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WEBY FRPM PRE8S9 WEDNESDAY, MARCE 11, 19 PAGE 7 PAGE SEVEN. Is'it an illusion? Suppose you live in peaceful, tranquil, restul Whitby. And you enjoy the quiet life, even if you have to travel into Toronto five day s a week. Then, one day you wake up and read ini your local weekly newspaper that murder happens here, too. And a few days later, you wake up again and read in the Toronto Star (and agi erei the Free, Press) that ýnot only does Whyhave murders, but Ai ~'4 V it'is aiso located next dor ta te aimost-murder capital of Canada. Say again? . Yeah, well, Oshawa ranked number two on the- murder list for 1991, just slightly back of ... guess where? ... give up? ... okay, Sudbury. You know, Saturday night ]and and ail. ________________________________ Statisticslike that corne as a surprise. Most of us, tend to thmnk of murder and crime as being part of the cold, wicked distant city. Somewhere else. Anywhere else. But email cities stack right up there. You can argue ail you want about a blip in the stats, as one analyst did. Any year, any city could, by the law -of averages, double or triple the averaeo crimes and bit the big Urne. But for those of us living srnail-town lives on the edge of a city, statistics are no comfort. And the knee-jerk reaction of some, to, pick up stakes and moe rvides littie help. Why leave this area, with Osawýraàas numhber two on a long list? To go where? Sudbury holda the crown and that's not near anywhere, not in the shadow of any large city, juat good old staid Ontario amail town, reaping the harvest of whatever causes these thinge. It could be worse. If we followed the same pattern as our neibours ta thie south, things could be a lot worse. From stats rPve seen on comparable size cities i the U.S., about tan Urnes worse. That would make Oshawa's murder rate at somewhere between fift~ and ninety. By those standards, Whitby would ave thirty ta forty a year. Those who revel mn cross-border shopping might remember that next Urne they. go on. a spree. Remember, you're bringing back not just low-priced bargains. You're bringing back a lifestyle. SFMCIAL TRAIN PROM WRI TI U NIWII AT upTowN ~AKN .13 Wbile]Pm -on this kick, I could throw in a stab at This train was taking a Whithy hockey teama to Huntevile on the old Whitby, Port Pryand those who vacation with impunity i the U.S. It Lindsay Railway. The station stood where i-ckory Street'now pasmeiaer Lumbe just must be satis1fing ta know that the Government of south of Dundas Street It was built i 1871 and demolished i 1970. Canada and the. Bank of Canada work at full WhitIw AZ9dIIWU photo Last week, I mentioned the blossoming romance approval. of m si-yea~.od daghtr. f ho sh annuncd *A & P is eefling centre loin laznp chopa at 53 cents a pound. that she and Noah are in love. And they kissed at school. And everybody Iaughed. Every fathers worst fear. What1l I be like in tan years? 100 YEAABS AGO Monday, Erin announced that Noah has Issed fmn the FrdaY, Marh 11, 1892 edition of the her agam. WHI2IBY CIIRONICLE' "DId you like- it?" Public achool inspector James MacBrien awards a balf-holiday to, studenta when he visite No. He's got.sinky breath." local achools There you'have it: halitosis, the answer to a e A pronent 'htyrsdent bas had bis life insured for *10,00. fathem's prayer. Sounds like a perfect platform on e lheTo>wn council bas given the Oshawa Pire I>epartment $50 as a token of thanks for its' which ta build a 'Just Say Noe crusade. You can't help at the Deverel Hotel fr in Januàry. start too young. e i.ngeton Road between Witby and Pickering basi been greatl improved. M uni