HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-03-04, Page 6�. I D WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4. 1987
Blyth Standard
Kathy makes it through part tine
By Kathy Bromley
BLYTH - A pleasant hello to all of my
friends and readers back in Clinton, Blyth
a d surrounding areas. I've been receiving
s many cards and letters from everyone
a I thought I would get off my back and in-
form everyone how I am coming along. This
is the least I can do to repay everyone for
making my days and helping the time go by
so much quicker, with all their kindness ex-
pressnd, and also shown back home helping
Bev and the boys.
As of Sunday, I have hit the seven week
mark, having been allowed home twice - for
seven days all together. It doesn't seem that
long, though, time is going quickly.
Today I am feeling the best I have since I
underwent my surgery a week ago Friday.
Now don't misunderstand me though, this
isn't the major surgery I will be undergoing
later on. The major surgery will be in about
three months time, after my head has heal-
ed from having sub-durals implanted bet-
ween my skull and my brain. This surgery
wasn't planned for until a few weeks ago.
IcAr4Q4e 4 ,
EVENING CLASSES:
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 1
- 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. J
AFTERNOON CLASSES
Monday and Wednesday
12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
•FIRST CLASS FREE
•CUSTOM WORK & FIRING
•OVER 300 DIFFERENT
PIECES OF GREENWARE 8 BISQUE
8 FINISHED PRODUCTS
ALSO
Regal & Gifts Sales Representatives
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL
SUE BOLGER AT
482-7932
147112'ijii,
482-7103
Sam to
d 12 '!don tti.unch)
sday'9ttte Nin
Aria fVftmatt)
Saturday am o N.
..moat
sunder z °t1b'
CLIO*
"IN
i
•
•
ES
TOWN VARNA"
The operation itself took three and three
quarter hours to implant eight "leadeto the
brain. This is one step further than the
telemetry that I had been connected to
previously.
Why I -use the verb connected is exactly
how the leads were placed then. Numerous
leads are glued to your head and the EEG
machine picks up any abnormal electrical
activities going on in the brain. It shows the
difference in your brainwaves when
everything is normal and displays the dif-
ference in waves prior to and during a
seizure. This shows where the over -activity
occurs.
As I mentioned in a previous letter, I am
hooked to a machine for three days and have
a rest on the fourth day. Then I am hooked
up again. The cords are long enough that
you can be up wandering around in the unit.
Unfortunately, with the sub-durals, you are
confined to the bed other than to go to the
washroom. Today I don't feel like lying
down, so what better solution is there for fill-
ing in time than to do some writing?
Twin City
School of
Hairstyling
Waterloo, Ont.
•Hairstyling
•Barbering
•Ear Piercing
• Make-up
55 Erb St., East
t4=;A-iV 886-6305
Monday to Friday
8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Classes start 1st of every month
After being on the EEG machine and hav-
ing my medications lowered, I finally had
numerous seizures in one week. Unfor-
tunately, the required data to confirm their
suspicions didn't show up as clearly as the
doctors were hoping. This is why I am at the
stage that I am now at. The sub-durals pick
up overactivity much better — it is much
more precise.
What we are all patiently waiting for I or
at least: that, was the case at one point, now
I'd be more apt to say "impatiently") are
few seizures again. Things are too relaxed
here — no stress and tension with everyone
being so good to me! So, I thought I'd make
like my article had a deadline to be met and
maybe this will get me going! When it hap-
pens, it happens, I guess.
I am now the 25th patient to be on the sub-
durals, since they began last May. One thing
about it is that I feel light-headed, yet my
head is continuously aching. The reason for
the light-headedness being that I had to
have all of my hair shaved off 'and I now
have a brush -cut under the dressing. What I
can see when I push the dressing back, is
that my hair is coming in much darker!
One thing about it, as Bev stated to some
friends who were in on Friday, was that I
could wash my hair anytime I wished. Even
I looked at him and asked what he was talk-
ing about because my head is always
covered with dressing. He then went on to
say that all I have to do is take my hair
( which they saved for me) out of the bag,
wash it and hang it up to dry! !
It will be growing in fairly good and then
bingo, I will possibly be having the surgery,
only to have it removed again! But, that's
the least of my worries, for I'll cope with
anything if it means eliminating my
seizures!
Before I could be hooked up, I had to
undergo a memory test. This was primarily
due to the fact that it will be a portion of my
memory that has to be removed, where my
problem arises from.
