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a Ei iLL ET ERO eo cd Eel ase. Zag ol JTRS. pad 8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, February 20, 1990 Letters to the editor re err 7 WRITE Fa III I Ul = er TI TEE ees Nene =, Sse Hockey fans actions not amusing To the Editor: On Sunday Feb. 18, 1990, being very avid fans of the Uxbridge Bruins and having a nephew on the team, my husband and I at- tended the game between the Ux- bridge Bruins and the Port Perry MoJacks. After hearing the rumors of the activity that goes on with the Port Perry fans, we had decided at the last minute to get a babysitter for our 3 and 4 year old daughters. A wise decision on our part, however, we really did not believe parents and fans reacted is such a manner as to make a young men's hockey game so unpleasant. Watching and listening to the fowl mouths of the adults and so called young ladies (many I am sure are friends of the player's) we had decided to leave at the start of the third period. Not to mention the fact that after we had left, our Aunt (60 years of age) allegedly received a blow to the face from a young man. There are many young talented player's on both teams, however, the carry on in the stands, would most definitely set any young man's style of play off the game, including their own players. It struck me as very sad to have these talented young men sub- jected to this kind of backup from so called "hockey parents and fans." Let the coaches and refs handle the game. Isn't that what they are there for? We have decided against the Wed. evening game in Port Perry. How can you enjoy a so-called good game of hockey with at- (Turn to page 9) Life's Like That by Julia Ashton Snow days Today (Thursday, Feb. 15) is the kind of day kids dream about, teachers thank the good Lord for, and adults curse over. - It's a blizzard outside. Driving, at best, is treacherous. Visibility is next to nil. And the sidewalks have turned into slidewalks. it's only 1:30 p.m. and the John Deere side- walk cleaner guy has already cleared the paths along Queen Street twice to my knowl- edge. He may have made even more trips along the Queen Street strip while | was downstairs refilling my mug with a hot bever- age. Students are beginning to infiltrate the streets of Port Perry. Obviously the board of education -has decided to send all the stu- dents home before the storm gets much worse. | remember days like this when | was a stu- dent. My brothers and | would plop ourselves down by the radio and pray for bus cancella- tion -- it not for all of Scugog Township, then at least all of the concession roads. Even if the day wasn't an official snow day by the Durham Board of Education standards, there was always the chance that our bus driver would take one look at our road and drive right on by. Our road {Concession 7 near Epsom) was better known as a bus driver's nightmare. The first challenge for a bus driver after uring onto our road was to make it down the hill without sliding sideways and then having to put the pedal to the metal to make it up the ill to our house. From our house to Epsom Public School, the bus driver had to conquer snow drift after snow drift -- some as high as 10 feet. And that's why our bus driver would sometimes just pass our road by. So thanks to our bus drivers, we would get a day off school. A chance to build a few snow-forts, slide off the garage roof into a snow-bank, dare the steepest hills on our to- boggans, and bomb around on our snow- machines. Of course, parents hate snow days and who can blame them. By noon, we'd want to come in from the frosty outdoors. There are four kids in my family and that meant four soaking wet snow suits, eight totally drenched mittens, four pairs of snow boots (back in those days snow boots had those pull out insulators), and wet scarves and toques. The Flintstones -- the only television pro- gram my 'brothers and | would agree on -- was on at noon. By 12:30, when nothing good was on television, the fighting would begin. If you're a parent and have more than one child, and you have had these lovely children home for a snow day, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Forty different colors in a Crayola package and every single child wants to use the same crayon at the same time. it never fails. You take the crayons away, hand them a deck of cards and within 10 minutes a fist fight erupts over one child accusing the other of reneging the Queen in Go Fish. The kids want a mid-afternoon drink, but you didn't anticipate a snow day, so there is one drinking box, one can of pop and enough milk for one chocolate milk. Whatever the first child wants, the others will want as well. By now every single mother in Durham Re- gion has a headache. They beg their children to go back outside and play, but the children don't want to. Their snowsuits are wet. "Go back outside," mother insists. So the children get back into their soggy snow suits. By the next day, the snow plow has been by, the roads are clear, and the bus is at the end of the lane, its horn blaring. Mother waves the bus on from the front window: All the kids are sick and will be stay- ing home. er Keep debate civilized To the Editor: re: Dean Kelly's letter 2-13-90 I quote: "A number of people who study the matter are firmly convinced there is a political conspiracy from within to make Canada a French nation." While the letter is not always easy to follow it appears that Mr. Kelly accuses our premier, Mr, Peterson, of being part of the plot and raising taxes to finance it. As one whose parents were French-Canadian (I regret hav- ing a poor French vocabulary) I am offended by this garbage. I am all for dialogue on the Quebec issue. However, can it not be at a civilized and intelligent level? Personally, I see a form of separation within ten years. I love this great land that my ancestors Bigger is not better (From page 7) essential services is a major con- cern. How many young married couples with children can afford $250,000 for a home? Plus car payments, insurance, hydro, water, taxes, mortgage, etc. The daily stresses of over population can cause all kinds of social ills. Neglected children, debts and broken marriages. Dr. Hans Selye, world famed stress expert at McGill University stated in his numerous books that "More Than 80 Percent Of All Il- Iness Is Stress Related." Bigger is not better! Dean J. Kelly, Port Perry. explored, and I would hate to lose any part of it, but it seems inevit- ble. There is just too much stupidity on both sides. Ed Daigle B.A. (Honours), York, B.Ed. Toronto. Look back on 75 yrs. To the Editor: Looking back over the past seventy-five years - which is the life span of my short life, I see many changes that have been made -- some good - others not so good. This once good clean planet of ours polluted air we breath - water we drink - food we eat - in- dustry polluting, capitalizing on our forests, builders taking away parklands and farms. Today on this planet there are drugs, war, killings, poverty and corruption in government and heads of industry. Drugs are prevalent in our society - adults and children alike. The governments are not doing enough and our police forces are fighting a never ending battle. Just think what it must be like coming home to find parents or children under the influence of alcohol or drugs. What a mess has been made of this planet. I do hope that people wake up before it is too late. What will the next seventy-five years of this planet be like -- if it survives? : Co Roy Walker Smith, Port Perry, Ontario. Editorial Comment (from page 6) with a one building plan that isn't in Oshawa. Looking at that $52 million price tag, it might be cheaper, and thus to the advantage of tax-payers, to let the issue go to court, and if Oshawa's claim is up-held, pay the city off. In this day and age, governments at all levels no longer have the luxury of extravagance. And shelling out $52 million for two buildings that will only partially correct the inefficien- cies, is just that: extravagance. It doesn't make sense from a business point of view, or the point of view of the public in Durham Region, whose tax dollars will be used to pay for this. At the very least, the Regional council should ask for a study to tell the public what the cost will be of a one-building concept, using the land and structure already owned by Dur- ham. FO ---- i i es i er SA i hd writers sign their name. 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