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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville. February 16. 1977 9 White Cane Week Brings Special BIind Speaker to Mitchell's Corners School Sitting down to a full course meal need not be a problem for the blind, They can locate the food on their plates by imagining that the plate is like a face of a clock. Meat is located at the six, potatoes can be found at the nine, vegetables are at the twelve o'clock position and there may be other vegetables at three. But, peas and jellies may provide problems as well as nourishment for those without sight. That's because both are difficult to control, a repre- sentative from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind explained last week. "I don't eat very much Jello," explained Grace Mc- Connell, the CNIB represent- ative who was speaking Thursday afternoon to stu- dents at the Mitchell's Corners School. Miss Connell, a Whitby resident, explained how the blind go about their every day routines to an attentive and curious audience of grades one, two and three. She spoke to the older grades later last Thursday afternoon. Miss McConnell, who has been blind for 22 years, told the children that the blind can lead normal and productive lives in spite of their handicap. "We do everything other people do," she said last week. And in the course of her talk she listed just a few of the things that the blind people are able to enjoy along with the rest of us. There's cooking, card play- ing, dominoes, reading, mac- rame handcrafts, weaving, watching television, and even hockey games. Speaking about watching television, she explained that she can lisen to the TV channels on a special radio. She said she can follow the programs by imaginîng what the TV screen is showing. By listening for such things as voices and footsteps, she explained that the blind can learn to recognize certain people. In fact, it seems as though the blind can develop their other senses in order to make up for their loss of sight. "Our hands and ears are more to us", Miss McConnell explained To preserve sight, Miss McConnell recommendd that the children be careful in sports such as snowmobiling, skiing and tobogganing, where the force of the wind against unprotected eyes can be dangerous. And at this time of year, there's the problem of snow- balls. Miss McConnell suggested that children should aim below the waist when they are having a snowball fight. This will protect the eyes and ears. Of course, medical attention is a must whenever someone suspects he may have eye problems. So are eye check- ups. Miss McConnell reminded her audience that the motto for white cane week is "to see tomorrow, guard your eyes today." At the end of Miss McCon- nell's talk to the senior students in grades four, five and six, $48.02 was donated to the CNIB. The funds were contributed by the 141 stu- dents at the school. Region Keeps Control of Water and Sewer Services Control over water and sewer services remains under the umbrella of the Durham Region in spite of actions taken at regional council last Wednesday afternoon. Council debated the ques- tion of returning Sewage collection and water distrib- ution to local municipalities but it finally ,voted 18 to 10 against such a move. The change would have meant an appeal all the way to the Provincial legislature and an alteration in the provincial bill that established the Re- gion water three years ago. Support for the return of water and sewer responsibil- ities to local municipalities carne mainly from Ajax and Oshawa, but members of the remaining six Durham munic- ipalities voted in favor of regional control., Among the councillors vot- ing regionally on a recorded vote were Newcastle council- lors Dykstra, Rickard, Taylor and Woodyard. Coupcillor Dykstra stated that he needed more informa- tion on the costs of regional and local services before he could vote for a return of the services. "It inevitably increases costs when you split ser- vices," said Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard. The mayor also noted that there had been a certain amount of confusion when water and sewer control went from local PUC's to the region Inche Mechanical LTD. 623-6523 R. R. 4, Bowmanville 623-2985 of Durham. He said that the confusion would be repeated if council were to change its mind. This concern was echoed by Councillor Gerry Emm who said "If you go back and put people through a lot of confusion again, we're really .going to be in trouble." Concerns over finances were mentioned by finance committee chairman John Aker (Oshawa). He said the provincial government had given the region $2.6 million dollars to start up a regional system. He said he would be the laughing stock of all finance chairman in southern Ontario if the Durham Region were forced to give that money back to the province. Councillor Clark Mason (Ajax) suggested that the issue was not a matter of finance- but a, matter of philosophy. He argued that local control over water and sewer facilit- ies should be left in the hands of local municipalities while tle region should be respons- ible for large scale trunk lines and treatment plants. He estimated that even if council were to request the Province of Ontario to change the water and sewer respons- ibilities, it would be two years before the services would be back in the control of local councils. Councillor Margaret Shaw • 40 mil. vinyl liner * concrete bottom "THE PROFESSIONALS" oquoI~s • 20 year guarantee • Jacuzzi equipped 133 Taunton Rd. West Oshawa 723-1129 CHARGEX LTD. Bank Financing Braille Booklet Intrigues Junior Students These students at the Mitchell's Corners school were fascinated bv a Brail teleDnone book belonging to Grace McConnell of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Miss McConnell was speaking to the students at the Mitchell's Corners school last Thursday, during White Cane week. She told the students about blindness and sight protection in her talk, pointing out that the blind can lead normal lives in spite of their handicap. Miss McConnell, who has been blind for 22 years, explained that the blind can take part in such everyday activities as cooking, listening to TV, attending hockey games, making handerafts, playing cards, and much more. stated that the water and sewer debate was pitting urban municipalities against urban ones. She said that the Durham municipalities are "getting the goodies" while Oshawa is paying for them. Visits Oshawa Rotary International President-Elect Jack Davis On Monday, February 14th Oshawa Rotary Club was especially honoured at their luncheon by International President-Elect W. Jack Davis, who addressed the Club. He was accompanied by his wife Doris and Oshawa Rotaryannes were invited to this special (Valentine) lunch- eon at Hotel Genosha. Rotarian Davis will assume the Presidency of Rotary International next June at the San Francisco world-wide convention. Born in Canada, near Belleville, he was edu- cated in Canadian schools and U.S.A. His home club . is Hamilton, Bermuda, where he has many business and com- munity interests, including finance chairman of the Salva- tion Army. During next year, his travels will take President Jackand Doris Davis around the world, where Rotary has 17,000 clubs with a member- ship of over 800,000 in 153 countries and geographical regions. Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among Ontario Aduits A new study by research scientists at the Addiction Research Foundation con- firms that the use of alcohol and marijuana is most pre- valent in the young male population of Ontario. Males aged 18-29, those having a university education, and those earning $15,000 per year or more, were the most frequent users of alcohol. Marijuana was most often used by yÔung males and by persons living in Metro Tor- onto. The questionnaire, develop- ed by Dr. Reginald Smart and Dr. Michael Goodstadt, was included in a Gallup Poll Survey in June, 1976. A variety of supplementary questions were asked about beer, spirits and wine con- sumption, the usual place of consumption, the frequency with age, sex, occupation, income. education, geo- graphic area, language, and community size. In total, 1,015 adults aged 18 and over were personally interviewed in their homes. The study found that 8.6 per cent of the surveyed popula- tion reported using sleeping pilîs, '13.7 per cent tranquil- lizers, 5.8 per cent marijuana or hashish, 80.5 per cent alcoholic beverages, and only 0.7 per cent stimulants or pep pills, in the past year. Two and a half times as many females as males used tranquillizers (19.3 compared to 8.3 per cent). Geographically, alcohol consumption was higîest, in Northern Ontario and mari- juana consumption was highest in Metro Toronto and Western Ontario. "Given the limitations of self-report surveys" the re- port explains, "their value lies in giving a general view of the minimum level of alcohol and other drug use. "Such surveys should be cautiously interpreted and are perhaps of most value in indicating long-term trends or pin-pointing substantial differ- ences in use. " It should be noted that only households were surveyed in this study. Thus people living in institutions such as prisons, hospitaIs, hostels, university residences, military establish- ments or on the street as transients or skid row habi- tues were excluded. House- hold surveys probably under estimate the extent of alcohol and other drug use in the total population. Statistically significant sex differences in the numbers of users were indicated in all drugs except stimulants. For example, almost three times as many males as females used marijuana or hashish (8.2 per cent and 2.3 per cent), more males than females drink alcoholic beverages, and more females used tran- quillizers and sleeping pills. Frequency of drug use by regions, mother tongue, occ- upation; income and commun- ity size revealed interesting variations in the use of all drugs. Sleeping Pills Use of sleeping pills was far more common in large centres than in small centre and they were used more by people with incomes under $6,000 per year (16 per cent), than those with incomes of $15,000 and over (6.3 per cent). Use was greatest among those whose occupations were listed in the "other" category (retired, unemployed, housewives). Stimulants or Pep Pills Use of stimulants or pep pills varied by region, com- munity size, education, mother tongue, and income, with no differences by age, sex, or occupation. Although some categories were too small for confident statistical analysis, there were sug- gestions that their use was most common in Northern Ontario, in smaller centres, among those with low incomes and public school education, and those speaking French as a first language. Tranquillizers Tranquillizer use varied with all demographic char- acteristics, except income. Persons over 30, those with clerical or sales positions, those with high school or university education, were most likely to use them. As with sleeping pills, tranquil- lizers were more often used by persons living in Northern Ontario, Metro Toronto and other larger centre. Marijuana Large differences in the lercentage of marijuana users were found for all demographic characteristics. Use was most common among those aged 18-29 (17 5 per cent), those who live in urban centres (Metro Toronto, 12.9 per cent) and Western On- tario and least used in Northern and East rn On- tario. Use of marijuana was highest in tþe professional or executive groups (13.1 per cent) and among those with the highest educational levels (15,.9 per cent) and the highest incomes (7.1 per cent of those with $15,000 or more per question about the drinking of year). alcoholic beverages, overall, Alcoho 80.5 per cent said they had In answer to the first drunk within the last year, SALE!I LAST with a somewhathigher drinking frequency noted in Northern Ontario compared to other areas. Over 90 per cent of those aged 18-29 were drinkers compared to only 66.3 per cent of those 50 and over. Of the 80.5 per cent who had imbibed during the year, about 13 per cent drank every day. The percentage of drinkers varied positively with indica- tors of social class: the rate was highest among those in professional or executive oc- cupations (88.1 per cent) having a university education (91.9 per cent) and a high income level (91.5 per cent of those with $15,000 per year or more). Those indicating their mother tongue was not Eng- lish or French were more likely to be abstainers. Almost 32 per cent reported drinking mostly beer, 17.5 per cent mostly wine, and 28.3 mostly liquor. The majority of respondents (68 per cent) reported doing the bulk of their drinking at home, 15.4 per cent drank mostly at friend's home, and the re- mainder drank most often in various public and private licensed establishments. Drinking every aay was associated with a variety of characteristics but not with occupation or geographic region. It was most common among males, those between the ages of 30-49, and those who reported French as their first language. Daily drinking was about twice as common in large urban centres as in small ones, most common in the lowest and highest income and education categories and least common in the middle categories. This type of survey is a new approach to monitoring alcohol and other drug use in Ontario OPP REPORT During the period between February 7th and February 13th, 1977 the Ontario Provin- cial Police at Newcastle investigated 22 motor vehicle collisions and over 100 general occurrences. Of the 22 accidents reported, 18 resulted in property dam- age only and in the remaining 4, six persons received minor injuries. Following investiga- tions into the causes of these collisions, six persons have been charged with offences contrary to the Highway Traffic Act. The general occurrences requiring police investigations included complaints of break and enter, theft, assault and wilful damage. Following in- vestigations into these com- plaints, two persons have been charged with theft over $200 and two persons have been charged with common as- sault. C.J. 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