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~oucilsecsneed for mental health services While praising the installa- tion of a crisis intervention unit at Oshawa General Hospital, a spokesmnan for the Durham District Health Council, says more action is needed ta M11 the gaps in men- tal health services for the region. Fred Horne, executive assistant of the Health Coun- cil says altjiough the crisis in- terventios! unit was the number one priority, better Scounselling, support services, rehabilitation and after<care are needed for patients in the region with mental health problems. The Ontario MLnistry ,of Health gave approval iný December for the OGH to start a 24-heur "crisis in- tervention unit. " The program, which is te cost more than $178,000 will immediately attend te the needs of patients with emo- tional distress or psychiatric disorders whxo walk into the hospital's cmcrg.ncy depart- ment. Hospital officiaIs say these Christia n Hiîgh School (Centinued from page 6) large extent on a "change of heart" on our part. We al have te learn te open our hearts and lives to need, whether that need be thousands of miles away or right next door. With thut in mi, Thursday of the work is a special "get involved- day: Ail the students and staff members will be help- ing, visiting and serving needy people in their own communities of Rowman- ville, Newcastle, Orono, Li ndsay/ Peter borough, Cobotwg, Oshawa and Whit- by. They plan on visiting hospitals, nursing homes, elderly couples, and needy in- dividuais. Sponsors will be solioied from the general pub1qc to support their work wit4 all monies te be donated te a worthy cause. Special Emphasis Week is a major highlight of the school year at Durham. Students look forward te the change of pace, the epportunity to learn in a concentrated way, te meeting visitors and guests. Attendance and par- ticipation is compulsory, along with the keeping of a special "journal" in which they share their thoughts and reactions throughout the week. Many students are in- volved in the planning of the activities through represent a- tien on the Steering Commit- tee and in the actual im- plementatien of the plans. Vîsiters are net only welcome but eagerly desired. The school offers a special visiters lounge where free coffee and light lunches will be served. In addition a babysitting service is provid- ed in the student lounge dur- ing ail major session s. De make an effort te cerne and join Lis! For more informa- tion you mray 'contact the school at 623-5940. patients need special care, but are currently funneled threugh the emiergency wardý just lbce any orner patient. The crisis intervention unit is expected te be eperating by the end of January and will offer -short-teîia treatment and counsclling, followed by, refermaI to apprepriate îpsvchiatric consultation., Horne said similar types of units are needed in outlying areas of the region, such as Uxbridge, Port Perry, Newcastle and Brock Township. He said mobile units te serve these areas may offer the best solution. Homne said the council's priomities for this year include trying te establish services where none exist now and te co-ordinate services in areas wheme they do exist. "There are 31, organiza- tiens in the region which of- fer mental health services and they could be 'better, ce- ordinated." He said the counicil has identifiçd areas in which agencies such as the Cana- dian Mental Health Associa- tion, John Howard Society and various distress centres can werk together te avoid duplication of services. *"They provide excellent services, but they need te be better co-ordinated," hie said. "In a tinie of restraint, we're trying te reach the max- imum number o f individuals." He said with more people requiring help each year, duplicate servces are a luxury, that can net be afforded any more. He added that many of these changes can be made without a sign. He said a "case co- ordination system" is another priority item.Such a system would previde a cein- mon documentation of records and would result in quicker and better assessment of the patient. "We have te avid people getting lest in the systemn and also reduce the dependency on institutions as much as possible" he said. "Our basis aim is te reduce the-number of individuals in hespitals and the length of their stay." He said many of these changes can be made without additienal funds threugh te- organization. He praised last year's reorganization at the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital which has resulted in more treamlined admitting pro- cedures. Donald Wasylenki, the psychiatrist i n chief at the hospital, said the reorganiza- tien, which was done within the present budget, means better short-term assessment and treatment because pa- tients are admitted and treated very rapidly. "It means patients don't stay in here for years and years as in the past. " he said. "We want te put more emn- phasis on rehabilitation and teaching skills to adjust them better te cemmunity life." e, -Oshawa Times Ontario's. art galleries in AskOntarians to describe ent weather for centuries to «Indian art» and somne will came. These are the picto- talk of Inuit paintings and graphe stili found in so seapstane carvings. Others many of Ontarios provin- might mention the totem cial parks. poles of Canada's- West If the rock- was --fi Coast tribes. enough, the images were There is, however, a carved with sharply pointed whole worl-d of lesser known atone tools. Such express- native art right at our door- ions are'called petroglyphs. step - that of the early Great The images found in On- Lakes Indians. tario's rock art are frequent. The best examples of this ly the same as the abstract work are flot found in art motifs etched on birchbark galleries and souvenir -seroils, canoes, hunting shops, but-in «wilderness art thols, drums and other ritual galleries» in our own pro- objects and stitched, quilled vincial parks. and woven into varieus per- Either carved or painted sonal belongings. in red ochre on stone- Fromn mid-October of much of it tucked away in 