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*Doggone, it THIS CUTE CHARACTER filled in o Sparky, Whitby Fire Departmnenrs new mascot, duning thé County Town Carnival paraehe depn ent didn't want to nisk bringing ýparky out in the main. Photoby MW* Reoso, WNtby Free. Pros Whiby Free Pres, Wednesday, JuIy 24,1996, page 3 Whitby u.nemployment office. victim of government do wnsizing By Mike Kowali Whitby residents iooking for work now have te travel farther away from home te receive un- emp coment insurance services. After more than 15 years, Whitby la without its own Canada Empieyment Centre (CEC) branch. Human Resources Deveiop- ment Canada closed the. Dundas Street office iast month as part of its on-going restructuring pro- gram. Unemployment insurance reci- pients in need of personai assis- tance must now gote the down- town Oshawa CEC office. However, those interested in job listings oniy can visit the main branîch of the Whitby Pub- lic Library or the Durhamn Col- lege Skilis Centre on Chamiplain Avenue te obtain -that informa- tion. 1 <'Human Resources Deveiop?- ment ie faced with downsizing in eneral," explan'ed Merle le, Oshawa CE C service delivery ce- ordinator. «Not oniy staffing levels, -but service d eiîvery is- being addressed on ajrovince by pro- vince basis7 said Cole. "In Toronto, they've gene through quit. a process and wiii end up with seven offices serving Métroi where they had 14 before. The decision to close the Whitby outiet was net difficéuit te make, since the area's main 'branch is in Oshawa and there is a «reasonably-sized office in Pick- ering" Cole said. He aise, pointed out that with the advent of computer techno- logy, more services have been centralized in Oshawa or farmed eut te other locations such as the job bank kiosks at" Durham Coilege, Durham Region socal Hep atitisB outbreak rom EEGcliics hits 70 cases. An investigation of six eiectroencephaiogram (EEG) ciinics in the. Greater Toronto Area, including Ajax and Pickering, has uncovered 70 cases ofhepatitis B, making it on. of the largest ever reported involving hepatitis B. About 18,000 letters were sent te patients- since -March from public heaith officiais te urge them te, receive biood tests for hepatitis B. Public health, officiais are investigating six c linics that performed EEGs in Pickering, Markham, Scarborough, Ajax and North York from 1990 te, 1996. The. outbealc at the clinics began in 1992 and peaked in 1995. According te, a 50-page interim report by public health officiais, the rates, of hepatitis B among patients seen at the clinics in 1995 is 500 times higher (1,410 per 100,000) than the. raté in the general population (2.5 per 100,000). 'This levated rate among patients from the clinics is an urgent warning te 'those EEG climic patients, who havre net yet been tested, te, do se, as soon'as possible te, ensure they do net transmit the. disease' te their sexual partners or unborn chfldren," said l.ad investigator Dr. Ian Johnson, assocate medical officer of health in North York. The. most recent case occurred in Januaiy 1996. 1'he clinics involved stepped EEGs in February. There is n6oevtdence te date that hepatitis C or E[IV were transynitted at the clinica. l"Tii- cause- of the outbreak is stli underinvestigation because it is ýfar more compiex than:w. had eriginallY anticipated. A, final report later this year wiil identil: the. suspected "cause based on the evidence gathered by investigators frôim four health departments," said Jôhnson. -ny cii ,patie ts Mei~in mot matoù h'ibôt àhi or ether issues can cail 416-396- 8333 Monday te a.m. te 4:30 p.m*. Hepatitis B, which is the. main cause of liver disease and liver cancer, is a serieus and potentially fatal disease. The. clinics involved in the investigation were or are at 1020 'McNicoll Ave., Scarborough, 601 Harwood Ave, Ajax, Suite 415, 5 Fairview Dr., North York; Suite 1099 1371 Nelion Rds, Scarborougi,ý 720 Sheppard Ave.,ý Pickering,' 150 Main St., Markiiam. Dreamcrest hosting exciting equestrian event On Sunday, July 28, ever 100 hers and rider combinations 'wili put their eille tote test at Drearncrest on Shirley Road (just off of Simcoe