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"A Family Tradition for 130 Years" TW] ETTERS --tE lI ERS The wrong approach Biting dog's a menace To the Editor: I'am a concerned citizen of the Port Perry area. We ate always hearing about dogs attacking young children and other people. Recently a young girl in our area was bitten on the face by a dog. This dog hes snapped at people and has bitten a man before. This dog's quarantine was lifted on Tuesday Oct. 15 and fiow he is already wan- dering around the neighbor- hood. Why do the owners of this dog not care about the safety of their neighbors? I do not care what the circumstances were when the little girl was bitten. The dog should not be allowed to roam around the neighborhood. Iam a doglover and have a dog of my own. My dog has never ventured off our prop- erty and I would like to state if my dog ever bit anyone no matter the reason I would have her put to sleep, in a hu- mane way. Our neighborhoods should be safe to walk in. There is enough violence around with robberies, shooting, people being attacked. Do we have to worry about pets, such as dogs being vicious too? All I have to say to Mr. and Mrs. Dog Owner's, you know who you are. One day that dog of yours will bite the wrong person and you will be taken to court and be sued for 41 a large amount of cash. Wouldn't it be cheaper to in- vest in a large outside kennel now? To all the dog loving people out there, please keep your animals out of harm's way and keep, our children out of the dog's vicious way. yet Name withheld ~ by request Random Jottings by J. Peter Hvidsten 3 A ho A H covering the ground. But the kids were overjoyed with the first taste of my warm blankets at 7:30 a.m., they were in the backyard making snow angels and chasing the dog through the snow. Personally, 'm just not ready for winter. Summer KIDS ALWAYS ENJOY THE FIRST SNOWFALL OPEFULLY we're not in for a repeat of last year, when winter struck early and didn't give in to the warm spring sun until much later than usual. But things definitely took off on much the same path last week when we woke up on last Saturday : morning to find a few centimeters of the "white stuff . To the Editor Any time now, before the Lib- erals finish their term, Cana- da's national debt will pass the $600 billion mark, costing us - ordinary Canadians like you and me - 49 billion annually in interest payments, 40 per cent of our federal taxes. Since the Liberals came in power, we suffered 31 tax in- creases; the most notorious was the 1-1/2 pennies increase of the gasoline tax. Canada is now one of the highest taxed countries in the world, together with Ger- many and France, and has an equally high unemployment rate. Officially ours is 10 per cent but we all know the real rate is much higher, especially among our young people. Taxes kill jobs, and MP Alex Shepherd doesn't understand that. He should take a look across the border where the low-tax United States is boom- ing. It's because of our exports to the US that many companies are doing so well, not because of Liberal grams. Recently, Mr. Shepherd has admitted in various local pa- pers that Canadian consumers habe accumulated huge person- al debts, and according to him: "This is why tax cuts or other strategies won't work. People are simply spending their mon- ey to reduce debt." He seems to have a problem with people get- ting out of debt. If debt stops 'people from . spending, then the government should help them to get out of this debt by cutting taxes and reducing government spending. A dollar in the hand of a consu- mer is better for the economy than a dollar in the hand of our big government. 3 It is time for serious voters to start thinking whether they want more of the same after the next election. infrastructure © pro- Evert Vroegh, Hampton Thanks to our officers To the Editor: I wish to express my most sin- cere thanks to the Durham Re- gional Police; especially to the 911 operator, P.C. Hammond and his partner, whose name neglected to get. They arrived very soon after my call on Halloween night af- ter a most unpleasant incident had occurred : They were courteous, kind and most helpful. Thank you again for doing what at times must seem a thankless job; where would we be without you? Josephine Dowson, Port Perry Mills shouldn't protest From Page 6 squarely into his own mirror. To Mr. O'Toole, I will say this: People less easily dismissed than your predecessor will criti- cize you as well. However, so long as you recognize that your government's mandate is to cut the bureaucracy and commit- tees and not the teachers and nurses, you can at least leave office knowing that you had a positive influence on this pro- vince's future. ¥ For my (tax) money, that's more than Gord Mills can say. Ray Smith, Port Perry seemed to come and go like a flash, we had few dry, given little thought to th, warm days this fall and here we are looking 'old man winter' square in the face. With almost two months to go until Christmas, and four more before spring, I'm not looking forward to the cold, windy weather we're about to encounter. So for the next six months, I'll be dreaming of those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. BROCK'S ANNIVERSARY = Brock's department store is celebrating the 115th anniversary of the family business this week. Five generations of the family have operated the store on Queen St., a record that goes unmatched by any other business in this community. , We congratulate the Brocks on this achievement. GIVE ME THE COUNTRY Twice in the past couple of weeks it's been neces- winter and by the time | was crawling out from under sary for me to travel into the heart of that big metro- polis an hour south of here on some personal busi- ness and on both occasions | couldn't wait to escape the noise and congestion of the inner city. In my haste to exit this foreign environment, | had - - Ar THE SHINN ~ WINTERS LONG this day, as the shadows far too ez back when, and the would assemble as si to the pond where, s a perfect sheet of ice. We'd play through as the gloom envelop sense to realize it was Jeez! Mom's gonna kil encrusted with ice a noticed it until now -- barely move them, let manipulate those laces. The cold -- winter its silhouettes of trees and bu by the dying light on the | with tiny sharp teeth. warmth of home, with chill was chased away, it didn't snow too mu tomorrow. 0s: DRAW, MISTER: Spea helping my boy get ready: decided to be a cowboy. As | was helping him wi wear a red bandana, | told matter, which is the prero aeminiscence. VE "When | was your age, M said. He looked at me blank a hippy (don't ask me), aske "Matt Dillon," | said. "He was "A'what?" she asked, genuin _ | did my best Festus imitatio , Which has led me to the co nothing about cowboys, or heroes are cartoonish mut merchandise. When the a "such as they are, are long gor Pity. Matthew Dillon was a six guns to rely on. And Fi unconsumated, of course -- fo No costume. No mutations. No products: Just Gunsmoke. * known as "rush hour." A dai 3 p.m. and ends well afte It's been a long time si the Don Valley parkway dt while not oblivious.to this p how lucky we are not hay part of our daily routine. So |, along with thousa stranded drivers that night clenched in a vice-like grip while trying to avoid the occ: pting to weave through the la It was obvious we were go accepting my fate | settled wander into a euphoric sta And it doesn't take long, snails pace in heavy traffic, we are to live in a commun thing we need is just a sho without the congestion of For my money, I'll take ~