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= ee a es 10 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, January 31, 1989 Letters Dangers on the road are increasing To The Editor: On January 23 I was north bound on Region Road 2 just north of the pump house when a black car registered to a local resident attempted to pass the car behind me as well as my car at a very high rate of speed. A car travell- ing southbound was in immediate danger of colliding head on with the car. Both the southbound car and my car were forced off the road to avoid what would other- wise have been a fatal accident. The car continued northbound without so much as slowing down. I caught up toiit at the lights at 7A and Region Road 2 took down the license number and got a good description of the male driver and then reported the incident to our local police. The police were prepared to charge the driver with unsafe driving which carried a $126.00 fine and 6 demerit points. g However, later that evening the police called to inform me that the driver of the car was not charged as he was a visitor from abroad and is returning home in a few weeks. He also could not produce his international drivers license when the police asked him for it because he forgot that it was at home. The police told me they did not issue a traffic ticket since the driver would skip the country without paying and the courts would be powerless to do anything about it. If the charge was laid and the driver chose to skip the country -and then returned to Canada at a later date there is a slim chance he could be charged. However he could simply skip the country again before his court date came up. I can not believe that someone driving that dangerously can not be held responsible for his ac- tions. What a legal system? Only if he had caused an accident would the registered owner of that car been partially responsible. What continues to bother me is the police are unable to prevent that same driver from continuing to drive illegally for the re- mainder of his stay in Canada. The police said the most they could do is to remove the driver from the car and contact the owner to come pick their friend up. No charges could be laid! To the owner of that car (who I could name) I would like to say that your young son who was a passenger in that car is alive to- 'day only because of the quick ac- tion taken by two drivers. And to the Durham Police Force I would like to see radar traps on a regular weekly basis Hey Scugog, there is a To the Editor: We recently built a home at View Lake, and for those of you who ask where's View Lake, we are situated on Old #57 past Caesarea and North Nestleton and before Janetville. We are Scugog townships last stop, or at least part of View Lake residents - are. You see, we are border peo- ple, half of us are Scugog, and half of us are Manvers. The west side of the road is Scugog and my children attend Blackstock school, while across the road is Manvers, and their children go to Bethany. What it comes down to is that our tax money goes to Scugog. My complaint is that we in this area have no support from our representatives on council or from our tax money, except for school bus and school attendance. The Road Department from Scugog rarely touch our roads, though Manvers always complies. This hurts because our tax money is supposed to cover this expense. Because of this boundary, we also have problems of other sorts. My neighbour two doors down has a 416-986 number while I have a 705-328 number. There are ap- prox. 5 home who have this pro- blem from Scugog, and the pro- blem is that I have to phone long distance to my son's school, and Apology for long wait To the Editor: In reply to a letter from Mr. & Mrs. Howe appearing in a recent issue of the Port Perry Star. . Perfection is difficult to attain. "We try our best" is the best anyone can do. Unfortunately, er- rors do occur, expecially in the restaurant business. We are the "new kid on the block' and as such we are having some growing pains and are under great scrutiny from the public. Where is Jottings? To The Editor: Every week I look forward to Peter's 'Random Jottings." I looked throughout the paper for his column but every now and then it does not appear in the paper and the whole family is disappointed. We enjoy your column very much and hope you can find the time to write it weekly. Thank you very much, ~ Siegfried Frank, R.R. 3, Port Perry. We are very sorry that Mr. & Mrs. Howe had the unfortunate experience of having a long wait for their food. Occasionally two pizzas are ordered, sometimes one is for take out and one for eat- in, and upon occasion the two piz- zas are identical and may get mixed up. This is not an attempt at an excuse, there are none when you're in business, merely a possible explanation. Something of this sort happened to the Howes. The person in charge of- fered them their meal for free and another complimentary meal. What else can we say, we cer- tainly did not deliberately make them wait a long time for their meal. We do have many, many happy, regular customers, but we will try to regain any unhappy customers we may have lost. We would also like to re-iterate the sentiments of Mr. & Mrs. Howe in that the other businesses of Port Perry have an excellent reputa- tion as we, and I'm sure the thirty-two staff members we employ support many of the Port Perry stores. We hope someday to be regarded among the best. Signed Good Food & Good Times Sam Chiusolo Port Perry between Port Perry and Shirley Road. There are far too many people driving too fast and taking too many crazy chances en- dangering the lives of other motorists. Since mid December I witnessed a truck attempting to pass another motorist roll his vehicle and