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Whitby Free Press, 25 Jul 1979, p. 8

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PAGE 8. WEDNESDAY, JULY 25. 1979. WHITBY FREE PRESS Aecessabiity stud ybeing done 'on -Whitby buildings Four students, hired under a thirteen week Young Cana- da Wôrks. Progran; wil be con ducting an Accessibility Study 0f theDburham Reg'ion. The progra'rs being, spon- sored bythe March'of Dimes UpSpoiily Marked Wanda &Tony THE COMPLETE HARI WHITBY SDOMINION HA under, the s upervision of Tùm Uuksulaînen, ,com muity Development Officer forr the Oshewa Reion. Elizabeth Greaves (Pro- ject Manager), Karen Stubbings,, Susan' Orr and /offl-, Chris Breaves will be surve- ying buildings such as banks, stor1es, reereationi centres and theatres to obtain data for, a 'Access Guide. This guide outlines facilities accessible to, the handi-, capped. The buildings will be surveyed to ýdeterminewhe-, ther entrances, and main facilities such as aisies, counters, washrooms, water. fountains and telephones are accessible, partially accessi- ble or non-accessible to the, handicapped.' Section Five of' theOntario Building Requi- rements for. handicapped persons will be the criteria used to determine accessibi- d Items The previousg' Access will 'help, create greater Guide, published in nineteen public awareness of the pro- seventy-three, included .blems caused'by arcèhitectu- qartiný at j information on facilities i.-.rai barriers 50 that.they may. AD W ~ Oshawa, Ajax, Whitby -and'ý be altered-and prevente d in )WARE STORE Bowmanville areas whereas' the future. 't'0the updated version will ' The Ontar o M arch » of inVVclude information covering DmS wsfuddi h kRDV ÀIRthe entire Durham Region. early fifties.to finid a cure for RD-34 WAR is hoped that the.project* polio and to provîde assis- tance to the many people These young people work for the March of Dirnes and are -engaged in an accessîbiliiy, study of major buildings in Durham Region. The program is to determine what buildings, the handicapped may get into without trouble. Measuring the doorway of the Wbitby Public Utilities Building on Brock Street S. is Liz Greaves (front left), Chriss Greaves <front right), Susan Orr (back left) and Karen Stubbings (back right(, IlB lwup your favou rite colour photo, and take Bring your rollof colour filmn for processing and rting to M.B.M. Publishing and Photograp'hy. your neighbourhood Benjamin dealer. Whenl developed, <select your favourite negative andwe'lI print an il x 14 col our enlargement on Kodak papér for the good, look for .just $3.991 O ffer good for 110, 126 and 135 colour negative film only.ý Look for the Benjamin balloons on display..and get BIG on'Benjamini Offer expires, August,3l st, 1979. []B ENJA M IN Get big on Benjam'in... Benjaxl'sbgonyu MB.M. PHOTOGR APHY 131RmaKSî.Nme,668-611.1 Mon - Wed 9am- 6pm, Thuns, Fni 9am Sp, Sat lom »Spm aiready - afflicted by the disease. The discovery of the Salk Vaccine in 1955 was due to research financed by the Fund Raising Campaigns of the March of Dimes." Tôday, some 27 years later, aduits hanclicapped by polio aâre oniy' one group served by the Ontario March of Dimes: the reason being, when 'the organization star- ted to develop rehabilitative programs for polio victims, it soon discovered there were mnany adults who had been victims of 'other, crippling ,diseases or -accidents who needed assistance. In 1977 the Ontario March of Dimes served ,25,000 people, mhost suffering from- the aftermath of serious ac- cidents, including motor vehicle. and' driving acci- dents, ,or"disaàbilities'resuk, ting from Cancer, Hear Attach, Arthritis,' Muscular Dystrophy, Epilepsy, Cçre- De THAPAR' Denture .Therapïst 214'Dundas Ste E., Whitby' HO URS: Mon. - Set. & Evenings, Bv Appointment OnIy Soô'rry But... Cran berry Court Housing. Co-operative. apologizes to anyone who may have bee'ninconvenienced by the cancellaâtion of the public meeting July 24 & 26.ý Guaranteed Investment Certificates NOW Annual Interest foDr One) j~ VKiDRJA AND GREY 'TRUST Contact our office: 308 Oundas Street Wesi Whitby Il percent Year Member: Canada DOP"t it Insurn Corporation,, NU»)' (Toronto Line) A&an -va dsffà m

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