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6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, March 31, 1987 Letters Pool would be very popular a small area To The Editor: I am a resident of Port Perry and I have a complaint to share with the other readers of the Port Perry Star I have heard that there is a discus- sion about placing andther ice skating arena in the area. Well, | personally feel that one is sufficient We do not need two arenas in such Maybe the sport hockey 1s popular, but I think that the reason - for this popularity is because hockey is the only sport that we have good facilities for. Ifswe built an indoor swimming pool with squash areas and fitness clubs, | believe that it could prabably become just as popular So we can't just keep building one kind of facilities. Port Perry would be a lot more pleasurable if we had more and varied recreational fatilities Yours truly, Carrie Fielden Close doors of Sonya Church? (From page 5) People today seem to always wish life to be easy. They think 'Why should I put myself out. I'll just let somebody else do it." That works till there's no one else to carry the load. Far be it for me or anyone else to point a finger because we're all guil- ty. No one amongst us can be held blameless. If anyone who reads this and has children thinks that child may be a more complete person by receiving Replies to (From page 5) you insist on advising me, as to why and how I should compete. On the advice I gave about pre- conditioning, I didn't mean to go overboard. As far as weight-training goes, I didn't imply a hardcore body-building routine, but for most people a plastic dumbell set would suffice. You say people don't want to train and we should make the event possi- ble without training. In other words, you are against the physical condi- tioning required. Why is it then, the concern right now is for participa- tion (community challenge) and the need for our citizens to prove we are more athletic than others. Doesn't a challenging course encourage this? In this day and age, the success or failure of an event is all too often measured in terms of "*X" numbers + of dollars in the bank at the days' DUPLICATE BRIDGE March 25, 1987 Afternoon North & South Avg. 521, 1st - Doris Phinney & Grace Love "61 pts 2nd - Kath Burley & Harry Carnegie 58 pts 3rd - Elma Doyle & Eleanor Goulding 561 pts - - East & West Avg. 45 Ist - Marjorie Honey & Bonnie Davies 56 pts Tied - 2nd - Joyce Heard & Harold Brown with Bruce Beare & Jack Davies 54: pts 3rd - Geri Ty huis & Otto Czilok 47 pts Evening - 7 Table Mitchell North South Avg. 84 1st - Kath Burley & Mauda Ia mond MM! pts 2nd - Joan & Bill Lock 97 pts 3rd - Audrey & Peter Francis 9% pts East & West Avg. 84 1st - Doris Watson & Grant Real 881, pts 2nd - Dane Berker & Fred Mar shall 87; pts 3rd - Ross Sweetman & Harry Goulding 86 pts WEDDING INVITATIONS and Accessories PORT PERRY STAR 235 Queen Street Port Perry 985-7383 a formal Christian upbringing. You may be like myself with an infant you'd lke to have baptized or a daughter who wishes to be married or a loved-one you feel would rest forever peacefully if only a few kind words were said. You may be con- tent to hear a choice of angels sing at a Christmas concert. Maybe, just maybe, you'll complete your hard work week by listening to a man of God tell you an old old story and sum it all up with a word or phrase with a smile, a pat on the shoulder ~and a firm hand shake to get you through the week. I suppose its nice to reminise about the past and its even nicer to sit back and dream about the future but I believe that a more rewarding experience would be to carry the torch those people lit nearly a cen- tury ago. We can only try to be as brave ad as strong as they were, after all, it would be a shame to let them down. James David Lachlan Williamson, 'R.R.3, Port Perry, a former resident of Sonya. canoe race letter end. We must not forget the need to make people in this and other regions aware of the beauty and tranquility of the Nonquon River and its surrounding environment. It was my hope by retaining the full river course, people would always understand the necessity for preser- vation of natural, environments. unspoiled Sincerely, Rudi Jammer i. ~ Ex-Chairman- Canoe the Nonquon Committee $ * Ss a a . Fr = SF Eg] =~ \ past 2'% years. our - Value $9,000. and hnes. Value $3,000. CRIME = STOPPERS Crime Stoppers and the Durham Regional Police are asking for the Public's help in solving the Theft of Farm Machinery over the In August, 1984 a John Deere Tractor and Biller were stolen in the Blackstock area. In November, 1984 the Baler was recovered in the Ottawa area but the tractor remains missing. In March last year a Stooker was stolen from the side of a barn on Halls Road, south of Hwy. No.7 and never recovered. The stolen items are described as: 1972 John Deere Tractor, Model 2120, Serial 098982; Green in Col- Allied Stooker, blue and white with an Orbital Hydraulic Motor Woman's View By Chris Carlisle If only the dead could talk. We've all heard that one before. Now there's a new twist. If only the dead could hear. The crazy carnival atmosphere seems to have gone toa few peo- ple's heads down in Rio de Janeiro. There's a man there who sells coffins with stereo speakers. That way the dead can listen to the Beatles, Beethoven or Willy Nelson for all eternity. What a cruel trick.it would be if some nasty relative with a grudge instructed the disk jockey onthe graveyard shift to switch the dear- ly departed's selection from a soothing classical masterpiece to heavy metal. If the dead could hear, that is. I can't