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i A EER sii isin, a aR i La 'A Family Tradition for 125 Years" SS i= PORT PERRY STAR - Tue sday, September 10, 1991 - 7 LL a an Ia Ba vr al 3 RAKR ICS iti Mal Ell PRESSING MIATTERS Be "JOSE, CAN YOU SEE? WILL THE PM BE MUL-ROON-EE?" The good news is that George Kell was back in the broadcast booth a week ago Tuesday, in time for the Tigers dismal road trip. The bad news is that the Tigers played so poorly during that span, George {or his Aunt Fanny} could have made a significant contribution on the field. How bad did they play? There were suggestions the franchise should be moved to Iraq, and renamed the Baghdad Bengals. Man, did they stink. No matter. Thanks to the amount of talent still waiting to be discovered in the American League East, the Tigers remain in contention. Correct, Abner. We fe saying the door ain't shut, and the Tabbies aren't ead. Mention. of the Jays brings a couple of thoughts tomind: ! A} Have you folks up in Central Ontario under- gone adequate mental preparation for the ugly, but unavoidable fact that Tarontow ends the season with a home and home series against the Minnesota Twins? Prior to that, the Jays follow the same path Detroit just travelled. Good luck, eh? B} Of course, this situation pales in comparison to the real stuff citizens of Ontario are concerned about. The world awaits breathlessly for Comrade Poorbob and the NDP brethren/sistern to bring Pay Equity to Ontario's only major league baseball team. Never mind the pennant. Who will be the first million dollar clerk/typist? Will she/he be eligible for a full share of the series pot? Who keeps the trophy? This could be the first year the 'team' photo gets taken with a wide angle lens from the Goodyear Blimp. To compensate for the increased payroll costs, a box seat for the Jays in 1992 will cost $400 per game. {For those mathematically inclined: $346.25 plus 7% GST plus 8% PST, and yes, the province does tax the GST tax}. That brings us to the subject of "Your Govern- ment{s} in Action," which is a lot scarier than "Your Government's Inaction," which is scary enough, but usually nowhere near as expensive. Didja see last week's news about the current year budget problem in Ontario? To fight the recession, Comrade Poorbob 'bumped' up the current year deficit from $3 billion to $9 billion. But sonofagun, Poorbob forgot to leave room for all those eggs laid by Dave Pe- terson {Pink Peter}? before the peasants got revolting. Amongst those 'surprises' was an increase in payroll costs for government employees of over 14%. Most of the incredible jump was caused by Pay Equity adjustments. Forget about whether there was a legit reason for pay equity; does the alleged imbalance need to be rem- edied in one fiscal wallop, especially during a horren- dous downturn? And how come only the guys who pay the bills get to have bad years in tough times? Another large dose of deficit dollars came courte- sy of snowballing costs for Full Funding at the secon- dary school level. Has any Ontario government ever at- tempted to spell out exactly how much Full Funding will cost us? The answer is "No," because nobody has been able to figure it out. The bottom line is simple: the bloody thing is too expensive. Full Funding should never have passed the starting gate. Too many politicians with no guts is the real prob- lem; that's true for Full Funding and everything else. Finally, we leave you with something that should get your pacemaker pumping: the next prime minister will be Brian Mulroney. {Kinda makes our Tigers pre- diction fade into the twilight, huh}? Believe it or not, Lyan Bryan's Boys and Girls have this thing figured down to the last stroke. Some- body in Toryland plays one hekkuva game of chess. Consider the timing. Sure, last week's public opinion poll indicates Mulroney has only 12% of the country on his side. No big deal. No surprise. They want it that way, for now. The Tories have lumped it to us good over the last couple of years. But most of the bad news is out of the way, or will be by the time the next federal election is called. The man has two more years before that is nec- essary. Look at what's happening. The poor old Posties have been duped into another tremendously unpopu- lar strike. Victims are seniors and disabled citizens. Guess who rides up on a white horse to save them? You betcha. He might even fire the whole bunch, and bring in the army to deliver the mail forever. Turn to page 8 Letters io the editor Marg is remembered To the