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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 8 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 20, 1992 0 ry : Ha release of his second gospel record. service in the village. for another term. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 contents at Birdseye Park has netted $1,380. Congratulations were extended to Bob Heayn, Prince Albert on the Roger Watson, student of Marie Taylor, Port Perry, has received three trophies in the Sunderland Music Festival and the ORMTA award with First Class Honors in Grade 1 singing. Two hundred fans were on hand for the opening exhibition game as the Port Perry Flamingos defeated Bowmanville by a score of 6-3. Goalie for the Flamingo team was Phil Gilroy. Retiring clerk-treasurer John F. Raines was honored at a reception hosted by members of the Port Perry Council. Mr. Raines received a silver tray and a recliner chair upon his retirement after 36 years of 10 YEARSAGO Tuesday, October 19, 1982 There will be no mayoralty race in Scugog Township in the upcoming election as Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor has been acclaimed A Cannington area couple, Steven and Emily Carmichael, escaped with minor injuries when their car hit a CN locomotive at a level crossing on Durham Road 13 in Brock Township. The car, a 1974 Ford, received $4,000, while the locomotive sustained $600 damage. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McLaughlin of Union Avenue in Port Perry grew a 76 pound and 35 pound squash in their garden. The Durham South 4-H Achievement Day was held at the Latcham Centre. Receiving provincial honors for completion of 12 4- H projects were Andrea Wanninkhof, Manchester and Janet Lamb, Manchester. Christine Schloen of Brooklin and Ann-Marie Ginn of Manchester received county honors for completion of six projects. Lette I'S to the editor Fed up as anyone To the Editor: Every family has its childish squabbles from time to time, and right now the Canadian family is in the middle of a big one. To continue the analogy, does this sound familiar? "Who wants ice cream?" says dad. "TI do!" "Here's some for Jimmy" "and some for Johnny" "and some for mom" "and I'll have some, too" says dad. "Jimmy's got more than me, dad." "No, dad, look at his plate. Harvest of Values r--=--=--/--/=///==== ! TUNE UP SPECIAL 05) 0) Plus taxes Most GM Vehicles INCLUDES:SPARK PLUGS Inspecting all the following +» Cap & Rotor + Batery & Terminals + Canister Filer » Ignition Wires * Fuel Lines * Drive Behs » Air Filter Expires Oct 25, 1992 Johnny's got more than me" "and mum says "Jimmy's twice your size. He eats more, Johnny" and Johnny says "I don't care; I've got rights, too!" And dad gives the "NO" vote. He collects the dishes, scrapes the contents into the trash, says a swear word, and they all went without dessert. I'm as fed up as anyone with the childish, petty, selfish squabbling, but I don't know that throwing the constitution- al accord into the garbage can 1s the mature response. [Lawrence Warne, R.R.5, Port Perry. Letters to the editor Asked to save face for the government To the Editor: With some extra time availa- ble I found there were many items that missed me in the past that deserve being brought to our visual attention of our spending by various boards. The U.S. having the unsup- ported paper backed with their lood thirsty attitude feeling smug with their "Desert Storm" operation costing them a miser- ably few $422 billion unbacked dollars makes them feel like some kid controlling some tin soldiers while too many are los- ing their homes and honor to support the $3 trillion dollar debt. This type of carrying on promotes our over governed economy and country to feel jus- tified even if we are seeing our paying people suffering and our "Sacred trust" as "Ballony" calls it and our yapping premier try- ing to impress himself seeing the rest of our efforts going to Hell. It took six years of near cry- ing and yelping for our economy to afford paying for my hip re- placement but I do feel fortu- nate that I outlived the wait as goodness knows that too many are not that fortunate. On a recent trip to see some different scenery by myself and wife of our neighbors to the south, we noticed some Canadi- ans who have fled our country and over governed economy. This is the sad part but seeing people that I was fortunate to enjoy that served us and won- dering how long it will be before we have Canadians offer this type of service knowing they are being sterilized by our question- able government with their three per cent credibility and our money hungry, power hun- gry and stumbling government in Toronto with their $36 mil- lion dollar a day provincial sales tax