explain the logic behind someone buying one of the stereophonic coffins. Unless it's hope eternal that there's something more after death. But lying trapped in a coffin and never being able to adjust the volume, the station or mood would be my idea of Hell. What ever happened to a little peace and quiet? Apparently some journalist has requested that his underground radio-be eternally tuned in to the all news station. Is that so he can lie there thanking Heaven he didn't have to cover a particular news story or to keep him informed on what's happening in the world above? But how frustrating to hear of crime, decadence and madness and know that there's nothing you can do to change it. Or, if the body was once corrupt, to know he couldn't be up there enjoying total anarchy. If the dead could hear, of course. There's a little feature for the paranoid. An alarm system Just in case there was a slip and the guy was buried alive. Come on, in this day of embalming fluid and three day funeral home vigils? If anyone survives an embalming, he must be inhuman and maybe he's best left underground where he'll stay out of trouble. Some coffins also have a graveside microphone hooked up to the speakers. That way the corpse can listen to the graveside prayers. Is that supposed to be comforting? What if the widow arrived to sit for days, weeks, years, pouring out her heart with all the criticisms she always had? 'I hated the way you combed your hair." "I only ~ married you because there was no one else left." *'I always hated your cooking." 'The way you ate your peanuts drove me crazy." It's madness. Dead people can't hear. Oh sure, maybe there's a spirit that lingers on. Maybe there's a life hereafter, but I certain ly don't imagine they need electronic speakers installed into the casket to find out what's going on with the living. However, if they're throwing in radios, why not television sets? Why not have a trap door and send down pizzas from time to time? How bout a few bestselling novels and maybe a set of golf clubs? It's starting to sound like the Pharaohs where they buried all their possessions, gold and food to last a lifetime or two. Will that be the next step? Why not throw in the family pets too? Why not the whole fami- 'ly? It won't have to be till death us do part anymore. If one goes, you can all get in on the act and there you'll be, one big happy fami- ly. Only Dad won't be able to yell at the teenaged daughter to get fingers. No more broken nails or chipped polish. "And Junior need not ask for the keys to the car. Dad'll have them safely tucked in his pocket; always. } Mom won't have to pick up after the others any more. Things will always be in place. Right where shé left them. There'll be no more need for estate sales or wills. It ll all be ac- companying you into the dead zone. It'll renew a dead sport, however, Grave robbing. Only it won't be for the bodies. It'll be for all the goodies. Just like we do now to the Egyptian fombs. So I guess they'll need security systems. Burglar alarms: Guard off the phone. It'll be there cradled forever in her freshly manicured : Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the persons responsible for these offences. Similar amounts will be paid for TIPS leading to arrests in any serious crime. Callers do not have to give their names or appear in court. The Crime Stoppers numbers are: : 222-8477. Local to Toronto 1-800-387-8477 Toll Free for all calls Sgt. Sandy Ryrie of the Durham Regional Police Force writes this article to help combat crime. A Citizen Board administers the Crime Stoppers Programs of which there are now over 600 in Nort. "America. The reward money is raised through Tax Deductible dona- tions which may be sent to Toronto and Regional Crime Stoppers (Durham, P.O Box 54, Oshawa, Ontario. LIH 7K8. dogs Suddenly. you can take it with you. But why would vou want to? Yesterday's Miemories (From page 5) 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, March 30, 197 At the AllOntario Girls" Curling Cha pons of the Ont ato Federation of Secondary Schools Athletic Association the Port Perry rink of skip-Lee Howsam, vice Elaine Elhott, second Ahson McNab defeated teams from across the province Scugog Township Council endorsed a proposal by the Ontario Ministry of Housing for the establishment of a local housing authority covering all of Durham Region but excluding Oshawa « A lead Vicky Fairman, and coach Reg Philip took top honours as they + Chatterbox (From page 5) lems were all attributed to-good ole Matt, the fellow who insisted on chicken salad sandwiches from a restaurant that never serves chicken; the guy who asked one woman, who wasn't fawning all over him, "'hey, w hat's your pro- blem, chickie?' Chickie? Is that a new entry in- to the double-talk hall of fame, or is it aw ord reserved for celebri- ty use only, or is it merely a rude word spoken from a. man whose head is more swollen than a preg- nant lady's ankles? ' Ah, who knows. I just wish § some of these people could realize they are People, made of the same flesh and blood as everyone else, with no right, really. to think they're any better. If they realized this, gee. wouldn't the world be swell" 4 I wossible when the mood suits Viewpoint (From page 5) raise my own family there in that house. But that Ss not I'll probably have one more visit there in the next few weeks to maybe help with some packing. And I want to have a good look around. spend a little time in the itate hen Iwill take the good memories and do with them he only thing that one can do with such things: tuck the m awayv to be remembered every once in a while i th os