Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 11, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free Farmer rebounds from loss of an Arm by Nelle Oosterom Anne Farmer Phillipe Lebrun re members last 1 with absolute clarity because that was the Day he lost his right Arm in a combining Acci it was a Windy fall Day and his unbuttoned coat flapped around his hips As Lebrun stood near an uncovered drive Shaft to unload the his coat got caught in the As he reached the Shaft caught his Arm and Tore it right he i didst have time to i used my other Arm to pull the coat Over my the 27yearold father of four was convinced the Accident spelled the end of his farming he sold his Dairy Herd while in Boniface Gener Al in mid december he went to the health sciences Centre for therapy and while there two things happened which made him change his mind about quitting this girl a social worker came up to see me three times and said that if i wanted they would take care of Selling the farm for me and i could get my first Cheque at the end of the i asked her if she was from she said yes and 1 said no he planned to move to even though his disability limited the prospects of finding a High paying but then he met someone this Farmer from he lost both of his arms and he was still Lebrun i figured if he could do i could do and he has done today he runs a 36head Dairy operation with his wife leaders to meet at Gull Harbour the Gull Harbour resort hotel on Hecla Island will be the site of the provincial premiers conference hotel general manager Michael Plumridge said the facility will be closed to the general Public during the the Hecla provincial Park Golf course will also be closed for Public use 21 some changes had to be a free stall Dairy barn has been the system permits completely mechanized cleaning and soon the Lebrun will install a milking system which the Farmer can handle with one As for Manning Lebrun said there is no farm implement on his Yard which he cannot although some such As the win requires two hands to he gets around that by using his for Lebrun has gone from Square to round the round Bales can be handled entirely by maintenance is actually the hardest said the self trained Mechanic who designed and put together his own forklift for lifting things break Down every Day and it takes a lot longer to fix them used it anyway the Combine on which he had the Accident still sits in the the drive Shaft on which the mishap occurred was supposed to have been equipped with a cover by thrashing the Dealership where Lebrun had taken it had still not put the shield so the Farmer used it he has not heard from the Dealership the Accident and Lebrun has sought Legal counsel to determine whether the company was his attitude toward safety has were even scared of the machines anything that he explaining that he had previous experience with farm last prior to losing his he was working with the same Combine when Foury Earold son Pierre climbed onto the switched off tractor and pulled a Hydraulic which operates even when the tractor is not the Hydraulic pickup trapping Lebrun just a minute before i had my head under i was fixing a if it had happened i would have been he is much More careful today and believes there should be regular safety inspections on even though newer farm implements come equipped with safety some Farmers take them off to make maintenance he this Lebrun plans to attend the University of Manitoba for a two year agricultural technology Phillipe Lebrun will never forget last 1 the Date he most his right Arm in a farm Spence reelected chief Nelson House chief Rodney Spence has been reelected by an Over whelming majority to Lead the Nelson House Indian band for a second in the polling Spence had 259 votes to 55 for Norman Linklater and 21 for Jimmy band councillors Jerry John Gerry George Linklater and Henry Wood were also Peter Spence won the final Council seat Over incumbent Alice the bands with about is 75 Kilometres North of chief Spence said development of the bands resources to create maximum employment on the Reserve will be the big thrust of his new he also said a major emphasis will be on local especially of the entire educational we will also be looking at taking Over the operation of the Federal government nursing station which is soon to open on the Spence to beat disease big task by Manfred Jazef a Winnipeg scientist doing research into muscular dystrophy predicts the disease which occurs once in about births will Likely be conquered through efforts in the Basic medical but the task still ahead of investigators is according to Klaus a professor of Bio chemistry at the University of Manitoba medical among other things it involves retrieving genetic blueprint information contained in the body cells of dystrophy victims and comparing it with what has been Learned about the Dan of individuals not affected by comparison offered Wrogeman said in an interview that that task alone can be compared to looking for one typographical mistake in a Book As thick As the Richardson building is tall and containing Only seemingly if the Dan substance contained in the cells of a single Newborn baby were Strung out end to he the Chain would go to the Moon and Back to Earth about yet weigh Only a few in the i think what will be easiest to attain is the prevention of the disease easier than improved care and treatment of people who Al ready have Wrogeman said prevention will involve such aspects As genetic counsel Ling of certain couples whose particularly would be Likely to have muscular some genetic counselling is already possible on the basis of current we already know that pseudo hyper trophic muscular which affects Only is not Only an inherited disease but that it is caused by one abnormal Winni Eggers involved North american my research centres include Winnipeg nine Mem Ber team and a group in Montreal As Well As laboratories in Texas and Cali Wrogeman said he is encouraged by the amount of Money flowing into mus Cular dystrophy 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