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OCNA Member edfor:john B McClelland CCNA Member = THE CEN adv it ng manager : valerie CNA CCNA. weekly ity » i is distributed, free of charge, 2 Founting : Sibylle Warren to over 12,000 4, ys s ; ernal optimist : Liz Drebit 24 'commen inand omega Seri 36 WATER ST., PORT PERRY, QNT. L9L1J2 feature writer: Heather McCrae CCNA Verified J z ike "Proud Canadigns, prowd to call Scugog - Circul C iptions sold outside Scugog Township. Phone : (905) D856? Fax: (905) 985:1410 Good for Durham East MPP Gord Mills. Mr. Mills, along with Township Mayor Howard Hall and illor Ken Gadsd chair of the Scugog Economic Development Committee, met last Friday afternoon with Vonne Haigh, of Scugog Employ Services. (SES) They are trying to find ways to keep this needed and valuable service alive in Scugog Township. SES, which provides all kinds of services for those ou of work in Scugog, has been operating since last fall with an $18,000 grant frond the federal government. That grant will run out at the end of this money and without new sources of revenue, there appears to be now way to keep the' SES office open. On Friday after meeting with Ms. Haigh, Mr. Mills pledged to do what he can at the provincial level. And he's moving fast. On Monday, he sent a detailed two page letter to Mike Farnan, i i of education and job training with the provincial government. Not only does Mr. Mills put a very strong case to his colleague on why SES deserves not to die, he shows a huge days. "I can tell you that this issue is very important for my riding. W# need a (jobsOntario) brokerage in Port Perry, without there would be tremendous hardship for many of my constituents who have no jobs, no (public) transport and very little hope yet." He goes on to point out to Mr. Farnan that the jobsOntario fund for Durham Region is $1.2 million to create 2,272. To date, only 20 jobs have been created in Scugog, and five of these were arranged through SES. There are nine months left in this program. As Mr. Mills points out'in his letter, there is no public transit in Port Perry yet ly all the.services for the )| = Keeping S.E.S. understanding for the unemployed are going through these published by Scugog ¢ Citizen Publishing Ltd. So gubithers John B. McClelland, Valerie Ellis BERR OH MOM WAS IGHT | SHOULD gE: A DOCTOR OK WEATHER WANT COMPLAINING AB ABOUT THE HEAT IN JULY. AVE Cy respect, To the Editor: Dear community. I have been struggling for several weeks to find the right words to express my thoughts and emotions are in Oshawa. People on UI or social. assistance often don't have the luxury of owning a car, or even access to a vehicle, In this day and age when there is 80 much public cynicism quickly and write so eloquently on the need to keep SES alive in this Township. He has certainty done what he pledged to do. Let us hope that his Queen's Park colleague Mike Farnan (the guy with the real clout in 'matters such as this) reads this letter fully and towards politicians, it is heartening to see Mr. Mills act so | concerning the commupity's to the perf of our local police force. 1 started to piece this letter together at the time of all the hoopla over Halloween. It is a bad the local paper buzzing with letters, articles and editorials. What was ever the outcome? Writing seems almost can find a few dollars to keep a much-needed service going. By the way, Ms. Haigh formally applied to Durham Region for a jobsOntario sub-brokerage contract and was turned down a littie more than a week ago. Getting people back'to work has to be the first priority for government at any level these days as the high rate of t is rapidly b Ng a dant now. I don't believe that the'issue has been properly addressed, yet it is even more important to me that I finish this letter. Every day men and women from our emergency forces, particularly the police, go into SES has helped in Scugog Township. Let's see if the p: can help SES. Not a great start "We should learn from the past and this we should have learned: the political problem with Canada is Quebec and the problem of Quebec is Canada." With those words at the opening session of Parliament last week, Bloc Quebecois leader and official leader of the Opposition Lucien Bouchard made it plainly clear that he will use his federal presence to further the case for Quebec independence. If Bouchard thinks Canadians want to re-open the constitutional can of worms, or gét into Quebec i the ity tor d to calls for help. : In doing so, they are protecting the lives and property of the citizens of the community in which they serve. Police officers will be putting their lives on the line for every response. Community support would be nice, yet what I see is a We are Tropsiriile for ourselves and for each other. Our thoughts and actions affect those around us. he has totally missed the boat. Canadians outside Quebec and many inside, have had more than enough over the last three decades. They are worried about their jobs, their homes, their communities and the future of their children. They want economic leadership from Ottawa and will settle for nothing less. Perhaps this is part of Bouchard's strategy: he won't have to lift a finger as the rest of Canada might just get it over with and kick Quebec out of Confederation. It tes me beyond belief that the very institution that serves = humanity daily; sacrificing safety for our * protection is often second ssed, criticized, harassed, hu disrespected and judged. If one's honest efforts are met time and again with criticism, ° one may desire not to give one's best. : _ your job and 1 direct this comment to our emergency forces: in moments that test your gentleness and nobility, remember that we live in a world which is far from gentle. Know with confidence and assurance that you have the capacity and the ability to do do it the best way you know how. I respect and appreciate the contribution and commitment you are making to our community. Thank you. I have a lot of respect for people who put their necks on the line. . Xe are greatly influenced by and our on ES is the appearance of unity among people. We are part of the answer. There were a lot of concerns* and issues I wanted to voice with this letter, however, I'm finding it extremely difficult to put the words together clearly. I have grown up around fire trucks, am! and police cars. All of my life, my parents were members. of the local fire t and now my brother isafi T. It is with great pride that I tell you this because I know that my parents and brother would do anything t3. help someone pr self and others are shaped by the education .we receive at home, school and in the community. Our responsibilities vary and lie on several levels, making our role an important While we are spending so much Pp or Most. of my family's friends are either police officers, firefighters or medical personnel. I am hoping to follow in my family Bocoming a nurse or a paramedic. The words I did find to say, well, they come from my heart energy and time in d the action of police officers, I suggest you take a moment to review your own individual t7 for the trouble and violence so common in our daily lives. It is easy to point a finger and lay blame. It seems to always be the fault of somebody else for the probs ems. If we spent as much time and resources on correcting the as we do in laying blame and judging each other, we would have the | answers by now. 1: The d all the police officers, ambulance attendants and firefighters that I know as I typed this letter. 3 It is their faces and all their hard work that inspired me to write to those few people so ready to be critical. Not until you have experienced what our ency forces have experienced in the line of duty can you even begin to criticize who dey are and what they do. 'Who protects those who protect the community? Hopefully, we will protect each other by - making an active and conscious effort to work together as a the role the community and its institutions is important and necessary. It requires an active and conscious effort on the part of all parties ! involved. The purpose of justice and respect each of us.play within that Respectfully, H. Boyd, Uxbridge, Ont.