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I .. ~ t~~Lt L~. ! J ~ tt Ljt I t l ~~ IPIilI J 'II tIJJIP U IUUJ I U ll tIl COSSA 'lA" champions for 1993 u Clarke High School Volleyball 1 The Clarke Higb School Midget Girls volleyball team is victorious as the COSSA "A" Champions for 1993. The teans has consistcntly placed first or second in ail league tournaments. On February 18, they qualified for Kawartha. They won Kawartha "A" Championship on February 25, by beating Norwood and St. Mary's, and' then taking two games straight in the A VIEW FROM THE TOP 1For the past eight days and nights my view has been fromn the l4th floor, Eaton S, wing at Toronto General Hospital. It is not a view as out over the Kendal Hilîs to be amazed of the wondiers of nature. Here on a number of acres of Toronto's most pricey land it is amazement over the wonder of man and there are many. Thetrees of the Oak Ridges Moraine are replaced with man's structures with a somewhat saine lifespan. But it does comne to mind-that man with his grey and blacks has yet to achieve what nature does for colour and lifestyle with the seasons. If I have learned anything in the past seven or ight days it is when man and nature work together achievements are unlimited and mindboggling. A heart by-pass was a littie known happening for me or what ià was really al about a year agoý 1A three way heart by-pass did corne to pass over a four hour period Tuesday morning. It requîred - - the talang of a vein out of mny left leg from groin to just above the ankle - using portions of the veifi to complete the three by-passes of diseased heart veins - prior to making the by-passes the chest cavity was sawn open down through the sternum bone and on completion the chest was wired back together to seal once mnore. The wires which protruded through the chest have already against Lakefield. On Friday March 5, the girls travelled to Belleville to compete in the finals at Bayside Secondary Sehool. In pool play the team defeated Quinte Christian, 15-14, 15-6 and took two gamnes straight from Bayside 15-9, 15-9. The team split with Lakefield 14-16, 15-4 and went on to face them in the finals. Clarke won the first gaine 15-12 and lost an extremely been removed. - the opeming for removal of the leg vein was stapled together and the blood has found its own route and. will over the next week or two totally heal. t is called collateral circulation and as 1 understand this often happens naturally when one may hav-e undergone a heart attack. The natural recovery system is most amazing but here at Toronto Generai, and 1 would imagine at other hospitals, it is matched with the human effort. GM had much, to say about their "Just In Time" system., This hospital operates on a well- disciplined production fime, t happened that Roy (Unionvilie), Roy (Orono) and Harry (Trombone) landed at Toronto at the same time last Monday and although surgery differed somewhat we find ourselves on the saine schedule for temperature, blood testing, first self-induced shower, weight, etc. etc. The two Roys are bedded across from one another while the Trombone player is just down the hall. t is a whole teamn system and efficiency comes through the fact that we are not dealt with as individuals but as a unît. No one suffers. This is most evident at the hospital. Francis Lankin, the former Minister of Health in Ontario, has been reputed to leave a positive note on our health care and in a effective and efficient manner. The system appears to have finally realized that friends do not comne from a bottomnless pit. Surely 14-16. The midget girls team then rallied and defeated Lakefield in the third game 15-9 to become the champions. Congratulations! Pictured above back from 1-r Miss Speksnijder, Michelle Faulkner- Jessica Lee, Krista Szymezak; middle row - Becky Tranter, Melissa Allun, Colleen White, Kate McKelvie; front row - Melanie Puk, Shannon Hawkshaw, Kelly Mercer, Sacha Thompson and Jil Rypst ra. Toronto General has been movung in the right direction. While somne are worrying that we may be loosing our medical systemn the worry should be that it is kept ini tune with, the. time. Our presenit system is far better than the original model brought in with OHIP. The recent problemn came about because we feit more money was the cure ail of ail problems. In tune with the times three of my four room mates are middle- aged unemployed men, ail in former manu facturing plants that have bee-n ciosed in Ontario. The discussion, you hear with the wives "is a change in life style". They seem totebe, aware