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» 6 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 26,1993 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice EDITORIAL BUSINESS OFFICE ; The Port Pe Ir Y Sta I (%C A Publisher - J. Peter Hvidsten Office Manager - Gayle Stapley et News Editor - Scott Anderson Accounting - Judy Ashby, Louise Hope g 1 A 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - LoL 1B7 SIMVISEN Features Editor - Julia Dempsey Retail Sales - Kathy Dudley, ; | PHONE (416) 985-7383 FAX 985-3708 =lIs12f0]Y} Sports Editor - Kelly Lown Retail Sales - Marlene Moore Mier apa . : ero ' : ! poe im paw Siar is au Ottawa for cash payment oa 1y 4a LWEGIE ADVERTISING PRODUCTION GCNA Canadian Community Newspaper Assodialion Socond Clos il RegisiatonNumber ozs BHRSRRY] Advertising Manager Asma Jacanan Annabel Haion, i 1 Year - $32.10 oassliplion a oroign - $90.95 Advertising Sales - Paul Hillier Susan Milne, Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. Port Perry, Ontario | includes $2.10 GST includes $1.22 GST includes $5.95 GST Production - Pamela Hickey, Barbara Bell Robert Taylor, Pwo "GST holuded bn price CARIRON TORTIE Ee seme Rgndom Jottings Editorial Comment THE WINER WITHOUT THRawinG § "oo OT) gS Studyin p QUNCH BECAUSE THE DEFENDER ANELECTION y g TO REMEMBER KNOCKED WERSELE UT... ~The 1993 election campaign will be his- tory by the time this aper hits the streets, ut the crying and ana- f§ lyzing of the outcome will undoubtedly go on for months to come. Campaign '93 proved to be a disaster for the federal Conservative party. After getting off to a good start by electing a new leader, Prime Minister Kim Campbell, the party started to climb in the polls. But as fate would have At, the Conservatives made a number of fatal mis- takes during the campaign and their early success began to wane. But the nail in the Tory coffin came two "weeks ago when through desperation the party tried to discredit Liberal leader Jean Chretian with a campaign smearing both his ( & PL 4 ; v \ ANA CAIN IY ability and physical appearance. AR MY TAK vi) AN VI. This proved to be too much for the elector- ~ Growth Two recent studies at various phases of completion, show the magnitude of growth and changes which have been taking place, and are continuing to take | place, both in the Township of Scugog ##/ and the Region of Durham. Y One project involves the expansion | and upgrading of a water treatment plant north of Port Perry. Durham Region engi- neers have been studying viable options for more than a year to expand the ca- pacity of the Nonquon River water pollu- tion control plant. Engineers claim that the treatment plant is nearing capacity and must be ex- panded to accommodate a higher popula- tion equivalent than its current 7,000. A current study is looking at ways to in- crease it to approximately 12,000 by 1995, the year in which they estimate the capacity to be depleated. The cost of upgrading the facility is be- tween $8 million to $12 million. The expanded capacity will allow future growth in the township in the form of resi- dential, industrial and commercial devel- opment. h ~ Ontario Hydro is also looking at alter- natives in order to handle a demand fo growth. I TE For approximately the same period of |. time as the region's water pollution con- | trol study, the hydro company has been looking at ways to accommodate the growth in the Whitchurch-Stouffvilles Uxbridge area. Hydro is seeking a desired route for a new 230 kilovolt (kV) transformer station to supply the area and new 230kV lines to connect the station to the existing elec- tricity transmission system. A number of areas are being consid- ered in the Uxbridge area for the large transformer, while a route to accommo- date a hydro corridor is being considered in the Lake Scugog area, running parallel to the lake. , Inthe case of both studies careful con- : sideration has been given to all the alter- natives and the public has been consult- ed every step of the way. The concerns : of the residents as well as the effect 1 . these projects will have on the respective i communities have heen addressed. f rowth can be as good for a communi- : : (ty a 1 an bo farate: Grow Tor the $2 thie Worst Nampa SL his cradle isl fle :sake of growth js not ideal in a communi: | « n, oes Lr, ep © ty. But controlled growth in which the per- | Medd, (t Ir lived a . I suppose if you're sitting in the third deck sonality and, flavor of the community is Donald C er, 0 it { f at SkyDome it doesn't much matter, but itis | . not compromised should be allowed. from the picture is Paul Bryan. time the networks carrying these games : ; EE -- eliminate zooming in so close it looks like i the players are spitting in our af - Even better would be if the stadigims ban ette rs TO The ed itor chewing tobacco altogether. I bet the ; . ground 'crews would relish not having to clean-up after some of these overpaid pigs. [] age 1 Thankfully the Blue Jays 'won Saturday ealth businesses an asset, not liability esr ast ; ) Dykstra spit on our turf for another year. /To the Editor: vide flexible, quality based health care to lars be better utilized? Why eliminate a LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We, the Commercial/Private Health ; people in their homes. We realized that group of qualified, experienced, trained The Port Perry Star enco urages our readers ate, and they began to stray from the party in droves. Even party faithful were reported to have been on by the tactic. But it wasn't just what the PCs did or said during this campaign which brought them to their knees. Much of the credit must go to the new kids on the block. Both Preston Manning's Reformers and Lucien Bouchard's Bloc party mounted strong campaigns taking precious votes away from both the PCs and Liberals. | ~ While the Liberals and Conservatives tried desperately to discredit the policies of both these upstart parties, neither blinked and ran + 'surprisingly: successful campaigns. All the mudslinging and name' calling by their . opposition did was strengthen their grip on a large percentage of the voters. The NDP never was a factor in this elec- tion. Audrey McLaughlin, who fought a brave and steady campaign, was never able to sidestep the damage created earlier this year by Premier Bob Rae of Ontario. This along with the changing mood of the elector- ate across the country was just too much for the NDP to overcome, and they were cast aside like just another piece of bad meat. As this column is being written, the elec- tion is not over, but it is probably safe to guess the Liberals have returned to power. Hopefully, if this is the case, Mr. Chretian and his party will get down to business get- ting Canada back on its feet. THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW! I love baseball, especially: the World Champion Blue fays, but I'm getting sick and tired of being subjected to full face shots of tobacco chewing players and coaches. Closeup shots of layers chewing, drool- ing and spitting on the field and in the dug- outs is an absolute disgrace. The talented Lenny Dykstra has emerged Care Providers of the Region of Durham, in-home health care was and is, a seven rofessionals merely on the basis of po- to make use of thé Jétters to the editor column to are writing in response to the NDP's pol- day per week, 24 hour per day need, and litical ideology? express their opifiions and viewpoints on Just icy of a not-for-profit delivery system of we have successfully met that challenge. Yes, we run private businesses. This is about any subjdct, as we feel a lively letters community based health care in the Asclients needs change,sodo we! an asset to our economy, not a liability. column helps make us a better éommunity Province of Ontario. Why then, would the NDP govern- We pay taxes which help stimulate our newspaper. We insist, however, that all letter For more than 10 years in this region, ment want to spend $100 million dollars communities, as well as investing in re- | Writers sign their name and include a phone commercial/private providers have had fora transition to set up the same service sources and knowledge, in Ontario's a Crariesaon. Sorry Port Perry Star an excellent relationship with the Home- delivery, but only in the not-for-profit also reserves the right to edit with respect ¢ care Program. We were developed to pro- sector? Could not these health care dol- Turn to Page 7 libelous comments or length of letter. ! Ppl FEET ERS EEE A A ' LEB PLEA a