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"A Family Tradition for 125 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 22, 1991 -7 Yes, the election is only three weeks away and candidates are heading into their campaigns full speed ahead. Election time to some voters is as hectic as it is for the candidates. Some people are so into the politics and how it will affect them | often wonder why these people are not running. Every issue whether big or small is analyzed to the most minute detail. Of course that's all right for some people but most people just want to know the basics of a candidates campaign. Then there are the residents, and more of them then any of us could imagine, that just don't give a hoot what happens, or who happens to fill what seats. Some people cannot believe there are people out there that don't care who sits around the ta- ble at Monday council meetings. They don't care who decides if a dump is in their back yard or who decides how high their taxes will be. Many of these people just don't know the is- sues, feel they don't affect them anyway, or are so fed up they couldn't care less if a kindergart- en class took over the council chambers. These people do exist and it's too bad be- cause their extra votes could determine who is looking out for our interests for the upcoming three years. | know these people exist because when | first turned voting age | was one of them. | couldn't have cared less who was running and | didn't fig- Back Talk by Kelly Lown Once getting a little older and taking on a job at the Port Perry Star | sat in on a few meetings at the council chambers and decided "these people make an awful lot of decisions that affect me or the town as a whole." | often found myself wanting to add my point of view from where | sat because | either agreed with what they were say- ing or thought the whole idea was a crock. What- ever the case council meetings were the place where | finally decided that yes it does matter if | vote and it does matter that | find out what each candidate stands for. If | don't vote and a candidate gets in and | thoroughly disagree with what he is doing then maybe if | had voted | could have helped change that. It doesn't do any good to complain later that we don't like what a certain councillor is doing. If we would like to see a certain thing happen to Scugog Township whether it be a solution to the dump site location, taxes, recreation facility, etc., the best way to see the things you as a resi- dent want to happen is to find out what the can- didates have to offer and vote; vote for the per- son that wants Scugog Township to be the same thing you want it to be. While on the subject of the election | noticed a few things around town that are really annoying. Why is it people feel the need to destroy or add their own campaign slogans to candidates signs that are up all over town? The signs are there for the candidate to attract ure it mattered if | voted anyway. the residents interest. If the candidate wanted their sign in the middle of the street maybe they would have put it there themselves. Over the past couple weeks | have had to drive around signs that were knocked or torn down and subsequently blown into the street. | saw a couple with paint on them, and others de- stroyed other ways. Obviously those people who are doing these things don't like a certain candidate or what they stand for. But let's face it there are candidates we all would rather have in over another but tearing their signs down isn't the way to solve the problem. The best solution and my advice to those who feel the need to destroy these signs is to not vote for the candidate if they don't like what they stand for. That is the only way you are going to hurt them and the only way that we can help see to it that the candidates opposition is sitting in their chair after the November election. Voting against a proposal or a candidate you don't agree with is the best way to see to it that Scugog is looked after the way you would look after it if you were in the hot seat on council. Being a councillor is kind of a thankless job in the first place, it's one of the last jobs | would want. They listen to us complain when they do something wrong and of course that is always because for every proposal there is someone who agrees and someone who doesn't. : Letters to the editor Severances for farmers To the Editor: It would seem now and more so in the future, there is going to be an economic plight for all farmers in Scugog area. Costs are up and prices are down. Government assistance is be- coming less all the time. More importantly, the prohi- bitions which are being put on land use, for other than farm- ing, by government, are forcing farmers to discount the value of their farm to a great degree in order to find a buyer for that farm. It would seem the small farmers are being exploited by this system in deference to large corporate buyers who may or may not be farming in the future. I think a good example of fair play hasbeen set for some farm- ers when they view the sever- ance of the last year or two, to some farmers so that they may sell one or two lots from their farm. It would seem fair and logical that a farmer who is be- ing put under such government and economic pressure, as is to- day, should be allowed to sup- plement his income by selling one or two lots adjoining his own farm house, if he so de- sires. This has been done previ- ously for members of council and I feel all rural property owners should have the same rights as any member of council or any bureaucrat. This action would have a two- fold benefit. It would benefit the farmer in getting over a tough time which presently ex- ists and it would secondly bene- fit the market place as there would be an availability of building lots and their pricing would be more in line with real- ity since there would not be the same shortage of available lots as presently exists. The present system of prohibiting farmers from selling any ot their land is from the dark ages and does not reflect the realities of today's market place, whichis what the farmers must face. Yours very truly, D.W. Wilson Disgust with area hunters To the Editor: I'm writing to express my disgust with the hunters in the Marsh Hill area. On Sunday Oct. 20, myself and five other people watched helplessly as an adult deer was chased directly into our path by two hounds. The vision of this deer running for its life will stay in my mind forever -- exhausted, with tongue hang- ing out to one side and blindly running. Legally, we have to catch these dogs and identify the owners. Unfortunately, we couldn't stop them long enough to get a hold of them. My anger is directed at the hunters who were nowhere to be found on any of our conces- sion roads. Am I to believe they turn the dogs loose to chase deer in preparation for the sea- son which starts on Nov. 4? Turn to Page 9 Remember When 2? HISTORIC PHOTOS COURTESY SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM pT Li Lf " X Prince Albert School class photo taken in 1923. The school is now the Community Hall. Back wy row, from left: Gertrude Martyn (Mrs. Bert Wanamaker), Alberta Martyn (Mrs. W. Bonnell), Lyla Heayns (Mrs. Chas. Clarke), Reta Warren (Mrs. Wallace Butt), Bertha Campbell (Mrs. Greaves), the teacher, Irene Martyn (Mrs. Gordon Little), Lyla Martyn (Mrs. Wm. Bernard), Jessie Hunter (Mrs. Webb), Lillian Murphy (Mrs. Albert Harper). Middle row: Flossie Everson, Ross Murphy, Grant Jeffrey, Lloyd Hunter, Bruce Snelgrove, Howard Jeffrey, Melvin Heayns, Glen Martyn, Miiton Butson, Mary Smith. Front row: Kathleen Murphy (Mrs. Wm. Plaunt), Joy Smith, Marjorie Martyn (Mrs. Rayment), Clarence Butson, William Heayns, Everett Smith, Donald Wauchap, Kenneth Wauchap, Jack Butson, Grant Hunter, and Eari Martyn. 456 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 16, 1946 } 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 18, 1956 Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Parker have moved from Mrs. James, of Seagrave, celebrated her 90th Ottawa to their new home here on Cochrane birthday. Street. The International Plowing Match got underway Walter Smeltzer, Science student at Queen's at Brooklin, with 87 contestants including 29 University, left last week for Sarnia where he is competitors in the classes for boys and girls. employed with Imperial Oil. Shoes - Loafer style ladics - In the Annual Inter-School Track & Field Meet, $2.50 per pair. Port Perry had three champions - Intermediate: Growing girl's shoes could be purchased for $2.98. Sharon Haugen; Senior Champ: Erika Benschop Mr. R. J. Harper is attending the 125th and Phil Clarke was runner up for the Junior Boys. Anniversary of McGill University in connection with a graduates reunion being held in Montreal. PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 10