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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1974-09-18, Page 10New students soccer scores are news at Brussels PS We would like to welcome the following new students to our school. Grace Telfer from Minto-Clifford Central. School. Jim Shipman and Jean Shipman from College St. Public School in Smith vine. Pat Maxwell and Dawne MaxWell from Blyth Public School. Valerie Hurlock from St. Agatha Public School. Gail Lee and Gregory Lee from Belgrave School. SOCCER Captains • Boys Sneakers David McLellan Prosecutors Tim Prior Munchkins Murray McLellan Trip-A-Longs Scott Wheeler Dirty Dozen Bill Smith Girls Egg Heads Arlene Kufske Mud Dogs Mary Ireland Super Pickles Elizabeth Exel Whale Taggers Kim Ducharme Wig Wags Joanne McArter Scores - Boys Dirty Dozen 1 - Sneakers 0 Dirty Dozen 2 - Trip-a-LongS 1 Trip-a-longs ? - Prosecutors 0 Girls Egg Heads 1 - Wig Wags 0 Whale Taggers 1 - Mud Dogs 0 STANDINGS Boys W L T Pts Dirty Dozen Prosecutors Trip-a-Longs Munchkins Sneakers Girls Whale Taggers Egg Heads Super Pickles Wig Wags Mud Dogs SIMUM•10.1•10M•11•111MMIIIIIIM The Blooming THING By ED VAN GEEST Nothing encourages originality in a secretary so much as her shorthand notes. • • • Onee you've been to a, civic luncheon, you know why every- one prays before they sit down to eat it. • • • Chatterbox: Someone who thinks eonversation IS one part you Dud nine parts him • • • An opthnist sees the donut,, the pessimist tees the hole, and the realist eats it • • • Beat gift for the girl who has everything is a pcvliee Whistle. • • • WE HAVE EVEnItTium; AT Listowol Florist )limited. See us tot ,your tittettlAitik stroige., ineitts Moto 261404o for APpOintineritS Pg Man, Phone 21#14040. We are amino tepOileittOi Max Watbt B'rtt 1A The 19th century bacteriologist Louis Pasteur, continued his work while convalescing from a stroke. More recently, Canada's Governor-General Jules Leger was up and about a few weeks after suffering a stroke this summer. The secret of combatting the effects of a stroke -- the bursting or blocking of an artery to the brain -- is to start rehabilitation as soon as possible. As Ann Winter, senior consultant in rehabilitation for the Ministry of Health's Allied Health Disciplines Branch, puts it, "The patient shouldn't be allowed to hang around: rehab should start as soon as vital signs have stabilized." This, she says, may be within hours of the stroke occurring. Miss Winter, who is both a physiotherapist and . an occupational therapist, says that getting the stroke patient back to recovery is a co-operative venture; it's not just a matter of doing things to the patient -- but getting him to do things for himself. What this means is that the health team, the patient, and the patient's family must work together. In some cases it may be appropriate to start home care services very soon after a stroke. These services, covered by OHIP, could include nursing, physio- therapy, 'speech and occupational therapy. Rehabilitation departments of hospitals provide intensive in- patient and out-patient therapy programs to assist the patient in recovering optimal functions. For the stroke victim, the adjustment process is vital. The principal goal of rehabilitation, says Miss Winter, is to teach the patient how to adapt and regain independence and self-sufficiency. As well as the patient's own co-operation, this requires strong support and positive motivation. Depending on the severity of the attack, the recovery rate for survivors of strokes is encouraging, particularly when rehabilitation is started early enough to prevent or offset deformity,. and to get the patient functioning again. Legs usually return to normal more quickly than arms, because less fine movement is involved, Some strokes produce only a sligh, weakness in the limbs; more severe ones can lead to loss of speech and paralysis of one side of the body, Since some strokes are caused by thrombosis (or blocking) of cerebral blood vessels, the rehabilitation process includes administration of anti-coagulant drugs. Statistics on strokes are still fairly sketchy: while any age group can be affected, strokes are 10 times niore common in the over-65s than in the population as a whole. People with high blood pressure run a greater risk of stroke than those with normal pressure. While strokes aren't nearly as common as heart attacks, the fatality rate for the first incidence is almost the same -- about 40 per cent. Unlike heart