2 Friday, November 10, 2023 brooklintowncrier.com Monday - Thursday 9:00am-7:00pm Friday 9:00am-5:30pm Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm Sunday Closed Top Dollar for Your Trade 1201 Dundas St. East, Whitby SALES 905-668-5846 SERVICE 905-668-8871 PARTS 905-668-8853 ORDER YOUR PRE-OWNED CAR WITH US! SALES (905) 721-6599 SERVICE (905) 721-6588 PARTS (905) 721-6577 445 Winchester Road East, Brooklin Check out our Pre-Owned Inventory on our website! Hyundai Breakaway Sales Event. Swing by to take a practice shot on our Net in the showroom! Made for Those Who Drive Hockey!Made for Those Who Drive Hockey! St. Leo's C.W.L. Annual Vendors' Fair Saturday, November 18, 2023 St. Leo's Parish Hall • 130 Watford St., Brooklin Shopping Made Easy! • Something for Everyone Free Admission • Door Prizes • Canteen Open All Your Favourite Vendors to Browse Doors open to the public at 9:00 a.m. Contact dmshaddick@gmail.com for info Clean Home Heating Initiative Did you know? Hybrid systems using an electric heat pump and smart controls can reduce your home's greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 30%. As a Whitby homeowner, it's now easier to save energy and take this step towards lowering your carbon footprint. Enbridge Gas customers in Whitby may be eligible to receive up to $4,500 in rebates towards installing a new electric heat pump. Rebates are provided by the Government of Ontario. Visit enbridgegas.com/hybridheating to get a list of participating HVAC contractors and see if you are eligible. It's early September. You've been obtaining your welding license after high school, which wasn't an entirely successful experience, except for math. There are no prospects for much adventure, so your future seems humdrum. However, a war has broken out across the ocean and your buddies boast about joining up. None has ever left the city, let alone the country. A short war, you hear, seems like an exciting way to visit faraway lands. You enlist in the army though your heart is, inexplicably, with the air force. However the army, the Royal Montreal Regiment, does a lot of marching and fixing bayonets on its Westmount parade grounds. Time to investigate the air force's downtown enlistment office. You've tried to enlist and they tell you time and again your blood pressure is too low to fly. Finally, on a warm day, you run around the block a few times then go back in, sweaty and panting. This time your blood pressure has risen enough for you to be accepted. With little drilling and no need for bayonets, the air force trains you to become a WAG, a wireless air gunner, and you develop an ex- Less than half the picture: Remembering… (reprinted from Nov./2021) By Richard Bercuson