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Local author writes book to help compile family histories Continued from page 15 the Weston family. Because publishing required much prep-work, Diane learned to do editing, layout and cover design for herself. Last year with the dissolution of her 38- year marriage, she returned to school to familiarize herself with the latest in design and computer software. She then moved to Port Perry and founded her new com- pany, “by Design Media” which provides services from manuscript to market for as- piring authors and companies alike (www. bydesignmedia.ca). Her latest book idea came to her while cleaning out a bathroom drawer, of all things! “I was thinking about our youth wrapped up in their social life and video games without benefit of the wisdom of past generations who lived through the war years and the depression.” Children aren’t always ready to listen to Grandma and Grandpa’s stories until it’s too late,” she explains. So she fashioned a journal (of sorts) called “To My Family... My Life” as a legacy workbook. “I see this as a bonding tool that young people could fill out with older relatives - or my hope is that people would take it into o nursing homes!” Diane explains. e also wants people to watch for her Tatest design project for which she did the cover - an anthology of 30 Canadian authors’ writings commissioned by World won as part of their “Girl’s Night Out” pe ealled Hot Apple Cider, this book of poetry, fiction and non-fiction should be available at the end of March (www.hotap- plecider.ca) with a 30,000 to 40,000 print run to benefit the work of World Vision. By Barbara Hunt Focus on Scugog OFTEN IMITATED... R ST. W. OSHAWA website: www.focusonscugog.com Did You Know - who it is driving the ve- hicles with flashing green lights you will occasionally see in town. Well, it’s our lo- cal firefighters. The Highway Traffic Act allows firefighters to display flashing green lights on personally owned vehicles while proceeding to emergencies, including re- sponse to the scene or to the fire station. As a courtesy, motorists should pull over to the side of the road when they see vehicles with these lights, the same as you would for ambulance, police and fire trucks. Did You Know? - if you've been dream- ing ofa career in jewellery designing, here’s your chance. Dana’s Goldsmithing is provid- ing an opportunity for you to design your own piece of jewellery and Dana’s will cre- ate your masterpiece for you. And to top it off, if your design is picked as the winning entry, you receive a finished piece of jewel- lery valued up to $1,000. What an opportunity for amateur designers or anyone interested in jewellery design. See full details of the contest on page 4. JANUARY 2008 Volume 2 umber ao FOCUS as eagex Did You Know - what the volume and is- sue number on a newspaper or magazine means? For those who are not aware, the ‘Volume’ number indicates the number of years the publication has been printing and the issue ‘Number’ is the number of the current issue of that given year. Explaining the above illustration, which shows January 2008 - Volume 2 Number 10 indicates that edition was the 10th issue of the second year since the magazine began publication in April 2006. Did You Know? - - that a ‘Leap Year’ is needed so that the calendar is in alignment with the earth’s motion around the sun. Here are a couple of examples of peo- ple who celebrate their birthday during “Leap Year.” In 1936, Henri Richard of the Montreal Canadians; 1904 legendary band leader Jimmy Dorsey. The only local leap year’ personality we know is Scugog’s “Birdhouse Willy” who celebrated his leap year birthday in Florida a few days ago. Happy Birthday Bill! NEVER DUPLICATED JENSENTRAILERS.COM Maty Street, Port Perry © 905-985-3303 FOCUS - MARCH 2008 21