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PAGE 10, WEDNESDAY AUG UST 10, 1983, WH ITBY FR EE PRESS Maintaining a -car is Portable stereo winner AI Piggott, of Whitby, (left) ia presented with a portable stereo radio cassette recorder by Roger Ingram, branch manager at National Trust. Piggott won theportable stereo in a July 9draw, which received over 3,000 local entries. Local Conservation Authority' has buy. August sehedUe The Central Lake On- tario ,Conservation Authority bas announ- ced ita Augustschedule of programs. Gulded- walks, each Thursday and Suuday, will explore, various aspects of our natural environent. Each walk,- two or -thre kilometres long, wll be conduç-ted by 'a' tour, guide, wrho wil "identify wildlife and plants and interpret points of in- terest along the way. A walk with, the- themeé, 'using ail your senaes, will be held' Thïursday August l at the Lynde Shores Con- servation Area, at 6:30 A walk titled fishing wil be conducted Sun-ý day Auguat 14, 1 p.m.,« at the Bowmanville Valley Conservation Area. A walk with the theme of trees wil be held Thursday Auguat 18, 6:30 p.m., at the Cedar« Valley Conservation Area. Pond life will be discuased at a walk Sunday Auguat 25 at the Harmouny Valley Con- servation Area, at 6:30 p.m. Mikgration will be the topic in a walk at the Lynde Shores Conser-, vation Area Sundai Augsut.28, at 1 p.m. The walks start at th( C.L.O.C.A. office, 165( Dundas St. E., Whitby (above Cherney's). From here the walkers will. drive to the designatedconservation areas. Walkers are asked to dresa for 'the weather and come prepared for the .mosquitoes. Cameras, field guides and bluoculars are op- tional. Walks will- also be held Saturday eveninga at Heber Down Conser- vation Authority cam- psite. Heber Down will also feature a series, of alide shows at 9:30 p.m. each Tuesday and Saturday/, eveumng. Trees will be the alide show topic Saturday August 6. The featured show Tuesday August 9 wil be fish and wildlife management. Insecta will be highllghted Ssturday Auguat 13. man and the en- vironment wi] be screened Tuesday Auguat 16. Your Conservation Authority wil be the at- traction Saturday Auguat 20. Repti les and Am- phibiana will be highlighted Tuesday August 23. Heber Down's ecology will be featured Satur- day Auguat 27. Backyard habitat will be the attraction Tuesday August 30.' Endagered species wil be screeued Satur- day September 3. The Conservation Authority maintains a collection of 35 mm sides and prints. They would appreciate donations 0f any material related to nature and conser-* vation. For more information call 579-0411. like 1 By PATRICIA BURNS Syndlcated Columnlst Did, you know that malntaining your car ia like baking a cake? Ac- corcling to a veteran G.M. technlcian who now runs a diagnostic car dlinie, just as baking la an art, so is car main- tenance . and not knowing enough about our cars, ia costing us a lot of money. A recent study done by a provincial consum- er protection office revealed that a compact, car costs its. owner- an average of $3,O00 a year for insurance, licencing, repaira, gas, and' depre- ciation.- You could take a lot of taxis for" that kind of money, but. very few of us seem to want to part with the convenience of instant mobility. But, what has baking a cake got to do with car maintenance? Gilbert Gagnon, whom we inter-, viewed recently, pointa out that, when you've been baking for a while you know ail the tricks for avoiding a failure.- Experienced cooks take that accomplisbment for granted. But ask moat of us to find the air )akring a filter on the car's engine and we wlnce at the idea that we should even know where the engine 's. Gilbert Gagnon dlaims that Most of the people he sees Spend about $800 to $4,000 a year on repaira - much -of which could be saved by galulng some know- ledge of the vehicle and waht it needa in the way of TLC to run smoothly. For instance, most of us are pretty faithful to the twice yeBarly tune- up. We assume that whatever needa te be oUled bas' been oiled,' and that's thlat until the next time. Not so 1 Cars need regular, though simple maintenance,,to .keep >parts from wearing out. Inthe summer, englue oil should be- changed' every two montha along with the. 011 filter- itself. In winter this should be done every month. The kind of oil la also, crucial te maintenance. Tu the summer a' heavy. où (Gagnon, suggests ý'10W30); In winter-a. lighter lubricaut , 5W20 is recommeuded., Cha'nging oil frequent-' ly la the key to maintain- eéake lng an enihie because old oil loses Its viscoslty and se parts begin. ru?