For this test, they freeze one side of my
brain and ask me questions and I'm tested
on how well my memory works. The next
day, the other side of my brain is frozen and
the same procedures are carried out.
I was quite tense going into this and the
first day in the midst of it all, the Doctor told
me that if I had any questions or comments
I'd like to make, feel free in doing so. Well,
that I did! To break the tension I told him
jokingly that I literally had "half -a -mind to
get up and leave". That broke the ice and I
relaxed. He also asked permission to use my
phrase to other patients undergoing the
same to relax them!
Fortunately, I passed the test well and I
was able to continue on to where I am now.
Had I not passed, no more would have been
done and surgery would have been
eliminated.
So, I'll leave eugryone with the good word
the surgeon Left with us. That is he feels I
have at least a 75 per cent chance of having
my seizures cured! Believe me, it will be
wonderful and well worth all that has been
done.
I'll talk to everyone soon, hopefully in per-
son, when I get back home again.
HULLETT MINOR BALL
REGISTRATION
Saturday, March 21, '87
Londesbord Hall
10 amto3pm
Auburn Library
10 am to 1 pm
T -Ball '5. Mites & Tykes '7.50
Squirts & Pee Wees '10.00
Midgets & Bantams under
the lights '15.00
"Late registration '5.00 extra"
For information and registration
call Bob 523-4279 or George
526-7784.
ARCHIBALD, GRAY & McKAY LTD.
ONTARIO LAND SURVEYORS
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THE OPENING OF OUR NEW OFFICE
LOCATED AT:
1 NELSON STREET EAST
GODERICH, ONTARIO
N7A 1R7
519-524-5321
Toll Free 1-800-265-5594
THE OFFICE WILL BE MANAGED BY
DOUGLAS A. CULBERT B.Sc.
ONTARIO LAND SURVEYOR
Seven tables
compete in
Blyth card party
BLYTH - There were seven tables in play
during the Blyth card party on March 2,
Alice Buchanan was the winner of the
ladies' high while Ern -est Brown was the
winner for the men. The ladies' low was won
by Rita Wright while Millar Richmond was
the winner for the men. Rena Watt claimed
the ladies' lone hands spot and John
Hesselwood had it for the men.
The special table number one with four
people was Verna Glazier, Esther Moffatt,
Joe Holmes and Alvin Procter.
The next party will be held on March 9 at 8
p.m.
Blyth skater goes national
By David Emslle
BLYTH - Although she never expected to
go quite so far, Kerrie 'Shepherd and her
partner Peter MacDonald of Brussels
recently- returned from the anadian Na-
tional Figure Skating Championships held
in Ottawa.
The pair placed llth overall in the Novice
Dance Division at the national competition
that ran from February 4-8.
While she was very happy to have taken
part in the competition, the 16 -year-old stu-
dent noted that when she started skating she
didn't have competition in mind.
"When I started I just wanted to learn to
skate because my school was always going
over to the arena," she explained. "I kept
getting badges and tests, then I got a part-
ner. We just went on from their; I never ex-
pected to do anything with it."
The two have been skating together for
about three years, and Miss Shephe/d had
been skating for seven or eight years
overall. She explained they skate together
for approximately eight hours a week, and
on top of this she skates for about eight addi-
tional hours a week on her own.
To get to the nationals this pair first com-
peted in sectionals for Western Ontario.
After placing first in the sectionals, they
moved on to the divisionals that were held in
Brandon, Manitoba. In Manitoba they com-
peted with skaters from the Manitoba sec-
tion, Western Ontario and Northern Ontario.
Their second place finish here opened the
door for their trip to Ottawa.
"It's the first year we've gone to the Cana-
dians. We m@.le it to the divisionals last
year, but Peter got the chicken pox, so we
didn't get to compete," she said.
Although she was a touch nervous at the
start of the competition, she still enjoyed
herself.
"It was fun. It was quite an experience.
The first dance we were a bit nervous, but
then we calmed down for the rest of them,"
said Miss Shepherd. "The' first dance we
KERRIE SHEPHERD
weren't happy with, but the rest went quite
well." She added that, unfortunately, the
first dance is the one the judges get their im-
pressions of the skaters from.
As to her future, Miss Shepherd plans to
continue with her skating. She hopes to
skate in the novice division for one more
year before moving' up to junior.
"You can be in novice until you're 18 or
you go to the Canadians twice," she said, ad-
ding that she hopes to attend the Canadians
again next year as they are to be held in Vic-
toria, British Columbia.
