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5213- Home Newspaper of I The big piper with I big read first Reaching more than I Hilton Care costs per year Infants family fights for his survival CHRISTOPHERS HOME Thirteen month old Christopher King centre Is home from hospital at hit hut not without difficulties his fa mil must raise more than to keep supplied with life Is shown here with his Some of his lite Herald photo CORDON Hornby steam fan Steam En the liirfes and antique show Ontario will take place weekend at the Milton Fairgrounds lion the first asurer Ontario Steam and Antique Pres Association talks about how Steam i sago weeks People Happy Digging into the story is one of those lobbies many people enjoy The She ins hive were having no luck tracking their background In the Ukraine until Herald story put them in touch with the in Acton Page Hills and Milton should pool their municipal efforts to stop the dumping of garbage along rural roads a problem which will undoubted ly worsen with the closure of the landfill site m October Coun Miller has suggested Reacting to on upditc report from region on the status of three re maining dumps Miller warned the town general committee Mondaj night that north faces a problem once the region starts mg its garbage to the south The was informed that north Hal tons lost remaining landfill site on Armstrong Avenue in Georgetown will reach its recommended contours within the next two months When that happens solid waste from Hills along with that from Milton which is now being brought here will be Irons ported by truck to landfill sites in and Burling DANGEROUS DRIVING CHARGES LAID barges hair laid against the driver Hie car which crashed two weeks ago killing two girls Leslie 16 ami Nancy is died when the carlo which the were passeniers left the road and smashed Into a tree stump a mall box The on 17 west of Trafalgar Road Thomas 19 he timer of the car been charged with careless and dangerous driving He and his sister were both injured In the crash anil were sent to being expanded to accommo date additional waste from the north The extra capacity promises to extend that dumps life until next April At thai point garbage from across Halton will go directly to the existing Burlington dump which is also being expanded to serve the needs until next July By then it is hoped that the region will have obtained final permission to establish a major landfill silo in an area of urban Milton known as Site Approvals ore slill being delayed by strong opposition to the region plans for Site F from the town of Milton itself and a concerned citizens group The dump opponents plan to appeal the Ontario Municipal Board recent decision approving the landfil ling scheme Whether or not the region is successful In developing Site for however Is not chief among the con of Hills council I m very concerned be cause what we re going to end up with is more garbage along the rural roads Miller said this week It been a constant complaint of mine to Disston sale stopped plant may still close tin sale of saw plant has fallen rough lie file of the fact employees it still unsettled Cor in Sorman organization and business development leer for Canada confirmed that the proposed sale of the and Vancouver plants lo Hoe Inc Ins been cancelled Mr S ild the company still plans to sell the factories but not elaborate further Nor would he whether the September date on lo when sale to Hoc was announced wis still in release from It Hoe pres dent Bob said Hoe will be method of entering the Canadian mar kit since tile was unable to reach a written with Cma d i company spokesman said the talks slopped because the companies of common round to Although his to comment on the plant closing date a source inside the I lint said workers were told I week the company would begin removing equipment from the plant this Then closure will put 1 13 ourly and clerical staff out of work Canada Inc and it parent Disston Inc were both purchased in 197Gby Sandvik a Swedish company town public works staff People are Just not going to drive from Acton to to dump their garbage Despite assurances from region officials that there Is no problem involving roadside dumping in Miller claimed there is already all kinds of garbage left in random piles along rural roads throughout Hills and Milton Miller urged town staff to consult their counter parts in Milton to determine whether the hauling of gar from Milton to George town has indeed been problem free as officials have suggest If there have been pro blems he said both towns should get tog to develop solutions ONGOING STUD Town engineer Bob Austin informed the committee that an ongoing study should soon determine whether the region should construct transfer tions in north where waste could be temporarily stored prior to its lien to A proposal considered by the town last year would have seen Disposals Ltd of receiving the town garbage at a cull transfer station to be built on the firm property The firm has since learned that It has insufficient space for the commercial how ever but is still considering a smaller private station Mr said In predicting an October 31 for the Georgetown dump the region s public works director Bob Moore and officials of the region consultants M Dillon Ltd offered the Oak site on the Fourth Line north of Highway and the Burlington site on the Sen ice Road west of King Road to the town for ling Dillon report estimates that approximately 