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Bridal Showcase wireverent for all brides to be their guests. Come meet the area’s finest wedding professionals all under one roof to help you plan for your special day. Brought to you by ELCOME’ ‘AGON SINCE 1930 A AUS Located et the (XCEL Comen Nik End of Port Pemyi OPEN snacks & soft drinks party supplies - gift items grocery staples - magazines 15930 Old Simcoe Street, Port Perry 16 FOCUS - SEPTEMBER 2011 Mailbo Dear Focus... DS i ee ‘Thumbs Down’ to Focus Dear Editor: First off I’d like to congratulate you on a fantastic magazine. My dad drops them off at my office, where they are thoroughly enjoyed by my patients and myself. I look forward to reading about where I grew up. lenjoyed July’s issue until I saw the pictures docu- menting the Canoe the Nonquon race. It was disap- pointing to see that the participants were not wearing life jackets or PFD’s. A recent article from the Globe and Mail indicates that there has been a 9% increase in drowning deaths this year compared to last. With the high numbers of drownings that have occurred recently, lam disappointed that your magazine chose to publish these pictures instead of ones where the participants were wearing appropriate PFD’s. I believe you have a moral and ethical responsibili- ty to not only report what is going on but do so in a way that educates and informs the public on what would be responsible behaviour. Iam giving you a thumbs down for not choosing other pictures to publish that showed people being responsible on the water, a thumbs down to the par- ticipants for not wearing their life jackets and a thumbs down to the organizers for not making the wearing of life jackets mandatory for participating in the race. A lackadaisical approach to water safety should not be promoted in a magazine that has a lake (Scugog) in it’s name. Like the commercial on T.V. a life jacket float- ing on the water or still in the boat can’t save a life. Yours in Health Anthony Duivesteyn B.Sc., D.C. Whitby, Ontario Scugog’s “Town Crier’ does it again... Bill McKee and his powerful baritone voice just keep winning. Bill, who is the official town crier for Scugog and Uxbridge, placed ‘first’ for his fourth time in the Ontario Guild of Town Criers ‘Provin- cial Championships’ held August 13 in Brantford. He also held the title of North American Champi- on Town Crier on two occasions.