I * r Sunday Sun- A Year Later While 1 have been roaming the United States, a number of interesting things have happened locally. Prices have gone up at my favorite Chinese restaurant, Toronto is about to get rid of body rub parlors and- guess what -s Sunday Sun is one year old.-d As a former Sunday Sun cont ributor, I'd like to pay My t own littie "tribute" to the Sunday Sun which, most likely, could neyer appear in Sunday Sun for a number of reasons.t Those reasons, as you read on will, becorne seif-explana- tory*. First, I must state that Toronto with its two million inhabitants is in dire need for a Sunday newspaper. But, isy Sunday Sun the best answer for the readers' needs? Are> they really doing as well as they dlaim to be? And, what t about the journalistie quality which is so important in i producing a good Sunday newspaper? Well, here are some à facts that you may be interested in knowing. The maiden issuecame out with 125,000 copies. But, a year later, the paper has gained only 15,000 new readers. That is a rela- ý tively small gain in readership as compared to the increased c circulation, say, of The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail SI or The Mississauga Times. Since the untimely death of former Sunday Sun editorP Phil Sykes, the paper has notably changed its course from t] better to worse.M Today, there is less hard news in the paperý and the 1 quality of reporting and spot news"photography is way v, down. I ^can think of only four highly competent reporters e on the staff: David Kendall, Robert MacDonald, Rhona Kane and Joan Barfoot. Others, I'm told, are only learnirig the ropes of professional journalism.S he paper lost in prestige when Associate Editor Alan Edmhonds dcided to pack it in and left the ýpaper to embark on a career in the not-tôo-luicrative freein.ce mar- kat in the Tooto area.. Edmonds left, mainly, because le'ý -.epuld not agree with the Sun s di'torilou o~altotg 5ÇYWes a factor too)* and the paper's ifld i .-1 Sortry lbeforé'Ievig Edmonds told me:-"1 h e ee , worked for a- chintzier ouiit"'. 'Edmond, beinga Profes. "sjojill oQurnalist and an excellent re-write man,, 4uid',ot *wr wî th an Increasing number of amateurs. A-secsQnd hard blow todù 'u~mn.wnTrn bo's best-lpw newspaper columnist'Ron H&ggar1ý (now on *he stç4p"f The Toronto Life and C.ITY- TV); departed i ~sde1~Storles differ on why Hlaggart is no lotiger rit-- t #,i his ô0nèýýhtWeek-column for the Sunday $iun. -twv one thing is "apparent: Haggart's investagat.ve cahzmns which often criticîzed the Metro Toronto' o a1&d Ocafplt9cjns-Were not in Mne with the'Su*sisy, fongptide. :SiplHaggan was toQotpjet j * alo dre#to.e$haUenge newspapei editors a1d"p bitr~. "Further,ý Rori Haggart could not be intlida'ted by ýhîs,* former epplayers. su 3lre this inot thé last time we've heard of haggart, eiicomnters with '2ôrôntoncwspps Lait -but (rbbl)fot a1- oô the big pares to st ".defec the rarnks of the dwindling Sun-stafrs colurn.., ast aJRhistad.who (according to a TorouitoSt r t ep6r»- has e~a'new job with Carring 01K4~ Çq!rnj any. Hie will ,be allo'ed to freelance, says the ta r rorbu knowing Paul personally, 1 doubt he'll have that rriuch tim' I left omer for writing after ail those beer com ln-e4îals and q sports, activities. From time to time, Fautý hap *penly beefed about his superiors. Unfortunately; Suii editors Could this .be true that the management neyer,-did any. thing wrong?Not, according to some former Sun enliployees I ~av ~tlk4 o. Fr nstý4 e e-Sun staffç p iir 41smsses the opý'Ãaton comp1eètéiy at~Il~.si: Mouldn't want 'to,. be Iumped together wi*thTroi3- Boweiy Boys-. And, speaking of rny own,,,expe rien ces at the $un - oh well, I better not say toc)much. Except that, n.ot too long agI received aà as5 lettr, rdW the Mana!ging Eçitor. It- mpedthat t e oSuri i oger w sly.ovr4 ofx h0ase w1*4 M"d, 7 itnp4-itahtmattw. But, the 'wrîter ;of tat ltr di note that Sun has neyer displayed- an hipnest> intention of providing me with fuli-time employment* despte,;ithe £act thà t 1 have don e a lot of work