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8 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, July 7, 1992 Letters to the editor Fed up with French favoritism To the Editor: This is an open letter to NDP Gilles Bisson, MPP for Co- chrane South regarding his statement inthe Barrie Exam- iner, June 22,1992 {Thomson News Service}, and I quote, "op- position to French language ser- "TTHIEC Wy COTTAGER c. 1991 by CRAIG NICHOLSON - All Rights Reserved Macho Downunder A couple who are building in the country recently visited and asked if the wife and I had any advice for their new home. The wife said that I had certainly made mistakes that someone should learn from. The friend wanted to know if it should have a basement. Does mud stick to boots? I told him it was a necessity. Wasn't there some biblical guy who worried about building on sand or rock or some old Metro dump site? If that chap had put in a basement, he would have had not only a solid foundation and a place for his junk, but also a church with a rec. room. My friend asked me why. As the wife rolled her eyes, I expounded my basement theory. It is a rare city house that has no basement, so urbanites take them for granted. But in the country, many homes were originally built with only root cellars or crawl spaces or mere dirt excavations or with no basement at all. So having a real basement was a sign of substance, or vision, and of having an easy place to dig. Basements have to do with longevity. They are an owner's commitment. They are the roots. A building with a basement is a year-round dwelling. A permanent house. A serious place to live. Areal Canadian home. Which explains why the majority of rural houses now have basements: the owners are there to stay and proud of it. Also, they were fed up with being frozen from the knees down all winter. Cottages, which had their genesis as hunting shacks and summertime camps, were rarely built with basements. They were knocked together by amateurs as get-away spots, barely more than hard-sided tents. Either they rested directly on the ground or were built above it with rocks or concrete blocks. There's something unsubstantial about a building you can look underneath and see light out the other side. Or the silhouette of a porcupine. Many cottagers tried to alleviate this condition by closing in the sides with wooden slats. Aside from more painting, this solution created dank, cobwebby spaces where the only way to crawl was fast. Going under the cottage became an experience eclipsed only by the arrival of a car load of unexpected relatives. Those with more ambition and money to burn decided to raise the cottage. Which often led to the basement being worth more than the shell. Excavating and enclosing under a jacked-up building is definitely the last resort. Actually, the last resort was my neighbor's place. Rather than spend unnecessary funds on jacking up a frame that would in all likelihood shatter with the stress, he decided that dynamite could accomplish the job faster. By blasting out the rock underneath, he would end up with a new basement, with or w*hout a building on top, depending. The local master blaster judiciously placed charges in the rock, covered them with mattresses acquired from the dump and yelled, "Fire in the hole!" or some such thing. A muffled crump, a balloon of smoke, the building lurched and settled back in the perfect position. And out from inside walked the owner's wife to inquire if anyone wanted tea. Only in Canada, you say? Pity. The recent cottage trend has been to all-season homes with full basements. This reflects both the owner's desire to maximize the use of a considerable investment and to put down year-round vices for Francophones came from a very loud minori- ty"..."that didn't gain wide- spread support." Little do you know, Mr. Bis- son, of the undying dedication of that "very loud minority" to eventually delegislate the dia- bolical French Language Ser- vices Act of Ontario (Bill 8). That the loud minority has turned into a majority now. They realize the disastrous and costly implementation of the act and the never-ending, selfish demands of Franco-Ontarions. Label it what you like, but we are all fed up with favoritism of the few {5 per cent} at the ex- pense of the many. Caesarea fire works From Page 7 Thanks to David Deitlien for helping us clean up. If I've missed anyone I'm sorry. Those who thought the stage was in- correctly located were incorrect- ly located themselves. Every- one was expected to bring their own camp chair and the white tables and chairs were for cus- tomers of the snack bar to sit and eat at. Then return to the grassy area. - Thank you one and all for your efforts and for coming out. Yours sincerely, Albert E. Putsey. P.S. The Regatta Association has an anniversary T-shirt out - $12 standard size; and $14 XXL. To have your order filled please call 986-0181. Thank you. "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Quebec is oriented to exten- sive French language services so we suggest that you and your fellow Franco-Ontarions start settling in that province instead of fleecing other Ontarions with your unreasonable, and expen- sive demands. : The French Language Servic- es Act of Ontario was passed at miduight in secrecy and deceit - a shame on the integrity of the he would sanction Ontario as Officially Bilingual. This act should delegislated by re- sponsible politicians. Thank you for this opportuni- ty to inform you of the true situ- ation. If you or anyone else 1s unaware of the disputed pass- ing of this act, please write to Concerned Citizens, Box 89, Midhurst, Ontario. LOL 1XO. Ontario Legislature and it was Sincerely, sanctioned by our current pre- Ruth Robertson, mier who has also stated that Midhurst, Ont. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 for the 50-50 draw. The lucky winner was Lindsay McCoy of Whitby. Construction will begin shortly on the new Roman Catholic Church in Port Perry, which is located on the south side of Highway 7A at Ottawa Street. The old church on John Street will be replaced by a modern church with seating capacity of about 260. Miss Janice Sadler was among those graduating from Oshawa General Hospital School of Nursing. Miss Sadler is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sadler of Nestleton. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brock and daughter of Ancaster are in town for the summer months. Bill is helping his father, Mr. Arthur Brock, at the store. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, July 5, 1972 Audrey Lee and Edna Beckett received special citations for 25 years of service with the Junior Red Cross. The village of Port Perry has offered to rent Scugog Township space in the Village dog pound for an annual fee of $300. Scugog deputy-reeve Mrs. Grace Love stated there is no real dog problem in the township. Mrs. Almer Wallace was entertained at a surprise party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Lane on the occasion of her retirement from teaching piano lessons. Mr. Ross Graham is the new owner-manager of the IGA store on King Street East, Bowmanville. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Graham of Port Perry. N 0 RSAGO . ay, July 6, 1982 A group of Port Perry senior citizens interested in oil painting formed a class under the direction of artist Alec Neveroff. Mrs. Charlotte Mills, chief X-ray technologist, was presented with a 10-year service pin at the Community Memorial Hospital annual meeting. The Port Perry Lions Club installed its new executive for 1982-83. President is Gord Brown, secretary is Bob Stevens and treasurer is Bob Grieveson. . 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It was only later that I realized how much I love my basement. It is insulated but unfinished as all basements should be. Large double doors allow machines in for repair and escape for errant squirrels. A concrete floor. Exposed plumbing, fuse box and wiring for easy access. A bench where work is never done, a wood stove that cranks out 100 degrees easy, a sauna that is cooler, and lots of utility space. Its a man's place, undecorated, spartan and crammed with tools, parts, and items that might come in handy someday. The wife calls it a disaster area. But it is this basement that make the house a home. It holds it up, it keeps it warm in winter and cool in summer. It's the receptacle for debris that would otherwise be upstairs, it's where [ go when I'm snarly, and it's my status symbol, my ego, my... The wife cut me off with a groan. 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