St. N.) Drearncrest,. operated by top international rider Ian Roberts and hie wife Kelly Plitz who rode on the 1984 Olympic teani, is an excellent site for spectaters te ezrjoy the sport of Eventingz. In Eventing, riders compote in a combined test of dressage, cross country jumping and stadium jumping. With several levels of competitien running throughout the. day, there is always excitement for, the spectators. Dreamcrest's cross country course always delivers lots of action. Course designer Roberts says 'The course has 'severai new cross countryjumpsg this year, including a challenging option at the. water complex. Spectaters always gather at the, water and thus year will be ne exception. Herses and riders shouid find tiie course chailenging but very rideabie. With no admission fee, tii. Dreamcrest Event offers a great day of outdoor entertainment for the. entire family. The, competition starts at-8 a.m. and runs ail day. 11 Community poicg getsprovincial funding The Durham Regional Police service has been given $150,992 in provincial funding for the cernm- munity policingprogram Durham and other participat- ing pelice departments in the provincelis Partnées iCern- MUniY Safety program were given funding for tii.second year of the five-year program. The prograni aime te i«mprôvà cOmmiq1ity polcin;!nd. bocét .YýP.4 services departmnent and local libraries. "The next phase is a new kiosk that aiiows people te file dlaims on a remoe basis," said Col. ult's aiready beinq used in Port Hope on an experimental basis and we expect a series of these in the community in ceming years. 0f the two. empleyees at the Whitby office, one has left government service whiie the other is now working eut of the CEC's Scarborough branch., To obtain information on un- empioyment insurance matters recipients can cail 432-1200 and for em pyment services, 721- 7509. ge Oshawa officeWs main Breast ca ncer suciety chooses local business leader to head chapter A local businessýw owner has been chosen te head the Durham Region chapter of th. breast cancer society. Carol OYNeil was recently named chairperson of the Durham chapter by the board of directors of the Breast Cancer Society of Canada. O'Neil in the wnroprtor of Prime Time Fashions and a directer and founding memb er of Whitby Business in Action. 5h. aise serves on Henry Street High School's business council. ?riior te ftvi t o' Durham Region, O'Neil was a director- of the Heart and Stroke Foundation in Oxford County. 0ONeîl wfll oversee the chapter'. day-to-day operâtion with special sinphasits on tW majnor areas- raising publice wareness about breast cancer and fundrai*sing. "I look forward te the challenge ef-incr.asing public awareness in Durham Region te tthe issue- of brest cancer," said 0'Neil In a prepared stiatement. "I also look forward te working with many' breast cancer organizations in an effort te make breast- cancer th. number on. heaIth issu. in tuis region,"-sh, added. The Breast Cancer Scoiety of Canada is a volunteer-cfriven, non- profit, "federally-registered, charitable -organization whose mandate la te fund reâearch into 1he treatment, detection and prevention of br.ast cancer. Founded' 'in .SaÏrnia-Point Edward, Ont.i 1991, the Society has raised more than $600,000 for breast cancer research. Breast cancer afflicta . approxcimately 18,000 Canadians annually and kilis an average of 15 Canadians eveiy day. Thos. interesed ini volunteering their servics canMRilthe chapter's Whitby office at 666-8930 or the, public. relations office in Ajax, at 686-7993. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT *RETIREMENT PLANNINGý *TAX / ESTATE STRATEGI1ES 666-8245 vvithFortuneE iFnancta roup mc --- ~ ~ ~ fo - -- - u--and-- - - a f -- -- -- -- Ij2URlL ILmtdtieofr IaI6644 FoIorfrtapitet Ifn ýti d hnyuvst IuoenWmWsHaýCu 111Ina tEW ib ISW onro okns&Dna)6644 e nforcement în high-risk areas. 1Funding is used te provide more hours of policepresence. *Gord GarnerI Automotive (select), e-Empire Diner (select)L For blanke 't coverage of ALL the homres andlor businesses in Whitby OR to seecteci aoeas oly, o eilt L did not get a fyelrwhich is r full dlstibt$fog ive ýus .a c -7-ý