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Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, JuIy 21, 1993. Page 3 Even a short visit improves healt fChroYlid By Mark Reesor Most Canadians take clean air and water and wholesome food for ganted, but they're luxuries toifnna Michneva and Nastia Jideikina. The two girls live in the Gomel area of southeastern Belarus, once a state of the former Soviet Union, which was ht with radioactive failout after the Chernobyl disaster. Belarus, now an independent country, received 70 per cent of the fallout from the ill-fated nuclear generating station, con- taminating more than 40 per cent of its territory and about 20 per cent of its farmland with a variety of radioactive isotopes. More than two million people, including 600,000 children, con- tinue to live in contaminated arean of Belarus, eating locally grown, contaminated fobod, drink- ing the water and breathing the air. Inna and Nastia are two of 10 Belarus chldren living with host familien in Durham PRegien for six week visits, allowing themn to recuperate by living in a healthy envirorimerit. The time away from home results in a "substantial im- provement" in the chldren's health according to the 'Cana- dian 1ùelief Fund for Chernobyl Victims in Belarus,' which runs the program. The group says typical visible changes include "improvemnents in skin colouring, disappearance of bruines and sores and relief of coughing bouts. Less visible but more important are the reduc- tions in radiation levels and im- provements to the (children's) immune systems." Many of the children also receive much-needed dental and medical care that isn't readily available in Belarus. Inna and Nastia are staying with Joan and Bruce Mather, the area coordinators for the relief fund, who, along with interpreter Irina Takanova, spoke to the Rotary Club of~ Whitby Sunrise las Wedesday. The club gavé $500 to the fund, which pays the airfare, visa and health insurance for one Belarus child to visit Canada. The Whitby Kinettes and the Whitby chapter of the Knights of Columbus also sponser the pro- gram. Althougli Inna and Nastia have te returu ail too soon to a "dismal environmont," says Bruce Mather, their health im- p roves dramatically while thoy're here. HISTORICAL FEATURE in the -Whitby Free Press 1.What were Whitby's three major industries frem 1900 to the 1950s? casrs ndt some familha wo cars bandteir compehaesio. ITho Caynd ian oreie fund Thorks with theliefaruin Chr ite unthich asiso farial sent 7,000chdrenfo coamnted7,ar0as to 20 coun cotrisfo its ovr e asto, three tre fr s t vrteps h Tat eve 6,00mreta wead lie to et300 oeofthet oam inatd aea,»oautBofte, "owe've got arlong ways teugo, Msany me orealiontfamiliegare nde mterehotafgal sar e asde doationsthaopalras wr- ationatcnt o theCirnpof- Cheron oyl. rth' 'hldno he reblie.udi'md po vh eluntefwimdery cen raisnetrougih volntry cnti buis by indihvdualcondi burons,"sysMather. l an Crus, allth Mather. t4220 if youhro Manters t4inhepn10o for more information. A 38-year-old Wihitby man won $95,696 in a recent lottery draw. Dominic Stansens was one of eight second-prizo winners in the Lotto 6/49 draw. The jackpot was more than $2.5 million. Marriod, with two children, Stansens will bu a new mini- van, pay some bUIls and pay off more of the mortgage. INNA MICHNEVA and Nastia Jideikina (third and fourth from left) are two of 10 chldren from the former Soviet republic of Belarus who are visiting Durham Region. The girls, shown with host parents Bruce (left) and Joan (right) Mather and interpreter Irina Takanova, live in contaminated areas of the country, which received some 70 per cent of the radioactive fallout hernobyl disaster. Photo by M"zt Reese, Whhy Free Press "We know, for example, scien- tifically that in just six weeks the radiation in their bodies drops up te 60 per cent... but the day they go back, it starts going upagain. "e think what we uive them in a vision of a happier life that's possible. What we tell them is that if they go got a good educa- tion and grow up heaithy, maybe they can make things better in Belarus... it gives them an image of a better life these kids would nover have seen." Visiting Canada is junt like 5oing te ]Dsney World for chli- dren like Inna and Nastia, hoe sahycan't believe anything about our country. Thoy didn t know that people had pop-up Brooklîn man among injured 2 die iin 401 collision A collision on Hwy. 401 just east of Newcastle Village left two people dead and four ethers, including a 24-year-old Breeklin man, seriously injured. The accident occurred around 9:15 p.m. Friday night when an eantbound car driven by Amy Thompnon, 19, of Cobourg, cressed the grass median and z-ollided with a mini-van filled with peeple returning from the firnt gaine of a fastball tourna- ment in Grafton. The driver, Jo yce McFarland- Elyea, 33 wife of Claringten fire captain¶ ýrent Elyea, was killed instantlY. A p assenger, Lina Carlsen, 29, of Onhawa, died Saturday of head injuries at Sunnybroek For blanket coverago of ALL the homes and/or businesses in Whitby OR] te selected areas only, call the Whitby Free Press - 668-6111. 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