> bing together, heatlng up, and wearing out. Some products are adv- ertised te provide a protective varnsh-llke coating to preserve the enlebut Gagnon lai againist these because they tend, te seal the natural apertures and prevent où1 from flowing through. -1>1 He also says money can be, saved 'and ruat proofing accompllshed by having the under- body of a car, coated with a mixture of où and grease. This can ' e doue very easlly, lastsaa.long time and coats no more' than $50 te $75. Whereas the treatments for rust- proofing, underbodies normally, -cost ý$300 although tlhey are some- times .guarauteed -for five years. il leave you <te wash theý grease off your han- ds and will be back later with more, tipson how to stretch your automotive dollar. EDITOR'S NT~ Patricla Burns ls Manager, > C'onsumer- Education, Bank Mi Durham Children's. Aid hires six staf membr Faced with an lu- crease in family service referrals of over 22 per- cent, a staggeriug -38 percent, jump in- ad- missions of children to car e, and a doubling -of sexual abuse referrala, the Children's Aid Society .0f Durham Region la proceeding immediately with the hiring of six additional staff, agency, Director Bob Penny announced, last week. Penny noted that the C.A.S. is required under Provincial legialation te, respond te, any and ail situations,,--where cbildren are, felt te be lu need of protection.' "'Not only must we respond, our response must be lu accordance with standards and guidelines "deflued by goverument," 1 Penny emphaaized. Because Moflucreased servie demanda, ex- plained the Directer, the ageucy's ability. te com- ply. with ita legal obliations was jeopar- dized.* "Board approval of additional staff positions was directed to brluging the C.A.S. back luto a position of compliauce with gover- ument regulations," said Penny. The action was taken without government ap- proval, Penny went on toý say, but it is clear from action the gover- oment has taken in other jurisdictions that governm ent support will foilow once the reality oM workload iu- crease la eonfirmed. "gThe government bas no option aluce it la the goverument which made the rules we are uow attemptîng tel foilow, " he said. The six new staff wil be hired on contracta to the end of December, 1983, and their cou- tluuing ueed wil be evaluated at. that time, according to Penny., Iu nawer te question regarding the likely cause 0 f increased referrals to the C.A.S., Penny pointed 'te the delayed impact of the recent recession as one important facter. There are -others, he warued, and these have te do with the -fact that Durham Region bas been sud remains un- der-services from a child welfare stan-.- dpolut. "Based on'experience acros the province, we can te some exteut predict the incidence Mf child protection cases lu Durham,"Penny .ex- plained. »Given the present Durham population we should > anticipate protection caseloads approachlug 800. At the moment sud even with recent lucreases, caseloads are at les than haif that number, he uoted. Recent experience in placing a worker lu the northern are of Durham Region reveala that serlous protection cases exlat sud wli come te light as the visibility sud accessibility of the C.A.S. increase. Penny noted that in a matter of moutha the uortheru caseload increased from lesa than 5 to more than, 30 once a worker was permanently assigued tethe area. The C.A.S. mandate lucludes the provision Mf preveutative services, Penny cnldd u the agency, believes suchý services- can moat effectively be developed through the establish- mient of local -services offices ,capable «0f responding flot only to Oshawa-Whitby needs but to those 0f Ajax-- Pickering, ýNewcastkt and theý north of 'the Region. "Thmese areas .have traditionally been shor- tchanged'lW termi -of child welfare services," he said. "It is llkely that until' this situation la rectified, child welfare servie dem anda and related costs wll con- - tinue- te rise not- withstanding the state of the economy. si. Joén Ambulance has bes invited go b. a part of thir next hucirêd years. GW9 e ha a mgi. Learn how to help. wt.oxn