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Panelists Argue ON Use of Lands in thi "WHY NOT" make sure that our future generations w 1eat?" asked Anne Wan- sti,guest panelist at the discussion on land use, pre- sented by the Social Planning Council of Oshawa-Whitby, at their 10th Annual General Meeting. (Miss Wanstall is a Consumer Advocate, News- paper Columnist, and T.V. oersonalitv of some renown.) While panelists Walter Beath (Chairman - Durham Regional Council) and Dr. Mofeed Michael, (Regional Planning Department Direct- or) maintained that the need for land for housing, garbage disposal, parks and power corridors must be balanced with the need for farmland, Miss Wanstall argued that self-preservation is far more important. "You don't need a big house if you haven't anything to eat". Government statistics project that at the present rate of growth, 60 per cent of Ontario food will have to be imported by the year 2000. From where. and fromn whom? Peter Hannam, a represent- ative of the Federation of Agriculture, agreed that we have enough agricultural land only for t he present. Ontario has 220 million acres of land. Of these, only 10 million acres, or 5 per cent, can grow food. Southern Ontario is unique in Canada in that it has prime agricultural land an the climate necessary for food production. "Do you want food produced im Ontario", asked Mr. Han- nam, "or do you want to rely on someone else, and be ri ped off as we are with 01 ?". The United States has decided to develop and use its food as a weapon in the struggle over oil. This in turn threatens 'farm prices in Canada. "There is no use saving farms if ou don't save the farmers" e continued. Farmers cannot go on if they Showroom Sample Sale 20% Of ver Best s District do not have a protected income. Man retiring farm- ers look to t e sale of their land to developers as compen- sation for years of low income. 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John Crookshank, Trinity organist did a masterful ob of accompanying for al the singing. Members of the Bowmanville Ambulance Service recently received their safe driving pins. They are (back row, left to right) Mike Wilken who received his 5 year pin, Gerry Spence 2 years, Ed Ingram 4 years, Jim King 9 years, Eric Wilken 4 years, Bill Yeo 2 years, (front row, left to right) Bob Stapleton 9 years, Harold Luxton 8 years, Bill Innes, Director of Special Services who helped Tom Cowan, Chairman of the Hospital Board, officiated at the ceremony; Bob Werner 4 years, and Don Higgins 4 years. Absent when the picture was taken are Ron Shackelton 3 years and John Hendry 3 years. Young Girls Who Have Lost LiNbs Are Helped to Live Normal Lives by War Amps When someone uses the word "amputee", the picture that usually comes to mind is, by the nature of things, an adult male, the victim of a war wound or an industrial acci- dent. It's not so easy to attach the term to a 16-year-old high school girl with a love of activity and the outdoors. Yet the description fits Marion Henry, brown-haired, pretty, and a Grade 10 student in the farm community of Sundre, about 60 miles northwest of Calgary. Marion lost her right leg .ust below the knee, in a farm accident when she was ten. This is a grievous shock to any system. How does it affect a young girl? One is inelined, agamn, to think that a man can cope better with amvutation than can a woman. For one thing, he usually wears long trousers or a shirt with sleeves or a jacket; a women's clothing is much more varied. A girl's legs are supposed to De seen. Marion Henry is, however, irrepresible. She was seriously hurt, but by no means defeated. Her mother read in a Calgary paper about the civilian liai-, son program of the War Amputations of Canada, and wrote the War Amps Calgary Branch. Could they help? Give some advice? The Calgary War Amps could, and did. On the theory that no one knows more about the prob- lems of the amputee than the amputee himself, it is the custom of the War Amps to send a cou ple of members to talk to people who have lost an arm or a leg To let the injured person know that an amputa- tion need not be a disability, or even a handicap. It is some- Like all living creatures, mans needs are many. To providefor onesef, onesfamily. To befree to make plans with thepeople vho helpgive thenlife. Save alitte and feel like amillion withTD Cash-builder. Money in the bank can be a very good feeling. And TD Cash-builder can help you get it-autonatically. All you need is a chequing account and our high-interest Premium Savings Account. Then, tell vour TD branch how much you can afford to set aside each pay day, or month. That amount will be regularly transferred from your chequing account to your Premium Savings Account. It's automatic. And it's surprising how quickly your savings will grow. And now that you can include yearly interest earnings under the government's new $1,000 tax exemption, it's even easier to save a little and feel like a million. If vou' need us, we're here with TD Cash-builder. the bank where people make the difference thing of a nuisance at times, it can be occasionally painful, but you learn to live with it -- and you can even thrive with it. Marion responded well. She became great friends with the