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jumping on bis bed, àand tried making lots of noise. They tried throwing cold water on bis head. No one knew what to do. It was getting late. Tiie elves had no idea iiow to drive the. sieigii.1't was 12:00 p.rn. and Santa was sleepn.I was morning and Sanlt aetili sleeping. His cuckoo dlock went off and woke Santa Up. Ho got Up and delivered al the. presents. Kyle Smith Grade 3 BA. Fafrman P.S. ~'~e ~ h it~fChurdfi of Canaf1 I invites you tojoin in worship on Christmas Eve - December 24 93vookFin <Unitedc&ucf 19 Casseis Rd., BrookIin e 655-4141 7:OOpm 8:3Opm Famlily Service Holy Communion 5t. §MNirw k'~Jitecf (Jturchi 201 Centre St. S., Whtby e 668-3091 7:OOpm il :OOpm Family service with carol singing and a drarna of the Nativity Communion Service i 1O:~ :3pm "the Perfect Gift" by *J the Youth Group and live animnais- Candlelight Communion service j.ý O Whitby- Fire Department llianks Ail Sponsors of the DeflbilkWfon Fund The Have a Heart Give aSHad Commuee would like to recognize ail sponsors, to date, for their contribuion to the Fire Department Defibillation Fund Drive: Knights of Columbus <St. John the Evaneeist Council, St. Leo's Council, Father Leo J. Austin Ass'y #2287) Dupont Canada Inc. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 112, Whitby Rotary Club of Whitby (Ciassic) Andrew Foundation Lear Corporation.. Local 2O36Nolunteers Whitby Courthouse Theatre Brooklin Concrete MacMillan. Bathurst Matheson Gas McDonald's Restaurants Upper Elm Developments Woodbnidge Foam Whitby Fire Fighters Assoc.Nolunteers BMW Canada lnc. Brooklin Kinsmen Club Consumers Gas Mackie Atomotive North Amenican Steel Paranormal Productions Royal Canaoian Legion Brooklin Branch #152 Sandoz Canada lnc. Whitby Uioness Club Vailiant Property Mgt. C.R.C.S. General Contractors Canadian lire (Neilco Holdings) Kinoven Rebekah Lodge #353 Atlantic Packaging Bee & Jay Bil-Den Home Home Improvements Charlotte Products Ltd. (Swish Maintenance) H.R. Contractors Oshawa Pattern & Model Ltd. G. S. Femdale Hom Plastics J. Mulcahy Enterprises A. Koàzuta D. Martin Nemato Composites lnc. Royal Canadian Legion, Ladies Auxiliaiy Branch 112, Whitby Stonhard Ltd. Whitby'Aluminum A. Longfieki/J. Longfield Williams Communication Bail Packaging Products Bonnet Trailer Leasing Brookiin Royal Canadian Legion-Nevada David Thomas Pninting George Harding Construction Greenwood Mushroom Farm Isomedix Johnson Building Contruction Lambert Oil (1986) Ltd. Mitchell Bros. Building Supplies The Whitby Trophy House Algoma Orchards " And -the drive continuesolfie!!" For further information, please cali (905) 668-3312 Whitby Free Press, Wecinesday, December 18, 1996, Page 15 THE HAWAIIAN SANTA A CI One day Santa was getting ready for Christmas. Ho was reading the. Christmas list and bis elves were makcing toys and smre elves were putting toys in Santa's bag. The. elves and Santa worked from 3:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Santa called it a niglit. [t was the. day before Christrnas and Santa was stili sleeping. Elves were trying to wake Santa up. Tii.y tried JUMping. on Mis bed, and tried making lots of noise. They tried Dear Sautas I iiave smre quesions for you and Mrs. Clatu and your elf. How you get lu the. iouse when tiiere is no chirnney? Brent Coombes- MoFadden Grade 1 BL.Fafrmau P.S. It was Chiristmas day and every elf was sleeping when a noise wok. themn up. Tiiey alowly followed the noise. One elf said "le~s coniing from Santa's room." They sarted rning upetairs when out of t 2 om carne Santa. Ho was dressed like a Hawaiian girl. MCame on elves" yelled Santa. Santa danced to lus sled