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PAGE 20, WHITYFRME PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989 Nicaragua is subjeet of Photo show Michael Mitchell's 'Nicaragua: After the Triumph' photo exhÎibi- tioni will be held at The Station Gallery in Whitby Feb. il to March 5. Mitchell, a Hamilton, Ont. native who attended hi h school lin Whitby, worked in Nicaraguan for a month in 1984, on assign- nient for the Canadian Museum of ContemporaryPhotography, in collaboration with the Nicara- rian peace organization CON- He examined the day-to-day existence of Nicaraguans during a period of political uipheavaI. The exhibition contains such themes such as health care and education, agrculture, recon- struction, daily life in border areas and national defence. Mitchell's photographs have been included in several exhibi- tions in Canada, the U.S.A. and' Europe. His training.in anthro- pology, his studies in Mexico, and his experience on assign- ment in Peru lend authority to his sustained interest in Latin America. WleaiStoeets' w McLÀaughiin Gallery 'Main Streets,' an exhibition*of photographs, began Jan. 19 at the Roïbert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa and will continue until March 19. 1%ese 29 photographs trace the changfing face of Oshawa, p articularly its downtown core, from its days as a village, whe dirt roads made travel difficult, to life as a town, when the downtown streets were first paved, to becoming a city in 1924. This display from the Thomas Bouckley collection records these changes. BILL FRASER shows one of his jars, p art a display at the Grace Galiery in Whitby, to Ange1a Zissoif (centre) and Mary Jane Zissoff. The show con- tinues until Feb. 11. Fr.. Pros. photo Lioness Club prepares letters The Lioness Club of Whitby- has prepared 15,000 letters to be mailed to ail residents in Whitby for the 1989 March of Dimes campaign. The original March of Dimes started in 1956 te, combat the polio epidemic that swept North America. The_ organization now assists any disaledÎ adult, no mattèr what the disability or its causes. Two years ago the Whitby Lio- ness Club spearheaded the first March of Dimes campaign te be held in Whitby for many years. More than $3,000 was raised in Whitfby through -the direct mail campaign, and the Lioness Club hopes to raise $5,000 this year. Pogranis the fundraising drive will assist are post-polic, programs, vocatonal rehaili- tation services, assistive devices (such as wheelchairs,.prosthetic devices), electrnicequipment for the severely disaled, disabled camping programi for adults, and a microcomputer te teach the disabled te use computers for communication, education and livelihood. Medical glass rejected at recycling center Durham Rebycling recently rejected a shipment of glas because it contained a small amount of medical lab glass, says manager Glenda Gies. She says the glass was sent back to the industrial market" for resorting, as it did not likely come from t he curbside blue box collection. Gies says glass collected for recycling must be container glass only, and can't include medical glass, window glass, light bulbs, cookwear or dishles. Residents, she says, should place only glass bottles and jars in their blue boxes. RAIY CORPORATION 668-4000 4% EXCLUSWVE 5% MLàS Hurry! Sale ends February 28th. m