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1 2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, April 24,1991 Section Two Lions Learn About New Deaf Centre by Lorna Miller "Deafness is the unseen handicap," said Gary Martins, Martins, Hearing Conservation Chairman for local Lions clubs in Multiple District A. Gary was at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Lions Club on Monday, April 8, to speak about the proposed home for the deaf and hard of hearing to be built near Sudbury. "Blind and crippled people people have obvious handicaps, but deafness is not so readily readily discernable," Mr. Martins said. "There are two kinds of deafnesss," he continued. "You could be born deaf or acquire deafness. They are two very different and distinct distinct problems." According the Mr. Martins, Martins, we all acquire a degree of deafness as we age. The worst degree of incapacitation incapacitation is that of the blind and deaf. For it is these people which have no sense of the spoken word and no image of the world around them. "Twenty-five years . ago there was no way of teaching teaching these people, no way of communicating. And you would have blind people who would say that they were grateful that they weren't deaf," he said. Today, thanks to Resource Resource Centers such as those ported by the Lions os, many of these handicapped handicapped people are leading normal, happy and full lives. In these centres, new techniques techniques for dealing with the blind and deaf-blind have been developed and new breakthroughs have opened new doors previously shut for these people. The Lions Clubs now support support six Resource Centre Homes in Ontario which help the deaf and the deaf ana blind,. They are located in Milton, Woodbridge, Belleville, London, Brantford Brantford and Ottawa. Most of these began as farm homes which accommodated a few patients. They were later expanded expanded to accommodate more people and facilities. Trent University at Durham College Summer 1991 Courses are offered in Oshawa and Peterborough during the day or evening in the following terms: • 8 weeks: 1 May-26 June • 12 weeks: 1 May - 24 July • 6weeks: 2July-13August For a brochure, counselling or information on admission please call (416) 723-9747. Here, the handicapped receive receive a normal, home-like upbringing and learn to communicate and cppe with the outside world. There is a proposal to build another facility, which will service the northeastern northeastern communities, near Sudbury. These homes offer life- skills, literacy and numeracy numeracy training, as well as counselling, counselling, sign language and interpreting services, sign language classes, aural rehabilitation rehabilitation classes, hearing aid programs, resource libraries, libraries, information and referral referral facilities and social and receational programs to the deaf, blind ana handicapped. handicapped. This is a massive undertaking undertaking which will cost approximately approximately $3.27 million before it is completed. As with all of the present centres, this one will provide new hope for the hearing- impaired and the sightless. "We have examples of many children who were left untaught due to the doubleincapacitation doubleincapacitation of deafness and blindness who have now completed high school and even college with the training training and help provided by these Lion supported homes," he said. Spicer Comm. To Meet Here On April 28th This Sunday evening will be your last chance to make your views about Canada's future known. The Spicer Commission will be meeting at the Zion United Church, (Christian Education Wing) at Mitchell's Mitchell's Corners on April 28 at 7:30 p.m. Organizers are hoping the hall will be packed that evening, with citizens speaking speaking up about what they think should happen to our country in the future. The commission's hearings hearings conclude on April 30 to enable the members of the commission to compile a report. report. • All Chernies is and Fert i 1 izers • Cus tom App Jicat ions 0 Soil Testing On Request • Tissue Analysis On Request HUNCO FARMS SUPPLY Ltd. R.R. 4, Cobourg Tel. (416) 885-7203 BARR INSURANCE Serving Newcastle for Over 17 Years Chris and Deb Barr are pleased to welcome Mrs. Corrie Houselander to our staff. With 10 years insurance brokerage experience, we know Corrie will be of real help to our clients. Barr Insurance 5 King St. E. Newcastle 987-5229 For further information or to make a donation to this worthwhile cause write: Lions Lions Homes for Deaf People, P.O. Box 294, Oakville, Ontario, L6J 5A2. Birthday Lions were: Ralph McIntyre; Claude Kilmer, Bill Foote, Doug Kemp, Ed Courier and Ted Miller. A new Board of Directors was elected and will be inducted inducted at the next meeting. Attendance Pins were awarded to: Ron Whyte - 8 years; Bill Foote - 8 years and Ted Miller -16 years. Acting President, Elmer Banting, kept the meeting going smoothly and when all the pertinent business of the evening had been heard and acted upon, he closed the meeting. Acting Lions Club President, Elmer Banting and Regional Chairman, Ralph" Fodden, of Cobourg, chat after listening to the impressive speech by Gary Martins, Martins, the Hearing Conservation Chairman for local Lions Lions Clubs. He spoke about the proposed Resource Centre to be built near Sudbury. A new, 12-member Evening for Parents at Newcastle P.S. Professional Development Development Days can be full of enjoyable enjoyable learning experiences for teachers. Parents, .on the other hand, usually don't get the chance to check out what goes on during a PD Day. Or, at least, not until now. The Newcastle Public School is hosting a Parent Activity Night on Tuesday, April 30, starting at 7 p.m. . "The key is that these seminars are open to any adult at all, not just parents," parents," said school principal Ray Simser. "It's going to be a very positive happening at the school." But, if you want to participate participate in the following seminars: seminars: Writing Process, Math Initiatives, Bibliotherapy, Dispelling Myths, and YMCA Child Care, you should make your decision soon. So far, the Production Line Cooking, Computers, and Self-Esteem seminars have already been filled. The seminars are being conducted by board resource staff who have specific specialties, specialties, said Mr. Simser. The remaining seminars available will show how school staff teach story writ- ingto students, how math is made fun through games and puzzles, and now books can help children cope with stresses in their lives. The Dispelling Myths seminar will help dispel the myths of the learning disabled and explain how to help children wno have problems. The fi- Native Culture Comes to B.S.P.S. Classroom ^Uil l/l C vv UC KJ 111 1 u XlCul kj LIVIU LI 1 V . XJL 11C YY . HUCl * 1 • *111 Board of Directors for the Bowmanville Lions Club entatioT" on^YMCA P Day Care. was also voted in at the meeting. Sandy Phillips, an instructor with the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education, winds her way through a horde of students and teachers during a "Snake Dance" at Bowmanville Senior Public School on April 12. Sandy Phillips visited the school in order to help students tune in to the traditions and culture of Canada's Native People. Part of that culture includes a reverence for the natural environment, students were told. Choose (rom = Mj Chevÿ 8. 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