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Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday January By Motley and Lauretta Mills 8773915 A LITTLE MIXED UP M1IU Just a line to say I living That I not among the dead Though getting more forgetful And mixed up in my head For sometime I can remember When I stand at the foot of the stair If I must go up for something Or I have just come down from there And before the fridge so often My poor mind a filled with doubt Have I Just put the food away or lave I come to take It out And there are times when It is dark out With my night cap on my head I don know If I retiring Or just getting out of bed So if it my turn to write you There no need in getting sore I may think that I have written And don t want to be a bore So remember I do love you And wish that you were here But now It nearly mall time So I must say Goodbye dear There 1 stood beside the mall box With face so very red Instead of mailing you my letter I have opened It instead Cmtribatcdby Peggy Douglas At a recent Joint meeting of the Halton long term care committee and the seniors Inform Don committee Anne MartinMatthews from the department of family- studies University of Guelph was the guest speaker Her main interest lies In gerontology and since he aim of groups associated with Seniors is to maximize community supports to keep people out of institutions she her talk In this area For every person Institutionalized there are approximately two people living in the community In the same condition Often it Is social and economic factors rather than health that are causing the elderly to move into an institution Asa result the services already available must be supplemented and put into action in an attempt to keep more people In the community Consequently the focus is on families neighbors or friends who provide total or partial support to an elderly person Many families provide and perform functions which no Institution could do Many need but do not utilize the home support services which are available in their community Why In research recently conducted by Dr MartinMatthews in Guelph it was found that sometimes the older person refused to cooperate Often there was reluctance on the part of the family to change the routine or the elderly Sometimes the cultural background of the family caregivers prevented them from asking for help Often the family caregivers were embarasaed over the physical and or mental state of the older member and wished to keep them from public view Perhaps the caregiving families should receive more counsel The speaker recognized the fdet that there are many spouses usually women who are providing care to a dependent or partly disabled partner In Manitoba a number of self help groups have been established at which the caregiver can meet with others in similar situations and talk over their problems In the discussion which followed Val 0 mentioned that Helping Hands have volun who provide family relief both on a short and long term basis To enquire about these services In this area call Often caregivers In the home who may be contemplating the placement of an aged family member in an Institution are ridden by guilt feelings Vol informed those present that Centennial Manor hope to start self help groups to help alleviate this problem The Georgetown Library is providing three free programs in January which may be of interest Bookbinding by Keith Jan IS 10 am to noon and to m Natural Therapy by Paula Whelan Jan 10 a m to noon and 2 to A m GolfCllnicbyDaveKempshead Jan 10am to noon A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL CHURCH DIRECTORY This Weekend attend the Church of your Choice HOLY CROSS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH MipklAtt PASTOR MASSES Sat GEORGETOWN ALLIANCE CHURCH 14Mtln3tS Momlno Service DO am Sunday School Evnnfng Wednesday Prayer Mooting LUTHERAN CHURCH AT CAROtE STREET rum Sunday School Service Mam MAPLE BAPTIST CHURCH EVENT Bible School Dam Worst Praise WEEKDAY Prayer a Youth Racreition Boys Llrttt Cherub MDHTHIY Adult FeUowsMpj ladhsMtukms Senior A Falling tree narrowly misses car Continued rota page At y missed being complete vclllnB down Mountain crushed as tree broke view Rood North narrow in shortly before Miles hydro line Including large in the open rural urea of own meant long hours of word following Tursda windstorm lor the lljctro crews two con true ling called In to repairs K 1 Flee trie Ltd Toronto was ditching linen along he Line south LI house one of he wont hit com mil nil in or re I Heal f allures the norm K I employee BrlanBurkhotderuieda picker to restore sen ice on one circuit Herald photo and fell across lis path The passengers In a Pontine Acadian were trapped inside the vehicle briefly until Hydro crews arrived and determined that wires strewn across the car were dead About damage was done to the car police say TWO MONTH It took a couple or hours to clear the fallen debris and repair the electrical system in the area Mr said Ironically shortly after hydro crews finished another tree toppled nearby forcing clean up operations to begin again While service was re stored as poss ible to residents through temporary repairs Mr Trudell said It may take a long as two months for the Hydro crews to re examine the damages and make permanent re pairs Despite the I neon von of having to do without power for up wards of several hours he said most customers were very understanding Ninety per cent of the people have been just super Mr said They realize It a Just an act of God I like to say thanks to the people for being so considerate Local and regional pub lic works crews were kept busy clearing deadfall from roads Ted the town s deputy engineer said that crews were Ing up wood from fallen limbs and trees in some cases leaving the wood behind for neighborhood fireplaces A spokesman at the region s north public works headquarters in Milton said their crews have too much trouble clearing roods they arc respons Ihlc for in the rural area Traffic lights at Mount Guelph Street malfunctioned although Mr said It was not known whether the failure was caused by the storm Oakillle public works employees were called In to repair tin damage maintains the town traffic light tern on a chargeback basis but when they were unable to locale the prob lem set the lights to flash red for raffle and amber for Street Guild Electric Ltd of was then call to correct the problem Cable television vice which often runs along telephone poles was also knocked out for many customers even If they lose their ideal service Cable Systems manager Jim McGee said that his crews were out all night Tuesday and four crews remained duty Wed morning repair damage Antennae false alarms keep firefighters busy Although damages were negligible the Hal ton Hills fire department was kept busy during the height of the storm that hit the area last Tuesday night Most of the calls re ceived by the Acton and Georgetown brigades came during a twohour span beginning just be fore 5pm although tba last call of the evening came just after 10 p m Damage In the dents relatively min crews were dls patched to one Drive Georgetown home when a TV antenna fell across some hydro lines In Acton a suspected power surge may have set off the fire alarm system at ho Hide House There was also a false alarm which the fire de partment believes was storm related at a Mullen Place home and one case in which a fire alarm at Creek apartment towers was maliciously trigger The fire department also helped out at the Road inci dent where two people were trapped In their car by fallen power lines and was colled when a Kemie Drive George town garage was blown over Crews were also sent to check on an esque sing Incinerator where cinders were being blown around On the Fifth Line Just north Highway fire department crews were dispatched when a strong gust of wind toppled a construction trailer at a ng development the former dragstrip prop erty There was some concern about gas leaking from the vehicle The Georgetown de tachment of the region police force ted that most of its calls for the Tuesday evening were related to the high winds With the exception of the Mountainview Road incident there were no serious mishaps Police received calls about the power failures and traffic light prob lems you nan count on TO DELIVER SUPER BAKERY BUYS DAY IN DAY OUT Onion Sesame BUNS Super Large BAGELS Hot Dog Hamburger BUNS POLISH LIGHTDARK SESAME wheat pumpernickel RYE BREAD SUBS BREAD BREAD 7Q0 120 EACH I EACH These prices apply to one dozen quantities for buns Higher prices will be charged lor less than one dozen Bakery 330 St Georgetown 8770596