190 tons of solid waste were burled in Hilton between April 1978 Using a newly Page Georgetown Infant has been lighting Tor his lite since now his parents are In a tight find the niDnej In Veep their child alive Thirteen month old Christopher King of Maple was born with the potentially falallung known as respirator distress syndrome The child s lungs arc underdeveloped and of taking In Ihc oxygen Christopher lo live For his entire life Christopher linked a hose In hi nostril to a life oxygen tank his spent each of his months under const ant supervision in Toronto CI ildren Hospital linked to is tanks until night day CI parents and I inda imeome true as they brought their son home They lit would be for good I- HI In lis first year Christopher spent a few hour in his f irmly home before having to be rushed back to the hospital More recently Christopher spent two weekends in the King home as the family read led for their jOn to come from hospital months late But the realization of king family dream of bring Christopher home lit with it the harsh reality that Ontario s health for children like Chrislophei Wink Christopher recupcra ted within the confines of Sick Children his health expenses including the costs of his oxygen were paid by OHIP But once the child and is iken to the family home the costs of his oxygen King must be borne Ihr Staff at Sick Children s pital hive toll the K ng s Chnslopher life rt tern will cost the at month pay approximately for the oxygen which Chnstoplur a rateof four litres per minute The family must also rent the tanks hoses and other equipment the child with at a cost of over per month The are not covered anj lie health phns thought hi is insiirmce but it not Mr ttlen we k irned not cover the costs of Christopher s oxjen month at it was a con plele funnel child but w Herald day and was effort li gets for the The acted Moil ihfy for aid from provinei il pi in As its outside the expenses arc no longer covered by the plan said an spokesperson She odd lint there is no precedent fir appealing Ihc policy ich las existed since inc eptlon Mr said he in lb it while an adult over the age of years can receive at home free of charge under OHIP he plan ikes no allowances for children reqnrinf oxygen the home It costs them a day to keep in the il but they won help the over a month to keep him out It docsn make economic sense silld Mr King Doctors told the Kings it was sentml Christopher dc velopmcnt that he be removed from hospital as soon as CI case is an unusual one the d from respiralirj distre syndrome healed after nibs fact Miller wants efforts pooled to stop rural garbage dumping heads for legislature As The Her ild wenl to press Tuesday Ontario Opposition Stuart Smith the Liberal Party contacted the said he intends to raise the King case in the provincial legislature soon as it reconvenes Smith termed the king family plight absolute ley is exactly kind of short thai Ins marked our health system up until now Smith sold Smith leads the Liberal Party of which Georgetown Julian Heed is a member Mr Reed Is on holiday and Smith s office was contacted by The Herald in the local MPP absence Tuesday Smith told The Herald the only option open to the King family to receive financial from the Ontario government is to apply to the Minlslrj of Community and Social Services I I COSTS it still won cover their full costs one the family won get an answer on their application until at least month after they apply Smith said To me it perfectly obvious it it is more humane and economic for to provide the family with funding It is outrageous that they have to go to for funding Smith said that considering the costs of hospitalizing child it is obvious that province will save money If Christopher is cared for at home Since the family is willing take on the difficult burden of earing for their child at home the provincial health core system should encourage and assist them aecording to Dr Smith premature babies suffer from mild forms of the At the birth doctors predicted Chnslopher would be he tied in a matter of months but for in unknown reason the child has taken much longer to heal Christopher is on the road to recnv doctors are tie child s lung develop will catch up his but the process will lake at Je another year Christ problems have been compounded by his lung s slow development Most child suffering from the rome are hospitalized or a brief period of time doclon are not as about the effect the prolonged hospitalization will have on the child mental development As a result suffering from the syndrome can rem tin in the il until they are cured willmul having to be supplied with at home But In Christophers ease doctors have become increas concerned that for every d ly he remains hospitalized his mental ind physical devel falls further behind lhat of normal children Christopher was the oldest child in his ward Most of the Infants were incubated and did not provide him with the mental stimulation and example other children his age would have only world Christopher had really knew Mondiy nljlit was the walls of his hospital ward only light he was fimilnr with was from the hospital s flourescent lighting To me leaving Christopher in the hospital any longer would have been stupid lies behind said Mr King WHERES THE LOOT These two state troopers were Thursday In a scene from Never Trust Honest Thief being filmed locally The trooper were searching Ned Shack looking for stolen Herald photo