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"A Family Tradition for 130 Years" FL ETTERS Bikers met with discrimination here To the Editor: Did we miss something here? Were Satan's Choice riders charged with something, or were they just being harassed? I think the latter is more appro- priate. I have the highest regard for our police force. Also, I feel that they do a great job, but every time I went intotown, I saw the police had pulled bikers over. Their "routine search" consist- ed of measuring everything from the height of tires to the distance between tires and searching their bags. I over- heard a comment that "they should be run out of town." I would like to know if our town's youthful offenders are on mend To the Editor: I would like to thank the residents of Uxbridge and Scugog Townships for their kind 5 hn for our injured pound puppy I would like to clarify two items in regards to our puppy article. Firstly, Dr. Ocant Elliott had already done t! with no dn ht of compen- sation for his Ene Also the puppy is three to four months old, not one yearold. Again, thank you. We were overwhelmed with your gen- erosity and compassion. Any surplus monies will go to our "injured stray ohio fund, which will help some other unfortunate animals. Ann Barrett, Animal Control Officer Uxbridge-Scugog Animal Centre . Avariety events kept the town buzzing from Thursday night's Midnight Madness sale until the spectacular fireworks display late Monday night. Theonly damper to all outdoor activities. But the rest of the weekend was wild. The Fields of Dreams ball tournament attracted more than 50 teams to town over the three days, bringing with them hundreds of spectators; a Cana- Hurt puppy, | | To my recollection there's never been a busier Canada Day week- end in Port Perry. lull in the action came late Saturday after- noon when about four hours of torrential rains puta ever harassed, for some of their violent crimes against the town, like the bikers were this week- end. Why were people within our community rude to the bi- kers? Whois footing the bill for pay- ing the police officers. Probably a mixture of Scugog citizens and the rest of Ontario. If we were able to vote on how our tax money was spent, I would have voted "NO!" My tax dollars could have been put to much better use. - I was waiting all weekend for the Army or the Mounties to be called in to help our police force battle the Satan's Choice. After all, the OPP was. This was a na- tional disaster, right? oy To the Editor: I am 75, and for a number of years I have been making a mid-month pilgrimage to the Legislative Library at Queen's Park. At this library they had every Ontario weekly newspa- > per Pi and/or stored for "many months in beautiful solid oak display/storage cabinets. This resource was available to MPPs, their staff, and the general public. I suspect it was a best kept secret as far as the public was concerned. It pleased me to realize that hundreds of weeklies were still * being published in Ontario, and that most were independently owned. The Stanstead Journal, which I subscribe to, is the only English weekly still published in Quebec. I used to examine The Newmarket Era, The Markham Economist & Sun, The did no harm to anyone. All they wanted to do was have a party to say goodbye to their leader. Are you trying to tell me that nobody has parties in our town? For many cottagers, this was probably one of the first ven- tures north through our town. I bet they had a te sight of 40 or so police cruisers. It really created a great image for our community: Why not leave them alone and they'll leave us alone. This weekend was a travesty of jus- tice. : Sheena Glass, Port Perry, egislative library gone The Stouffville Tribune, The Beaverton Expréss, a number of others - and most important, The Port Perry Star. The Legi islative Library was closed ny renovations three weeks prior to the month-long strike that commenced on Fob 26. This: wonderful facility ceased to exist on May 17, but really it closed for all intent and purposes a month before that. I am sorry! I hope the beautiful solid oak display/storage cabinets aren't merely scrapped. The steel va- riety now in use in most librar- ies are miserable in compari- son. I am sure'they would be a welcome addition to a library somewhere in the province. \ Yours very truly, Harold Payne, Scarborough 'More letters... See page 8 Fax your letters to the editor: 985-3708 da Day parade wound its way through town Monday morning; the tennis club held its couples tournament : on the lakeside courts; Water St. was blocked totraf- ~~ The town was avirtual fortress with bullet-proof by J. Peter Hvidsten ficfor spectators as the Canadian National Softball vested officers walking the beat, three abreast; team played an exhibition game againstthe Toronto dozens of police vehicles Cruising the streetsanda ~~ | UNBELIEVABLE CANADA Gators; 27 new Canadians received their citizen- command centre at Latcham Centre. : ND ships at an impressive ceremony held atthe gazebo Butthe one question repeated by many are esi WO Day WEEKE in Palmer Park; the Scugog Chamber of Commerce dents was... 