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I The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, July 22, 1998 Page 5 Letters to the Editor Grandview Needs Growth Funding ' ,'s •if •;n: !0: i v/o ! 'j i'i ! ,oi : • ,lt: I . 1 ,!i, Dear Editor: Recent announcements by the provincial government government regarding growth funding for local hospitals and for long term care services services administered by Durham Access to Care ; (DATC) is welcome news for most, but very discouraging discouraging for parents with special special needs children in this community. Across the Region, children with diagnosis such as cerebral palsy, autism, Down's syndrome and chronic arthritis arc being referred by pediatricians pediatricians to Grandview Children's Centre to receive the important services services they need. These children don't get their therapy at Oshawa General or Ajax Pickering Hospitals. The hands-on, complex therapeutic services services they require arc not available through DATC. For many of these children, children, obtaining the physiotherapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy therapy and socialization skills they receive at Grandview will mean the difference between functioning independently independently as adults or the need for institutionalized care later in life. What makes this situation situation so frustrating is the fact that children's treatment treatment centres arc part of the Long Term Care Branch of the Ministry of Health and they have had their funding funding frozen for the past five years pending a review. At the same time, Access Centres, which arc also part of the Long Term Care, continue to have huge infusions of funding. In Durham, our Access to Care Centres has no chil dren waiting for their services services while at the same time, hundreds of children arc on wailing lists or receiving limited treatment at Grandview. Our MPP's need to understand that the complex complex health care services provided at Grandview, which are critical for our children's development, arc not available anywhere else in this community. These children should not have to continue paying the price for this government's government's inability to get around to doing their promised five year review of children's treatment centres. Grandview needs growth .funding now. The five year freeze needs to be lifted now. Sincerely, Kathryn B remuer Co-Chair NDP Leader Says Harris Breaks Promises Dear Editor: The Harris Conservatives are breaking breaking their biggest election promise. In their Common Sense Revolution, the Conservatives promised that their 30 per cent income tax cut would create create 725,000 jobs. The latest latest job numbers from Statistics Canada show that Ontario lost more jobs - 14,000 - than any other province in June. The government government is sure to fall short of its promise by In Appreciation of Volunteers for Cancer Society In ! v t ! Dear Editor: The fight against cancer is alive and well in East Durham. For fifty years the generous people of this area have contributed to the Canadian Cancer Society and this past spring was no exception. The evidence is now in: Daffodil Days raised over $43,000; the Residential door-to-door campaign is over $180,000 and growing. growing. Thank you, Oshawa, 1 Clarington and Scugog. And a special thanks to those hundreds of volunteers volunteers who make it all happen: happen: the canvassers, who have the courage to ask; the captains, who spend untold hours phoning and ferreting out new canvassers; canvassers; the wonderful ladies of Beta Sigma Phi, who involve over 300 people people in their daffodil distribution, distribution, including the Kiwanis Club of Sydenham; the chairpersons chairpersons and executive members, members, who plan, support and organize. What a great team to have working in East Durham. They not only raise money for research and local services, they raise hope! Garry Minnie President, East Durham Unit Canadian Cancer Society r . I f. \ :*• * ;• » : ü>t. SfnW# It Anglican Cfmrcij Temperance St. S„ Bowmanville During July and August there will be NO Wednesday 9:30 a.m. Holy Communion SUNDAY, JULY 26TH, 1998 TRINITY 7 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 1 » f, Trinity United Church Church and Division Streets y Bowmanville, Ontario ■^Church Phone Office Phone 623-3912 623-3138 Rev. Frank W. Lockhart, M.A., M.Div., M.Th., Th.D. SUNDAY, JULY 26TH, 1998 10:30 a.m. Sermon: "Divine Presence" Rev. Don Stiles Nursery Care and Church School Available A Warm Welcome lb All Visitors Capsule Comments with Neale McLean, B.Sc. Phm, The "magic bullet" for cancer treatment hasn't been discovered yet but monoclonal monoclonal antibodies, engineered to attach to protein found only in cancer cells show much promise. They prevent the tumours from nourishing nourishing themselves but don't affect normal cells. One drug called "Rituximab" was just approved in the U.S. and worked as well as radiation and chemotherapy without the nausea and hair-loss. The human kidneys arc the great filtering units of the body. Each kidney contains about I million Individual filters and our two kidneys filter about 8 quarts of blood every hour producing producing waste urine at the rate of 3 pints per day, If you are travelling to Latin America, Africa, southeast Asia, eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union, It Is wise to get a Hepatitis A shot (Havrex-A). Hepatitis A Is a serious liver disease transmitted by contaminated food and water via fecal matter. The vaccine gives protection for ten years. We feel good about our direct contact with our customers, It's an Important part of our total pharmacy service. Service levels do vary among pharmacies. Give our high level of service a try! Pharmacist Orthotist Bowmanville Clinic Pharmacy Ltd. 222 King St. East Bowmanville, Ont. Free Deliveries (905) 623-7611 o II' hundreds of thousands of jobs. Harris Conservative cabinet ministers arc travelling travelling the province, holding holding photo opportunities promoting the tax scheme as a cure-all for unemployment. unemployment. Does anyone still believe that line? The Harris Conservatives have cut $5.5 billion from our health care system, our schools and our communities communities to pay for a tax scheme that overwhelmingly benefits benefits the well off. It's a proven loser, but the tax scheme is the only job creation creation plan the Harris government government has. The tax scheme has exacted a heavy price on our schools, our health care and our communities. Between the hidden taxes and cuts to health care, education and vital, public services, most people are nà&:„.v 2=£i S. iUiJj . ■ ptiisr paying a heavy price for the Harris tax scheme. It's true some Ontario citizens do well with the tax scheme. If you earn $150,000 annually, you receive over $4,000. If you earn over $250,000, the average benefit is $15,500. But for a $40,000 earner, you might be able to afford a coffee and a donut every day with your tax cut. So I invite your readers to do the math themselves. Add up the extra tuition costs, the extra money for student activities, the higher higher property taxes, the new user fees for seniors' drugs, the new municipal fees, the new health care charges and nursing costs, then tell me: who really benefits from the Harris tax scheme? Sincerely, Howard Hampton Leader, Ontario New Democrats Grand Opening for Jumbo Video Last Saturday was a big day for Clarington's newest video store. Jumbo Video, in Clarington Centre, celebrated its grand opening with help from owner Peter Lewis; his wife Julie; Jumbo the mascot; Ward Four Councillor Charlie Trim; and Jumbo founder Jim Gormley. Crime Stoppers Seek Info On Robbery at Pharmacy Crime Stoppers and Durham Regional Police are asking for your assistance assistance in solving a Robbery that occurred in Whitby on May 31 st of this year. Around 7:45 p.m., a lone male entered the Shoppers Drug Mart located located at 601 Dundas Street West. He approached the pharmacist producing a hand gun demanding drugs. At gun point, the pharmacist pharmacist complied, removing removing a quantity of Oxycet and Dilaudid. As the suspect fled the store he was waving the gun at customers. A store clerk attempting to call 911 for help was ordered at gun point to put the telephone telephone down. The suspect fled the store on foot and is believed to have made good his escape in a grey vehicle. The suspect is described as male white, approximately 25 to 30 years old, 5 foot 8 inches tall, heavier build, clean shaven, wearing dark blue coveralls, running shoes, a black wool toque and black gloves. 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