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6 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 25, 2001 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PUBLISHER, GEN MGR Don Macleod AMR BUSINESS OFFICE: Judy Ashby, Kathy Dudley, SENIOR REPORTER Chns Hall « RMON 4 CNA Janet Rankin, Lesley West OFFICE MANAGER CL ¢ \t NEYY ADVERTISING MANAGER Soars ASSOCIATION ADVERTISING: Ginni Todd, C ndy Jobin, 7001 WINER ; MEMBER Gail Morse, Linda Clarke, Lisa Monk CREATIVE MANAGER Pam Hickey 1001 WINNER ' ONTARIO : : : : REPORTER RK Davie conapelTEn Publications Mail Registration No 07881 COMMUNITY Janet Archer, Lon Bradbury, Bill Watson COMPETITION We acknowledge the Tnanadl support of the Government of Canada, ASSOCIATION through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) towards our mang costs PRODUCTION: Trudy Emprningham, Daryle Wnght, Arlene Chee PHONE 905-985-7383 FAX 905-985-3708 EMAIL editonal@portperrystar com advertising@portperrystar. com Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Company Limited, 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ontario - LIL 1B7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 Year - $37 45 (includes GST) ~~ Six Months - $19 79 (includes GST) Foreign 1 Year - $96.30 (includes GST) EDITORIAL POLICY: Opinions expressed by columnists, contributors and letter winters are not necessanly those of The Port Perry Star Letters must be signed and the telephone number (which wall not be published) nduded Requests that a name be withheld will be honoured only if there 1 a « ompelling reason to do so brrors wall be corrected it brought to the editor's attention. We reserve the nght 10 edit or refuse publication of any matendl submitted. ADVERTISING POLICY The publisher 1s not kable for skght changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement The publisher 1s not kable for Other errors or BIISSIONS Nn Connection wth any advertisement in any subsequent issue or the refund of ary monies paid for the advertiserrent. All daims of eor in publication must be made by Wednesday, noon, prior to the next week's publication, and, if not made. will not be considered No daim will be allowed for more than one insertion Freelance Winters Heather McCrae, John 8 McClelland, Kay Langone Editorial Comment For Evan's sake J WOULD LIKE TO ASSURE DA CANADIAN PEOPLE DAT WE ARE DOING ALL DAT WE CAN TO STAMP OUT DA TERRORIST THR... 'make our roadways safe for the likes of little boys and How many ways are there to say slow down? The tragic death of a five-year-old boy was the latest in a string of area accidents and a weekend that saw several people die on Ontario roads as a result of excessive speed and inattention are part of a frustrating chain of traffic mayhem that police are at a loss to stop. Education programs, community safety zones and increased fines have all failed to slow drivers down and girls who want to go to the fair. While a cause for the accident that took the life of five- year-old Evan Huntington is still under investigation and no charges have been laid, if it tallies up like that of majority of accidents, speed will be at least a factor in the death of the little boy as he travelled with family on an outing that should have ended at the Lindsay Fair and instead ended in devastation for his family, his friends and anyone else who had met the little fellow with personality enough for two. Durham Regional Police and the Ontario Provincial Police continually express frustration over their inability to control speed and driving habits on our highways and pull their hair out every time they are asked for answers. Here's an answer. Leave for work five minutes early. Take the extra time needed on trips to allow for a leisurely drive at posted speeds... or at least controllable speeds. Try to remember that speed and inattention to details kill more people in this country every year, and it is all pre- ventable. Where do any of us have to go that is so important that we will bet our lives on getting there? If you can't slow down for your own reasons, then do it for a friend of ours. For Evan's sake... slow down! EY You! INFIDEL! THIS RooM You GAVE ME DOESN'T HAVE. CABLE! Remember When? Historical photo feature by J. Peter Hvidsten ~ and his son were money lenders and insurance agents in Port Perry. The house is located on . Cochrane St., and still remains today. Mr. Adams and his son Douglas can be seen sitting on a couch to the right, and the lady in the in centre is believed to be Mrs. Adams. LETTERS Council not interested in finding Test Hill solution To the Editor: I was at the first meeting to dis- cuss Test Hill, and it was perfectly clear that Scugog Council really doesn't want off-roaders to use this area at all, even the ones that don't burn cars or dump garbage orstart fires. All they want is anoth- er golf course, another park or more houses so all off-roading activity will stop in this area, even though it has been going on for 20-plus years. We even have our own council- lor for Ward 4, David Dietlein, expressing fears that the $5,000 to clean up the area might encourage people: "I don't want it to be seen as the Township endorsing off- roading activities." We also have Ward 2 Councillor Marilyn Pearce saying, "it provides an environmental lesson for peo- ple who off-road." HELLO, 99 per cent of the peo- ple that off-road aren't causing everybody's problems, it is crooks that steal cars, kids that have noth- ing else to do then set fires, and people that are too cheap to pay for the proper disposal of shingles, and garbage, even though disposal fees keep going up in the area, but that is a different rant. There are all kinds of off-road clubs that take part in activites during all four seasons, that would probably gladly help out to keep the area open. But what is the point in helping to clean up the area if itis just going to be closed down, and have some rich devel- oper make even more money putting up a golf course or more houses. Scugog Council and cer- tain people are just giving the nor- mal response when it comes to off-road activites: NIMBY. So what is the point in helping out? Blaine Sleep Blackstock