that the hiaydays of the late 1980's are over. one last wr from the Penthouse. On arriving at Toronto General a group of three volunteecrs were on hand to assist with your first day and to also outine what we were about to go through. Ail volunteers had gone through heart by-pass in former years in one way or another. As a mnatter of fact Clare Green, 73, just dropped in. He is one of the volunteers. Had his first by- pass in 1979. Played hockey and was a runner until a second by- pass was needed in 1989. He is now back on the ice pad and has played forty games this year. Clare doesn't hang around long he's off te see the rest of the gang here at Toronto General. Volunteerism plays a big part in the comfort of patients as weil as for those involved with the family. By the looks of Clare 1 should be ready for either Kirby downhil or Forest Centre Cross County this coming year. Is there pain associated with the whole procedure. Its not as bad as 1 thought it might be. by Carol-Ann Oster Beginning immediately after the March Break, a new programn involving the Community Addiction Services will bc launched at the Pines Senior Public. The program will be for students who corne from families with alcoholic parents. t wil allow the students as a group to talk about their own problems, experiences and frustrations witb oth ers who are experiencing the sarne. Denise Whetam and Paul McGory, counselors from the Community Addiction Services office in Bowmanville talked to the students firom the ines Senior Public on Wednesday. They explained to the students that alcoholism is a disease and it is not the fault of anyone. They likened the situation to that of cancer. "Having a parent with cancer," explained Paul, "is similar to having an alcoholic parent." Cancer can notb caused by the patient, it can not be caused by you. The cancer, though, is there and it affects everyone. Studies show that one of four people corne from a family where there is alcohol or drug abuse., Paul- and Denise brought a film that illustrated how to make, it easier if you were living with parents who drankc too much. LIt pointed out that everyone in the famîly needs help to cope with the problemn, not j ust the alcoholic. The first point - alcoholics are flot bad peopleý, they are sick. You can't blamne yourself for this. You can't cause alcoholism. The filmn suggests thiat if you are living with an alcoholic parent, one of the most important things you can do is find a 'safe person. A 'safe person' is, someone that you can talk to about your problem and someone that you can cal! if you are in trouble or stuck in a bad situation. You should be able to cali your 'safe person' when you refuse to drive home with a drunk parent, or if your parent should every cause you physical harm. A safe person can be anyone whomn you feel comfortable talking to about'the problemn and' whom you know will be available to help you should the need arise. Ir~ can be a relative, friend, guidance counselor, principal,, or teacher. A brother or sister can also be a safe person. Talking to a sibling about the problemn makes the situation less lonely. T7he biggest problemn in telling, explains Denise, is the' risk involved. What if they don't believe you? Or what if they don't respond as you want themn to? Ihis is why the giuup forming at the Pines is important. t allows the students to find safe people within the group whomn they can talk to about the situation. They will learn, through discussion, to make good choices when the situation is difficult. They will, receive feedback on how others handie situations. It is most important though that the studenits remember that they didn't cause the problemn, and they can't fix the problem. But. it is vital for them to take care of themselves. r DENTISTRY FOR THE FAMILY <Generat Dentistry Including Orthodonties and Implants) DR. B. KOSTIUK, B.Scý., D.D.Si- DENTAL OFFICE ONE 30 Cobbledick Street Orono, Ontario cal! 983-5825 DENTAL OFFICE TWO 5 King Street E. Newcastle, Ontario cail 987-5256 New Patients WelcRme* Saturday Appointment Available AUTO WORKERS CREDIT UNION Where CONVENENCE Is WhMat Credit Unions Are Ail About Drop in and ask us about Home Banking ... Direct Deost ... AutoCash Mastercrd ... Overdraft Protection Everything in the way of personal banking convenience. AUTO WORKERS CREDIT UNION OSHAWA OFFICE BOWMANVILLE OFFICE OROMO OFFICE 322 King St. W. 133 King St. E. 5331 Main St. 728-5187 623-4821 983-5561 U owmanvlle: community addiction services to start at Pines c Oromo Weekly Times, Wednesday, March 17, 1993 - 3