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SN Cyisg1dsd vebesul KAal2 Yvdld 15.34 10 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, February 7, 1989 Random Jottings by }).P. Hvidsten (from page 8) John also made some reference to Cathy Olliffe's col- umn in the FAX saying "it happened to be one of the best you (Cathy) or anyone else, ever wrote on a subject of that tricky nature. It was dramatic, informative and thought- provoking; and also served (obviously in too subtle a man- ner for the ~___) to deliver a 'do-goody' message to your readership. Nice to see you making the keys crackle and pop again. Don't stop on his account, and try to avoid reacting to it." Getting back to the announcement of our First Place award for the special Heritage Section, our readers may also be interested in knowing the Star also placed first for the Best Tabloid Front Page in the Premier Awards of the Onta- rio wide competition. Both of these awards, which will be presented at the an- nual Community Newspaper Convention in Toronto in March, are gratifying as they were "Premier Awards". These awards pit all newspapers in the Province, regardless of size, against each other. This makes the victory much sweeter than competing against newspapers in our own class size. Awards such as these have no monetary value for a newspaper, but they are great morale boosters for staff and should be savoured by all those involved in producing the Star each week. To each and every staff member | say, "Thanks for your contributions to your award winning newspaper." Viewpoint by JOHN B. McCLELLAND (From page 7) Skating away when an opponent is intent on "gooning it It's digging down deep to overcome a two goal deficit and win a game, or working your tail off to kill a penalty. " These are the kinds of things the team has been doin lately and it's paying off. - 9 9 Of course it helps to have some talent, too, and the team has no shortage of that. Even back in mid-November when the wheels nearly came off, it was not for lack of tal- ent, but lack of that intangible "chemistry." - Regardless of what happens the rest of the way, | give a lot of credit to the players for picking up the pieces over the ost den weeks and restoring more than a degree of respect- y. And credit to Ken Harman who took over the head coaching duties when the team was at a very low point. He Was walking into a mine-field, and he had to tread very gin- gerly. For those who don't know this, Ken wore a MoJack sweater for several seasons not too long ago, and I've been told he never missed a game or a practise. He tended goal for MoJack teams not known for their defense, and there were games | saw that Ken got pelted with a lot of black rubber. But he'd stand in there, even when the score was getting lop-sided in favour of the other team, doing everything he possibly could to k out of his "Ay ying he possibly eep the puck | vividly recall a playaff game one year in the old Bow- manville rink when the MoJacks were getting bombed on the ice and thrown around in the corners too. The Eagles were running through the crease and knocking Ken on his back-side at every opportunity. He'd pick himself up, make a couple of stops and get flattened again. It was painful watching from the stands. Ken could easily have sued for lack of support that night, and he must have been black and blue from head to toe when the game mercifully ended. But that's the way he played. | suspect some of that de- dication and determination has ru off on the players he now coaches. Whatever the reasons, the MoJacks 1988-89 version, appear to have turned the corner. They have proven they are copatle of winning hockey games against tough oppo- sition. The attitude seems to be positive on the ice and in the dressing room. I's nice to see. As | said at the outset, nobody can pre- dict how far this team might go this season. But one thing is certain, the product on the ice these days is much better than it was was just ten weeks ago. LOOKING FOR R PLACE TO RDUERTISE YOUR BUSINESS? LOOK HERE.... WHERE THE CONSUMER LOOKS THE PORT PERRY STAR - PHONE 985-7383 Letters To the Editor: ' Although it has been two weeks since the Township approved a group home on our street, I am still angered in the manner in which it was done. In late November, the Presi- dent of the Board of Directors and the Executive Director for the Central Seven Association came to our house informing us they were planning on operating a group home next door to us. We were told that this home was strictly for five people who were confined to beds and wheel chairs and were totally unable to do anything for themselves. However a follow up letter from Central Seven had the home hous- ing just developmental handicap- ped people. A letter from the Township had Central Seven housing handicapped people only. The Township's letter went on to tell us we were invited to attend a public meeting on January 9th at which time we could voice either our support or objections to this proposed zoning by-law. How can a neighbourhood in- telligently make a decision whether to support or object to a group home if we don't know what type of patients are going to live there? At the public meeting Cen- tral Seven said the home was to house both physical and "developmental handicapped peo- ple. I told council that Central Seven's definition was too vague. Their definition under the Statutes of Ontario would include anyone who could not fit into the everyday normal routine of society. The three main questions I had at that meeting were 1) what types of patients would live in the home now and in the future 2) what was the restriction on future growth 3) and what happens when Central Seven vacates the premises? Mayor Hall promised me he would send a draft of the by-law to me clearly answering those concerns. With those answers the neighbourhood would then be given the opportunity to meet as a group to discuss whether we were in favor or op- * position to the rezoning. It took the Township ten days to send me that promised draft. It arrived on the evening of Thurs- day January the 19th. The draft by-law stated that both mentally retarded and people with physical handicaps with limited mobility would be housed in 'the group home (this was not what Central Seven told us in November). The draft also made no mention con- cerning the restrictions on future expansion. The covering letter