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2 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, September .22, 2004 Subscriptions $29.91 + $2.09 GST = $32.00 per year. Publications Mail Registration No. 09301 • Agreement No. 40012366 Publishing 48 issues annually at the office of publication. "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs." Canada ORONO WEEKLY TIMES - 5310 Main St., P.O. Box 209, Orono, ON LOB 1M0 Email: oronotimes@rogers.com or Phone/Fax 905-983-5301 Publisher/Editor Margaret Zwart Sports and Display Advertising - Donna Wood Front Office and Classified Advertising - Rosey Bateman The Orono Weekly Times welcomes letters to the editor on subjects of interest to our readers. Opinions expressed to the editor and articles are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflectthe! °R' nl P^ HÆ®, £ r< ? f n .° times. Letters must be signed and contain the address and phone number of the writer. Any letter considered unsuitable will not be acknowledged or returned. We reserve the right to edit for length, libel and slander. Ifyour retail or classified ad appears for the first time, please check carefully. Notice of an error must be given before the next issue goes to print. The Orono Weekly Times will,not be responsible for the loss or damage of such items. Hockey entertainment right here in town While dyed-in-the-wool hockey fans are missing the opening games of the 2004-05 National Hockey League season, less seasoned fans are finding other things to view on TV. There are plenty of other sports events to watch currently. currently. But as the cold dark days of winter settle upon us, and Hockey Night in Canada has been replaced by with televised televised matches of less physical sports such as ping pong or synchronized swimming, the magnitude of this lock-out will hit home. Professional hockey teams have little resemblance of the sport's early days of woolen clad players passing cow chips on a frozen pond. Professional teams today play in multi million dollar sports venues, and many of the elite players won't even sign autographs without a fee. Players might be a little more obliging with the autographs as they launch a media war against the owners to sway public sympathy their way. While there is a real chance this year's NHL season will never get off the ground, that doesn't mean there isn't good hockey happening. Junior teams and minor league teams provide à great product at affordable prices. The Oshawa General's of the OHL are playing out of Bowmanville's Garnet Rickard Centre, while they sort out some mould problems in their home arena--the Oshawa Civic Auditorium. The village of Orono has a proud, hockey history of its own.The Orono Athletic Association is gearing up for a grand new hockey season with games in town every night of the week. While the calibre of the game at this level is no match for the what we see in the professional leagues, there is true heart and determination at this level, with the added bonus that you don't have to hear Don Cherry blather blather between periods. - Letters to the Editor Congratulations Corporal Patterson Dear Editor, We are so delighted to read that Corporal Patterson has been recognized for service in the U.S. Marines and in Iraq. We congratulate him. Originally, we were sorry that he hadn't been written up in our local papers when he returned from duty in July 2003. We had to read about him in the National Post. (Maybe we missed the local coverage.) Anyway, he now has the appropriate recognition by , his fellow Canadians. Sincerely, Joan & Richard Chaffe Kendal "Let us not forget" Dear Editor, I believe John Mutton, our Mayor and his councillors councillors should be commended on naming a street in Newcastle after a young gentleman that served in the U.S. army overseas in the war in Iraq. Let us not forget those that have made Canada the great country it is. All the men and women who served our country overseas in the two world wars, and other wars in between. I hope by November 11,2005 all street signs will be erected throughout Clarington, honouring honouring those great people. Thank you. J.C. Francis. Orono Please, keep the chocolate! Dear Editor, Not another chocolate fundraiser! I question the recent "Campaign for Literacy" program program implemented by the Orono Public School with a chocolate fundraiser. 1 would think literacy would be a part of our every day academic program! According to 'Statistics Canada, 34% of children between 2-11 years are over weight and with physical edu- per week, why on earth are we promoting the eating of chocolate? Honestly, in a small town you can only sell so many chocolate bars to your friends and neighbours. Half of the case ends up staying staying in the household, and with Halloween coming--there will be even more junk food in the house. We know and accept that fundraising has become a common component for schools in order to support their art programs, clubs and intramural sports. However, promoting chocolate con sumption geared towards sports programs is contradictory. contradictory. Hey but guess what--when each child sells a case of chocolate bars they get a chance to win a 5 lb. chocolate bar. Surely there are other ways to raise money. I'll be glad to donate $60 to the school, but you can keep the chocolate! Sandra Topper Orono cation only offered 2-3 times OPINION And they were led by a child byJ.E. Graham , Ah, John Tory!! Is he really really as young as he looks? Is he really as good as he looks? The liberals, who draw down their salaries from our tax dollars, have been spending spending time designing a pink spoon. This is their humorous way of pointing out the mon eyed background of Mr. Tory, and his "pink" (left of centre) politics. Mr. Tory, who was elected this weekend to succeed succeed Ernie Eaves as the leader of the Provincial Conservative party. Of course, money in politics politics is not new. Two of the founding fathers of Canadian Confederation, Mr. Brown and Mr. Galt, were both wealthy. Mr. Brown owned the Globe, long before it merged with the Mail. Mr. Galt financed many projects from housing to railroads,in those bygone days. More recently, in the OPINION sh page 3