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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 21 Jun 1989, p. 24

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\ I Allen Anderson, a grade four student at Waverley Public School, played a major role in the school's fundraising effort this year for the Kidney Foundation. Allen, who has a kidney problem, is pictured here handing out freezies to the runners while his mother looks on. by Andrea Adair When staff and students at Waverley Public School were considering a charitable charitable organization to support in their annual fund-raiser they looked no further, than their own back yard. They discovered that a grade four student at the school, Allen Anderson, has had a kidney condition since Something To Think About DIRECTOR ROBERT B. WILLIAMS CHOICES The occasion of death is most often marked by a ceremony ceremony or rite, most times religious. religious. Generally the body of the deceased is present and viewed in a casket during the wake or visitation period and there is an organized procession procession to the place of final interment interment or cremation. Some people choose an alternate alternate to the funeral. There could be the disposition of the body without any attendant rites or ceremonies; or there could be a service prior to or following final disposition. As there are alternatives to the funeral, there are also different different forms of final disposition. These may include earth burial, entombment, cremation, burial at sea or donation of the body parts to a medical institution. In most cases, the alternate forms of final disposition can include a funeral with the body present, if that is desired. Memorialization can also take many forms. It could be a monument or a marker on a grave, an inscription on a tomb or mausoleum or a gift to an institution institution in memory of the deceased. deceased. MORRIS FUNERAL CHAPEL 4 Division St., Bowmanvllle Telephone 623-5480 Serving Durham Region Since 1881 , he was seven months old and, for the past three years, has been living with only one kidney. Therefore, it was only natural that the students decided to raise funds in support of the Kidney Foundation Foundation by holding a run-a- thon earlier in the month. In fact, more than 300 students tackled the track at Waverley Waverley for the Kidney Foundation, Foundation, .-i.-v. i.. n. ; According to John Reid, principal at Waverley, the fund-raiser was a success. Returns thus far total more than $1,500. Allen says he was happy with what the school did and mentioned that his entire entire class went out and ran for the Foundation. Allen helped with the fund-raiser as well by handing handing out freezies to the runners runners and by making presentations presentations about kidney disease and dialysis to students in the school. Dialysis treatment, which Allen describes as "very boring" boring" takes him away from school three times a week. He explains that he starts his day of treatment at 5:30 in the morning, travelling travelling into Toronto for 7:30 a.m., so that he can be hooked up to the dialysis machine by 8 a.m. Once ne's on the machine, machine, he said, he doesn't do much hut sit there. He must stay on the , machine for three, hours each time he goes. YOUR LOCAL GM DtAlfRS CHEVROLET • PONTIAC • OLDSMOBILE • BUICK • CADILLAC • CHEVY &GMC TRUCKS 24 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville, June 21.1980 Grade Four Student Leads Kidney Fund The Dangers of Summer Driving Dialysis, Allen explained, cleans his blood. Understanding the medical medical jargon seems like a lot to expect of an 11-year-old but Alien seems to take it all in stride. He says that having problems problems with his kidneys doesn't stop him from doing things with his friends. He eryoys swimming and watching various sporting activities but his favourite sport, he adds, is wrestling. Hulk Hogan is his wrestling wrestling favourite, he notes, mentioning his wrestling book collection of over 32 volumes. In appearance and activity. activity. Allen is just like every other student at Waverley except for a little apprehension apprehension he feels now and then when he thinks about transplants. transplants. "I get scared sometimes," he said. Allen has already had two kidney transplants that, for various reasons, weren't successful. He's currently on the June transplant list. He said after he has a transplant there will be one limitation on his physical activities: activities: He won't be able to play contact sports. But right now, he said with a gnn, the only thing he can't do is drive a car. Dear Editor: The onset of warmer weather means more and more Ontario residents will be taking to.the roads as another another cottage season begins. An increase in traffic volume volume means an increased risk of accident involvement and injury or death. Figures released by the Ministry of Transport show that, provin- cially, the number of people injured in accidents is at the highest level ever, and the number of fatalities in increasing. increasing. A study of fatal accidents since January 1,1988 in the Peterborough OPP District has given rise to some alarming figures. In 1988, 56 people died in 49 accidents on Fp< roads. Nearly half (48.9%) of those killed were not wearing seatbelts, even though seatbelts were available available in the vehicles they occupied. occupied. One third of those killed were thrown out of their vehicles on impact. This disturbing trend continues in 1989. To June 1,1989, this District has experienced experienced 14 fatalities resulting resulting in 16 deaths. Half of those killed were not seat- belted and were thrown out of their vehicles. Beginning in 1987, the OPP stepped up seatbelt enforcement enforcement in an effort to reduce reduce injuries on our highways. highways. In 1988 the Peterborough OPP District led the Province in seatbelt enforcement with than 10,000 charges, or warnings given out. Al- ready in i989 more than. 6000 seatbelt violations have resulted in charges or warnings from Peterborough area officers. This level of enforcement will continue. In spite of this, people will be needlessly killed or injured on our roadways this summer. While we cannot say that twenty-one people would be alive today if they had been wearing their seat- belts, their chances of survival survival would have increased by remaining in the passenger compartment. It was been proven over and over that seatbelts DO save lives. Enforcement alone will not reduce the numbers of unused seatbelts. We need the co-operation and commitment commitment of the motoring public to help us increase seatbelt usage and thus reduce reduce these tragic statistics. We ask your support in communicating communicating this message to the motoring public. Attached Attached are a number of scripts for public service announcements announcements and a series of short announcer tags for use with traffic reports etc. which we ask members of the electronic media to consider consider using. If you have any comments comments or suggestions, or if there is interest in doing special coverage of this problem, problem, please contact Sergeant Susan Laverty, Public Information Information Co-Ordinator, Peterborough Peterborough District Headquar- more ters, 748-5522. policed Carpentry Students Help Build Fiesta Float Three carpentry students at Courtice Secondary School donated some time to - charity recently by building a roof for the Newcastle-Oshawa-Whitby Big Sisters.' 1 The float will be used in the Fiesta Parade in Oshawa on June 18 with the theme.dt "Quit Clowning around and be à Big Sister." Big and little sisters will be on the da float dressed as clowns. 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