The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-01-18, Page 16•
' WEDNESDAY; JANUARY18, 1978:
THE LUCK$OW SENTINEL LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Board endorses using
Wintario funds
. The Huron County Board of
Education supported a
resolution • that the govern-
ment of Ontario consider
making boards of education
eligible for Wintario grants.
The Huron board°agreed with
the resolution at its regular
meeting Wednesday.
The resolution, adopted by
the Simcoe board of
education in November of
1977, asked the province to
consider making Wintario
funds available to boards to
finance needed general
purpose .rooms and library
resource centres.
The Simcoe board noted in
its request for support that,
:the ministry of education, due
to financial limitations, is
unable to fund capital
projects for school boards
other than those projects
which will .provide additional.
pupil places. Many school
boards in the province are
unable to generate finances to
take on these projects on their
own and 'are thus unable' to
provide ` the. general purpose
rooms and library centres.
Wintario funds , are
available to communities for
municipal projects not
supported by tax dollars. The
money is available for public .
projects endorsed, and sup-
ported by municipalities but
not paid for through collected
taxes or special purpose
taxes. The Wintario funds are
matched dollar for' dollar
against money collected in
the community through
donations or fund raising
projects. .
The Sirncoe, board reasoned
that the facilities it suggests
be eligible for Wintario funds
are available and used'
frequently by the general
public. Many times the
facilities in _the schools are
the only ones in the com-
munity and are used for
cultural a and recreational
activities. •
Colborne trustee Shirley
Hazlitt told the board that she
agreed in principle with the
resolution but felt that con-
struction of the facilities
should not be a priority. She
said declining enrolment in
the province is reducing the
.'need for ' construction
programs and she felt the
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Loreen and Alfie Dale display a few of his .Hasty Notes. The notes produced in several series contain
many of the well-known artist's.,sketches. The Dales have•been Seaforth residents for the past two years
and claim it is a good town for physically disabled people to reside in.
ur•it•attistheiped
by March ofDimes
A... , young...,. artist,living in
Seaforth, who is totally paralyzed
from the neck down; is looking
forward to -next summer because
of a wheelchair lift which has
been provided for him .by the
Ontario March of Dimes.
"Withthe wheelchair lift that
the March of Dimes has provided
the people of Seaforth will be
seeing a lot of me this summer,'"
says ' Alfie Dale who was paralyz-
'. ed thirteen years ago when he
,dove from a swimming raft into
. Chesley Lake outside Owen
' Sound'.
The , raft was less than three
feet above the water' and the
water 'was a considerable depth,
but the force of entering the water
from eventhis low height was
enough to fracture his neck.
The damage done to his neck
and spinal column resulted in the
paralysis and caused him to be
bedridden for an entire year.
Today . Alfie and his wife,
Loreen, who were married just
six weeks before the , accident,
are living in an old home a' block
from the main street in Seaforth.
The wheelchair, 'lift not only
allows Alfie to get in and out of
the house easily, but it .gives a
greater freedom of choice when
selecting a place to live. Up until
now Alfie was forced to consider
homes that had few or no steps
because Loreen could not get him
up a full set of stairs.
Alfie,'. who is now an accom-
plished artist, spends much of the
day creating sketches for upcom-
ing „art . sales • and for ''hasty.
notes .
His sketches include . such
subjects as fishing boats, antiqu
es, landscapes, trees and , his
favourites ubject, churches,-
Wthou*the>use of his hands or
feet, Alfie draws by holding the
drawing instrument in his teeth.
His artistic talents were not fully
realized until after. his accident.
With : the encouragement of : his
wife, • he worked and studied
continuously to develop his `tal-
ent.
It takes 'a lot of practice, to,
develop a smooth steady stroke,"-
says Alfie. • -
The mainstay of his business is
the selling of the hasty notes:
which Loreen packages in groups
often and sells . to various gift
shops and organizations that use
them for fund raising.
Unfortunately, businessis not
doing so well as it could because
of the difficulty of . getting to
customers..
"It's not that people don't like ,.
them" says Alfie, ."but rather
that we can't get 'out to the shops
and . organizations -to let 'them
know they are available."
Most of Loreen's time is spent
seeing to Alfie's needs and taking
care of their small home.
For the past three months, he
has eased up on his sketching to
study for his ham operator's
license even though he does not
have ' a ham set. •
"I enjoy taking the course for
interest sake and I hope to own a
set some day," sayd Alfie.
A:fie considers the town of
Seaforth a great ' place for
physically disabled people. The
streets have no major hills so ,his
wife can push him around town
without too much difficulty.
Alfie is hopeful that the town„of
Seaforth will one day have curb
cuts; a .method of cutting the
curbs to form a ramp that meets
flush with the road surface.
"With the curbs cut, the town
would be so, much easier to get
around," " says Alfie, "Those four
inchbumps are hard on a person
in a wheelchair ° and make it
difficult to cross streets."
Alfie is .sure that there will be
curb cuts on •the. streets of his
town soon, because the people of
Seaforth are. .sensitive 'to the
needs of the physically; disabled.
Seaforth people are .. concerned
with making their town' 'a 'place
where all residents are encourag-
ed to use the town. J
"They seem to have a people
orientation," he observes.
Making life easier for hundreds
of men and women like Alfie Dale
is what the Ontario `March of
Dimes and communities like
Seaforth are all about.
• After all, a rather small amount
of help to Alfie in the form of a
wheelchair lift, allows Alfie to be
a more active member of his
community:
IN IBth CENTURY
REV. STEPHEN HALES
SOUGHT\TO LEARN
"WITH WHAT FORCE
THE HEART
MUST PROPEL
THE BLOOD"
HE INSERTED TUBE IN
MARE'S NECK ARTERY
aL'OOD ROSE
9FEET!
HISTORY'S FIRST
MEASUREMENTBLOOD REURE