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8 -- PORT PERRY.STAR + Tuesday, November 20, 1990! Rural life disappointing To the Editor: Six years ago my husband and I bought a three acre cornfield with a lovely view in beautiful Scugog township. We thought we could gain some pleasures of rural life with the thoughts toward future retirement. We had a house built, did a lot of the work ourselves and three days before we moved in, so- meone stole our doors, windows and kitchen cupboards. However, undaunted we moved in. We planted trees, shrubs, flowers, and every blade of grass. We feel we have improved the property and enhanced the area along with the rest of our neighbours. Since then, within our view, a Port Perry Gravel Firm has opened a gravel pit. Even with our windows shut, we can hear the roar of the extractor, loader and whatever else is there. We thought we were safe from this as we were north of the Mosport Road. Gravel trucks speed by our door all hours of the day and night. Our lovely view is now be- ing compromised as we watch a virgin pine forest being hacked out for the almighty gravel pit. The farm property across and behind us is for sale. One wonders what might go in there, a factory, a scrap yard, an auto wreckers?? I can see that because the proper- ty is zoned "agricultural'"' means nothing. They that make the rules can break the rules. An now, a concession away ------- ------ a Dump Site!!!!!! Disappointed with rural life Diane Reilly R.R. #2 Blackstock Letters io the editor Appalled area selected for dumps To the Editor: We are long standing residents of Cartwright Township, current- ly living and farming the East Quarter Line. We were appalled to learn our area has been selected for no less than four possible landfill sites. (two as primary, two alternate). Our water source is an Artesian Well fed by the joining of seven different springs. It is common knowledge that every landfill site leaks toxic wastes which will con- taminate our ground water. This will poison the stream which runs through our property and the i 3 ¥ } b | After reading over an article last week about how poor our Canada Customs security system is, it makes one wonder about their safety in this vast country. Custom officials openly state that it is very easy for serious criminals and terrorists to slip into Canada, because the border screening pro- gram is so shoddy. Now that's a comforting thought, especially when it is publicized for the whole world to know. If that isn't an outright invitation to all dangerous criminals from the United States and abroad to visit Canada, | don't know what is. With the system being so poor, who knows how many wanted criminals are seeking refuge in our small Canadian towns, living and working under false names. Custom officers must rely on a sheet of 3,500 names to identify people who aren't allowed into Canada, or rely strictly on their memory. This may not seem so hard, but when the sheets are either outdated, incomplete or ig- nored completely, it makes the job impossible. | cannot see how a customs official can even have time to search through a list of 3,500 names, when they have about 30 seconds to move each person through the line. What happens is the decision is left up to the official as to whether or not to allow them through, or send them on for more thorough screening. How can a system rely on gut instinct to pro- tect Canadian citizens? Often instinct can be right, but with thousands of people crossing the border every day, it is not foolproof by any means. This made me think of a trip | took to Buffalo a few months back. Some friends and | went on a weekend shopping spree, and | could not be- lieve how easily we got across the border. Not once upon arrival or departure was | asked my name, let alone asked to prove it. How did they know if we were girls from a small Canadian town on a shopping expedition, or three young girls who just held up a ank? If these custom officials are relying on names on a print-out sheet to capture dangerous crimi- nals | can see why it isn't working. If you don't ask someones name, | think it would be very difficult to check them out. Maybe we just looked innocent, so innocent Back Talk we didn't barely even have to speak. Sure we were innocent, but how did this man know that. Criminals as we know come in all shapes, forms, and ages. There is not just one descrip- tion that fits all criminals. The custom officer we had, barely looked in our direction when we pulled alongside the booth. He never got out of his chair, he sat about 10 feet from your vehicle, mumbled something to the effect of "What is the most val- uable item in yor car?", then shooed us through like a pesky mosquito. We thought, hey what a nice guy, he barely even acknowledged we were there. I'm sure if | was packing a 22 on the sunvisor, | would have thought him to be even nicer. The wierdest thing about our trip back and forth over the border, was that we had a child with us, fast asleep in the back seat. Not once did any official acknowledge that he was there, let alone ask who he was. Not a real comforting thought that people can have a child, whether their