revenue and still does not understand that government spent dollars does not produce the expected returns by a large margin. Now we are asked in a way to save face for the four levels of government and many more in- fluential bodies to approve to none the less that we are satis- fied to be in Ontario, in part to be second class citizens even though we are contributing more than 43 per cent of Cana- da's required funds. I got from our revenue Cana- da a statement of their de- mands and when I asked how they came up with the figure the girl plainly said they forgot to divide itin half for September and half for December pay- ments. It just shows that our Ottawa lackeys expect us to de- pend on them as our school kids on the crossing guards - nothing on our own. It's too bad that we Canadi- ans cannot get away with treat- ing our governments as a car- toon I saw showing "Ballony" looking into a crystal ball only to see Trudeau thumbing his nose at him. We as paying pub- lic are sure having many de- partments doing the equivalent to us and enjoying every bit of it. Even our mayor voted for a raise in pay without question- ing how much he deserved. We lost $10 million from our coffers soon after the NDP got into being and we are expected to feel fortunate that we got $9 million 'back and only lost $1 million in the shuffle. Talking in the U.S. they still have $300 tax bills on homes but how can we expect to maintain our many empires when our school boards with their extravagance still needs more concessions and money to support their failing education system. All I can say to the paying public - may we continue to struggle - we need all the support we can get. Bill Wozney Market complaints a government secret? To the Editor: As usual, [ sat down the other evening to enjoy my local paper. I read with some dismay that the Port Perry Country Market was again under fire. Why? | asked. Because it has been deter- mined that "all indications are that there isn't a main or collec- tive use." Now that's strange, I thought! [ have been to the mar- NURSE CHEVROLET OLDSMOBILE » CADILLAC FRONT BRAKE PADS | I | : a [0 ! L | | 7 9 | Plus Parts l Most GM i Vehicles I I | | ! 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The market is out of the main stream of town, has a large number of patrons and is pro- viding employment to local rési- dents. Obviously, it has to go, by hook or by crook , better to have an empty building and fewer jobs, or so believes our enlight- ened leaders. What a pity. Only in Port Perry. J. Birkett, Seagrave Final thoughts Dear Editor: As we approach the date of the vote on the Charlottetown Accord I would like to share my final thoughts on the matter with your readers, through a letter to the editor. I see the Charlottetown Ac- cord providing a strong founda- tion for a prosperous and unit- ed Canada. Some arguments raised by those opposing the hgroament are simply not fair. The two arguments I feel must be rejected are one, "this agree- ment was designed only to meet the demands of Quebec," and two, "this is Brian Mulroney's deal and a NO vote in the refe- rendum is a NO vote for Mr. Mulroney." This round of constitutional negotiations 1s accurately de- scribed as the Canada Round. Every region of the country and the nation as a whole wins with the accord Quebec's floor of 25 percent of the Canadian population reflects that it cur- rently has 25.3 percent of the Canadian population and trad- tionally has had at least 25 per- cent of the total. Several prov- inces already have a mininum number of seats under the Con- stitution, for example, Manito- ba, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Furthermore, rovinces like Ontario, that ve larger populations than Quebec, will never have fewer federal MP's than Quebec. People are asking about the recognition of the distinct na- ture of Quebec. This confirms a historical fact - Quebec has a French speaking majority and a different cultural and legal hentage. Turning now to the second argument, should Canadians vote NO to tell Brian Mulrone how unhappy they are wit him? Of course not, he didn't negotiate the Charlottetown Accord. The proposals came from people across the country in public forums of every con- ceivable type. The agreement was drafted by 10 premiers, Ab- original leaders from four na- tional groups, two territorial leaders and Joe Clark, Minister of Constitutional Affairs. It's not Brian Mulroney's deal. Mulroney is not on the ballot. The Charlottetown Accord 1s our agreement, the Canadian people's agreement. On Octo- ber 26, I will vote YES for my family and my neighbors and for Canadians I have never met. The Accord will benefit us all Sincerely, Gord Mills, MPP, Durham East. ) i 1 i 3 { a. SR NR