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who resolved never again to judge a fellow man by long hair, or skin colour or ethnic background. There isn't any moral to this story unless you consider that a kid who had nothing gave a cop the gift of life for Christmas and that maybe we should ail give gifts that don't cost money. And maybe we should think about the Bakers and the kids and firemen and phone operators and ambulance drivers and ail those who have to work on Christmas and maybe we s'hould just silently wish them Merry Christmas too, From Birds'eye the best to you this Christmas. .-) .m BOOK REVIEW By John Roberts Ma9ook (McClelland and Stewart, $1.95) Jack~McClelland is at it again. After successes in various other peripheral publishing adventures, he is now, according to a recent press release, launching another of his exciting innovations," a magazine-book for children called Magook, a combination of a magazine and a book which is supposedly a revolutionary new publishing concept. Each 48-page Magook contains an original 32-page full colour illustrated story, plus 16 pages of magazine "fun" that will include a page on the writer, one on the illustrator,a bookcraft section, poems, a short story, and a comic strip that opens up inside the back cover. De- signed to encourage adults to read to children, Maook_ features more than 16 Canadian writers and illustrators each year and "reflect all of Canada." The first four Maooks are now out, and feature the following stores: Magook _- "The Cottage at Crescent Beach," written and illustrated by Ann Blades. It's a Vandals destroy road signs During two weeks in November, 1I rural road signs in Whitby were dam- aged by vandals at a cost of $282.75 to the town. The public works de- partment reportedrecently that the signs were pulled out, bent over or painted over. Some of these signs were "stop" sigsn, hazard markers, or speed limit indicators. In one night, Nov.12-13 eight signs were pulled out, with replacement costs being $73.40 for material and equipment . and $100.46 for- labor, the works departmentreported. "We are concerned that a serious accident could occur because of this van- dalism and we have asked the Police Department to see if they can find out who the guilty parties are," said the works department. "If any of the guilty parties are found, then they should be taken to court and prosecuted to show the seriousness of this situation. To pay for the signs or to replace them is not sufficient to underline the, seriousness of their act." Among the damaged items were five stop signs, one hidden drive sign, one curve ahead sign and two hazard markers. Most of these signs were pulled out, leaving drivers with- out any warnings at dan- gerous areas. WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1977, PAGE 5 Conservation areas are a winter playground With wirnter well upon us, The Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority has plenty of activities available in its two conservation areas in Whitby. There are cross-country ski trails available at the Heber Down area and a number of winter nature ski hikes will be conducted in the Heber Down and Lynde Shores Conserva- tion Areas. Admission to these areas is free of charge. On Jan. 14 at 9 a.m. there will be a Winter botany hike to identify native trees and shrubs in the Heber Down Conserva- tion Area. On Feb. 5, at 9:30 a.m. there will be a hike in search of winter birds and animal tracks at the Lynde Shores Conservation Area. Feb. 25 at 9 a.m. there will be a cross-country ski hike at the Heber Dowrn area. March 19 at 9:30 a.m. there will be a hike in search of spring waterfowl in the Cranberry Marsh, which is a bird sanctuary in the Lynde Shores area. All hike leave from the CLOCA offices at 1650 Dundas Street East, op- posite the Whitby Mall, and will return there by 12:30 p.m. All hikes will go "rain or shine," so dress. accordingly. . Those interested in these hikes are advised to save this article from the Free Press or pick up a Winter Program brochure from the CLOCA office The Lynde Shores Con- rather nice story with excellent illustrations that a Grade 4 student could handle easily. Also contained in the book/magazine is a section on how to make your own paper, a Dennis Lee (author ofAlligatorPieandGarbage Depiht) poem illustrated by Frank Newfeld, and a Hallowe'en story. Mpigook 2 - "A Secret in my Pocket," created and written with English-French dialogue by Madeline Kronby and illustrated by Anna Vojtech. This is a parti- cularly interesting approach, as it combines French and English in the story. The reader may not understand ail of the French, but will understand the story completely. A brief excerpt will show how It's done! "'il run to the store as fast as a rabbit." "Oui, cherie. Mais ne cours pas. Prends ton temps et fais attention." "Ail right, mommy, I won't run." In this book there are also a new song by Sylvia Tyson and a Nova Scotia bedtime story. Very nicely done. Magook 3 - "Snails, Slugs, Spiders and Bugs . . . A Child's Guide. to Nature," written by Trudy L. Rising with paintings by Kathryn De Vos Miller. This is some- thing of a workbook approach, with paintings depicting various scenes from nature, followed by a reference chart. This book also containes information on how a MBM Publishing & Photography Inc. 1 21, ,rock·t N. .Whitby 668611 servation Area conshts of 368 acres of open farm- land, marshland and wood- lot on Victoria Street(the Base Line), at the Lynde Creek marsh. The area is equipped with a parking lot and toilets, and there is ice skating on the Lynde Creek Marsh. The Heber Down Area may be' reached from Taunton Road by driving north on Country Lane, or south from Highway 7 on Cornonation Road. The Heber IDwn Con- servation Area consists of 576 acres of open park- land, forest uplands and creeks bottomlands. Both the east and west branches of Lynde Creek cross the property. There are fourmiles of -marked cross-country ski trails. A brochure in- cluding a - trail map is available at the conserva- tion area. There is also ample space for parking. Province gives funds for park The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has advised the Town of Whitby that a $25,000 grant has been ap- proved under the Parks As- sistance Act to develop a par< at Iroquois Beach. Iroquois Beach is the beacl between the Whitby Psychi- atric Hospital and the Yacht Club. child can make his or her own nature book, a play, material written by c'hildren, plus information about how children may have their own material published. All in all, a very interesting and useful book. 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