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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004. PAGE 9.
Palliative Care
finalizes plans
for Wings of Dove
FROM BELGRAVE
8 tables
in play
at shoot
party
There were eight tables of shoot
in play on Friday, Oct. 8 in the
Belgrave Community Centre.
Winners were: high lady, Irlma
Edgar; second high , lady, Jean
Deyell;most shoots, Janet Mathers;
low lady, Alice Nicholson; high
man, Richard Moore; second high
man, Joanne MacDonald; most
shoots, Jim Coultes; low man. Freda
Scott.
The next shoot is Friday, Oct. 22
at 1:30 p.m.
There is euchre every Wednesday
night at 8 p.m. in the Women's
Institute Hall.
When I was about the age of 10, I
liked to imagine Superman coming
to get me — he would pick me up in
his chiselled arms and we would just
fly away. I would leave all my
clumsiness and embarrassment
behind, and feel the safety and
energy of the man of steel,
Christopher Reeve.
Christopher Reeve was my first
movie-star crush. He was best
known for his lead role in the
Superman movies, and will be
remembered as an activist for spinal
cord research. Nine years ago,
Christopher became a quadriplegic,
after a devastating horse-riding
accident. I felt horrible for
Christopher because of all he had
lost, and how he' would have to
struggle to cope with life.
Human beings are not given the
choice of whether to live or die, but
life does present us with the choice
of what to do with it, and for
Christopher, his inspiration and
advocacy for other persons confined
to wheelchairs in North America
made .his life, both mentally and
emotionally, worth living.
However, Christopher's \physical
life was very hard. His entire body
was dead: he could not function
without tubes, and he could not
breathe on his own. Yet, his spirit
remained a powerful force, and he
vowed that he would walk again. He
Final plans for the Wings of a
Dove Campaign were made at the
November meeting of the Wingham
and Area Palliative Care board of
directors.
Young people from the Christian
Reformed Church in Lucknow have
offered to stuff over 8,000 envelopes
on Tuesday, Oct. 19, which will then
be mailed to the surrounding area
early in November,
Palliative Care board members
will then treat the young people to a
pizza party for their services. Many
of the young people will use those
hours as a part of their volunteer
hours for high school.
The board is hopeful that people at
every residence will read the
information on our pamphlet, and
any donation would be appreciated.
- Executive director Kathy Procter
reported that the Level 1 Course has
just been completed with eight
participants. Level I is required to
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen editor
At the Monday night meeting of
North Huron council, the purchase
of a camera to detect sewer problems
was approved.
Director of public works Ralph
Campbell explained that the camera,
which has a 200-foot cable,
underwent electrical stimulation of
his muscles and gained the ability to
move his index finger, as well as
feeling sensation in other parts of his
body.
On Oct. 10 Christopher's life
ended by heart failure due to an
infection from a bed sore. He will be
dearly missed by family, friends, and
the areas of spinal cord study.
Seeing opportunity, Christopher had
decided to use his celebrity to
increase awareness and funding of
disabilities like his, and to lobby for
stem-cell research.
Christopher remained a powerful
activist right to the end. During the
presidential debates in the United
States, Christopher had phoned
Senator John Kerry to tell him that
more emphasis should be placed on
stem-cell research. Two days later,
Christopher had died.
"On a breezy day I'll look at the
wind in the trees and realize what a
great day it would be to be sailing in
Maine," Christopher once said as he
looked out a window of his home.
"Or I look at the puffy clouds and
think, 'I'd love to be gliding again.'
Sometimes I'll say that to somebody
nearby . .. and then I'll let it go."
When I read these words, I can
feel his despair, but sense his
strength of moving on. He had an
intense spirit — he was, and still is my
hero.
become a volunteer with palliative
care.
A grief recovery program is
currently being offered with six
taking part in this service.
Mrs. Procter has also planned the
workshop on ethics in palliative care
that was held on Wednesday, Oct. 13
in Clinton.
Currently the Wingham and Area
Palliative Care volunteers are
assisting over 50 families in the area
with support and caring.
Looking ahead, the board set dates
for activities which will be held in
2005.
Plans will start in January for
several fundraising events which
hopefully will involve local
communities, one being the Hike for
Hospice, usually the first Sunday in
May.
The next board meeting will be
Nov. 16 in the Terrace Room of the
Wingham and District Hospital.
monitor/VCR unit and
radiodetection transmitter and
receiver would mean "we wouldn't
be digging up areas we don't need to.
We can identify exactly where the
problem is."
The $20,000 cost would be offset
by the fact that that camera would
mean less problems would fall to the
township. "Everyone assumes first
that the problem is ours. However,
we've done 20 jobs this year and
about half of them we didn't need to
do. It turned.out they were actually
the landowner's problem."
Wingham sewers Campell said,
are vulnerable as they are old clay
tiles, so tree roots can penetrate
through holes. "We have so many
repairs in Wingham and with this we
only haye to repair what we need
to."
Also Campbell said, the camera
pinpoints the problem so they
wouldn't have to "dig up a mile of
sewer to locate the problem."
The camera has a warranty of one
year.
At the grill
John Richmond, left and Ken Pennington cooked pancakes
at the Belgrave brunch on Sunday morning. The local
Kinsmen received a Trillium grant of $9,000 which was
used to purchase a barbecue and 12-foot enclosed trailer.
Also on their purchase list is a fryer and washstand. (Vicky
Bremner photo)
FLU SHOT
CLINIC
Patients of
DR. KEITH HAY
Flu Vaccines are now available.
Please call for an appointment.
Dr. Hay - 482-5512
N. Huron approves
camera purchase