and puiled one elf Up. "Get may reindeer" ho ordered. AU thei- elves ran to thie roindeer bar. They iiooked the. reindeer ta the, sled and said "Ther, you go'Santa." Santa said "Thank you" and iie flew off. The. elves sarted to go in win they reembered the toys. "Hurry everyone" yeiled one elf. "Let'smakte i toys3" shouted anothor elf. Meanwhile Santa was Q9~ ~4tmna~ Don MacMaster my wife have been Christmas is about." FLASHi AUTOOTIVE EPAIR INC. ad- Open:mon hUday ~McyOaM-7:OOpm Tues, Wed. & Fd. 7.:3Oan-:m Sat 8WVaýim.cm 701 BROCK ST. N,#5, WHf'Y L flying over Canada wiien h. started singing another song. TIi. reindeor started dancg too but tiiy couldn t d a c and fly at the, mre time! Thoy started falling down down and crail They landed on a hou»e. Tii. people tiiat lived tuer. were't ihome 50 Santa and bis reindeer were lucky. They startedf xing the roof Once tliey wre finished they went back home'büt Santa was stl looking like and acting 11k. a Mawalian girl. When tiiey got back home the. reindeer slipped'out of the. reins and went into the. barn. "H.y" yelled Santa "Corne back. Mrs. Claus came out and siiouted "Santa corne lu and get emre sleep." mhe elves helped Santa into bod. Santa said "I want to dance." "No" yelled thie elvets. Santa feu asleep but iie slept danced ai the. way ta the. roindeer barn.. Lauren Gaflaut Grade 3 E.A. Fairman P.S. what1s'~ ni DANCE Knights of Columbus, Council 4895, will hold a gala New Year's Ev. dance on Tu.sday, Dec. 31 (hot and coid buffet from 7 to 9 p.rn., dancing at 9 p.m.), at Knights of Columbus Hall, 133 Brock St.,NM, Whltby. Oost ls $45 per couple. For tickets call Bort at 668-1617, Ed at 668-2692 or Bob at ONE PARENT FAMUMls Tii. One Parent Familles Association of Oshiawa wili meet Tuesday, Jan. 7, 8 p.m., at the. Adria Culture Club, 432 Slmncoe St. S., Oshiawa, for its general meeting. Al single parents, custodial or not, are invîted ta attend. For more information, cal Monica at 436-5089 or Doug at 728-1011. PAREMTSW/0 PARTNERS Parents Wlthout Partners chapter #204 wiil meet Thursday, Dec. 19, 8 p.m., at St. George's .Ciiurch (upstairs), 51 Centre St. S., Oshawa, for a Chiristmas modal. For more information, eaU Debbie at 571-5452 or Tiie Whitby-Os3hawa Branch (Region of Durhiam) of the. Ontario Genealogical Socety Win meet Tuesdy, Jan. 7, 7:30 p.rn., at the. Arts Remource Centre, 45 Queen St. (back of, City Hall>,. Oshawa. Dan Robert of Scugog Shores Museum wil present 'Putting Genealogy on Internet!' For more information, cail Marlon at 683-2476 or Bessie at 723- BY Amy Blundeli For Whitby Hydrc board chair Don MacMas3ter, Christmas is about getting tagether with family. "W. get sucii joy from being, with our kidla, especially durlng the. holidays," MacMaster Baya. His best memories of Christmas are a collage of memories with lus cbildren. "Ird be coming off night shift on Christmas morning, and rny wife would be trying to presents g from Our ids because they iiad ta, wait tiil dad got home ta, open them. "Wiien I look back now, I r eme mb. r iiow great those tirnes were. "Now rmn waiting impationtly for grandchildren so0 I can do it ail again." In rocent years, MacMaster and bis farniiy have celebrat.d Christmas on Christrnas ove, in order ta get ail of thie cbildren and extended family togetiier. "W. rmust b. rnlndful of everyonees needs," says MacMlaster. "Aiso, both me and BLOOD DONOR. Durham Centre MIPP Jlrn Piaherty is once again sponsoring a Christmas blod dnorclinlc. This er'clinic willbe heid on -ec 24, noon to4 p.m., at the. Royal Canadian Legu*on hall at 117 Byron St. S .For furtiier informnation, cal Flaherty's constituency office at 430-1141. DANCE