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A tip of the hat to the staff and volun- teers at the Community Nursing Home in Port Perry who put wgether the "Florida Dream Trip." That trip took 15 residents of the Nursing Home to Florida last week for a soven days of sight-seeing and relaxing in "trip as well 10 see 0 the health and safety of the residents, most of whom, by the way, are in wheelchairs. As I write this, the gang is still it Florida. But they'll be home by the time this issue of the Citizen is out. Hopefully al weak well on this wp. was an amazing feat, taking 15 pint Bier all of them with health problems of varying degrees, putting them on a plane and then showing them around Disney World, Universal City and so on for seven days. Some nursing homes won't take residents downtown for an hour, let alone a week in Florida some 1,500 miles away. But | think I am safe in saying that at Community Nursing Home in Port Perry, the needs of the residents are first and fore- most, and the staff, with the support of administrator Edna Goss go out of their way to see that these needs are met. Kim Mitchell, the Home's director of activities, had a lot to do with this trip. She worked on this project for well over a year and I'm sure there were a few people whouold her "you're crazy But Kim" s not the kind of person to worry too much abdut what other people think. She saw a chance to to something unique; very special for some péople who are special to her and instead of looking for all the reasons why it would NOT work, she went and found ways to make it happen. 1 think many of us could take a cue from Kim and everyone else at the nursing home who had anything 10 do with this. It's easy 10 find a hundred and one reasons NOT 10 do something. It takes courage, will power and a heck of a lot of hard work to tackle a project and see it through, especially one as ambitious as this Florida Dream Trip, To Kim, the staff and volunteers. Now that you're home, enjoy your days off. I know you eamed them and nice going for Eabaving the guts to tackle this project and see it through. Sort of proves the word "can't" has 510 place in some people's vocabulary. NO SYMPATHY: Which for a large and bitter battle to erupt somewhere in «Ontario when trustees with some of y ld eR viduals who will go that "extra step" (or mile) for their students. They are paid well by anybody's standards, and | have no quib- ble with that. Sadly, those who run the teachers' unions in this province are driving a big wedge between the general public and the teachers who actually work in the schools. The wage demands the unions are trying to extract from cash-strapped boards don't reflect the realities of 1992. Wage demands two, three, even four times above the infla- tion rate are nothing short of folly. Transfer payments from the province to boards are frozen at 1 per cent this year. Job action, work 10 rule, and strikes by teachers set a horrible example to the kids they are teach- ing. Keep in mind that the parents of a lot of these kids would be happy just © be work- ing, never mind striking for pay hikes of five or six per cent. \ I think the day is coming fast when a board of education will simply let teachers "hit the bricks" and shut down the schools for however long it takes teachers to accept the bodgd's offer: a month, six months, a year. It could set students back an entire year, play havoc with college or education plans. But public sympathy at this point would rest with the board. That was not the to replace Kent Farndale, who is giving up her posi- coordinator They are the new Scugog Memorial Public Library Board members. Seated is Chairman Jim Wills and Librarian Suzanne White, with Patricia Heap, Jane Baird, Cathryn Hall and Marilyn MacKenzie. Absent from photo is Ken Gadsden, Monique Howatt, Kim Harper and Linda Philip. : Candidates must have a background in art, as well as administrative capabilities, good j and a considerable amount of free time to devote to this busy volun- teer job. No doubt about it, Kent will be a tough one to replace, but the library is try- ing anyway. Send your applications to Suzahne White at the library, P.O. Box 1049, Port Perry, LIL 1A8. 1 took this picture at a recent board meeting, and was afraid it would never make the papér due to space limitations. But I wanted you to see this photo, see some of the people who make Scugog's library such a great place to visit. The board, by the way is searching for someone case even two years ago, when p would have demanded that the board settle just to get the students back in the class-- room. But the reality of 1992 is that both the B= SuLvEo MyarErv(l) = provincial/and federal go are ing in red ink. Ontario's deficit alone could top $12 billion this year alone. Lord only knows how big thé deficit is up there in Ounawa. It Will be a sad day, but the day is 'coming when a board of education will "dig in its heels" for however long it takes to bring sanity back to the negotiating table. I don't blame rank and file teachers for this "lack of sanity." Many of them are appalled at what is going on. But those who lead the unions simply have to get their heads out of the clouds and wake up io the fact that this is 1992 and the money pot ran dry along time ago. Sadly, it is the "front line teachers," those who Put in a hard day's work; those who hurt most when push comes 10 shove in this nasty affair. My sister is married to a teacher and he's a credit to the profession, like the vast maj of his cl everywhere. 'Hooray, hooray! This couple is nameless in museum files no longer! Scugog Shores Museum is happy to report last week's Unsolved Mystery is solved, after Bob Walker and Mrs. Croxall called to identify this couple ley Croxall. Alice is the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Walker. Their son Oswald of Manchester passed away a dr ago, but his wife ot is alive and doing finel Their grandson John lives on Gerrows Beach/Ambleside. After Alice on, Stanley remar- ried Annie Blommip, a widow from Uxbridge. liyed on Con. 9 of Reach before mov- ing to Manchester where Dowson's Water Haulage ls These little goat babies were all of two | weeks old when this between. this summer photo was taken. by she'll be expanding her their proud owner Celso Raffin of Scugog. Farm babies - - @ sure sign of spring. This week's Citizen enjoys diversity! You'll find Tracy Nippard work- ing through the.week, serving up coffee and doughnuts at Country Style on weekends, and planning for a career as a hairdresser anytime in horizons on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, Who knows what that will lead to...