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"A Family Tradition for 132 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 28, 1999 - 7 The Poul Povey Stay Question of the Week... What do you think of the provin- | cial government's suggestion to test Ontario's doctors on a regular basis? Do you have a suggestion that you think would make a good question of the week? Call us at 905-985-7383. Chris Christie It's a very good idea. Everyone else has to be tested to be sure they are at a certain level, so why not doctors too. Cindy Velardi [ think 1t's a really good idea. There are some doc- tors out there who don't know that they're doing. Carolyn Ashby It's a great idea. They (the provincial government) are testing everyone else out there to make sure they're at a competent Leeann Slute Yes, I think it's a good idea. I'd like to know the doctor who's going to look after me and my family 1s competent. Michelle St. Germain It's a good idea to test the doctors, but we're so short of doctors already that could cause another problem. But, they should be tested. LETTERS Coulcliff work should take precedence To the Editor: The majority of residents on Coulcliff Blvd. have been to town council meetings several times requesting a paved road, sewers and water. A number of wells are showing coliform bacteria, some with E Coli; these dre on file in the town clerk's office. One permanent resident does not have water in winter. This is her second winter. She is on a shared well with six other residents; this well tests.for coliform, four other house- holds share wells. Some of the septic systems.are outdated, or are steel barrels, or outhouses, and there is seepage into Lake Scugog. Some of the resi- dents with holding tanks will have to pay an additional $100 per pump out, because pumpers cannot spread on fields during freeze- up and sewage will have to be hauled to Oshawa. We have an unsafe road. Canada Post moved mailboxes to Coulter Street for safety reasons. Some days mail was not delivered because of the condition of the road. Every heavy rain, some residents have a real mess to clean up because of the sand road. Some residents are waiting for sewer and water to build new houses or renovate. Scugog council is struggling with a decision to reconstruct Coulcliff Blvd. or Cedardale Bridge in the year 2000. Cedardale Bridge, according to Scugog council, is a very danger- ous bridge, and they are afraid that some heavy truck might go through this bridge and spill oil in the water. Some of the residents went to look at this very dangerous bridge. We did not see one sign warning "half loads in effect," "No heavy trucks," or "Unsafe bridge," to warn drivers of this dangerous bridge. Before council votes on this issue, I think 'they should take a good look at all the facts. Coulcliff Blvd. is surrounded by beautiful homes. We have Kent Estates which adjoins our road, we have Canterbury Common. All these new homes have sewers, water and paved roads. When does Coulcliff Blvd. get some consid- eration? Gary Menzies, Port Perry ~ Remember When? View of the Port Perry elevator, owned by Hogg & Lytle, taken from the lakefront park about 1930. Small building to left was the office. Photo courtesy Stan Heather, of Mississauga, Ont. who remembered coming to play in the park in Port Perry as a young boy. Editor's Notepad by Jeff Mitchell HOW MUCH FOR THE BABE'S SHORTS? It says here that Babe Ruth's shorts are for sale, and are expected to attract bids in the thousands. Of dollars. Yep. George Herman Ruth's size 46 boxers are among a lot of items being put up for auction by Sotheby's. Also on the block will be his whiskey flask, a cap he wore, and even his last will and testament. Three to five hundred dollars may land you Ty Cobb's dentures, and if you can pony up between ten and twenty grand, you may become the owner of the cleats and (possibly faulty) glove worn by Bill Buckner that fateful night in 1986 when he let a dribbler into the outfield, and ushered the Mets on their unlikely way to a World Series win. (And helped to perpetuate the Curse of the Bambino, which of course dictates that the Red Sox can never win baseball's crown, after the ignominious peddling of Mr. Ruth to the damned Yankees. Ty Cobb may have worn dentures, but the Tigers won the World Series as recently as the mid-80's. The Red Sox? Forget it.) What would you do with Ty Cobb's dentures? You certainly wouldn't put them on the mantle (assuming you have one, which fewer and fewer of us do), and if you're just going to stash them in a shoe box somewhere, what the hell's the point in buying them? What comfort can they provide? "I have no date for New Year's Eve, but Ty Cobb's teeth are under my bed, so everything's okay with me." Or, for crying out loud, Babe Ruth's underwear? But that's the way baseball fans are. Sentimental. A little kooky. If someone told you he had the last bottle of Budweiser Mark Fydrich drank before falling down the stairs at a Hallowee'n party and bringing about the end of his promising career, and you were a big-time ball fan, chances are you'd be willing to talk turkey. If some guy in a bar told you he had a file once used by Phil Niekro to doctor a ball out in the car, and you were a baseball fanatic, you'd take a walk outside to look at it. Those guys -- grown men, not all of them rendered witless by watery ballpark beer -- that you see scrambling for foul balls in the seats: Why? Because they want at least a little piece of the game, that's why. Some tangible memento they can clutch and proffer as evidence that they had a part, however miniscule, in the event. | remember the first baseball game | ever went to, at Exhibition Stadium with the A's in town, as well as the last one. The game evokes memories of summer, of my father, of youth. And it's the same for a lot of guys. Granted, not all that many of us may jump at the chance to acquire Babe Ruth's gauchies, or Ty Cobb's chompers, but Lou Gehrig's glove? Hmmm. Especially now, with a chill in the air and October looming. What is else is on a fan's mind at this time of year?