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oy I i Jam wareh oe Ty Wr TTT I YH a te Sn" TT HI IT III I NE NI! 5 oo 6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tues. February 24, 1987 cl ito rial A Silly Gimmick Somebody down there in the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food deserves a big, fat raspberry for a,silly attempt at promotion which appeared on the editor's desk last week Addressed to the editor, Port Perry Star, a small. brown card- board box arrived by Priority Post Courier Editor opened cardboard box carefully and peered inside 9 There-was another cardboard box, this one smaller and green in colour with a little metal handle attached Editor's curiosity was getting the best of him at this point and little green box was opened. !nside, lo and behold, was a Chinese fortune cookie, the kind that arrive at your table with the bill in most Chinese restaurants y Editor decided to take a big gamble and broke open the fortune cookie. The message was as follows: Person who watches mail box in Year of the Rabbit receives many good things from Foodland Ontario." : Editor ponders message for a minute, then turns over the little green box and sees it comes from 'Creative Cookie Company Inc., Washington D.C." Is this some kind of a joke, editor wonders? Foodland Ontario is an arm of the provincial Agriculture Ministry set up to market and promote the products that are grown by the farmers of the province That's worthwhile undertaking. Ontario residents should be buying the food grown here, if quality, price etc. are the same. ] But how much did 1t cost to send out the message to the editor of this newspaper? Priority Post doesn't work cheap, and we're sure the good people at Creative Cookie in Washington D.C. are not work- "ing for peanuts. And what's more, they most likely demanded pay- ment in U.S funds If Foodland Ontario wants to let the editors of weekly newspapers in the province know that some kind of a promotion is coming up in the future, fine. But why go to so much expense? Why not just type up a good old-fashioned standard press release and spend 34 cents on a stamp? . The message in a fortune cookie idea might be fine for some things, but not from an arm of the provincial Agriculture department, . § spending taxpayers money . Come on, you people down there at Queens Park. You don't need silly, embarrassing and costly gimmicks to get the attention of the editors of Ontario's community newspapers . ~The money could have been better spent a hundred different ways 'RENT PORT PERRY SE *CARPET CLEANERS *TILE CUTTERS | *GENERATORS *COMPRESSORS *DOLLIES *SCAFFOLDS *HEAVY EQUIPMENT *PUMPS *LOG SPLITTERS GLASSES GAMES TABLES CHAIRS AYP PERS PARTY 7 Mee TRLERS GOODS Ps *TENT TRAILERS SEEDERS... "TRAVEL TRAILERS ~T *BOX TRAILERS " .... and more! 852-5538 Be chai / SAWS [985-7771 Hwy. 7A - sikili Faw rg DRE oie LY % 4 ' 3 F Members of the cast for comedy-drama "Butterflies are Free" were "hanging around" at rehearsals on Sunday afternoon. Ac- tually, the cast has been hard at work preparing for five perfor-' ~ mances of this two-act play by Leonard Gershe. The Borelians pro- duction will open this Friday evening at Town Hall 1873 with cabaret at 7:00 p.m. and curtain at 8:00 p.m. There is dinner theatre Feb. 28th, two more cabaret performances March 5 and 6, followed by dinner theatre on March 7. Tickets for all perfor- mances are now available at Irwin Smith Music on Queen Street in Port Perry. This production is being directed by Carole MacNeil with the main parts played (top to bottom in this photo) by Tammie- Lee Chilco, Brad Prentice, Steve Foote and Gerri McClurg. Letters Bang you To The Editor: As soon as the cold weather ar- rives, cats become more susceptible to a painful death or injury. being. literally 'ripped to shreds' in the fan or fanbelt of a vehicle. During cold weather, Cats tend to huddle around the engines of vehicles in a desperate attempt to keep warm This unfortunate, albeit understan- dable. habit leads to the deaths or injuries for numerous cats annual ly in Ontario Cats tend to crawl up under the hood of parked vehicles. Once the owner returns to the vehicle and starts thelengine the cat is unaware of the immanent danager until it 1s too late These unfortunate ac cidents could be eliminated. or drastically reduced. if the person driving the vehicle banged on the hood of the vehicle or honked the horn prior to starting the engine If the horn is used to scare the cat, en sure that enough time 12 given to car hood allow a cat to escape before turning on the engine. Do not make the mistake of beeping the horn and then immediately turning on the engine. Vehicles equipped with space heaters are more likely to at- tract cats seeking warmth. Alerting any cats lurking under the hood of vour vehicle should be done each time you start the engine. This way you will develop a habit of alerting cats and will be less likely to forget "While cats are less likely to crawl up under the hood of a vehi- cle in the warmer weather. being curious creatures they have been known to do so. So. before starting vour vehicle's engine, alert those felines which might be seeking shelter under the hood of vour vehicle Sincerely N Glenn Perrett Humane Education Coordinator Ontario Humane Society Judge levies fines More than $3,000 in fines were levied against North Brock Motor Sales, Manchester, and two of its of- ficers in a Whitby District Court decision by Judge Patrick LeSage on February 17. The company was found guilty of four charges--fraud between $100 and $200, for which it was fined $400 fraud over $200, for which it was fin- ed $1,000 plus restitution of $1,000: attempted fraud, for which it was fined $500; and fraud over $200. for which it was fined $600 plus $536 46 restitution. Manager Nancy Keith of Sunderland was found guilty of at- tempted fraud and was granted con- ditional discharge plus probation for six months. * General manager Gordon Haight, "also of Sunderland, was fined $1.000 or 30 days in jail, with 30 days to pay. Judge LeSage has also ordered him to pay $107.94 restitution. Last Tuesday's judgement brought an end to the two year old case, which was initiated in January 1985 by the Ontario Ministry of Con- sumer and Commercial Relations. After three months of investigation by the Ministry, Durham Regional Police laid a total of 11 charges against the company and four of its officers. 10 of which were for fraud over $200. The charges stemmed from the consignment sales of trailers where owners were paid less than the ac- tual sale price. At the time charges were laid. in the Fall of 1985. police estimated $19.000 and nine trailer owners were involved. In passing sentence last week Judge LeSage noted '*Notwithstan- ding that I have found the company and some individuals guilty of some crime, I think it is apparent by now that I do not believe that North Broek Motor Sales, its principals or salespeople were knowingly engag- * ed in an on-going scheme to de-fraud Motel award Mr. Fred Cook and Mr. Michael Wade owners of the Railroadhouse Motel in Port Perry are pleased to announce that their property has been awarded a Three Star Rating as a participant in the Tourism On- tario Accommodation grading program. Specially trained Tourism Ontario Grading advisors conduct extensive and objective annual evaluations of various types or categories of com- mercial accommodation throughout Ontario. The Railroadhouse Motel and all other Tourism Ontario recommend- ed and star-rated establishments of- fer clean and comfortable accom- modation which meets the interna- tional standards of contemporary travellers. Railroadhouse is proud to have met the rigorous standards required to be star-rated and recom- mended by Tourism Ontario SMITH-CORONA TYPEWRITERS Manual or Electric ; Ribbons for most makes PORT PERRY STAR 235 Queen Street 985-7383