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WINNIPEG (CP) = A
disabled child will ‘no
longer be used as the
symbol of Easter Seal fund-

raising campaigns’ in.

Manitoba because many
people associated with the
program believe it does
more harm than good.

In a decision that has
annoyed several former
Tammies and Timmies,
the Manitoba division of
the Society for Crippled
Children and Adults has
decided to part. company
with similar organizations
elsewhere in the country
and drop the Timmy. ap-
proach,

The decision, which has

been defended by at least
one former Tammy who
says. the Timmy concept
exploita disabled children,

' was made official recently

by the society’s 80-member
board, including six totally.
disabled people. :

Board spokesman Jim -

Derksen said . a general
meeting, attended by
parents, adult disabled and

from alcoholics’

HALIFAX (CP) —
People become alcoholics

‘because they didn't get the

intimacy they needed from
a parent before the age of
five, a conference on ad-
diction was told Monday.

Dr. Stan Gitlow, a New
York doctor specializing in
the treatment of
alcoholism, said ‘106 per
cent” of the alcoholics he
has studied were unable to
identify with the parent of
the same sex. Gitlow said
the parent may have been
sick, away or simply un-
willing to become close to
the child.

He told the Atlantic
conference of the Canadian

but. those problems don't ™

include stupidity, ‘lack of
morality or lack of control.
An alcoholic will even
choose his job or his spouse
to fit his drinking habits, he
said,

“An alcoholic’s middle
name is control,’? he said.
“T had a guy in my office
who would only drink
through a straw in a bottle
contained in a bag in the
last row in the theatre,

“He saw a lot of bad
movies,” °

Gitlow sald alcohol is in
the same category as
sedative drugs such as
valium or ether. Narcotics
such as morphine or
marijuana are in another
category.

“Narcotics withdrawal is
a piece of cake,” hé said,
“Alcohol withdrawal
kills. i1}

Gitlow added narcotics
users are usually more
destructive.

“Narcotics users are
temporarily rebellious
youth who, by the tlme they
reach age 30, are working
at a bank, havea three-
piece suit and a short
haircut.”

Dr. Alex Richman told
the conference one out of
every 10 Canadian drivers
on the road between 1 a.m.

Christian
singers
to perform

The Evangelical Free ,

Church of 3302 Skparks St.,
will host the Peace River

. Person

others who: support the’

society, agreed that the
former approach “is nat
the right thing to do to a

handicapped child.

“Unitentionally, things

‘in the past weren’t done as |

well ‘as they could be,”
Derksen said in ‘an in-
terview.

“No one'is to blame —

what was right in 1970 isn’t
necessarily right now.”

- However, Jack Sarney,
‘executive director of: the
Canadian ~~“ Rehabilitation
Council for the Disabled,
said from Toronto that the
‘child as a symbol of Easter

Seals is not. being dropped

nationally,

“Ontario uses it strongly
—'Manitoba is the only one
to say no,” Sarney said.

There is a problem of
getting the public to see the
and not the
disability. But we have to
demonstrate’ the need of
the disabled and there

“seems no better way than

the Timmy or Tammy

- symbol. we

Parent’s love missing:

H

Bible Institute musical .

group, Joyiully His, on
Wednesday, May 2 at 7:30
Mm,
PThe public is cordially
invited to this.sharing of
Christian ° faith through
music. «
Joyfully His is one of
three touring groupa at the
bible institute. Ten men
and women sing a variety
of musical numbers. This
popular and well-received
group, under the direction
of Mr. Mel Hamm, enjoys
travelling and presenting
their program at churches
and youth retreats. .
Peace River Bible In-
stitute is an in-
terdenominational bible
college located 12 miles
north of Grande Prairie
with accommodation for
more than 180 students.

and 3 a.m. is legally im-
paired,

Richman, a member of
Dalhousie —_- University’s
faculty of medicine, said he
based his: figures on a
province-by-province study
which also shows more
drinking: drjvers are on the
roads on Saturday. -

“So, when ‘is the best -

time to let your adolescent
have the car?” he asked.
“Not on: - Weekends,
Tuesday and Wednesday
between breakfast and

; he said.

Not everyone connécted |

with past Manitoba
programs agrees with the
present group's rationale.
Kirk Weir, Manitoba's
Easter Seal child in 1962,
says the chance to be a

‘Timmy or a Tammy is
disabled:

something no
child should he denied.

‘Archie Carmichael, who
headed the
society’s administration
for 21 years, also disagrees
with the current thinking.

“There is nothing wrong
with having a child as a
symbol for a campaign if it
is used in. good taste,”
Carmichael said, There is
a lot of opportunity for the
girl or boy chosen as
Tammy or Timmy.” °

Weir, now in his 30s and
the father of three, is-a

.victim of the 1953 polio

epidemic and he’s annoyed
with the soclety's decision.

“If Thad to do it over, I
would without hesitation,”
“T feel it was a

lives

lunchtime is seen to be a
safe time.”

Richman said a

‘California study suggests

that stronger legal
penalties against impaired
drivers are more of a
deterrent than clinical
efforts to cure the problem
of drinking and driving.

The Nova’ Scotia
government has proposed
legislation which .would
require anyone convicted
twice of impaired driving
te visit a counsellor.

Manitoba .

“memorable experience, a
privilege."

He said he never. felt
exploited.

“If they drop Timmy or

Tammy, they will be
denying - handicapped:
children an experience that

is a major opportunity.

is ‘dropped —

makes the non--

Mid
handicapped aware of our

‘needs, “It recognizes our

achievements and what the
society can accompish with

enough funds to train ©
and .

disabled children
adults to step into the
mainstream of life,” Weir

_. Said.

Treasure house’

of the world's people

TERRACE— If you live
in Terrace and are of
English origin, there is a 25

- per cent chance the family.
next. door comes from —

another part of the world,
Statistics Canada’ ‘shows
8,760 Terrace residents
claim English as. their
mother tongue, while 2,160
indicate another first
language.

We live, even in
“remote” northern B.C,, in

a treasure house of the

globe's people.
A fledgling multicultural
group will held: a meeting

‘Thursday, May 3, at 7:30
p.m. in the Sikh Temple or
McDeek Avenue. The
meeting is open to all.
Refreshments will. be
served. ;

‘Planners: hope to open’
avenues of communication
between various cultural
groups in the area, and to
assist new arrivals to
merge with the community
without losing their own
cultural identity. For
further information call
Kathy Mueller, at 635-4705
or 630-8191. ° .-

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