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"A Family Tradition for 132 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 17, 1998 - 7 The Pout Perey Stay Question of the Week... Do you have a suggestion that you think would make a good question of the week? Call us at 905-985-7383. nitely hurt. My wife is a custodian and it could make her job obsolete. It's also making it harder on the teachers. well in school and they still seem to be. But how do you know for sure unless you know that the scale by which they are measured is correct? that changes were long overdue. It's the way and the speed with which the changes were implement- ed that is killing us. Not enough time or thought went into them. How do you think the changes in ; : provincial government policy on : be oo SE BE trrr education have hurt, or helped, Rick Skerrat Paul Barton Richard Vendrig Matthew Johnston Sarah Moreland the education system? The changes have defi- My own kids have done I'm a teacher and I agree A lot of the teachers seem [t seems to be hurting right now, but any change usu- ally hurts now, but benefits in the long run. But right now the kids are suffering. to be in a hurry all the time. They don't spend as much time with us as they used to. LETTERS To the Editor: We are counsel acting on behalf of West Shore Retirement Living Corp. We have been retained to address the disputes arising out of the construction of the project which has come to be known as West Shore Village. The project is a Retirement Centre and Community. West Shore Retirement Living Corp. is committed to the timely successful completion of the project. In fact, West Shore Retirement Living Corp. is finalizing its negotiations to retain a management firm to oversee the Retirement Centre and Community. The management firm has extensive experience with the man- agement of this type of project and the firm 1s also committed to the timely successful completion of the project. The dispute and construction liens which have arisen will be resolved expeditiously. Those claims which cannot be resolved at this time will be dealt with through the court process. However, these disputes will in no way cause further delays with respect to the completion of the Retirement Centre and Plan in the works for West Shore Community. Since our involvement in the matter, we have already resolved numerous outstanding items with various trades which the previous general contractor was not able to effectively resolve and conclude. It is evident that the limited business experience of the previous general contractor has had a direct impact in the inability of the contractor to effectively resolve these outstanding items. We wish to point out that when a claim is advanced, the claims are based on allegations which must then be proven in a Court of Law. The burden is on the plaintiff to prove its case. The recent allegations asserted by the previous general contractor are without foundation until proven in a Court of Law. There is sufficient ground to vigorously defend the claims asserted by the previous general contractor. Caterina E. Gucciardi, Whitby Remember When? An old car makes Its way along a floating bridge detour along the causeway just east "of Port Perry. This photo, submitted by Mrs. Eda Bowman, from St. Christopher's Beach, was taken during the summer of 1927 when construction to widen the Scugog Bridge (causeway) between Scugog Island and Port Perry was under way. At top left of the 10to Is the road leading to the top of the Island. ~~ - A =C itor's Notepad by Jeff Mitchell A HEARTWARMING RESPONSE A GREAT RESPONSE: It's always interesting and encouraging to see a local effort made in response to a tragedy elsewhere on the globe -- and heartwarming when the call for help is answered by the community, in spades. Such was the case last week, when a group of students at Port Perry High School launched a relief effort for the people of Central America, who were devastated by the vicious Hurricane Mitch. The most powerful storm in memory lashed the area mercilessly, leaving many thou- sands dead and many thousands more homeless and destitute. The students answered a call for aid, and in very little time put together a clothing drive at the school. the con- tacted the paper late in the week, and we were able to run a story last Tuesday, the day after the drive began. Not much time you say? Well, just check it out: As of Friday, the kids had collected almost $4,000 pounds of clothing and blankets, and just over $3,000 in monetary donations to the Red Cross. A good deal of the success of the campaign was credited to an in-school challenge -- local businesses Mr. Submarine, Joe's Pizzeria, Square Boy and J.J. McGuire Construction contributed prizes as incentives -- but there was also a terrific response from the community at large, organizers said. | guess it's the nature of the disaster, and the victims affected, that prompted such a heartfelt response. When you see pictures of babies clinging wide-eyed to their mothers, and read of the tremendous loss of home, families and property, it's just about impossible not to want to help out. So: Good show to everyone involved. Your participation and donations will be much appreciated by some folks who are in dire need of assistance. NEW LIFE FOR AN OLD GAME: It's also been great to see the renewed interest in the CFL, especially in Montreal and Hamilton, who faced off for a berth in the Grey Cup Sunday. The grand old game has been ailing of late, and it's hard to explain the resurgence of interest, except per- haps for a recognition among fans that it's ours, it's great, and if we don't go out to the games, it'll be gone. Out West in Alberta and Saskatchewan it seems there's been a more dedicated fan base, but here in the East we got a little too enamoured with our high-falutin' baseball, basketball and hockey teams to see the quality of our home-grown gridiron pursuits. Argos, Alouettes, Pussycats, and even the Poor Old Bombers -- hang in there. You gotta love 'em.