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Editorial Comments 'Around Again? We have to agree with Durham Northumberland MP Allan Lawrence who is getting ready to appeal proposed riding boundary changgs suggested by the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission. "I wish they (the Commission) would leave the boundaries as they are for a while,' said Mr. Lawrence last Friday morning. What will happen if the proposed changes are implemented in this. The federal Durham Northumberland riding which Mr. Lawrence represents will cease to exist, almost. It will be re-named Durham and will take in new areas of Uxbridge, north Oshawa and Whitby. Drop- ped will be Manvers and Cavan Townships and-the area of Port Hope and Cobourg. Scugog Township and Newcastle will remain part of i the new Durham riding. What's irksome about the proposed changes is that Scugog has been jerked around federally and provincially too often in the past few years, to the point where, we fear, a large number of citizens are completely confused about the boundaries of the federal and provin- cial ndings. ; but that could change to just Durham. Provincially, we are still legal- ty Durham York, but that has been changed to Durham East effec- tive at the next election expected some time this fall. Throw in the ~~ are a trifle confused. | There are logical reasons, of course, to change the boundaries the most logical. Nobody should quibble with that. However, the reason Durham Northumberland may get jerked \ around is because of massive population. spurts in Pickering, Whit- by, Ajax and Oshawa. Yet the Electoral Commission has decided not to increase the number of ridings, but simply move the borders around. Pickering, Whitby, Ajax and Oshawa now have a combined population ap- proaching 300,000 people. That should be enough to warrant three ndings for those areas, rather than two. =~ tario, but not in Durham Region. 'Leave Durham Northumberland as it is now. People in the riding before people of Scugog get used to the idea that provincially they _ are in Durham East not Durham York. . i ' h And while we are quibbling about all this, why don't the provin- cial and federal electoral commissions do away comfletely with the ~ name 'Durham' for any ridings. Durham Region is quite enough. -Over-lapping the name with provincial and federal ridings simply adds to what is already a confusing' state of affairs for many voters and citizens. BN ns The Ridge At Vimy "Our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren have understood and understand the ageless legacy of Vimy. Canadians will always return here, not just to honour the past, but to draw renew- ed confidence for the future." Those words were spoken last Thursday, April 9, by George Hees, Minister of Veterans Affairs in a special memorial service in France marking the 70th anniversary of the battle at Vimy Ridge. ; t was on April 9 in 1917, that wave after wave of Canadian lors stormed the ridge at Vimy, ousted the German defenders | and fought their way into the military history books. More than 3,000 y (Turn to page 6) Jerked - - ----_, L - s 'ee . £ . ©. Cm ts ) 7 «1 "A . , "iy hy PR " 4 "iki . ~~ - Ye lamiy,. P £ 4 tl As it stands now, federally we are in Durham Northumberland, name Durham Region (that's municipal) and it's little wonder people - of electoral districts. Keeping up with the changes in population is New ridings are proposed for six other fast-growing areas of On- _ are just now starting to get-used to it. It will be two or three years Port Perry . (Qs " | = 1235 QUEEN STREET - PORT PERRY. ONTARIO N Phone 9857383 PO Box90 LOB INO TT HE TT HI HH HIS TS HH HHH rT Ny = = WR Ye ~~ a J PETER HVIDSTEN Netnter of he : Publisher Canadun Community New paper Assocation f = - ---- er aaa and Onan Community Newspaper Associahon Advert ! ising Manager Published every Tyesday by the Port Perry Star Co (8d Port Perry Onlaiio JB McCLELLAND ) Editor ' , Author red as second cass mad by the Post Ofte Department Ottawa and for cash CATHY OLLIFFE Ey! SF Dosiase wr cath News & Features Cu », d ~ Second Class Madd Regsstrabon Number 0265 Subscrpbon Rate in Canada $20 00 per year Elsewhere $60 00 per year Single Copy SO° ) al Stay ayi08 Chatterbox by Cathy Olliffe DRUG MARKETING FOR KIDS "It's finally been done. Highly illegal street drugs are now being packaged specifically for kids. You know how Flintstones chewables make vitamins fun to take? Well, the same concept has been applied to LSD. The following press release was brought into my office by Karen Hunt, the lady who runs Karen Hunt Electrolysis (I know, a free plug, but hey, she gave me a column idea ---- the least I can do is give her a plug). A relative of Karen's works in a Scarborough distress centre, where reports on