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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, August 23, 1988 Prince Albert and Area News by llean Pugh ning and Julie Bergshoeff who were married in Hamilton on Aug. 13th. Those who attended the Congratulations to Eddie Can- Editorial Comment (from page 6) ers and readers wallow in the 'big new story' ...... just like pigs at a trough. We have a problem here. "We", being both jour- nalists, and reader/viewers. There is a growing lack of respect for human dig- nity, and an increasing void of responsible judge- ment in the type of news journalism being produced today. The trend must be stopped ... for the good of all concerned. Journalists possess a powerful ability to influence, or in some circumstances, actually set the standards for acceptable behaviour. There has always been an unwritten law that journalists also have the obligation to behave -- and communicate in a manner which is most appropriate "for the common good". In our opin- ion, a lot of journalists are simply ignoring that re- sponsibility today. If journalists themselves don't put a stop to the sickening practices currently being utilized, others will eventually do it for them. The federal government has spent a substantial amount of time and money in the past two years to develop a new set .of obscenity and pornography laws. None of that new legislation dealt with situations similar to the example above. If an attempt to do so had been made, the media would quickly be scream- ing about "freedom of the press." However, there have been far too many instances lately where that "freedom" has been abused in ex- tremely self-serving fashion. wedding from Prince Albert were his parents Fred and Vivian, David and Lisa, friends Roy and Dorothy Hope, Merv and Ilean Pugh, Eddie and Mary Andrews, Keith and Maureen Fielding and Dave Sparling. Out of town visitors at the Can- ning home have been Vivian's sisters Carol Callihoo from Scott- sdale, Arizona, Donna and Keith Fleing of Ainsworth, British Col- umbia and brother Winston and Nancy Anton and family of Kitchener. Last Saturday, Aug. 20th, a reu- nion of cousins gathered at the home of Grant and Eva (Robert- son) Hunter. These were descen- dants of George Robertson who was born near the city of Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland in 1791. In 1845 he, his wife Hannah and two sons, Robert and David came to Canada and settled in Nova Scotia. Robert moved to Coldspr- ings, Ontario. The group atten- ding were from Coldsprings, Cobourg, Baltimore, Peter- borough and are the 4th and 5th generation. Congratulations to Hank & Renne Bouwmeester who celebrated their 25th wedding an- niversary on August 20th. This was a very special and happy time as twenty two members of the family arrived from Holland on Friday to help celebrate. Hope you enjoy your stay in Prince Albert and Canada. Les and Grace Beacock had grandchildren Philip Beacock, Craig and his friend Adam Hunter for a visit. Philip also spent a week with his uncle Grant in Oshawa. The Shirley Women's Institute met at the home of Irene Moore on Wednesday. One of the main items of business was the display's for Blackstock Fair on Saturday and Port Perry Fair, Labour Day. Ethel Robinson was in charge of lunch. rd There's love in the air in Prince Albert! Florence Smith received a phone call from her daughter Shirley Garvey in Japan. Shirley has joined her husband Howard who has been working there the past few months. Sandy and Irene Moore attend- ed the twenty-fifth wedding an- niversary of their daughter Evelyn and Larry Ashton at the Lion Centre, Bowmanville on Fri- day evening. Be sure and phone Earline Armstrong with your news for next week 985-7873. hands. wards the nozzle. ed tersely. ceede team. long, or in the days that fol Chatterbox (From page six) any of the people standing nearby. The process of threading on the nozzle seemed to take forever, but finally it was on. | wasn't even aware of Kathy doing the same thing right next to me, as | knelt down on the ground, clamped the hose securely between my knees, and began winding the hose around my arm for what | thought would be better support. "GET THAT HOSE OFF YOUR ARM! YOU'LL TEAR YOUR ARM OFF," someone yelled, and roughly unwound the hose from my arm, and placed it more securely in my At that exact moment, the water signal was given, and | felt, as well as heard, the great rush of water pumping up through the hose, gathering momentum as it pushed up to- "TURN THE NOZZLE, TURN IT!" the same voice instruct- The hose jerked upwards in my hand, and | fought des- perately to stop myself from falling back. Somehow | suc- , and still struggling to keep control of the snake in my hand, | twisted the nozzle a oned jetstream of water gushed out to freedom. Now all | had to do was direct the stream towards the tar- get--and with that, the race was over. We'd beaten the time of the other wives team, and had come in only 12 seconds slower