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- "A Family Tradition for 125 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 8, 1991 - 15 Taxpayers Coalition unveils candidate profile questionnaire Candidates in the upcoming municipal election will be asked by the Scugog Taxpayers Coalition to fill out a candidate profile form. The 14-page legal size form covers everything from the can- didates' education to their stance on various issues. Unveiled by the Ontario Tax- payers Coalition on Thursday, the form is designed to better prepare voters when they go to the polls, the president of the provincial coalition says. "The days of winning elec- tions through the charisma and the promise of new government spending initiatives, hopefully will become a thing of the past," says George Lansens, presi- dent. : "Voters are now insisting that politicians at every level of government be fiscally respon- sible and accountable to the taxpayers who elected them." Mr. Lansens says the profile will cause candidates to reflect more carefully on their cam- paign platform, while at the same time, it will give the vot- ers the tools necessary to make an informed decision at the polls. He said he would prefer a vot- er turnout of 40 per cent who are informed, rather than 80 per cent who have limited or no knowledge about the candi- dates who are running. Candidates will be asked to divulge information pertaining to" . --their education, employ- ment and political history; --their personal attributes; 5 --their reasons for seeking of- ce; --their vision of the direction the community should be going; --their response to a series of questions on a broad range of is- sues relative to communication with voters, fiscal responsibili- ty, council/lboard meetings, \ MATE DILLON Loving hin was easy. [rusting him was deadly, NON BOER PO I 1 'SE ke + i [N NTH [ESCO Lh = STEREO ORI YING A RCIQQ BE VR 5 Video SUPER Store Open 7 Days A Week until 10:30 pm ® 2 992 208 3 0 0C0CeC3 9066600006606 00 management issues, and the holding of office; --and an objective self- assessment by candidates of how they performed in a num- ber of areas during their cur- rent term of office, including whether or not they kept their election promises. Candidates will be requested to distribute copies of their completed forms to all constitu- ents in their area either in place of, or in addition to, the usual campaign promotional material. . The Scugog Taxpayers Coali- tion will also request a copy and will publicize the names of can- didates who refused to com- plete their profile through the use of the media and public meeting. Masquerade Ball proceeds to Rape Crisis Centre The Scugog Rape Crisis Cen- tre will be the recipients of the proceeds from a Masquerade Ball tobe held Oct. 26. The evening will feature a cocktail hour, and a four-course dinner, as well as Tarot Cards, and palm readers. Tickets are $25 per person or $45 a couple. Groups of ten or more, $20 each. Tickets can be urchased for the dance only at 10 per person. Identification will be asked for at the door; must be 19 years of age or older. Prizes will be awarded for bestcostume. Dinner will be at 6 p.m. and the dance will begin at 8:30 p.m. The festivities will take place at Dagmar Ski Resort, Ash- burn, located on Highway #23 (Lakeridge Road). For tickets or more informa- tion call 985-8850 or 852-4446. SEAN YOUNG | JIT HWY. 7A at 1874 Scugog St., Port Perry 985-4459 Retired teacher, turned photographer creates picturesque card By Gillian Barfoot The scene depicts Lake Sco- gog at sunset, trees and grass- es silhouetted against the bright flaming orange and deep inky blue of Eran. and wa- ter. Photographer Diane Lackie decided tourists needed to have something "better than a post card" to buy as a souvenir of the township, so she took a two-night course in Toronto to learn how to make and market greeting cards. "It's a very tough field to get into, highly competitive," she admits. Her first project, 1,000 sunset-covered blank cards, came back from the printer a couple of weeks ago and she has begun to sell them in sever- al locations around Port Pery. Mrs. Lackie, who is also known under her company's name, Lauralei Images, is hop- ing to produce a series of car. depicting four seasons in Scu- gog Township. She has just taken her number two photo- 'graph -- an autumn scene. "This is a good place to take pictures," she says. "There are all sorts of nooks and crannies. And sunsets here are beyond belief -- they're spectacular!" Since she retired from teach- ing English at Port Perry High School, Mrs. Lackie has made photography a career. There are 50,000 images in her port- folio taken in countries all over the world, including more than 1,000 phates taken in Scugog Township. The best light for scenic pho- tographs is two hours after dawn and two hours before dusk, she says. "I think nothing of getting up at four o'clock in the morning to go and sit in a swamp." She has travelled across Canada and the United States, to China, Peru, Germany, France, Spain, the British Isles and has a time-share in Mexi- co. But she admits the photo- graphs don't pay for them- selves. "T just want to take the pic- tures. The problem is you have to market them." DIANE LACKIE Marketing photographs is expensive and time- consuming, she says. She sends in dozens of slides to magazines across Canada and in the U.S., but says she sells only a few of them. "After having been a teach- er, you get used to being reject- ed," she says. After every trip, she puts to- s of Scugog gether travel talks and presen- tations, and she enters what she considers to be her best photos in contests. . . Her hard work is paying off. She has won numerous awards, had her photographs published in several prestig- ious magazines and her name has appeared in "Who's Who in Photography". ; .But there is more she wants to accomplish, She is constant- ly reading and learning, ab- . sorbing six different photogra- phy magazines and all the 'material "I can get my hands on," says Mrs. Lackie. "I take what I can use, try it out, practise, and then go on to the next thing" She has a long list of things she would like to do, including nding two weeks with dol- ins in Hawaii and trying her and at hand-coloring black and white photographs. She would also like to work for a stock photography company, like the TS oases fags Bank, which sells photograp to advertisers, but says she would have to produce 30,000 "keepers" every year. It's more difficult to sell pho- tographs in Canada, she says, "maybe because there are few- er markets." Still, by making and selling her own cards, she hopes to create her own market for local photographs. I ITI a Im --_ mrm Fazal Sppeaaiizall -- Bly Restaurant and Wining Lounge Canadian and Butch Cuisine Fresh Red Brand 8oz. New York Sirloin Steak served with fresh mushrooms. salad. stuffed baked potato. dessert & coffee or tea. Only $9.95 from Monday to Thursday | 985-2066 eVerticals eVenetians oRoller Valid on custom Qrders placed by Nov. 1, 1991 DAISY"S FABRICS 203 Queen Street, Port Perry 985-3221 (in back of Luke's Country Store) Blinds CC -- a ---- C--O EN a IN al ll Fe ll Ll gl ls gl i I lO Pra