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FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2000 6 - "WEEKEND STAR" PUBLISHER................ J. Peter Hvidsten GENERAL MGR.......... Don Macleod MANAGING EDITOR.. Jeff Mitchell OFFICE MANAGER.... Gayle Stapley BUSINESS OFFICE: Judy Ashby, Kathy Dydiey, Janet Rankin, Lesley West, Heather Callan Atv ADVERTISING: Ginni Todd, Cindy Jobin, NEF oni Maden . - CL Fresiance Wiers- Hodthaw McCrae, John 8. MeGlotae, Published every Friday by the Port Perry Star Company Limited, 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ontario - LOL 1B7 Janet . A Lisa PHONE (905) 985-7383 Distributed free in the following communities: Port Perry - Uxbridge - Sunderland - Little Britain - RR Lindsay Janetville PRODUCTION MANAGER: Pamela Hickey FAX (905) 985-3708 Oakwood - Manilla - Seagrave - Greenbank - Brooklin - Ashbum - Columbus - RR Oshawa Production Staff: Trudy Empringham, E-MAIL: port.perry.star@sympatico.ca Caesarea - Blackstock - Raglan - Nestleton - Yelverton - Prince Albert Daryle Wright, Arlene Chel, Richard Drew | | EDITORIAL POLICY: Opinions expressed by contributors and letter writers are not necessarily those of The Port Perry Star. Letters must be signed and the telephone number (which will not be published) included. that a name be withheld will be honoured only if there is a compelling reason to do so. Errors columnists, Requests will be corrected ¥ brought to the editor's attention. We reserve the right to edit or refuse publication of any material submitted. ADVERTISING POLICY: The publisher is not liable for slight changes or errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement. The publisher is not lable for other errors or omissions in | connection with any advertisement in any subsequent issue or the refund of any monies paid for the advertisement. Al claims of error in publication must be made by Wednesday, noon, prior to the next week's publication, and, if not made, will not be considered. No claim will be allowed for more than one insertion. OPINION That fleeting season A quick glance at the calendar reveals that, despite how often and strenuously we may declare it unbelievable, we have arrived at the mid-point of this summer. : : Some may argue we're still waiting for the season to begin, but that's another matter. It is at this point that it is important to- take stock of what's occurred thus far and the time remaining in the summer, to see if we're getting the most out of the season. A check-list, if you will. Have you: 0 Spent a sweltering afternoon sitting in the kids' wading pool and sipping lemonade (slapstick fans will want to include flippers and a snorkel)? "0 Sat out late under a starry sky, watching for shooting stars? Q Mosied down to the local ball diamond to cheer on the fastball/slo-pitch/T-ball players? : Q Considered the way a west wind teases a towering oak on a sunny day? Q Run back and forth through the sprinkler like a three-year- old, or failing that, gone crazy and sprayed your spouse with the garden hose? Q Watched every moment of a lingering sunset over water? Q Driven with all the windows down, even if you have air? That's an extremely brief list, to be sure. The point is that even though it's just begun, the season is waning. It's time to take time, and enjoy it. Autumn will be here before you know it. 0 and ENTAIL Lh ee TT THAT'S ALL WE NEED AROUND | HERE - ANOTHER Summer fun's what these kids - Jordan and Shandel Stewart of Woodville - have in mind. They're the grandchildren of Ron and Doris Stewart of Uxbridge, and john Ross Holliday of Beaverton. If you have an interesting picture we could use for Photo of the Week, please drop it by The Star office, or call 985-7383. LETTERS To the Editor: I must respond to Timothy Camp's letter (Signals needed at intersection, July 14), calling for two traffic signals at the new subdivisions on Thickson Road in Brooklin. Thickson Road is a major artery through farmland - yes, the "country" Camp bought into when he purchased his house. The sub- division builders realized this. That's why ~ there's a grass median and a street dividing Thickson Road from the first row of houses. For a child to "enter into the Thickson cor- ridor" (which really means "run into the road"), it would have to leave the front law, cross one street that has traffic on it, and cross the grass median first. 'Watch your kids; don't fence 'em in Any child young enough to do that without thinking doesn't need a fence. Instead, that child needs parental supervision. What is a child that young doing playing in the street? Camp signs his letter "Citizens For A Better Brooklin". Brooklin's been just fine for the last 100-plus years. What Camp really means is "citizens for a Brooklin that's completely tai- lored to the needs of my family". If he's worried about needing a fence to keep chil- dren offa oy that's already a street, sidewalk and a medidn away, maybe he should just go out and spend more time watching them. - Jil McIntosh ~ Oshawa To the Editor: What next? Site plans for windmills? Could this end up like minor variances, not that it is right or wrong, but that you have to pay some government legal thief to pull money out of your pocket for their benefit? Is there no way we could be charged for the sun shining through our windows? The size of the panes possibly. What this man has done is create a clean source of energy and not have to rely on the pollution factories to the south Something tells me we're over-governed in Pickering and Darlington, that still have no solution for their waste. Every time someone complains, they lose some of their freedom and I also lose some of mine. Likely, if money changed hands, the windmill would be a whole lot quieter. By the way, why not name the com- plainers? It affects us all. | believe we have the right to know. Vallie Lovering Port Perry