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Whitby Free Press, 8 Oct 1986, p. 27

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WHITI3YFREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1986, PAGE 27 The Whitby Psychiatric Hospital held a special reception and luncheon last week to mark the unveiling of tise hoapital's new radiological equipment. Special guests at the ceremony were Dr.. A. R. Richards, retired head of the hoapital's radiology department and Beth Wastie, executive director of the On- tario Association of Medical Radiation rechnologists. Free Press Staff Photo Di tel M Oc G Ei atl mi Ul 1 More coming HEAD INJUÙRY Presbytery wiil be ASSOCIATION holding reglonal The Head Injury meetings October 14 and ssociation of Canada, 15. Dehora Marshall, urhamn Region Chap- national co-orcinator r, will be holding a for womnen's groupa for ieeting on Tueaday, the United Church of ýtober 14 at 7 p.m, in Canada will be the guest ym 2C at the Oshawa speaker at the evening eneral Hospital. session, October 14 ýveryone is welcome to beginning at 6:30 p.m. ttend. For more infor- at the Albert Street tation cati66-888 United Church in Oshawa. For more in- INITED CHURCH formation about tihé WOMEN SENIORS' The United Church CENTRE 'men of the Oshawa The Whitby Seniors' Peter From pg. 14 There will be no ballot boxes in the banks as in past years. Nominees must be residents of Whitby. In the past the judges have chosen persons who have done work for rnany .community groups over a period of many years, although some special single act may be considered. The Peter Perry events Activlty Centre bas a lot of activltles on this mon- th that wli be of intereat to seniors. Included on the agenda are a trip to Woodbine Race Track and a fali colours tour to Orillia, the pot luck din- ner kick off for the Friendship Circle's new season Fniday, October 10 and ail the other regular programs and activities that have proved so popular in the past. For a fui! listing of activities call 668-1424. Award for 1986 will be presented in a special ceremony at the Cen- tennial Building, on Jan. 23, 1987. Tickets for the event wlll be available in December. - Small business and the power of pride- BjLy ion> Carson For most of us, few days pass when wve don't deal with a small business person. Whetiser it's running errands, seeing tise doctor or dentist, or caling an expert to help seal a leaky springtime basement, daily life brings us mbt contact with "smali business". No surprise there, given that 98 per cent of ail businesses are small. common threads. But how often do we stop to First is plain hard work. làke think about these people who the small sign manufacturer provide us with every imagina- wlso has not had a day off in ble product and service? What two months, whose shop is kind of people are they? What jammed with orders, who is in makes themn tick? the process of hiring help and There's no single answer, of creating employment. course. But if you had the Or the tire shop head who chance to talk to a few of these drives truck at night 10 help pay people at length, as 1 did recent- the billîs. ly, you'd probably Ilind a few Why bother? Weil, you'd Crime Stoppers: abduction From pg. 19 continually ate some type of pilla. He had a hystericai laugh, talked to himseif and after every sentence he used an obscenity. A re-enactment of this crime wil be shown on CITY TV on Thursday, October 16 at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.1 It will also be shown on CHEX & CK- VR TV stations on Friday, October 17. Crime Stoppers wil pay up to $1,000 to anyone providing in- formation which leads to an arrest. Similar amounts will be paid for tips leading to an arrest in any serious crime. Callers do not have to gîve their names or teatify In court. The Crime Stoppers numbers are: 22-8477, local to Toronto, or 1- 800-38-8477, toit free for ail long distance cails. Sgt. Sandy Ryrie of the Durham Regional Police Force writes this article to help combat crime. A Citizen Board administiers the program, one of more than 600 Crime Stoppers Programs across North America. The award money is raised through tax deductible donations which may he sent to Toronto and Regional Crime Stoppera, P.O. Box 54, Oshawa,(int. LIH7KM. probably also note' a strong streak of independence running through ail these people and the hundreds of thousands like them across the country. They want to be their own boss. They use different words and take vgrying actions, but in the end they're ail saying the same thing: they are creating some- thing of their own with their own labor. They're proud of that, and rightly so. That kind of pride is catch- ing. You can ste il, for instance, in Chemainus, British Colum- bia where the people of the community have commissioned larger-than-life murais or the town's history on downtown buildings, reviving a once- nondescript logging village. For the people of Chemainus -and of dozens of other towns who have created their own var- iations on this theme-this is not the pride that goes before a faîl. It is a discovery of the positive power that fiows from the intense commitment owners have 10 their businesses. It is the essence of synergy, in which the effect is greater than the sum total of ail the parts. It is, in short, the power of pride. ON SELECTED MODELS 1/2 DOWN, 24 MONTHS ORUP TO 1500. IN FACTORY REBATES lÉmý P LU AIR CONDITIONINGor AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON SELECTED MODELS DODGE 600IE ANNANDAE DOD(GE EATS ALL( COMPETITION! See us for a new or used car today!! -- %'l im là ý ýý New X-ray equipment Perry Awards Our Ads last longer than thleir Adis. A Suburban newsPpgerstays In the home Up to 7 tMmes longer than an Urban dally. i MM

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