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RTHETLLESN es 7 wr 4 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, December 15, 1987 Editorial Comments The Development Like our faithful reader and occasional letter writer (see letter to the editor this week), we too are perplexed about some of the fin- dings and suggestions in the Market Impact Study prepared for Ot- ter Financial Corp. on the commercial component of the proposed Conway Place Development in Port Perry. For example, on page 29 in the Study, the first recommendation made by the consultants reads as follows: 'The tenant mix of the (new) centre should complement the existing retail structure of the downtown (Port Perry core) by providing services and goods which are either presently not available or are under supplied in the area." Further to the second recommendation, the report goes on to say "the tenant mix is critical and should be symbiotic with the downtown area such that the retail mall becomes an added shopp- ing attraction for the overall trade area (Scugog Township) including acting as a further draw for tourism." The study then goes on to suggest certain types and sizes of stores for the proposed new mall. A grocery store, a pharmacy, a fami- ly type restaurant, a Junior department store, pine furniture, records, shoes, clothing, household items and specialties. As the letter to the editor on the opposite page points out, all of the above can be found already in Port Perry, and certainly several of the proposed stores can be found right across the street at the Port Perry Plaza. There seems to be a contradiction with the study on the one hand calling for a 'complementary and symbiotic' mix of stores, and then suggesting retail outlets already found in Port Perry commercial core of Queen Street and the Highway 7A Plaza. Contradictions aside, the study by a well known consulting com- pany, does contain some valuable information and poignant obser- vations about Scugog Township and Port Perry. The Queen Street commercial core has become a very busy place in the last few years. It has enjoyed a resurgence with new and specialty type stores which bring a large number of visitors to this community. There is also a parking problem for customers. There is also a large number of Scugog residents who spend dollars on consumer goods outside the borders of the Township. The study does not even attempt to calculate how much money flows out of Scugog each year, but even a casual observer strolling through the Oshawa Centre on any Friday evening can't help but notice a fair number of Township folks doing their shopping. The concept of the plans for this Conway Place Development was first put before Township council about a year ago. Essentially, they call for the following: an indoor shopping centre of about 60,000 square feet of store space, plus an additional 20,000 square feet of offices, personal services, restaurant, and possibly a fitness centre, including a swimming pool. The residential component calls for a senior apartment building with 100 units, and four condominium buildings with a total of 90 units. Township council has yet to make even a preliminary decision on the proposed project. But council will have to make one very soon, at very least to either turn the whole thing down flat or preliminary approval in principle. We believe it is essential for the council and the community of Scugog to look at this proposal in total, and not just focus on the residential or commercial components. And the question that must be answered is this: Is Scugog Township ready for this kind of development on about ten acres of land on the north side of Highway 7A, across from the existing plaza? Will it be a benefit to the Township as a whole? If yes, will the long term benefits outweigh any negative impacts? These are pretty substantial questions to be sure, and ones that (Turn to page 8) Port Perry STAR & 235 QUEEN STREET - PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - Phone 985-7383 PO Box90 LOB INO J. PETER HVIDSTEN Publisher Advertising Manager Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Ontario Community Newspaper Association Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co Ltd Port Perry Ontario J.B. McCLELLAND Editor Authorized as second class mail by the Post Otthice Department Ottawa and tor cash payment of postage in cash CATHY OLLIFFE News & Féatures Pi Co ay Second ( «Sh on . {IP Wo \ 2 tay as3QS lass Marl Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate In Canada $20 00 per year Elsewhere $60 00 per year Single Copy 50° All layout and compos: hon of advertisements produced Dy the adver COPYRIGHT tising department of the Port Perry Star Co npany nied are protected under copyright _ "nA oat yr and may not be