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Toronto Doctor Speaks to Rotarians v#} Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, December 3, 1986 11 5? r Bowmanville High School Presents "The Sound of Music \4 Palliative care for the terminally ill was the topic at last week's Bowmanville 1 Rotary Club meeting when Dr. Ken Butler (centre) from St. Michael's Hospital In Toronto made the guest speech. Among the revelations made by Dr. Butler was the fact that the federal government didn't need to legalize heroin. He's seen here with Rotarian Dr. A1 Sylvester and Rotary President Bill Hall. Vatcher, who is insistent that womanhood is around the corner, since she is already already sixteen going on seventeen. seventeen. The role of Friedrich Friedrich is played by Jonathan Goad who portrays the family family clown. Louisa is acted by Andrea Schaffeler and Kurt by Steven Steven Kay. The honest one in the family is Brigitta, played by Gillian Maxwell. She is constantly contradicted contradicted by her younger sister Marta (Kirsten Williams). Williams). The youngest child of the family is played by Rebecca Vatcher, whom the audience audience liked instantly. For a young girl, Rebecca certainly certainly put on a well acted performance. However, without the strength of the 11 person pit band the music would not have had the impact it did. Ron Parker, head of the music department at BITS, directed the band of synthesizers, synthesizers, pianos, trumpet, percussion percussion and flute, through famous songs such as "Do, Re, Mi" and "So Long Farewell." And odd sound effects added humor to the performance from time to time. "The Sound of Music" was directed by Michael Lindop and Robert Sheridan, in special arrangement with The Rodgers and Ilammers- lein Music Library. Support staff of "The Sound of Music" should also take a bow. The costumes costumes were all well designed designed and clearly represented represented the era in which the story takes place. The persons in costume change were able to complete the task quickly, never leaving the audience feeling restless. restless. Make-up can bring a realistic feeling to a performance performance and it certainly held true last week. And the sound effects and lighting brought the added professional professional touch to the performance. performance. The opening night of "The Sound of Music" was seen by a full house. And so it should have been. The hard work and time involved by the cast and crew was apparent. apparent. This mixture of comedy, history, heartache and drama was a winner from the beginning. "The Sound of Music" attracted attracted persons of all ages and provided two and a half hours of satisfying entertainment. entertainment. by Rob Savage . The federal government didn't need to legalize the 'use of heroin in hospitals. That was the opinion of- •fered by Dr. Ken Butler, the director of palliative care at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, during a speech to 'the Bowmanville Rotary club last week. • Dr. Butler said that while ;he's ready to prescribe heroin heroin to a palliative patient who needs it, he hasn't ;given such a prescription "The problem is, of course, we've had better drugs all along," he said. • He told Rotary members that morphine works as well as heroin and isn't as addictive. He said there are a wide variety of ways to 'give up to 800 mg. of morphine morphine every four hours, and if the patient needs the morphine, morphine, it won't become addictive. addictive. The preference of mor- 1 phine over heroin was just part of the medical history described by Dr. Butler > someone with a lot of dëter- during his speech on the:/ ""nation and religious con- creation of palliative care./ . vl S; lon- . . ., , , . He explained that pallia- ; Upset,by the treatment tive care is the treatment of s ^ < r S£ !^ going to the termi- terminally ill patients. ;• ..«ally ill, she studied to belt belt began around the late come an MD and then went 1960's, when medical experts experts began to consider the treatment qf pain as an important important part of their work. Prior to that time, Dr. Butler Butler said terminally ill patients patients were seen as "misfits" "misfits" who can't be helped by science. "You said good morning to him, then you hurried along to a bed where you hoped you would find someone someone who could be helped," he said. Pain had also been ignored ignored by medicine. "It was like thè weather," he said. "Nobody really did anything about it." Both views changed when people like Cicely Saunders Saunders came on to the scene in 1967. Ms. Saunders was a nurse described by Dr/Butler as sikksns a satin - gloss, see-through coating for interior wood surfaces tw ° coats gives a fully transparenti washable surface * needs no sanding sealer or varnish top coat available in clear and several wood tones Available at PAI1N cetahei/Ei -"insparantsc : j Central Paint and Wallpaper 295 Ritson Rd. S., 728-6809 Oshawa IKRt> •***{< It didn't matter whether snowflakes falling on your nose and eyelashes are a favorite thing or not, because everything became a favorite when the Bowmanville Bowmanville High School Drama Club presented "The Sound of Music" last week. The performances were deservedly sold out as the cast and crew brought the classic show to life once again. Seen .here are stars Deanna Knight (Maria), Rebecca Vatcher (Gretl) and Andrew Goad (Captain Georg Van Trapp). on. to,specialize in internal medicine. And during that time, she "became associated with people who could do things," Dr. Butler said. She and some other medical medical experts soon began the first palliative care institute institute in England. Among some of their studies for the terminally ill were some tests on morphine, where they learned it wasn't addictive addictive when used properly. Palliative care soon began in other nations. In Canada, St. Michael's Hospital Hospital was the second to start the care. At St. Michael's, there is one nurse for every two and one-half patients. Treatment Treatment includes a family night on Wednesdays where all sorts of questions are brought into the open. "We find quite a bit of anger," Dr. Butler said. "Sometimes at the patient himself for getting sick." But medical staff and the families work together to make the final months of the terminally ill patient's life more comfortable. __The reqjiireiy,çnts„ for people wishing td'epfer the palliative care facilities is that they be diagnosed as having three months or less to live and that they have some sort of pain requiring treatment. And they should know that they're terminally ill, since the special treatment in the ward will soon make it obvious. "It's. not fair to bring someone in if he doesn't know."'Dr. Butler said. by Tammy Hill The hills were brought to life last week with the Bowmanville Bowmanville High School Drama Club's production of "The Sound of Music." About 70 student performers performers sang the audience back in time to the late 1930's. Indeed, the show lacked only the presence of Julie Andrews and Christopher Christopher Plummer (the stars of the movie musical) as it transported the viewers to the sights and sounds of the Austrian hills. Deanna Knight, in the lead role of Maria, combined combined strong acting with powerful musical solos. She brought sincere credibility to the role of the! governess- who must win the hearts of the seven Von Trapp children. children. However, in a romantic scene it became apparent that she had not only won the hearts of the children but their father as well. In the role of Captain George Von Trapp, Andrew Goad has the forceful voice needed to portray someone from a military family. But •in spite of his background in the stern military tradition tradition of Austria, his character character is faced with the realization realization that the Germans are coming and he must conform conform or leave. The combined performances performances of Ms. Knight and Mr. Goad are excellent. But credit cannot go only to the actors who played the parents. parents. The Von Trapp children, each with their own problems, problems, realizations and identities, find a way to win the hearts of the audience. 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