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VIEWPOINT B. McClelland ETTERS TO EDITO JUST PLAIN BAD TASTE You may have heard of the mini- controversy between adidas Canada and Sports Illustrated magazine involving an ad adidas wanted to run that featured male members of a York Region soccer team letel in order for Port Perry resident John Foote. He's co-host of Reel to Real, a half-hour show about movies and the film industry, which is seen on Rogers Cable in Oshawa. The show, which has just been on the air six ths, will now go on Rogers naked, except of course for their adidas footwear. The soccer players were lined up in two rows with either their hands or soccer balls placed strategically in front of them The brass at Sports Illustrated refused to accept the ad, presumably because it is too controuersial. The magazine is being accused now of double standards when it comes to content as Sports Illustrated each year turns out its "swim-suit" edition full of pages and pagés of young females wearing the skimpiest of swim wear that leaves little to the imagination Adidas Canada has come out of this controversy with yards and yards of free publicity. In fact, the photo of the soccer team in the nude is being turned into a poster to he sold for $6 Adidias says proceeds from the poster sales will be turned over to charity A company like adidas can't buy publicity like this. Sports Illustrated, by turning down the ad has done adidas a huge favour Frankly, | have no opinion one way or another on whether the ad should haver been turned down, or whether Sports Illustrated has a double standard when it comes to exposed skin of males and females But | think the ad is clearly in poor taste. Does a company really have to dress soccer players in their birthday suits to hustle sneakers' Are there no standards of decency left in the marketing and ad business" And yes, while I'm on this topic, the Sports Mlustrated Swim Suit edition is no better as it is nothing more than a vehicle to market products using nearly naked females In this day and age, good taste has gone completely out the window in the name of consumerism. What a pity ON A ROLL... Congratulations are Cable province wide network, and there is a good chance it may evenrgél wider distribution, possibly ffi the United states. Rd John's partner on Reel to Real is Chris Heard wha'is a free lance movie reviewer with the Oshawa Times. John, of course, is well known in Port No valid reasons to turn down commercial request To the Editor: Re: Leave it residential ( Letter, S¢ "Citizen, June 22, 1993) "Alter reading the letter sent to you by Mr. Bruce Andrewsgl find it almost unbelievable that you could publish such a letter. I can understand Mr. Andrews has concerns for his neighbourhood, but wonder where he gets his information. Perhaps you will be so kind to give me Perry as a director with the Boreli Theatre group. But his real passion is film. There isn't much he doesn't know abput movies. He's very excited about where Reel to Real may take him, and personally, | wish him all the luck in the world with this By the way, John writes a movie review column for the Scugog Citizen called "At the Flicks." Over thé last couple of years, | have had pumerous favourable comments about this column in the Citizen It is credible, opinionated and highly readable--the three ingredients that make a good column If taking Reel to Real province wide is not enough, John is also going to direct a film for Rogers this summer It's called "Memories in Black Granite" from a stage drama he wrote some ten years ago Black granite is a reference to the Viet Nam Memorial in Washington and John says the drama is anti-war In working out the agreement to direct this film, John demanded an got the right to choose his own cast. And he has selected several well known Dorelian actors including his brother Steve, Norma Van Camp who was so brilliant in Streetcar Named Desire, Lorraine Chiusolo, Greg Banting, Brad Goreski and Dana Ballagh, and John's wife Sherri Nice to see good things happening for John Foote in the entertainment business. He's paid his dues. | wish him every success with Reel to Real and his TV directing debut in "Memories in Black Granite * The film is due to air on the Rogers Cable network in October = SNAPSHOT OF THE WEEK --=4 This tiny kitten was orphaned ata very early age and had to be nursed with an eye dropper We're pleased to say that the kitten who is named Newfie, scems to be doing just find thank you very much. This photo of Newf in a sock came from Mary Brady of RR. 2 Janetville the same t of space allowed Mr. Andrews. First of all, the request was not to rezone the property at the corner of Old Simcoe Road and Highway 7A from residential to commercial. | am led to believe the application is for a commercial designation on the above mentioned property, not a full commercial re-zoning. But as | am writing this letter | see the proposal has been rejected by Scugog council June 28. This letter may have no purpose. Well, it still has a purpose Mr. Andrews discusses several points in his letter, about the history of the property and his opinion on what happened over the yedrs, also his opinion on what may happen in the future. | would like a just reason on what the history of property has to do with this proposal, and furthermore, it is all based on Mr. Andrews' one-sided view of that history As for the accidents at the intersection, the one with the little boy who got a broken "foot," it happened away from the intersection entirely, and amazingly, not ten feet from a sign reading "watch for children." I am amused to think that anything going on at 14995 Old Simcoe Road had anything to do with that accident. Mr. Andrews "thinks" the property could become an eyesore like other commercial properties in the area That's nice. Have you noticed the great improvements at 14995 Old Simcoe lately? Mr. Dearling (the applicant) takes pride in what he does, and certainly is not sprucing up his property for something to do. Regardless of what Mr. Andrews thinks, fixing up one's property has absolutely nothing to do with the mentioned proposal, nor whether the place will look like an eyesore later on, which it will not. There are several other of his opinions that need to be addressed, but I feel I am wasting my time. Any person who figures his opinion is enough to stop plans of a local business to survive, should think again. Hopefully, I won't be losing my job, or another local person who has just started. But that doesn't bother people who don't have a conscience and think only about themselves. Perhaps Mr. Andrews can show me a valid reason why the proposal should be rejected, not just random speculation I would like to hear from him. Regardless, it has been turned down by the council, on the grounds of an imagined traffic problem. Perhaps the Ontario Municipal Board will think otherwise As for the council rejecting the proposal, just for' curiosity sake, please give me hard evidence about this traffic problem, and how a telemarketing based small business will affect it in any way Were any studies done? Or is that decision based on somebody's wild opinions? | would hope not. Ken Arnou, Peterborough, Ont O Canada To the Editor "Canadian Home." Oh, give me a home Where the Indians roam, Where the Bluenose sets sail to the sen Where the Canada Goose goes to live with a moose, And the loon gives the call of the wild Canada is my home, When everyone's at the Sky Dome, the Calgary Stampede; Beavers know how to read, And we love our Canadian home By Nicole Bourgeois (age 9) Port Perry, Ont UNSOLVED MyYgrER YI! There are probably a few people among our readers who can stetch their memories back to 1930, and they may even be able to recognize some of the faces is this photo. This is the Prince Albert United Women's Association If you can put names to these faces, give us a call at the Citizen at 985-6397