The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-01-18, Page 15WEDNESDAY; JANUARY 1.8,1978 °
THE LUCK,NOW SENT, .L,. LUC.,�KNOW, ONTARIO
Board endorses using
Wintano 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 fund's are
available to communities for
rnun.icipal. 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 specials purpose
taxes. The Wintario funds are
matched dollar for' dollar
against money . collected in
the community through
donations or fundraising
projects. ;
The Simcoe 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 andare used for
cultural and recreational
activities. • °
Colborne trustee Shirley
Hazlitttold 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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PAGE FIFTEEN
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.
.Huron. artist helped.
by March of. Dimes
A young .artist, living . in
Seaforth, who is totally paralyzed
from the neck down, is looking -
forward to next summer because
of a wheelchairlift which has
been provided for him .by the
OntarioMarch of Dimes.
"With the 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 even this low height was
enough to fracture his heck.
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 sketches include such
Subjects as fishing boats, antiqu-
es, landscapes, trees and his
,favourite subject, churches.
Without 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
of ten and sells to various gift
shops and organizations that use
them for fund raising.
Unfortunately, business its 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 rip 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.
' Attie 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 cuttilig 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
inch burpps are hard on a person
in a wheelchair. and make it
difficult to cross streets.'
Alfie is sure that there will be
curbcuts 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.
",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 Marcih, 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.
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