reproduced without the written permiss t the publirshe Chatterbox by Cathy Olliffe BRAVE NEW WORLD Yes, a whole new world has been opened up to the citizens of Caesarea. Cable TV has arrived. Until last week, our television menu consisted of Channels 3, 5, 9, sometimes 12 and 22. This wasn't a bad menu. We were used to it, and were fanatical fans of the CBC. How can you not love the Beachcombers and the Fifth Estate, when they're the only things on? It was, though, a trifle frustrating sometimes. Especially when friends would call and say, "Can you BELIEVE what's on the tube tonight? It's that murder and mayhem soap that everyone's talking about, starring Tom Selleck, IN THE NUDE. Are you gonna watch it?" "What channel is it on?" I'd ask, hopefully. "Channel 7! At 9 o'clock!" B Oh, yea. Channel 7. I'd point out to my pal that I'd love to watch it, but I don't GET Channel 7. It seemed, sometimes, that life was passing us by. With only rabbit ears to attach us to the rest of the world, we missed what sounded like Academy Award presentations every night of the week. So when we heard Cable was coming to Caesarea, well, we freaked. It might as well have been the Pope coming to Caesarea ---- we were just as excited. And after waiting what seemed an eternity, we were hooked up last week. At the moment of hook-up, ignition and take- off, our small house was filled with oohs and aahs. The picture was so clear! No snowstorms on Gail Smith's head! No fuzzy lines on the Smurfs! The Highway to Heaven looked smooth as a baby's bottom! Yes! It was like having a new TV. We were absolutely thrilled -- I ran out and bought a TV Guide, something I never bought before because it's too depressing seeing all the things we don't get. | And that's when we discovered a few abnor- malities about our cable. First off, nothing in the TV Guide matches up with our TV. Well I shouldn't say that ---- the Canadian stations all correspond to what the guide Says But the American stations don't match up at all. Channel 7, for example, according to the Guide, should be coming from Buffalo. I think our's comes from Detroit or Michigan, thus, nothing matches. : Channel 57, something we really wanted to see, isn't on any channel, period. And I believe CBLT (Toronto's CBC, channel 5), has disappeared off the face of the map. In their places are some pretty weird stations. A multicultural station with bizarre Chinese soap operas, East Indian rock videos, and smutty late- night Italian movies. A kids' channel, or an educa- tional channel or something, that seems to show nothing but Sesame Street. = ~ And Jeopardy! Honestly, you can watch Jeopardy almost all day on these cable stations. What's worse, this game show is practically ad- dictive. Me and Doug sit in front of the TV and guess the right answers (usually we're wrong) for a whole half hour, and then actually switch sta- tions to find EXACTLY THE SAME SHOW on another channel and WE WATCH IT ALL OVER AGAIN! Are we sick? Do other cable subscribers do this? Jeopardy isn't the only thing we see a lot of however. One time we went home for lunch, switched on the TV, and saw someone playing a piano on EVERY SINGLE CHANNEL. No guff, there were a couple of over-the-hill Vegas pianists with sequined jackets; a puppet tinkling the ivories with a chorus of puppets sing- ing in the background; a kid playing the piano, and a few women too. Nothing against pianos, but holy moley. EVERY CHANNEL. We laughed ourselves silly. I was talking to a few other Caesarea folks the other night, but they seem to be having no pro- blems with their cable. Why? They have converters. Converters! You mean we have to shell out $70 or so to figure out what station has what? To re-claim our beloved CBC? To take advantage of a month's free Much Music, TSN and First les? To watch the fires and accidents of CITY- You mean there's more to Cable than pianos? Hmmm, it might be worth the $70. THE LIMO I've heard a few people asking about a huge white stretch limousine that was cruising around town last week. No, it didn't belong to a celebrity. It was a ren- tal, paid for with the hard-earned wages of a young guy trying to impress a girl. He invited this young lady out to dinner, and told her he'd pick her up at eight. She expected him to show up in his parent's car, but at eight o'clock sharp, this most decadent of decadent vehicles showed up in her driveway. Faint and red-faced, she opened the door to a suave looking chauffeur, who said grandly, "I believe there's a car waiting for you,' and hand- ed her a single red rose. For once, this rather talkative young lady couldn't say a word. Other people in the house, however, myself included, were screeching themselves hoarse with delight. The limo escorted this rather impressive (Turn to page 6) ga