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PAGE 26, WHITY FREE PRES89 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1990 Famly estvites:Give atnd take PROM PAGE 10 SkIe BoUs Ping, -are you Lafontaine Trading PSt invites you to, step back te yesteryear with iafanly and friends on Saturday, Dec. 1. Relax and enjoy a steanung cup of hot chocolate of mulled ider after the parade (noon until 2 p.m.) in the old time shoppe. Visit with Santa in a horse-drawn carrnage parked out front. Brnge your camera and capture the ambiance of days gong by. Visit with Santa After the Santa Claus parde on. Dec. 1, come te the Whtby Home Bakexy at 141 Brock St.S. and visit with Santa Claus until 3 p.m. Trim-a-Tree Day Visit participating downtown banks, credit unions and trust companies to view the creative talents of local children. Youngy people, from local day cares andâ nursery schools will be decorating trees for te festive season on Dec. 5. Candlelight Open Bouse Be sure to visit downtown WVhitby on Frilday, Dec. 7 during the Candlelight. Open House. Several businesses will have extended shopping hours to assist in selecting' a gift for someone special.* Hot a 'ple cider will be served outsiée the Whitby Downtown. Business Improve- ment Area office, located in downtown Whitby across the road from the Bnk of Montreal. There will be Christmas appetizers, a taste test at participating businesses; free cider and candy canes outside the DBIA office-free prin g after 6 .m.;free*earniChristmas buttons; mn-store specials at participating-businesses. "Fruev- Production On Friday, Dec. 14, the award winningIn-ta Kids Dance Troupe will b. performing a 'Frosty p roduction. Performances will b helduat the Studio of Dance and Performing Arts, located at 307 Brock St. N., at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. ickets are available for $4 each at the Studio of Dance and Perforniing Arts and at Promenade Books, 103 Mary St. W. in Pearson Lanes. Proceeds willbe used to support thelIn-ta Kids Dance Troupe. For information, cali 666-1528. Tree of Hope Come' downtown on Dec. '8 between the hours of 10 a.m. anâ 4 p.m. te donate generously te local charities. Your donation will be represented by colored Christmas lights on the Tree of Hlope, located at the Wbitlv Cider Saturdays Visit F Santa's BreakfastParty On Saturday, Dec. 15 and Sunday, Dec. 16 from 10 a.m. until noon a Santa's Breakfast Pý ,i e held at the Prospet of tby Restaurant in Pearson Lanes. The party includes breakfast, entertainument and gift ba~from Santa. TIckets are $5 ecand may only be picked up at the restaurant, located at thfe corner of Mary St. W. and Brock St. N. Advance ticket sales only, available Dec. 1. Quantity ise limited so visit the Prospect of Wihitby son. For i nes cal 666-5092 or 666-0023. No reservations will be accepted by phone. Children's Chrietzma Pary The Whitby Downtown Business Improvement Area will- be s .nsrig two parties for children.oThe parties wvill be held in the auditorium of the Whitby Publie Library Dundas St. W. on Dec. 18. The event, for children aged 3 to 10, wil be held from 10 until 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 until 8 p.rn. The coet is $5/child. Register and obtain tickets for either party in the Children's department at the Whitby Public Library, available Dec. 1. A child may oly be registered at on e party due to limited registration. Town distributes Bry.questionnaire on 'earsn Lanes on housing needs Saturaay, JJGc. 8 and 15 irom il a.m. until 4 p.m. and enjoy hot apple cider and cinnamon buns. Courtesy of the businesses in Pearson Lanes. i.toeioel Walkring Tour On Dc13join Brian Winter, Whitby's Town Archivist, for an enjoyable tour through time in downtewn Whitby. Citizens are asked te bring along their flashlights and te dress warnily. The tour will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Brock St. S/Dundas St.E. - arrose the road from the Bank of Montreal. Refreshinents will be available at the completiori of the tour. The Whitby Planning department, as part of its officia plan review proceSS, will be seeking direct publiceinpt on future housing needs iniWib through the distributio of a dotailed housing questionnaire. The housing survey is a uignificant component of the housing studios being undortaken for the u date of Whitby's official plan. Mbe firi, Lapointe Coslig, a respected housing consultant, will be conducting the study for the Town of Whitby. The survey will be compre- hensive, and as a community- wide project, the questionnaire is being randonily distributed by mail te 3,800 households., This survey will provido Whitby with a good perspective of resident attitudes towards future housi*ng. The survey will also asma t the Town in identifying the need for assisted housing on a gêneraI basis and futured Snioes housing which may be provided by cooperative, non-profit or other similar residential developinents. The questionnaire requesta information about the individual's household and their current and future housing situation. The SEE PAGE 37 THE BLUTE ENVELOPE First the Blue Box. Now there is the Blue Envelope! It is 100 per cent recyclable, reusable, and here'. how it works.,'.' The blue envelope, made from recycled paper and vegetable ink, of course, is the concept of NFP Markeig Imc., a company that specializes in the nfot-for-profit' sector. Most of NfP's clients are charities who request a marketing service te obtain donations through the mail. Refl ti upon the environinental concern from their clients, N~~ igcieu with the clever idea of requesting that the b ue envelope (the envelope that. everything came in) and the information letter b. returned in the pre-paid envelope along with the donor's contribution coupon. and cheque. lIn thIs way, the organization can send out the same envelopes -and letters again. The message that was printed on the return, pre-paid envelope said. Tins package is meant te b. recyclable and reusabile. Before you seal the envelope, please return the letter and the envelope that it was delivered in along with your coupon. That way, this package can be passed on te another supporter or recycled through our ofice paper recycling is his kind of creative thinking that will encourage us te become a more conserving society. At Hlighbush -Public School in Pickering, the curtain goes upe on. November, 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m. for' their ecolo«gia musical production of <Rana's Pond!' This play is particularly delightfX for the drama students at Hlighbush becauseit.fits in so well with their ongoing efforts te integrate environmental education acrose the curriculum. 3Rs FAST FACTS - North America has 8 per cent of the worfld' population and produoes 50 per cent of the world's garbage. - Recycling one ton of waste material saves three cubic yards of landfill space. - Scrap n ylon from a Du Pont plant in Kingston, Ont. is being turned into hockey helmets, rather than being dumped as waste. COMING EVENT: November 28,- Community Centre, Broolin, 7:30 p.m. The Publieiàaison Committee for a Durham Only Waste Master Plan will hold its regular meeting. Further information, 1-800-465-4216. lhe fee for my Recycling Week column will be donated te tne Recycling Gouncil of Ontario, and mailed in the blue