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Penetanguishene Citizen (1975-1988), 2 Jun 1987, p. 3

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a ene nares nat © nS | eters Helps restore speech Penetanguishene General Hospital (PGH) has a new speech, language pathologist. Bonnie Breadner joined the staff at PGH earlier this year. Breadner, who hails from Saskatchewan, studied speech and language pathology at Western University in London. "TI liked the idea of teaching and was _ in- terested in the medical orientation." - The Ontario Association of Speech Langauge Pathologists works to set standards for practi- cioners. minimum requirement has been a master's degree which usually takes six years of study. AS oh, Croquet Patients and staff at the Mental Health Centre got a chance to enjoy the warm weather and fresh air on Thursday and Since 1978 the. Breadner says before that "...anyone could hang out a shingle." She says she enjoys working one-to-one with her patients. Breadner spends half of her working week at the hospital and the rest of it working with the mentally retarded. "T work with pre- schoolers and adults, most- ly stroke patients."' She says there are a variety of speech and language problems, some caused by physical disorders and others are psychological in nature. Speech impairments, problems with annuncia- tion and articulation, can be caused by a cleft lip or pallet and are more com- engage in some physical fitness. A crazy Appearance postponed A patient from Oak Ridge appeared in Provin- vial Court on Thursday morning. ; Michael Pinet went before Judge L.T. Mon- tgomery charged with assault causing bodily harm. The charges stem from an incident which took place at the maximum security facility. Three OPP officers were called to Oak Ridge at 3:00 a.m. on April 18 after a pa- tient was stabbed several times. Pinet informed the judge that he had contacted a lawyer from Toronto but 'that he was not in court. Judge Montgomery in- structed Pinet to speak to duty counsel, Kathy Flint, and called a recess. When Pinet, wearing hand cuffs and leg chains, was Called back before Judge Montgomery, he was informed he had a week to talk to his lawyer in Toronto. Pinet will appear in Pro- Potice Report----__ The Penetanguishene Police responded to a call Monday after it was reported that a young man had taken a case of Tequila from a tractor trailer. The youth entered the trailer, parked behind the liquor store at about 230° opm .in . the afternoon. There was a report of damage to a bicycle. Chief Cummings says there have been 10 bicy- cle thefts this year and he is advising people to lock their bike when it is not being used. -- Tequila heist There was one im- paired driving charge laid against a St. Thomas man. Cummings said the department is dealing with the Brantford police force in its in- quiry about an in- dividual who was pos- ing as a photographer. Last week there were reports of a man said to be taking photographs of children. He was reported seen in the vicinity of Corpus Christi School and ran off when some children approached him. mon among _ pre-school children. People who have suf- fered from a stroke fre- quently have difficulties with langauge. Aphasia is a condition where the pa- tient says -something unintentional. The right idea occurs in the mind but what is spoken bears no relevance to the conversa- tion or is unintelligible. Breadner says her adult patients work hard at restoring their speech or language. She also stresses -that parents of young children who seem to have difficul- ty speaking or com- municating should not delay seaking professional help. croquet course in front of the administra- tion building tested the skill of allcomers who tried thier hand at this genteel sport. vincial Court in Pene- tanguishene on June 4. in ARN Champions Richelieu Club and the Club thanked some principal contributors to the Health Walk. Receiving gold was Carolyn Maurice who raised $560, whose seven week-old son was the youngest per- "which a Penetanguishene General Hospital, the " ees a 3 we es 'Gedar Point dock New docking facilities at Cedar Point were completed this year. Breakwaters around the docks provide calm water for the Christian Island ferries, the Qunite and Tee A.J. Hoey, to tie-up while taking on passengers. Money for the dock was made available by the federal government. Picher, lawyer at odds Township of Tiny Coun- cil held its~meeting last week in the newly renovated chamber. Meetings during April and May were held in a committee room while work was being done to the chamber. The renovation includes, new carpet, fresh paint and new seats in the public gallery. Council dealt with a long list of correspondence included letters from Michael Picher and Harry Dahme, a lawyer with David Estrin's firm. On May 4, Dahme wrote to the township advising it that any communication between itself and Picher should be conducted through his office. Picher wrote to Dahme 11 days later and stated "There is no convention, nor should there be, that parties involved in a dispute, or mediator, must Elmvale Lions son on the walk. The silver trophy went communicate only through the parties' legal counsel, or keep counsel advised of each step in the process of communication. Picher went on to say he was of the impression that Tiny wanted to com- municate with him. directly The exchange of cor- respondence resulted from a meeting between the council and Picher on April 30. Fund raiser Penetanguishene is plann- ing a fund raising event'to raise $2,500 still needed to cover the cost of restora- tion work on the angels. The total cost of the job is $10,000, and according to Michelle Quealey funds to pay for the work stand at just over $7,500. "We're planning to hold the @vent sometime in June, it may be a balloon day." : Queally, a Heritage Pene- tanguishene committee member, said the angels should be coming back to to Marie Paulin for $505 in pledges. And Don Roszmann took bronze with $362.50. The oldest participant was Stella Ducaire, 77. Erne Deviney of Elmvale won the Tom McMann Memorial Trophy for the second year with pledges totalling $2,360. The town in August and said their return date should be announced next month. It was also decided at the monthly meeting of Heritage Penetanguishene, on Tuesday, to send owners of designated buildings a 10 question survey. The survey will be designed determine how heritage conservation can stimulate tourism and what role local government should play in heritage conservation. Rees Nees ee | PGH -- Penentanguishene General Hospital logged nine births during the past two weeks. Proud parents are: Linda and John Ellis, Wyevale, boy, 9lb 110z, May 11; Jane and Kevin Moreau, Penetang, girl, 7lb°120z, May 13; Katherine and Armand Maurice, Penetang, boy, 8lb 60z, May 17; Petra and Tom Dupuis, Penetang, boy, 5lb 50z, May 18; Linda and David Graham, Midland, girl, 7lb 14 oz, May 19; Pauline and John Lecroix, Penetang, girl, 5b 110z, May 20; Elizabeth and David Dubeau, Penetang, boy, 8lb 130z, May 24; Sheila and Peter Stephens, Midland, girl, 9lb 130z, May 29; Linda Asselin and Brian Bressette, Penetang, girl, 6lb, May 28. award for the Industrial Participant went to Tech Form Products with $700. Ray Ellis, who had a quintiple heart by-pass last year, walked for Tech Form. Angela Schimdt-Foster and Georges Desroches made the presntations. Tuesday,,June 2, 1987, Page 3

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