Boarding home opens Aug. 17 WHITBY FREE PRESS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12.1987. PAGE 13 - UI NSt A boarding home for ex-patients of Whitby Psychiatrie Hospital will open on Colborne St. in Whitby on Aug. 17 in order to fulfill the growing need of discharged per- sons for proper housing facilities. "With very few boarding homes available in Whitby, there's not much choice of living arrangemen- ts for these people," says Mairy Shepherd, member of the board of five directors responsible for the project. "This house was available and properly zoied." The building will house eight people, and the 24-hour staff will provide them with "support, en- couragement, and teach them Coming events. PRIORITY LIFE WEEK Medical information vials and refrigerator stickers to alert rescuers in an emergency will be available during Priority Life Week in Whitby. For more information call Leslie at 668-7919. ALZHEIMER The Alzheimer Society of Dur- ham Region offers a family support group on Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 2 p.m. in St. Mark's United Church Hall, 201 Centre St. S. Whitby. For more information, call 576-2567. NATURE TOUR On Tuesday, Aug. 18 at Heber Down Conservation Area, Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority staff will host a tour along the Springbanks Nature Trail. Starting time is 7 p.m. from the day use parking lot. LUNCHEON On Aug. 19 at Heydenshore, the .awards luncheon for the Durham District Senior Games is being held at noon. There will be a lunch, entertain- ment and the presentation of awar- ds, also the mayors and represen- tatives of the different municipalities throughout the region of Durham have been in- vited. The Durham District Senior Games are held annually in the month of June, for Senior Citizens throughout Durham Region. The Games are held in conjunction with the Ontario Senior Games which are held every two years. The win- ners of each game advances and then competes in Ontario Senior District Games. A few of the more popular events at the games are cribbage, lawn bowling, bridge, euchre and snooker. Tickets for the award luncheon are $3 for a participant and $3 for guests. Tickets can be purchased at the Whitby Seniors' Activity Centre or the Oshawa Senior Citizenns Centre." Ticker test Every seven minutes someone in Canada dies from heart disease and stroke. More deaths can be at- tributed to this number 1 killer than those due to cancer, diabetes or ac- cidents combined Whitby and area residents car find out more about healthy heart living and risk factors of heart disease by taking the 'Ticker Test.' Durham Save-a-Heart. will guide interested'people through this self- assessment test, and provide coun- selling on risk factors in one's lifestyle which might reduce the chance of having a heart attack. Sharon Noble, a certified CPR in- structor, will be conducting the test at: Whitby Mall on Monday, Aug. 17 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. and invites the public to attend. For more information call 571- 1152. living skills that will enable them to move on." The non-profit boarding house will be funded by Durham Region and the Ministry of Com- munity and Social Services, and sponsored by the Al Saints Anglican Church. Because the church is located on Dundas St., it is frequently visited by poor or homeless people who need help or have complaints about their living arrangements, accor- ding to Shepherd. "Our attention was brought to the very bad living situations," says Shepherd, adding that some ex- patients live in housing with no heat in the middle of winter, or sleep on floors with just a thin blanket to cover them. "The concern was there and was talked about." Shepherd says that the majority of boarding homes in Whitby are run as businesses, and are often "very restrictive." The boarders are given very little pocket money, and are sent out in the morning with a box lunch and cannot return until the late afternoon. "They have no place to go," says Shepherd, adding that at the All Saints home, boarders will be allowed access to the house 24 hours a day. "For those with no friends, family or job, these other places are often not very suppor- tive. But we hope the living situation here will be a lot richer than in a place where people are trying to make a profit." Although there is a patient housing service at. Whitby Psychiatric Hospital to help discharged persons find adequate living arrangements, Shepherd says that sometimes "Things break down," and the person may leave their home for personal reasons. The five board members will be Shepherd, lawyer David Simms, retired merchant Harold Edwards, teacher Laura Elliott and church warden Glen Camelford, executive director will be Nancy Roxborough. The psychiatric hospital is also looking for low cost accom- modation downtown for a clubhouse for patients. Ad- ministrator Dianne Macfarlane says staff are being hired although a location foi the clubhouse has yet to be determined. ALISON GUY of Whitby won $200,000 in the July 30 Wintario draw. Free Press photo r Onario PROCETN Of which all persons are asked to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly. In obedience to Her Majesty's writs of election, directed by me to the Returning Officer in each electoral district, for the purpose of electing persons to represent the voters in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, public notice is hereby given ofthe following in each electoral district. WHO IS ELIGIBLE 10 VOfE? Those persons who on Election Day have attained 18 years CERTIFICATES TO VOTE issued by the Electoral District of age, are Canadian Citizens, have resided in Ontario for Returning Officer, or if they are Vouched for in Rural areas the 6 months preceding Election Day, are eligible to vote on Election Day. if their names are on the NEW LIST of VOTERS or on ADDITIONS 'O THE ADVANCE POLIS NEW IST OF VUIERS Voting Hours 11 a.m. untîl.8 pm. must be made before 8 p.m. of Wednesday, September 9th THURSDAY, SATURDAY, MONDAY, Eligible voters, missed during the Enumeration who wish Sept. 3rd, Sept. 5th, and Sept, 7th to make sure of their vote, must visit their Electoral at locations which give access to wheelchairs, or at the District Returning Office to obtain a Certificate to Vote. Office of the Electoral District Returning Officer'from Monday to Saturday inclusive Saturday, August 29th to Tuesday, September Sth, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. beginning August 20th Sundays excluded. 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