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.2 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, January 21, 1986 Dinner meeting wasn't Harvey's first time In Port Perry Harvey Kirck charms Chamber and guests "I get a little wistful about it once in a while," he told an audience at the Scugog Chamber of Commerce ° annual meeting at the Latcham Cen- | Harvey Kirck admits there are times when he misses doing the nightly CTV National, News with partner Lloyd Robertson. : Chamber of Commerce president Peter Hvidsten thanked Harvey Kirck for his speech to a sold-out annual meeting at the Latcham Centre last week. Harvey was presented with a set of glasses inscribed with the name of his boat "Fair Passage." I CAN HELP I'm an Investors professional financial wlanner. 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"But then when I'm lying in bed reading a good book at midnight I say to myself 'Lloyd's not even home yet," and that wistful feeling soon goes away," Harvey added with a wide grin. - Harvey (Nobody Cal's Him Mr. Kirck) is often referred to as "the Dean of North American Broad- casting," for a career as a newsman that spans some 35 years. A big, burly man with a deep gravely-voice he is one of the best- known television personalities in Canada, thanks to 20 years with CTV National News, his ap- pearances on the CTV news pro- gram W5 and his own program call- ed 'Harvey's People." As a guest speaker for the Chamber of Commerce annual din- ner, Harvey displayed a quick wit and sense of humour in his easy- going 15-minute address to a sold- out 8 oti, "This dinner is sold out?" he ask- ed as he took the podium. "I've never considered myself much of an after dinner speaker and I'm scared as hell up here," he said with a twinkle in his eye. He had his audience chuckling with laughter as he told a story of doing a TV program about buffalo in Saskatchewan. : "The cameraman wanted me to get right into the middle of the herd. Buffalo do a lot of snorting and paw- ing the ground when they get angry and I also had to navigate carefully through piles of frozen "buffalo chips" that were all over the place. It was quite an experience," he said. He described his TV show, "Harvey's People,' as being simp- ly about 'good people with good stories to tell." And he méntioned the book he has written since leaving the nightly news aptly titled "Nobody Calls Me Mr. Kirck." : "When I came in the hall this evening, there was this guy standing there and he says "Hi Harvey." | had never met this guy before in my entire life, and he just calls me Harvey." eC address wasn't completely Nghe and humourous. He spoke about changes in technology in TV news reporting over the years which have made it possible to bring "events to the viewer quicker and from around the world. "We can see terrorists in action and earthquakes in Mexico," he said. : There is less time for reporters, but there is no reason for TV news to be exploitive just because of the technological advances. "TV news must exercise more' discretion now than at any time in the past," he said. But he said he doesn't accept the criticism that was levelled last year at American networks for giving the 2 hijackers of a TWA jet a world-wide audience through the television camera. Harvey told the Chamber meeting that he stepped down from the co- anchor position on the TV news because he "was tired of working nights." But he says he's far from being retired. In fact, with his writing and his contributions to other TV pro- grams, he's as busy now as he ever was. The dinner meeting last week was not Harvey's first visit to Port Perry. He told the story of how he bought a boat several years that had to be towed across Lake Scugog for shipping by truck. = | As the boat was being towed across the lake, a severe storm came up and the water became very rough. When "they reached the dock, Harvey said he was so relieved he kissed it. 'I'm probably the only guy who has ever kissed the dock in Port Perry," he chuckled. Following his speech, Harvey was presented with a set of drinking glasses by Chamber of Commerce rep Larry Emmerson. The glasses are enscribed with the words 'Fair Passage," the name of the boat Harvey owns and enjoys so much. Re-zoning approved Township council has formally adopted a zoning by-law which will allow construction of a funeral hom on the north side of Regional Road 8 and east of Carlan Drive. The by-law received the three necessary readings at the council meeting Monday afternoon. Also permitted by the zoning change will be a new ambulance garage on part of the property in question. The by-law was opposed by Ward 2 councillor Howard Hall. In recent meetings when the proposal was under debate, councillor Hall had expressed concerns about whether the cor munity was large enough for two .uneral homes. He also had concerns about the possibility of fur- ther commercial type growth in areas removed from the traditional business core of the community. Holding back your taxes will cost $$$ If you haven't paid your 1985 municipal taxes, the interest is pil- ing up at a rate of 1.25 per cent each month. Council has established by-laws for un-paid taxes at the monthly rate or 15 per cent annually if the taxes are un-paid for a full year. Similar penalties will be imposed on property owners who fail to make their payments in 1986 for this year's taxes. The 15 per cent penalty on un-paid taxes is the maximum allowed under the terms of the Municipal YEAR-END IN VENTORY : Sale Ends Sat., February 1, 1986 Act. 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