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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, July 4, 1990 Why rush the kids? To the Editor: My son, who is in the 5th grade has been invited to several "mix- ed" parties. Some of these parties are pool parties while others are the same type of parties I would have attended in my early teens. I am sure that these parties are well supervised and purely inno- cent but I don't think a ten or eleven year old child is mature enough to more or less start into this dating scene. The reaction I have got from Please recycle this newspaper other parents is 'Oh well all the kids are going to these parties." My reaction is why not let kids be kids. I have seen young girls at school functions wearing makeup, and dressing like young teens. Public school graduation is now similar to high school graduation when we were kids. I can't understand why parents would encourage this type of thing. Children are children for such a short time but once they have become young adults they are adults for the rest of their lives. Sincerely, L. Williams, Nestleton, Ontario Letters io the editor Need for a cleaner environment To the Editor: This is the year for the environ- ment. Earth Day, different en- vironmental events are being publicized throughout the world. Cleaning up the environment is ry important. No one can deny "that. We all must be a part of the solution. The focus so far has been on the damage we are doing to the environment; how nature is suf- fering. We must remember that we are a part of nature. More focus should be placed on what the environment is doing to the human body. We already know what pollution is doing to I'm glad to see that the expansion of Port Perry Community Hospital is back on track, af- ter a three year delay. With the Ontario Health Ministry allocating $2.4 million for the expansion, finally work can be started on one of the most important building projects in town. With the money allocated by the Health Min- istry, the hospital is left with the responsibility to come up with the remaining $1.3 million to con- struct the new addition. Because of hard work by the hospital staff, and residents of Scugog Township who have been helping the expan- sion fund along the past couple years, the $1.3 million local share will come from that fund. It currently stands at over $2.5 million. It is great to see that the people who will be benefitting most from the new addition (local residents) are one of the major factors behind the hospital having its share of the expansion money. The first phase of the expansion includes what | think is the most important part of the whole expansion, and that is a larger emergen- cy department. We all know the horror an emer- gency room can be at times when waiting for treatment. It is no ones fault for the waiting peri- od, the staff are busy, and the most seriously ill should be attended to first, but we must admit it is a long wait when you are injured or ill. Ten minutes in a waiting room feels like an hour when the only place you want to be is at home in bed. The new addition will require more nursing staff, and overall ease the strain on the already busy emergency staff, and ease the stress on waiting patients. The one part of the expansion plan | am not pleased with is the issue of the proposed 22 chronic care beds (long-term patients) being put on hold, and under review by the Health Minis- try. | feel that the addition of these beds for chronic patients is an important feature that should not be cast aside. In my opinion | think that a chronic patient would much rather be in the home town hospital, than in an unfamilar one. It would be better for all concerned, includ- ing friends and relatives, who would be able to make visits more frequent, and longer. With the number of births, day patient opera- tions, day surgery cases, etc., on the increase, the new addition will be welcomed with open Back Talk by Kelly Storry 'arms. Statistics show that from the past year the vast majority of patients (74%) came from the Scugog area. This expansion will allow resi- dents to receive treatment at their local hospital even as the community grows. Overcrowding may not force the patient to go elsewhere for treatment. It is great to see that one of the most impor- tant operations in Port Perry (our local hospital) is going to grow as the community continues to do so. More and more people are discovering Scugog as a place to raise their family, and the expansion will allow the hospital to handle it much easier. hd In closing | just want to mention something that had me puzzled last week. "What is the speed limit on the Island, and how is anyone supposed to know what it is? Myself, | would assume it is an 80 km/hr zone, but | have no proof. Last week while on assignment on the Island | noticed that there is no speed limit posted on the main road. Of course looking for speed