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os uned, 1963 of my EDITORIAL] Thanks a lot Ray Jack, Charlie s of the Scugog T\ p Fire Department were Thite ma last Friday evening, and their contributions to this ity should be acknowledged publicly. The occasion was a retirement dinner for Jack Cook, Ray Gould and Charlie Lown. Mr. Cook retired as chieffrom Hall 1, Port Perry after serving 35 years; Mr. Gould retired as chief from Hall 2, Caesarea after-serving 33 years; and Mr, Lown retired as deputy chief Hall 1 with 35 years service, Add up all those years of service by these three men and they total 103 years, or more than a century. That is nothing short of incredible. several appropriate gifts and momentos from those in the industry and their coll on the vol department. It was a fitting way to say thank you for so many years of service to their communities. 'All residents of Scugog owe Jack, Ray and Charlie a word of thanks. Too often, the kind.of contribution they make goes un- noticed, or is over-looked, dnd words of appreciation are often few and far between, ; We are sure they did not set out more than three decades ago with the volunteer department in the hopes there would be a retirement dinner at the end of the trail. Again, we salute these three men for their long and yaluable years of service, and at the same time wish them "happy retirement." They have earned it. The right direction the all-Canadian final for the Stanley Cup that many hockey fans dreamed about, won't come to pass this June. Thanks toa skinny "kid" from Brantford who just may be the best hockey player ever to lace on a pair of skates, the Los Angeles Kings slipped past the Toronto Maple Leafs in Saturday night's seventh game showdown at Church and Carleton, and in doing so earned the right to meet the Montreal Canadiens for a trophy donated a century ago by an English Lord. For the Maple Leafs and their legions of loyal fans everywhere, the end was predictable perhaps. After running the Wings and the Blues to seven games, they just ran out of rabbits to pull from the hat. Not that the Leafs didn't play superb hockey, they did, but it's fair to say they advanced as far as they did with sweat and inspiration rather than pure skill with stick and puck. Their run this yeir was nothing short of remarkable. Who, back in October, would have-seriously predicted the Leafs would come within a goal of the Stanley Cup finale? More than anything, what the team did this year was restore something to the;Maple Leaf organization: respectibility. It has been sadly lacking for much of the last 25 years. The Leafs, like their counterparts in Montreal, are more than just a hockey team. They are a national institution, a treasure 'éven, that deserves to be polished to a brilliant shine, deserves to be held high and more than anything, deserves respect. The sport of hockey is one of a very few strands that bind the people of this country together. It transcends the regions and provinces, even language. It has helped to define the word Canada. Respectibility is back in the house that Smythe built at the '| height of the Great Depression. No more Maple Larfs; no more jokes about the Buds falling in October. One season like this one does not a dynasty make by Sy means. But for the Leafs and their long suffering fans, it's giant step in the right direction. At the retirement dinner, the three were presented with | » LETTERS TO THE EDITOR NDP and the environment To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to extend my congratulations to the organizers . of the Environmental Fair held recently at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex. Events like this ide local residents" with a better understanding of how important sound environmental policies are to our community. $s the New Democratic Party candidate for the next election, I would like to briefly explain how sound environmental policies and protections work hand-in- hand with our proposed full- employment strategy and help bring = about a more sustainable society and a more prosperous economy. Under the NDP jobs plan, a National Investment Fund would be created and would » industries fepresent important economic potential. It is mated that environmefitally-related enterprise is already worth $7, billion to $10 billion a year, and employs 150,000 people. As Canadians we have a chance to build on .these business. We need a federal govern- ment that acts decisively to integrate environmental concerns into the way we do The current approach to the economy is not sustainable. Environ- mentally friendly economic policies promote efficiency and and.to b world tion and generate jobs. leaders in dg¥eloping new Sincerely, technologies that promote = Lucy Rybka-Becker better- environmental Federal NDP Candidate for management and clean-up. * Durham, Training School good for To the Editor: Years ago communities like Scugog used to have a great amount of tolerance. Whether invest in innovative, it was locating facilities like commercially-viable Canadian hospitals, fire halls, churches, which develop and hools, Central Seven group market green technologies. homes or arenas, they were Our plan also involves always accepted - into¥ expanding and improving the neighbourhoods, federal Efficiency = and Alternative Energy Program. Energy efficiency and conservation reduce energy costs, increase competitivene8s, reduce harmful emissions and generate jobs. . As well, our proposed National _ Infrastructure Program places a high priority on environmental investments. Currently in Canada, green . If one could set aside all the SCOPE-organized hype and hysteria and objectively look at the application to locate a heavy equipment training " school on the 12th Line by the International Union of Operating Engineers on land that is currently zoned aggregate extraction, the tion seems Scugog should be thankful that the Operating Engineers selected Secugog Township to locate their training centre rather some other community. SCOPE obviously doesn't agree and is showing absolutely no tolerance whatsoever towards this rezoning application. As a community we can not afford to force decent proposals like a training centre to withdraw just because some neighbours don't want it. After all, if the previous generation of neighbours showed that kind of intolerance we'd still he travelling to Oshawa for pital care. Obviously, training and retraining are the ways of thé future in Ontario and we W.W. 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