The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

8 -- PORT PERRY 'STAR = Wednesday; August 9, 1989 Letters to the editor Found article extremely offensive To the Editor: This is in regard to 'Random Jottings" by J. Peter Hvidsten, July 25th, 1989. I found this article to be ex- tremely offensive. I was surpris- ed that he would feel much sym- pathy for Barbara Dodd who on finding herself pregnant had decided she did not want to go through with the birth. As he men- tioned in his column this was the third such pregnancy. My sym- pathy lie with her three unborn children and Greg Murphy who unlike Ms. Dodd were found not to have the right to choose. Asl was reading this column I was thinking how fortunate we all were that Mr. Hvidsten's twins were not conceived at an inconve- nient time in his life. Or I suppose more ADI opriatel) that his wife was willing to go through with the birth. If either of these had been the case we would all have miss- ed out on the pleasure of reading about them in his columns. I believe Mr. Hvidsten owes an apology to all pro-lifers. If he had thought for a moment about what the "pro-life movement" is, he would realize that it would not "get-up" the death of an unborn child in order to increase awareness of their cause. When making statements such as the one I have just referred to, Mr. Hvidsten should consider his own credibility. Yours Truly Maureen McIntosh Port Perry PUB. NOTE: The twins did come at an inconvenient time, but Ilove them just the same. DID YOU KNOW? Community newspapers have multiple readers and deliver an average of 4.68 readers per Copy. That translates into a potential of 32,760 readers of the Port Perry Star every week. For Advertising Made Easy call the STAR at 985-7383 ife's Like That by Julia Ashton Teach kids about bike safety Do you know where your child is? Has he just jumped on his bike to go down- town or to a friend's house? Is he wearing a cycling helmet or is his destination so close that it really isn't worth the bother?Or will the helmet simply look uncool and be left behind? The reality is that summer is open season on cyclists. You can read all about it almost every day in the daily newspapers. "Cyclist dies of injuries after being hit by car" newspaper headlines scream. | think almost everyone knows someone that has been hit while riding their bike. Some receive only cuts and bruises. Some spend months in hospitals recuperating. Others, un- fortunately, aren't so lucky. My first experience with death happened when | was 12. it was during summer vaca- tion. A school chum was riding his bike to town to % swimming. Tony never made it. On his way he was hit by a car. | was young at the time and really didn't un- derstand death. All | knew was that Tony wouldn't be joining the rest of us in Septem- ber when we started junior high school. But it wasnt Tony's untimely death that prompted me to write a column on bike safe- ty. It was five boys, around 10 years old, who were riding their bikes through town last Fri- day. Holiday traffic was starting to get heavy in Port Perry. | was on Water Street taking with a few friends when | saw the five boys dash across the busy road on their bikes. Tires squealled as motorists tried to stop their cars in time. Lisony no one was hurt. The drivers didn't have to live with the reality that they had hit a cyclist, but unfortunately the boys seem un- concerned with the whole ordeal and contin- ted riding their bikes carelessly down the road. Joanne Trotter knows too well what can happen when metal meets metal. Her daughter Kristy was hit by a car earlier this year. Luckily Joanne, a nurse, was with Kristy when the accident happened and was able to aid Kristy medically. "The mother in me left and the nurse took over," Mrs. Trotter said. She cannot comment about the accident because the case has not been to trial yet, but she does urge parents to talk to their chil- dren about bike safety. "You have to be watching all the time," she said. "Kids don't know what death is. Parents have to inform their children about bike safe- i. Kigs aren't going to listen to it from anyone else." : She would like to see all cyclists wear a flu- orescent orange strip on their back as a cau- tion for motorists. She. said the motorist doesn't always know what the cyclist is going to do and the driver should be prepared to 1 slow down. "| relive the nightmare whenever | see kids (riding bikes) on the street," Mrs. Trotter said. Kids make it pretty bad for the driver too." But Mrs. Trotter's story has a happy ending. After spending time at the Hospital for S