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PAGE 4, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1987 Just doing what had to be done By BRYCE COOPER Michael Grady, a 14-year-old Gr. 9 student at Anderson CVI, will be a contender for the Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards after action he took to help his father who was in a serious accident in July. John .Grady, Michael's father, was painting his Pilkington Cres. home when he fell 20 feet off a lad- der. He sustained serious injuries to his face, héad, and chest. Despite all the confusion at the time of the accident Michael remained calm and took control. Using his first aid training from Air LOW OPERATING COSTS with Carrier s high efficiency. 38SO Cadets, he held up his father to allow him to breathe and applied pressure to the multiple open cuts of his father's face, temporarily stopping the heavy bleeding until the fire department's emergency rescue squad arrived three minutes later. "He (Michael) was so cool, so mature, he didn't panic....he took care of everything," recalls Lily Anne Grady, Michael's mother. "I was so impressed with his emergency first aid training," adds John Grady, who underwent nine hours of reconstructive surgery at GET YOUR SPECIAL ORDERS IN NOW FOR CHRISTMAS Now Open for Business 2 nights a week Thursdays & Fridays 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Gift Certificates available Mastercharge & Visa accepted Come in and Browse MON. - WFD. 9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sat. 9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Pearson Lanes 103 A Mary St. West. Whitby 430-1642 LL DL - &ài ~~À~HOT STUFF ttL~Lh HOTSTUFF HOT STUFF SAVE WITH CEDB "E ROYAL BANK 8 M9 A, -eees- -ales oeoe c- -e THE PREMIUM ROUND ONE. • 38S0 - THE WEATHERMASTERt ii HEAT PUMP Unique design brings critical parts indoors for best protection and easiest service. Super-quiet! Heat pumps can be added on to your existing gas, oil or electric furnaces. Heat pumps provide central air conditioning. the hands of Dr. John Phillips and his team at Sunnybrook after being transferred from Whitby General Hospital. His face bones were com- pletely seprated from his skull, which was fractured. All his facial bones were fractured. John was hospitalized for three weeks and during that time Michael took over most of the household responsibilities in- cluding taking care of his sister Beth, 7, 'while his mother was visiting John at Sunnybrook Hospital. Mom and dad were so im- pressed with Michael's outstanding individual effort that they decided to nominate him for the junior citizen awards. Michael will join 35 other studen- ts that have also performed heroic acts of have done outstanding volunteer community work. Each individual case will be studied for merit by a panel of eight judges. Recipients of the awards will receive a cash prize of $200 and a plaque recognizing their achievement, as well as a family portrait with the Lieutenant- Governor of Ontario, and a lapel pin. As for Michael, he says simply, "I just did what had to be done," adding his actions were just reflex when he saw his father oh the ground. "Yôu don't really think about it at the time, I guess. " HOT STUFF oCrre HIGH EFFICIENCY I o -I (n -I c '1 -n I (n un ... "" 380H OUR FAMOUS ROUND ONE. Our most effordable ex tra-high-efficiency heat pumpi ! Ufi ]LA 'J:\TDm * TOTAL COMFORT SYSTEM INCLUDES: HIGH EFFICIENCY HEAT PUMP, ELECTRIC FURNACE, 31 MP/SX ELECTRONIC AIR CLEANER AND HUMIDIFIER. BRmDwooo OUR NAME ALONE WILL MAKE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE o e JOHN GRADY with son Michael whose quick action with first aid training assisted John as they awaited·rescue squads. - Free press photo Region tourist strategy for '88 to be unveiled The Tourist Association of Durham Region will be resurrected in an effort to boost the local tourism industry. "We're starting with a new slate," said David Gould, chairman of the association's steering com- mittee, at a press conference last week. "Over the last few years, it (association) lost some momen- tum." Details of a plan to strengthen the association will be presented at an Oct. 8 meeting at the Holiday Inn in Oshawa, with about 400 expected to attend. Gould said 1988 association membership fees will be $100 for tourist members, $25 for members from the general public and $200 for corporate members. Pat Olive, Durham Region economic development officer, said a more "professional" set-up is needed in order to attract tourism investment in the Region. "There is a huge market poten- tial here," said Olive, adding that a "tremendous crossover" of tourist dollars takes place when visitors to tourist spots in the region also go to local restaurants and other businesses. The Region, which will assist the association to act as "catalyst" to develop tourism and to encourage communication between tourist- related businesses, wants to assess the economic impact of tourism in the Region as a whole. Figures are known for Whitby's Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village, probably the Region's top attraction (Cullen Gardens' visitors spent $11 million in the Region in 1986). Olive said the Region has the ad- vantage of having both an auto in- dustry, Ontario's top employer, and tourism. expected to be the second largest industry in Ontario by 1990, Other details to be given Oct. 8 as part of the 1988 strategy will be plans for a newsletter, including hints for tourism operators, and an exposition at which will be displayed all tourist spots in Durham, said Gould. Gould, president of Admagna Marketing Services Ltd. in Oshawa, says the association hopes to get more of the potential tourists who pass through the region on their way to other tourist destinations. "A lot of people got to the Kawar- thas and drive through here on their way," he pointed out as an example. "We have to get them to stop here. "It's gotto be a year-round thing. It's got to start right here, right now, here." The steering committee is made up of 25 members, including representatives of tourist attrac- tions and restaurants. 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Similar rewards will be paid for information leading to an arrest in any serious case. Callers never have to give their names or appear in court. The Crime Stoppers office is open 8 a.n. to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday and the phone numbers are: 1-222-8477 or 1-800-387-8477 toll free for all calls includine from nav ohones. Sgt: Sandy Ryrie of the Durham Regional Police writes this ar- ticle to help combat crime. A citizen board administers the Crime Stoppers program of which there are now nearly 700 in North America. The reward money is raised through tax deductible donations which may be sent to Toronto and Regional Crime Stop- pers (Durham) P.O. Box 54. Oshawa. Ontario LI H 7K8. HOT STUFF 6. itbiü)là ,üijÜýjb HOT STUFF