Times-Advocate, 1988-01-06, Page 7LEVEE ENTERTAINERS - The Thames
Levee at the Olde Town Hall. From the left
Road Players provided musical
are Harry Jeffrey, Bill Rohde, Jean
entertainment at Friday's New Year's
Hodgert, Ray Cann and Ken Duncan.
New Year's holiday visitors
By MRS. HEBER DAVIS
So:ntsbury
Rev. Beverly Wheeler was in
charge of morning prayer at St. Pa-
trick's Church.. Nadine Bedell was
reader, and Sheryl Carroll pianist.
Rev. Wheeler took her text from
the Gospel for the day. St. John 1 -
first verse "In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God
and the Word was God". Service
next Sunday. is planned for 11:00
a.m.
This community received word of
the death of Hermon Atkinson of
London, Friday. He lived in this
community for many years on the
farm at the corner of the fourth con-
cession of Biddulph and the town
line.
He attended school and church
here. He is survived by his widow
Ethel (Carroll) Atkinson, two sons
and one daughter. Many from this
area visited the Evan's funeral home -
in London to show their respect.
I entertained five ladies on New
Year's Eve - Voyle Jordan, Mabel
Needham, Greta Gibson, Mcrna
O'Neil and Muria] Cobleigh.
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New Year's Day guests with Mr.
and Mrs. Michael Davis, Crystal
and Harley were Mrs. Dorothy Die-
trich, Con and Linda Foran and fam-
ily, Donna and Mike Martin and
Michelle.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott McRoberts,
Exeter also Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Love, Varna, were guests_ during the
week. -
Mr. and Mrs. Don Abbott, Mani-
toulin, visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Barker this past week and were
joined by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hardy
and Ed Ryan New Years Eve for
dinner.
Mrs. Voylc Jordan and Mary Da-
vis were New Years guests with
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Davis.
Mrs. Heather MacGillivray, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Davis and Mary Da-
vis visited the "Evans" funeral
home Saturday evening.
Mrs. Lillian Brendley, Mrs. Helen
MacDonald, Lucan, Jack Dickins,
Exeter, Howard Dolan, Watford,
were Sunday guests with Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Greenlee. -
Cancel 'Merely Players
The touring production of Merely
Players, which was scheduled to be
performed on The Grand Stage on
Sunday, January 31, 1988, has been
cancelled. The cancellation an-
nouncement -was made aftcr 28 per-
formances of Merely Players had
-been completed. Although the pro-
duction has been received every-
where with enthusiastic reviews and
standing ovations, ticket sales have
failed to meet the show's modest
production and running costs.
Barry Morse, who wrote the one-
man play. was scheduled to perform
tl
Merely Players in over 100 comm.u-
niues across Canada with the intent
of raising money for the newly -
formed Performing Arts Lodges of
Canada. The aim of this disadvan-
taged members of the performing
arts industry. -
Refunds for all tickets purchased
at The Grand Theatre are now being
issued. Patrons who have not yet re-
ceived their refund should contact
The Grand Theatre Box Office, 471
Richmond Street, London, Ontario
N6A 3E4, (519) 672-8800.
Comedy at Grand Theatre
The Grand Theatre kicks off the
New Year with Filthy Rich, a so-
cial comedy by Canadian playwright.
GeorgeF. Walker. Opening January
8 and running until January 30,
Filthy Rich is directed by Martha
Henry and stars Jay Brazcau, Peter
Donaldson, Michael Fawkes, James
Haworth, Astrid Roch, Gabrielle
Rose, K. Recd Needles and Edward
J. MacNeil. Set and lighting are de-
signed by Phillip Silver with cos-
tumes by Marvin Schlichting. Mu-
sic is composed and directed by
Oliver Whitehead. Assistant Direc-
tor of this production is Diana Le-
Blanc.
In Filthy Rich, elements of film
noir and social comedy are com-
bined with brilliant special effects,
to create a fascinating and entertain-
ing evening of theatre. The play
takes its reluctant hero, Tyrone M.
Power, on a desperate search for
truth through a world of political
intrigue, rich and beautiful young
women, and corrupt and dangerous
men. Armed only with his wits, and
aided by an over-cager sidekick,
Power gradually unravels the scorns
of ... the filthy rich.
January 6, 1988
Trained through March of Dimes agency
Page 7
•Disabled in computer job market
Disabled adults are breaking into
.he-quu kly.-growing- microcomputer
job market.
At the Ontario March of Dimes,
38 students have mastered skills
ranging from word processing to of-
fice automation. The agency runs a
two-year training programme which
incorporates job placements. In Jan-
uary, a new programme will in-
struct disabled adults in the opera-
tion of business computer
programs. At present, thesepro-
grams serve as prototypes for voca-
tional rehabilitation of disabled
adults across the province.
"Many severely disabled students
access the power of the microcom-
puter by using simple aids such as a
key guard, a finger splint, a head
stock or a mouth stick," said Ingrid
Lehmann, Project Manager of the
Microcomputer Applications Train-
ing Program.
"Some students also use a huge
keyboard called a King Keyboard
which . assists adults with motor.
control disabilities, such as severe
cerebal palsy," she said.
• Over the : two six-month terms,
students learn the essentials of com-
puters and gain a firm grounding in
word processing programs, a spread-
sheet program and database manage-
ment. In two alternating field place-
ments lasting six months each, they
work for companies ranging from
Imperial Oil to a local food bank.
Tom Neil, 24, is one of 23 stu-
dents now enrolled in the pilot pro-
ject. In May of 1981 he had a div-
ing accident which left him a
quadriplegic. He has completed one
computer job placement since com-
ing to study with the Ontario March
of Dimes.
"I just finished a placement at To-
ronto City Hall finance department
and it was great," Neil said.
Curtis Fraser, -a student from.
North Bay, Wilt be working at -a
placement inToronto General Hos-
pital in January. Fraser, who has ce-
rebral palsy, views his placement as
a real opportunity to prove what he
can do.
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• The real work is not always left
to the --students. Projtct manager student but
remarked,
"The hardest part isn't the teach-
ing --it's finding firms who are will-
ing to offer s udent placements."
"Once the placement is made, par-
ticipatingcompanies are glad to
have one of our students," she said.
Graduates have found jobs in gov-
ernment and business:
Lehmann explained how special-
ized instruction is crucial to help
disabled adults crack difficult com-
puter programs.
"If a physical, disability prevents
this learning, a person may have to
learn theseconcepts in another way
as an adult," she said.
A disabled computer consultant
designed the databases for the Ot-
tawa Regional Office of the Ontario
March of Dimes.
"We hired Jonathan Burgess as.a
summer because his ex-
pertise was so great, and we needed
our office automated, we signed him
on for a one-year contract. Now our
office is automated," said Lisc
Boucher, a counsellor with the Ot-
tawa office.
The Provincial Ontario March of
Dimes Ability Fund campaign run
from January- 1 to February 28. The
target is 51.2 million dollars to
fund Ontario March of Dimes pro-
grams.
"The funds will be used for com-
puter training, for vocational reha-
bilitation, camping. programs, home
support care, and assistive devices
such as wheelchairs in communities
all across the province," said Harry
Lawson, chairman of the Ontario -
March of Dimes fund raising, com-
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er Applications Training Program of the Ontario March of Dimes in summer,
1987, uses a specially designed King Keyboard to gain access to a micro-
computer.
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