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WH1TBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1990 PAGE 5 mir -Dea-r Mr. Green Thlumbs: Pm trying to b. environmentally positive these days. In the early spring I vowed our lawn would be one hundred per cent organic. So far we've been successful. But now my neighbors have begun laughing. They say that ninety per cent of my lawn is dandélions. Thyre right. I've got the best crop on the street. Nve tried dipn thein out, but always miss a littie piece of root and a eéw d later up they pop. Now they're going to meed. What'd I do? ind Hopeless Dear Hopeless: I was faced with thi., saine problem -.and it is embarrassing. You could do what I did: print a. neat littie sign which says,'My spouS weeds the lawn.'Notioe it's aise uniseL. Meanwhile, you could txy recipes for dandelion salad. And don't forget wine.- hke 1With some luck you could get the neighbor ooe on éither or both - and y'ei could SUi them harvest rights. .Let me know how it woeks. Dear Mr. ThumbEc Last week 1 read Swan's cdumn about I didn't understand it. Can yoez help me? Dear Confused: No. A.w mr.AvAL * n U u .UUJD.: Pm bilIding my own composter for the 1 there anything special I should know. Dr b-rCow: Yes. 'Iee WITH OUR FEET UP by Bill Swan Mr. Green Thumbs -Dear Mr. Thumbs: ]Pm tired of the smre old food each day.lF Md like te take a course ini gourmet cookiîq help? ecZ1 la&. Dear Tant: SignedCan I ever. My faniily boasts no lems thau Confum separate recipes for grommets. Tope in . n gomet soup. But our gomett mushr bosaa metaflic taste which wiil lace your For more information, and a copy of "Grommet Cooking Made Easy ,' send $29.95 bil% c/o this newspaper. Por variety, -DearDrofty:,. 0f course, yqure thinking about the Green Barrettes and the mhovie iby the sae naine. Both are inspired by the exploits of the flghting 69th, and their trademark of wearing a green barrett on their head. 0f course, youl have té forgive' Hollywood for a few errors in history - but hey! Who sýid reaiity makes good movies? Dear Mr. Gree i Thumbo: I just triedP adding a few dandelion leaves in my sldjust as you suggsted in the flrst item in this celumnn. Several customers complained. After I tried the salad, I can't say 1 blame thein. Did I do something, wrong? Dear Bitter .You sure did. Try washing the salad down with a quick swig.ot dandelion wine. In fact, if you can get enough dandelion wine into your customers they might even like your oelad. gCan You Dea.r Mr. Green Thiumbo: Ldatest research shows a direct correlation, whatever Signed, that is, between the electromagnetic fields murrounding' Tantalized high-tension power fimes, and the incidence of cancer and tumors. At thi. saie tims, dating from the great power n foety-five blackout of 1965, everyone knows that UFOs (flyi* ny book is saucer) are attracted to power lines, too. What doeal om sauce this mean? taste bugs. my bock, backyard. I. erM' hmi According te Hollywood, one American Army outfit %e single-handedly won the war in Viet Namn. I think John Cowabunga Wayne starred i the movie. Can you tell me more? Signed, Draft Dodger Signed, Singed Dear Si gd: 't lieymasether that residents of the planet Xanadu have tapped inte, a real cheap power source - or they're deeply into cancer research., Unless you buy the liairbrained theory, which say that what causes canicer in humans will cure it for. Xanaduians. Take your pick. Social-,workers upset with government Plan By Mike Kowalski Ontario social workers dlaim prpeed legisiation regulating he Ptrjofessions means they will no longer b. ahle te help their clients. In fact, as wording in the legsation new reads, social wor- krs may. be liable te fines and imprsonnient for merely doing their -job, ./saysi a representative for the profession. However, the governinent says social workers' concerns wiIl be addressed and any offensive wording in the legisiation remo- ved. The Durhami branch of the Ontario Association of Profes- sional Social Workers ( OAPSW) has criticized the government for recommendations contained in its Health Professions Liegisia- tion Review.' The review which took six years te compiete, is intended te, revamp the existixig Health Dis- ciplines Act and eight other pieces of legisiation governing helhcar. in Ontario. According to Drummond White, president of the. 100- mnember Durham branch, the OAPSW is «extremely concerned» that social workers will be pre- vented froin operating legaliy i the future. I a press release, White said that as the legisiation now stands, social workers wiil net be allowed te, "diagnose" their clients' problems. «Although the review may have been 'conscieus that car. had te b. taken te ensure that provisions dealing with health services inadvertently did not adverseiy affect other profes- sions,, sucli as social work, they have niissed the mark," said White. "Our legal advisor has indica- ted that statements normally made during counselling may well b. construed as diagnosis." White offered typical exam- pies. "A faxnily counsellor advises a suicidai client she suifers from depression. Or a Chldren's Aid Society worker explains te an abýused child that her reaction te child abuse is a 'poot trauxnatic stress reaction.' «Both, statements could b. typcal in these situations" said But 'the proposed legisiation will prýevent social workers from providing treatment in these and related situations, because they involve diagnoses, says the release. "There is a total ignorance by tei government of our rolè in the health delivery system etf this poice,» White told The Fre. Pre:s. «Accrdig te the act our pro- fession wilb further minimal- ized» said White, noting that Ontàrio is the only province without a specific aot governing social workers. "They say were more of a social service, not a profession." White said the. association locally is comprised of linical social workers, faniily counsel- lors and social services workers. About half, are psychiatric social workers employed at either the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital or Oshawa Genera] Hospital. Ironically, in order to b. accre- %OSCAR>TES 0 Orange Roughy e Roast Pdmne Beef e New York Steak n' Shilmps eBrolled Seafood Plate$9 9 (Sole. Shflmps. Scallops) The Above Includes Caesjr Sclad & Gaflia Bread Banquet Facilities Available __ dited i Ontario, every hospital must have a social worker on staff said White. "Bt the ministry does not want te acknowledge our contri- butions. 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