of Brian Gregg
The. . Joes of a

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becomes handicg} Ser TOr

par-O1d ,
Terrace man is'p alsing |
God for the miracle of
having. his' hand restored’

to him ‘after’ it was

‘omptely cut. off at the

‘Murray Wittke, .
‘employee of MacGillis
and Gibbs, was. working
‘at his ‘job cutting shingle
"blocks ‘on the hydraulic
Splitter’ on May 14 when
‘he stumbled and grabbed
the operating lever with

~ Terrace,

ows outstanding

“development.

‘TERRACE WINS

The Terrace and District Jaycees walked off
r with five of the eleven major unit awards at the -
‘recent Pacific Region Jaycees convention held, in
“May 24, 25, and 26..
” Both the single outstanding unit award and the
pres unit award for the region
|. Went to-the Terrace unit along with three other |.
‘first place awards for community tk
-- fund raising, and.extension and membership: —
. The Terrace Jaycees: also-..received Pn
honorable mention in the category of leadership

_.. The year’s convention was attended by 157
--@elegates. from the Pacific region, which in-
cludes British Columbia and the Yukon. Next
year’s convention is tobe held in Richmand, B.C..

POLICE NEWS

Quail, Heron’ and Hawk
Streets that. officers will be
distribel - Neghborhood
Watch lets today, -

Kitimat RCMP recovered

& ladies. silver watch. The

owner can learn more in-

- formation :. by. elther

. telephone 635-7111 or going to.

the police office to identify
the watch,

Kitimat RCMP have ad- .~
vised .reeldenta living on:

‘The incident..is. still under
- investigation,

Terrace RCMP say “that
the flag from the Post. Office
was ‘stolen. Sunday : Over-
night, .

- Two stolen pickup: trucks
were recovered on Saturday,

also report. a it -

and run at the -junetion of

Highway. 16 pnd Highway 25

early. Saturday.morning, A

. Male wagihit by. what: police

describe as a white pickup.

| hight
Terrace at that time and —

one hand for balance. In.

- using his other hand for

support, he accidently
placed it below. the 18-
inch , axe-like blade,
which came down on. his

wrist like a guillotine.

"He screamed and his
foreman‘ ‘came im-
mediately’, Saw what had

happened and told one of.

the other workman to
bring his hand. They
rushed him to this
hospital, which is for-
tunately just down the
street,'’ says Scott

‘Wittke, brother of the.

injured man.

The accident happened
about 7:30 a.m. and

- everything seemed to-
click after that, says Dr.
_ R.E.M., Lee who cleaned

and prepared the hand

for its journey down to.

the Vancouver General
Hospital operating room

‘ with Witte.

The morning CP Air
was’ leaving

doctors quickly made

‘arrangements for Wittke -

and his wife, Cheryl, to be
on the’ plane,

“My brother is a
Christian and he was —

completely resolved to
the fact that he had. lost
his hand. I think being a
Christian -helped more
than anything. Cheryl did
not let her’ emotions:
show, which helped to
calm Murray,”' says his
brother.

Wittke had performed
at the “Chuck Girard
gospel music concert in

_ Kitimat the night before

- skies are expected

his accident because
Girard and his group
were delayed in getting
their flight here.

“His friend Kenneth
Olson, who performed
\with him that night, has
‘bought Murray a Martin
guitar as a sign of faith
‘that they will be pe:
forming together again, :
says Scott Wittke,:

Murray Wittke says
one minute -he was sure
be had lost his hand
forever and the next
minute he realized the

doctors were arranging.

to’ send him down to

Vancouver ‘where there .
might be a chance that he .

could have the use of
hand again. ;
“It " was exciting to
me...I didn’t expect it to
be put back .on...even
when they sald they
might be able to do it they
said the chances were

‘slight; says Wittke, ,
While Dr. Peter Van |

Herk and Dr. Lee worked

at the Terrace end, Dr, . -

Peter Gropper and his
team of five doctors were

A ridge of high pressure

will. create some sunny
periods but by afternoon the
to’ be
cloudy ss another system.
moves in.

The expected high today i is
14 degrees Celsius and the:
overnight low is 7 degrees.

WEATHER

_ Country style chicken on a bun.

“? You'll go wid over the taste of the Colonel's
_ Bar B @ Chicken Sandwich. Mouth watering.
chicken marinated in our special Bar. B @ Sauce
- ‘and served up on a hot bun. They're great for
_ lunch and they make a super snack, too.
Come 'n get ' em. ;

ken: Colonel.

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preparing for the

microsurgery. in Van- -

couver..

Dr. Lee says that the
chances of a ‘hand being
‘completely restored;
even after an apprently
successful operation, are
very slight. .

Doctors must have a
sharp, clean amputation
to work with, Lee says.
After the microsurgery
the blood vessals and
tendons may be hooked’

Up again. but its a

question of proper
cellular regeneration
after that.

Lee says that under the
cireumstances,. the |

. amputation happened in

such | way ‘that it
provided good conditions
for hand restoration

ough.
Although Wittke was in -

good spirits during the
trip down, he remembers
nothing of the 10-hour

operation which began

about 12:30.p.m,
“It's a long operation

and Thear itis along time

to be under anesthetic,”

says Wittke. |.
After the operation

Wittke remembers that

_ the area arolind his hand
burt and there was a lot of

different type of feelings

fromthe nerves there but

nothing from his hand.
_ Fora few days his wrist

‘The Herald, Tuesday, May 29, 1979, Page 3

Was really going wild,
says Wittke and doctors
told him ‘this was a good

The first cast, which
‘covered his. whole arm,
- Was removed and a new

cast, which covers the

area below hin wrist, was

on,
‘Wittke ‘doesn’t know
: the chances are of

ck because it is
the only the second such
operation in a. B.C.
’ hospital that has worked.
Dr. Lee says that this
kind of osurgery
new, although’ most
major medical centres in
Canada have operating

Ferrace man. tells how they saved his hand

teams which do this ind
of work.
' Wittke, who left the

_ Vancouver hogpital on

Saturday to stay with his
parents, says be doesn't
know what the future has -
in store for him,
The other person who
had similar kind of
90 cen
use of ti his hand and arm
restored to him within a

year, “

‘YT guess Fl be down
here until the doctors are
satisfied with my

and then Vl

is come back to Terrace
where I’m sure I can use

the physiotherapy
facilities there,” be says.

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