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Page i4. Whitby Fiee Press, Wednesday, Septembi er 16, 1992 Wit"h a i.ttie 'swea't--equit uildyu wnhm 4'By Marlo Boucher The dream of owning your own home can become -a'reality: if you're wilEng to work for it -- kwtUE tholie p o ftuie newDurha m Chapt er of Habitat for Humanity. "You, don't have te be a hand- yman youdo'-whatever 'tye of aonyo m te help as long.ai yotehomeowner, work, 500 C.&C Motor Sales Ltd.* THE WHlTBY Lioness Club recently donated $1 ,000 to the Durham Region Sexual Assault Care Centre. Administra-. tive co-ordinator Kathy.,Glover -(left) shows Lioness pre-,- sident Marie Brooks-Smyhe.,some of.the literature avail-\, able at, the centre., Photo by Mark Reosor. WNIby Fmee no i .Where was Whitby's first post officemad when did it open?- 2.What 'hitby building was buit with funds suoplied bv Transform YourHouse Into Your Home 666-5222 Sp at Home,- Colour Schemes Created- Prices Below Retaill WAL LS FURNITURE WINDOWS a Faux Fiishes - Traditional Blinds - Paints * Country *Balloons Papers - Contemporary e Swags *Borders - Accessories e rapes SA VE AN EXTRA 10% vý.WITH T HIS AD! Q.T A C H I K A W A ,ý.,.L « PAINTS &'COATINGS wU m int9 adCfsasM 3.WhE con.c ston his E 4.Wha was 1929' LoijC N0 C A.eican stee aron?' Thore is HELP for thoso aged' Recruiting bas begun, and will 16 te, 30 looking for a ob continue for the nxt two welc. at rural building was 'HELP (Harwrood Empoyme nt -For more information, oel Gail structed by a master Làearning .Proam providosý Martin, program- adinistaive e mason to demnonstrae yung adulte w h ohave flot comn- assistant, at 683-8125. skill for potential clients? pleted high. achool, witb idl necessary te bocome employable R c c n r at Port Whitby building throuçh education and wr built as a tire hall in expenxence.sn c b a 2? JiddbyCanada Employ- na mont and Imm ationl and 14nswers on Page 22 red by the a~hm Bad~ A c 5 e. orEducation the progrm is T41 ftue roidd y' offerod at irwojod Seconary Whltby ýcouncif las turn.d mistetue povde ~School in'Ajax. down a proposai fom the Brook- Tii. prograin has two'em lin ýOptuiat Club -«teo pperate a. ~ ~ pononts: academie and technical snac bar at ti.Wltyroc ________ lasses at Harwood, and job' centre on Rossland Rd. -- placement with an employer. The"Optimins proposed giving Students onrolled iHEU> the Town a 10 per cent commise *have -the chance te obtai six sion on sales fr-om *3,000 te DURHAMgrade il credits. *5,000,a month, and, 20 per cent DUHMEligible students g t an onpsales over $5,000 a.monith. DODGE oloace tb Ohut the yoar ThatýwOld resutýn no 1come CHRYSIER and are alowed te hold a- part- for thé 1TDwn, accordig te the § ~~timo job up te 24 hoursA .ek parks.-and roc department, ff£ withoulosig any of their HEU> bocause 1992 projoctod sales at traiinaowaiici. the roc complex are only $2,270 a * *HE'rune.from ýOct. 5, 1992 month. tJune 1993. After Mardi, parti- Tii. depariment wiUl negotiate dipts work o na>fuil-time basis with ýtii Optimista and Bunny's 1 M 1 É I 1 tbi wbo4can.ome up -ours of what wo . cal «"swegt equity ' hiorder te eventuafly own.your own home,» says Glenn McKnight, chairman for Habitat -for Humnanity, Durham Regioný The homes people get are aboutt haif of tfie price on the market and the homîeowner gets the'home for 20 years with "no interest, ho says. McKight says -the organiza- tion started onlyr last monthi and already has 60 members; and ho ex.pects an mncrease in member- ship following next Monday's 7:30 p.m. meeting at Donevan Collegiate in Oshawa. August was a hot month fur home sales as the Oshawa &. District Roai Estate Board members sold 468* residential units ini Durhamn Region. That's up. 41.4 per cent over sales' in August of last year, the largest percentage increase so far in 1992. 'This is the third month in a row that-we bave'seen increases i residential sales ovor the saine month i 1991. At the beainninaf of the. year, we were 20 per cent behind 1991, but this- gap has now narrowed te under 10 per cent," says ODREB president MakSmith. nTe signa are positive as wo hoad . ito the fali market weekly MIS figures show no, slowdown i the market interoat rates have continued to drop and Durham prices>romin affordabIe.ý The., average prico of the homos sold in August is $140,493 in our market area. W., are seemg -activity in ail price ranges, with 27.6 per cent of homos selling between $125,'000 -and $150,000. -Homes soldwere on thie market for an aeao< 52 days and wontfor95.1percent of their New 1992 Subaru Justy DULI dfaÇu9s The perfect bock to ochool car with bts of standard feaures. pka treigNt PM4 Landm TONIGHT ONLYý WED. SEPT. 16OTH AT 7:30PM Meet Canada's foremost pool educator MR. JOHN ZIMMERMAN, Learn how to close13TANO i.W your pool properly. ANO- SAV EVERYONE*1 11 'I1,1Y1Yp( WELCOME! Tus-r 08Si1 efflt, «"W're an' officiai affiliate for this region but we're flot looking to become an* officiai chapter Cf the Habitat for- Humanuty yet because tbis would mean havmng a fo;rmai office'and we don't have the money for that right now,» ho saK-*bt ýys ho is looking for ,Peopie1 who will volunteer thoir timne, material for houses' and siils toward, the',construc- tion of homeés in the conmmuriity. «I want people who are movers and shakers so I want to b. selective in the people we choose .to be part. of the Habitat for The, Oshawa& District Real Estate- Board ii, a profesisonal trade. association that represents over '1,000 rators iniNewcastle, Port Perry, Oshawa, Whitby and AjNax-PiCkering. Humamty 'osays. SMcKnZgit says there are nxany old, abandoned shacks inr the area that aYe fire hazarde and eyesores hi the commnunity..Hoe says they could be turnedito nice afforidable homea*for pple. «There is very littie Y oiabe housing out there,» ho says.1 Habitat International hashel ped build over 15,000. hom esi the' last 10 years i North America and has 10 chapters i Canada. 'McKnight ays one's ,social and religious background «is. not a factor .i.determining, who can become a homeowner with the organizati*on. There are ver god sites available i Durham' Région for afforaale homes,beho sljs. >;ýThere are cansei many bard-- ware and lumber stores i the area for people te give donations fpr theednd of projects. 1. 1Habitat for Humanmity not only provide the Possible fulillment of owmng a house but also can give people a chance te meet other people and build friend- ships as well,» ho says. LPISA Il 1