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1 I 1I1 1 1 I li l 1[ Orono WeeklY Times, Wednesday, JuIy 10, 1991-7' An lar m, st em you ýcan wear "Welcomne to Newcastle! membeýrs front (1-r) Heather Griffmn, The Newcastle Village & Helen Simpson, Barb Chicoyne, District Chamber of Commerce Mabs Barr; Rod "They just love it when a plan cornes together .. . Back in April, the Chamber of Commerce kicked off a dance at mhe Newcastle Town Hall with proceeds being directed towards the purchase of replacement signs for the Village. Now, Newcastle bas four impressive new welcome signs at entrances into the village. Residents at Parkview Apartments in Newcastle are lookîng forward to a summertime barbeque coming up July 16, put on by Directors. R I is always my pleasure popping into Newcastle . .. Hope you won't McArthur with Keith Swan of Swan Signs and Charles Gray. "Thank you Chamber of Commnerce!" There may a slight alteration ini the signs, adding "Village" on to each one. Alil welcome to another enjoyable evening of music and dance, coming up in Septemer ... watch for details. hesitate to give me a caîl, if something comes to mind, you would like to see here in, "Hello Newcastle". Thank you! Reach me at 786-2964 or 983-5301. Enjoy this weather . . . it is Super! A small clip-on personal alarrn device is a must-have accessory for a growing number of high-rise rsdns Sales of Alarrnvoice, a small radio- transmitner type device, have risen since the murder earlier this year of a woman doctor in the underground parking arca of hier downtown Toronto luxury condominium. Womn like a brooch or as a neck pendant on a chaini, the device give s the wecarer direct voice comimunication withi thc seccurity room at AlarmnForce Industries Inc., in Toronto and, in turn, access Io the police. The new system, has already been installed in residences, all-night gas stations and convenience stores. Each Alarmvoice is programmed. personally for the owner. When the alarmn is triggered, the dispatcher knows who it is and where they are, and can converse wiih the alarm carrier through the security system. The devîce, about the size of a, packet of matches, is triggered when the ow~ner pushes iwo buttons simultaneously. (This requirement reduces the chances of an accidentai false alann.) When triggered,' the device broadcasts a radio signal to, receivers A few weeks ago, I experienced a dizzy speli, which prompted Lynne to suggest that 1 see a doctor. I did, which started a chain of events, involving three specialists and countless hours wired up to machines, supposedly recording what was making me "tick" - they checked parts of me that I didn't know 1 had, and seemed quite disappointed that everything seemed to be working okay. 1 was finally told that there appeared to be nothing wrong with me! If there's ever a next time - l'il take a "gravol tablet", and forget aboutcit! And now before I bring this to a close, we had (a few days ago) the pleasure of entertaining a couple of English women, over here on vacation. They are friends of Lynne's sister, and I had neyer met themn before. I think (and hope) that throughout the building which sets off an aiarni and dials AlarmForce's, secuity roont. The building can be divided into any nutmber of areas, so the dispatcher calîs over the speakers in the building or in the alarm -owners area of the building thai they have received the alarrm and lhe police are on the way. Oftcn the souind of the alarm and the dispatcheurs voicc ovcr the speakers are enough to frighten off intruders. The clip-on triggering device costs $125. The hardware and monitoring of' the security sysîcmn may be purchased by a butilding omner, such as a condominium board, for as uile( as $200 a month. (Canadian Science News) ffWork Wanted" CUSTOM FENCING and 'USTOM CHAIN SAWINC ORONO, ONTARIO 983-9627 they enjoyed their short sojourn with us. They seemed to like our country, and 1 hope they will consider coming back, - they are welcome in my home anytime. However when they leamned that 1 occasionally wrote these short stories, tbey asked if I would send them one, and so Robbie and Anne you have now made the 'big time".- Greetings and best wishes from Orono, in Canada's Heartland. People like you are always welcome - come back sometime, - soon. And so good friends and neighibours, the weather so far, is shaping up to be a good old fashioned summer. Enjoy yourselves. Don't even think about six months time, when we'll probably be shovelling snow again. Itfs being s0 miserable, that keeps me happy. Just George Just George .aRf Somebody recently asked me, how long had I been writing stories for mhe Times? I couldn't rememnber, but out of curiosity 1 checked my scrapbook and found to my astonishment that what you are reading now, is my seventy-fifth entry i this newspaper. (-îhere may have b)een a.few more, before I "sarted keepmng a record) but even QIfeel happy to know that some of you good people mnust approve, (one way or aniother!). Somehow it doesnit really fuel that it's been thiat long, - but 1 s uppose it must be several years now. I have'read several accounts r ecently, in a Toronto paper, concerning Bull Terriers! 1 once owned a Stafordshire Bull Terrier and found "her" to be one of the better dogs 1 have owned, and I have had many dogs i my lifetime. To miy knowle dge she neyer attacked anyone, but she guarded my two young daughters (Who were, only 2 and 5 years old) very competently, and so 1 have nothing but praise for the breed. Shie was fast, powerful, 'and a beautiful animal. "Perhaps" the training techniques of some owners leaves something to be desired? Just a thought..A