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Page 12, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, June 25, 1986 Grade 6 and 7 students at St. Martin School in Ter- race Bay had a different sort of graduation near the end of the school year, with the presentation of VIP cer- tificates, caps, and T-shirts - to 28 graduates of the Val- ues, Influences, and Peers program on June 20. Teacher Maxine Holland and Terrace Bay Councill- or George Ramsay repres- enting Police Chief Russ Phillips presented the cer- tificates at a ceremony held at the school. Under the VIP program, By Anne Todesco The family of Lester Legault entertained their father last Saturday upon his retirement from the Terrace Bay mill, with a VIP graduates Terrace Bay Councillor George Ramsay, a VIP in his own right, was on hand to present T-shirts and caps to the graduates of the VIP (Values, Influences, and Peers) program at St. Martin School in |errace Bay on June 20. Here he congratulates one of 28 grad- uates, Jeanette Fournier, 12, a Grade 7 student. Rossport Report _ Children's pants Reg. to $11.98 Ladies tank tops Reg. $8.00 Ladies pants Reg. $19.98 *4.00 *10.00 *20.00 *5.00 *12.00 *12.00 *6.00 *20.00 *16.00 *16.00 *5.00 *3.00 *6.00 Baby strollers Reg. to $39.00 *30.00 Ladies plastic jelly shoes Reg. to $7.98 $4.00 *5.00 *8.00 *2.00 *2.00 *10.00 *6.00 *30.00 *5.00 *10.00 Ladies jackets Reg. $36.98 Ladies shoes assorted styles Ladies tops Reg. to $12.98 Toddler's runners Reg. to $11.98 Assorted toys Reg. to $2.98 Ladies blouses Reg. to $21.98 Ladies purses Reg. $19.98 Cassette tapes assorted Ladies purses Reg. to $10.98 Assorted pictures Reg. $13.98 Men's casual pants Reg. to $32.98 Assorted cushions Reg. to $12.98 Men's jackets Reg. to $27.98 20 piece dish set Reg. $44.98 Boys jeans Reg.to $26.98 Bakeware dishes assorted styles Pillows 2/pack Reg. $14.98 Children's tops Reg. to $9.98 Children's tops Reg. to $6.98 Dudsons Bay Company students learned about things like peer pressure, authority figures, school rules, the dangers of drugs and vandalism, and other problems facing the youth of today. The program had its first set of graduates on March 21 at the Terrace Bay Pub- lic School. It will probab- ly be continued at St. Mar- tin School next fall. That school's graduates were as follows: (Grade 6) France Bilodeau, Treena Burns, Annadette Clarke, Stephane Deslauriers, Jeff VIP graduation held Mikus, Trent Edmonds, France Maltais, Deborah McDougall, Paula Moon, Kerry Robinson, Suzanne Thibault, Josee Roy, and Kelly Wilson. : The Grade 7 graduates were: Michel Bolduc, Kev- in Boucher, Dion Bozec, Renee Deschatelets, Jean- ette Fournier, Marcy Gall- agher, Kevin Leclair, Mel- anie Levesque, Kenney Madore, Wade Papineau, Aileen Potan, Kimberly Rennette, Sonja Snofl, Sandi Batt, and Mark Thompson. social and dinner for relatives and neighbours and friends. Lester was the recipient of a money tree and numerous other gifts. His brother-in-law, Ray Kenney, was master of ceremonies. He spoke of his childhood and growing up in the village. He serv- ed in the navy during the second World War. Foll- owing his discharge from the Navy, he started em- ployment in the pulp mill. Mrs. Kenney also spoke on his life as a family man. His wife Doris and his children Leo, Danny, Bev- erley, and John were bless- ed with a kind and loving husband and father. His interest is with his family and home, yet he always found time to help neighbours when they were in difficulties, especially the senior citizens of the village. Eugene Gerow, a cous- in, spoke of episodes that he and Lester has enjoyed together during their growing-up years. Eugene, being aware that Doris was often heard scolding about dogs messing up their lawn while Lester would destroy any evidence laying about, so he built a special La poop cabinet and shovel to use in cleaning up while Romeo Bouchard carved a pair of human feet with socks and shoes on them to support the stool he had made to accompany the cart about. The stool pro- vided Lester a resting period from pushing the cart about. It all added to the merriment of the social. Bill Hubelit, a cousin-in- law, also spoke a few words of congratulations to Lester and Doris and wish- ed them a long, healthy, and happy retirement. The buffet dinner was by Beverley Legault, Prina Gerow, Joan Smith, and Colleen Kenney. Laura Legault cut and served the retirement cake while Albert Jakukowaske and Harry Wilson looked after the punch bowl. Besides local relatives and friends, present were Mrs. Violet Oakly, Miss Janet Missere, and George Campbell of Thunder Bay; Albert Jakukowski, Harry Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Pyhilla and family, Mr. and Mrs. Honore Bouchard all of Terrace Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gerow of Fort William, and Mr. and Mrs. Vern Huller of Aylmer, Ontario. MPP wants gas tax break Gilles Pouliot, MPP for the Lake Nipigon Riding, sent a letter to the Minister of Energy on June 9 in which Pouliot called for a the provincial government to offer northern Ontario residents a tax break to off- set the difference in price of gasoline compared to the southern half of Ontario. Pouliot was responded to a letter he had received from the Minister, Vincent Kerrio, dated May 16. "(In) your letter, you state that smaller markets experience less competition and that in low volume markets, retailers are less aggressive and the cost of transportation and opera- tion must be spread over a smaller volume," Pouliot reminded Kerrio. 'There is ample eviden- ce that retailers in small market areas are more ag- gressive in charging all the traffic will bear in setting their prices, even though there is no justification on the basis of operating and transportation costs when compared to retailers in neighbouring communities (in the north)," Pouliot added in the letter. He also told Kerrio that recent pump prices show that the price per litre now ranges from up to 48 cents in Schreiber, 61 cents in Armstrong, and over $1 per litre in many far north communities, yet prices in Ontario liquor and beer stores are uniform through- out the province regardless of operating and transport- ation costs. "You have the mandate, the power, and the authori- ty to offer consumers in northern Ontario a tax break to offset the price differential between the north and south in recogni- tion of the greater distances that northern residents must travel to work and... in the absence of public transit that is available and subsidized by the province in larger urban centres,"' the MPP explained. A survey conducted by the News last week dis- covered that gasoline prices in both Schreiber and Terr- ace Bay are at least three cents per litre more than the price in communities to the west, like Nipigon, and the east, such as Marathon. <<? ig Pitch-iIn