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Costume Day is United Wa y fundraiser Town of Whitby employees are holding draws and events to raise money for the United Way campai gn. On Friday, employees will dress up as theïr favourite departinent head or personality for Halloween Costume Day. Employees pay te wear a cos- tume or mask for the day. Judg*ingis at 3 p.m. Friday. On Nov. 19 Wacky Tie Day will be held. Émployees pay te enter the contest which proved successful when held last year. Prizes for both contests were donated by local businesses. Town employees also held a 50/50 draw on Oct. 8, and another will be held Nov. 26. Other. United Way events in- clude punipkin sales at OLCO gas stations in Whitby, a 'Mens- ter Bash' Halloween dance in Oshawa Oct. 30, and the 'Night on the Nule' fashion show in Bewmanville on Nov. 8. A craft sale will also be held at Camp Samac on Nov. 13. Whiby Free Press, Wednesday, Octobr 27,1993, Page 13 Mostr Sexualassaul[t Oct.30. accusations at jali The Halloween Dance and Monster Bash, sponsored by Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and CKDO 1350 Radio, will be held Saturday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m. te 1 a.m., at Col. R.S. McLaughlin Armoury, Simcoe St. N., Oshawa. Tickets are $10 per person in costume ($15, no costume) and are available at the door or by calling 436-7677. There will be a cash bar and finger food. Ail proceeds te the Oshawa-WVhitby-Newcastle Uni- ted Way. Police are "actively" investigat- ing two accusations of sexual assault made against a guard at Whitby Jail. Two femnale ininates, aged 23 and 24, say a maie guard gab- bed their breasts in two separate incidents. Police were called in Sunday morning to look into the alleged incidents but no charges haveê yet been laid. Food bank needs help The Helping Hands Food bank from her residence in Cour- Bank, that serves fanilies frem tice, seeks donations to help pay Whitby ,te Bowmanville, needs for operating expenses. tînancial assistance to continue operations. Sharon fles, who ruas the food For more information caîl 433- 2471. SEnvironment award fr residn i r ~ J - I * * ~ e * ~* lue, ~ * ,~ te.. -. ~ e. g. ~ f s ** * e~ E *~ O I. * - g ~ - MIKE RACE of Whitby wiorks the wheel for Barbara Race (right) and Cynthia Griffin at a Monte Caria andi auction n Oshawa that raised about $1 ,000 for the Neurofibroma- tosis Society of Ontario. Society president Fay Drew of Whitby says Whitby mer- chants donated items for the auction. There are now 470 members, f rom across Canada, in the society begun by Fay and her late husband, Stuart. ~9I AErik Hayne was named Optim- urne). ist of the Year at the annual The keype; son award was A awards dinner held by the giento Vnoe Ophrecio, anc A Optimist Club of Whitby earlier peient's apprecîation award' HISTORICAL FEATUIRE this month. went te Patricia and Michael f% - " p iaciAanfPil ir- -irirfadSunad in the Whitby Free Press i .When was Whitby's Public Library founded and whore was it Iocated when it f irst opened? 2.Which churchos in Whitby were founded by Dutch immigrants in the early 1950s? 3. Who off icially opened Traf agar Casie as a privato schoolIan dwh on? 4. Who is the subject of the earliest known portrait photograph of a Whitby resident? Answers on Page 31 This feature provded by L..j Adm,j C.M Ad Cî Hayn sýi the club had a successful year as membership went up by 25. There are now 54. members, and the club is invol- ved in 50 projects, znostly te, beneflit local youth. The 1993-94~ executive was in- stalled, inluding new president Michael Aire y and president- elect Shelley Chamberlain. Awards were given te Jin Dimitrof who sponsored five members during t he p ast year, and Jean Yelle and Airey who have sposered 10 members (life- Seniors centre memberships soon available 1994 memberships for the Wihitby Seniord Ac-tivity Centre, 801 Breck St. S. may be wpurchased beginning Monday, Nov. 1. The cost for those aged .55 and over is $6 for Whitby and Brooklin residents or $12 for an associate membership. Jean Yelle. Airey said the upceming year would include a variety of new programs as well as established p rograms such as the house leagu e hockey te urnament, j unior golf', Christmas Wish and S-anta Claus parade participa- tion. Dr. Margaret Bain of Whitby is one of 12 Durham Region residents who received recogni- tion for efforts to protect the environment. Environmental citizenship cer- tificates were awarde d by Environment Canada to the resi- dents committed to "raise public awareness and protect the in- tegrity of our local environment." Bain is one of the founding members of the Thickson's Woods Heritage Foundation that worked to protect and beautify the 16-acre remnant of the forest and wetlands that once blanke- ted the north shore of Lake Ontario. A developer who owned the land sold the logging rights and harvesting began. Bain and other localÎ naturalists appealed to ail levels of government to stop the logging, but the work continued. A down payment w as hastily raised b y ain and others and the lands were then purchased from the owner. Hundreds of residents became involved and the five-year mort- gage was eventually paid off. "Hearing Tests 21 Gladstone Avenue Oshawa, LIJ 41E3 Trhe foundation was establ- ished to prevent further destruc- t ion and to carry out annual reforestation to try and crate naturalized wildlife corridors along both branches of Corbett Creek. Others receiving certificates were J. Robert Nisbet of Ajax, Janet Banting of Greenbank, Karen Giles of Oshawa, Lori O'Neill of Oshawa Dave Scott of Newcastle, Bob Milîs of Oshawa, Niva Rowan of Newtonville John Veldhuis of Newcastle, É-elen MacDonald of Newtonville, Dale Anne Lie4dbeater Hoy of Picker- ing and INeel Hutchinson of Osh- awa. 'vIGGIENHIS! Lih3 podks of 8Sper L eusomer iuh his coupon Offer expires Tuesday, November 2, 1993 Amond, Strawberry CheeseM * or Chocoate Large CROISS¶T 0*c 69 s$LOOea canai 1 çlzenper custonier Buns bNCEW 1380 Hopkins Street Mhty 666- 117 a high efficiency Install gas, oil or propane furnace and receive e *nacewIl n yI pere se H igh-efi ic iency gas fumnace can save yOU up to 65% on your heating bis! 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