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weekender september 27 1986 p13 markham fair friday features streetwise for kids by nancy hoskin are your kids streetwise they can become so at mar kham fair friday in fact that day has been devoted to kids and for the first time in the fairs history to teens streetwise for younger children is an original chil drens musical about street- proofing to be performed at the markham fair friday octo ber 3 with two shows at 1130 am and 1 pm secret family codes the show which is geared to ward the primary and junior grades up to grade 6 was de veloped as an entertaining way to foster awareness in children about safety in their commun ity the four performers will discuss traffic lights crossing the street bike safety block parents emergency number strangers its ok to say no secret family code words no name tshirts and tell some body if someone does some thing that you dont like speak up the 40 minute play was de veloped by sandi horwitz in 1985 i saw the play last year with my children at reesor park public school and immediately booked it for the 1986 fair ex plained carol anne cosburn who is actively involved with the entertainment committee safety is such a growing con cern with parents today i feel it is beneficial for all childen teachers and parents to see streetwise and make them aware of what they can do to prevent possible tragedy tested on own children mrs cosburn explained that systems ken hughes ark systems is pleased to announce the appointment of ken hughes to their staff ken has been a markham resident for the last 7 years and has been retailing central vacuum sys tems residential commercial secur ity systems and intercom systems you can call ken at ark systems 294- 7650 or meet him in person at 60 bul lock drive markham stuff that turkey bring on the honey glazed ham for a no fuss thanksgiving honey glazed hams 4771 110 or 744hams 100 carlton rd village pkwy unlonvllle her children who viewed the play brett then aged 7 and helen age 5 were impressed the play was not only entertain ing but discussed topics of utmost importance actors play the roles of children coming down to a childs level using terminology they can relate to a question and answer period is included in the program so chil dren can walk away with the knowledge of what streetproof- ing really means you just never know what will happen when youre not with your children you have to make them aware they might not remember it all but if con fronted witli a particular inci dent something might be trig gered in their mind said mrs cosburn beneficial for parents too along with entertaining chil dren about a serious topic the play shows parents how they can continually reinforce the in formation learned without feel ing squimish about the topics along with attending the pre sentation of streetwise at the markham fair there is a book for further recommended read ing a parents guide to streetproofing by richard c gossage and melvin j gunton this book was written as a re sult of an incident which took place in toronto the summer of 1980 where a child wandered from her neighborhood park and was found murdered later that evening york regions pd day this years fair has geared activities on friday october 3 to children and teens schools in york region have a scheduled professional development day making it a prime day for pa rents to spend time with their children toronto schools have planned field trips and will also be on hand for activities on friday mmwwmmmmtmimmmnmmmm0aammmmpmmmmmmim i i rmmm- for nonmembers from 1200 noon to 530 pm call for class schedule all memberships are on time stop markham village lanes shopping centre a v30 markham village womens club we are temporarily located at the works department behind the markham village lanes 2947764 144 main st n markham monfri 730 am900 pm iii cab wls0n 5 m 7 hwi r