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6- PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, October 16, 1996 @he Poul Leven Stay 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - LoL 187 PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 The Port Perry Star is authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. Second Class Mail Registration 0265 Subscription Rates: 1 Year - $32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Editorial Comment Get tough on film policy Does Scugog Township really need to set a policy on filming in the area? ...Apparently so.The most recent example of film people tromping all over the country side was the week before last, when crews set up on Marsh Hill Rd. north of Epsom, and "proceeded to, according to the locals, break just about all the promises they made regarding the hours during which filming would occur. Filming is tremendously disruptive -- try doing some banking when Queen St. in Port is a movie set -- and the benefits to the area are questionable at best. The spin-off profits for merchants just aren't there. Crew meals and other nourishment is catered, and most are Toronto residents who can commute back home at the end of a long day's shooting. And as for the recognition given the area as a result of its use in films: What recognition? Scugog is most typically cast as a small American town. It loses its own identity and becomes Anywheresville, USA. Viewers, caught up in the film they're seeing, don't care if they're looking at Scugog or Erie, Pa., really. They just want their money's worth. And the sets are often tightly guarded, allowing little access -- unless they're smack on a main street -- for locals to quietly spectate. Even the local media is, more often than not, refused flatly when requesting access. Horrors! Bad PR! So council and the BIA should be playing hardball with film producers. They would be fools to allow themselves to be bullied or star- struck. We know they won't. Film companies have the money to pay well for their use of an area. If they choose to shoot elsewhere, all we really lose is the inconvenience they cause us. REMEMBER 45YEARSAGO Thursday, October 18,1951 On October 17, Port Perry suffered another loss to its business area when fire leveled the grist mill of Jas. Goodall and Company on the waterfront. The value of the building was estimated at $60,000 and the contents at $35,000. The tower of the Port Perry Town Hall, occupied by the Gossard Company of Toronto, was considered unsafe and was removed. IT has been replaced by a shallow cottage roof which covers the bell, still used as a fire alarm. 30YEARSAGO Thursday, October 20, 1966 Mrs. Marjorie Aldred was installed as Noble Grand of Maybelle Rebekah Lodge by District Deputy President Sister Betty Major of Orono Lodge. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wotten spent a few days touring the Lake Huron area, taking in ughing match en route. gt Sings: Greenbank, won the Dr. Dymond trophy for the best ploughed land for any resident of Southern Ontario. 20 YEARSAGO Ws, OE Qo rens associhigi mY SPAPERS LON EDITORIAL: Publisher... J. Peter Hvidste General Manager 0 Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell Sports Editor...........Kelly Lown ....Don Macleod Includes $2.10 GST includes $1.15 GST Includes $5.95 GST PHOTO COURTESY SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM VILLAGE Developer should take res 0 To the Editor: In response to the letter published Oct. 8, "Developer disturbed by stories." It would seem that Mr. Stein (President of Ribcor Holdings, Victorian Village) has missed the mark again. Although officials from Ribcor Holdings were recently reminded of their legal obligations to the town of Port Perry in regards to site conditions and local bylaws, Mr. Stein still feels the necessity to place blame on the home- owners of Victorian Village for not contacting him per- sonally, the Port Perry Star for reporting the story, poor * weather conditions, and anything else that might work. The fact is that Mr. Stein is in the unenviable position of Three unknown men relax in the cabin of the Cora steamship, one of the many steamships that traveled Lake Scugog. having to close the gate thie io may vel at prospective hom Contrary to Mr. Stein's b is the discovery that in this are willing to take responsibil bi + fogs anindking win : able to many seldom reso respect an Ysdemption can be g sincere apology, and a promise to ; Sl 'ednesday, October Howard Hall, chair of hos the new arena, became Port citizen %! the year, in a « Scugog Ratepayers Associ the running were Bill Brock, Richard Drew, Dr. Matt Dy: Lackie, Lawrence Malcolm and | The LCBO moved from : location to the corner of Mary Streets, while the Royal Bank would move into the former LCB( a Gn Daniel and Angela McPhee"s Queen Street was the winner Oshawa and District Real Pride of Ownership awards. Students at Cartwrigh the streets on a bottle drive and for the 1,971 bottles they collected. Trophies for the top lawn presented to winning team Hunter, Dorthea Koch, € Edna Smith, Bill Owen, 8 Hurst, Betty Russell, Dalton