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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-02-06, Page 26• q GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES ONE YEAR ANNUAL INTEREST Rates subject to change STANDARD , TRUST - 237 Josephine St., Wingham, Ont. Telephone 357-2022 Offices in: Brampton•Chatham•Hamilton•Markham Ottawa • Paris* Perth • Pletori • Toronto • Walkerton Willowdale•VVingham•Windsor•Woodstock Member Canada Deposit Insurance Corporatibn 16-,-LueInow Sentinel,. Wednesday Febrialy 0, 1980 Beep. sow Beep! Beep' Peep! has become a common sound in Alfie Dale's Seaforth home.- It is the sound of indepen- dence to Alfie, who 14 years ago became paralyzed from' the neck down.. after damag- ing his spine diving nun lake outside Owen Sound. It also' the .sound of greater freedotn to his wife. Doreen. V..: ho has been by his side since the accident six eeks after their Marriage. The Beeps' come froM .a touch operated select and control unit best known simply as a TOSC II. With. this unit. supplied by the. Ontario March of Dimes. Alfie is now, able to make phone calls, operate a TN. and radio, control his ham radio set, open the front door. turn lights on and off. and run an intercom simply by toutting a single switch v. ith 'his chin. To make a phone call he touches a switch which auto- matically sends the unit through the various fu.nc- ::ons.,When he ruches the telephOne• function. he re- moves his • chin', from the . switch, and touches another parr of it. He then holds his chin there. and counts the beeps until, he reaches the correct number. 'Then he removes his chip and starts oh the next number: Four beeps and 'the unit dials a four. Six and it dials a• six. Making a_phone_call may not seem like much to the .average person, bin consider what, it means to:someone in Arne's position, He no longer needs Doreen to dial his, calls, or hold the receiver, so he can be left, alone and still have a link with the, outside world. That link could mean 'the difference betiveetf life and death in the event of a fire, or if Doreen were to have an accident, Alfie could phone for help. "It's just like having hands:- he said. However: he was quick to point out that it can't make coffee or bring it to him like Doreen. For. four years following the accident; he was bedrid- den in a ChrOnic Care Ward at an Owen Sound hospital, It was here that someone sug- gested he start ,sketching by holding a pencil in • his mouth. "I thought they were crazy:* he said. But he gave it a try and quickly mastered a technique.: Today, his' most noted work is the Old Mill, which took ahnost 'two :weeks to complete and is on the cover of the Ontario March of Dimes annual report. A limited edition of the Old Mill has been reprinted by the organization and is on sale for. S10. After costs, proceeds of print sale go to Alfie to supplement his disa- bility pension. Doreen gait _work about, six. years ago, when Alfie developed -dia- hetes. • Dale said he got the idea for his' sketch and numerous others from pictures; photo- graphs, and 'drives through: the. countryside. ' Since the mill print, he has - -- been commissioned, by sever- al. people 'to do' sketches. This, along with the recent lessons in oil painting shOuld . keep hini busy, during the winter months, when the snow keeps him indoors. For Seaforth residents, the • sight of Alfie roaring around their •quiet streets in his electric wheelchair is' a com- mon -one. He uses the street, be- cause the sidewalks are too= rough. and the curbs prevent him from crossing Streets. He controls the chair by' using a J.nouth switch. Last Spring, • he lobbied -town council for curb cuts along the main street so' he could go downtown in his wheelchair from his Chalk Street home. And they were installed. "I know;.:around here_ypn, just couldn+:4'-get-• /better people:* he said praising the community support' he, has encountered since moving to the town about four years ago. . Providing TOSC II units to others like Alfie Dale is`" a goal that the •Ontario March of Dimes has set for 1980. But the /number of units,' worth about $3,500 each, will, depend on the success of the annual appeal in ,January'., Ripley Bantams. .40*e ,consOktiort. trophy BY MRS. ELAINE POLLOCK The Con,solation Trophy at the