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"A Family Tradition for 131 Years" Hh ll em Hf ---"" 0 Fad asides as PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 23, 1997 - 7 W ELEcTION (D7 = Hew lis Shaping Up CANDIDATES REGIONAL COUNCILLOR COUNCILLOR COUNCILLOR | COUNCILLOR COUNCILLOR TRUSTEE TRUSTEE FOR MAYOR COUNCILLOR WARD 1 WARD 2 WARD 3 WARD 4 WARD 5 Durham Board R. C. Separate - - - ~ ~ - ~ of Education School Board HOWARD KEN DAVE KEN JEFF DAVID FRANK BOBBIE DREW ~ HALL GADSDEN ROBINSON CARRUTHERS BROWN DIETLEIN TWILT (incumbent) NONE (incumbent) DECLARED COLIN JOYCE Joe, | we oy GLEN (incumbent) JOHN MALCOLM ] I. - WOLTERS Candidates for All Positions Must Declare No Later Than Friday, October 10, 1997 LETTERS Child could've died in near-miss To the Editor: As the start of a new school year began I was glad, even relieved, to see that the traffic light on Hwy. 7A had been installed. Finally traffic could be better controlled, allowing our chil- dren to safely cross this extremely busy highway. However, the traffic light is only effective as long as the chil- dren use it and parents enforce it. I was shocked and extremely upset last Friday morning. I was taking my son to school for a meeting. The traffic from both directions on 7A was extremely busy. Suddenly a child ran right out onto the road, somehow was missed by traffic coming from the west but realized she was not going to miss traffic coming from the east. This child slipped and fell only inches, if that, from the wheels of a car. Fortunately somehow the driver managed to swerve, brake and miss running this child over. This child ran out into traffic between Ella St. and Ottawa St. The traffic lights are further west on 7A. The child said she 'ran out to retrieve a pen that someone else had thrown to the other side. My children are bused to and from school, therefore, they rarely need to cross that high- way. However, I like many oth- ers within the community did their part to help raise funds to purchase these lights to ensure the children using this highway daily may be given a safe envi- ronment for which to do so. Parents, let's please educate and reinforce the importance of road safety to all of our children regardless of age. Thankfully this child was given a second chance at life this day, while maybe taking years off the life of the driver. How many close calls do we need? Name withheld by request Canvassers not sanctioned by local Child Find group To the Editor: Child Find is warning the public not to give money to door to door canvassers. Several phone calls have been made to our office inquiring about adult can- vassers who are sometimes accompanied by children asking for donations. They are falsely representing us. We do accept donations, but we do not canvass door to door. If you should encounter these ' people please call our office or the police. If you would like to help us out also by becoming a volunteer please call our office at 686-3181. Sandra Tkaczuk, Child Find, Military chief From previous page shown such concern in far off countries and to far off inhabitants, would it not follow that similar con- cerns would be shown to our country folks? Would it be appropriate to send such flights over Bouchard's territory, or perhaps Bay Street? Mike Boychyn, Scarborough You can fax your letters: 985-3708 Editor's Notepad : he by Jeff Mitchell LITERATURE FOR THE OUTHOUSE IT'S OFFICIAL: In case you haven't yet glanced at the calendar and checked the date, here's official confirmation that autumn has arrived. The Old Farmer's Alamanc has come in the mail, bringing with it all the news you need: Weather, workings of the Zodiac, and curiosities of nature, as well as features on Babe Ruth, the original Siamese twins (did you know they fathered more than 20 children between them?) and instructions on How to Hypnotize a Frog, as well as much, much more. Like every good Canadian, | flipped first to the weather forecast for the coming year. | know you're dying to get the skinny, so here you go: It'll be warmer than usual through Novemebr and December; this warm trend is to continue into January, but there is to be more precipitation than usual. Cold snaps arrive in early and mid-February, and winter is to linger late into March, with heavy snow occurring then. The Almanac, as usual, is chock full of information, useful and otherwise, and has a hole punched in the corner so it can be hung by a string in the kitchen, office or outhouse for handy reference. TAKES ALL KINDS: The mail has been interesting of late. One morning | walked into my office to find on my desk a fat, hefty envelope -- everybody loves those, eh? -- and, upon opening it, was shocked when a hockey puck fell out and landed on my foot. It was from Pacific Trading Cards, announcing their new hockey line, and is serving as a paper weight by my open window until the cold comes and there's enough ice for a game of shinny. Also arriving recently was a large box, which must have cost a lot to send by courier. I'm more leary of these boxes -- somebody actually sent me a snapping turtle once -- so | gave it a cautious shake. It made a sound like a rattlesnake, but | dove in anyway, to find the folks at Kraft had sent me a bunch of those little cheese and cracker packets, four puddings, and a nice, new reusable lunchbag. | was some popular at home that evening, and the lunchbag is being toted to school by a kid even as we speak. | ou woll to a ands bh lady last ay. at an open, house ay or she an ish Po ofa n 3 wil a g son hung up her pron and A 0! \ i for the: last time. L hoc kup i time' Fnciuded a survey of ke pond itals mair pio Siandacds, Providing 'hie ut the survey was t Nona Hospital was i Ee ------------