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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 28, 1995 - 5 Will aid Operation Scugog Your book's late? No problem; just & make a donation By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Scugog Memorial Pub- lic Library is holding a two week amnesty for overdue book fines beginning next week. Residents can return their overdue library books and skip out on their fines if they make a donation of a non- perishable food item to Operation Scugog's food bank. Those wishing to pay their fines with cash can donate the money to the food bank as well. All food and funds received will be donated to the bank to as- sist the Christmas food hamper program. Fines range from .15 cents a day for books and magazines to $1 a day for videos. Librarian Tom Bonan- no began this program about 12 years ago at oth- er libraries and it spread across the province. It is a way to encourage people to return their overdue books, a way for the library to get back its materials and a way to help the food bank, Mr. Bonnano said. The program will run at the local library from De- cember 4 through to De- cember 16. Tom Bonanno, librarian at Scugog Public Li- brary encourages residents to bring back their overdue library books over the next two weeks. Residents can escape fines by making a donation of a non-perishable food item, which will be turned over to Operation Scugog for its Christmas drive. RIDE program all set to go Annual anti-drunk driving campaign kicks off Thursday By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Durham Regional Po- lice will begin its annual holiday R.I.D.E. program this week. The annual campaign to deter drinking and driv- ing kicks off Thursday, Nov. 30 and runs through untilJanuary7. Thanks to a grant re- ceived last spring the Dur- ham police will be able to supply more manpower during its spot checks this year. The R.I.D.E. team will be set up throughout the region in all municipali- ties. Spot checks will be equally spread to each area of the region. Locally, R.I.D.E. programs will be a joint effort of the Dur- ham Regional Police and the Ontario Provincial Po- lice. "We are hoping that having the R.I.LD.E. pro- gram out more often and by being more visible we will deter people from drinking and driving," said Sgt. Rick Bates, who heads up the Durham Po- lice program. Last year's festive pro- gram saw a total of 28,992 cars stopped, an increase of 19 per cent from the pre- vious year. Police were pleased DON'T Miss THE PORT PERRY LIONS CLUB ~~ BREAKFAST with SANTA 4:7 Saturday December 9th eo 8:00 -11:00 a.m. - Lions Hall - Manchester Scugog a Memorial Library Saturday, December 2 at 2:00pm "MR.THEATRE" resents a Puppet Play NOC INN (0) tickets $2.00 Fun for All Ages L with the results as even though more cars were stopped, 25 drivers were charged with impaired driving, a decrease of 30 per cent. During the period in which R.I.D.E. was on the roadways, 68 drivers were also charged with im- paired driving by officers on regular patrol. This was also an improvement over 1993 when 93 people were charged with im- paired driving during the same period. Sgt. Bates cited the me- dia attention and visibili- ty of the program as the contributing factors to the decrease in charges. 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