Whitby Free Press, 29 Feb 1984, p. 11

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Patricia McCarthy wlll speak to the Whitby Rotary Club next Tuesday on "Health Care in the Third World." McCarthy, a registered nurse, holds an Honours B.A. in modern languages and a Master of Health Scien- ce degree in Community Health from the Univer- sity of Toronto. She was recently in- vited by the Canadian International Develop- ment Agency'("ICIDA"I) to become senior com- munity educator for a health projet 'in West Africa, while her husband, Dr. Patrick McCarthy, w'as asked to be the- projeet coor- dinator. Both McCar- thys were scheduled to speak to the Rotary, however, a health problem will prevent Dr. McCarthy from at- tending, and his wife will combine their in- formation in her ad- dress. An experienced speaker, McCarthy has devoted 20 years along Dary ueen ......2 Craig Manson Cheekers Variety .3 Michael St. John ........... 2 Fraser Reid Whitby Kinsmen ...2 HeatheÎrBfrd Jonathan avidson Whitby Legion......1 Darren 811k Dairy Queen Brooklin Concrete County Bowl Canadian Tire Cheekers Variety Whitby Kinsmnen Whitby Welding Whitby Legion Lasco Steel......... 2 IRichard Baker Toy Cowan Daddy's Bakery.O. Optimist Tnt ......... 3 JamleLyon Paul Beckman Adam Payne Hide-A-Way......... 3 ShaneBevan .............. 3 P W 12 9 12 8 12 7 12 5 12 5 12 5 12 4 12 0O wi'th her husband to health aid in the Third World. From 1955 to 1969,. they ran a large clinic for citizens of the Old City in Tripoli, Libya. They came home to Ontario for five years in family practice; then accepted an invitation from CIDA to supervise preventivç medicine and rural health ser- vices in a district of Brooklin Concrete. Mathew Payne George Ci> Barbersho......... 2 Nicola M=itc ............. 2 Fireptace Plus ...... Casey HaMJday Whitby Free Press .... 4 Steven MacBeth Dean Leeslul Danny Kmr Chrbiompmo Whby Kinsmen ..... Frank Stefanowiez Fireplaoe Plus Hide-A-Way PTS 29 25 22 17 16 16 13 1 Cameroon, West Africa, where they remained from 1974 to 1978. Finally, in 1980-1981 they administered health care and education - to Saudi military personnel and their dependents in a rural area of Saudi Arabia. In all three developing countries, they adapted the prin- Anca Lab ,Checkers Variety Whitby Lions Shoppers Drug Mart Whitby Alurinum J.M.T. Sports cipfles ,0f modern medicine, common sen- se, and hard work to combattlng disease, poor sanitation, malnutrition and other substandard living con- ditions. They achieved considerable success, notably in the control of sleeping sickness in southwest Cameroon and of Trachoma in English as a second English as a Second Language courses of- fered by the Durham Board of Education con- tinue to flourish despite the recent decline in immigration into Canada.' People from many lands whose' first language is other than English are enrolled. Each wave of new im- migration adds num- bers to the classes and, when most of them have no English at aIl, adds to the challenge which constantly- faces the teachers in this program. Teachers have special qualifications or ex- perience to teach E.S.L. They often work in close association with volun- teer tutors who provide special help to smaill groupe of students un- der the supervision of the teacher. Classes are organized at three -levels: basic, intermediate anîd ad- vanced, and the studen- ts progress through the levels as their knowledge of English increases. The courses are held Daddy's Bakery Optimist Int. Whitby Kinsmen Whitby Free Press Lasco Steel George Ci Whitby eldng.2MOSQUI Tony Ra..e............ 2 WhitbyMAlminuim .... 2 Darren McGee Dean Cray C.anaaian Tire....6 Anthony Tovamend .......... 2 Michael Reilly Michael Price.............. 2 Chriz Price J.M.T. Sports, Scott Davy County Bowl........ 7 Whitby Lions........ Keith Milh ................ 4 Frank Celebre Trevor Joyce Chris Moxley Jamie Niabet at severat loc the region. evening at Collegiate lus Oshawa as basic on Mon Wednesday; mediate andi on Wednesdays Harwood Si School in Ajax levels are held day evening evening classes 7 p.m. For those whi tend during t classes are 0fi Centennial Church, 48 38 34 30 24 19 rO RESULTS Cheekers Variety Gene Rainey .... Louis Pepe Shoppers Drug Ma Neil Henehan JimnmyStolar.... Richard lTrembiay Anca Lab... Brendan O'MalIey .. Isan upiter STANDINGS PW L 10 6 2 10 5 3 10 5 4 10, 4 5 10 4 5 10 2 7 southwest Saudi Arabia. Jltustrating her talk with slides and anec- dotes from her ex- perience, McCarthy wil give an overview of the challenge implicit in Thrid World health care delivery, with the pros and cons of intervention by devetoped countries tike Canada. She wilt highlight the rotes of women, of health ianguage ations in Boulevard, Oshawa on In the Tuesday and Thursday -Central -mornings from 9:30 to titute in 11:30 a.m., and at St. follows: Mark's United Church, day and. Centre and Coîborne inter- Streets,- Whitby on advanced Tuesday and Thursday sonly. At afternoons, from 1: 30 to econdary 3:30 p.m. The day-time althree program is a joint yen- on Mon- ture of the Durham gs. Ail Board of Education and 3begin at the Ontario Ministry of Çitizenship and Culture. io can at- These, days courses he day, have an additional fered at useful feature. The United students are en- Rosehill couraged to'. bring their pre-school children who 21 have their own classes 21 at the same time as 1 their parents. Children 14 up to 5years of age are 14 cared for in the pre- il school and supervised by two qualified teachers as well as trained volunteers. A . variety of activities S2 provide an ideal medium for the children to learn English while art . 6 playing. There in no charge for ....... 4 the course to students f E.S.L. and there -is still ... 3 space to accommodate .... 2 more students in both day and evening classes. For those in- - terested in joining, just go to the next class at PTS the sehool at the time 20 indicated above or, cal 17 576-460 extension 204 16 13 13 7 PEJEWEE RESULTS Optimist Tnt .........g Brianatson.............. 4 Brendon Canning .......... 4 Mike Zouik Whitby Firefihters.. . 0 Family Trust .... 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