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{ ERE rel WETVTRARTT IE Sapasaige i "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR - DATS er SYS S T mernt Sarma Smet N | | | of the 2001? Question : Week. oo What is your New Year's resolution for Jay Todd A new public pool. a number of years now, and it's time to work on it. It's been identified for Doug Moffatt Brenda Robinson A secondice pad. It's To have all of us con- in demand by the tinue on building a public. There's a spirit of community need and a desire for here and for every- one here. one to work together. Nicole Guillmette Phil Hayes To actually get out To lose weight. and do more things this year, like camp- ing. LETTERS | To the Editor: A serious situation is developing with the winter fishermen and the resi- dents of Platten Blvd. on Scugog Island. In casef a fire or a heart attack, only one route exists to service Platten Blvd. The fishermen park on both sides of the road and in "the case of a emergency serious problems would develop, since no one can get past. May I take this time to mention that the fisherman are taking advantage of Mr. Goreski and the Goreski Marina. He has up to now not said a word about all the cars, trailers and snow machines parking in the' Courting disaster on the Island parking lot of the marina. However the fishermen seem to create damage, garbage and become a gen- eral pest. : This property costs a lot to maintain, and the Goreskis contribute large amounts to the tax office in Scugog Township. Finally, and sadly on Jan. 1, one of the residents tried to get out of his drive- way and he kindly asked if the fisherman would move | his trailer and snowmo- | biles. This fisherman told Andy that he can go to ----. So I hope this situation can be cured soon before tragedy falls on the area. Ken Bell Scugog Island To the Editor: The Society of Scugog Christian School would like to express its thanks for supporters of our recent bazaar and auction. Thanks to their generos- ity, Scugog Christian School Thanks for supporting Christian School was able to raise approxi- mately $11,000. Their kindness and thoughtfulness are very much appreciated. Marianne Walhout Secretary/Bookkeeper across the ya A clear, cold nly moming. Crack ( : te lear Favs i like this never fail to ome me of the West, where winter is say and es ih be skin on your face becomes taut am place soon will mean frostbite. And the Ge ina ve blue of the sky over the Alberta A Dae sun dances on the blan- _ ket of snow, diamond prism pin- _ points sparkling, and naked trees cast long, mournful blue shadows . It is bitterly cold. Nothing stirs, 2 save for, the occasion wisps from the Shimrey like crystal- Glear windswept fternoons S Shan . skating on pat Syn wind ising ona ney jig in' ; Rockies, the exhilaration of being alive in that high, By Jeff Mitchell ; EMORYE Since. and of breathing air that | is as clean and refreshing as a drink of ice water. : Or the murky pre-dawn chill of Edmonton, the smell of cigarettes, bad bus station coffee and diesel exhaust mingling with the excitement, or sad- ness of departure... "And there are memories here, 100, i in Ontario, fumbling a bolt which disap- /n the engine block and landing densa the beast. omporan hi with the dog, who's "a » an old boy now, with aching hips and a rear leg that will not function; and who eschews the frigid out- doors, preferring his appointed place of residence, 'smack in front of the fire, there to doze and Wich | in dreams. So many winter memories. And $0 much te. it seéms here and now, on this still morning with coffee percolating, to spend retrieving them, and playing them out, like the old home movies your father took, then stashed | in the attic, and forgot. ied ms of the Random Jottings by J. Peter Hvidsten fingertips. past life. SOMETHIN' ABOUT NUTTIN' Here we are, the first day of 2001, and once again | sit staring at a blank computer screen (oh, for the days when it was a sheet of : yellow newsprint in an old Underwood typewriter... but that's another story), wondering what words of wisdom will ooze from my. Stumped for ideas so soon in the new year, | looked to the Internet for help and came across a site which suggested they can tell me what | was in my Intrigued, yet skeptical, | pointed the arrow of my mouse to the site and clicked, only to find some silly instructions telling me if | wanted to look into my past life, | would have to read out loud the following verse: "Mirror, Mirror in front of me, what is it that you see? Tell me who | was before, was | rich or was | poor? I'm on the web so make it fast, who was | in the past?" It told me that if | didn't say the verse out loud, | may not get an accurate reading. Reluctantly, | got up from my desk and glanced down the hall, to make sure nobody was around, then returned to my seat in front of the computer and quiet- ly whispered the words. Feeling rather foolish, (it's amazing what you'll do to come up with a column idea), | clicked on the mirror as instructed and up popped an image of the man | was in my past life. It was & soldier, who it says, "may have spent his past life defending the rights of others and his country." Feeling somewhat foolish and embarrassed for having uttered those words out loud, | clicked the search engine to find something else. | decided a couple of weeks ago that I'd like to lose alittle weight in the new year (I know, it's a bad new - year's resolution), so | went in search of tips on how to lose weight effectively. Soon | found myself looking at a copy of the Internet version of the Old Farmer's Almanac and, after searching through a number of titles, came across some information that said the best days to begin a diet to lose weight in 2001 would be Jan. 11 or 15. Now | had already made up my mind to start today, Jan.1, but armed with this new information began to think what | could have for supper tonight if | went by "the book." In a final effort to find myself, this first day of the new year, | looked to my horoscope to see if that would set me off in the right direction, and here is what my horoscope revealed... "There are people itching to get into your skull. If you want to let 'em in, be ready for some serious aftermath. There are places in your head even YOU don't want to go, so why let someone else in? Sure, there's plenty to share with others, but keep some cards close to the chest." Just what in the heck that means I'm not sure, but as you can see, I'm at the end of my allotted space, and that's how you put together a column when ya got nuttin' to say! Happy New Year to all readers of The Star. mia