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Citizen Calendar What's Happs ning In & Around Scugoy! The C non-profi (first c The C 4 WEDNESDAY, MAY 1st * Luncheon 11:30 AM & Euchre 1 :30 PM at Latcham Centre. » THURSDAY, MAY 2n 2nd Gambling studies cause concern BY THE BOOK with David S. Daniels Feelings run deep over the proposed casino for Scugog Island. Some adamantly oppose it, raising environmental, traffic and social concerns, while others, a majority it seems, see the benefits of 220 jobs and the infusion with 1.3 million problem gamblers. The director of Harvard Medical School Center for Addiction Studies says, "We will face in the next decade or so more problems with youth gambling than we'll face collar crime is rooted in gambling; low income earners spend four times as mhich on gambling as high income earners. He says, "As more commun- ities seq what the actual results are, there will be , not just the stopping of with drug use" ("The | casinos, -but an actual . Invisible Addiction", Christianity Today, Apr. 8, 1996). Since 1992, a dozen casinos have opened along Mississippi's Gulf Coast. Jobs have increased, tax EE of money into the Spring Concert with organ, ano ad vara! mony Robert Goodman, ooo talons 8 P43 Graeribank United Church. Fee." professor at Hampshire + Commu Community Nursi Home s 3 Port ery Villa's faze College in Massachusetts, from 10 AM to 4 PN. BOO junch. Vendor info 3205. has studied legalized * 'Pastels" the work of Maoroon Dorinda Ham opens at Scugog gambling i in America. His Momerial Libra with a reception for the public to meet the are published artist from 1 to 4 PM. Show continues to 24th. "The Luck Bi « Craft & Bako Sal al Sougog Hall, noon to 3 PM. in "The Luck Business: Craft . Si d by UCW. The Devastating * Salad Supper, St John ian Church, Blackstock Cc d Broki from 5 PM. Adults $9; dor 12" $4; Preschool Free. Promises of Americas Voor Chisten Cone -Youh Yooh Cor Wha SAM Su 1 N A Gambling Explosion" (Free Icar. to 12, 3 nen Foo Boon 650 620 frwd Ad 1 Press, 1995) Cc LQ © Hot Linchose fom 11:90 021.00 or anona. ited Church: Sheep Club Evaluation Day, 10:30, Blackstock nds. Loam to evaluate sheap to purchaso. 985-2657 AY, MAY 5th pnniversary Toa in honour of Community Momo iniversary to be held in the oral ion Resource Centre from 210 4 PM. + ori niac Church VOW, Anniversary 10 AM service : Dale Davis. C Dinner - 2 settings at 430 and 6:45 PM, Entertainment by Pianist, B.J. Byers, 5:30 ickets $10. adults; $5. under 12. Tickets 985-2801, 085-3816 NDAY, MAY 6th Cartwright Union Cbmetery Board Annual Meeting, 8 PM at tock United Church. Plot owners & interested welcome. 8 TUESDAY, MAY 7th M t Central Public School & Comm munily Coun invite § you meeting, 7:30 PM in the Library of CCPS. Topic: ® * Whitby-Oshawi shan Eran Groom of sulle P | Society meets 7:30 PM ¥ at Arts Resource Centre, 45 Queen St. (back of City Hall), 4 Oshawa. Speaker: Louise Hope. Further info. call 683-2476. WEDNESDAY, MAY 8th * Mariposa Elementary School presents 'Clowns' (| 9), i 7:30 PM, performed by Grades 4 to 8, at Warpasa Schoo % FRIDAY, MAY 10th J * Hospital Auxikiary Silent Auction at Community Memorial, 451 ® Paxton Street, 3 to 8 PM. Proceeds to purchase equipment to L} benefit patients at our hospital. 8 "Rummage Sale, 10 AM to 4 PM, Colimbus United Church. 1 * Hot Luncheon at St. Johns Presbyterian Church, Guéen Strpet, Port Perry from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM - $6.00 MONTH-LONG EVENTS . Por Perry Seniors' ans at Latcham Centre : al i Ha2pv 3 Hi iii if Hl g Z3 £3 fz £3 =§ . $2. Gall 985-7567. + 'Reflections' Ladies Group meets 9:30 AM, at Emmanuel Pentecostal Church for coffee, crafts, friends. All welcome: "TOFS (Tako Of Pounds Sensible y) svery T 7PM at Anglican Church Hall. New bers welcome. § Soug09 Duplicatn Bre Gib moos Wednasdaye at Prince Albert munity Centre at 1:00 PM and 7:30 PM. . New members welcome. Info call 986-0767 or 985-2204. * Weekly Thur: i starting 8 PM. § $ he * Come and leam om TC endo second Tuesday. Hall, Bon) poi Lab Po Por i i ses-sbae, Call 576-2667. every Wednesday 7:00 PM at Catholic Church Hall. Save-a-Life a variety of CPR