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SELF PORTRAIT Artists Ruth Read of Whîtby and Francine Fortier Moher of Oshawa posed with one of Mrs. Moher's self portraits at the officiai opening of their joint exhibition at the Whitby Public Library Oct. 6. Bath artists have studied life drawing with Jim Paget at the Whitby Arts Station Gallery for several years. Their works will be on exhibit at the library until Nov. 3. Free Press Photo Opený house at hall for Fire Prevention Week This week-is Fire Preven- tion Week in Whitby, with lots of activities for young and old. -' 1'!, A Today through Saturday, the main fire hall at Brock and Coiborne Streets will be openofrom 1 p.m.- to 9p.m. for the publi c t corne in and see the town's fire fighting equipment. Two films wil lie shown upstairs, one on 'Today's Fire Fighter,' and the other on '110w Vour Clothing Wîll Burn.'* Each niglit there will be a draw for a smoke detector or fire extinguisher, and a Junior Fire Department shirt for'the children. ', Throughout the week, members of the fire depart- ment will be visiting Whitby's public sehools to conduct fire drills, and give an apple to each child. TIhis is the ninth year for this particular program. Busy month for seniors October is a busy month at the Whitby Seniors' Activity ACet ow'e dance partyWePou will be held Oct.,28 at -7:30 p.m. with refreshments, door prizes and music by a disc jockey. F'rizes will be given for the best costume. Oct. 27 is film night, start- ing at 7:30 p.m. The first cribbage tourn- arnent of the season will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 23. Contact Tom Ashby at 668A4659 for further details. The Whitby Lawn Bowling Club begain its winter pro- f gram of Tuesday evening jEuchre Oct. 1Oa t 7:30 p.m. A lawn bowling members are welcome, There are special prizes, and refreshrnents are served. LOWELL Te Seniors Actlvity Centre will be having a bus trip to the Royal Winter Fair Lomil lus resided ini the. Nov. 10. Buses leave the bringi ta Roy Nichais Matt centre at 9:30 a.m. Regis- in the. automnotive fieid end tration day is Oct. 30 from 10 car showlng is Sept. 28, V~ a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to, 4 Lovvell wiiJ be deiigbted tu P.m. Chwevles Oldsmobiles and1 The Seniors Activity Centre recently received a donation of two dart boards and three sets of darts from AI Magui 're and John Mclvor. The centre lhopes this BOWtMANVII month to start a theatre arts you outtm-t<j(1w grumanaged by Gwen Hy tCutc Jenkins. Time la 10 a.11. ony2a CtrI Fridays. Health The regular monthly ineet- ing of, the Durham Region District Jlealth Coqncil was held last weck at the Dr. J. 0. Ruddy Ilospital in Whithy. Following a tour of the hospital,- members of the District Ifealth Council exchanged ideas with mem- bers of the Dr. J. 0. Ruddy Board - emfphasîzing the dif- ferent roles of each volun- teer board and agreeing to offer mutual support to each other planning for the pro- vision of health services in the Whitby area. The Durham Region District Health Council is an advisory body to Health Minister. Dennis Timbreil. >UIs mandate is to comment on the health needs of residents of Durham Region and more specifieally to plan for new services to reflect a changing population base and lifestyles.- The meeting with the Dr. .1. (). Ruddy Board is part of the new District Flealth Council's orientation, ta the Community health concerns as expressed by locally elected hospital and agency trustees. 'The meetings' said Henry Polak, Chairman of the District Health Council, 'are invaluable' in bringing together local volunteers to explore mutual concerns on the provision of services at the local level.' ln addition to receiving regular reports from the DIC'S two major task forces - Long Term Care/Geriatrics and Mental - the DHC approved the establishment of a, Community Health Liaison Committee. This' Committee t o be céhaired by Ken Matheson from Pickering who sits'on bath the District Health Council and the Board of Health, will meet ove the next few months to explore ways whereby health promotion programs can be developed in the Region to stress the influence of "ilife- style" on needs for health services. The committer wilI comprise one mern ber of each board, Dr. Jean Gray the Medical Officer of Health and Mick Peters, Executive WIMTY FREE PRESS' WENESDAY, OCrX~R 11, 19781 PAGE 3 council vists ocl ospital Director of the District 1. To review recent reports }lealth Unit' new and 1 Health Council. The District on Public Health and expanded programs. Health Council appointee to thù Committee is Gloria Tuck, a nurse from -Oshawa who is Assistant Coordinator for Continuting Education at Oshawa General Hospital and past- president of the lo'bal chapter of the Registered Nurses Associa- tion of Ontario. The Board of Health appoint ee has yet to be named. , Specifically the terms of reference of the Community Health Liaison Committee are: conimenting on those recommendations affecting DHC>s and Boards of Health. 2.To review mechanisms whereby both boards (the DHC and the Board Of Health) can mutually support, each other in "Health Promotion" programs. 3.To review Program Planning and 'Priority Settintz rpniirements for The comnnittee will report back to their respective boards in February 1979. The District Health Council meets every month on the fourth Thuru.day at 7:30 P.M. 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