PAGE 4, WEDNESDA Y JUNE 2, 1982, WHITBY FREE PRESS whitbyr Voice of the County Town Michael lan Burgess, Publisher- Managing Editor The only Whitby newspaper independently owned and operated by Whitby residents for Whitby residents. Published every Wednesday by M.B.M. Publishing and Photography Inc. Phone 668-611 The Free Press Building, 131 Brock Street North, P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. MICHAEL J. KNELL Community Editor MARJORIE A. BURGESS Advertising Manager Second Class Mail Registration No. 5351 Aid for the handicapped continues past IY.D.P Dear Sir: Now that the acti- vities of last year's U.N. International Year of Disabled Persons have abat- ed somewhat, and Patient says thanks to Ruddy's staff Dear Sir: Just a ulne to thank the staff of the J.O. Ruddy, and Dr. D. Conley, who were so kind to me during my stay in the hospital. I have never received bet- ter care in any other hospital, either in Canada, or abroad. Special - thanks also to my friends and neighbours in my apartment build- ing. Yours Sincerely, Nellie E. Hopley, Green St., Whitby. Soccer club praises its local sponsors Dear Sir: The Whitby Iroquols Soccer Club wish to thank publicly the following service clubs, local businesses and companies who are generously givingtheir support to our house league teams this year. George Cini Barbershop, Shoppers Drug Mart, The Fireplace Plus, Lasco, Checkers Variety, T & E, Kinette -Club of Brooklin, Whitby Firefighters Local 2036, Subway Mobile Home Park, Royal Canadian Legion - Whitby, Hair Care Centre, Midas Muffler, Whitby Aluminum, Knights of Columbus, Optimist Club, Royal Bank, Rotary Club of Whitby, Whitby Welding, Anca Lab, Whitby Mall FamIly Restaurant, County Bowl, Whitby Lions Club, Kiwanis Club of Whit- by, A.E. LePage, Century 21 Gold Jacket Realty Ltd., Brooklin District Kinsmen Club, Canadian Scottish Club of Whitby, Royal Canadian Legion - Brooklin, Oshawa Meat Products, Famlly Trust, MacCauley Furniture, Brooklin Concrete Products, At- tersley Tire, Kinsmen Club of Whitby, Wilson Auto Centre, Dairy Queen, Howell Warehouses, Totten, Sims, Hubicki, Stokely Van Camp, Canadian Progress Club, Gus Brown Pontiac Buick Ltd., and Bob Myers Chev Olds. During difficult economic times this support is especially appreciated. We urge ail parents and boys and girls playing soccer to extend their thanks to their sponsors by returning that support. Sincerely, Marilyn Moulton, Sponsorship Director, Whitby Iroquois Soccer Club. efforts continue to carry out the many worthwhile projects begun in this spe- cial year, i would like to take this op- portunity to intro- duce your com- munity to a volun- teer organization which has exited for a decade. The Handicapped Aid Program has, since 1972, been making it possible for handicapped people to become involved in one of the most interest- Ing facets of radio listening. HAP, as it's known for short, began in the USA as a project of a large shortwave listen- ers' club. A Cana- dian branch was begun in 1973, followed by bran- ches in Britain, In- dia, Germany, New Zealand and Austra- lia. One might not readily consider radio listening as a hobby, but when the listening in- volves tuning in to broadcasts from all over the world via shortwave radio the activity can soon become a hobby in every sense of the word. International broadcasting on shortwave is done by -more than 150 countries of the world, and the majority of these stations have pro- grams in English as. well as numerous other languages. Many people these days are turn- ing to shortwave radio listening - which isn't the same as Amateur or Ham Radio by the way - as an inter- esting and exciting alternative to TV reruns and local AM radio fare. The service pro- vided by the Cana- dian Handicapped Aid Program and its volunteers are com- pletely free of charge and include ail the necessary in- formation, advice, and guidance to get blind and visually impaired, and even severely physIcally handicapped peo- ple started in an ac- tivity that allows one to travel to the furthest corner of the world without leaving home. No need for expensive air fares with short- wave radio. The latest generation of shortwave radio re- ceivers, which are equipped with push-button tuning and digital fre- quency display, make it a simple matter for even a quadraplegic to operate with a pen- cil held in the mouth and tune in hundreds of foreign broadcasts. If the Canadian Handicapped Aid Program can be of assistance to you or to someone you know might berefit from an Interesting pastime, further in- formation (also available on cass- ette tape for those with visual handi- caps) can be obtain- ed from; The Cana- dian Handicapped Aid Program, P.O. Box 3096, Stn. IF', -Scarborough, Ont- arlo, M1W 3P5. Many thanks for allowing us the op- portunity to lntro- duce ourselves. Yours truly, Jim Hay, Public Relations Director, Canadlan Handi- capped Aid Program. I edVEg~ /AA~, /~2 4'0T60/4/6 POIVN F019 -~'V'/5OD>'!"