Ti . For further information - Informa . I i i RE RE ma Emm mE msm mSmSmamSmSmsmamSmEmsmEmsmemamimemamemamemamememm.d Casinos attracted more Americans in 1994 than major-league baseball and NFL football combined. But it is not just adults who have a love affair with gambling. Goodman discovered teens are caught up in this quest for a quick dollar. In Atlantic City alone, more than 30,000 underaged would- be gamblers are ejected from casinos monthly. Research in Massachusetts found that nearly 90% of teenagers had illegally purchased lottery tickets by grade twelve. Gambling is now believed to be the fastest-growing teen addiction in America, are up, and to city of Biloxi, on the verge of bankruptcy four years ago, has more than $12 million in the bank. But as in many other places where legalized gambling has gained a foothold, the' Mississippi Gulf Coast has also experiences "across-the- board i increases in crime, a movement to get rid of the: Do v we really believe that our community will be unaffected by a sixteen hours a day, seven days a Joek,! gaming facility grated on a rural road th only one way in and /out? Traffic, already a township problem on holiday weekends, will only be exacerbated. , ) We should not naively assume that the social problems found in other places hosting legalized gambling will not find - their way to tranquil Scugog Island. Having raised these concerns, it may surprise' some, when I say the Bible « gives no specific prohiby ition against gambling. Yet there are biblical prin- ciples which lead me to view gambling as an extremely risky way to generate revenue. I will raise those issues in next week's column. Garden Club Pine Ridge Garden Club last monthly meeting included the annual plant sale. K Petrie, Analda hl surge in d tic di and suicide attempts, , plus a heavier demand for help from churches and social- service agencies" ("The Mounting Stakes, Of Our Casino Economy", Christianity Today, Apr. 8, 1996). Robert Goodman draws several conclusions from his research into legalized gambling: it siphons local consumer dollars away from other businesses; 60% / of pathological gamblers resort to crime to support, their habit; 40% of white- DOOR CRASHER SPECIAL 1 Polished Brass 2 TABLE LAMPS 26" Tall plus 1 Matching Swing FLOOR LAMP All 3 pes. for only In stock ems only. Sale ends May 11/96. ELDON LIGHTING 133 TAL i RD. Ww "OSH AWA 1323 Herbally Yours 180 MARY STREET, Unit 1A, PORT PERRY 985-0861 NEW HOURS As of May Ist for even better customer service MONDAY 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM TUESDAY 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM WEDNESDAY 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM Thursday - Extended Hours 9:30°AM to 8 PM FRIDAY 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM Sunday - Summer Hours 12 Noon+to 4 PM Nurseries, was the guest speaker and her topic was "Showing Technology" preparation and exhibiting of flowers, . plants, vegetables, etc. A lively question and answer session ensued. | Winners of the Monthly" Competition "April Showers" - a water viewing design - were 1st: Tettje Prins and 2nd: Shirley Love. The 50/60 draw was won by Gladys McColl. Dinner was held on . Saturday, April 13th at Nestleton Hall and was an outstanding success, with tickets already on order for year. Our first bus trip this year will be to the Six Nations Reserve on the Grand River near Brantford on Wednesday, June 4th. Cost of bus and tour of Reserve $20.00. For information/tickets call Shirley Love 986 - 5330. Next meeting and Spring Flower Show is Tuesday, May 7th - 8:00 p.ln. at Nestleton Hall. Guest spedker Bruno Pretto, Fun Our third Guy Farm, on fungi and ° h New 8 1 q Inter d always vo AND WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH A We STORE-WIDE SALE! : ednesday fo Saturday, May 1 fo 4 4 Stiop Early - Don't be Disappointed! 4 48 WATER STREET, PORT PERRY 985-0046 - Interac Vi OPEN 7 DAYS a WEEK! \ PORT PERRY HIGH SCHOOL CRAFT SHOW "160 Rosa Street, Port Perry Saturday & Sunday MAY 11th & 12th 10 AM fo 4:30 PM Admission $2.00 © © sponsored by Port.Perry High School Athletic Association Information call (905) 985-8840