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IR iii ESR iii OP "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 6 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 18, 2000 PUBLISHER................. J. Peter Hvidsten GENERAL MGR... Don MacLeod oCha MANAGING EDITOR... Jeff Mitchell OFFICE MANAGER..... Gayle Stapley ADVERTISING MGR... Deb McEachern Member Ontario Community REPORTER............ . Chris Hall Bmpr Assos Freelance Writers- Heather McCrae, John B. McClelland PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 E-MAIL: port.perry.star@ sympatico ca Publications Mail Registration No. 07881 Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Company Limited, 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ontario - LIL 1B7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Year - $37.45 (includes GST) Six Months - $19.79 (includes GST) Foreign 1 Year - $96.30 (includes GST) BUSINESS OFFICE: Judy Ashby, Kathy Dudley, Janet Rankin, Lesley West ADVERTISING: Ginni Todd, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Heather Mack, Linda Clarke, Janet Archer, Malcolm Lennox PRODUCTION: Trudy Empringham, Pam Hickey, Daryle Wright, Arlene Cheel, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew, Scott Ashby, anadian oily $e CN A Association 'next door. 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 Letters must be signed and the telephone number (which wil not be published) included. Requests that a name be withheld will be honoured only i there is a compeling reason to do so. Errors wil be corrected if brought to the editor's attention. We reserve the right to edit of refuse publication of any material submitied. ADVERTISING POLICY: The publisher is not liable for sight changes of typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement The publisher is not kiable for other errors or omissions in connection with any advertisement in any subsequent issue or the refund of any monies paid for the advertisement. All claims of ero in publication must be made by Wednesday, noon, prof to the next week's publication, and, if not made, will not be considered. No claim wil be allowed for more than one insertion. Editorial Comment Drivers need a depot The parking of school buses in residential areas -- and the bylaws prohibiting the practice -- crop up with regularity as issues in Scugog Township. Strictly speaking, the practice is illegal. But, as is the case with other property standards matters, the municipality does not send its bylaw officer out looking to lay charges. Rather, the department responds when a complaint is lodged by a neighbour by asking that the vehicle be removed. It is a problematic situation. We need the buses and the people who drive them to get our kids to school. The drivers need the income. And their neighbours are entitled to enjoy their properties without having big, yellow buses looming The township's bylaw is sound. Large commercial vehicles should be prohibited in residential areas, when neighbours object. And once a council starts writing exemptions.into the law, they open up the potential for more challenges, and confrontations. So the law should stand. But we have to recognize the importance of the buses and their drivers. The company that operates buses in this area, Stock, is located in Sunderland; that means a long trip in the harsh early morning hours for drivers who can't park their buses near their homes. The driver embroiled in the latest confrontation asserts that the township ought to provide a depot in the Port Perry area where the buses can be parked, making them convenient for drivers while keeping them out of residential areas. She's got a good idea, but she's looking to the wrong entity to provide the space. The company that operates the buses ought to provide the depot, if that's going to be a solution. I's an ongoing problem that requires a solution. Ocugoqs newe ot winter pastime: lce hut racing... 0% -- A 0 S 3 | 8 Td s SYREN ro he koe CE TAREE RT Harris. Eli H FN 3 W. Hicks, N. McGratten, A. Dennison, ? Calahan, W. Port Perry Star Letter of the Week Intersection needs more work To the Editor: During a conversation with my neighbour, who owns the property south of the intersection of 7A Hwy. and the Island Road, he stat- ed that two more vehicles had crossed 7A Highway and gone into his field from the Island Road, since the flashing red light was installed on the stop sign Nov. I. This makes nine known cross- ings of the highway from the Island Road in the past 18 months. Itis surprising, when conversing with motorists travelling the Island Road, that a majority of them have not noticed the new stop ahead sign 600 feet north of 7A on this road. A preliminary survey has shown that 69 per cent of them have not noticed. A more comprehensive survey is being taken with the results being forwarded to the M.T.O. with the intention of petitioning the ministry to install an amber flashing light on this sign. Possibly a flashing amber light somewhat similar to the one 600 feet west of the intersection of 7A Hwy. and Durham Road 57 near Blackstock would add to the safety of the Island Road intersection. With the casino soon to be open 24 hours a day for the public's entertainment to play the very popular slot machines, there will be a dramatic increase in traffic, with many of the motorists unfa- miliar with local road patterns. The unbelievable luck of motorists crossing 7A Hwy. will eventually change with a'horrific accident involving an innocent motorist. Clifford Redman, Scugog Island RT I TT ------------