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SE ied po NU a WAPI! 10 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, June 12, 1990 Remember When? (From page 7) Two of the honoured guests at the annual *'Old Bills Night" held at the Uxbridge Legion last Saturday were Herbert Buckland, a Boer War Veteran and Samuel Eyre, who was ser- ving in the British navy in 1896 during the reign of Queen Vic- toria. About 35 "Old Bills' from Port Perry and Uxbridge area were in attendance. Congratulations and good wishes to Mrs. William Graham, formerly of Scugog Island and Port Perry, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Friday, June 25. Mrs. Graham now resides at Fairview Lodge, Whitby. Lorna Wright and Betty Bradburn, two guides of the 1st Blackstock Guide Company, received their "All Round Cords" at an impressive ceremony held June 7. Marlene Tomchishin received her "Gold Cord" during the ceremony. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 18, 1970 Norm Cafik, Ontario Riding M.P., arrived at the Port Perry Arena to cut the ribbon and officially open the third annual Home ow. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Richardson, R.R. 3, Port Perry were startled to see a huge black bear munching on the contents of a garbage can in their back yard. Louise Moore, daughter of Sandy and Irene Moore of R.R. 2, Port Perry, graduated from the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital School of Nursing on June 5, 1970. Greenbank News - Congratulations to Keith Phoenix on win- ning the award trip sponsored by the Junior Farmers to Penn- sylvania and other points for two weeks. Warren Sinukoff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morey Sinukoff, Toron- to and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Levinson, Port Perry, has recently received his M.D. from Toronto University. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, June 11, 1980 Scugog council has voted unamiously to switch the Township's banking accounts from the Commerce to the Royal. The annual Canoe the Nonquon race was held Saturday with 182 canoes entered in a variety of divisions. Port Perry High School student Darlene Gibson recently .scored the highest marks in a province-wide shorthand contest, the first student from the school to earn such honours. Community Care volunteers across Durham Region logged more than 42,000 hours of service to their communities last year. Dr. Eva Mannen attended the Naturopathic Seminar in Toronto from June 6 through June 8. Members of the Louise Patterson Handicraft Guild proudly exhibited their many crafts at the Masonic Hall in Port Perry on Saturday. The Honeydale Women's Institute recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of the organization. Neil Taylor, graduated with honours from Durham College of Applied Arts & Technology as a Chemical Technologist - May, 1980 Elirpa Construction of Pickering has been awarded a pro- vincial contract for the widening and re-surfacing of a five-mile stretch of Highway 12 from Manchester to Greenbank. Thursday evening last week, 42 local drama enthusiasts par- ticipated in an annual meeting of the Borelians Community Theatre at Town Hall 1873. LIMITED TIME OFFER Mention this ad and receive a 10% DISCOUNT ON ANY ORDER PLACED BEFORE JUNE 30/90 We specialize in Custom Kitchens, Vanities and Bars. 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Thanks go first to Jane McIn- tosh, a Little Britain-area resi- dent who gave a talk at the library about the greenhouse ef- fect; then to Martha Larsen and Marilyn Pearce for ther sugges- tion and invitation of this speaker (and also for Marilyn's loan of a T.V.!); Larry Doble and some of his students at P.P.H.S. for their work on posters and also the loan of a display board; Shirley Love for her contributions to the display at the library and her assistance in setting it up; En- vironment Canada for the loan of the video 'Our Common Future;"' Monique Howat for her efforts at ensuring there would be an au- dience; and the Scugog Memorial Library for loaning space for a display and providing a location for Tuesday night's talk. Thanks also to those who came out! Sincerely. Janet Banting Greenbank p¥ democratic B.I.A. meeting May 31, 1990. Thank God there were 12 of us businesses who aren't in- " timidated by the dictator like tac- tics, and is it any wonder less than half of the businesses bother to at- tend or vote at all. As anyone who has taken the trouble to read the Ontario Municipal Act and isn't biased, can plainly see one objection to the Mini-Max Tax, means that on- ly an 0.M.B. hearing can decide the issue. Since there is abundant proof that the Mini-Max Tax is a blatant attempt to down load the Port Perry B.LLA. Tax burden from the big businesses onto the small businesses. EXAMPLE: My B.I.A. Tax would increase by approximately 400%, while the I.G.A.'s would go down approx- imately $1,000.00. Who's the vic- tim here? All that so called legal vote pro- ved is there were more big businesses represented at the meeting than smaller ones. I am one of the 37 people who made formal objection in accor- dance with the legal notice published by Scugog Council, my objection still stands. Yours sincerely, Robt. J. Prentice Bob's Barber Shop Editorial Comment (from page 6) Is this eyeball to eyeball confrontational approach the way to forge a nation, to reach agreement on a constitution that will impact the lives of the citizens of this country for years and decades to come? One has to wonder. Through it all, one got the impression that this session was not so much an exercise to strengthen the nation as a whole, but rather to strengthen the parts. And that leaves the question to be asked. Is Canada stronger today than it was a year ago, five years ago? Is the sum total of the strength of the parts now greater than the whole? The lawyers, the pundits and other assorted experts will no doubt go to considerable lengths in the months ahead de- bating this very point. But many Canadians will still be left ask- ing the question. . One newspaper report called the events of last week "The Seven Day War." Surely that is hyperbole. 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