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Whitby Free.Press, Wednesday, August 21, 1996, Page 3 Mnahealth, supportgroup r.eceives fning, II xMite iIowalskl A suppr group for fam- ilies of the suffe from mental iliness is gettng a financial boost km the Ontariogovernment. .The Fami Association for Mental ealth Every- wh.re (FAME) wiIl b. receling $28 532 ini annual fundingto Aeîp augment services now provided solely by volunteers. The money will allow FAhME' local branch to hire a par-te.saf per- son- so that it can expand its base of! operations in Durham Region*ý «Mental health programs are very impotntothe communityofIIWhitbys to al Ontari'ans and are a proiyof this- govern- ment," said Durham Centre 2 sought Police are iooking for two mal. suspecta after a Rose- land Road East man was assaulted and taken from bis residence .against bis willFriday. The incident began when two men came te the door iooking for a man Whoowed them money possibly for drgsays âtaff &Sergeant Sý Rie; of Durham Région alPolice. Wen the victim teld the suspects he didn't know where the man was, they ~bdhlmand _held, a bsthroat,]Ryrie {'he victim was then for- ced'inte the suspects' vehi- ci., a blue Chevy Tracker and they went te se îveraI different resdences looking for the man. They ended up at a'bouse oôn_ Dufferiù Street- says Ryr*e,, where the victim wasJ able te attract the attention of ýneighbours who called plice but the suspecta took off before they arrived. False alarm PROM PAGE 1 But if thi,.. fais. aiarms are received from the same' address within a 365-day period, the property ié b 8upeded or 30 day. or the powner has the option o!' payngua$160 fine. ffurfais. alarma are reported, a one-year sus- pension lin posed or the' $150 fine ca n b. p ad. Denson said Duram la one of many juriadictions in Canada and the U.S. that have in lemented this type of user iree and for the most the part, it bas been grudg- ingly accepted by the moni- toring companies and their customers., "Vie got a letter froin the aiarm companies saying the support the program J hyagree with the principle o! offsetting the but aybe not the But althoughpolice infor- med the companies of the new rules last January, the companies only recently began notilfing their custo- mesDensonsad "l'hey're making it - look like Wre trying 1te , xteft $5 bnour whole itn la -tée-offset the costa where only-20 "percent 'o! the,, peopie-are rýeJving the service," he said. «'v, been 'nswering tale uyite continouslyand after i explain -what -it's about, they udertan an MPP -Jîm-Flaherty in mak- hthe* announcement on iafof Health Minisiter Jim Wilson asat Friday. The money wfil corne from a *23.5-million fund announced by Wilson sat May to improve com- munity-based mental health services. "I arn confident that these: reinvestments, will greatly1 enhance com- munity-based care in Whitby which is the centre of mental health services in Durham Region, said Fla- herty.' Accompanied by FAME Irepresentatives and other local health officiaisFla- herty made the announce- ment at the Whitby Mental Health Centre'. (WMHC) COMmDuniyrgasoffice. FAIME ha's n oprat- inq, out of the Centre Street building, since it accpe WMHC- administrator Zn Ballantyne'. invitation to expand into Whitby about two years ago. Established in Etobicoke in 1989, FAME provides support services to familie. who have a ioved'one suf- fering from mental ilinees, executive director Judy Wallace told reporters. "W. strive te reduce the stress on families through support,. education and advocac, said Wallace. «One.im five people suifer from some form o f severe mental ilineas, but many families don't realiz. that heluplia out ther. for them.» Waliaoe expiained that FANE contacted Bailan- tynatr it openeda brac nWoodbrig. which falis intoWMH's catchmentý area - and asked for assistance i servngfamilies ithat "H a es, but why not consider îil -of Win-tby's catchment ares,» she said. "We met with families in Durham and put together a FAE' pinl pesani what the families need.d.» FAME officiais then opened a Durhamn branch and have been providing a strictiy 'volunteer basis since. The addition of a ipart- tizuestaff prsn wif per- mit FM te expand its scpe by branching out inte, the northern, pre- dominantly rural portions of Durham. Lois Taweei, c6:ordinator of FAIMes Durham chap- ter, said that in addition te flot knowingwhere te turn for heip, many peple stili behieve that mental iilnes ia a condition that is best kept within the family. N oting her- own daughteî?s willingness te, saak openaly about her pro- bem Taweel'- sad more eoeshould. b.encu ged te "corne out of hidinq.» "Until people start domng that it will remain a blame situation and n obody should feel that they are te biame,» she said. Flah;erty said the health minisrys $23.5-million Community Investment Fund represents $20 Mil- NUCLEAR GENERATING STATIONS IN DURHAM REGION Second quarter 1996 (April i to Jun.e 30) This information is provided by the Atomic Energy Control Board, Canada's nuclear regulator. Radiation dose due to emissions frorn.the n uclear generating.stations. Dose is reported in microsieverts (pSy), an international unit used to measure dose. *35million in 'one-tîme funding. "It wMi ensure that ser- vices are ip lce ithe community or. anny more changes are made tein- patient' services delivered Dy psychiatrc hospitals,' «Infact, the minister has committed te a moratorium INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, - RETIREMENT PLANNING chiatric beds until the- entire fund has been distri- buted and ita success eva- luated.w Fiaherty added that the governuient currently spends $1.2 bIlion annually on mental health services, including in- patient, -outpatieýnt, com- mqunity and physicien ser- CONI STAT TAIE ~ FINANCIAL DERBIE MORGAN' DARLINGTON, April, 1 to June 30, 1996:' previaus quarter: VEAR TO DATE: 2.0 Dose f.rom a» single chest X-ray: about PICKERING April 1 to June 30, 1996: previous quarter: YEAR TO DATE: 6.0 from a single chest X-ray: about *Note: Natural background radiation, the annual legal limit for station emissions, and the dose from a typical X-ray are pro vided for reference. Emissions are in addition to background radiation. The radiation doses. due to emissions are for. the most exposed, persons living near the station. They would typically apply to persons- living just outside the station bouid ary who are at their, residences 24 hours a day, who drink local water and'm'lk', arid' eat local- [ish and produce,. The doses -1were calculated'using actuaF'data [rom routine analysis of air, water, nfiilk, fish and vegeta tion samples, a >s well as stationemission Most ïpersons w Ioud *indicated because they have different eating habits or live farther away [rom*the,-station, Radiation doses decrease sign-ificantl1y as the distance [rom the station increases. Persons living m idway between the two, stations woulId therefore -recei -ve lIess than the doses. indicateéd. for either of the Éstati ons., Less than 6%o ôf the radiation dose received [rom the' * ttQ ï as due t'o liquid ernissions., while h eane a actually 'recei've less'than the. dos' -arsito arone-émissions. 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