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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, July 17, 1990 Festival a real crowd _ From Page 2 overnight and into the morning prompted Chamber of Com- merce officials to cancel the en- tire afternoon band concert and Scottish Tattoo. The Tour du Monde, being or- ganized by the local cycling club was also cancelled early Sun- day morning as few competi- tors braved the elements to take in the five kilometer route. Tour organizer Jim Wills told the Star the race will hopefully be re-scheduled for mid Sep- tember, but a definite date has not yet been set. Larry Emmerson, co- chairman of Festival Days, told the Star that "anthing that wasn't dependent on the weath- er proved to be a success." e also said that both the pancake breakfast and the armwrestling tournament, held in the Festival Tent, were a tremendous success. Over 2500 people sat down to a pan- cake and sausage breakfast, while 100 armwrestlers from all over the province competed for trophies and prizes. "Comments from the general putie have been very favoura- le" said Mr. Emmerson. "There have been some com- plaints, but on the whole most people were pleased with the weekend." Chamber secretary Bill Barr praised the armwrestling event. saying it was well orga- nized and run by Mike Haigh and the local club. Other real crowd pleasers were the Spanish Flamenco Show and Bahamas Fashion Show held in the Festival Tent. While the Chamber feels they will not be financially as profitable this year as previous years, they feel the overall event was a success. Once Chamber member told the Star, "it is our job as mem- bers of the Scugog Chamber of Commerce is to promote and at- tract people to the community. Festival Days has once again attracted tremendous crowds, who having experienced our community are sure to return another day. Another Festival Days week-end is over. Thousands turned out to enjoy the record num- ber of events and attractions in downtown Port Perry. Months upon months of planning tured out to be time well spent by organizers. My feet are weary and my shutter release fin- ger is cramped after three days of snapping photos of everything that moved, jumped, slam dunked, or skied in the downtown area. Was it worth all the fuss? It sure was, | had a great time taking pictures of others who were having such a great time, especially the kids. | think the best brainwave of someone's over the Jost couple years, was the implication of the Teen Tent. It takes a lot of planning to keep hundreds of teens entertained, and busy for an enlie week-end, but | think the events this year id it. Of all the events | covered over the three days, | had the most fun behind the camera lens during the Canadian Ski Show. At times | had to remind myself while riding in the boat, | was there to work, to take pictures, not to watch as the skiers did what they did best. The only downfall in this event, is that it is too bad that something was not done about the ever present Scugog weeds along the water- front, before these skiers performed. The ski team took a few tumbles, as the 225 Johnson chugged through the strangling weeds. The drivers were having trouble getting their motor to work to its full extent, resulting in a tougher time for the skiers. Several times the drivers of both boats had to stop and disperse of the nest of weeds that had wrapped themselves around the motor, and ski rope. All in all, the skiers put on a tremendous show, that was well worth the anticipation the large crowd along the shoreline was waiting for. They handled the weed situation professionally, took a few precautions, made some Scugog weed comments all in fun, took the situation in stride, and came out Joriorining a show that was well worth waiting for. The remainder of festival days was typical. Kids with candy floss and candy apple stuck to their faces, as they screamed in delight on the rides, beer tent scuffles, busy police officers, and a good time had by all. Fix the Clock Back Talk The game is close, 2-1 to be exact, the losing team puts together a rush, and are heading for the net. There is "---" time left until the buzzer sounds. How much time you ask? No one knows, the time clock at the arena is once again on the "fritz". For over a month the time clock has been on vacation. The residents using the arena this summer are getting a little hot-headed about the fact that they pay good money to book the ice pad, and they are not getting all that comes with it. They have every right to complain! The best example of users not getting what they pay for, are members of the Port Perry Ball Hockey League. Out of their pockets comes $60 per player, often totalling near $900 per team. With eight teams participating in the league that is an astounding figure of $7,000 for the league. That's a lot of money to pay to run on concrete, and not even have a time clock to ensure the game runs smoothly. Maybe the only way to have the clock fixed, is for those who use the arena to apply some phgssure, For the head of summer leagues like I hockey to do something about it. Everyone knows no this pressure is applied. The score board is a privilege that should be enjoyed by all who use the facility, summer us- ers do keep the arena running as do winter us- ers. Bets are being laid on "when the clock will be fixed?". The winning bet: "About the same time the ice goes in, and local hockey leagues resume play!" Where are these kid's parents? | witnessed five kids on Sunday standing alongside Highway 7A indulging in what | guess they consider fun--throwing a beach ball into the oncoming traffic. The kids (old Siouah to know better) contin- ued for about one half hour as cars skidded and braked, while the kids would proceed to run into the road, retrieve the ball, and let it go again. At one point | wished that a certain vehicle would have hit the ball. The driver: a six', 250 Ib. Harley rider, who had to swerve around the ball. it may have been interesting to see how funny it was to him to land on the pavement, and how he may have reacted to a group of kids who, since they were old enough to play in traffic, were old enough to take the punishment. ing ever seems to get done, unless For Better or For Worse® Ranmndorm Jot rinm = (From page 6) According to the Police, many le seem to think they will be thrown clear in an accident if they don't wear a seat belt, but most people thrown clear end up with broken necks and broken backs. Many of those who aren't thrown clear are crushed when their vehicle rolls over top of them. Its one thing for adults to make a decision not put on their own seat belt, because it only affects their life. But, it is another for that same adult to put a child or infant in jeopardy because of their neglect or unwillingness to enforce the use of seat belts. Don't for a minute think you can hold onto a child if you're in an accident. It's a proven fact you can't. The impact of a crash is so great, there is absolutely no way a mother or fa- ther can hold the child safely. At any rate, if a parent has not got their child restrained, chances are pretty good they are not wearing their seat belts as well. So no matter how tight the child is held, both the par- oi phy the child will be thrown against or through the wind- shield. I've heard parents say "my kids just won't do up their seat belts", or "they take the belts off when we're not locking". In my opinion these are just poor excuses. Our young lad has used a seat belt since he came home from the hospital. He has been taught that we don't go any- where until his belt is done up. When he did remove it on a few occassions, we pulled the car over to the side of the road and refused to go any further until it was done up. The result of our constant reminding and insistance to wear seat belts has him now informing us if we have forgotten to fasten anyone's seat belt in the vehicle. Spare yourself some agony, buckle them up! Editorial Comment (from page 6) western scientists (including Canadians) who travelled to the Caucasus Mountains regions of Russia to test rivers and lakes for pollution. What they found was that even in this fairly remote area, pristine streams and lakes are open sewers for human and in- dustrial waste. There is viritually no pollution abatement equipment for Soviet factories. Why should there be, there are no regula- tions, and factory out-put is set by quotas from Moscow that must be met, period. "It is clear," the article states, "the Soviet people are living with an ecological and technological disaster." lan Davies, a Canadian fisheries biologist is quoted as saying, "| arrived (in Russia) knowing industry operated largely unregulated in the Soviet Union, and there are some big eco- nomic problems, but the scale of the problem just blew me away." Indeed, the scale of the problem is gigantic, perhaps in- surmountable. Consider millions of Soviet vehicles run with no anti-pollution devices in place. Consider, a Soviet medical doctor, trying on his own to do some indepedent research into death rates, was denied ac- cess to medical records. He had to sneak into a local ceme- tary late at night to count tomb-stones. He did find that the av- erage age at death was 42 years in one town. A research institute finally got a computer from Moscow. It sits idle, lacking software. The entire article is a virtual horror story. 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