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ah a 6 - "WEEKEND STAR" FRIDAY, AUGUST31, 2001 Zephyr - Udora - Leaskdale - Sandford - Caesarea - Blackstock - Raglan - Nestleton - Yelverton Prince Albert will be corrected if brought to the editor's attention. We reserve the right to edit or refuse publication of any material submitted. ADVERTISING POLICY: The publisher is not liable for slight changes PUBLISHER, GEN. MGR. . ..... Don Macleod PORE HID . SENIOR REPORTER... ....... Chris Hall TTT TN TT PRAT Member OFFICE MANAGER... |. Gayle Stapley Qocna V y EEKEND S JANA Soralam ADVERTISING MANAGER ... Deb McEachern Pre A Ny aaa Nomen ¥ CNA REPORTER................. vv.v.....Rk Davie Member Ontario Community C= --~ Association Freelance : Heather McCrae, John B. McClelland Newspaper Assoc. PHONE 2052052 yas Published every Friday by the Port Perry Star Company Limited, 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ontario - LL 1B7 E-MAIL: editorial@portperrystar.com Distributed free in the following communities: Port Perry - Uxbridge - Sunderland - Little Britain - RR Lindsay Janetville advertising@portperrystar.com Oakwood - Manilla - Seagrave - Greenbank - Brooklin - Ashburn - Columbus - RR Oshawa EDITORIAL POLICY: Opinions expressed by columnists, contributors and letter writers are not necessarily those of The Port Perry Star. Letters must be signed and the telephone number (which will not be published) included. Requests that a name be withheld will be honoured only if there is a compelling reason to do so. Errors t ! 5 : ! [ GP ) or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement. The publisher is not liable for other errors or omissions in connection with any advertisement in any subsecuent issue or the fefund of any monies paid for the advertisement. All claims of error in publication must be made by Wednesday, noon, prior to the next week's publication, and, if not made, will not be considered. No claim will be allowed for mare than one insertion. BUSINESS OFFICE: Judy Ashby, Kathy Dudley, Janet Rankin, Lesley West ADVERTISING: Ginni Todd, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Linda Clarke, Janet Archer, Lisa Monk, Lori Bradbury PRODUCTION MANAGER: Pamela Hickey Production Staff: Trudy Empringham, Daryle Wright, Arlene Cheel local residents and stakeholders as they listened to the plan put OPINION First thing's first "a & The struggle to find common ground on the issues surrounding the protection of the lands known as the Oak Ridges Moraine are now totally in the public arena with the first of four public meetings on the issue now history. The Uxbridge Arena played host to over 700 local and not-so- forth by the province's appointed committee to control develop- ment on the lands that supply much of the drinking water to the' region. . There were shouts from the audience that the five-year limit on large-scale development and estate homes was a loophole to allow developers to sneak back on to the moraine after a feel safe period for conservationists. There were murmurs from developers In jhe room that their ability to do business at all was being stifled. Through it all, the main point may have been missed. With or without a strong moraine police agency, as long as the Ontario Municipal Board -- a group appointed, not elected -- has the final say, then there is:doubt in the air. As long as the OMB can cast regional and municipal official plans to the wind in their deci- sions, as long as the most opinion on how and where lands will be protected is made up by provincially appointed boards who answer to no one, how can we assume that the moraine will ever be safe for future generations. As long as municipalities slowly lose control over what may, and what may not be built on their lands, there can be no conclusion to the Oak Ridge Moraine story. Fixing what is wrong with the OMB process is the only foundation upon which a true solution can be based. tes "Sunny Summer Days" is the theme of this shot, a photo taken by Diane Eppel of little Jillian and her daddy togther enjoying the sun. We're looking for good photos for this space, so if you have an interesting picture we could use for Photo of the Week, please drop it by The Star office, or give us a call at 985-7383. LETTERS ON, THAT'S RIGHT! DO YOU WANT ME TO gal Li) B Ba TO MOVE THE SEAT BACK! Wayne, Ernie White and Ernie McMeekin, your help was greatly appreciated. We want to thank Bill Sanderson for the gen- erous use of his pontoon boat, Cummings Contracting for the use of their equipment float (for our park stage), and the Lions " Club for entering their Lion float in our annual parade. And we also need to thank our local newspapers for the exceptional coverage before and during our 73rd Annual Regatta © | and Field Day. wy If we have forgotten to mention anyone, TANKS] You IM NOT /R\ \\ THERE r~ QUITE » To the Editor: F pvALD The members of The Lake Scugog / y ses Regatta Association would like to thank aA all of our program sponsors and all the - = ME area residents for their generous dona- EE =| foo EAST tions. = bry And a special thanks to Kelli, Bev, Le 7) 0 Linda, Debbie and Cassandra, whose == u = LS | help in judging was greatly appreciated. N -- & | Thanks to Tom White, June, Anne, Tom : : | Hamer and our Centurion Tom Sherwin, or NA 4 -- "| without whose help our 73rd Annual 1 Regatta would not have been the huge n success that it was. OOPS! HEE HEE SORRY. 1 FORGO We would also like to thank Gord, Larry, 'Regatta thanks all volunteers, sponsors please accept our sincere apologies. We would now like to mention our annual trophy winners: a Robin Callahan won The Gladys Lawrie Trophy o Shanna Hamer and Kevin Lockhart won the Sandy Hollingsworth Trophy 'a Robin Callahan won the Harry Sears Trophy a Stephnie Tyler won the Putsey Trophy 0 Laura Barrica won the Wally The Clown Trophy 0 Dan Handelsperger won the Men's Lloyd Sanderson Trophy a Stephnie Tyler won the Women's Lloyd Sanderson Trophy. Our Aug. 26, meeting was poorly attend- ed by the general population of the area. We will try to set up a meeting towards November. Please watch for the notices. Again thanks to everyone for a won- derful 2001 Regatta. Sharon Smith, Anne Harran, June White, Thomas White, Ernie McMeekin Your regatta executive committee Gota letter? Email: editorial@portperrystar.com