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se "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, June 3, 1997 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - LOL 1B7 PHONE (905) 985-7383 - FAX (905) 985-3708 The Port Perry Star is authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. Second Class Mall Registration 0265 Subscription Rates: 1 Year - $32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Includes $5.95 GST Editorial Comment Didn't vote? Don't whine So this is the morning after, and the people, after listening for five weeks to all the rhetoric, ranting, and reviews, have had their chance to speak. . There's nothing quite so satisfying as that moment when you step behind the partition, ballot in hand, and prepare to mark your X. It's an exhilarating feeling. It's power. It is the power to accept or reject, to pass harsh judgement on a government, or grant endorsement, and a vote for several more years of the same. It is a privilege that has been hard-fought, and constant vigilence is necessary to ensure its continuation. It is something that people in many parts of the world are dying for, because despots would deny it. | That's why it's more than a bit annoying that so many people take their right to vote for granted. Failing to make the trip to the polls is not a protest; that's done by marking or refusing a ballot. It is laziness. Apathy has a way of eroding and destroying: even the soundest of foundations. It was the Prime Minister's failure to act, for instance, that nearly lost the Quebec referendum a | couple of years ago. Every editorialist across the land, it seems, urges the people to get out and vote before each election day. And more often than not, the response of voters is lukewarm. And it is a truism that it is often those who didn't take the trouble to vote who are often those who bellyache the loudest over what they see the government doing. But if you haven't paid the price of admission, you've got no business panning the performance. So it's put up or shut up, folks. If you didn't vote, don't whine. BUSINESS OFFICE Office Mgr. ......ccceecvvvinnnene Gayle Stapley Accounting.......Judy Ashby, Janet Rankin Retail Sales...... Kathy Dudley, EDITORIAL: Publisher................. J. Peter Hvidsten General Manager .... Don Macl.eod Managing Editor.....Jeff Mitchell vans Chris Hall, News Reporters Freelance - Heather McCrae, Member of the Canadian & Ontario Newspaper AssoG. Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. - 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. Heather Callan PRODUCTION Annabell Harrison, Trudy Empringham, Rhonda Mulcahy, Pam Hickey, John B. McClelland Robert Taylor, Richard Drew ADVERTISING Advertising Mgr. .......... Don MacLeod Sales: Myra Park, Deb McEachern, Barb Hillier, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Deborah Tiffin ciRcuLaTiON DO You FIND THESE CONTESTS ARE GETTING LESS ® ESPECIALLY THE SWIMSU\T To the Editor: This letter is meant for the vandals who dam- aged property Saturday night/Sunday morning on Malcolm Road. - What kicks do vandals get from destroying oth- er peoples' property? How would you feel if it happened to your fami- ly's property? Maybe you should pay the rental fees at the post office for the mailboxes destroyed, and repair the glass that has been broken. I can understand hitting a post in the winter time when roads are slippery, but the roads aren't slippery, it is June 1. Pulling a mailbox post out of Vandals hurt innocent people the ground with the mailbox on it and taking it 500 feet along the road, breaking glass and knocking over stop signs are not very responsible actions. It is not the vandals who clean up the mess of broken glass or dig a hole in the ground to put the post back in, it is the innocent people. If this is the way you get your kicks on a wee- kend, grow up and be responsible for your actions. Linda Arbuckle, Nestleton REMEMBER 55YEARS AGO Thursday, June 3, 1942 Flight Sergeant Wm Russell Parr who was reported missing in action, is now a prisoner in Germany. Mrs. Hilda Grace Vickery was united in marriage to Mr. Ralph Beacock of Nestleton. 40 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 3, 1957 Troop leader James Hunter of the 1st Port Perry Scout Troop has been accepted by Scout Headquarters as a member of the Canadian contingent to the World Jamboree being held in England. The Port Perry Lions Club attended the International Convention in Peterborough. Miss Beryl Palmer became the bride of Robert Miller at Port Perry United Church. Darlene Michie, 10, was the winner of the Carp Derby. She landed the 10 Ib. lunker just off the causeway. 2 WHEN....? Congratulations to Miss Eunice Roach, Manchester, who will receive her Bachelor of Arts degree at the Spring Convocation of York University, Toronto on June 2nd. Mr. Bruce Martyn received his Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, June 1, 1977 Mayor Lawrence Malcolm was honored by the Port Perry Beavers, becoming the organizations first honorary member. The Royal Bank vacated their premises on the north side of Queen St. and have moved to the former LCBO store at Queen and Perry St. 10 YEARS AGO Tuesday, May 20, 1987 Laura Dobson and Jeff Ireland received the coveted Athlete Of The Year awards at Port Perry High School's athletic banquet. The home of Bill and Janice St. John was struck by lightning during a severe storm, 30YEARSAGO Thursday, May 30, 1967 Father and son, Fred and Mervin DeNure, can look back on 25 years of successful operation of a family bus line serving the Port Li Harvest time at the farm of Leslie Coates, on Shirley Road circa 1920. Pictured with the old thrashing machine are, from left, Leslie Coates, J. Brent, A. Brent, Joe Hamley, Wm. Johnson and Russell Coates. Photo courtesy Jim Tripp. damaging the house and burning clothes hanging on the clothes line. Community Memorial Hospital admin- istrator Dave Brown received a surprise cheque for $34,000 from the estate of two Port Perry sisters, Addie and Mary McLaren. Perry area. cal