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"A Family Tradition for 132 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February.3, 1998 - 9 By Chris Hall Port Perry Star After giving his time freely to local youth organizations for the past three years, a veteran ambulance attendant recently got a taste of his own medicine. Don Adams, an employee with Rural/Metro Ontario Medical Services in Port Perry, was honored last week by local Brownies, who presented him with a pic- ture as a token of their appreciation. During a ceremony on Thursday (Jan. 29) Brownies Deputy District Commissioner Bonnie Dunkerley and two local members handed over a framed cari- cature of Mr. Adams at work. "This is a nice gift and I think it's great that they would do this. I didn't expect it at all," Mr. Adams said. While he said that he's appreciative of the gift, he pointed out that everyone at the station chips in whenever they can. "All the others do their part as well," Local ambulance attendant thanked for talks to Brownies Mr. Adams said. "Everyone here does some community service, and they should all be recognized for their efforts. We all work really hard with the community." Working with the local Brownies and Sparks has kept him quite busy, he adds. "I go over the basics with them: How to apply a dressing and bandages, hypother- mia and frostbite; all the basic skills," he explained. "The sessions last about 90 minutes and I tell them tons of stories," he said, adding that he also gives station tours and talks to civic groups. Over the past three years Mr. Adams, a graduate from Fanshawe College's (London) Ambulance and Emergency Care course, has also spent parts of his off days speaking at Career Day at S.A. Cawker and has made appearances at R.H. Cornish Health Science Days. The Port Perry station employs eight full-time attendants. THANK YOU: Don Adams, a paramedic with Port Perry's Rural/Metro $a : os Medical Services station, waspresented with a gift last week from the local Brownies. 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