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i. AC Teli, Fear % p- EDITORIAL Finally, at last Somebody once said that good things always happen to those who are patient. That "good thing" happened for Port Perry's Community Memorial Hospital last week when the provincial Health Ministry approved the last major hurdle for the long awaited expansion. Queens Park notified the hospital that it can now ask for tenders on a contract for this major project and that was the green light a lot of people have been waiting with great patience for the last few years. In fact, plans for the expansion were first unveiled way back in 1986, and now seven years later, finally, the final go-ahead. Hospital officials will take tenders up to March 4 and expect to award a contract by the end of March. That means construction will start in April and last between 18 and 24 months. Over the last seven years, this expansion project has been through three different governments at Queens Park (each with its own' philosophies about health care) and it was this more than anything else that led to the seven year planning phase. In announcing that the final approval has been granted, administrator Dave Brown, Board chairman Kent Farndale and building committee chairman Ted Griffen were all smiles, and rightly eo. They, and numerous others have worked hard on this one, they have'been patient but never gave up even in the face of set- backs and delays. And now, that it appears finally, work will actually start on the expansion, everyone connected with this at the local level must be commended. Likewise the community of Scugog. Groups, organizations, businesses and individuals have "dug deep" to support this project financially during a fund-raising campaign that began five years ago. ~It is a credit to the people of this community that they stood wolidly behind this hospital expansion and gave so generously through some very tough economic times. It's fair to say that $2.8 million is a substantial chunk of change. That's the "community share" of the cost of this project, and the target has been met. Hospital officials have nothing but' raising efforts in our community. This expansion bodes very well for the future of 'Community Memorial. It willnot add any beds to the hospital. What it will do with enlarged emergency, out-patient, physiotherapy and other departments is allow the hospital to meet the needs of the community now and in the future. Health care on an out-patient basis is certainly the way of the future in this province and this expansion will take Community Memorial into the 21st century. The final hurdle cleared last week virtually guarantees the people of Scugog will see a "shovel in the ground" this spring and about two years from now, the project will be finished. A lot of people have worked very hard for a long time on this one. And for that we say thanks very much for the effort and for sticking with it. Super what? You can bet there was a lot of gnashing of teeth in the boardrooms of corporate America Monday morning. The reason was Super Bowl Sunday. Can you imagine paying $800,000 for a 30-second commercial in a game that was all but over by half-time? | With Dallas running away with the Bills, a lot of fans lost interest early in the second half. If they aren't interested i in the game, they sure as heck aren't i ted in the And that causes a lot of $800,000 per 30 second execs to gag badly the day after. Perhaps if nothing else it may help put things in perspective. In this day and age, there is something fundamentally out of whack when a 30 second commercial costs $800,000 no matter who is winning or what the darn score might be. d to say about the fund- LIKE HEY DUDES... Hi] 4 YOU'RE BLOCK'N THE RAYS! J. MAH ONEY LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Whole truth must be told To The Editor: I read with great concern in last weeks "Misguided and Misinformed" letter from AIDS Durham that perhaps it is indeed the writer who is misinformed. I too believe AIDS is a ' societal problem that must be dealt with by everyone, but with the whole truth not just some of it. AIDS education and information is crucial but it is also very short. The disease is terminal, and there is NO CURE...The numbers infected are rapidly' increasing (according to Health and Welfare Canada) and those dying are still 80% homosexual male. (Info reluctantly divulged from AIDS Durham) The transfer of the disease is primarily sexual, and into the heterosexual community through the bisexual and through needle usage. "Limited government funding" has and continues to be extremely generous according to the financial report of "AIDS Committee of Toronto" $1,288,398.00 from various grants last year. The taxpayer is more than generously contributing to the aid and support of a problem that is still largely rooted in 3- 5% of our population. The homosexual lifestyle is dangerous, deadly, and morally wrong, and "THAT" is not being mentioned at all. My heart goes out to the infected and their families as it would to anyone in pain and suffering. No parent should have to experience the-grief u0desiand) and while I and pain of outliving a child. (The average lifespan for the homosexual is 42-50 years of age) The fact still remains however that this lifestyle is a "CHOICE", - for no scientific research or study anywhere, has been able to prove otherwise,- and "successful" help and support is available if you look, and look in the right places. Instead of getting the "whole" truth, we're getting a "politically correct" package that is more comfortable to live with and that eases the conscience of masses for not taking a stand...As Mr. Briley wrote on Jan. 5/93 "we have allowed this to happen". The writer stated proudly with the Human Rights Code on their side that they are non- discriminatory, however if you don't agree with the liberal pro-sex attitude, and condone the homosexual lifestyle you're not allowed to volunteer at AIDS Durham. It is a well organized and funded front for the re- educating of a homophobic society with the goal of cultivating attitudes of acceptability for this deadly lifestyle, through very subtle but effective means. I charge that the heterophobic attitudes would be closer to the root problem. I will fully support any educational endeavour that gives all the facts so a persori is able to make well informed decisions, but definitely not any that withholds the truth! Marlene Scott Port Perry P.S. One in three in our subdivision does not support this fund-raising event. Writer says thanks To the Editor: Thank you for printing my response (Durham AIDS Committee works to educate pegple in the Jan. 26 edition of the Citizen) to a letter that had appeared in the previous edition. I am sure you received 'many such letters as mine, I feel it is important to point out one fact that I failed to mention in my letter. While I work at Casey House House Hospice in Toronto, I am in fact, a neighbour. I own a home northwest of Port Perry commute to work each day along with many others, Port Perry is "home." That is where I shop, relax, visit, browse, picnic by the lake and skate on it in the winter. I mention this to clarify my position. My response was not only that of a nurse from Toronto, but also that of a neighbour, a customer, perhaps a friend. Thank you for printing both sides of the story. Deborah Randall-Wood, R. N. Toronto and Sunderland. S @n VAN CoML wu . S as a1i05