which accompanied the draft gave us only three days in which to appeal. The day before a weekend was insufficient time for a neighbourhood to meet as a group to address an issue that was going to affect us all. And although not stated in the letter, the Council intended to pass the rezoning on Monday during its regular day time hours. Very con- venient to avoid our participation. - The Township gave us no option but to appeal based strictly on lack of information. On Monday January 23rd at 2:30 p.m. the Mayor called me at my office questioning our appeal. After our conversation Mayor Hall understood our need to review the draft by-law and to be given the promised opportunity to meet as a neighbourhood to discuss the situation. Mayor Hall asked me if a week would be suf- ficient time. I told him it would. The Mayor also said he would pro- vide me with a copy of the Plann- ing Act (4.11.5) I had requested in 'Angered at group home decision my appeal as it pertained to the uses permitted within the Special Zone Categories that the group home would fall under. Ar- rangements were made for one of my neighbours to pick up the pro- mised copy of the Planning Act during her lunch hour the follow- ing day. However what the Township gave us when we went to pick up the copies of the Plan- ning Act was a signed copy of the approved rezoning. NO EX- PLANATION! No copy of the Planning Act! No opportunity to meet as a neighbourhood! Mayor Hall, why the big push to pass this rezoning? Why would you call me at my office and say one thing and then turn around and do another? What is it that Council and Central Seven are not telling us? Were we getting too close to discovering something that you felt pressured into pass- ing the by-law quickly? Who ac- turally purchased this house just a month before Central Seven stepped forward and made public its interest in it? What future amendments to the by-law are you and Central Seven planning but are not telling us? How can you cater to the needs of one group while disregarding the con- cerns of those who have to live with your decision? Steven Edwards Prince Albert No concern for rural residents and roads After reading the article in your Jan. 31/89 Star, Councillor Marilyn Pearce pushing for an extra $1,000 levy on lots and farm retirement severances, this money to be used to build a reserve fund for parks and recreation, if Councillor Pearce wants to put a heavier burden on the farmer who has lived in rural areas and wants to severance a lot to build a house for his retire- ment by an extra $1,000 or the young couple who would like to build a house in the country, either way it will cost them an ex- tra $1,000, If she took a drive on the rural roads she would find Peterson and French To the Editor: Health care and housing are the number one problems. Yet governments seemingly only act after the fact. They govern by polls and expensive consultants and spend money like drunken sailors, often on issues that favor minorities while ignoring the mostly too silent majority. While people die awaiting medical treat- ment, the Peterson government along with the federal govern- ment agree to spend $100 million to promote French. At the same time Peterson with his huge ma- jority (like Bourassa) ignores the plea from the Red Cross for help with its $1 million dollar deficit on its homemaker program that serves 187,000 people in Ontario by keeping people in their own homes rather than $400 a day plus hospitals. The cost is less than $10 a day according to the Director of Home support services. The Ontario government not long ago spent $500,000 on a French study -- a study! Mean- while Health Minister Caplan ap- proved $1.3 million annual opérating ¢bst for a French treat- ment center that will cost $183,000 in capital funding and $44,000 for start up. And you guessed it -- 100 French speaking are being train- ed in Quebec, to take the jobs. French speaking in Metro repre- sent only 1.2 percent of the population. By the way, Red Cross Homemakers receive a starting wage of Only $5.22 an hour and after four years goes up to only $6.35 an hour. While Bourrassa thumbs his nose at the Supreme Court, Peter- son and his cronies are leading us down the path to Official Bil- ingualism. Pandering to the French minority! Bilingualism is costing Overburdened taxpayers $1.3 million a day. To date about $8 billion. The Federal deficit is well over $300 billion - a debt that is Twice that of the U.S. on a per capita basis. As Auditor General Dye said "Democracy Is On Trial." Gov't waste is the most in- sidious of crimes against the people. Sincerely, Dean J. Kelly, President, Association of Dedicated Canadians that the money could be better spent by improving the desperate state the rural roads are in. I live on the 7th concession road between north Nestleton Road and the Caesarea Road, for over a year there was a 2' x 4" piece of wood stuck out of a hole, also there are three culverts under the road draining the water from east & west of the road. Also, the Pickering Sod Farm, I looked at them last summer they are up over the surface of the road, one of them was rusted through. I went to the township office several times to see Roads Superintendent Ronn MacDonald, but never could get hime in his of- fice, I decided to write a letter to him telling him that I had a pro- blem with the road drainage run- ning to my property and there is no ditch for the water to drain off, only to flood my property. He did not have the decency to contact me about the problem, I talked to a Road Superintendent of another Township about my problem, he said if I got no action to write a letter to the Mayor. I did so to the former Mayor Jerry Taylor, giving my address and phone number. He did not have the decency to call or do anything about my problem either. In the fall and spring rains, the water washes gravel off the road over half of my field. I want something done about it or I will stop the water by putting a pond in the corner, holding up the water and flooding the road. What we need for Councillors in Scugog Township is not Marilyn Pearce who only cares about the people of Port Perry, but all of the residents of the township, it seems the only concern with lot- teries and municipalities is sports, parks and recreation, hospitals, roads or welfare of peo- ple of the community don't matter. Yours truly William Montgomery RR1 Nestleton, Ont.