than the slowest guys' quarter turn and the impris- Needless to say, there was much celebrating afterwards. Actually, we couldn't Stop talking about the race all night wed. I've never had an experience quite like it, and I'm hard- pressed to describe in writing what a thrill it really was. If the behaviour of journalists in the above- described circumstances isn't obscene, what is? Hazel Brooks spent a few days in Pembroke with some of her relatives. can Maybe if you ask Kathy, Julie, Sue, Sue, or Andy, they escribe it all better than | can. For now, though, let it suffice to say, it was a real slice. let Random Jottings by J. Peter Hvidsten GOOD GROWTH NECESSARY There is no doubt that Scugog Township and in fact, southern Ontario is in one of the largest build- ing booms we have ever witnessed. Is this tremendous growth good for us, or is there too much, too fast? Obviously, fast, uncontrolled growth is not good for any community and | doubt there are many that would agree with this type of growth. But, sound, sensible, steady growth for Scugog or any other similar community is not only good, it is ne- cessary. In Scugog there are a number of housing pro- jects now underway, while others await final approv- als, zoning changes, and an assortment of govern- ment "red tape" requirments. | am always amazed when new housing projects come on stream how the residents of the communi- ty band together to oppose or stall a project, just because they do not want it in their back-yard. The reason for these comments at this time, are due to an article | read recently in a neighbouring community newspaper. The article was "anti devel- opment" from paragraph one to the end of the full page story, and although the writer made some val- id points | felt there was a certain amount of alarmist sensationism in regards to development. In the opening sentence, author Magda Havas writes "a plague is descending on our countryside; the name of the plague is development, the slogan © is progress, its fuel is greed." She goes on to write about how the local coun- cil eagerly agreed to change the zoning on a piece of land following a gala dinner at an expensive re- staurant paid for by the developer. Although the story is ficticious that type of comment is outright misleading to the general public, who may take the information as the gospel. Granted, those type of incidents may happen, but I can assure residents in Scugog that any coun- cil we have had in recent years is above reproach when it comes to bribes by developers. In fact, a developer has to prove a need for development in any area of this township, be it industrial, commer- cial or housing, if it requires a zoning change. It always amazes me that those who are the strongest opponents of development in a small community are those who have moved out of the city into the country to "get away from the noise, hussle and bussle " of city life. They buy their dream home in a brand-new subdivision; plant their shrubs; build a swimming pool; put up a fence, and expect the rest of the world to stay away. Then a couple of years later when another de- veloper wants to build a similar housing develop- ment, so more people from the urban areas can come and enjoy the facilities of country living, this same person who was a "new resident" two year earlier doesn't want anyone else to move in. He pe- titions council, talks about the effects of population growth on the town; insists there will be too much noise; traffic will become a problem; and crime will run rampent if we allow more growth. In fact he will say one of the things that attracted him to the community was its "small town feel", and the facilites it provided for his family. Of course he doesn't realize that the land his house is sitting on now, was farmland just four year earlier, and there were others fighting and arguing that the area his "dream home" now occupies should not be developed. I'm sure each generation for the past 100 years has argued that too much development is not good for the town. If we carry the senario to extremes, the corner of Queen and Simcoe Street might still be known as "Borelia" today, if it had not been for care- ful, steady development over the years. Yes, Port Perry has survived! And it remains a unique, attractive and desirable community, not only to visit, but also to call home. No one wants to see it become a Markham or Pickering, but there is still oom for growth. | personally have no fear that our township council is going to sell the town out to developers, because each and every one of them proudly lives in this community. They want to preserve the quali- ty of life we are accustomed to having, and are not prepared to see it destroyed for the sake of a few dollars in the township coffers. So, lets have controlled commercial, industrial and residential development, so our children will have a place to live and work if they wish, without leaving home because there is nothing for them in Scugog Township.