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6 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 13, 2001 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice' PUBLISHER .. = J. Peter Hvidsten -Membier ; BUSINESS OFFICE: Judy Ashby, Kathy Dudley, GENERALMGR ........ Don Macleod oCcna » LID BR 7 » 4 : Canadian % CNA Janet Rankin, Lesley West A N : ROTTY WORE IRR J a SR E bhi Community MANAGING EDT OR i Michal > 1866 gs Nesoopaper of hogs 3 2000 (Newspaper 4 ADVERTISING: Ginni Todd. Cindy Jobin, + + + Layle Stapley Member Ontario Community [onsed? > 3 Assos 1at0n Gail Morse, Sandra Spears, Linda Clarke, ADVERTISING MGR .. .Deb McEachern Newspaper Assoc : _ col pap . Lisa Monk, Janet Archer, Malcolm Lennox PRODUCTION MGR .. Pam Hickey Publications Mail Registration No. 07881 REPORTER . ...... 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We reserve the night to edit or refuse publication of any matenal submitted ADVERTISING POLICY: The publisher is not kable Tor shoht changes on typographical eon that do not kessen the value of an advertisement The publisher rs not able Tor other eons or orssons in conned tion with any aver tisenent in any subsequent issue or the refund of ary monies paid for the advertisement. All daims of eqor in pabilication most be made by Wednesday, noon, pron to the next week's publication, and, f not made, will not be considered. No in wall be allowed tor more than one wiserion : Editorial Comment "THE DURHAM POLICE TRAFFIC UNIT -- a Te Ae. a I pt Dodging a bullet It's not been that often that provincial bullets have been dodged, but that occurs to be the case with municipal restruc- turing. You remember restructuring; it was also referred to as amalgamation, or, in some circles, more meddling by the damned Tories. It was a bugaboo topic for years, after the Toronto experiment, and the Ottawa experiment, and the Hamilton experiment. Those in the know here took a look around and concluded it wouldn't be long before the bean counters at Queen's Park cast their gaze in our direction... THEY'RE A LITTLE BUSY RIGHT NOW AND WERE WONDERING \F WE WOULDN'T MIND SETTLING THIS BETWEEN OURSELVES! and certain doom awaited. Well, it appears Premier Mike Harris has listened to his caucus - and remember, there are some cabinet heavyweights who hail from Durham - and has backed off, for now at least, from any plans to enforce his vision of frugality in Durham, and other 905 entities. Not that the Tories shy away from a fight, necessary or oth- erwise, but there had to be some credence given to the musings of MPPs, who wondered if antagonizing more municipalities is the direction in which the government needs to head right now. Besides, the job's already being done. Local politicians, frightened at the prospect of having the government come stomping in to rearrange the municipal furniture, have taken seriously the need to look at the way things are done. They're searching for ways to run the region better and in.a more cost-effective way, and that's what the province was looking for in the first place. \ So the government's achieved its goal, or at least got the a ball rolling, without having to impose the kind of mugging with which it's implemented all its other grand schemes. And from our perspective, that's a good thing. . BgT 2" SN i E 0% PorT PERRY STAR --- RR, Keeping in tune with the winter pictures we've published the past couple of weeks, here's one that shows a section of Queen Street, about 1943, after a large snowfall. Note the large snowbanks and a horse drawn sleigh making its way towards the lake. At right is the White Rose service station owned by Harold Archer, in the building now occupied by the Royal Bank. Port Perry Star Letter of the Week 8 Snowarama a community success To the Editor: On behalf of the Port Perry Rotary Club, | would sincerely wish to express our gratitude by acknowledging the support, hard work and efforts put forth by this caring community resulting in Snowarama 200! being an extremely successful fundraiser in support of Easter Seals. I would like to take this oppor- tunity to thank the Central Ontario Regional Snowmobile Association (C.O.R.S.A.) for once again holding this annual event. Last year, Snowarama raised more than $15,000 for the Easter Seals Society It was our goal to top that amount this year, Thanks to the unquestionable generosity of the community as a whole, Snowarama was able to surpass last year's funds to more than $20,000 at the February 5 Dinner & Auction. urge you as consumers to utilize the products and services of local merchants, whenever possible, in order for them to continue to support fundraisers such as Snowarama. Easter Seals is a worthy orga- nization recognizing the vital needs of children whose lives have been greatly affected by a disability. Itis important for the public to be aware that the funds raised in events such as Snowarama are distributed within our Region resulting in many local children benefitting from these funds. Itis the generosity of the dona- tions and contribution made by this community that allow us to continue to assist such worthy causes as Easter Seals. With heart-felt thanks, Jim Jenkins Port Perry Rotary Club |S WOEFULLY UNDERSTAFFED... Ra ay ER -- a