Page 2, Whitby Free Preas. Wednesday, December 13, 1995 Students to get Fire damage measies vacciations 2hm~ The Durham Region Health Department will vaccinate 102,000 V 5 children against measies beginning in February. A fire which started on a fence The department is responding to the aruiouncement of the two- spread to two Frost Drive dose immunization program by Health Minister Jim Wilson. residences Dec. 1, causing about From February to June, nurses from the public health division $20,000 danmage. will be in schools to provide all students, from junior kindergarten Whitby fire chief Tony to Grade 13, with a second dgse of the red measles vacci ne. Vandoleweerd says flames spread The program will provide better protection against measles. from the. fenoe up the sid ing of on. Complications fr-om measles include pneumonia, ear infections and houa., causlng about $15,000 brain damage. One in 3,000 cases resuits in death. damage. Ont arlo has more cases'of red measles than anywhere in North -Wé had t» pull the. sîding off the or South America. Durham Region had as many as 292 reported east wall of the houa. to get to the cases during an outbreak in 1991. lire ti the walI." Numbers twere lower during 1994 and 1995, at il and 12 cases The cause of the blaze, that respectively. Vandoleweerd says could have The mass catch-up campaigri is aîmed at preventing outbreaks quickly became much mnore serlous and eventually eliminâting measl's. entirely. if it hadn't been noticed,' not yet ________________________________________________ known. Hospital patient faces narcotics chargelç A 27-year-old Rosedale Drive patient drop a smnall bag of cocaine Police say the suspect was i the man was chargred with possession at Whitby General Hospital on intensive car. unit when a nurse of a narcotic after a nurse saw a Nov. 30. spotted hlm dropping the baggie on the floor. She examined it and found it I contained a white powder. 436-1800. 'Your Signt of Distinction" 10 ACRE HOBBY FARM $2395000 Restored Farm House. New windows, Marley tileroof. And rewWood 3 bathrooms, eat-in kitchen, woodstove in- ivingroom, 15 stail horsebarn & track. Minutes to Oshawa & Brooklin, Terrific value, many more upgrades. Cali Andrew Wood, aIssociate broker, 436-1800. BUSINESS OWNERS - CHEAPER THAN RENTI! Easy access to 401, brick and concrete block construction. Approximately Y 800 sq. ft. Loading dock located at rear. $39,900! Blar Bchaan Buchanan,. Blar Bchaait 436-1800. - ~