for themn and even won. a photography awvard for the paper due to my freelance efforts. So, why bother trying to intimidate me now?After 20 years in the newspaper business, I can persevere for a, few more years. oNTARi.o SAFET'Y e w LEAGUE& HALLOWEEN PROJECT The wheels are turning in Pro- vincial Safety' Councils across Canada as they undertake the distribution of -over one million "Have a Safe Halloween" project sheets to Canadian school chil- dren in the lower grades. In Ontario alone, 337,500 of the sheets are being handled by the Ontario Safety. League 's Family Safety Department. The cross-Canada Halloween program is now in its second year of operation. AUl credit for the availability of campaign ma- terials goes to Rowntree Mac- intosh Canada Limited. As a major candy company Rowntree acknowledged their responsibil- ity towards making Halloween as safe as possible for Canadian chiIdren . .. and then, they did something about it! Last year, coloring sheets and posters were distributed through the schools and a questionnaire w'as included to get feedback. The 1974 project sheet was de- veloped at the request of teach- ers to offer more -creativity and involvement by the children. Children must have an under- standing of the Halloween safety Tas l'rem S4fr a smail mnoMw of anchovy patg u.oqie.g and aru Ibo, déhydrà tauz' *M aL ocsur Iurlng th.emnilabg pxmci* la many respoauble for thb*ez. ~sU~'- ,spi'Uve ffortsre-, a"s*ba kesz! g ab by, ith are Igwrà ùihl l hy a at mmSud wUt, decorate or tria>. la*a?, Penwylvat"a Dutch*coeks are partieubrly fond t -a very heavy tron skiltet -wIMh tley utilize qulte often,-and it's a lied a .pMenl "BRQTHERLY LOVE PARK"- "IS WIME IVEN py as. ADAMS 0F WALOO, PLOA- IDA TO FACIUITY ME PER- BONlALLY BUILT ON~ THREE ACRES HE OWNED IN CENTER 0F TOWN. ME WAS 50 13USY BUILDING THE PARK HE DIDNIT TAKE TIME OUT TO REr- BUILD MIS OWN NOLISE WHEN IT WAS D97STROYED âuRGSWORÃ"D PUZZLE. tips in order to complete the, project. They cut out only the safe characters at the bottom ol the page. The key words are, only the safe. One of the charac- ters just isn't safe. And a very young "trick-or-treater" must join hands with his mother to be safe. After the cut-outs are placed in safe positions in the picture, the child colors the scene he has created. It looks like a fun project with a subtle but sound safety lesson on the side. There is no corporate identifi- cation in the campaign. HALLOWFgEN SAFETY TIPS 1. Light coloured costumes with reflective material are easier to see. 2. Costumes should be flame re- sistant, and short enough not to trip children. 3. Cali on one side of the street and then the other: don't criss cross the street. 4. Mask should not obstruct vision. Make up is best. 5. Young children should be ac- companied by an aduit. 6. Set boundaries and a curfew time. 7. For maximum safety provide a flashlight. VHITY FRE SSýFQ~NESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1974, PMGE 7 COURTHOUSE SQUARES F YO</ k$IOW VWAT i /Rg/rA7Z5 A MANVIYOUKNOW s0Md57HM6 0F PUNCHLUNE O0F TH-E WEEK - Vaectintion Smallpox was the first disease i D/>'/OR ~ HFto be curbed an3d finally almost C 7?~C0R .S410 IF AN>'- 1eiadicated via vaccination - the A D'T? r ,, bodies' into the bloodstreamn. sp'ir rCurl Lucky Number 214 Lucky Number 613 Lucky Number 789 TOWN OF WHITBY 0 T 4.C E D0FP-U.L 1UC ME E TI N. A Public Meeting will le held by the Administrative Comitteeof Counéil on Tu»esday,Qctober Z2nd, 1974 at 8:00 p-.m., ýin the.,Rbr Thorn ton Scbool Sc<tt and-14ieWÃ"od Road. This meeting .1% heldfQ .the'prps considering a devefléi r for the formewr Langmai 1; roperWy referred to as "Subject 5ý,roperýty# onth Occompanjg"mp. VOU ameisiwitecl to attend this Publie Meeting Io express yurviûWs about the dopi~~~en t is ar w Aiscuss'ttie matters and infim an> ~1~wt In this -cm. rection, et material isonfe and open for pute>se tint .ths Town of Wh itby- Ptan« Datment, 14 iChurfîqrel Boo[n Pepart' ro, f ___________ Rossland Rd Maur -- -- - - - ý 1 - -- 1 1 11, ý ,t:i , k , , ý l i fý 4.., *ýý ý l' ý ' i'ý i ý