Whitby Free Press, 8 Dec 1993, p. 17

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Whitby Free Pî<iss, We<knesday, Docember 8.1993. Page1 eJim Souch is Whitby's outstanding..& citizen for'93 By Mark Reesoraar winner, which recognizes Whitby's outstanding citizen of the year, is very active in the community even though he lives in Oshawa. Jim Souch says he'd correct that little indiscretion except tht it would be very difficuit te move the family's house, which haPcens te be located acrosh The owner of Marigold Lincoln Mercury, Souch is well known in the community, both for his busi- ness dealings and his community service work. He's se well known, i fact, that Whitby Chanîber of Com- merce president Lynn Woods admitted ini his presentation speech people would very quickly recognize who the recipient.was (the name of the winner is a closely guarded secret; even Souch, who was on the commit- tee which planned the evening, didn't suspect a thing). Souch bas served the com- munity "ini numerous ways,7 says Woods. He's p ast president of numerous clubs, including the Ski Club, FlI ng Club and Kiwanis, and Mhaschaired the % Kiwanis Musical Festival and JIM SOUCH been active with the Sick Kids Hospital. He's long been involved with the Diabetes Association and is the founding chair of the Dr. Charles H. Best Centre for Dia- betic Children Association. The United Way has aIse bene- fited from Souch's bard work. He was chair of the 1992 campaign and is now on the board of directers. He's been a member of the board of the Whitby General Hospital since 1989 and is cur- rently first vice chair of the board. He's also been very active with the Whitby Chamber of Com- merce,, serving as president in 1986 and maintaining an active P resence on mnany committees. He was named the chaniber's business person of the year in 1990. He's also been active in career days at local higb schools and worked with the Durham Board of Education througb its busi- ness advisory programs. Souch's dealership employed 18 peuple when he first opened it. Today 50 people, inclucling three sons and one daughter, work there. He's been active ini the Toronto Automotive Dealers' Association and was president of the Ontario Automotîve Association in the early eighties. He even found time te run for political office in the late 1970s, but was unsuccessful in unseat- inu Ed Broadbent... As did the orn al Peter Perry,» Woods concluded uour recipient bas shared, anâ con- tinues to share, hie vision and leadership, from children te seniors, in our community.» Give a ittief get a lot. S1 lare the spirit of the season '%with The Simcoe Hall Settiement LJHouse and Rogers Cablesystems. Bring us nonperishable food worth $ 5 or more and we'11 take $20 off our cable instalation fée or reduce our additional outiet installation fée to $9.95. ROGERS CABLE CENTRES * 301i Marwood Drive, Oshawa * Rogers Video, 8(0 Thickson Rd. S., Whitlw CUSTOMER SERVIE 435-8200 Offer expires )unhll)r 23,1993 ROGERS Cablesystems M;,( BOOK SATURDAY DEC 11 TH NOON - 1 P.M. AUTOGRAPHINO COPIES 0F HIS BOOK THE MO VED AND THE SHAKEN PUB. PRICE $27.99 Du 0SAVE $7.00 WOOLCO PRICE $20.99 Dult ime constraints Ken Dryden wiI only be Moleko SHg opso sbok _________________________________________________________a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v9 . . . . . . . . . . , - nHo Cinc. -ââ A leader in outdoor fixtures in Canada is pleased to announce that you can purchase your Snoc fixtures at Osso City Lighting on Sundays now1'ii Christmas. SUNDAY HOURS l2noon, to 4pm ~ 209 BLOOR ST. E., OSHAWA L~ili~tIJusi W. of Rtson Rd. BLO ST fin 6404-6776 Vohrnteers needed The Red Cross needs volunteers who can spare four to five hours a month to assiet in the blood program. If you can assst as a telerecruiter or at the chnie registering donors, providing inform ation and assistance and serving refreshinents, eali the Red Cross office at 723-2933. Yu'vc hielped recever 75'Xe(i old news- papers threugli yeur Bitie Box. New %ve flCCd yotîr lelp to ger evesn more back. Ontario's paper milis make recycledl ilewsprint out of cvery single eh] ncws- paper and flyer insert you give tlîcîu - an i lat's stili not enougli. Thcy actually have to import more (rein the U.S. If we recover more eld newspapcrs, the lcss w~ilI go to dumps and the lcss milis wil need to import. And the moe municipal tax dellars wv'll* savc. But wve nced yetîr lîipte recycle as many ilewsliapers as possile. Recycling nietwsiiape-rs andl flycr inserts is a real Ontario success stery. Tegether, we can close the recyclîng lot)p. The Newspaper Publishers of Ontario

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