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Doolittles asking for dollars, dimes Retired OPP Staff-Sgt. Len Doolittle and his wife, Joan, are handling Icy cold Cory Robitaille, 12, Roger Beaudoin, 12, and Jamie Kelly, 12, all of Penetang, think twice about taking a dip into the icy waters of Penetang harbour on Saturday afternoon. Midland's 1989 March of Dimes campaign. The Doolittles have suc- ceeded the Kiwanis Club as local campaign management. Some 6,000 envelopes explaining the campaign will be delivered to Heart group needs head The 1989 Heart and Stroke Foundation cam- paign in Midland urgent- ly needs a chairperson. Joan Lavin has given up the position after seven years. She won't be happy if the campaign "'falls flat"' this year. Approximately $15,000 was raised in Midland last year. The area coordinator told her the per capita donation in Midland was the greatest in the area for sn whichy che' cis responsible. "The biggest part is get- ting residential captains," Lavin says. Captains, in turn, are responsible for Course prepares by Barb Skelton Staff Writer Many women with life experience, but little for- mal education or career training, now are available to fill the grow- ing job market for home care. They can_ provide valuable assistance to health care professionals in the home care field. And, at the same time, can gain personal in- dependence' through their own entry into the job market. The Georgian Bay native friendship center has set up a training course with the help of Canada Employment Center and Georgian Col- lege to prepare the women for employment. In 27 weeks, they get basic training in home management, nutrition finding canvassers for door-to-door town coverage. Soliciting commercial and corporate sectors is the easiest part of the campaign, Lavin says. The commercial can- vass covers businesses between Midland Avenue and First Street, and between Bay Street and Yonge Street. The corporate canvass asks for donations by let- ter from local corporations. The campaign is held in February. Anyone in- terested in chairing the campaign can contact Joan Lavin (526-9485). women for work and safety. Five weeks of the course are devoted to nursing skills, according to Roger Jackson of the friendship center. Jackson has arranged work experience placements for more than nine weeks in local health care institutions, such as hospitals and old age homes. The course has an "ethnic" slant, according to Jackson, with 14 of the 20 places for native women, and possibly some of the rest for other special groups. Jackson says there is a special need for Ojibway- speaking workers in homes for the elderly. The native center is ex- tending the course beyond its own members as part of its program to interrelate with the rest of the community, Jackson says. Midland residents this month. March of Dimes money is spent on the province's physically disabled. One in 10 adults in Ontario are physically disabled, the association says. The Doolittles support the Action Rehabilitation Group of Simcoe. Their son and daughter-in-law in Lon- don, Ont., are both con- fined to wheelchairs. They have been aided by the' March of Dimes. The association has told Doolittle that a con- siderable amount of money has been spent here, he said. He has the association's assurance that he will be told about spending here as it occurs. Local people have en- joyed themselves at a summer camp courtesy of the March of Dimes. The Ontario March of Dimes can provide a wheelchair, a com- munication aid, or an or- thopedic brace after serious illness or an accident. Post-polio support groups help people, who contracteed polio 30 years ago to fight the late effects of polio. Vocational training or job placement is available to more than 600 disabl- ed adults a year. In Northern Ontario, there are wheelchair clinics, and orthopedic and rheumatology clinics. THE FINANCIAL CENTRE| G.I.C. 1 Yr. 11.125% 2 Yr. 11.125% 3 Yr. 11.25% 4 Yr. 11.25% 5 Yr. 11.25% R.R.S.P. 1 Yr. 11.125% 2 Yr. 11.125% 3 Yr. 11.125% 4 Yr. 11.125% 5 Yr. 11.125% Call Teri Lancaster at 526-0543 511 Dominion Ave., Midland (opposite Mick B's Restaurant) Mon.-Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon K RESTAURANT The Midland Boatworks Restaurant wishes to thank their customers for their continued patronage The Annuity and RRIF Specialists 30 Days 10%% R.R.I.F. 1 Yr. 11.00% 3 Yr. 10.85% 5 Yr. 11.00% 10 Yr. 11.15% 19 Yr. 11%% (Rates subject to change without notice) (Minimums Apply) during the past year. We look forward to serving you in 1989. 526-0123 The Management and 'Staff Midland Boatworks Restaurant Midland Town Dock WINN are as follows: Stephanie Lacroixe and Adele Williams Colouring Contest ERS The results are in from our Christmas Colouring Contest held during the month of December 1988 and the results Group a) 5 yrs. or younger: Stephanie Lacroixe of Penetanguishene Group b) 6 to 9 years: Jeremy Deen of Midland Group c) 10 to 13 years: Laurie Osborne of Sunnyside Group d) 14 to 17 years: No entries submitted Group e) 18 and over: Adele Williams of Penetanguishene Watch for our next Colouring Contest for EASTER Jeremy Deen and Father Wednesday, January 11, 1989, Page 5