own or not, and take him across the border without a second glance. This may sound like a ridiculous scenario be- cause of course we were three girls, and a child on a shopping trip, but what about the thou- sands of other people who cross the border everyday. | somehow doubt that they are all just interested in seeing the sights of another coun- try. With this laughable security it's really no won- der why Friday night's profiles on America's Most Wanted keep turning up working in Cana- dian delicatessens, or fishing downstream on one of our rivers. ahhh As you may have noticed | am no longer Kel- ly Storry, but Kelly Lown. That's right, by the time you read this | will have tied the marital knot. Not to rub it in but, also by the time you foad iis | will be honeymooning in the sunny south. It's hard to believe that | am changing a name that | have had for 22 years. A name that for 22 years | have desperately been trying to con- vince everyone, including the government that NO we didn't make it up, and NO we didn't have a slip of the pen when we signed our name, STORRY, really DOES have 2 R's, and NO "E". springs which our family and cat- tle drink from. The farmer is the backbone of our country and a necessity in the health and welfare of the people of Durham Region. 'Why is prime farm land considered an acceptable landfill site?" God is not making more soil and lakes and rivers. We must preserve what we have. We can not replace them!! With the arrival of a landfill site, comes the new inhabitants; rats, sea gulls, skunks and who knows what else. This will result in an upset in the balance of nature. Studies show that there will be overpopulation of these rodents. Rabies will increase en- dangering our cattle, cats and dogs. We certainly do not like the prospects of our chances of rabies increasing because of these inhabitants. The local papers estimate the traffic will increase to 100 dump trucks a day, which we feel is not realistic. Not only will the Durham trucks be a non-stop parade through our peaceful country-side but so will numerous other commercial and residential vehicles as well. This will cause more over crowding of our highways and more potential ac- cidents. Our country roads will be inundated with this increase of traffic too, which will frighten the beautiful deer you see standing by the edge of the woods. Our forests are home to many types of wildlife. It is such a pleasure to stroll through a wood lot and catch a glimpse of nature at its best. The trilliums in the spring are breathtaking, bringing patriotic feeling to your heart and mind. There are several options to this garbage crisis as we see it. Kirkland Lake want it which would create new jobs in this declining economy. The money spent on McLaren's (a consulting firm) to find a landfill site could have been better spent. Making sure our garbage is reusable, recyclable and packaging is reduced should be first on our priority list. We feel this is definitely a political maneuver. Garbage is big business and maladministra- tion by our politicians has placed Durham Region in bed with Greater Toronto area's garbage problem. Please think before you sell us further down the path to destroy- ing our home, our environment and our earth!!! Sincerely, Lynda & Douglas Fallis, Ward 4 - (Cartwright) Please recycle this newspaper CEES Editorial Commen (from page 6) of our existing rec facilities will undergo changes. The Scugog Arena is 15 years old, and over the next five years it is fair to assume that it will need considerable up- grading and repairs to keep it functioning. The municipal pool at Birdseye Park probably will be closed for good within the next five years. Birdseye Pool is too small and too shallow to conduct proper swimming programs. The Township has thrown a fair amount of money at Birdseye over the last few years on re- pairs and up-keep, and one has to seriously question whether it's a good return on tax dollars to keep spending on a facility - For Better or For Worse" by Lynn Johnston that really is less than adequate. Here's another piece of information about recreation facili- ties. The twin-pad arena at Lindsay cost the tax-payers $299,000 in operating costs in 1989, and the projection is an- other $292,000 this year. When and if Scugog ever gets around to building a new pool and second ice pad, we must be sure the tax-payers are not saddled with annual operating costs in that price range. As we said at the outset, it would be nice to have the new rec facilities in place now or in the next two years or So. But the reality of the times dictate otherwise, However, as council- lors rightly noted last week, the time to start planning for five years down the road is now. If all the right groundwork is covered over this time, the council of the day will be in a prime position to make a deci- sion based on facts. And in this day and age, that is the only way that any government should be contemplating major deci- sions. Do YoU WANT THE in JOHN, WOULD You REST OF YOUR MIND IF | TOOK | for ener, Lz? YOUR ROLL? | WHEN YOURE PREGNANT] VOURE EATING FOR wo, AREN'T You MOM. 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