Cabinet Minister Betty Stephenson might throw her hat into the leadership ring as well. Conservative Party supporters in the riding of Durham York will meet October 2 1n the Ux bridge Community Cen: tre to select voting delegates for the leader ship convention dent of Big Brothers, Mayor Jerry Taylor, Cliff Crowell, president of the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board, Doris Clark, a local realtor who helped organize the Bowl!-A-Thon, councillors Lawrence Malcolm, Jack Cot- trell and John Wolters.