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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, June 26, 1990 Spelling standards? To the Editor: Where have our spelling standards gone? A glaring front page headline from the June 19 issue second section "Birdseye Carvers show the world "their" tops." This seems to be the most common error often used. Are there no proof readers any more, or have machines taken over? I hope I don't appear picky, but how will our young people ever know the difference if ex- amples are so bad? Nancy Bryans, Blackstock. Editor's Note: We are as troubled as the letter writer when spelling er- rors and typos appear in the Port Perry Star. No, machines have not tak- en over, yet. With an increase in the number of pages in the paper each week, there is a corre- sponding increase in the pres- sure on production staff to meet the printing deadlines, and er- rors are missed. Howefer, we promice to work hardr to catch those *A&#@$% typos and speling er- rers before they appeer. As for the machenes on which we seem to rely more and more these daze, have you ever tried to fyre one? Letters io the editor Need stop To the Editor: In April 1989 I wrote to Scugog Council with a suggestion. Water Street should be a through street. Queen Street should have the stops at that intersection. A driver heading east on Queen Street for a U-turn at the lake end of that street, really isn't going anywhere, yet that driver holds back other drivers. That vehicle with the right of way blocks nor- thbound and southbound traffic, as well as the traffic making a left turn to go north on Water Street. People parked at the rear of the Life's Like That "by Julia Ashton Starting Sunday, Ontario has wide open Sun- day shopping. Ontario's Supreme Court struck down the Re- tail Business on Friday. (Doesn't it just seem that everything is uncon- stitutional lately? The abortion law was pegged as unconstitutional. Patty Star's court case was unconstitutional. The constitution was unconsti- tutional.) : Anyway the Supreme Court said the Holiday Act violates freedom of religion and equality, so retailers (regardless of their religion) will be swinging open their doors for business on what has been traditionally a day of rest. Personally, I'm torn between whether there should be Sunday shopping or not. As | said earlier, Sunday is traditionally known as a day of rest, a day to spend with the family, a day of worship. But let's face facts: Some people don't like to rest, don't have a family to spend the day with (or don't want to spend the day with family), and haven't got a religious bone in their body. Or how about Jewish people? Their day of worship is Saturday. Sunday has absolutely no religious bearing on them at all. And that extra day of business would be ideal for people who need to make a little extra cash. Take students, for example. That extra five hours of work on a Sunday could help put them through college. But then there is the flip side. How about the shop owner who doesn't want to open on Sundays but his competition is beat- ing his business into the ground because it is open on Sundays. And how about the employees of businesses that decide to open on Sunday and are forced to man the store? Some very serious guidelines have to be laid down about Sunday shopping, like uniform shopping hours (for example noon to 5 p.m.), employee rights, etc. Unfortunately, Ontario's Premier David Peter- olidays Act as unconstitutional son didn't have the guts to do it and he passed the chore over to municipalities. How will there ever be any uniformity if every municipality in the province is in charge of its own Sunday shopping policy? Now that the Supreme Court has ruled the Retail Business Holidays Act unconstitutional (taking the heat off the Premier to allow Sunday shopping), | think David Peterson should get on the ball and set some guidelines before all heck breaks loose. * & & & Ever wondered why so many things are the way they are? For example, why are bowling shoes so ugly? Has anyone seen a great looking pair of bowil- ing shoes? | hazard to say no! In my recent readings | fumbled across the answer to my long sought after question. The mystery was solved in a book called "When Do Fish Sleep and Other Imponderables - of Everyday Life" by David Feldman. In the book, Mr. Feldman has collected doz- ens of questions similar to the above mentioned that have puzzled