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LETTER TO THE EDITOR id The Editor: An open letter to the Scu-" gog Council, "Most politicians are dis- honest." ¢ * Iread about one who used public transportation for his private use. Some politic- ians do not attend the meet- ings they are paid to attend and some do not keep their campaign promises. Even more of them have a great deal of trouble making de- cisions when such decisions are controversial. Perhaps they are all dishonest! Really, I do not care whether there is or there is not a three day deer season Dear Sir: .The Adoptive Parents As- » sociation of Durham Region .is a parent-support group available to help those inter- ested in adoption. The next regular meeting will be March 2 at 8:00 p.m. in Room 7A of Oshawa City Hall, Guest speakers will be Mr. Henry Polak and Mr.. Bar- ney Lewis. Mr. Polak is an Ajax lawyer and the presid- ent of the Board of Directors of our Family. and . Child- next November. What I do care about is whether the decision for or against 'is based on rational reasons - reasons such as sound game management or the controll- ing of the deer herd so that it does not overcrop its winter range. I, too, own some farm land and I have met some irres- ponsible hunters and snow- mobilers on my land. Some- times, though, 1 have 'met irresponsible drivers on the road. I would not advocate that all deer hunters be deprived of their freedom to _hunt legally any more than I would advocate that all Thanks for help ren's Services. Mr, Lewis is the local director of the Family and Children's Ser- vices of Durham Region. ¢ They will make a present- - ation and answer any quest- ions-from the floor. For further information, feel free to call Sandy Pit- ters 668-1326 or Dawna Page 668-6673. - Thank you for your co- operation and consideration. Yours truly, Sandy Pitters. 3 "Most politicians are dishonest" drivers be deprived of the right to drive. It seems logical to me that the only thing to do in both cases is to catch the irresponsible individuals and to punish them. Councillors, try to keep "your heads when someone like Mr. Hamilton confronts you. He has probably been "Walt Disnified", if the truth were known, and would rather let animals starve or be killed on the highways than have them cropped in a legal, controll- ed hunt. As elected officials you must keep your cool in the face of the vociferous minor- ity and make decisions based on rational reasons, not emotion. If you do I am sure that the 'silent majority" will respect you even if they do not always agree with you. If they respect you they will probably continue to support you. My best wishes to Mr. Drew on his recently an- nounced vegetarian diet. I trust his strength and health will hold up. Then again, plants have feelings! Yours truly, Ray Litt. } | hi {ay } he Greenbank Brownies Kim Norton (left) and Cindy Latta present the book » ' L LYE) g A EN M12 "Like Measles, It's Catching" to Chief Librarian Grace Milne. A history of Guiding in Canada, the book is for use at the Scugog Public Library in Port Perry. The presentation was part of Scout-Guide Week. Each year on February 22, Guides and Scouts from 94 countries celebrate the joint birthdays of their founders, Lord Baden-Powell and the World Chief Guide, Lady Olave Baden-Powell. International friendship is the emphasis of the special week. § Si Bill Smiley The Cold Snap There's nothing like a real cold snap to make you realize how fragile is our civiliz- ation. We had a dandy recently, with temperatures far below zero in real .(Fah- . renheit) degrees for quite a few days. It brought the usual plethora of dead batteries, burst water pipes, and ancient furnaces giving up the ghost. : I am firmly convinced that if Canada had a solid month of 30-below temperatures, the * country would fall apart, physically, men- _ tally and morally. There's someéthing insidious and fearful about a prolonged cold spell. You sense that some giant beast is outside there, creeping implacably nearer, silent and monstrous; until' the final- moment of horror when claws of cold steel will clutch your throat, and your eyeballs will pop out and hang on your cheeks like frozen apes. Our house is normally a toasty one. The ..merest touch of a finger to the thermostat, and we laugh at the cold. Not so this time. First it was a draft around the feet. We threw an old coat down at the back door, where the beast was intruding his icy tentacles. The temperature went down. Next, while the thermostat read 70, the - thermometer read 58, and wouldn't go higher. We closed off the back kitchen, ~ where there is a sink and a johnny. It got colder. We retreated upstairs to the TV room, and plugged in an electric heater, and waited for the cold spell to end. The thermometer plunged. The icicles on the south roof took on awesome proportions. overseas. Wed. February 28, 1917 -Rev. John Ford of the Baptist Church preached his farewell service. A program of music pro- vided by the choir and assisted by Mrs. Dave Carnegie was enjoyed. Mr. J. H. Brown ten- dered his resignation as Treasurer of the Village of Port Perry, after some 30 years of serving in that position. On behalf of the Council and the rate- victrola. Mr. Leonard Leahy, who recently joined the Royal Navy, has left for overseas. His head- quarters will be Ports- mouth, Mr. Albert Roberts has purchased the moving picture house at - Port Perry from Mr. Quinn, | 35 YEARS AGO Wed, February 26, 1942 L.A.C. Garnet Weir was home visiting his fine a