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Fit Landi Le avin + oie wii "A Family Tradition for 133 Years" November 23, 1999 7 @he Pod Povey Stay Question of the Week... The provincial government has recently proposed stricter penalties for those convicted of fleeing police. What do you think? Do you have a suggestion that you think would make a good question of the week? Call us at 905-985-7383. Sue Soper It's a good idea. Hopefully it'll put a stop to it because something had to be done. It's get- ting out of hand and there are more and more of them. E Gary Wilce Hopefully it'll be a deter- rent and reduce the num- ber of incidents and the number of accidents as a result. Leigh-A Maybe some of them will take it more serious- ly with the harsher penalties, but unfortu- nately, it won't make a difference for others. Dorothy Cochrane I agree totally with the penalties. There's too many people out there killed or hurt in these chases. They should pull over immediately and stop the chase. nne Defreitas Terry Kroonenberg It's a good idea. Hopefully it will cut down on the number of accidents and prevent serious injuries of deaths. LETTERS Fundraiser an overwhelming success To the Editor: When approached last year by the Business O.A.C. students about using the museum for a haunted village, we were totally unsure about what to expect and whether this would be an appropriate uge gf the Museum Village. However, teacher/mentor Dave Robinson, and the student managers, overwhelmed us with assurances and were very amenable to our requests protecting the collections and the buildings from damage, and public safety and liability. Their work definitely lived up to those assurances and, in addition, we had a lot of fun. Committee members came in advance and discussed all our requirements and planned how best to use each available building. Two temporary large electrical panel boxes had to be hooked up for special effects, fencing installed, and special speaker boxes placed in trees for "spooky" effects. Ghoulish figures and props had to be planned and organized with special lighting. Each evening had to be staffed with over 30 student volunteers, trained, fed and costumed for the night. To add to the work, the museum required some of the buildings for school classes in the middle of the event...so everything had to be carefully put away. In addition, the Port Perry Cadet Corps were well organized as parking attendants. Thanks to everyone for a cold job well done. We were impressed. Dave Robinson, Dan Follows, Peter McKitterick, Chris Skerratt, Dave Justynski, Ashley Flieler, Amy Chapman, Bill Lee, Braden Tarbotton and Leedal Pearse ... we sincerely enjoyed the opportunity to work with you. Thank you again for the $3,400 toward our operating budget. It is very much appreciated. We look forward to working with another group next year on Halloween Haunted Village 2000. Board of Directors Scugog Shores Historical Museum Village & Archives E-mail us: port.perry.star @ sympatico.ca by Jeff Mitchell LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND CLUMSY Just when you thought it was safe to go outside again... Actually, it caught me by surprise. The ice, that is. On the walkway, just beyond the last step down from the porch. One moment | was bustling off for another day at the newspaper office, lunch, mug of coffee, car keys and other essentials clutched in my hands, looking forward-to a nice drive through the country on a cold, erisp sunny morning, and the next | was looking at the sky as it rushed by between the toes of my shoes. The landing was jarring, to say the least. My coffee streamed over the cold walkway stones. The apple from my lunch rolled crazily across the driveway, and under the car. The pages of my newspaper are still blowing across the horizon. | lay there, contemplating the day so far. | got thinking about Dan Marino. Yes, that Dan Marino. He was on his way to a practice with the Miami Dolphins the other day when he spilled some coffee in his lap. Maybe he was in a hurry,running late. | don't know. But having seen him operate with a pocket collapsing around him and three receivers under man coverage, I'm thinking he's not given to panic. Anyway: Dan spills coffee in his lap. He's cursing under his breath, maybe opening the glove box to see if there's a tissue in there, and bam! He rear-ends another vehicle. No big deal, right? A little fender-bender. We exchange phone numbers, insurance info, and everybody's on his way. Until the people in the other car see who's just driven into them. "Hey, it's Dan Marin-ooooooh! Ooooh! My neck! Whiplash!" Yes, the rich and famous have it far tougher than we think. Definitely rougher than us. You or | run into somebody in heavy traffic Oshawa, the worst that's gonna happen is he's going to: come after you with a tire iron. Or maybe a gun, if he's just - visiting from Scarborough. But Dan Marino: He gets his name in the papers, they're suing him, it'll cost about $3 million to fix the bumper on his Chevy Suburban... you don't want to know. It would just depress you. It comes with the territory: Jean Chretien falls flat on his face while playing basketball with some refugees, and we're all secretly happy. | remember once seeing Nancy Reagan fall off of the stage during an elaborate ceremony attended by leaders from the Middle East. Screamingly funny. You or | fall off a stage, maybe there'll be the odd guffaw, but it certainly isn't going to be on the front page of the Globe and Mail the next day, is it? As with my slip on the ice patch: No one cared. The only one who saw it was the dog, and he was more concerned with lapping up the steaming coffee than anything else. So consider yourself lucky the next time you fall down, or have a car accident. At least the jeezly Associated Press isn't going to be there to make a big fuss about it.