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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1984, PAGE 9 Whit by heart, fund drive begins Whtby's Annual Campaign for the On- tario Heart Foundation 15 ready for take-off in February. Aiea Chairpersons are, Mrs. Joyce Hill, Mrs. Betty]Pascoe, Mr. Bert Guthrie, Mrs. Don- na Harris, Mrs. Mary McEachern, Mrs. Marilyn Robinson, and Mrs. Marie Mellilck who have acquired the Cap- tains for the seven areas of the town. Mr. Terry Goodmun- dson is Business'Chair- man, Mr. Bob Collins, is Downtown Business Chairman, Mrs. Kathleen Bowes is Rose Lady, and Mr. Harry, Inkpen is Mail-in Receiver. Over 500 volunteers are needed to- give an hour' or two during Heart Month. Please contact one of these per- sons or Mrs. Jackie Guthrie, Campýaign Chairperson, at 668-3855 if you would like to help., Please, do what yrou can to beat Canada's No. 1 diseases - stroke and beart related ailments. Between You and Me By RUTH COLES If we wish and hope for spring to begin in a month it may -happen. We love this cold, wlntry weather but soon enough wiil be enough. We live in'close proximity to, a large lake whieh means our weather ie influenced by and modified tby the water temperature which neyer goes below 32 degrees Farinheit. Many people find this hard to believe and feel we must be in trouble when it la cold. Not sol Phone cails from Whltby, Oshawa and Toronto telling us about their snow faîls or freezing ramn. At this Urne ail we have are a few snowflakes or ramn. 1The odd storm can blow in from the lake but not often. The pilots say weather around large lakes is hard to predlct and by the ocean harder. In Halifax, .it may be cloudy and dark but ten miles out to sea bright and sunny. Where do the birds go? From A to B but we have yet to find out where these points are. Almost every morning hundreds of Canada Geese fly at 10 a.m. over the water close to shore. The first lot, dozens of them fly in formation but then the others corne in pairs, by the dozen and sometimes one by itself. It takes some time for them ail to fly by s0 some time we shail race them to their destination. In the win- ter they stay by open water of -course so they may fly from Whitby Harbour to the harbour at Oshawa. Why do they do it; is what I would like to know. We have a book on animal tracks, A Field Guide to Animal Tracks, one of the Peterson Field Guide Series. When there is snow on the ground your curiosity can be aroused by what you see on the ground from your windows or when you are out walking. .Everything from moles and mice to muskrat and sometimes the footprint of a fox. This week we found the tracks of a muskrat on our patio and around the house. .Muskrats make their homes'in or by water, in our case, the marsh. Their homes are made of marsh grasses and other vegetation often about four feet high. There were'dozens of these scattered about over the marsh but a few years ago snowmobiles created.havoc I think with our wîllife. The noise above ground le bad enougli but can you imagine the thunderlng, terrible sound under the water? Once while out in the canoe with the children and a large dog we had a terrible to do as -the dog saw a muskrat on top of his house. The growls and th( snarles were fearful and we had visions of the two ol them tearing each other apart. We excaped in du£ time and avoided any bloodshed. A dog in a canoe? I know, but ail our doge were well trained and enjoyed the paddle. This dog however' belonged to a friend and he too we thougli was weil behaved but this incident proved to be too much for him. Once .we had a cat who loved canoes. We left the canoe on the keacli most of the tinie but no more, times have changed. The cat spent most of the day on or close to the canoe. As soon as we embarked in she sprang and cuddled'down in the bow or the stern. Always at a certain point she climbed on to the gunwale and off she jumped into the lakte. Site was a good sWimmer and always made it to shore, wet and skinny looking. We have slides of this operation and movies too. Why do we think cats hate water? We -are* reading Intrepids Last Case at the moment. This, of course, brings to mind Camp X. The utter etupidity of ailowing these buildings to go to rack and ruin defeats mie as they were a great part of our history. Not beautiful but they were fun- ctional and eound. Vandals from'around and about smashed ail the glass. Expensive windows the best at that time, al the mirrors and every liglit fixture was bashed and broken. What sort of minda could do such things? We know that these people do exist, destructive and sick. A security guard was ail that was needed; costly but not nearly as costly as the end resuit. To rebuild these buildings is out of the question, cost wise. To relocate another building by moying it from one location to another would be the answer. There is sucli a commercial building in Whitby up for sale. As for security these days that is simple. Waily Shaw who owns Tapaco je an expert on titis type of thing. If a security system is put in and tied to the Durham Police for a 'certain sum every month all should be well. Apart from breakins and such the fire detectors heating and water systeme can be monitored as well. What else would be needed? Nothing. This could be closed say from November to April to the general public and heating costs could be cut. Our Touriet Information house in Whitby is a great success, why not titis? A cairn to my mmnd, nonsense. Neyer have I stop- ped the car by a cairn. Most things interest me but £bh ÂÂÂA~hààIééd~ £Mh~ MOVING MITSUBISI CS-1395 13" (diag. measure) COLOUR WITH REMOTI $%599 HI® 20" (diag.-measure) STEREO COLOUR WITH FM RADIO $899 95 WINCHESTIER ROAD (Beside Brooklin Arena) BROOKLIN 655-w4229. I - ______ -m not this. Who would drive off No. 401 to, see this? Very few would be my guess. Only the locals euch as G.M. workers and such and how often would this be? Close to, the sight could be other things to draw tourists. How about the historical museurn on Dun- das? It could be moved to, wlthout too much effort. How about, making the north-east property off Highway 401 at the Thickson Road interchange a focal part for tourits to, draw cars off? From there the rest of Whitby would benefit. There is a partly completed hotel there and if some way could be found to straighten that problemn out which seems to have been hanging fire for years. A good restaurant either in the hotel as was plan- ned, Howard Johnsons I think or a seperate one and a few weil planned stores. Have you ever tried to find a good restaurant or tea room off Higbway 401? -Tea rooms are greatly needed in Canada, liglit lun- ches or tea and muffins. Have you ever been to the one and I can't remnember the name on Airport Road, not far fromn the airport? S0 wonderful and eo busy it can be hard to get in. Clotted cream, jam and huge tasty tea biscuits fruit and a Brown Betty of tea. Something like this could bring Whitby to it's knees and hundreds of tourists and business men off Higbway 401.' SPERSONAL GROWTH OPPORTUN ITI ES! DURHAM CENTRE INVITES YOU To FInd Out About Becomlng A VOLUNTEER Worklng With Aduits & Chlldren Who Are Developmentally Handicapped Or On Their Betiait CHALLENGUNG & VARIED QVOLUNTEER JOBS: -recreati'on assistants -workshop or lIfe-skIIl Instructors -"special friends". .Days - Evenlngs - Weekends Apply NowI Cali Durham Centre for the 'Develop- mentally Handlcbapped, Whltby 668-7745, Ext. 435 between 8:30 a.mn. and 4:30 p.m. TrRAINING PROVIDED FREE DAY CARE FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS I CS-1971 20"' (diag. measure) COLOUR WITH REMOTE $699. 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