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wp 6 -- Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday, April 28, 1993 " EDITORIAL Bouquets & bricks First the bouquets, then the bncks To the members of the Pon Perry Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs, and anyone cise who had anything to do with the Proud to be Canadian Flag tour that arrived in Scugog Saturday It was just a great day. made one feel truly proud to be a citizen of this great country You had to see the look of excitement on the faces of the youngsters who ran the flag into Pon Perry carly Saturday moming The unfurling of the very large flag in Palmer Park at noon hour was a moving sight as well Too bad the weatherman just didn't want lo co-operate very much for the festivities on Saturday. but the cold wind and the slate grey sky that threatened rain perhaps were typs cal of a late spring day in this country But the weather no doubt had eemething to do with the disappointing tum out of people Organizers had been hoping for more Sull. 1t was a good day and the Kinsmen and Kincties of Pont Perry, president Dave Goldberg. National Kin president Dave Robinson ( who lives in Pont Perry) worked long and many more 1d not hard on the preparations and their efforts should not go un noticed A ip 1 1 weekend tha [3 " 13 1] wry and businesses in Port Perry had flags stolen over the weekend and the pnts seemed 10 be busiest late Sunday might or carly Monday moming Not content just to steal the Canadian flags. those responsible also did damage to the polls What in the Lord's name has got into people these days that they have to reson to stealing Canadian flags flown proudly in front of homes and places of business The flag of a country 1s something special even if its worth just a few dollars, is an especially ugly kind of crime We would hope that if a flag stcaler is ever caught in the act and brought to face justice. the courts would hand down punishment more severe than just a hight slap on the wnsts Some people think a public flogging is not severe enough but in this day and age. that's out of the question Sill, the theft of the national flag leaves a feeling of anger and disappointment Finally. one would think that with all the publicity the environment has received over the past few years, our coun tryside would be almost spotless Not so, by a long shot, as about 20 volunteers found out Sunday aftemoon cleaning up along the Highway 7A cause way just cast of Pon Perry They collected more than 80 garbage bags of filthy trash, stuff that had been just tossed away Plastic cups and con tainers of all sizes, styrofoam bait holders. pop cans and bot- tes, large chunks of cardboard, disposable diapers, and an assortment other trash Talk about a throw-away world Talk about an assault on the senses to see this junk. not to mention an assault on the shoreline of Lake Scugog And that was but one small stretch of Canada, maybe half a mile at best Stolen flags. bags and bags of trash collected from the shoreline of a beautiful lake What a statement about a soci ety that claims to be civilized Makes one wonder just what, if anything, is ticking inside the heads of a few people If the flag stealers are brought to justice, they should be handed a shovel and a rake, and made 10 work cleaning up Lake Scugog's shoreline But even that might be 100 muchgo ask in this day and age To steal one ONIN IG 2 i 3 '" p ; M fm Od = 4 AA A NM ~v YY yr ; | KNOW 1TS' BEEN WET THIS MONTH. BUT, THIS 1S RIDICULOVS! Rob Craddock is a Scugog cartoonist and graphic artist. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Reader urges federal government to save by scrapping bilingualism To the Editor If the government is looking for ways to reduce the national debt, it might stant by scrapping 'force-fed™ bilingualism Face the facts The French lan guage 1s a minonty in Canada. in fact. it's a munonty throughout the world The Canadian government spends $4 billion every year on this That's about $10 millon per day. give or take a few dollars The feds spend $11 million each year to promote French in Saskaschewan where just one per cent of the population speaks that language Based on 1.000 teachers (20 students per teacher) salanes and benefits for government employ ees anending French courses full ume is nearing $2 million per day Transporation and interpre ation costs for Parliament cach year ts $105 milhon, not includ ing translation costs for every piece of paper The Secretary of State oversees 29 sub-agencies for bilingualism with a budget of $500 million annually (Ouawa Citizen, Apnl 1989) That was the 1989 figure, Today. it 1s closer to $900 mil hon This 15 one individual ready to say "stuff the constitution, bilin gualism and if necessary, stuff Quebec ™ | was bom and raised in that province and | am fed up watching my family members and English fiends who sull reside there, being bull-dozed into cxumcuon It's time English Canadians wok a good look in the muTor and sce themselves what they are sheep being led to the slaughter Not one of ow English speak ing politicians has the guts to stand up and say "cnough of this bilingualism ~ |f there 1s one out there who has the courage to stand up for English-speaking Canadians, then this man/woman will be the next pnme minister of the country All that person has 10 do is stand up and say "vive le Canada libre," and he/she will be a shoo-in And that's a fact Pat Stevenson, Oshawa, Ontario Youngster sees too much trash on Scugog causeway To the Editor When my mom drives me to school and my daddy drives me 0 hibckey | see a lot of garbage on the causeway | think that when you have garbage in your hand and you're about to throw it isto the lake you should put it in the carl br take it home with you The pier should be used instead of the causeway for fishing, because vis ors will think it's wo dirty Michael Thompson, Age 8 Nestleton, Ont. for length, stances are e Perry, Ont, LOL ae. ¥ we featsved i ie cr 4 endo sho. 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