By Congress ill MeCollum, Sth co. Every yout, between 125,000 and 130,000 chil treatment ik accidents involving toys. In 1080, more than 329,000 children under the “age of 15 were hurt while riding bicycles. Another + 30,000 children under the age of 15 were injured ow a through the use of sleds, and skates accounted for another 80,000 injuries. Skateboard mishaps in jured 31,200 children. As Christmas draws near, the Uv. s. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Toy cturers of America have launched the Toy Safety Cam to educate consumers © if a paisa __terests of the individual child, Toys intended for selection of toys which will be safe in the - hands of their children. As a member of Congress and as a parent, 1 am anxious to support this campaign in the hopes that it will prevent thousands of needless acci- dents next year and in the future, According to the CPSC, there are more than 150,000 toy products on the. market. today. The any We want to 0 hear from you whether you're mad or glad. Write a Letter to _the Editor at P.O, Box 880, Aople, Xi . Florida 3 32703. ; fo : avoid them, a Apects a gift or two at there is no reason why ork up a small gift list for our Apopka area folks. popkans would include: clubs for Chief of Police CPSC roptltis tiene toy roquiriig that certain safety specifications be met-and bans or recalls those that are not in compliance. At the same ‘time, the toy industry has developed its own safety standard, which includes more than 100 . separate tests to insure the safety of their pro. ducts. The problem arises-aild the accidents occur-- when adults give their children toys that are not designed for the child's age or capability, or when "the ‘children are not properly supervised when. 7 playing with the toys. To educate parents on how to select a safe toy for their children, the fol- + lowing guidelines have been issued by the CPSC: ‘@Select toys to suit the skills, abilities and in- children under eight years of age must meet more stringent federal safety requirements than toys designed for older children. Toys intended for children under the age. of three cannot include recommendations, such as ‘Not. recommended : pi Look for other safety . 1. and when, appropriaie-to the child, | | eDiscard plastic wrappings on toys immiedate- -| ly, before they become deadly playthings. M ? “eToys with very long strings or cords are not recommended for infants and very young chit "dren because they can cause strangulation. ® Electric toys with heating elements are recom- ‘mended only for children over eight years old. 7} @ Arrows or darts used by children should have soft cork tips, rubber suction cups or othef pro- 4 iective fips. Check whe sure the tipsa are secure. : : gant giveaways to, ‘Unconcern Aor ‘en- : ingh homefolks... With any ‘sense > Wer. had to know that a diet like that would event- N | uate ein abellyache. “didn’t some- Section A, Page 3, December ember 18, 1981 as list completed separate budgets, one with Monopoly money to continue the present budget system, and the other budget funded with real money to get the streets re- paired, street lights upgraded and other city services improved without 75 per- cent of the real budget diverted to em- ployee benefits; for the city garbage col- lectors, their own Olympic games with trash can lid sailing and trash can rack TeLL SANTA (TS NOT NECESSARY TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT TIE RECESSION. parts small enough to be swallowed or be- Sid come lodged in a child's windpipe, earsor nose. . © #Be a label reader. Look for and heed age other nations and graduate generations guia oe ‘®When Huying toy guns and caps, be WARY of those that can produce sounds at noise levels that ‘ican damage hearing. Federal law requires this warning on boxes of caps producing loud noises: “Warning-Do not fire closer than one foot to the ear. Do not use indoors.’ It is recommended that ‘children too young to understand this warning not be given these caps. As the CPSC points out, “There is no substitute for adult supervision.” This is well worth remem- bering not only during the holidays but through- out the year as well, ' And the UAW wants our government to than scholars so we “handouts to undegery; : of muscleheads. We hide our eyes from an immigration avalanche which will ne bury us. And look at the auto industry which helped _.make our nation this planet's powerhouse... 3 in he “Detroit designers let foreign carmakers beat them to the draw in the development of omy. cars. Now it # ears Japanese throttle imports so De- troit workers can get another wage raise. ‘Than won't work. Japan and Germany "are already building car factories in the United States. Also, American car . ‘makers, both GM and Ford, are leaving De- troit, establishing fac- tories where workers work for less—in the Mexican states of Coa- huila and Chihuahua. Once upon a time la-: eS — ‘leader John L. * Lewis had the states- ~manship to confess . that he had driven the 8 ‘wages of coal miners demolition as a part of the competion, For Orange County Commissioner Al- len Arthur, his own low-income housing unit right next door to his own home; for Sheriff Lawson Lamar, a budget about the size of the U.S. Defense and 500 more people to help him spend it; for the county fire department, a budget slightly exceeding that of the sheriff, and each deputy chief's pay set at $250,000 per year, plus benefits; for the county administrator, at least five more com- missioners to manipulate and for the county commissioners, a safe return to those pre-election days when what they had to say made sense and drew the fa- vorable attention of the voters. For the whole Orange County Legisla- tive Delegation, the opportunity to be re- spected by its peers in the legislature and the voters. This will be tough for Santa to deliver until the delegation takes itself seriously and stops worrying about the county-city of Orlando power plays and concerns itself with the whole problem of Orange County. For the United Farmworkers Union, two contracts with two major agri-busi- nesses, so the union would have two com- panies to strike against. The UFW has only one contract and it strikes against the only company that has recognized it. Maybe an Iron Glove for the Coco-Cola Company would be more appropriate so the ‘UFW couldn’t bite the hand that feeds it. For the Orange County School Board, a new program of tap dancing, cosmotol- ogy, hair dressing, motorboat operation, techniques of electric clock winding, ad- vanced hallway watching, classroom fighting, and non-surgical extraction of radios from ears of students. For the stu- dents, new programs of math, reading, penmanship, conversational English, spelling, geography, basic economics, current affairs and history...and good, honest grades. For all the local churches, construc tion plans for building floats for Christ- mas parades. If it wasn’t for Christmas all Christians would be Jews, and no- thing to look forward to except New Year's Eve. For all the lonely single ladies, a Burt Reynolds cloning factory to replace the GE plant now scheduled for closing...and for all the good folks of Apopka and all our faithful readers, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, This week in God’s Word But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galations 5:22:23 The Apopin Goel Publication Number U.S.P.S. 545-440 The Apopka Chief is published every Friday and enfered as Second Class Postage, paid at Apopka, Florida. 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