local War Amps. She heard from the national headquat- ers at Ottawa and people from there called on her. Advice was given to her on suitable artificial limbs. With an artificial limb, Marion found she could be almost as active as a person with two good legs. She could ride a bicycle; swim; take part in school activities;, dance. But she was also becoming a young woman, and the shape and apearance, of her artificial imb was cdedon lg as importanTtaýs capability in sports. When asked one day what she would like to have most in life, she replied: "An artificial foot with toes...I get a little cheesed off staring at the plain hard rubber foot I have..." She's getting her wish, courtesy of the War Amps. They have sent her to Seattle, Washington, one of the world's major centres of prosthetic research and man- ufacturing ,and have had her fitted with the newest kind of cosmetic limb. This is the so-called "endo-skeletal" type, with metal tubing substi- tuting for the normal bone, and the outside formed from soft, flesh-like foam plastic custom shaped to match her good leg. She's also getting her cosmetic foot, with toes, and with the appearance of a real foot. In addition, Marion is re- ceiving a special sports leg. This is waterproofed for swimming and bas a special heel for beach walking. With a change of foot, it becomes a limb for skiing. Al this is coming from the funds the War Amputations of Canada raise from their key tag service. And, by coincidence, Marion is only one of three young women in their teens being helped this year by the War AmPS. There's another 16-year-old Alberta girl, Judy Ryan of Edmonton. Judy has lost both legs below the nee, and also suffers from a spinal disabil- ity that confines her to a wheelchair. The Edmonton Branch hashelped byburying, ber a car so she is mobile. The branch also is helping her get cosmetic legs, with the sof t, flesh-like exterior, not only for better appearance but because when her older-type fibreglass legs bumped against her chair and other objects she was embarrassed by the noise they made. Judy Ryan is continuing her education and plans to train as a telephone operator. A little town north of Ottawa - Bouchette, Quebec - is the home of the third 16-year-old girl who is being helped through the War Amps civil- ian liaison program. Bernadette Lefebvre lost both her legs in a farm accident when she was only three. She got her first artificial limbs when shp was seven, but as she got into her teens she found these and successive legs clumsy, and she became depressed. She was becoming a young woman and the legs were not attrac- tive. A couple of years ago a nun at St. Vincent's Hospital in Ottawa contacted the War Amps and asked if they could help. A team of War Amps went to her home in Bouc - ette, and started the process of assistance. It was about this time that the Otto Bock limb -- the endo-skeletal leg with the soft iastic outer part -- was ecoming known. In this case, as with the other 16-year-olds, appearance and efficiency were both important. In the winter of 1974-75 Bernadette was getting spec- ial fittings for Otto Bock legs. She is taking a commercial course and she now visualizes a career and a life of near normality. It'sfot fun, its fot easy, and it can be a bother,eand there is often pain and discomfort. But the War Amps know from plenty of exper- ience that a man can beat the problem of a missing limb. So can a 16year-old girl -- if she has friens. Seven Hurt Seven people were taken to hospital Fri., March 14, after a three-car collision on Hwy. 401 east of Liberty St. Bowman- ville, one of a rash of accidents reported in the Durham Reg- ion due to a three inch snowstorm that night. A passenger in one of the cars, Louise Carfagnini of Thornhill was taken to Osh- awa General Hospital and later transferred to Scarbor- ough General. She is listed in serlous condition. Driver of the vehicle, Rich- ard Smith of Thornhill, is listed in fair condition in the intensive care unit of OGH with multiple injuries. Five other people wete taken to Bowmanviîle Hospi- tal for treatment, including Sumiyoshi Kashima, of Peter- borough, Graham Tomkin of Orono, Allan Anderson of Orono, Donna Chizem of Thornhill and Dale Rich. OPP constablesGeorge Moon and Corporal Maurice Nimigon are investigating the accident. h Conductor Glyn Roberts opened the program with O Canada. Sixteen hymns were on the printed program, some with the words in Welsh, some in English and Welsh, and three entirely in English. The capacity crowd ioined the viLtors. who were seated in various places throughout the church, in the singing, and it proved to be an experience that everyone hoped would be repeated in the not too distant future. The closing number was the Welsh national anthem "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau." Rev. Wesley Oake on behalf of Trinity congregation extended sincere thanks for an evening long to be remembered, and pronounced the benediction. Refreshments were served in the church hall which provided the opportunity to express personal thanks and become acquainted. ,al and Winter DRESSES Long and Short Clearing for $20*00 or Haif Price (Whichever Is Less) REG. $28. to $70. 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