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a te aa "as nive 12 --- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, October 23, 1990 Editorial Comment (from page 6) , There has been friction, and there has been co-operation, 00. We would like to strongly suggest that this dump issue not pit the people of one area against the people of another. This should never de-generate into an "us-agin-them" sit- uation. If it does, Scugog Township will the big loser no matter what the outcome of the dump issue. To the citizens of Ward 4 who are wondering when the support from the rest of Scugog will materialize and in what form, we say. it will come. it may take some time to get mobi- lized, but it will come. We can't for one second believe that reasonable, thinking and caring citizens outside Ward 4 will let their neighbours be "hung out to dry" and covered with" hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Durham garbage. As the process continues and more information becomes available, the support will be there, and maybe this issue will be the catalyst that finally draws all the people of Scugog a bit closer than they've been over the last 16 years. We should be taking down the walls, not building new ones. We hope the residents of Ward 4 don't feel alone and isolated in their efforts to prevent this dump from ever seeing the light of day. As for residents outside Ward 4, take a good hard look at what is being proposed and make any commitment you can to help in the fight to stop it. 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To the Editor: This letter is in regards to the break-in at a local store in Port Perry between Saturday, October 20, 1990 and Sunday, October 21, 1990. Our daughter is a part-time stu- dent employee at this store. The constables investigating this break-in could not reach the owners and somehow found our daughter's name and telephone number. They called our home approximately 12:15 a.m. and asked our daughter to come to the store to identify what had been stolen. Our daughter obliged and went to the store. My husband got out of bed and followed her to the store to make sure this was in fact a legitimate call. There were three police cars there so he felt satisfied that she would be safe "and we expected her to return home after she had given any in- formation to the police constables that would help them. About a half hour later, our daughter called home from the store to say that the police con- stables had told her to get so- meone to board up the broken window and that she would have to stay until this happened because they could not stay around and babysit the store all night. We were absolutely appalled by this. Our daughter is only seven- teen years old and a part-time employee; this is not her respon- sibility!! If it is not the police's responsibility, then whose respon- sibility is it?? If no one could have been reached, would they have left the store unattended?? This is a comforting thought for the local merchants. Are the merchants to hire their own protection?? . Uppermost in our minds, is and was the safety of our daughter. We got dressed and went down to the store because we were not go- ing to have her alone at 1:00 a.m. in a store with a broken front win- dow. We assumed that at least one of the constables would have remained with her until we arriv- ed, however; when we got there she was all alone. Where did all these officers have to go all of a sudden? ? What other disaster this particular night required their attention?? We have a real problem with their course of action -- leaving a seventeen year old girl alone in a jewellery store with a broken window at 1 a.m.! What an invita- tion to youths cruising around looking for something to break boredom. Is this not the town that approximately three weeks ago was preparing for a gang warfare between youth groups? Are we being unreasonable? How many parents would like their teenage daughters left alone to guard a store that had been broken into in the middle of the night? We respectfully ask for an ex- planation from the Chief of Police. If we are unreasonable, we apologize, We admit that we do not know what the specific duties and responsibilities of the con- stables are in regards to this par- ticular incident. What we do know is that it is not our daughter's responsibility. If we had been quicker thinking and not so naive, we could have simple refused to be of help. Our daughter inform- ed us that the officers were not very polite in speech to her and that they tended to order her to do this or that. We must be incredibly naive, - because we expect much different conduct from the men in blue. Sincerely, Lorraine and Charlie Andrews, Prince Albert Who pays for trip? To the Editor: I am writing this article to see if perhaps I could receive some answers regarding the Port Perry Fire Departments (Hall #1) Ex- trication Trip to the U.S.A.. I am very interested to know who pays for this trip? As employees of the township of Scugog does the township pay for this trip? Do the families of these firemen attend? If the township does pay, I feel we as taxpayers have the right to know the cost factor involved! I am not trying to sound ungrateful as I am all for learn- ing new techniques but really, 'does this warrant Port Perry a trip to the U.S.A.? How many other departments are represen- ting Canada? Would it not be more practical to set up our own Extrication Competition/Seminar within Canada. Economically speaking, I don't feel that it's necessary to travel to the U.S.A. to take part in this event as I am sure we have our own excellent learning facilities here in Canada. I hope to hear a reply from either the Chief of the Fire Department or from the Township Office as I am sure several other taxpayers are awaiting a reply in next weeks paper. Sincerely, H. Martin Port Perry, Ont. Editor's Note: Captain Don Steele said the Fire Department pays half the cost (air fare and accommodation) for the team members. This will amount to about $4,500.00. 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