PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1986, WHITBY FREE PRESS Published every Wednesday DOUG ANDERSON By 677209 Ontarlo nc. Publsher 1Phone: 668.6111 BILL MCOUAT Editor The Free Press Building KEN HATHAWAY 131 Brook Street North KNHTAA VOICE OF THE COUNTY TOWN P.O. Box 206, Whltby, Ont. Advertising Manager. The only Whitby newspaper independeritly owned an(I opernied by Whitby residents for Whikby residets An edi Editor's Note: This week we are departing from our normal editorial policy and shucking the "Editorial We" in favour of the first person singular. I have been the editor of the Free Press for almost a year now and today's issue will be my last. I've always enjoyed the anonimity of the "Editorial We" but, at the insistence of our publisher and in the interests of sweeping out the old and making way for the new, this is my par- ting shot. Beginning next week I'll be plunging into the dubious waters of freelance journalism in Toron- to and Maurice Pifher will be taking over as editor of the Free Press. It is the nature of this business that you get to know your way around town pretty quickly and knowing Maurice he'll probably be on the Peter Perry Award short list by the end of the month. You make a lot of friends and enemies in the newspaper business and no farewell column would be complete without picking on a few of them. torial departure If there is one group in Whitby that deserves made Cable 10 the viewers' e notice it is your volunteers.Every reporter in the good councillors resembled th community newspaper business quickly learns others something approachi that there are certain people in town who almost Confederation (almost) but single-handedly sustain and support the life of the business of being a rep the community and Whitby has more than its fair somewhat exasperating. share of these. They devote an incredible amount 'f I don't have the inclina of time and energy to the task of making Whitby subjeet of the Whitby Histori a better place to live and without the likes of continuing saga of the Lynd Marion Irwin, Brian Winter and Marg Horton, to timent I probably share with name only three, Whitby would be lost. our readers. Suffice it to say Where, exactly, Whitby would be without write the name Lynde H Whitby Council is a little more difficult to en- probably add ten years to vision but, say what you will, the affairs of Whit- Mauricel by Council are never dull. I will go to my grave remembering the day we spent $50 to converse Finally, I want to say goodb for an hour long distance with Gerry Emm in the people at the Free Press, Florida for a one sentence quote the meaning of working with anyone more. T which still puzzles me. Then of course there were Anderson, Mike and Val Bu Bob Attersley's grand openings (my freelancing Dee, Randy, Tibor, Ken, Stev duties will not include photography) Bluegrass ail the best and good luck. Meadows, Iroquois Park, the PAW committee message to the boys in adver takeover and ail the other agenda highlights that ridiculous! choice. At times our he Keystone Cops at ing the Fathers of always they made porter satisfying if tion to address the ical Society and the e House it is a sen- more than a few of y, if I never have to ouse again it will my life. Have fun ye and thanks to all I've never enjoyed ro Doug and Susann rgess, Mike, Jçan, ve and Dave I wish Oh yes, one last tising - Your life is Letters to the editor To The Editor: I hope all the media will pounce on council over councillor Emm's rooming house proposal as fast as they did on the Bluegrass Meadows residents when they voiced their objections to the DRNPHC project. Again, our council has their foot in their mouth, completely contradic- ting everything they claim to stand for in matters of human and social importance. Again, they have had another memory lapse on commitments made 10 years ago. Perhaps these rooming houses will compete for clients with the DRNPHC which Mr. Emm also sits as a member of. We can't have anyone providing a needed service making something as obscene as a profit when our elec- ted representatives can provide the same ser- vice at a substantial loss. what would become of all the politicians who crawl all over each other to jam one idiotic scheme after another down the tax- payers throats? The sooner we realize that our elected representatives in Whitby are here to serve themselves, the better off the town will be and everyone in it. we have to rid ourselves of this bunch of imbeciles on the next election. A large number of people in the east end of Whitby are currently making plans to do just that. Until then, whatever council is for, I'm against. Yours truly, Larry B. Dancey Whitby, Ont. Thieves rebuked To The Editor: I am writing this let- ter to the person or per- sons who stole the two Union Jack Flags from the front of our home. We own a century home and during renovations of the gingerbread trim on the veranda, we came upon little holes, upon investigation we were told that they were for the display of little flags on special days. Since my husband and I were planning a trip to England, (my home country), we decided we would make a point of shopping for the flags to fit. After much sear- ching we managed to find flags and couldn't wait to display them: Small pleasures, but gave us a little chuckle, and something to remind us of our trip every time we looked at them. I hope who ever took them enjoys them as much as we intended to do. It's certainly not the price but the principle. You took a little pleasure from our lives. Thank you for letting me sound off. B. Roxborough Whitby. War Amps To The Editor: The War Amps' •CHAMP (Child Am- putee) Program has a story to tell that reinfor- ces the importance-of our child safety symbol called ASTAR. Unfortunately, it is a true story about a little girl who lives in a small, rural community. A month before her fourth birthday, Josee was playing in her yard when she wandered, un- noticed, near a moving lawnmower. In a matter of seconds, the blades of the machine severed her left leg. Now she wears an artificial limb. Josee is one good reason why we must reach the, very young with our PLAYSAFE message. Josee and many children like her in our CHAMP Program were involved in ac- cidents at pre-school age when they were too young to understand our other PLAYSAFE films and television messages popular with older, elementary school children. ASTAR, a child-like robot that leaps and dodges through planet Danger ina 30-second television message, ap- peals. to children Qf all ages, but especially to pre-schoolers who are fascinated by charac- ters from the science fiction genre. ASTAR warns his young audience; "I'm a robot. I can put my arm back on. You can't. So PLAYSAFE!" The War Amps has received positive responses from parents of young children who have seen ASTAR on television since the in- novative message was See Pg. 23 Policy The whitby Free Press is always looking for letters to the editor and welcomes letters on any Issues that concern its readers. while the paper reserves the right to reject or edit any letters for publication, a letter that is short and to the point Is most likely to appear on our editorial page In- tact. Although not all issues can be addressed in a short letter, the best is one of about 300 words or less. All letters to the editor must be signed and accompanied by a phone number for the editor's information. Letters may be sent to: The Editor, Whitby Free Press, 131 Brock Street Nor- th, Whitby. Ont., LIN 5St.