attacks, strokes have very little to do with heredity or lifestyle. At one time, the future was pretty bleak for those who survived a stroke. Today, with early encouragement, support and motivation, the stroke victim can usually be returned to a useful, productive life. Smiles "TWo people can definitely live as cheaply as one," stated junior, very authoritatively. "Of course," agreed his tired father. "Your mother and I live on just about the same amount of money it takes to keep You," Mother: "Son, you ate all that cake without thinking of your little sister," "I was thinking of her all the time. I was afraid she would come in before I finished," (Today's Health is provided to" weekly newspapers by the Ontario Ministry of Health) by David Woods. 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 TODAY'S. CHILD. BY HELEN ALLEN A CHEERFUL BABY The happy-looking baby is Paula, almost 16 months old. Shc is a sturdy girl with blue eyes, light-brown hair and fair skin. Pauls is healthy but she was born with Downs Syndrome (commonly ,known as mongolism). Besides some physical evidence of the condition (slightly slanted eyes and a sometimes protruding tongue) Paula has developed slowly though at a higher rate than many Downs Syndrome children.. Paula is cheerful, animated and sociable, except that she is going through a shy stage with strangers. Her vocabulary has no words yet but she entertains herself and others with a variety of chuckles and squels. Not walking yet, she crawls using only her arms. Lately she has started getting up on hands and knees so more orthodox locomotion wont be long. She can hold something in each hand and bang the two together. Twelve hours is a normal night's sleep for Paula plus two daily naps. She is a good eater.lt is expected this little girl will continue to 'be slow but she is considered to be educable. She needs parents who will appreciate her winning personality and who will help her develop to the, limit of her abilities without having unrealistic expectations for her. To inquire about adopting Paula, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888, -Station K, Toronto M413 2H2. For general adoption information, please contact your local Children's Aid Society. Huronview Ladies Auxiliary is active More members are needed in the Huronview Ladies Auxiliary, the latest meeting of the organization was told. Any lady in Huron County is eligible for membership, whether or not they are members of an area Womcns instil ute. Meetings are held at Huronview the third Monday of each month, except in December, January and February when no meetings are held. The Ladies Auxiliary held their regular monthly meeting in the Craft Room at Huronview on Monday, August 19 at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Webster, the President opened the meeting with The Lord's Prayer followed by the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting which were approved as read. Mrs. Scratch, the Editor of the Huronview News Magazine distributed copies of the Summer edition to each member present and copies will be sent to each Women's Institute. There is a certain amount of expense involved in producing the magazine and no allocation was included in the Huronview Budget when it was prepared as the magazine wasiit being published at that time. Aft er some discussion it was decided to apply for "New Horizons Grant" from the Government to cover the cost of publication until a new budget is prepared, Roll call was answered by members from Blyth, Clinton, Hensall, Kippen East andLondesboro. The Members decided to become "Sunshine Sist ers" to residents who have rio family or friends to visit them, names were chosen from a list prepared by the office, Miss Petts of Blyth gave a reading "Does anyone ever laugh in this house?" Mrs. McGregor reported for the craft room and the-treasurer gave her report. The fall bazaar will be held on Wednesday, November 6 and the Auxiliary decided to have an apron table at the bazaar. Members will contribute aprons for this and the Women's Institutes Will be, asked to contribute one or more aprons as well Further plans for the Bazaar will be made at the September and October meetings. Mrs, Webster closed the meeting with a poem. The next. Meeting Of the Anxiliary Willb e held On Monday, September 16 at 2:30 pat. The President said she hopes more triditibers would attend the Meetings now that the summer is over, 10.-,,THE BRUSSELS 'POSTi SEPTEMBER *10-4 It HAD and USE POST 1C .ASS