Editor: Like many residents and former residents of the Scugog area, I was absolutely shocked to hear of the death of Marg Wilbur. Although I do not agree with the aims of the New Democratic Par- ty, I supported Marg in several of her election campaigns because I believed she was the best of the local candidates running. She was one person who I think genuinely understood and supported "the needs and aspirations of blind and other disabled people to make a real contribution to society. I can think of no more effective way of telling her family and her many other friends how much I share their sense of loss. Yours very truly, Sean J. Madsen Alleged noise problems To the Editor: With reference to the articles in both the Port Perry Star and the Scugog Citizen concerning the "alleged" noise problem at the Mother Jackson's plant. Mrs. Copithorn, a resident of Heath Crescent, was quoted as saying, "'I have never experienc- ed such a quiet day in the five years I have lived here" referring to the day on which a noise level testing was carried out. She con- tends that this "unusually quiet" day was as a result of Mother Jacksons having had prior notification of the testing. She also contends that "'the factory was able to reschedule its deliveries to the plant." This is a vile accusa- tion and a total untruth. Wednes- day, August 21, 1991 was a "'nor- mal" day at Mother Jacksons. Two plants were running for two shifts and deliveries were as usual. Nothing, absolutely nothing, was changed to interfere with the noise level testing. The ad hoc committee can check this for themselves and when they determine that, indeed nothing was altered on that day; the noise level test which cost the "tax- payers' of Scugog Township $2,200 should be assessed by the committee. I commend Mr. Cuddie for his fairness in notifying Mr. Jermyn, President of Mother Jacksons, of the ensuing noise level testing. The residents of Heath Cres. have to realize that Mother Jacksons is also a Scugog Township taxpayer, (to the tune of approx. $150,000 per annum) and that Mother Jacksons is trying very hard to be a good neighbor. Mother Jacksons has done several things to try and accommodate neighbors' con- cerns. Scugog Township Council has a file of correspondence from Mother Jacksons explaining the many changes that have been made and also correspondence from neighbors living on Health Cres. thanking Mother Jacksons for these changes. I wonder, has council ever presented this information at council meetings? Marilyn Pearce was quoted as saying 'in all fairness it doesn't sound. like it was a fair test Turn to Page 8 Remember When 2? HISTORIC PHOTOS COURTESY SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM VS) 28s 74) 5 Do you remember the Curt's home {pictured above, circa 1800}? The two storey brick house was situated on the corner of Mary and Water streets. it was demolished in 1971. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 29, 1946 Port Perry, Reach and Scugog Fair is one of 50 Ontario fairs selected by the Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity to conduct in their annual handicraft competition. At a meeting of Cartwright Council, Mr. Grey was given permission to erect a service station. The revival of the Port Perry Band is well underway. After nine years at Manchester School, Miss Margaret John's neighbors and friends held a get- together in her honor before she leaves to take another teaching position. 388 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 6, 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brock spent a few days in Sudbury. While there Arthur took part in the Northern Ontario Trap Shoot with a score of 44 out of a possible 50. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Arnold are building a new home in the Head community at Scugog Island. Miss Evelyn Davidson enjoyed an 8,000 mile trip to California and the Canadian Rockies before going to Oakville where she will be teaching _ English at the high school there. Miss Shirley Vance, Prince Albert will be teaching in Scarborough and Miss Gail Hodgins will be teaching at Milton. 380 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 7, 1861 Mr. Harold Forder won first, second and third prize for his budgie birds at the C.N.E. The home of Mr. N. Marsden of the Indian Reserve on Scugog Island burned to the ground. Billy Slute won one of the reflective tape kits in a recent Elmer Safety Contest. Port Perry High School has a registration of PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 10