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| h i "! a -- . EC heii. 6 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 2, 2001 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PUBLISHER, GEN MGR Don Macteod SENIOR REPORTER Chns Hall OFFICE MANAGER Gayle Stapley ADVERTISING MANAGER Deb McEachem - CREATIVE MANAGER Pam Hickey -- CC , REPORTER Rik Davie He ti No T98) s PHONE 905-985-7383 FAX 905-985-3708 E-MAIL: editonal@portperrystar.com advertising@portperrystar.com thyough the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) towards ous maddng costs Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Company Limited, 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ontario - L9L 187 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 Year - $37.45 (includes GST) Six Months - $19.79 (includes GST) DITORIAL POLICY: Opinions expressed by columnists, contnbutors and letter writers a> not necessanly those of The Port Perry Star. Letters must be signed and the telephone number (which will E brought to the editor's attention. We reserve the nght to edit or refuse publication of any maternal submitted. ADVERTISING POLICY: The publisher 1s not hable for sight changes or typographucal err subsequent issue or the refund of any moves paid for the advertiserne nt. All daims of error in publication must be made by Wednesday, noon, por to the next week's publication, and, if not made, will not be considered. No damn will be allowed for more than one insertion MEMBER si (CNA ASSOCIATION MEMBER ona x COMMUNITY A NEWSPAPER ASSOUATION Foreign 1 Year - $96.30 (includes GST) BUSINESS OFFICE: Judy Ashby, Kathy Dudley, ADVERTISING: Gini Todd, Cindy Jobin, Freelance Wiiters Heather McCrae, John 8 McClelland, Kay Langmuu Janet Rankin, Lesley West Gail Morse, Linda Clarke, Lisa Monk, Janet Archer, Lon Bradbury, Bill Watson PRODUCTION: Trudy Empringham, Daryle Wright, Arlene Chee Editorial Comment A second chance After years of bitterly complaining about the Greater Toronto Services Board, it looks like Scugog Mayor Doug Moffatt will finally get his wish. The township's top politician has been a strong opponent of the controversial GTSB since its inception, and there were probably few people happier than our mayor last week when there were murmurs that the province would take back control of GO Transit, and therefore making the GTSB obsolete. Created a few years ago to primarily look after public transit, the GTSB was described by many as an extra level of government, who's only purpose was to look after buses and trains, confuse people, and provide another pay cheque for some politicians. While there was some merit to the plan, it looks like it will end up folding. Besides having little other responsibili- tiessthan transit, the GTSB was basically a way for larger urban centres in the Greater Toronto Area to get what they wanted -- at the expense of the little guys. If the City of Toronto or any of their brethren wanted something, they were pretty much assured of it because of the GTSB"s flawed voting system. Each of the larger cities were given more voting-eligible representatives, meaning that most of the time the little guys -- like Scugog and its neighbours -- lost before a tally was taken. Now, with the apparent dissolution of the GTSB and the province's new ambition to take back control of transit, we hope that public means of moving around -- such as GO Buses and Trains -- will be upgraded, in terms of both ser- vice and materials. It would appear now that the ruling Ontario Tory govern- ment wants a second chance at running public transit; here's hoping that they get it right this time around. "The clean up continu es at "The Pits... Remember When? Historical photo feature by J. Peter Hvidsten "P-- 7 Most people won't remember this scene from the lakefront at Port Perry. The picture was taken during speed boat races on Lake Scugog about 1940, and the building in the back- ground is the old "dock- house." The dockhouse was built in 1915 and used as changerooms for swimmers for many years. It was removed after ice damaged its footings in the spring of 1958. LETTERS Thanks to all who made CIBC's Charity Casino Night a success To the Editor: On behalf of CIBC | would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who attended our Charity Casino Night in support of the Run for the Cure for Breast Cancer. We have all experienced some connection with breast can- cer, maybe a mother, daughter, sister, wife or friend. These are the people who will benefit from the funds raised from the funds raised by CIBC's Run for the Cure. With all the devastation that has happened these past weeks in the U.S. our thoughts and prayers will be with the families and friends of so many victims. Donations for this tragedy can also be made at any CIBC. Thank you to all our business- es and individuals for their gen- erous donations to support our Charity Night. The Canadian Legion for the premises and bar- tenders, Jim and Joyce Baker Disc Jockeys for the great music and entertainment. Also Rick McCoshen - Rick the Barber for donating his head and being such a good sport about letting his friends shave his head for a price. Special thanks to all our vol- unteers too many to list, branch staff and my friends (not sure they want to stay my friends, I'm sure they believe that 1 am sanely insane). Also our branch manager Lee Fernandez who gave me free rein while putting this function together these past two months. It really has been quite an expe- rience. Thank you all again for coming out to support us, opening your hearts and your wallets to make our charity such a success. Janet Howsam, CIBC Run for the Cure Coordinator