SEW
THE BLYTH STANDARD
WirTSINESS DIR
BIN
Robert
Worsen
Plumbing
Heating
Sales 8 Service
Box 68, Auburn
526-7597
intott New -'
..Terme
P
Buying or Selling
The Classifieds Can
Looking for oflocnva advertising
quick results? The Closs,liads von' Phone
aha Clin on New, Record
482-3443
Of
482-7741
GENERAL
J. Richard Elliott
15191 .523-9725
LIFE
R. John FtiioU
(5191 S23-4323
ELLIOTT INSURANCE BROKERS LTD.
iNSLURANCE iN ALL BRANCHES
Established 1910
BLYTH, ONTARIO NOM 1110 519-523-4481
LIVESTOCK MORTALITY INSURANCE
PTE -
David LongstafELtd•
Optician
87 Main .St.. South. SEAFOHTH
Optometrist's and Ophthalmologist's
Proscriptions Filled Promptly
SUMMER HOURS: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. - 12 noon
Closed Wednesday & Saturdays
COMPLETE OPTICAL SERVICE 527-1303
cal BURKE
ELECTRIC Ltd.
Electrical Contractors
Appliance Soles &
Service to all makes
Refrigeration Service
Open 6 days a week
40 Years Built by Quality B Service
%gingham. OM 357-2450
Long distance
TOLL FREE 1-800-26S-3025
is
.19
4
ATIN
LYLE
YOUNGBLUT
PLUMBING
HEATING
BLYTH, ONTARIO
PIIONE 523-9585
Poster contest winners named
By Sarah Allan
BLYTH - During the public speaking
assembly last Wednesday, Blyth Legion
members Mary Lou Stewart, Clare Vincent
and Donna Govier presented awards to the
winners of the annual Legion Remembrance
Day Literary and Poster Contest.
Poster winners are: first, Kelly Cook; se-
cond, Karli Yanchus and thiPd, Jason
Elliott. The literary contest winners were:
first, Sarah Allan, second, Lori Bailey and
third, Ken Steward.
Prize money and certificates were
presented to all the winners.
P.D. Activity
By Lori Bailey
While students had a holiday on Friday,
the teachers at Blyth Public were involved
in an Emergency First Aid Course. The
course was led by Harry Haverman, a full
time employee of St. John's Ambulance.
The course was offered to prepare
teachers for any emergency situations that
may occur.
Assembly
By Amber Gelwicks
and Stepanie Lentz
On February 26, the Grade 4 class per-
formed in an assembly. The theme was
February. Part of the show featured a filrn
created by the students of Grade 4 assisted
by Mr. Marsh. There were songs, plays and
piano solos. Parents and students enjoyed
I The
BQcIr
Truth
the show.
Battle of the Voices
By Kelly Cook
On February 25 the public speaking win-
ners from Blyth and Hullett Schools met for
a speak -off, at Blyth Public School. The
Legion sponsors the speak -off every year
and awards are handed out for the winners
in the two divisions, while the first place
winner in each division moves on t» the next
level of competition.
This year the judges were Brenda Rad-
ford, Lewis Pitman and Sharon Motycka.
The winners were: junior division - first,
Mark Livermore I Hullet) ; second, Kelly
Bosman I Hullet) ; third, Christy Scott
Hullett and Jodee Medd I Blyth
In the senior division: first. Shane Taylor
Hullett ; second, Brent Howatt i Hullet)
and Kelly Cook I Blyth ). Mark and Shane
speak in Clinton, on March 7 at 9:30 a.m.
Lost heir played at Blyth
BLYTH - There were eight tables of lost
heir in play at the memorial hall here on
February. 25.
Alma Madill was the high lady, while
Alvin Snell had the high for the men. For the
low scores Edythe Snell was the winner for
the ladies while Millar Richmond was the
winner for the men.
The next games will be played on March 4
at 8 p.m.
Faberge Organic
Shampoo
or
Conditioner
600 MI
Only I ®89
Arrid
Spray
Deodorant
200 MI el Only .OU
N,.fxzema
Lip
Care
Only .59
Johnson's
Dental
Floss
50 Yards
29
Only
Aqua Fresh
Toothpaste
100 MI
Only .99
Sure & Natural
Maxi Shields
30's
Only 4.39
TRIp.�sNG LE
DISOUNT.
172 Silts Seiaser•, Fiederlein Main Corner, Clinton Main Corner, 1-:aaftartla