Paisley Bantam Tournament came to Ripley on the weekend. The Bantam ----LA's lost their - first game to Thornton 3-1, with 'Larry Coiling get- ting our lone tally from Mike "Mpgre and Paul Harris'. In their -next game, they defeated Lucknow 4- 2. Goals were spread around, with Mike Moore, Kevin Boyle, Danny MacDonald and Captain Gary Rutledge getting them. Assists went to Larry Coiling two,-'and John Hawrylyshyn, PaUl Harris and Jeff Scott getting one each. In their last gam e cfor the trophy, the boys doUbled Mild- may 6-3. Keyin Boyle was the big scorer, getting four goals and one assist. Mike Nicholson got one goal and five assists, and Jeff Scott got one goal and one assist. Gary, Rutledge, Larry Coiling and Eric Vander Glas each made other assists. Congratulations! In their league games, the Ripley Bantams tied Mildmay 6-6: Kevin Boyle scored , twice and -made one assist, Jeff Scott scored twice, Captain Terry Irwin scored one and made one assist, Mike Moore scored one, while Gary Rutledge, Paul Keelan and Eric Vander Glas made assists. They had another Clime game against Teeswater. Gary Rutledge, scoring from Eric Vander Glas, opened the game, and in the second period Terry Irwin scored unassisted.' Teeswater replied, but Larry Coiling s,cored unassisted to open the third period. Teeswater tied it up, but Jeff Scott took a pass from Paul Keelan and Gary Rutledge to score the winner. In another game against Mildmay, Ripley won 6-1. Again, the goals were spread around, with Larry Coiling getting two, Kevin Boyle one and two assists, Paul Keelan one and one, Mike Moore one goal, Mike Nicholson one, Danny MacDonald ..two ,assists, Gary Rutledge two assists, Shawn Morrison one, Jeff Scott one, and Eric Vander Glas ' one. In a play-off game against Teeswater, Ripley lost a close 3-2. Kevin Boyle scored, from Terry Irwin and Jeff Scott, and Terry Irwin scored the last goal of the game unassisted. In Atom "A' play, Teeswater defeated Ripley two games in 'a row. The first was 2-1, with Todd Farrell scoring from Blair Scott and Stephen Keelan, The next night the score was 5-2, with Stephen Keelan scoring both' Ripley goals unassisted. In Pee Wee "A" action, Ripley took Mildmay two games straight in OMHA playoffs. In the first 6-2 game, Mitch Twolan got a hat trick and made two assists, Geoff Denstedt got two goals and one assist, and Danny Wood got one goal and :one assist. Todd Walden led the assists with three, while Kent Lowry, Eddie 'Moore and Todd Hunter each made one. The next game was a' 10-3 victory. Todd Hunter led with a hat trick and two assists, followed by Danny Wood with two and two, Robert Campbell With one goal and four assists, Todd -- Walden with one and onee Mitch Twolan one and, one, Kent Lowry one and One, and Eddie Moore with one goal. Assists went to Randy Collins with three, . and Geoff Denstedt one. In the first game against Tiverton, the score was tied 5-5 at' the end of overtime play. Todd Hunter got two goals and one' assist, Eddie Moore one goal and two assists, Captain Robert - Campbell one goal and one assist, and Mi. a Twolan one goal. Danny Wood made three assists, and Geoff - Den-- .stedt one, The second game was again close. Mitch Twolan, from Todd Walden, scored the opening goal in the second period, and Tiverton scored in the third period. With three minute remaining in the overti period, Danny Wood s ored the, winner unassist d. The other defensemen on the team are Jeff Godfrey and ,Kent Lowry, and Ken Thompson was in goal. John Wood and Murray Thompson are the coach and Manager. The Ripley Midgets defeated Lucknow 4-3. Lucknow opened the game, but Camille Poirer, from Harold Peet tied it 'up'.. Paul Irwin, from Dave Gamble and Mervin Storey, started the goals in the second period, but Lucknow Went ahead with two more goals. The third period belonged to Ripley however, as Dave Gamble took a pass from brother Brian for the tieing ,goal, and then Ian Elliott, - from Camille Poirer and Harold Peet, tipped in the winner. Scott McLean and Guy Dahmer are the goalies for this team. The other members- are: Jamie Hunter, John Macintosh and Jeff Stanley. Brent Armstrong took over from Keith Denstedt as coach, and Tom Stevenson- is the manager. The Juvenile Girls are continuing to improve, Turn to_page 276