The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-12-16, Page 36PAGE 16A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1976
Deb orah .Scott •
(continued from page 1A)
has been outstanding," Mrs.. Scott says.
And the first "patterning"•sessions each.
day are now carried out right at Queen
.Elizabeth School through the volunteer
services of the local Kinettes.
Deborah's day of patterning begins. at
school with three sessions, one every
half hour. Then at home. betw.een'1 p.rn.
and 5 p.m: sheds patterned nine more
times, again once every half hour. On
Saturdays and Sundays she is patterned
nine times.
A patterning lasts five minutes .and the
volunteers, including 119 students from
the Goderich and District Collegiate
Institute. work one hour shifts in teams
of three. '
Deborah lies face down on a table. A
volunteer can one side takes, an arm and a
leg. a teammate does likewise on the
opposite side. The third worker turns her
head. Together. Deborah , and the
volunteers. go through the "patterning"
which duRlicates movements made • in
crawling.
•The„volunteers, mostly (though not
all) women. come from all walks of life
and are organized under the direction of
four .team captains: Audrey Timbrell,
Mary Hyle, Kay Prevett and Joan
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott say the response to
their request for assistance has been a
"real encouragement"• .
MORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Goderich has indeed shown its interest
and willingness to lend Support, but as
organizer Audrey Timbrell points out,
.t,pe quota of volunteers is not yet full.
"What .we need now," she explains,
"'are volunteers who could fill in for our
regular workers > especially on short
notice and especially for the af-
ternoon sessions.”
There are also a number of spaces still
open for regular workers and anyone
who could fill inover the Christmas and
New Y.,ear period while' volunteers are
away.
Arvid so the volunteers will come and
go, three every.hour, four to five hours
per day, seven days per week for the
next two months. Then, in February.
Deborah and her parents will travel once
more to the Institute facilities in
Philadelphia. Another series of tests and
evaluations will be carried out and her
progress measured.
Depending on the degree of that
progress, if indeed there is awn , a new,
seriesU •of"`pattern
s' wi11 b introduced
and Deborah will come home and begin
work again with her volunteer helpers: •
Though it is known to have worked for .
.others, no One knows yet if "patterning"
will work for Deborah. Meeting the little
girl though, is enough to shake the
convictions of even the mo'st,pessimistic.
Bright - eyed and aware, she has full
control of her sight and hearing. Seated
on her father's knee, leafing through a
mail order catalogue, she can pick out
designateditems with ease.
"Where is the refrigerator Deborah?"
Bob Scott asks and she points to the
refrigerator. `-`Can you show me the
cheese in the refrigerator?", and
Deborah points tb the cheese.
In tests conducted `at the Philadelphia
Institute she even .showed an ability to
read. There seems little doubt that her
I.Q. is average or above and that her
mental _development is on a par with, or
in advance of, other seven -year-olds.
The profile developed during testing at
the Institutes for• the Achievement of
Human Potential show that only the area
of Deborah's brain responsible for motor
control seems to be affected. As a result
she has only spastic control of her limbs
and cannot speak for lack of control over
her tongue and throat.
But after only a week of "patterning"
there seems to •be early signs of im-
provement. Mrs. Scott asked Deborah to
demonstrate her "patterning" for a new'.
volunteer on Friday and, with much
effort the child went through the motions
on her own: On Sunday she managed to
sit, without aid„ in an ordinary chair.
True; those are small steps. But for
Deborah, her parents andher volunteer
helpers, they are triumphs. The future
will be a long series of such small steps
forward until Deborah achieves her
human potential.
Douglas Moffett wins fIrst
Goderich Township Council
awarded $20 first prize money
to Douglas Moffett at the last
regular meeting after the
youngster had his impression
of a township crest selected
as the winner in a township
sponsored contest. Township
council , and the recreation
committee co-sponsored 'the
competition to attempt to get
ideas .from residents young
and old on what'a crest should
look like:
The contest was divided
into`two-divisitons, 14 yeas s of --
age and younger and 14 and
over. Fifty entries , were
received in the junior division
and none in the senior. Six
winners were selected by 'the
reccommittee and council
announced their, cash .win-
nings at the last meeting.
' Moffett • received the $20
prize, David Lobb $10 and
- Scott -Wilson, Jane ....Farrott,..
Cheryl Thompson and Dave.
Johnston $5 each for their
designs.
'Township' Reeve Gerry
Ginn said the winning' crest
would not necessarily be
chosen for the final design,,
adding the ultimate decision
would be made by council and
• the rec committee. He said
the contest was held to spark
public input into the crest
design and to get ideas on
what it should look like. He
added he did not know when
the final draft of the design
would he ready promising it
would be handled "whenever
we get time".
In. other, business council
concurred with a ministry of . hour zone and if the ministry .
• transportation and . com7 follows through on its
munications . suggestion to suggestion it will be reduced .
reduce the ,speed .limit on 10 mph. The area.in question
Highway 21 at the northern is about a half mile section of .
limits of Bayfield. '• The, road. • -
ministry told council. in a Council also passeda bylaw
letter that -.it felt a hazard,, to ,impose a tile drain
existed on the curving debenture -on Robert Kelly -
roadway and bridge near the ' and issued one building
• Bayfield Marina and harbor. permit to Claire Cox for a
The area is now a 50 mile per mobile home.
CHESS CLUB SEWS
Inclement • •'weather. .last
week postponed the tour-
nament with Douglas' Point
and cut into attendance of the
regular merinbers.'--However,
twelve members did brave
the storm and 14_ games were
played. .
The •only change in the
regular' standings occurred in
the toplevel with Louis
Stadelmann playing_ and
winning four games to 'surge
into third place. Jim Kingsley
also won his two games to
trail Louis by only .023
percent.
In the third. 'Level a real
battle for first place has
developed between the Gower
boys with Barry Page not far
behind. Larry Gower won his
only game of the night to pull
within .020 of his'brother Jim.
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Barry Page broke his losing
streak with his fifth victory of
the season to,.raise his per-
centage by 15 points. '
In the honorary -division
Kirk Lyndon finally got on the
winning track with his first
victory of the season.
However Kirk is a strong
enough player topick up
many more wins before this
season is over.
We wish to Welcome a new
member to the club Charles
Cook. Charles started in the
club with. a very busy and
successful evening winning
four of his' six games!. -.
We still need more mem-
bers so if you are interested in
playing • chess contact Jim
Kingsley at 524-9019 for
details.
The • standings as of
December 8, 1976 are as
follows:
LEVEL 1
W L D Pct.
C. MacDonald 12 0 0 1.000
D. Weary . 13'-2 0 .867
• L. Stadelmann 17. 4 1 .795
J. Kingsley —17 5 ..773
B. Dick .. 7. 3 .773
LEVET., 2.
B. Miller .....13 5 0 '
D. Bogie ' 10 5 1
IS. Hassan • 5 4 1
D. 13rindley 6 .6 0
N. Gantner 5 8 0
LEVgL3
J. Gower 6 12 0
L. Gower 5 11 0
B• Page 5 15 0
R.
Vanderlinde .. 4 15 0
M. Page 0' 17. 0
HONORARY
MEMBERS
D. Little 6 2 0
M. Koszycki 3 1 • 1
C. Cook 4 2 0
J. Kloeze 4 4 0
D. Kloeze • 4 '6 .0
K. Lyndon 1 5 1
P. Herlufsen .: 2, 8 0
R, DeLeary: , . 0 4 0
R. Scott 0 5 0
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This young pussycat wasn't impressed with being on a float in the Santa Claus Parade
but probably managed a smile after a trip to Santa's Court. (staff photo)
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