another accident which resulted in a car being broad-sided. The police may be powerless to charge foreign visitors driving in Canada however they should be able to stop Canadian drivers from driv- ing in a similar manner. Steven Edwards, Prince Albert Recyling difficulties (From page 7) the routes back on schedule. This was achieved by January 16, 1989. We appreciate the patience, understanding and support ex- hibited by many area residents during this difficult period. ge Yours truly Glenda Gies, Manager Durham Recycling Centre Inc. Whitby, Ontario View Lake! long distance to any municipal of- fices in Scugog township. I have talked to Bell telephone about this problem, and all they could offer was a 416-986 number with an ad- ditional "hefty"' charge to my monthly phone bill for the in- convenience. Not Likely! It is frustrating in that we in this area, have to rely on our Manvers neighbours tax dollar benefits, in order to get any work done in this area, work we should have our township providing from our tax dollars. We have no street lights or gar- bage pick-up, though we do take our garbage to Blackstock dump site, and even there we were ask- ed why we didn't take it to Janet- ville dump site. Our Road #57, in- to the area is in poor repair, our speed limit is 60 km, but no one seems to take notice, especially the many gravel trucks that pass our way. Being a parent of small children, this is a major concern of mine as our home is on the main road. I would like to see a sign that expresses that there are children in this area, drive carefully! I like this area, & we've lived here for five years, it is my home. But, I am concerned about these problems and would like people from this area who are concern- ed too, to write me. I would like to see council open a public park for our. children to play at. Nestleton, Blackstock & Caesarea all have parks witli ball diamonds & play equipment & community centres, so why not View Lake? Don't our tax dollars mean as much as these communities? I want Scugog township to know you have people 'at View Lake who have something to say, and who also need their tax dollars working for them... Thank you Mrs. J. Walton P.O. Box #97 Janetville, Ontario LOB 1K0 Remember When? (From page 7) Burnett. Ken Boyd played a stand-out game in the net, backed by a strong defence of Pickard, Carnegie, Burnett and Morley Davidson. | Efficient service and good fiscal policies have allowed the Port Perry Hydro-Electric System to reduce its rates twice dur- ing the last two years. Grocery prices from 1959: organes - 5 Ib. .. 55 cents, Swift's Premium Bacon - 1; 1b...39 cents, Cake Mixes...3/$1.00. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 6, 1964 Mrs. George A. Raines of Port Perry celebrated her 92nd birthday on February 2. A five generation picture of her family was taken last summer showing Mrs. Raines, Mrs. Lloyd Midgley, Mrs. Robert Pickard, Port Perry, Mrs. Herbert Rit- ter and sons Stephen and Robert of Oshawa. On February 2, 1964, Mr. Silas Reynolds, Lilla Street, Port Perry, celebrated his 96th birthday. Ontario County Junior Farmers' Debating Team have ad- vanced to the semi-finals and will now compete against Nor- thumberland. Members are Marilyn Downey, Bob Robertson, David Howmorte, Frank Barkey and coaches Mr. White and Mr. McPhail. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 7, 1969 A person well known to visitors at the Municipal Building, James Wyatt, has decided to retire from his position as caretaker of the Port Perry Municipal Offices. Over 200 people from Port Perry and area attended a recep- tion for Anna Forder and Richard Stephens on Saturday night at the Masonic Hall. The occasion was to honour Anna and Richard on their victory, becoming the Senior Canadian Pair Champions in Figure Skating for Canada. - During 1978 visitors arrived at Peel's Poultry Farm in Port Perry from countries such as France, Lebanon, Mexico, Japan, U.S.S.R., Spain, Sweden, Portugal and Poland. Mr. Ted Griffen was elected as the 1969 Chamber of Com- merce President, taking over the position from Mrs. E. Wood. 700 dozen Flamingo butter tarts took a flip on Thursday when Ron Abraham upset the truck north of Seagrave. Robert G. Lee, Simcoe Street, Port Perry was one of 200 graduates receiving diplomas from President F.C. Jorgenson at the Winter Term Convocation held Saturday at Ryerson - Polytechnical Institute in Toronté. He graduated in Civil Technology. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, January 31, 1979 On February 1, 1979, Scugog Community Care celebrates its First Anniversary. . : More than 400 athletes from Junior Farmer clubs across On- tario will compete in provincial winter games, February 24. Two girls from the Scugog area are competing with the var- sity women's curling team at the University of Guelph this year. Elaine Elliot, a graduate of Port Perry High School is skip of the university team, and Cartwright High School grad Louise Van Camp is lead. , Port Perry ladies took top honours in Beaverton in the Rob- bie Burns Spiel last Thursday. Skip Shirley Lee; Helen Parish vice; Bev Fellows second; Judy Latta lead, made up the trophy winning rink. The Scugog Township Roads Department budget for 1979 has been set at slightly over $1 million, of which $537,000 is covered by direct subsidy from the provincial government. Port Perry Agricultural Society president Grant Parrott presented 25-year plaques to Roy Robertson & Elmer Lee for their servie to the Port Perry Fair. Denture Therapy Clinic JOANNE DEKKING, D.T. 1330 Ritson Rd. N., Monday to Saturday (Ritson at Taunton) A36-9888 7 Oshawa, Ont. L1G 626 PICTURE IT PAINTED! Benjamin Moore & | CENTRAL Pal SIkkens "e WALLPAPER © run N 295 Ritson Road South -- OSHAWA -- 434-3939