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:.Page 10 â€" Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, August 15, 1979 _ _ The only handicap Jeff has is the one that earns him an average score of one over par on the golf course; That amounts to a 16 hanâ€" By Howard Elliott dicapâ€"and if you‘re not a Chronicle staff writer golfer and don‘t know a hanâ€" What could you do if you dicap from a sandtrapâ€"that loyed playing golf, but had means he plays better golf only one hand to play it With one hand than most of with? If you‘re like Jeff us do with two. Shirk of Waterloo, you‘d Five years ago, Jeff lost workâ€" on your oneâ€"armed | his hand in an industrigl acâ€" swing until â€" it was perfected. . cident. In August of 1974, he Minimum Deposit $1000. BONUS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS Chequing Privileges GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES SEE ASTRA TRUST 104 KING ST. S., WATERLOO, ONT. 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And Jeff was working alone at II % 11% 10 4 % ASTRA TRUST He was taken to Kitâ€" chenerâ€"Waterloo Hospiâ€" talâ€"still . well. enough to greet his friend thereâ€"where doctors deterâ€" mined that his hand could be reâ€"attached. He was rushed to Etobicoke General Hospiâ€" tal in Toronto where Jeff unâ€" derâ€"went 12 hours of surâ€" the time the accident hap pened. "I tried to stay calm, and I called the ambulance. I held the wrist as tightly as I could so I wouldn‘t lose as much blood,‘‘ he said of the accident. youaies ty Jeff Shirk practices the oneâ€"armed golf swing that has earned him a 16â€"han dicap and a spot among this area‘s top golfers. After the operation, Jeff ol m Nt t 1W P 3ts M;fi:&% +2 eX x e l en 2. PA 1+ l B s ACADAN UPHOLSTERY and INTERIOR uty prmaly *L to 22. o * ts s e i. 4* Manon Harbec Je w *3 * NMut sA nirub c hat ts * fiu I i itihen MAE %, + on s . a Coa» * ; 2 y L* After about a year, Jeff had to make a difficult deciâ€" sion. He could keep his hand or have it amputated and opt for an artificial one. had his hand back, but he had to wait for a year to see if it would mend. He missed a year of high school, only to find that although he reâ€" gained some of the feeling in his band, it was virtually It was a "tough decision‘, but Jeff remembers the turning point when he toured the Workmen‘s Comâ€" pensation Board Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre in 440 PHILLIP ST WATERLOO ONTARIO BB8B6 3302 m o+ We offer you guaranteed workmanship 18 years expenence Very Reasonable Prices free estimates ®@ pickup and delivery Reupholstering Repairs Draperies Furniture stripping and refinishing. Downsview. There, for the first time, he saw a myoâ€" electric hand: a lifelike arâ€" tificial hand which gives the forearm muscles the same gripping and releasing powers they had with the original hand. Before making his deciâ€" sion, Jeff vigited a number of specialists to study all the *‘*I decided on Friday, the day of the tour (of the hospiâ€" tal) and bright and early Monday momrning I went in for the operation,‘‘ Jeff said. s These pincers are the gripping mechanism of the hand. They exert a pressure of 20 pounds per square inch, and enable the person using the hand to grasp, reâ€" lease and lift most ordinary objects. * The day of the operation was 13 months to the day after the accident. Becm’ the myoâ€"electric han requires a snug fit, Jeff wore a strappedâ€"on hook for 10 months while the stump â€" that he opted for is complex piece of medical machinery. His was the first of the myoâ€" electric series to be built in Toronto. Two electrodes, about the size of a quarter, rest on the stump of the nmputatd limb. These pick up and relay the electrical stimuli produced by the muscles that make the hand grasp an object or release it. Through a sixâ€"volt mator in the hand‘s frame, (which runs to the elbow), the electrical message is sent to three pincers inside the hand. evolved into its final When he returned to school, after missing a seâ€" mester, Jeff enroled in a coâ€" operative program offered by Kitchener Collegiate Inâ€" stitute and local employers. In that program, he split his time between school and working for Kitchener acâ€" countant Ray Bott. ‘*You learn to adaptâ€"to do things differently.‘‘ he said In the beginning, Jeff had trouble doing things with his left handâ€"such as writing But he eventually mastered those difficuities, along with use of the electric hand. Now Jeff is used to his new limb. He considers it more an extension of himâ€" self than a tool In September. Jeff hopes to return to school. this time as a student at Wilfri lLaumer University. Ew‘ tually he hopes to become Certified Accountant Many people Jeff meets pav as little attention to his artificial hand as he does He has learned how much pressure to apply to hold and release objects, and can do almost as much as he could before with the hand Sports is an exception. He‘s very ~sportsâ€"mindâ€" ed . and when playing team sports such as volleyball. The myoâ€"electric hand (Continued on page 13)