Tii. Whitby Lions Club will iiold a New Year's Ev. danoe, 830 pan. to 2 a.rn., on Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Heydenshore Pavillon, Whltby. Tiiere will be a lioenced bar, DJ, party favours and a hot and cold buffet Cost is $30 per persan. For*tickets, cali 668- 8265, 430-7672 or 668-2486. ARTBIS AQUATIÇS The. Arthritis Society wili hold a*quatic prograzns at the Wlutby Cuvie rec cern- plex Wedesdayafteon from Jan. 8 ta Marcii 26 or Frldays Jan. 3 ta, March 7. Cail 44-7221. CRAFT SHOW A «country craft market,' with Woodworking, cera- isknitting, chocolates and more, is held ev.ry day NWYEAR'S EVE Club Carib of Oshawa hIc. wili hold a New Year's Ev. *Bail on Tuesday, Dec. 31, at the Caribbean Cultural Centre. Hat and cold. buffet chamipagne, n'oise makers and live music by Sandu cSt $0per permon. Cail 434- 5629 ar 576-7445. DANCE Tii. Whitby Legion Branch 112 Ladies Auxillaiy NWhitby (Ontario #112) branch will hold a Christmnas danuce on Friday, Dec. 20, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., at 117 Byron St. S., Whitby. Ther. will -b. a raffie and spot prizes, DJ Steve (Mad Hatter), cash bar. Cost ls $5 at the. door. known ta work' on Christmas; so Christmas ievo is a good time to 3 have the. family ovr. r "Tis year, rny wife is working on Christmas, iso it wiil bo a fairly quiet Pday for me." I Presents are not tiiat important ta MacMaster. TIio gift Iwantis that rny family stays safe througiiout the. holiday season"t As a cild h. did, iiowever, recoive a gift - that was very speciai and meant a lot to him. "It was a wagon," says MacMaster. "I played with it a lot but 1 found that it was especially Sbringing, we didn't hi a v e r u nn in g water in aur house, so we had ta carry it up from the. well. "It prov.d ta ho very valuablo ta me." moere is another aspect of Chirstmas that MfacMaster feels, is important. 'TMe.religious oloment of Christmnas has taken a beating over the years witii ail the. commercindization of Chirstmas," MacMaster says. "But it's stiil what SANTA FORGETS CIiUSTMAS uLiTTER (Wstminster {Initedf Curch 25 Manning Rd. at Garrard, Whitby * 723-6442 5 & 7:OOpm Family service with a play, The. annual Robbie Burns'l supper willi b. held at St. Andrew's Preshyterian Church, 209 Cochrane St., Whitby, on Friday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m., wlth roat beef dinner (complet. wltii haggis), Highland dancers and sing- song. Tickets are $13 each or two for $25 for aduits aud $5 .for chlldren, aged 10 and.. ilnder..Tckets are avaflable« at Fergusons- Wool Shop, Big V Drugstore or from the church office (668-4022). JIMSWJM Olympic gold-medallist Aune Ottenbrlte of Wi4 will e a articip>ant lu the. 2lst annuial Jlm7sSwim for leukemia research to, b. held Jan. 5 ta, 26 at the Clvic Complex in Oshawa. For mare information, cal Whltby Rangera supporters club wlhhold the. annual genera meeting on Sunday, J)ec 22, lu the. Reglal Boom of the Centennial, Buil*ding, 416 Centre St. S., Whltby. Business Winfl 7include presIdential - lection, food drie, hritaà drw and sal <BurnsNight tickets HELUCOUNCIL The. Durhamn Reglon District Health, Council wil meet- tanight (Wednesday), -7:30 p.m., in the council boardroom, 1614 Dundas St. E., suite 218, Whitby., To attend, oeil 433-4262. DANCE The Gay Community of Durham % eon wlll hold -a New YearOs Ev. dinner, show and dance at The Bar,' 110 Dundas St. W., Whltby. Proceedwll go»>te the Truad Support Centre (mon- tai hEW h~addiction and coretinl system). PHOTOCLUB Tue Whitby Photograhi Club will meet on Monay, Jan. 6, 7 P.m., at HIenry Street Hig School, roomi 111.. Anthony Chêdodabfom Kadak.will Iad a semin*ar 11 1 1