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....... r........... ....... ........d... .p.....1. ..... More than 250 had eye surgery Dr. Anthony Ro demonstrates an examination procedure. Happy endings occur almosi daily in any, hospital but none is more- remarkable than what bappens in tbe opbtbalmology unit ai Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville. Iî's ibe gifi of sighi. "People come in bere with poor vision, usually unable to see bardly anyibing at al tbrough one eye, and 45 minutes later ibey can see," say s Cathy Dilling, nurse manager, same-day surgery. "Wben you stop to think about il, that's fantastic." More ihan 250 patients bad eye surgery at the hospital lasi year, more than twice the number a year earlier, and more tban 350 operations are expected ibis year. Most operaiions are for cataracis and lens implants but tbere are cbildren whose eye muscles are strengthened by surgery and babies only months old who receive surgery to remove blockages in tbeir tear ducts. Blockages are not a direai to vision. Speaking of retirement in a mobile home Speaking of retirement in a mobile home." froni Gord Mils, MPP Durhami East Afier the March Break and the children came -back t0 school, a teacher asked ber pupils bow they bad spent the holiday. One youngster said he bad visited bis grandparents in Florida. He went on to say ibai once-upon-a-time bis Grampa and Grandma used to live in a big brick bouse. But Grampa retarded and they moved to Florida eacb winier. They now live in a Park wiib a loi of other retarded people. In tbe park, all the retarded people live in lin huis. They all ride tricycles ibat are too big for them. Tbey ail go to a bal tbey caîl the wreck hall, but ih looks as if it has been fixed. They alI do exercises every day, but tbey don't do iheni very well. They all seem to play a game with big cbeckers and pusb ibemn around on the floor wiih big sticks as if tbey can't bend down or over. There is also a swmmming pool there, but ibey all just stand in the water witb ibeir bats on. 1 guess îhey dont bave1 a swimming teacher. My Grampa used 10 bake cookies for me in a big brick bouse. Now, nobody cooks anything anymore. Tbey ail go to restaurants witb discount coupons they cut oui of the newspaper all the time. When you come into tbe park where Grampa and Grandma live, there is a doil house witb a man sitting in iL. He watches ail day so they can't get out wiîhout bim seeing them. 1 guess everybody ibere bas forgot their name because they ail wear badges with their naine on, down ibere. Grandma told me ibat Grainpa worker bard ail of bis life to earn bis retardinent. 1 wisb they were back in ibeir big brick bouse, but I guess tbe man in the doîl bouse won't let them out for long. Community Liaison Group Updatt By John Veldhuis 1 Tie Clarington CLG bas been active in the lasi few weeks 1 putting together a site specific 1 dlean-up criteria. Wbat that 1 means is that our group bas been 1 working very diligenily under the direction of Mr. Glenn Case to come up with very specific site numbers for the dlean-up of Port Granby. We bave discovered ihat we do have enough information to do this work and tbat we bave some real numbers that we can use. The problemn is, in some instances we have more ihai one number. We have ranges and we have several ranges sometimes. An example is arsenic, tbe natural background for zrcai the Port Granby site is 1 to 2 ppm (parts per million). The average in the Province for different park sites is 1l to 17 pm and tbe number ibat is used to dlean-up s0 il will not effeci plant life, is 25 or more pm. The problem now becomes clear whicb number do we use for Port Granby. Each level has with it some associaîed cosis. Obviously tbe more we clean up, the lower the finai number, the more the costs. So what we bave to do, is we have 10 look ai ibose ranges of numbers and sec what it Bowmanville Business & Professional Women's Club The March meeting of the Bowmanville Business and Professional Women's Club commenced on a higb note with the presentation of the annual bursary given by the club to a student at the Centre for Individual Studi es, Bowmanville campus. Michelle Robicbaud, who is now enrolled in a Legal Secretarial Course at the Toronto School of Business, was the recipient. Pain Jackson, a member of the Ontario Advisory Council on Women's Issues, then proceeded to brief those ini attendance about the council's goals and achievements. The mandate of the Council is to listen to the concerns of the people and report back t0 government. Ms. Jackson, the representative for the Central Ontario region, was one of fifteen selected last year for the council. This is the first tme members were appointed by nominations from women and women's groups. The council has compiled an action staiement to help achieve their objectives. They specialize in talking to women's groups and work towards better understanding of government issues by the general public. Ms. Jackson referred to tbe council as being a pipeline for people on their concerns. Ms. Jackson highlighted the importance of the maths and sciences in the curriculum for girl's education. She said the emphasis needs to be directed to would cost ai each level. In other words, what would it cost to dlean-up to background, which would be pristine dlean and what would cost to dlean-up to a level where it no longer influences plant life, or humans? Tbese are tbe kinds of bits and pieces of information thai we are struggling witb ai ibis ie. The group that will use ibis information is the Remedial Action Group of the 'Dig and Move Committee'. This committee meets regularly and on a weekly basis and is also hard ai work in coming up with the requirements, the dollars and cents it is going 10 cost 10 move tbe material. We bave of course, ai an earlier meeting, discovered tbat digging up tbe material and moving it is thie preferred metbod. it is the safest, mosi efficient way and meets tbe majority of our criteria. What are tbe criteria? Wel you can gel ihose very easily by calling 987-7786 and ask for your copy. We are quite willing to give you one, mail you one if need be. Or come and talk to one of tbe members of tbe Community Liaison Group and they will explain all of the ibings tbat tbey bave come up with. We recommend that you look ai ibese criteria, ihese goals for cleaning up and let us know wbetber or not we are on the rigbi track. if we are not on the rigbt track il would be very helpful 10 let us know now before we go to0 much furiher in Our projeci. activities sucb as walkîng etc. raîher tban strictly competitive sports. in addition she feels the schools should be utilized more outside scbool1 hours for different activities and organizations. As welll, Ms. Jackson referred 10 child care whicb is still considered a women's issue. In conclusion, she stressed tbai women have to make themselves heard, "we need to make more noise." This montb's meeting will be beld on Tlhursday, April 21st. At this meeting there will be discussions about the resolutions to b e presented ai the 1994 provincial conférence being beld on May 27 - 29 in Windsor. Somne of the issues to be discussed are - Violence Againsi Women, Funding for Housing for Disabled Women and Programs for Children with Special Needs. 'he club meetings are open to women working in all different fields and are a valuable opportunity to work collectively towards acbieving women's advancement. If you are interesîed in atiending the April meeting and learning about the resolutions being discusses, please cail Helen Deviti ai 623-3915 by Monday, April i 8th for reservations. The meeting will be held aitb e Port Darlingion Marina Hoiel and includes a buffet dinner. Dinner tickets are $20.00. Social time is 6:00 p.m. witb dinner ai 6:30 p.m., followed by the business meeting. 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