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March of Dimes puts pressure on Ontario to extend assistance Pat Arbuckle Chronicle Staft Regional offices of the Ontario March of Dimes are pressuring the provincial governâ€" ment to extend its asâ€" sistance to physically disabled adults, particâ€" ularly in providing asâ€" sistive devices. ‘*We‘re forwarding written requests for equipment that come in to the government, reâ€" minding them that they said they would look into this and asking them ‘what are you going to do about it‘," said Bunny Waechter, community developâ€" ment manager for the local office of the Onâ€" tario March of Dimes. At _ present, under the Ministry of Health‘s Assistive Deâ€" vices Program the govâ€" ernment funds 75 per cent of the cost of assistive devices reâ€" quired by physically disabled children until they reach the age of 20. Equipment providâ€" ed includes manual and motorized wheelchairs, artificial limbs,. braces, ostomy or geniâ€" toâ€"urinary supplies and respiratory aids. When the program came into effect two Residents (Contmued from vage 1 be known as Fischerâ€"Hallimanâ€"Beaver Creek Bearinger Road. Regional engineers stressed during the meet ing that recentlyâ€"announced developments in volving the UW lands, which could create as many as 12,000 new jobs within the next decade, have increased the need for the road work. ‘"‘There are some things, we know now, and there are some things we feel will happen. We‘ve attempted to come up with a plan flexible enough to address development as it comes to pass," said regional roads and traffic director, Gerry Thompson. z The regional engineering committee will make its decision on the proposal at its June 21 meeting. in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, consisting of the Townships of North Dumfries, Wilmot, Wellesiey, Woolwich and the Cities of Waterioo, Kitchener and Cambridge, notice is hereby given to all persons in possession of land, in accordance with the Weed Control Act,. 1973, Sections June 9 4â€"14â€"20, that unless noxious weeds growing on their lands within the Regional Municipality of WaterlOo are destroyed by date of June 23, 1984, and throughout the season. the Regional Munic»+â€" pality may enter upon the said lands and have the weeds destroyed. charging the costs against the land in taxes, as set out in the Act in the interest of public health, noxrous weeds requiring eradication as they appear are Goat sâ€" Beard. Chicory. Thistles,. Ragweed. Poison lvy, Wild Carrots, etc Although Dandetions, Burdock and Goldenrod are not considered noxious weeds within the Regional Municipality of Watertoo under the Weed Control Act. the coâ€"operation of all citizens is soticited in the elimination of these nuisance weeds Inquires and complaints should be directed to the undersigned at 634â€"5928 or 885â€"9540 To Property Owners To Destroy Weeds Weed Inspector, Regional Municipality of Wateriloo NOTICE years ago, Dennis Timâ€" brell. minister of health, promised to exâ€" plore ways of extendâ€" ing the program to inâ€" clude â€" physically â€" disâ€" abled adults but no action has as yet been taken. Hautschild ACcording to Waechter, as a provinâ€" cial office, the Ontario March of Dimes proâ€" vided more than $1 million worth of assisâ€" tive equipment to 1,600 people last year. Of that amount, $507,000 was spent by the local office and there are currently 123 people awaiting assistance. But with funding down this year, "for the first time in histoâ€" ry, we might have to refuse (some of the requests,"" Waechter said. Waechter feels that not only increased funding but a central source of financial aid is needed to help physiâ€" cally â€" disabled â€" adults become active, funcâ€" tioning members of soâ€" ciety. In the last six months. she said, she has heard of three local 20â€"yearâ€"olds who have become paraplegics as the result of accidents. All will require thou sands of dollars to renâ€" ovate their homes, purâ€" chase wheelchairs handâ€"controlled cars or vans and other aids yet none are now eligible for government assisâ€" tance. "If you are funding children up to the age of 19, what happens when they outgrow their equipment and are used to having it provided," she said. At the present time, when assistive devices are needed requests are sent to the local office. Each must be accompanied by a preâ€" scription from a docâ€" ior, occupational or physical therapist to ensure that suitable equipment is purâ€" chased. Waechter, in turn, orders the device and payment is guaranteed by the local office. After inquiring to see whether the individual is able to contribute toward the cost of the equipment, funding is sought from approâ€" priate agencies i.e. Soâ€" cial Services, VYocaâ€" tional Rehabilitation Services or War Amps of Canada. (beside HiWay Market) 144â€"1125 1335 Weber St. E., | P A (a Mours: Weber St. E., o Mon.â€"Wed.; °oo tinn.l., tu 164 e / ? sfll| Thurs., Fri. 10â€"9 Two facuity deans at Wilfrid Laurier Univerâ€" sity who nave been acting deans for the past vear were confirmed in their positions by the university‘s board of governors at its annual meeting. Arthur Read was named dean of the arts and science faculty, the largest of the university‘s teaching divisions, and Shankar Yelaja was confirmed as dean of the graduate social work faculty. _ Both will serve for renewable five year terms. effective July 1. Dr. Read, 42. is a native of Brampton, and a 1973 graduate of the University of Waterloo with a doctorate in physics. He earlier received a bachelor of arts degree and a master‘s degree from MeMaster University, Hamilton. WLU deans confirmed by Board of Governors Art Read WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESOAY, He joined Wilfrid Laurier University in 1966 as a lecturer in the department of physics and rose to become a full professor in the department in 1982. He was chairman from 1973 to 1980. Dr. Yelaja, 47, born in India and now a Canadian citizen, received a doctorate in social work in 1967 at the University of Pennsylvania. Earlier he received a bachelor of arts with honors in economics and political science at the University of Poona. and a master‘s degree in social research and casework from the Univer sity of Baroda, both in India He joined the Laurier social work faculty in 1968 as associate professor and was named a full professor in 1971. Author of several texts, Dr. Yelaja has an international reputation in social work education. Shankar Yelaja JUNE 13, 1984 â€" PAGE 9