As you do your fall decorating this year, take a child safety inventory to make sure your home is up to par especially at the window. Sue Rainville, director of marketing for leading window fashions manufacturer Hunter Douglas, offers the following tips to make your home and particularly your windows safer for children: · Use window guards on all windows above the first floor. Screens aren't strong enough to stop the fall; they are meant to keep insects out, not to keep children in. Look for quick-release features for easy emergency exits. · If it's necessary to keep windows open for ventilation, install locks that Make sure your windows are child-safe 3 Parenting, Tuesday, October 25, 2011 limit the size of the opening. · For sliding glass doors, apply bright stickers at a child's eye level to alert him or her to the presence of glass. · Be sure to keep all furniture and cribs away from windows. · Keep window covering cords secured or outfit windows with cordless window fashions such as Silhouette window shadings with the LiteRise cordless lifting system from Hunter Douglas. More information is available online at www.hunterdouglas.ca or toll-free at 1-800-265-8000. --www.newscanada.com Saturday, October 29, 2011 11 am to 1 pm Children 10 and Under Prizes fo for Costumes and C Colouring! Entertainers Ente Events Ev Trick or o Treating And More... Family & Cosmetic Dentistry New Patients & Emergencies Welcome! Asleep Dentistry Available Teeth Whitening HOURS: Mon. 9 am - 8 pm Tues. 9 am - 6 pm Wed. 8 am - 8 pm Thu. 9 am - 6 pm Sat. 8 am - 3 pm 2011 Sponsors Jents for Men · McMasters Meats & Deli · Trendz Hair Studio · Dini & Co. · Creature Comforts Special Thanks to Young's Pharmacy for their Assistance. Serving Georgetown for over 17 years! Located inside Georgetown Marketplace Mall 905-877-2273 (CARE) www.georgetowndental.com Masquerade on Main is brought to you by your Downtown Georgetown BIA www.downtowngeorgetown.com or 905-873-4970