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PAGE 8 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, FEBRUARY 26,2003 www.durhamregion.com Giving them a place to live Hunger strike enters fourth day HUNGER from page 1 has three major concerns with the bill. First, she says, "The language is not strong enough. It does not give judges the presumption of equal shared parenting." As well, while the bill calls for enforcement of support orders, it doesn't call for similar enforcement of access-lo- children orders. The bill also doesn't doesn't call for enough proof when there's an allegation of abuse against one of the parents, says Ms. Titus. Durham MP Alex Shepherd agrees the proposed bill is not perfect. perfect. "There's never going to be a perfect solution," he says. However, However, "I think the foundations of the bill are that we start on one basic premise and that is the wellbeing of children." The bill "doesn't exclude one parent to the betterment of the other," he notes, adding he plans to vote in favour of the legislation. "Is it perfect? I don't think anything anything in that situation will ever be perfect," he says. Ms. Titus says she's acting on her own, though she's been in contact contact with other Canadian parents in similar situations. Last week, she organized with other citizens to have a snow sculpture, depicting a father and son, unveiled at Winter- lude in Ottawa. The sculpture was then transported to the front steps of the Supreme Court. Tuesday afternoon, Ms. Titus said she was still feeling the effects of spending nine frigid hours outside outside in Ottawa, and was "a little bit weak, a little bit tired." She had planned to stay outside in Ottawa longer, but the cold forced her back to Orono. "I couldn't fight it off," she says. "It's amazing how quickly your body kicks in." Spelling Bee registration SPELLING from page 1 mercial Ave., Ajax; Uxbridge Times-Journal, 16 Bascom St., Uxbridge; Port Perry This Week, 1625 Scugog St., N., Unit 2, Port Perry. The registration fee is $10, which includes a manual explaining explaining rules, dates and locations of all competitions. The Durham Regional Regional Spelling Bee is a non-profit, non-profit, volunteer-run project of Metroland's community newspapers newspapers in Durham Region. For more information on the Bee, call area co-ordinators: Whitby, Chris Bovie, 905-579-4400, ext. 2244; Oshawa/Clarington, Judi Bobbitt, 905-579-4400, ext. 2248; Ajax/Pickering, Steve Houston, 905-683-51 10; Port Perry/Uxbridge Bruce Froude at 905-985-2511. Nightclubs considered safe NIGHTCLUBS from page 1 the-art lighting system is held on the ceiling by bolts, chains and safety cables. cables. "It's safe," he said, adding Jump welcomes 600 patrons every Friday and Saturday night during the winter months and up to 1,000 on summer evenings with anywhere from 17 to 22 security guards to diffuse any violent situations quickly. Jeff Dinsmure, Whitby's chief fire prevention officer, said in light of the US tragedies, fire and emergency services services in the town will be doing a round of inspections at local clubs right away. "There doesn't seem to be a problem problem here, but we just want to put people people at ease," he said, agreeing that strict regulations in the Ontario Fire Code would, in his opinion, keep local clubs relatively sale. Please New Hillsdale Manor offers better lifestyle for frail and elderly BY JACQUIE MclNNES Staff Writer DURHAM - When you step into the new $53-million Hillsdale Manor home for the aged you find a place people come to live, not to die. Leaving one's own home to live in an institution can be life's hardest journey but as you enter the Durham Region-operated non-profit facility, completed June 2002, you find yourself yourself in a community where the 'town square' offers an array of places to go and things to see. Turn to the right and join residents residents congregating around a large stoile fireplace in a room filled with inviting chairs and sofas and a bird's-eye view of,everyone coming and going. Nearby, a glass-walled store is filled with eye-catching baubles inviting gift purchases or just the pleasure of window-shopping. Next door a privately-operated 'Country Style' café and solarium full of lush plants offers a view to an outdoor garden, a place to share coffee coffee with a friend and a sense of life beyond an institution. In short, the facility has been designed designed to bring all the comforts of the outside world to those unable to WALTER PASSARELLA/ Statesman photo The new $53-milIion Hillsdale Manor offers an improved living living style for residents. reach it. "A lot of people who come here tend to be older and more frail" than in past years, says Lcn Cserhati, Hillsdale Manor's administrator. Fifteen Fifteen years ago, the nursing home's parking lot was filled with residents' cars, he relates, but now people are living at home until they simply cannot cannot function on their own. It means those who live within the home are more reliant on a higher level of care and arc less likely to be making day trips outside. The town square also includes a library and entertainment centre, a place of worship with services offered offered for a variety of denominations week-long, an auditorium, a large physiotherapy room and even a privately-run privately-run hair salon - the hub of this town square - where a woman can have her hair shampooed, cut and set for $17. The 300 residents travel from the common areas on the main floor by elevator to their own neighbourhood within the facility through colour- coded halls that lead to places like 'Honey Harbour' and 'Primrose Path.' In keeping with provincial regulations, regulations, Hillsdale offers self-contained self-contained services such as dining, recreation recreation and nursing stations for every group of 25 residents. "One of the great compliments we have had is when people come to look at it for their parents they have said, 'You know, I could live here,"' says Mr. Cserhati. In Room 407, 86-year-old Reta Sweet, at 10 a.m. already immaculately immaculately dressed for whatever the day presents, is resting happily surrounded surrounded by personal effects that make her cozy room her home. She says the new building is certainly certainly "wonderful." But the 10-year resident of Hillsdale Hillsdale Manor is quick to add the 40- year old facility it replaced, now demolished, demolished, was nice too. True, its walls and floors were old and faded and the facilities could not nearly compare but she points out, the one constant is the people. "I always say we're treated like kings and queens," she relates. Hillsdale Manor is a two-building facility situated on a large, rolling greenspace at the corner of Ritson Road and Oshawa Boulevard in Os- hawa. In addition to the newly constructed constructed building, there is another 135-resident home on the site that will be demolished when a 200-bed facility is completed in 2005. Hillsdale Hillsdale Manor is one of three non-profit non-profit homes-for-the-aged operated by the Region. Fairview Lodge in Whitby and Lakeview Manor in Beaverton are also regional facilities. Within Durham there are also privately-operated privately-operated homes, and all must meet the same minimum standards of care as required by the province of Ontario. Anyone interested in more information information about homes for the aged ini Durham can contact Durham Access' to Care at (905) 430-3308 or for information information specifically on Hillsdale Manor, contact Mr. Cserhati at (905) 579-1777. SALE PRICE ENDS SATURDAY, MARCH 8,2003 TAKEMKenmorë Challenge... 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