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p4 tribune october 3 1990 st it comment page paramedic possibilities a tip of the hat goes to york region medical officer of health helena jaczek for her efforts in seeking paramedical training for firefighters in our nine municipali ties dr jaczek maintained in a recent report that crucial emergency care can be provided for accident vic tims if firefighters who are often the first to arrive on the scene in an emergency- were properly trained to apply needed medical assistance such training would not detract from the expertise of york regions ambulance services but would complement theemergency crews who are responding on a daily basis to accidents in york region in cases where ambulance per sonnel are on hand to apply emer gency care their expertise would prevail allowing firefighters to go about their normal emergency duties but according to reports ambu lances often arrive minutes later than fire crews minutes that could be crucial to an accident victim such paramedical training could bridge the gap between now and the implementation of yorks 911 system when response times are decreased further one good idea and l on easy street i want to invent something incredibly necessary some thingamajig that people just couldnt do without a dont leave home without it type invention comes to mind but thats where i draw a blank i mean theres a man out there driving around in a porsche and is positively stinking rich because he invented a plastic doodad for closing bread bags this guy not only cornered the market on successful bagclosing techniques but provided hours of jo for annoying little kids who break the plastic suckers in half and fling them across the room at an unsuspecting brother or sister and what about that lucky so- andso who invented the paper clip i can just see this guy bask ing under the tropical sun at some exotic resort kibbles bits mmmmmmmxmmm mmrnmrn iliillllllfllll 1 tracy kibble sitting in one of those half- chairhalfblanket contraptions on the beach while he opens and clos es those cute little umbrellas you find in fancy drinks and let us not forget the remark able brain waves of the velcro inventor mothers across the coun try would gladly bow at this mans feet children no longer have to worry about the art of shoetying i hold my finger where mom is that before or after i make the sec ond loop now parents neednt struggle stouffvilleuxbridge tribune publisher editorinchief editor advertising director business manager promotionsdistribution operations manager patricia pappas jo ann stevenson stephen houston debra weller chris bertram mgr jennifer hutt pam nichols pubi shed every wednesday by motroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1 m3 tel 2942200 second class registration number 1247 the stoufrvioe tribune published every wednesday at 54 main st w stouffvmo is one ol the metroland printing publishing and distributinpgroup ol suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxpickering news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiserguardian georgetown independent kingston this week lindsay this week markham economist and sun milton champion mssissauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawa- whitby this week peterborough this week richmond hillrhomhillvaughan liberal scarborough mir ror topic newsmagazine wiltowdale mirror metroland printing publishing and distributing is a division o harlequin enterprises ltd national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 6402100 8529741 with knotted or broken laces and frustrated kids dont get those untied strings caught in the escala tor nearly as often with velcro it merely takes a yank on the tab and voila they even use velcro for baby barettes you know the ones where mother insists those darling first two strands on babys head would look great in a bow try wrapping two hairs around an elastic the ice cube tray the safety pin the stapler the spring on a pen that allows the ballpoint to go in and out tape eyebrow tweez ers nail clippers and baby moni tors the list is endless is there anything left to invent that would make our lives easier how about a remote control for editors mail the microwave knob this way us women wouldnt have to get off the couch to push those buttons especially when oprah is discussing how women have become more active in soci ety and what the heck lets have a remote control for the washer dryer and the dishwasher hit the remote the machine starts up theres nothing more annoying than going through all the work of loading the washing machine get ting all the way back to the couch and hearing that bbbeeepppp loads done work work work instead of having to get back up and shove all that underwear into the dryer lets also invent a chiite that automatically dumps the washed clothes into an accom panying dryer hit the old remote and presto the dryer starts up and what about onthejob inventions id personally like to invent something that types correspon dence just by picking up sound waves from your voice oops thats already been invented its called a secretary well im sure all of these sug gestions are either totally beyond the realm of sanity or possibility or are already being invented at this very moment i mean if a guy can make- big bucks by inventing the pet rock the invisible dog leash or the foam brick im sure there is something i can come up with persona y right about now id love to in nt something to make my editor disappear hes current ly at his desktop publishing work station screaming for this column and i still have 12 hardearned minutes of deadline stress to my credit go figure im sure id be famous among newsrooms across the country if i could make editors disappear with the hit of a switch now where did i put that blasted remote control stouffville family is frequent user of excellent public library facility dear editor as avid readers and users of the whitchurchstouffville pub lic library we feel it is impor tant that the town and residents and municipal councillors are made aware of the excellent ser vice provided by this facility residents are fortunate to have a wide variety of reading mate rial books magazines newspa pers journals large print mate rials etc plus music cassettes films videos government docu ments historical information art exhibits reference services interloan books and books avail able to them free of charge in addition services such as children and adult programs a photocopying machine film and video equipment overhead and slide projectors a fichefilm reader printer are all available at minimal cost if and when we need them- all this is provided through tax dollars from the residents of whitchurchstouffville at a cost of approximately 20 per annum less than the cost of one hard cover book it is money well spent as a family we appreciate this service and support the whitchurchstouffville public library board in its endeavor to continue this tradition of excel lence through the building of an extension to the main street site sincerely charles kathryn wilma and robert scorrar