Banquet, Remember i: a: nf When..? family on embarkation leave, prior to leaving for R. W. Clifford Smith of Courtice, was chosen as the resident minister by the United Church con- gregation of Port Perry and Prince Albert. Port Perry High School Literary Society has pur- chased a new radio- Mr. Owen Reader, Tor- onto, was home over the weekend to help cele- brate his parents 36th wedding anniversary. payers, a purse of gold 20 YEARS AGO Mrs. Harold Kyte, was presented to Mr. Thurs, February 21, 1957 Blackstock, was elected Brown. Field Commissioner president of the Oshawa Mr. Wally Harper gave a regarding the life of Baden-Powell at the Father and Son parade of scouts, cubs, guides and brownies con- cluded Scout Week by marching to the Church of the Ascension led by the Port Perry High School Band. yg The United Church "Young Peoples are pre- at the Port Perry High School. The Port Perry High School won the Inter- School Drama Festival Trophy. The director for the play was Miss N. McCully. Miss Esther Pickard won the award as the best actress. os 10 YEARS AGO " Thurs. February 23, 1967 Burn's Fellowship group held their meeting at the school on Sunday evening when Mr. Mel Smith of Oshawa taped two programs to be broadcast on "Sunday School of the Air", C.K.L.B. next Sunday. Presbyterial United Church Women at the 5th 'annual meeting which = took place at Northmin- ster . United Church, February 15th. : Despite many prob- lems, the Hospital Build- ing Fund Campaign has reached approximately the halfway mark on its goal of $250,000. May 1st is the target date for construction to begin. A" church During a foray to the kitchen for food, I checked the downstairs power room. In the sink, where the tap habitually dripps, there were a perfect stalactite and a perfect stalagmite, not quite meeting. In the toilet bowl, there 'was a sheet of ice, glare, six inches thick, -and two black squirrels, forced out of the attic by the cold, playing their verson of road hockey. Outside lurked the Abominable Iceman. Downstairs the furnace coughed valiantly, like a man with emphysema and one lung. The thermometer read 56. Beginnings of panic. The furnace-men weren't coming until next Thursday. You make appointments with them months "ahead, like a dentist. . % Call the plumber. 'Nope, nobody here on a Saturday, and besides, we don't do furnace work any more. Call your oil dealer." : Called oil dealer. Situation getting grim. Thoughts of moving to a motel. Certainty that car wouldn't start, and taxi as easy to capture as lost virginity. Oil dealer chuckles jovially. "Are your filters clean?" "My what" "Your filters. If they're dirty, your furnace can't breathe." Ask wife, Filters clean? She says the furnace man usually puts new ones in, but last year he said they didn't need changing. Tell fuel dealer. He chuckles heartily. "They should be cleaned once a month. Try taking them out altogether for a while, and call me back." "How do you take them out?" Diagram given over phone. By some miracle, I find and remove the filters. They are black as Toby's you-know-what, An hour later, temperature up to 58. Another hour later, up to 60. Cheers of victory. Put electric heater, face down in toilet bowl of downstairs johnny. 'An hour later, temperature up to 58. Another hour later, up to 60. Cheers of victory. Put electric heater, face down, in toilet bowl of downstairs johnpy. Emerge from TV room redoubt. Four p.m.. Saturday. Sun Shining. Venture forth, Car starts. Go downtown. Everyone jolly, Horror stories abound. colleague spent four hours and $28 getting car started. Friend had all upstairs pipes burst, water, water everywhere, Neigh- bour's almost new furnace conked out at 1 a.m. Another colleague with brand-new house, brand new electric heating system, was able to get temperature up to only 17 degrees, with help of fireplace. Feel better. Own suffering trivial. Return home in good mood. Wife furious. Let rotten cat in to get warm. Rotten cat showed gratitude by committing No. 1 and No. 2 all over back kitchen, where ice in john now melted. But house a lovely, balmy 68. The Beast once more defeated. But he'll be back. And down deep, I don't really trust our technology to cope with Him. Furnaces, for example. They're much too complimented for an ordinary nincompoop to deal with. They require a guy with a Grade 10 education and a skill with inanimate things. Second last time I called the furnace man, the furnace was dead. Not even « cough. "Try pushing the starter biltton," he suggested. Now; I knew some cars and most aircraft have a starter button. I thought furnaces just started up on their own, when the cold weather came along. To After three trips down cellar and three trips back up to the phone, I located the starter buttons, two of them. I pushed. Nothing. I pushed and pushed and pushed. Zilch. Called the guy back. He said he'd come. Got home from work, the furnace was humming, asked my wife what he did. "He pushed the starter button," she said, deliberately and witheringly. That cost me twelve bucks. But I, and my contemporaries, will have the last laugh when we run out of oil and gas and go back to coal furnaces. Then we'll see who the experts are. We know that coal furnaces are not inanimate cre- atures. They respond to a couple of bangs about the ears with a shovel. PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited Prone Ws 183 Name, ; . Gun ; (i): Ty Oa Serving Port Perry. Reach, Scvooq and Cartwright Towrshps J. 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