drugs (among other things) are constantly updated. This one, released a couple of menths ago, is a real shocker. Especially if you have kids: "According to police authorities, a form of tat- too called Blue Star is readily available in some areas of the United States. It is a small sheet of white paper containing blue stars the size of a pen- cil eraser. Each star is impregnated with LSD and can be removed from the paper to be placed in the mouth. Absorption can occur through the skin also, simply by handling the paper tattoo. "There are also brightly coloured paper tabs resembling postage stamps in size which have pic- tures of Superman, Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters, butterflies, clowns etc. These stamps are packed in a red cardboard box with a picture of Mickey Mouse wrapped in foil in a clear lock-type bag. ""This package contains five one-inch square . stamps. This is a new way of selling acid, design- ed to promote more addicts through appeal and enslavement of children to its addiction. "A young child could happen upon these and have a fatal trip. It is also learned that little children could be given a free tattoo by older children who want to have some fun or by others cultivating new customers. "A red stamp called Red Pyramid is being' distributed with Micro-Dots in-various colours. as small as a pinhead; and another kind called Win- .dow Pane which has a grid that can be cut out. ""These are all laced with drugs. Ifyou or your children see any of the above described. do not handle! These drugs are know to react very quick- ly into your body and some are laced with strychnine. Symptoms are hallucination. mood change and severe vomiting Get to the hospital right away. and notify the police." Pretty scary. eh"? What's next, selling nuclear warheads disguised as Cabbage Patch dolls" As horrifying as it sounds, marketing drugs for kids isn't at all surprising. Infact, I'm surpris- ed it didn't happen a long time ago. For decades. parents have worried about Johnny or Suzie buying drugs from school park- ing lot pushers -- -- people who know the sizable dollar value attached to a pint-sized drug addict. With more and more children aware of the dangers of drugs, pushers have had to resort to a little more cunning to peddle their wares -- it only makes sense that they made their *'pro- duct' more palatable to a younger buyer. The good news is, Canadians needn't WOrTy about these picturesque drugs for kids for awhile, because for now, they're mainly an American phenomenon. The bad news is, lize everything else, they're bound to creep across the border eventually. Just be prepared when it happens. - SEEEEEEREE ES I now know where The Black Hole is. Two trucks disappeared into it over the weekend. "The Black Hole is the street I live on. It is no ordinary street. Oh, it once was, but ever since a grader ripped it up last week it has been transformed into an evil, slimy thing, a terrify- ingly suitable subject for a Stephen King novel. Like the overgrown plant on Little Shop Of Horrors, it consumes people and automobiles. In fact, it nearly ate my father on Sunday. He and my mother were over visiting, and were out for a rather innecent walk, when The . Black Hole shot up an inky black tentacle, wrap- ped itself around my father's ankle, and nearly pulled him into its depths. If he hadn't been aware of the danger, Dad might have disappeared forever. . 1, personally, have witnessed two other vic- tims fall prey to The Black Hole, and have lived to tell about the experience. On Friday evening a septic tank pumper truck nearly bit the big banana. The driver was merely backing the vehicle out of a driveway, when the rear.wheels mysterious- ly sunk into the road up to the truck's axle. There was no spinning of wheels, no bad driving--the Black Hole simply reached up and grabbed the truck, pulling it down into near oblivion. And then on Sunday evening, late at night, I was woken up by the ghastly sound of a pick-up ruck sinking into yet another pit on The Black Hole. See : It too was sunk up to its axle, and while I know for sure the septic truck was rescued. I'm hot so sure about the pick-up. All I know is that on Sun- day night it was stuck up to its arm-pits in the hole, and by Monday-morning, it had disappeared. That's three victims I have seen fall prey to The Black Hole. Who knows how many others have succymbed to similar fates? I have never, ever seen such a deadly stretch of road as the street that runs by our house. At one time, I believe, it 'was paved, but now the Township simply dumps sand and gravel on top. creating a soft surface that sinks with any amount of weight on it. It looks inflpcent enough (except for deep (Turn to page 11) * » » RN A ot sm 1 mo "0 ag Af eg ir TE ETRY hh 2; STO ' > i