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Page 4. Whilby Free Pres, Wec*iesday, January 6, 1993 SKLAR-PEPPLER In January, SkIar-PeppIer announced plans to recail 50 laid-off workersfnt its Whitby upholatery plant. A January report indicated that Whitby TrUansit ridership and revenue increased drainati- cally in 1991 over the 1990 year. BRODEYSBIG The Kim & Jerry Brodey show, the firat show i the first-ever Children's Concert Series organ- ized by the Witby Public Libr- ary, was a big hit in January. The Brodey wIl soon be back again toekick off the second anual series. SIOLVER STICK Brooklin ions minor peewee A hockey team won the inter- national silver stick titie in January. AAD The Region of Durhanm won three awards for excellence at the, annual Economic Developers Council of Ontario marketing awards competition recogizing performance i literature, adver-. tising admarketin¶,rograzns. Fernande Lettner of Whitby received a Maple Leaf service pin for her extensive volunteer work i the Catholic Women's League. FUNDRAISING In March, Henry Street High School staff and students presen- ted $1 700 te, former student Mark Woitzik, paralyzed from the waist down after a. spinial cord inj*ury received during i- itiation week at MeMaster University i199 1. 1 J> money, was razsed from viou>~ activi- ties. Friends, neiglibours and relatives also helped te bùild a special addition te the Woitzik family home. CHIRONICLE Grade 4 and 5 students at West Lynde public school pub- lished the West Lyde Chronicle, and raised-about 9,000 from the groject that promoted student creativity and self-esteem,» according te supervising teacher Benn Witighausen. March 31 marked the fifth anniversary of the Lifeline pro- ga perated from Whitby General Hospital. By sixnply pressing a button, a personal response systeni links those in need te 24-hour assistance. The BOtr Club of Whitby, which bel= 1ýn te pogram, pur- cèae 1 oreunits for'the program (for a total of 75) during the sunimer. AWARD A former Whitby book store owner, Gwen Mowbray received the province's outstanding achivemeni aardfor lier many yars of vounteer work i cul- talorgalizations, particularly the Pickering Public Library. HOSP1TALWATCH The Durhamn Region Hospital WVatch, prograni, aimed at reduc- mg crime and improving safety within hospitals was launched April 10 iWitLY. Six hospit"a in the region, including Whtby General Hospital, are ivolved i the prograni. V In the springt Whitby General Hospital launched the volunteer emergen cy support services (VESS) program te provide emo- tional support and care te out- patients and people in the emer- gency wa2tnfarea. The Proud te be Canadian bash a celebration of Canada's 125ÏÙ birthday, was held April 26 at Iroquois Park i Whitby, with about 1,000 in attendance. AWARD Dorothy McNaughton, founder and president of the Whitby chapter of a widows/widowers ouad active membor of the Wlutby SeZniors' Aetivity Centre and S t. Andrew's Presbyterian Churcli, received the Community Good NeighbourAwr.rd." HERO Nelson Saumur, a Whitby Transit driver, was recognized bY the Town after alerting occu- pans aoutan early-mormnq ire- at teir Whitby home April 21. His actions may have saved the lives o w epe On May 2, the Kinsmen Club Of WItby celebrated its 5th aniversary of service t6 the com- munity, with a reunion at Hey- denshorePavilion. SCIENCE AWABD Henry Street Higli School stu- dents Ajax Sigh and Jason Adamis won a bronze medal at the Canada-wide science fair in Sudbury May10-17. The Whitby Rotary Club began work on an environmental pro- ject, including tree-and flower- plantingi n le e Creek valley at Rossland R.and Anderson St. in Wbitby MOST IMPROVED In sprig, Whitby Transit won the 1991 OntarioUra Transit Adrawing by Ron Lambert, a grghic designer at William D. Litte Marketing and Motivation in Whiey, was seiected to be the design on the New Brunswick coin In the Canadian mint's series of 12 25-cent pieces to mark Canada's I25th anniversary. Lambert's drawing showed the Oidfield covered bridge near Sussex, New Brunswick. Poob W e« Nb r m Associations Spirit Award given te the mest improved mid-sized transit "tm -ntro The Wbitb General Hospital Auiliary celebrated its 25th anniversaiy. A special dinner wasi held May 25 as part of anniversaiy activities by the group that lias more than 200 maembers and that raised *80,000 ini 1991 in support of the proposed new wing at the hospi- tai. More 'GoodNews' I o n page 14