LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A young consumer activist
To the Editor:

My name is Breanna and I am a citizen of Port Perry. I am 13 years old and I believe that Port Perry should acquire a movie theatre. Nothing big. If you’ve ever been to the Roxy in Uxbridge, that would be a good size. I know that we used to have a theatre in town and I understand it did great until the VCR was invented. When the VCR was invented, it was the ‘in’ thing and more people would stay at home. Therefore many theatres closed, including the one in Port Perry.
But people have noticed that they still want to go out and be social. Other towns have opened new movie theatres. Yet, here in Port Perry we still have the absence of one.
I have talked to many other people and they agree that families and teenagers need a close place for entertainment. With the economy the way it is it would be very beneficial for someone to open up a theatre.
I really hope that you can help bring about someone who would be interested in managing a theatre.

Breanna R. Farrell, Prince Albert

An open letter to Canada
An open letter to Canada from an American reporter:

Thank you, Canada:

For being such good hosts.

For your unfailing courtesy.

For your (mostly) beautiful weather.

For scheduling no more than 60 per cent of your float plane departures at the exact moment when I was trying to say something on television.

For not seeming to mind the occasional (or constant) good-natured mimicry of your accents.

For your unique TV commercials - for companies like Tim Hortons - which made us laugh and cry.

For securing this massive event without choking security and without publicly displaying a single automatic weapon.

For having the best garment design and logo-wear of the games - you’ve made wearing your name a cool thing to do.

For the sportsmanship we saw most of your athletes display.

For not honking your horns. I didn’t hear one car horn in 15 days - which also means none of my fellow New Yorkers rented cars while visiting.

For making us aware of how many of you have been watching NBC all these years.

For having the good taste to have an anchorman named Brian Williams on your CTV network, who turns out to be such a nice guy.

For the body scans at the airport which make pat-downs and cavity searches unnecessary.

For designing those really cool LED Olympic rings in the harbour, which turned to gold when your athletes won one.

For always saying nice things about the United States ... when you know we’re listening.

For sharing Joannie Rochette with us.

For reminding some of us we used to be a more civil society.

Mostly, for welcoming the world with such ease and making lasting friends with all of us.

Brian Williams, NBC Olympic anchorman