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"A Family Tradition for 130 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, June 11, 1996 - 3 | ROTH A&I DI LIES SST PAVE OMMUNITY Star wins award for excellence The Star took the Best Front Page prize for its submissions from April 4 In a national competi- and October 3 of last year. - The latest HEAT captured A ADIAN COMM award follows second 3 C Ty gg-- 0) The Port Perry Star has won another major newspaper award. tion, the Star place in the Best \&Q Front Page category. Newspapers from across the country entered the event. Winners in the Canadian Community Newspaper Association's (CCNA) annual Better ¥ CNA were notified last week. competition. on the heels of success at the Ont- ario Comm- unity Newspaper Association competition where The Star won se- cond place in the General Excellence Category, first in the Best Agricultural Story category, and an honorable mention in the Newspapers Competition best feature photo Second at provincial 'Think Bow!' Cornish kids put on thinking cay A group of R.H. Cornish students really put on their thinking caps this past Tuesday and placed second in a provincial event. Sarah Shepherd, Degory Boyce, Cortney Palleske and Lindsay Spielmann are the four members of the Intermediate Think Bowl team at Cornish who represented the Durham Board of Education at the Think Bowl Competition on June 4 in Cobourg. Out of 17 teams representing 14 school boards across Ontario, the four Cornish students placed second. Tories call on feds for tougher sentences Time to crack down on young offenders: MPP It's time to crack down on young offenders, says Durham East's MPP. Tory John O'Toole says he backs calls by his government for tougher provisions in the Young Offenders Act, which is widely criticized as being too lenient toward young law breakers. The act covers youths aged 12 to 17. "Age should not be a factor when youth commit adult crimes to allow them to escape the consequences," said Mr. O'Toole. "All Canadians, regardless of their age, must be accountable for their actions." He was making his comments in response to submissions made to the federal government by Ontario's jus- tice ministers Charles Harnick and Bob Runciman. They called on the feds to: a Amend the act to make parents responsible for the cost of damages caused by their children; 0 Change the legislation so that offenders 16 or older are prosecuted as adults under the criminal code; 0 Require the courts to consider whether parents meet provincial legal aid eligibility before appointing free lawyers for young offenders; Q Permit the publication of the names of youths convicted of serious violent offences, and a Allow for more flexibility in the trans- fer of young offenders to adult jails after sen- tence. Mr. O'Toole said the proposed changes won't pose a threat to young people in Ontario, so long as they stay on the right side of the law. - "Most young people are not affected by these recommendations," he said. "However, those who lack responsibility for not only the laws of the land, but threaten society, need to take respon- sibility for their own actions." O'TOOLE Festival Chamber a ays coming opting 90's, 60's theme for this year's edition By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Plans for the Scugog Chamber of Commerce Festival Days are shaping up quickly. The theme of this year's event is once again a 50s and 60s revival theme, in- cluding vintage motorcyle and classic car displays on Queen Street Friday eve- ning. The annual event will take place this year on July 4, 5 and 6 in down- town Port Perry. Arrangements have been finalized for several events including basket- ball and rollerblading competitions, a car cruise, mutt show, Kinsmen dunk tank and the Re/ Max hot air balloon, which will be secured in Palmer Park on the Saturday. Other events scheduled for the weekend include a Merchant's Auction Eu- chre Tournament, a Gus - Macker 3-on-3 basketball demonstration, Puffy the Clown and others yet to be confirmed. The opening ceremo- nies are slated for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Queen Street stage, with free hot dogs and pop to those in attendance at 8 p.m. The Queen Street stage will feature bands each of the three nights. Thurs- day evening will be Some- body Else and Shadwell's Jacket. Friday night Mr. Machette and Modern Day Braves will be play- ing and Saturday will fea- ture Actov Life. The main festival tent will see Crosswinds on Thursday night, the re- turn of The Wolf 101.5 Band Friday night and Re- sistance on Saturday night. Crosswinds per- forms 50s, 60s, 70s tunes, while Resistance features Eric Clapton music. All shows will begin at 8 p.m. with admittance $6 for Thursday and Friday and $8 Saturday. The main amusement park will once again be lo- cated behind the CIBC building, with vendors lo- cated along Queen and Water Streets. The popu- lar Big Top Tent will be back in Palmer Park for a variety of programs and the Big V Amazing Maze and Diaper change area will be again placed near the playground area.