limit signs is not my usual routine, | came upon this realization much by accident. While | was driving along minding my own business, a kindly gentleman flashed his lights at me (I know a big no-no) to warn me a policeman was up ahead. Even though | was driving at 80 km, | kept an eye on the side of the road, looking for proof of the lim- it. Much to my surprise | was now at the 12th concession and not one sign was posted. For all | know | was assuming too much and the lim- it was 60, and | passed an unobservant police- man. s If Mr. Officer were to pull me over, issue me a iece of yellow and orange paper, who would | to argue that | was driving under the limit, | have absolutely no proof of what it is? Now | am not going to try and tell you | drove every sideroad on the Island, but the ones | travelled did not have a limit either. Is it still an 80, or does it drop to 60, 50...7 Just something to think about. | have trav- elled the Island countless times, and never no- ticed the absence of signs before. | may never have noticed if | wasn't warned to check the needle on my speedometer, before the car with the red cherries did it for me. For Better or For Worse® by Lynn Johnston the birds, trees, fish, water, food, etc. There is much human suffering going on as a result of pollution. More & more people are becom- ing victims of our environment to- day. Corporations always have the excuse that further study is needed in order to prove their pro- duct is causing problems. It is wondered whose interests are be- ing considered. Some feel that environmental hypersensitivities cannot touch them. Unfortunately, more and more are finding this is just not so. Ignoring it doesn't make it go away. Become Vocal with your concerns. Consumers can really make things happen. Become in- volved! It's your constitutional right to have clean air, clean food, clean water. Anything less is unacceptable. Start by using organic lawn sprays, natural cleaning products and asking your local supermarket manager to start stocking organic produce and meats. Educate the farmers to start using natural methods and stop using chemical sprays. Pam Beadle, Prince Albert. That's "cowboy" Tom To the Editor: The Scugog Choral Society would like to take this opportuni- ty to thank Tom Millar for his dedication and commitment over the past six years as our Musical Director. We accepted his resignation with regret, but received a pro- mise of his continued support. We hope to convince him to join us on stage in one of our future performances; maybe even as a .... cowboy in our fall show - "Oklahoma." We wish him continued success with his amazing children's group -- Millar Lights. Sincerely, The Scugog Choral Society, Wally Bone, President Names are a big deal (From page 7) can be done relatively easy, the deeds to our houses will need to be changed. Of course, this will cost us, as I'm quite sure Scugog Township will not pick up the tab. If I felt the street name change in this particular case would help the emergency response time I would be willing to change, but I think it will cause more confusion. We have written council and a respresentative spoke for us at the meeting on June 11. She was told our ideas would be taken in- to consideration. I can only hope they meant that and didn't say it just to get us off their backs. Sincerely, C. Danilko, 48 Sunrise Dr. (for now) Blackstock WEDDING INVITATIONS and Accessories ot PORT PERRY STAR 235 Queen Street Port Perry 985-7383 53 Quebecers. (From page 6) But by far the biggest problem facing Quebec, if they at- tempt to pull out of Canada, will be fi their fair share of the national debt. In that scen ince will be handed a bill for a least $100 billion. Who's going to lend them the money? (Don't tell us...Brian Mulroney?) Better still, there is the 'small' matter of who owns the land Quebec sits on. As far as we can figure, the land is - and al- ways will be - a part of Canada, whether Les Quebecers stick around or not. That presents another problem for the French- Canadians; What would it be worth to buy, or rent, and per- haps more importantly... do we want them to have it? The answer is: not until they do a deal for English-speaking As our fearless leader has predicted, the s..t may very will | hit the fan now that Meech Lake is dead. Unfortunately for Mr. Mulroney and his French-Canadian consorts, they miscalcu- lated badly on its direction of travel! Hey, no matter. If they want to make a stink, they'll sure have the ammunition! ing a way to pay off 0, the prov- Jog? BUT THIS IS MICHAEL WHEN | WASYOLR | WAS MOTIVATED! I FOUND |... nem Ra a athe ad LENS THINGS TO pot oo pp Tsay T i" PUM , ; HOLIDAY i -- | DON'T Gr pelle I IRON'T BEEN EMMERSON INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED 193 QUEEN ST., PORT PERRY, ONT. LIL 1B9 PHONE (416) 985-7306 ALL LINES OF GENERAL INSURANCE HOMEOWNERS - FARM - AUTO COMMERCIAL LJ * i ATi A, A Ba Es