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6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 9, 1999 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PUBLISHER - J. Peter Hvidsten GENERAL MGR. - Don MacLeod MANAGING EDITOR - Jeff Mitchell REPORTER - Chris Hall OFFICE MANAGER - Gayle Stapley ADVERTISING MGR. - Deb McEachern Member Ontario Community Newspaper Assoc. PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 E-MAIL: port.perry.star@sympatico.ca 1 Year - $37.45 (includes GST) EDITORIAL POLICY: Opinions expressed by columnists, contributors and letter writers are not necessarily those of The Port Perry Star. Letters must be signed and the will be corrected if brought to the editor's attention. We reserve the right to edit of refuse publication of any ma connection with any advertisement in any subsequent issue or the refund of any monies paid for the advertisement. 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ADVERTISING: Ginni Todd, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Heather Mack, Linda Clarke, Janet Archer PRODUCTION: Trudy Empringham, Pam Hickey, Daryle Wright, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew, Scott Ashby, Editorial comment Take the time for Remembrance Someone wants a few minutes of your time Thursday. Actually, it's just two minutes. And the people seeking it want nothing more than for you to pause, and silently reflect on the sacrifices made by generations of men and women who have served and persevered during war time. Officials with the Dominion Command of the Royal Canadian Legion have called for a resump- tion of the observance of two minutes' silence on Remembrance Day, Thursday. In doing so they are asking us to harken back to a time when we were more willing, it seems, to pause and give people and events their due. Over the years the two minutes of silence that were observed at the 11th hour on the 11 day of the 11th month have been lessened -- first to a minute, and now to just a moment. You could say that's in keeping with the ever-more frantic pace of our world, and the lives we lead. But that doesn't make it right, or appropriate. "It's been said that in this day and age, 30 seconds is a long time," observed Dominion Command spokesman Larry Doshen in the press. "But two minutes isn't much. Some people don't have any minutes left after going to war." Indeed. And as time goes on, and the numbers of vets among us grows fewer, it will be up to generations who have never known war to carry on the tradition of Remembrance. Why should we? Because if we forget we are doomed, to a future devoid of its honourable past. Because a society that does not remember and learn from its struggles ceases to hold its freedom dear. Because we owe it to them. So Thursday, take two minutes for Remembrance Day. It's the very least we can do. MIKE | HARRIS JUST...ONE ... MORE = ADJUSTMENT! (@) TAX CHIROPRACTOR So) Ji AA EE KpoDA Port PERRY STAR ~ |GA move necessary to compete To the Editor: How kind of Jil McIntosh to express her concern over the fate of the downtown shops in Port Perry (Letter, Oct. 29). But her com- parison of the viability of stores in Oshawa's downtown to those here is ludicrous. Most of the stores in Port Perry are specialty shops selling items that people do not need day to day. After years of fighting the traffic caused by ill-conceived planning in Port Perry and trying to find parking at the IGA, I no longer shop in town. The issue here is that a long standing business that has employed people in the area for many years can no longer compete with one that was allowed to build on a site that has ample parking and the square footage to maintain a large selection of wares. It's nice that people from out of town can come to Port Perry on a whim, walk the downtown and window shop in a nostalgic setting, but unfortunately I have grocery shopping to do and you're in my way. Both issues can be addressed by allowing the IGA to relocate. As for Ms McIntosh being "shocked and saddened" that Mr. Dietlein doesn't see the need for a study, cheer up; one will probably be done, the IGA will be allowed to relocate and once again time and money will be lost. H. Ross Port Perry by J. Peter Hvidsten Random Jottings WHEN IS A MAN NOT A MAN? Sl" per recently, | found the thoughts - regarding the use of "man" to describe Ss or titles echoed my own sentiments. titer suggested that the word "man" has no ee i patomed Ji jobs (a or e 10 more § While reading a letter to the edi- tor published in a Toronto newspa- man isg Lid a short form for the word the meaning associated to man, salesman, manhole and so on to chairperson, salesperson and personhole, is just plain stupid. | couldnt agree more. The ultimate stupidity, he wrote, would be to call a woman a woperson, a human a huperson and mankind...personkind. Since the early 1970s, when society started on this road to being politically correct with every word in the | vocabulary, I've always resisted the idea having titles changed to appease a few radicals. Many in this community will remember the late Yvonne Christie, who served as a local councillor, regional councillor and ember of the Durham Board of Education. | vividly remember during | her term as chairman of the board of educati being called chairman, spurning called a chairperson or chairwo It still amazes me today, that word =o than a century ago are being manipulated (or is that personipulated) and re-written for our politically cor- rect world. ~~ Callme old... call me stibboim. call me what you "like, but Im going to continue referring toa chairman insistedon an notion of being 3 created more' as a chairman. As a courtesy, | will no doubt address a woman holding the esteemed position as madam chairman, but never as chairperson. This old dog is just not about to change. It appears as if my "thumbs down" to the new red, flashing sign on Water St. struck a nerve with the owner, (see letters to editor) The intent of comment was not to offend anyone, only. to point out an apparent about face in direction this township has gone with commercial signage. Only a few years ago it would have been impossi- "ble to have installed any kind of flashing signage. : 'Remember the great pains the township went to, pre- ~~ venting the Royal Bank from even a back-lit sign a few years ago. reed the elimination of sandwich board and other types mobile signs. "His point about the Water st. patios surrounded by beer advertising is an excellent example of the appar- SIGNS, SIGNS, SIGNS Remember how strictly the township en ent of the sign by-law. i i { i { { 1