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This sketch by Seeforth':s Alfie Pale' is on the cover of the March Of
Dimes annual report.
Alfi
Seaforth artisit Alfie Dale, quadraplegie
since he was injured in diving accident 19
years ago is featured in the March of
Dimes. Annual Report.,
A sketch by Alfie entitled The Old Mill is.
on the report's front cover and a photo and..
story about the artist areonthe inside
page.
A limited edition of The OtdMill sketch`.
has been printed by the March of Dimes
and is offered for sale at 81O each. Alfie
says the sketches suitable for framing,.
make terrific Christmas. gifts: '
Seaforth people who would like to :order
a sketch can call Alfieor his wife Loreen at
527-0510.
The story on. 1t1e.in:'.the March. of Dimes.
report says: Since August 15, 1965, when'.
he dove from a swimming .raft at Chesley
Lake. Ontario, and severely,. injured his
spine, Alfie Dale has been a quadraplegic,
He was bedridden for.a year, and since
then has been confined to a wheelchair, but
Alfie and his young wife• Lorean. 'have.
cheerfully striven to overcome his dis-
ability .and to make the fullest 'life possible
for themselves:' In that process, Alfie's
latent ability to draw was discovered and,
even though he has 19st all use of his limbs
and must grip any drawing instrument with.
his mouth, he has worked•and studied con-
tinuously to develop his talent:
This talent is clearly displayed by the
sketch of the Old Mill on the front of
Ontario March of.Dimles' 1978/79 annual
¢ report. It took two weeks of steady work to
complete the sketch. Artist Attie Dale in his motorized
Alfie's studio is the living room of a wheel chair with wife 1Loreen.
quaint Seaforth, Ontario. home where he
spends hour after hour adding theintrieate
details to :landscapes. inspired by photo-
graphs and 'by trips through the sur-
.rounding; countryside.
Often he receives a<commission to sketch -
an old homestead or to produce a farm.
scene typical of the area, and his work has.
app eared on:, greeting .cards and hasti-
notes,
For a short time only, the Ontario March.
of Dimes is offering a limited edition of
Alfie's "01d Mill The. 11 x 17. prints,
Suitable for framing, can be purchased: for
Only S10.00' while'this limited edition lasts,
Each print will be personally signedand
numbered by Alfie. All proceeds from the
sale of these fine reproductions will, go to
the artist.'
DOtlAR SEASE
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By Anne Dread, CA
An excellent deal r for
homeowners • and apart- ,
ment dwellers has come
along in the form of a. new
type of insurance for home
furnishings and 'other
contents. '' .
Thin , is replacement-
value insurance,, which can
be taken as pan fan over-
all homeowner insurance
policy or added as a rider
to an existing, standard -
coverage ,policy. It is also.
available for apartment
dwellers. .
Replacement -value in,
surance has .been avail-
able for some years in the
tsenerali financial advice
by members df the Institute
of Chartered ;Accountants
of Ontario,
United •
States, and is-a►ow'
being offered by several:
Canadian insurers, For as
little as 830 per year in
additional premium you can
provide yourself with up to
four, times the standard,
insurance coverage on :your'
Household goods:
Standard home -contents
insurance covers each item
lost in a fire only for the
item's actnal Cash value_
an amount often based on
its depreciation With age. In
other words{ ' a bcdrootti.
suite for which you 'paid
11,500 five years ago might
now be Worth only about
$500 on the secondhand:
furniture 'market, and
that's what the insurer will
pay you. A brand-new,
identical suite, however,
might now • cost $2,000,
because of inflation.
Replacement' value in-
surance'. covers
n-surance.covers you for up'
to four times the cash value
of each item or, in the case
ofthe bedroom'for
suite, up
to $2,000 instead of for just.
8500. When you apply this
to all your furnishings, floor
coverings, appliances,
clothing, etc., it'• adds 'up to
a: very substantialdiffer-
ence. The only other Limit
• is the total amount of your
insurance.
What is the difference in
BX10SS11MH
"Where is the money
Ping?"
. was the gtestion
Posed by *the honourable
Monique Begin at Monday,'s,
annual meeting of the Huron:
unit and Southwestern
Dtstriet of the Canadian
Cancer $,ety:.
Theformer federal
Minister of Health and's
Welfare was talking about
the,mpney allotted by Ottawa
to 'the province* for health
care,
She suggested the:
Province$ were putting the • • •'• • h T. T t' } 3 • ?:
money received' from Ottawa .. - -
for health purposes into their
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$neral; ttseasuries and, it
n>vva, n"t a11' being used for
:.health ,as designated, by the
!federate government.
She continued, "At
'Present Ottawa Pays
percent of the total antarie
:Health ;hill.
"Health, services: are
Supposed to be free ;and 1
mean free. 'Dere should be
no nzed for extra charges
Such as user charges and:
extra fees for the chronically,
til as suggested by some, We,
are alread! Ming .as taa;:
payers and any further
charges wc., j bedouble
taxation", the former
:*inflater continued.
Ms.. Begin
i carried enr
saying, ""Prin e M in/s*e
Clark; has never given any.
views: on medicare but his;
government is proposing a.
to
Hall Commission, This is not
necessary. The facts, are
already #hereon the health
minister'* desk. It l. eft: then�k
there',"
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