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htattt9 air conditioning systems 191wehngaisleunit7 4711748 ratsniaiislip i mir juulilioi tribune community serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge and area i i i j i denture therapy clinic george g grivogianis dt hsmainsirrctf sioofftiit oni 6402201 j a metroland community newspaper wednesday october 21 1987 protect alert beepers could save the lives of residents living alone by denise mcdonald help is just a button away if youre a senior citizen liv ing alone within our community and find yourself in an emergen cy situation where youre un able to reach the telephone protect alert could very well save your life its been very useful to me and ive used it quite a bit said north street resident fred mor- ley whos had the protect alert beeper for many years ive had so many falls and im al ways getting into mishaps invented in vancouver according to company co ordinator joan darling protect alert was invented by a van couver resident who ran his own inhome service until ill health forced him to give up his life- saving endeavor after two years on the test market in london ontario pro tect alert headquarters were officially established in metro politan toronto in 1981 it consists of a base unit hooked into a phone jack trans mitter ms darling told the tribune if i have a fall or need help in any way i just push the button on my beeper which resembles a television remote control and it activates a machine kept under my bed said mr mor- ley that then rings into the office in the city they wait a mi nute or two and then try to get me on the phone send for help if i dont answer they start phoning a list of numbers i gave them to have someone come over and find out if im all right he continued according to mr morley his son councillor wilf morley ori ginally heard about protect alert and after telling his father about it arranged to have a company representative come in and demonstrate how it worked my sons all wanted me to have it he said one time be fore i got it i was at wilfs next door getting the mail after walking up his deck steps somehow or another i lost my balance and went flat on my j metros finest vs crash injures west german visitor to uxbridge whitchurchstouffville firefighters examine the wrecked volk swagen rabbit in which west german visitor to uxbridge claudia i wesholowski 21 was injured when the car careened off a dirt road and into a gulley wesholowski visiting family in the uxbridge area is in fair condition in st michaels hospital toronto she lost control of the car and crashed down a steep embankment and into a wooded area off the pickeringuxbridge townline road just east of aurora road thursday evening with darkness approaching and her car hidden from sight wesholowski can credit the sharp eyes of stouffvilles gary henry with rescuing her henry was driving home from work with father ed when he noticed skid marks leading off the dirt road and stopped to investigate alan shackleton nose fortunately a neighbor found me and took me to the doctor mr morley also claimed he took a bad fall in his kitchen in another incident but couldnt get up to reach the phone hang ing on the wall mrs darling said they ask the user to supply the 24hour re sponse centre with a list of up to five possible contact numbers and an updated list of numbers for ambulance and emergency services they also ask for any possible reasons an emergency may occur approximate cost for the unit including the transmitter which can be kept in a breast pocket or worn as a pendant is 1995 a month with an additional 25 administration charge upon in stallation we have several thousand people using this system in ontario today ms darling added protect alert services can be reached at 9289400 council recognizes need for stoplights by doug irvine motorists who speed on the bloominglon sideroad en route to uxbridge arc in for a rude awakening when theyre met by an unexpected red light according to ward 1 councillor cal avery automatic traffic sig nals at hwy 47 and the blooming- teacher leads campaign riders ranked first c14 tiimnfr ton sideroad lincolnville have been approved the lights were so long in com ing because the death rate at this intersection hadnt reached the minimum necessary for lights to be considered councillor avery told a roads and works commit tee meeting avery claims the minimum number of fatal accidents that must occur before a positive deci sion is made is six however the total at this particular location is only four the recommendation follows a ministry of transportation and communications survey of traffic volume turning movement in this area while the actual design of the lights must still be finalized they should be functional by late spring or early summer of 1988 avery concluded if