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61. C2 THE OTTAWA CITIZEN CITY SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1999 Mom: 'Quite a feat' if campaign meets its goal Safety zones aim to protect children Motorists face increased fines for speeding Crime: Put on a brave face Continued from page Ci Later in 2000, Broadview Avenue between Byron and Carling avenues, and Booth Street between Eccles Street and Arlington Avenue are slated to become community safety zones. In general, penalties for the moving violations have been doubled. Depending on how successful the zones are at combating dangerous driving, the city could create other areas throughout the city, targeting playgrounds, school zones, school crossings, day-care centres and retirement homes. The new zones have their roots in Bill 26, provincial legislation in 1998 that gave municipalities the authority to establish the zones on roads under their jurisdictioa It's no good just to put up a sign.

You have to have the enforcement as Mayor Jim Watson Gift will have achieved "quite a feat" if the goal of 100,000 people signing their cards is met. She said the last campaign in the region was after Ottawa sportscaster Brian Smith was shot in 1995. His organs were donated and his widow campaigned for Jhe cause, and the Ottawa Hospital, Cjvic site, reported a 50-per-cent increase in donations in the following year. That year, there were 30 organ donations per million people, more than double the national average. "People today still tell me that they know taeir loved ones wanted to donate theirlor-gans because of Brian Smith," said Ms.

Gillham-Eifen. "Ten years from now, perhaps people will say they are donating because of Sandrine." Local donation rates have since fallen to 23.7 donors per million, but they still outrank the national average of 14.4 per million. In western countries where organ donations are performed, Canada ranks low: Spain has 31.5 donors annually per million people, while the United States has J0.3 donors per million. One of the difficulties in raising organ donation awareness is dispelling some of the myths and concerns surrounding the practice. Some thinks it's bad luck, others think they won't get the same care at the hospital, while others worry they won't be able to have, an open-casket funeral.

All untrue, said Ms. Wilson, who hopes the kiosks in the malls will put to rest those fears. But there is also a simplicity to the campaign, said Mrs. Craig. "We're not asking for money.

We're asking people to think." Continued from page Ci "I was kind of busy and put it aside to give it some thought. I never thought about it again until I was lying next to Sandrine with my head on her chest, listening to her heart." While lying there, after Sandrine had been declared brain dead, she said she couldn't bear the thought that her daughter's healthy heart would be put in a box and buried. "It is like sitting at a table with a plate full of wonderful food, but you're not hungry anymore and someone next to you is starving and you take that plate and throw it away." The story has captured the hearts and minds of Ottawans, said Dianne Wilson, co-chairwoman of Sandrine's Gift. She said everyone has an 11-year-old in their life, a niece, nephew or child, that they care about. "When something like this happens they think 'there, but for the grace of God go "It's a unique campaign in that when something terrible like this happens, even people who aren't associated with the family, they feel a sense of tragedy and want to do something to make it better." Less than half the people who say they would donate organs have signed the Multiple Organ Retrieval and Exchange cards and even fewer have discussed it, said Liz Anne Gillham-Eifen, the Ottawa Hospital's organ donor co-ordinator.

"Organ donation is like wills people don't like to talk about it." Ms. Gillham-Eifen said Sandrine's by Christopher Shulgan When school children return to their classes, Ottawa will fight to make some of the most dangerous roads in the city safer with increased fines and special signs, Mayor Jim Watson announced yesterday. Six zones will be created to increase awareness of the importance of safe driving. Called community safety zones, each are to be in effect for one year. Mr.

Watson hopes the special zones, which will feature special signage, will increase the public's awareness of the serious consequences of traffic violations where public safety especially of children and seniors is at risk. Motorists who commit moving violations such as speeding or careless driving in those zones will face steeper fines than in most areas. Mr. Watson hopes the increased fines will draw more attention to the effects of dangerous driving. "This has the potential of becoming an important traffic tool that may have a positive impact on the driving habits of motorists," Mr.

Watson said. The city targeted areas with a high concentration of use by children for the new zones, as well as streets with high incidences of accidents. Six areas across the city are to become community safety zones. Beginning with most pupils' first day of school Aug. 30, Dauphin Road between Smyth Road and Haig Drive, and Heatherington Road between Albion Road and Walkley Road will become the first community safety zones in the city.

Then on Nov. 1, Dynes Road between Fisher Avenue and Prince of Wales Drive, and Cummings Avenue between Burn Street and the city limits will become the third and fourth zones in the city. He said he also wanted to put on a brave face to keep his little brother from getting more upset. Victor handed over the $40. Once the attacker was satisfied the youth didn't have any more money, he climbed back into the waiting pickup truck and the vehicle sped off.

