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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice " BUSINESS OFFICE Office Manager - Gayle Stapley . + Accounting - Judy Ashby, Louise Hope' Retail Sales - Kathy Dudley, ~~ Marlene Moore PRODUCTION ccna 'd EDITORIAL Publisher - J. Peter Hvidsten News Editor - Scott Anderson Features Editor - Julia Dempsey Sports Editor - Kelly Lown ADVERTISING The Port Perry Star 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - LoL 1B7 ~ PHONE (416) 985-7383 FAX 985-3708 The Port Perry Star Is authorized as second class mall by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. WwCNA BLUE RIBBON AWARD . Secon d Class Mal Frode aion Number 0265 1 eek! Advertising Manager - Aig Jackman a, Hadioan, A ubscription Rate: Advertising Sales - Jackie McDonel Tru mpringham, ¢ 1Year-$32.10 6Months-$17.72 Forelgn-$90.95 Production - Pamela Hickey, BarbaraBell Robert Taylor, Pont Pury Stay Go. Ld. Pal Rony, fata 3 incluces$2.10GST Includes$1.22GST Includes$5.95GST Susan Milne * GST holuded: in phos + ==). isis IM oS . o 2s TRO a TT Ihe & ; Editorial Comment Gran Random Jottings | ¢ CANDIDATES RUNG] 7 poorer agg . Buckle U P N\ AL L : | EpucationaL |; = ¢ \|. OPEN HOUSE" i: . For Safet MEETING Almost everyone. 3 y \ \ when the shrill sound ~ Durham Regional Police is concerned Ne / NN NN | \ of a fire siren breaks the. * about the safety of motorists. In fact NN N NN A} silence of the day or . -.. + they are so concerned, that they have un- J \ Ay PO oughts race quick SHALES EA : dertaken a Progam, aimed at saving lives y \ NM | ly through our minds in-an attempt to.ima- preventing tragedies. : 0. QO), < ) "gine what kind of emergency has prompted | The program, conducted recently in v > N a request for help from our local i conjunction with most police departments A Ny N TQ. firefighters. | re. 8 across the province, involved the use of \ NN ) A 3 © "Theres a good chance they are respond- 4 seat belts. \ \ CAN "ing to a fire call, as approximately 45 per £ According to statistics, a large percent- S 3 cent of the calls are fire related, but they are 3 age of vehicle operators and passengers ho also called'on to perfortimany other life : do not wear their seat belts while the ve- \ ~ saving duties CL " hn en 4 «= hicle is in operation. The numbers state They could be called on to rescue some- 5 3 : .one trapped inside d vehicle following an i +5 that 16 per cent of the drivers of cars, 22 A-- -- CH accident; pall a drowning vic- Xx per cent of those operating vans and 37 ; tim from the lake, he e down a high : wz per cent in light trucks do not buckle up. after a fuel spill or simply rescue Bt fom "And these statistics are alarming con- NN atree. Tw i" sidering the tragic numbers as a result of | Don 4 ' SE 5 +. But-na matter-how big ori$hiall the pro- COVE gf DRA VF vd SRC car tia re Re A this negligence. more likely to be hospitalized as a result of an accident. - The use of seat belts is lower among males at 81.5 per cent, than females who buckle up 90 per cent of the time while driving. - Young drivers are less likely to use their seat belts than are drivers over th age of 50. Police departments across the prov- ince attempted to get their message out about seat belt use recently by conduct- ing a seat belt blitz. And according to Staff Sergeant Sandy Ryrie from Durham Regional Police, the blitz was successful. Staff Sgt. Ryrie said more than 1,000 vehicles were stopped during the recent 24-hour blitz. Of that number, approxi- mately 237 were cautioned for not using their seat belts and were issued a warn- ing. Another 28 drivers and two passen- gers were charged for not wearing their seat belts. Staff Sergeant Ryrie said the local fig- . ures from the blitz indicated that 85 per cent of the drivers were within range of the provincial seat belt compliance. But it is beyond comprehension that there is not 100 per cent seat belt compli- ance. The haunting statistics and odds against a driver walking away from an ac- cident who was not buckled up should tell you loud and clear to buckle up. Seat belts are there to save your life and the lives of your passengers. A lot 'more can be lost than $90 for not buck- ling up. The Frayer family is pictured outside their Po unknown) in 1899. Willlam Frayer served with the 90th Winnipeg Rifles, Midland Battalion "C"" Company, based in Lindsay. His wife was Martha (Avery) Frayer. Their eldest daughter, Ola (Frayer) Browne, was killed in an automobile accident In Port Parry in 1980 when | ¢ daughter, Nell (Frayer) Seymoure, lived In Calgary. She is also deceased. their Port Pe y home (location she was 86. The couple's youngest | bleth, Gurfirefightersatealwhys there to <. The numbers state that: {fis EMPTY ofemA \| help whenever we need them. E op . ool - 1h do 1. we the siren of a fire- Ee Siang wit sing seit Lits: mie 18 chr 16 Getting Nat oF supp STEN house, the kids run Dri t buckled in are five fi 4p am to the windows to watch them as they head - Jnvers not buckled in are five times cual off to another emergency. They're always Letter to the editor Walk hopes to end violence against women To the Editor: . The Oshawa Durham Rape Crisis Centre would like to thank all the mem- bers of the community who attended our first. "Take Back The Night Walk." We would also like to thank all of those who contributed their products and services to this important event. The night was a tremendous success with over 400 women and children walk- ing together to demonstrate their com- mitment to ending the violence against women and children in our community. The children especially enjoyed the face painting, clowns and balloons. The support of the community was evi- dent by the speeches of Mayor Diamond, Detective Slaney of the Durham Region- al Police, Bob Curtis of the Optimist Club and Tina Gilbert's tribute to her friend Rose Finley, a recent victim of vio- lence. Our event was ended with a celebra- tion at Memorial Park with the music of Julia Propeller from London, Ontario. We look forward to seeing our commu- nity next year for our 2nd annual "Take Back The Night Walk." Thank you, "Take Back The Night" committee and Oshawa Durham Rape Crisis Centre "to accept tood donations at any time. Your A Sn Re So A 0 NS mg Yn curious, asking where the trucks are going and is anybody is hurt? - ; So last Saturday I took my children to the local fire station so they could see the trucks and equipment up close. Both of Scugop s fire stations were hold- ing Open Houses so I felt this would be a perfect opportunity for them to get some of their many questions answered. We were all greeted warmly by firefight- ers in their dress uniforms and the kids were shown the equipment and trucks, and even tried on a firefighters hat and coat. Of course the highlight for them was climbing into the big fire truck and sitting behind the steering wheel. Following the tour, they were shown a film explaining what they should do in case of a fire and given some fire safety coloring books. Just as we were about to leave the fire- hall, a call was received to respond. We stepped back out of the way while the fire- fighters pulled on their gear and jumped aboard the truck and headed out on a call. It was an exciting afternoon for the kids, and they've been talking about it ever since. Thanks to the fire men and woman of the Scugog Fire Department for taking the time to hold the open house. I'm sure all those who attended felt it was a very worthwhile experience. THE NEED NEVER ENDS The Operation Scugog Thanksgiving Food Drive has helped to restock the shelves at the local food bank, but organiz- ers say more is still needed. Volunteerers at the fire hall on Saturday indicated the drive was reasonably success- ful, but they would require much more to fill the ever increasing demand. Although the Thanksgiving Food Drive is officially over, Operation Scugog is happy i IRR Sg A Ra a ~ bw! Sm a mn a ae ng pn I Sm A el donations can be placed in the drop boxes at either of our local grocery stores. We urge everyone to give just a little. In these uncertain times, you just never know when your family may need the food bank. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Port Perry Star encourages our readers to make use of the letters to the editor column to express their opinions and viewpoints on: just about any subject, as we feel a lively letters column helps make us a better community newspaper. We insist, however, that all letter writers sign their name and include a phone number for verification. Sorry, no anonymous letters will be published. The Port Perry Star also reserves the right to edit with respect to libelous comments or length of letter.