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6 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 16, 2001 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PUBLISHER, GEN MGR . . . .. Don Macleod < 5 . : 1 MEMBER BUSINESS OFFICE: Judy Ashby, Kathy Dudley, SENIOR REPORTER Ch Hal Gon Ele NAN IV NE a (CNA Janet Rankin, Lesley West OFFICE ER yle Stapley 200! | S ASSGCANON ADVERTISING: Ginni Todd, Cindy Jobin ADVERTISING MANAGER Deb McEachem sue | ECT AN i -- MEMBER nda Clarke, Lisa Monk. CREATIVE MANAGER Pam Hickey RIBBON| ~_- Mees Gail Morse, Linda Clarke, Lisa Monk, REPORTER Rik Davi Publications Mail Registration No. 07881 O COMMUNITY Janet Archer, Lon Bradbury, Bill Watson A -- avie NEW RS yy we on Rion No NEWSPAPER through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) towards our mading costs Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Company Limited, 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ontario - L9L 187 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 Year - $37.45 (includes GST) Six Months - {9.79 (includes GST) ~~ Foreign 1 Year - $96.30 (includes GST) EDITORIAL POLICY: Opinions expressed by columnists, contnbutors and letter writers are nat necessanly those of The Port Perry Star. Letters must be signed and the telephone number (which will not be published) induded. Requests that a name be withheld will be honoured only it there 1s a competing reason to do so. 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Editorial Comment Getting down to work Spearheaded by Scugog's Director of Public Works, Larry Postill, the township officially launched its efforts to clean up the area known as Test Hill last weekend. There have been many complaints regarding the area -- located in the southeast corner of the township, on the boundary line with Clarington -- over the past few years, the majority of them pertaining to vandalism and mischief. A favourite place for off-road vehicle enthusiasts to tear about in their four-wheel drive trucks and ATVs and even a popular place for thieves to ditch their latest stolen vehicle, there has been much talk surrounding the Test Hill area and who is responsible for policing it and cleaning it. Most of the area is owned by local residents who don't use that portion of their property, unkept and inviting to some segments of the public. However, while complaints were filed and tough talk was promised by authorities, there were no results. Then, slowly at first, discussions were held over the past year -- pushed along a littler quicker because of the death of two motorcyclists this spring, perhaps -- and then a public meeting was held. Once all the groups gathered, from homeowners to township offi- cials, police and off-road clubs, it was obvious that there were different agendas in the room, however there was a general consensus that the area had to be cleaned up and better looked after. Which brings us to this past weekend; it may have been a long-time coming, but those parties in the Test Hill area gathered together on Saturday, regardless of their interests, to lend a helping hand in cleaning up the land. The future of the lands are still up in the air, however The theme for this year's Sarita Claus parade is' Snow White and. the Seven Dwarfs. 1 70 tl, 1/77 0/777 A 1117 7 V4 /, 2 0) ' (Y R J hrs 77 7 /, Jr. / ¥ ' £4 To BE SNOW WHITE! at least the first step has been taken. LETTERS Another example of the township shrugging off its responsibilities To the Editor: I sit and write this letter after returning from my honeymoon. When my wife and | arrived home we read the wonderful column in The Port Perry Star, about the skateboard park, Unity Place, Oct. 5, the day of our wedding, Sept. 29, 2001. My wife and | both have sup- ported the park since day one, however, the location didn't impress us, we felt it is outcasted. As of Sept. 29 the location has definitely affected us. We had our wedding reception at the Scugog Community Centre. When we arrived at 7 p.m. after photos, we were greeted by two girls sitting on pillars smoking and spitting. Also, a parking lot with litter everywhere. The embarrass- ment was overwhelming, along with anger. Also, through the evening we had complaints from the caterer and bartender about kids coming in the side door. We also had friends and relatives and the maid of honour ask many times girls to leave the front hall and washrooms. Our complaint isn't really the kids in this. It is the Township of Scugog. When we contacted them about our concerns we were told that we were not the first and our complaint will be listed. To me that is not a proper way to run a business. The hall cost us $900 with damage deposit. Another shrug off from your local town coun- cil. | see they are about as con- cerned with me as they are about maintaining the township's newest park, Unity Place. It's time to step up to the plate guys. My best man and | picked up garbage, where's our pay- cheques? You received yours from us and you have done absolutely nothing. Jason and Dorothy Newell Port Perry