Children, Kristy is home and "doing super." She will join her friends in Grade 2 at Greenbank Public School in the fall. Before your child becomes a grim statistic, teach him the proper bike safety rules, hand signals and benefits of wearing a helmet. Take your child to one of the many bike safety programs offered by local service clubs. The program tests the child's riding ability and has trained professionals who give pointers on how to make the bike safe for all riding conditions (lights and reflectors for nighttime riding, etc.). Every life must come to an end. Don't let our child's life end too soon. Safe cycling is st as much attitude as it is knowledge. Remember When? Quite a few fish from Lake Scugog have made the trip to Toronto where they have a good look at the human race from the safety of glassed in water tanks. The Department of Lands and Forests provide the transportation and free room and board for these finny visitors in a display at the Canadian National Exhibition. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 20, 1964 Central Ontario County District High School Board of Educa- tion's Scholarship was awarded to Edwin McCaig for the highest aggregate marks of 741 for nine papers. The Women's Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion Scholarship for the highest aggregate in eight papers including English and exempting the winner of the Board of Education's Scholarship was awarded to William Diamond with 606 marks for the best eight papers and 670 marks for nine papers. Mrs. Donald Milne, Port Perry, will be a delegate at the 16th Triennial Conference of University Women to be held in Winnipeg from August 16 to 21 at the Fort Garry Hotel. Connie, Stephen and Tommy Read, Port Perry, displayed an ear of corn which grew in quadruplet fashion in their father's garden on Queen Street. The tip of the cob multiplied into 4 distinct sections. Catherine Stainton, Blackwater, has been selected to repre- sent her Sunderland 4-H Club and Ontario County at the C.N.E. from August 26th to 28th. Congratulations to Margaret Kerr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kerr, who has successfully passed her Grade 13 examina- tion. Margaret won a $400. scholarship by obtaining 10 firsts. She will enter medicine at the University of Toronto in September. Congratulations to Mrs. V. SKerratt, R.R. 4, Port Perry, who was awarded six prizes during the Homecraft Show at the CN.E. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 21, 1969 . A portable classroom is under construction at R.H. Cornish Public School due to the high enrolment, Grades five and six will be taught by Don Postill in the portable room. Congratulations to Mr. Roy McLaughlin who was Canadian Champion of Class A Horse Shoe Pitching for 1969 at the Cana- dian National Exhibition. Last week Mr. and Mrs. Tom Manns celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary with the Hope and Manns families at a picnic at Wellspring Park with 93 people present. Mr. and Mrs. L. Lyons and Darlene, Epsom, were visitors at the C.N.E. on Sunday when Darlene competed in the Inter- national Baton Twirling Competition. She did a solo and also worked with a group of four, all pupils of Jean Barbour's School of Dancing. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, August 8, 1979 The Ministry of Natural Resources has announced that 60,000 muskie fry were stocked into Lake Scugog this spring. Earl S. Cuddie, Scugog Township's new clerk-administrator, started work with the municipality on Tuesday morning. Durham Region Police Chief Jon Jenkins announced Tues- day that Staff-Sgt. Don Robson has been named officer in charge of the Scugog-Uxbridge detachment. This summer, four cadets of the 41 Port Perry Army Cadet Corp. are attending the Banff National Army Cadet Camp in Alberta. This is the top camp for a cadet to attend in Canada. The cadets are Geraldine Cole, Alice Sorenson, Mike Barton and Stewart Ward. Detectives with Durham Region Police say that an attem ted safe cracking at the Port Perry Post Office, July 31 is still under investigation. Thieves were unsuccessful in their efforts to break into the walk-in vault after trying to gain entry from the VLA office on the second floor of the building. For Better or For Worse® by Lynn Johnston ka | (ra | Capi MMERSON Toefl urey coer | (ar eI EE | | SER eran E ERS ai dove BACK AT \-- INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED (eurrerss FA: 193 QUEEN ST., PORT PERRY, ONT. LOB 1NO { Arex fo (416) 985-7308 _ LOOKING AT ~ ALL LINES OF GENERAL INSURANCE * * * HOMEOWNERS - FARM - AUTO COMMERCIAL