Victor needed to find someone to guard his cart while he went to phone He waved to two pedestrians for help, but they ignored him. Seconds later, the youth spotted another ice cream vendor, who guarded Victor's bike while he and his brother ran to the nearest telephone booth. Victor, a polite youth who spends his free time bicycling and playing video games, is one of 62 young peo-t pie who sell ice cream in Gatineau for Dickie Dee distributor Mike Coldrey. "They work really hard and the last thing we want is to see someone robbed or injured because of someone's stupidity," said Mr. Coldrey, who gives the vendors a 27-per-cent cut of everything they sell.

"It's simply unbelievable that this happened to someone like Victor. But I have to admire him for remaining calm and making mental notes to help police bring the robbers to justice. I'm impressed by his maturity," Mr. Coldrey said. The vendors are trained to remain calm and hand over their money pouch if robbed.

"This is an unfortunate incident and we hope that it never happens again," Mr. Coldrey said. The zones are demarcated by signs that say "Community safety zone. Fines Increased." "One of the biggest source of complaints to my office is speeding through residential streets and the risks involved to children," Mr. Watson said.

These pilot areas, which also are to be implemented in other cities around the province, aim to eliminate those complaints. But "it's no good just to put a sign up," the mayor said. "You have to have the enforcement as well." With heavier fines for traffic violations in the pilot project areas, Mr. Watson said the city is aiming straight at drivers' pocketbooks to motivate them to keep it legal and safe. Alzheimer Disease is not a normal part of aging.

It is an irreversible brain disorder characterized by severe loss of memory and intellectual ability. Call 722-1424 for more information. Swimwear to Flatter Every Body LEQONDE Vt candrinfs Gift 1 1 If Brown: Hidden fees can add up fast Continued from page Ci A 1988 study recommended the industry be licensed and controlled by the region, but individual municipalities continue to control it. Cabs from one municipality can't pick up in another. Mr.

Benoit didn't have answers, but he had a question. "What do you think it will look like 40 years from now?" Here's my expanded answer, on arriving in Ottawa 40 years from now, if current trends toward "surcharges" continue. There'll be a $40 disembarkation fee for getting off the aircraft. That will be to cover wear and tear on the ramp. Then you'll have to pay $25 to get through the gates to the luggage collection area Passengers will not be allowed to collect luggage without a cart and renting a cart will cost $25.

To leave the luggage collection area, passengers will have to pay a $40 airport user fee. People in the 1980s bent so easily to the idea of paying a departure fee that it was easy to start an arrival fee, and get people coming and going. Passengers will not be allowed into a taxi until they prepay a new $100 victims' surcharge tax. No new taxis have been added to the fleet in the past 40 years, and dilapidated taxis are creating many victims. Only television reporters can afford luxury cabs.

The Airport Parkway is a toll road with entry and exit gates. Passengers have to pay a $25 toll to get on the road and another $25 if they want to get off. Once at their destinations, passengers will have to pay, on top of the fare, a $20 taxi user fee intended to clean the cabs at least once a week, which proves ineffective. A clipping of this column can still be found on the floors of some taxis. Meanwhile, in a nursing home, Duffy and Brown, both nearing 100 and surviving on dietetic mush, will have finally realized their dream of weight controL Both delusional, they will be holding lengthy conversations with the only fun politician Ottawa ever had: Charlotte Whitton.

Dave Brown is the Citizen's senior editor. Read previous Dave Brown columns at www.ottawacitizen.com 738-805 You can honour Sandrine's gift of life. She was her Mom's sunshine girl. She loved her family and took special care of her many friends. She loved life.

When 1 1 -year-old Sandrine Craig died in a school bus accident near Dunrobin in May, her family agreed to donate her organs to give six other people, including three children a second chance. Talking about organ donation is important. It doubles the chances of your organs being donated to save someone else. One third of the people waiting for an organ transplant will die because an organ never comes. Canada's organ donation rate ranks in the bottom half of countries in the western world where transplants are performed.

Sandrine's family and friends hope you will want to give a gift as well: Fill out your own organ donor card Talk to your family about your wishes Encourage three others to do the same We can do better. Sandrine would want us to. It's her legacy. 2 i -2150 Lancaster Rd. ANNOUNCEMENT Ss Gift Day Saturday, June 19, 11-4 p.m.

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Because police aren't sure what is causing the problem, they don't know when the system will be fixed. Technicians are working to solve the problem. Until the malfunction is corrected, police recommend that deaf people get the assistance of someone whose hearing is not impaired before they make a 911 calL You're never too old. The oldest organ donor in Ontario was 92. Maybe you think it's unlucky.

Superstitious avoidance is the same reason people don't make out wills. Maybe you think you can't donate for religious reasons. Most religions support organ donation as an act of love and charity. Ottawa Citizen For more information or for help in organizing your own event to honour Sandrine's Gift, call: 724-9953 pamkidney.ca www.sandrinesgift.com DUCANG31 i Reach to Recovery. Zg" One-to-one visits with breast cancer patients by trained volunteers who have 5 experienced breast cancer.

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