mankind for ages. Anyways, back to the bowling shoes. Guess what, bowling shoes were never meant to be "aesthetic delights," the book states. "The weird color combinations are designed to discourage theft. First, the colors are so gar- ish, so ugly, that nobody wants to steal them. And second, if the rare pervert does try to ab- scond with the shoes, the colors are so blaring and recognizable that there is a good chance to foil the thief." The book is wonderful. It answers some other tough questions like what causes bags under the eyes, how do blind people tell different de- nominations of paper money apart, where's Donald Duck's brother, why are toilet seats in public restrooms usually split open in the front, and why do toasters specify which side to toast one slice of bread when both sides heat up. For Better or For Worse® by Lynn Johnston sign Queen/Water St. Post Office and others who plan to go north, just might use Water Street, if it were a through street, and so avoid crossing Queen on Perry Street. Bicycles should use the former railway bed along the lake. A Y- branch to Lilla Street near the end Former art To the Editor: We are seeking your help to locate former students of the late Canadian artist, Arnold Hodgkins, 0.A.C.A. - 1911-1989, of Leaskdale, Ontario. Arnold taught many fine art classes in Toronto, and in the areas north and east of Toronto. A final show of his work called "One Half Century of Canadian Fine Art" will be held at his Deer- of Balsam Street would en- courage other cyclists to stay off Lilla and Perry streets. A bit of grading plus a stone chip surface makes a good bike path. James H. Dann, Port Perry, Ontario students foot Gallery, Leaskdale, Ontario, from August 24 to September 3, 1990. The gallery and property will then be sold. To help update a mailing list for the show, former students please send names and addresses (0 Allan McGillivray, Box 60, Zephyr, Ontario, LOE 1T0. Thanks for your assistance. Sincerely, Allan McGillivray Smoking on airplanes To the Editor: This letter expresses the deep disappointment of Canadian physicians with the federal government's decision to not im- plement the smoking ban on inter- national flights by Canadian car- riers on July 1st as promised. We are distressed to see that the profits of the airline com-. panies and the tobacco manufac- turers take precedence over the health and wellbeing of Cana- dians. Surely those who looked to Hon. Doug Lewis and his govern- ment for leadership on this vital issue deserve better than this. Yours truly, Marcien Fournier, B.A, M.D, CS.P.Q. President, Canadian Medical Association Editorial Comment (from page 6) And that, along with the fact that astronomical profits can be made in illegal drugs, is one of the major reasons why there is a major problem with illegal drugs in this country. For many, the rewards are worth the risks. That's why drug gangs are turning to teens and pre-teens to do the "street work." And that's why they are recruiting 12 and 15 year old girls from the suburbs (or anywhere else) to work as "mules." They know that even if a young "mule" is caught in Jamai- ca, or Mexico, friends, family and sympathetic strangers will go through the hoop to raise enough money to pay the fines and bring them home. I's a travesty. But perhaps some hard and valuable les- sons have been learned from this latest incident. They are fair- ly simple. Firstly, it's so easy to get caught. Drug enforcement agen- cies around the world are not amateurs. A Canadian teen- aged strapped with a body pack is easy pickings at customs. Secondly, getting caught abroad is no picnic, and foreign au- thorities aren't very sympathetic. Thirdly, if we accept the fact that long and miserable jail terms and/or hefty fines are what is in store for drug pushers if caught in a foreign country, why are we in Canada still pussy-footing around with slaps on the wrist for those caught dealing at home in this dastardly busi- ness of illegal drugs? IF YOUR AD WAS HERE Over 20,000 people could have read it this week. That's a lot of potential customers for your business. For advertising Made Easy call the PORT PERRY STAR - 985-7383 Hey, DID ou PASS, MIKE ? 'Bye! HAVE A GOOD SUMMER! EMM Mihi, 4 INSURANCE BRO 193 QUEEN ST., PORT PERRY, ONT. LIL 1B9 PHONE (416) 985-7306 ALL LINES OF GENERAL INSURANCE ERSON HOMEOWNERS - FARM - AUTO COMMERCIAL RS LIMITED » * a a Pe nd! a - AGGIE AI TE A a an os a A