'isitoverkill?" - ° ae X, held its annual Canada Day entertainment and fire- works display; plus the regular boaters and picnick- ers who flood the town every weekend. Virtually the entire town was jumping, but Water _ and Queen Sts. were near impassible on many occa- sions, looking much like rush-hour in the big city. On the bright side, for struggling retailers, week- ends like this are a bonanza of opportunity as thou- sands of people flock to town. s WAS IT OVERKILL? Adding to the congestion in town over the weekend was the presence of some 60-70 police officers, tac- tical squads and plain clothed officers. Aforce assembled to deter any disturbance by members of | DIG THIS: Have you taken a look around Port lately you noticed anything in particular? - . People are turning the sod, and building. Hallelujah. Three major projects have shovels in the gouge new National Grocers (Loblaws) store on the old j property upon the shores of Lake Scugog, the West Shore | -Deyglopments seniors' project at the Perry and Simcoe St. juncture, and, at long last, Canterbury Common, another large- scale retirement community at the north end of town: They held a start of consificlion ceremony for that develop yesterday: 2X52 Good signs; to be" sug It seems so ong since there's been any sustained rush 0 development anywhere. The economic doldrums into which provp fell years ago appear to have sapped the strength of 0 and left.it limping along, the only certainties being more ens layoffs, and other bad news. : Don't get me wrong: I'm not a simpleton Polyana, who's 1.8 going to start chortling and singing for joy because a few | projects are on thé go, declaring the Depression over and" humming Happy Days Are Here Again. But it's great to see these large tracts of land, which have lay vacant and. unattended for so long, being used and improved. HOMETOWN PROUD: Okay, sosthe catchy slogan i borrowed. But every@ody had to be left feeling proud of town -- and country -- after the really big shew put on here in honor of Canada Day. We all know that Canadians are definitely not chest-thumping flag-wavers, patriotic hooligans, or in-your-face imperialists. So when a crowd gets together for the sole purpose of celebrating exactly that national identity, it' a cause for pride. y ; Thanks to everyone involved in the organization and execution of the celebration, and to you, for coming out and making it an event. BENCH-CLEARING BRAWL: Say: Do you think what ex-Leaf | star Mike Gartner says is true? Could it be that Cliff Fletcher is | really a penny-pinching, back-stabbing weasel who pawned Gartner off on the (hack, choke!) Coyotes; breaking a "gentleman's agreement" that'a trade not occur? For a fourth- round draft pick, no less? Fletcher's checking his files. Gartner's checking his driver's | licence, and realizing he's 36 years old, and ight not want ol go play hockey in Phoenix all that much. - It's a shame, especially if the verbal agreement -- which es) dictated couldn't be put in ink when Gartner's last contract was signed -- stood. Filthy lucre. ~ GOIN' BANANAS: Wow. Here we are into the first official week of summer, and we're busy as can be at The Star. Thanks to everyone who's been calling with story and photo ideas. We're trying to be the best newspaper we, gan, and we can't accomplish that without you. Sometimes you may have to be | patient with us, but we'll cover it all as best we can. the Satan's Choice, who were holding a retirement party for one of their founders, just Qutside town. Most | spoke with felt the heavy presence clo was fine, but questioned why the police appearedt be harassing the bikers by randomly stopping ii for no apparent reason. Bikers were continually. pulled over by two or three police vehicles and sur- rounded by officers as they checked them out. TheBther questions asked were... whose paying for this protection... and how much did it cost? 1 It's hard to put a price on peace of mind, butyoucan bet it's you, the taxpayer footing the bill. How much? Well it's only an estimate, but take 60° : officers x $35p/h x 60 hrs, add cost of operating 20 or F 30 vehicles, food, lodging, overtime and figureitout.. Wasittoo much? You be the judge. :