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a ii i a IR i onli. oad, peciSiabs aadia 12 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, February 20, 1990 Was that a double decker GO train seen af Myrtle Station? Back Talk SUICIDE: A CONCERN FOR ALL AGES | recently attended a lecture on youth suicide, and | was astounded at the number of young children who obviously feel this world is not worth "hanging around for." | listened to statistics on the rate of suicide. | learned that over 1000 youths every day in Canada attempt to take their own lives., One thousand children would wipe out all of R.H. Cornish Public School, plus a couple hundred more. These statistics ove that it is a problem that everyone needs to take a close ook at. | find it hard to believe that Little Bobby , under 14 years of age , or Little Betsy could try to take their lives, because of the pressures they are under. | saw statistics that showed there are children as young as five who have committed suicide. What, | ask at this age, could be so devastating to a carefree child, that life is not worth living. Thinking back to when | was five, even 10 years of age, | don't think | even knew what suicide was . Even if | did at age 10, | Su do not think | would know how to go about destroying myself. | wonder where these children are getting the ideas from. Where does the idea of violence creep into the forefront of fey minds, when all they should be concerned about is hav- ing fun. Statistics say that 90% of these youths that attempt to take their lives did it because they felt their parents either did not understand them, or did not appreciate.them. | cannot see 90 out of 100 children thinking their parents feel this way. There has to be something else to it. No one knows what exactly is the last straw that drives these innocent children to this point. Until Friday, | would have laughed if someone told me their five year old committed suicide, | would have thought they . were crazy to suggest such a thing. After this lecture, | realized maybe things have changed since | was an elementary school kid, and it wasn't that long ago. In those days | would never have thought, or heard other s thinking about it. | watched these young children in public school while | was there on Friday, and it is hard to comprehend that these care- free boys and gr s in the lower grades who are only interest- ed in their trucks, cars, and teasing members of the opposite sex, and the older kids who are just beggining to grow up, maybe date, etc. could ever be that disillusioned with this world that they don't even want to stick it out to their teen years, let alone become an adult. i Although many cannot see anything in their child's life could be that devastating, something is driving 1000 children to the limit everyday, and only through accepting that it hap- pens, listening and learning the facts, will anyone begin to un- derstand the pressure these kids are under. \ 7 7 77 TI 7727, 7 Ls 777, rs 7/7 GALLEY FISH & SEAF00D 161 Queen St., Port Perry 985-8647 7 Z 7 70 NOW OPEN FOR BREAKFAST Monday to Friday OPEN at 6:00 AM Saturday, Sunday & Holidays OPEN at 8:00 AM - y OPENING SPECIAL || 2 Eggs, Bacon, Ss Toast, Homelries, Bottomless Cup of Coffee Reg. Price $3.75 Special to February 28/00 0 J . 7% Was that really a GO Tran- sit double-decker train that pulled into the Myrtle Station one Sunday afternoon last fall? Yes, it was, according to Bonnie Reynolds. She works in the Whistle Stop Variety store, just across the highway from the station in Myrtle, and she says she saw the green and white GO train lke a stop there last Septem- r. And last week, there were published reports that on a Sun- day before Christmas, other people saw a GO train on the old VIA Rail line that runs from To- ronto to Peterborough. Has GO Transit been test- ing trains on this line with a view to providing commuter service, now that VIA is dead? Officially, the provincial government, which operates GO, says no way. As recently as this month, Transport Minister Bill Wry told members of the Toronto Havelock Passenger Associa- tion that GO will not be step- ping in to pick up the pieces of a service killed by the federal gov- ernment. Police praise work of Caroline Naples A senior officer with the Durham Regional Police had high- words of praise for the work of Caroline Naples. Ms. Naples, along time res- ident of Port Perry and the head of the business department at Bowmanville High School, passed away last week in hospi- talin Toronto. She was 51. Inspector John Hamilton of the Durham Police force, said Ms. Naples did extensive work with student co-op programs, which allowed students to work with the Police Force. She was also a teacher of business, criminal and civil law, and was instrumental in bring- ing law courses to grade 13 at Bowmanville High School, a first for the province of Ontario. "She did a lot of good work. She gave all she could for her * students and became well known in the business commu- nity for work with the co-op pro- grams. She will be missed," In- spector Hamilton told the Star. He will deliver a eulogy at the funeral today (Feb. 20) from Low and Low Funeral Home in Port Perry and the Immaculate Conception Church. . And he along with Durham Police Superintendent BobJar- vest were to act as pall bearers. Ms. Naples attended Port Perry High School and began her teaching career there. In 1967 she began teaching at Courtice HS and in 1976 moved to Bowmanville HS ORT where she was the head of the business department. She is survived by her daughter Karen, son-in-law Tim of Brighton; and her moth- er Dorothy Naples of Port Perry. And Premier David Peter- son was very adament about that last fall when he met in Scugog Township with mem- bers of the same association. So, just what was that GO Train doing in Myrtle last Sep- tember? The train was being used for an anniversary party, ac- cording to one published report. Paul Pagnuelo, president of the Toronto/Havelock Pas- senger Association, says he has heard of the sightings of the GO Trainor the VIA line. "It's all very puzzling to us. Yet it raises the question is GO testing the line," he told the Star on Friday. Scugog Mayor Howard Hall in a report published in a Toronto newspaper last week, speculated that if there is a pro- vincial election in the making for this fall, perhaps the Provin- cial Liberals will have some kind of announcement to make on commuter service using that line. up to PRE-INVENTORY . PRE-EASTER SALE 0% Off Chocolates - Candy 182 Queen St., Port Perry GIGANTIC STOREWIDE Giftware Sale Ends March.3rd, 1990 985-0761 Open 7 Days -9to 10 PERRY auto glass & trim | WITH THIS COUPON EE 139 WATER ST.. 6 HIGH STREET PORT PERRY 985-850 - MOBILE SERVICE - GUARANTEED WORKMANSHIP