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4 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, May 1, 1990 a / NW 7S DURHAM NON-PROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION PUBLIC NOTICE Take notice that the Durham Non-Profit Housing Corporation is moving to the Whitby Mall Location, as indicated on the map below EFFECTIVE MAY 7th, 1990 The mailing address is as follows: 1615 Dundas St. East, Lang Tower, West Building, 4th Floor P.O. Box 623, Whitby, Ontario Phone (416) 436-6610 and 436-6893 Fax (416) 436-6612 Anderson St, xX WHITBY | osHAwA Thorton Rd. st./] Hopkins] = Consume A DURHAM NON-PROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION Hwy. 40) . \S OLD ADDRESS L1N 6A3 Senior Citizen's busy planning trips, bazaars, Seniors Games Our Sr. Citizens regular meeting was held April 25 at the Latcham Centre. Bill Harper opened the meeting and O'Canada was sung, accom- panied by Edna Beckett on the piano. A minutes silence was taken in memory of Olive McCartney who passed away last week at her home. Olive has lived in this area for many years and sympathy is sent out to her family. Welcome to the 3 ladies who joined our Club and hope you will enjoy coming out and joining us. Mary Cannon read the minutes from last meeting and Norm Caswell gave the treasurers report. Business items were dicussed and Bill announced that the Christmas Dinner with be December 12th, but more on the - time later. Also the Convention for the Seniors is to be held at Lon- don University August 28-29. Hopefully, 2 delegates will be sent from our Club. . The Fall Bazaar will be held Oc- tober 13 so, Ladies, we need lots of knitting, crafts, etc. to fill our tables. Jim Martin spoke on Travel and the trips to the Races and Niagara are sold out. If 30 more people want to go, maybe another bus could be got. The Vermont trip in September is also being sold and a Post Dated Cheque would guarantee you a ticket. Doris and May reported on Entertainment; Amateur Contest will be held next meeting. Roy Grierson announc- ed that anyone interested in the Sr. Games, the application forms must be in 2 weeks before the games are played. The lucky draws went to Doris Grierson, Bill Harper, Jim Martin, Bill Moore and Harry Sisson. The meeting closed with Prayer and tea & cookies were served. Later Euchre and Penny Bingo were enjoyed by the members. Report from Ottawa: Destruction of forests concern for everyone by Ross Stevenson, M.P. - Durham Trees are extremely important to all of us. Forests are one of this world's major natural resources, and Canadian foreign aid is help- ing preserve them. Tropical rain forests, though they cover only about seven per- cent of the land surface, are the richest ecological areas on our planet. They provide a home for almost 50 percent of all the millions of different life species. Besides timber, they are a source of a wide variety of foods, medicines, even such things as latex and dyes. 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At pre- sent rates of destruction, it's estimated we'll lose another 600 million acres by the year 2000. This is not simply wanton destruction. Those responsible wanted those forests and the lands on which they stood for agriculture, places to live, and for firewood. While it may be hard for Canadians to believe, far and away the largest use of wood in developing countries is for fuel. According to the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organiza- tion, one billion people now have less firewood than they need. By the end of the century the total will be three billion -- half of the world's population! It's clear there will be dire con- sequences for all of us if these trends are not reversed. As a loading forestry nation we have the knowledge and the expertise to help, and we're doing so through the Canadian Interna- tional Development Agency. CIDA's forestry program assists more than 30 developing nations in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Typically this help comes in the form of Canadian forestry ex- perts, the specialized equipment they need, and forest manage- ment and conservation training for local people. The aim is'to show these coun- tries how to combine forest from their forests without destroying them, preserving the woodlands as a resource for future generations. There is enormous potential for these and similar overseas aid projects. In semi-arid regions of the world there are about three billion acres of unproductive land which once was covered in forest and could be again. Thus, local climates would be improved, solls rebuilt, shelter provided for peo- ple and game, and a variety of products made available. This is. one very important aspect of Canada's Official Development 'Assistance to less developed countries which we all help support. CHOO radio telethon Scugog Mayor Howard Hall will take part in the CHOO Radio "Mayor's Challenge" on May 12 to raise money for cystic fibrosis. The broadcast in which Mayor Hall will participate will originate at Centre Court in Oshawa Centre from 10:00 AM t0 11:00 AM on May 12. The Mayors will be chal- lenging all citizens of Durham to support the fund-raising ef- fort. CHOO hopes the "Chal- lenge" that morning will raise ast $1,000 in pledges for cystic fibrosis research. ....... Ladd