1984 until January 6 of special places _. the rock art 1985, the McMichael Cana- of some early Great Lakes dian Collection in Klein- tribes consists of master- burg, Ontario, is exhibiting piecs tat re ccesibe . to one of the finestcollections ees th ae. acsibet of nineteenth century art in- Art has always been an in- digenous te the Great tegral part of Indian life on Lakes. The display called the Great Lakes. Frequent- %Patterns of Power», con- ]ythee frstOntrioartists sise largely of artifacts col- used the surface of rocks as letd by Jasper Grant, a their canvas. With their fin British army officer sta- gers thy pinte imges tioned in Canada between gesthe y pinteimage rs. 1800 and 1809. withra combinationaof rust- On boan from the Nation- edy i n reoche n d P0 e a i alMuseum of Ireland, the iblys ar bid iaen. f er Grant collection, along with Thsgrease or fish oil . other artifacts of the period This e td a arper. bas been assembled by Dr. modemn-day paints, allowing Curtor at he Mp, sciael these images on stone te en- CuaoadianhColeion hee dure every kind of inclem- aainCllcin hs There was a picture in the Toronto Star recently that has been creeping back into my theughts for severai days. It was a photograph of Stanley Burke, shovelling snow off the deck of his sloop into Vancouver Harbeur. Stanley is older,'and greyer now, but he is stilî the best- Iooking man whe ever read a national newscast. And he is stili a man who marches te a different drummer. StanleYl'stopped reading the CBC's National News about 15 years ago, and Ieft the mother corporation cotd because of a principie that he wouldn't com- promise. The CBC wouîdn't let him speak his mind about Biafra, and other concerns dear te him, se he turned his back on what was theni a princely saiary and perhaps the most prestigieus news job in the country. He hasn't been idie in the Iast 15 years. He bought a failing newspaper in Nanaimo, and turned it around in a matter of months. With artist Roy Peterson, he has turned eut f ive small books - biting, alegorical ap- praisals of the political and social confrontations that afflict the country which Burke refers te as The Swamp. They're on my desk now. In the flyleaf of the first one, Stanley wrote: "If the muck gets tee thick, come and join me irn Otterîand.- By Otterîand, Stanley means BC., and i don't mind teil- ing yeu that 1 have nearly taken him up on it, a dezen timres. Stanley lives up Vancouver's Faise Creek, on a barge which has a house erected on it. It's more cabinet- making than carpentry. Stanley's wife Daphne cooks dinner in a corner gaîîey and throws things te the Canada geese threugh an open window. The house rocks gentiy in the wash of a passing tug. We went for a sali on a sunny, balmy day in April the Iast time 1 was there, and yarned about the aid days, and watched the seais and taîked about the future, and for two cents, 'd have pulled the plug. 1Semetimes the muck dees get a bit thick, as Burke the Otter knows full well. "Can't you do som)ething te ,end ail' Peter Waterhoîe?- he wrote in the flyleaf of "The Birchbark Caper- in 1981. "Sink the expietive deleted> before he sinks the Swamp." Peter Waterhole, in case you haven't read the books, is a thiniy disguis- ed Pierre Trudeau. Weil, Peter Waterhole is gene, and there is 'a new figure in charge of the Swamp. 1 have a feeling that we may be hearing from Burke and Pterson again before tee much longer. artifacts offer an invaluable insight into the religion, philosophy and lifestyle of Ontario's native peoples around the turn of the nine- teenth century, as well a s their relationship to the European settlers of that period. What we regard today as a highly sophisticated form of artistic expression was first and foremost a complex mode of communication, an expression of culture and re- ligion, reflecting a strong helief in the supernatural. The ancestors of the Cree, Ojibwa, Algonquin and Mississauga tribes in Ontar- io believed in a wide variety of gods or manitous. The Thunderbird of Ahsin Lake in Quetico Provincial Park, for example, represents a mythical god tliat created thunder and lightning. The Turtle etched in the rock of Petroglyphs Provincial Park near Peterborough -- site of the most spectacular con- centration of Indian rock carvings -- was often the symbol of fertility and often seen as the earth itself. Along Cache Bay of Sag- anaga Lake also in Quetico, can be seen ancient figures of humnans, images of sha- mans thought te be people with both good and evil supernatural powers. Images of water mensters or Misshepezhieu, the Great Horned Lynx can be seen in Lake Superior Provincial Park and Bon Echo Provin- cial Park, among others. And Missinaibi Lake Provin- cial Park is just one area where visîtors can admire images of the most feared manitou, the Bear, thought centuries ago te be the strongest and most super- niatural of aIl animaIs. The exhibition at the McMichael Canadian Col- lection provides us with the opportunity te better our understanding of early na- tive cultures in Ontario. But viewing Indian rock art in its natural setting is a thrill that should net be missed. Sightings of rock paint- ings and carvings in our provincial parks provide stunningly real evidence of the close link among art, na- ture and religion in the cul- ture of the first Ontarians. EDITORS: Photographs of rock art are available. Please caI Pamn Hancock at (416) 963-1325. SEALED TENDERS for the projects or services listed belew, addressed te the Chief, Contract Ad- ministrator, Ontario Region, Public Works Canada, 4900 Yenge Street, (lOth Floor>, Willowdale, Ontario M2N 6A6, wiII be received un- tii 1500 heurs, on the specified ctosing date. Tender Documents can be seen, or obtained on payment of the applicable deposit, through the of- f ice of the Di rector General, Public Werks Canada, Ontario Region, Tendering Office, lOth Floor, 49906 Yenge Street, Willowdale, Ontario. PROJECTS No. 641467 - for CANADA POST CORPORATION' Orono, Ontario, Post Office, Cleaning. 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