Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 2, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba To theft Fott Larocque returns with gift by Ron Campbell doctors told Ken Larocque parents when the boy was just Over a year old that he would never Advance beyond the mental capacity of a last working full time and living the life of a Normal returned to the Amant Centre to meet sister the woman he credited with helping him his Shes the one who built me up and got me out of Larocque and to demonstrate that he did not Larocque brought with him a Childs wheelchair to present to Centre that had been his Home for Over four the wheelchair Cost and was bought with Money from Side jobs Larocque did last such As paint ing up a fire engine in grand and repairing his father i care for All these kids Ken Larocque said of his old the Amant moved to Portage Ken left Amant 15 years after spending furan Dahal years at the Centre before moving on to the Manitoba school for Retar dates at Portage la where he spent the next 11 Ken was adopted by Leo and Agnes Larocque in 1957 at the age of nine but two years later when they signed the adoption papers it was apparent that Ken was at about a Ken began having epileptic seizures and Winnipeg childrens Hospital became a second mental damage was occurring with every we did everything doctors the Mayo clinic said the they told us the same As they told us Here he will never have More than the mentality of a after Only two months at Amant the seizures said after progressing under the Tutelage of sister Desrochers at Ken was sent to Portage where his Progress about three years before being Dis charged from Portage he was coming on the bus for and working in his fathers body earning As Well As a reputation As one of w a q a b my a Public services across country for Terry Fox Jack Flrsch tries out Ken Larocque gift to Amant executive director sister the most meticulous and hard working employees even while living in he was working at a local garage doing clean up and errand after returning he continued to work at the body shop full even after his father sold the business a year he now works for a Salisbury House where he does Dis washing and general he was Only Home from Portage about half a year when he got his own apartment on notre Dame Avenue where he still he also owns and operates his own a 71 Dodge Demon which he bought and installed a new brakes and Ball joints with a bit of help from his its got Chrome a stereo system and a hairy laughs his i told him to shave that Damn he Ken is Active in sports and Many social sometimes hauling speakers and tapes to socials and being a disc making a couple of Bucks Here and he saves it Leo he has loads of including a everybody likes he never forgets a an Ken had been excited about the presentation and a bit hesitant Over whether he could do it i got Over its not but i caught he Vancouver up about 290 peo ple will gather today in a Church in port Coquitlam to pay final tribute to Terry the valiant on legged run Ner whose Battle with cancer ended among the mourners will be senator Ray government Leader in the who will represent the Federal prime minister Pierre Trudeau will attend an interfaith memorial service on parliament Hill at 6 the dozen members of pos wheel chair basketball the famed Cable will follow his coffin into Trinity United four family friends will be Ushers at the Church and six friends will carry the the service for the plucky Young runner whose Cros Canada Marathon of Hope raised millions of dollars for cancer research will be televised live at 4 cd by the ctr simultaneous Public memorial ser vices will be held across the de Schreyer is unable to attend the but he and his will participate in an outdoor memorial service in Winnipeg Assini Boine the Assiniboine Park Origi Nally scheduled to Start at 4 will begin instead at 7 Bruce who will be officiating at the nondenominational ser said yesterday the change was made to accommodate on hour service the which will last one will feature the singing of the National a musical program including performances of the lord is my Shep Herd and bagpipe version of amazing a Short speech by Schreyer and a commemorative five Kilometre run around the Park led by Blind Marath Oner Shep Shell will carry a lit by and then pass it on to other Schreyer will sit with Rodney terrys and two of terrys aunts who reside in Miles organizers have secured canvass tent tops to allow the service to go on in Case of among those invited to attend the service Are mayor Bill Premier Sterling Lyon and Bud Fox lost his right leg to cancer in he started his Cross Ana a run on april in he had run Kilometres when he was forced to halt the run near Thunder on when doctors found the cancer had returned in his on he died in Royal Colum Bian Hospital in new he was flags which had flown at Hal staff after Fox death were raised yester Day in accordance with Canada Day but were being lowered again donations the Fox family has asked that donations be made to the cancer society in lieu of Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg and moved to when he was eight years terrys Rodney and Bertha share a South Winnipeg of his grandsons losing Battle against Fox said in a i feel he was going through a lot of pain and nothing could be done to ease he was getting so i feel it was for the but were going to miss him an awful being his grand Mother and who retired from the Canadian National railways in is not Well enough to attend terrys How his wife will be they have 30 who moved to this country in said he has come to love Canada and thinks his grandson has helped make it a better the Public across Canada has really shown a lot of regard they think so much of his efforts and his courage and what he was trying to he want doing it for any personal for anything that would Benefit he was just doing something to be Able to fight i just wish the hell there were More like him to help Canada improve and keep going Western express five tickets Worth and five Worth each were picked in the Western express lottery draw wednes the tickets Are 6275561 and the tickets Are and there Are prizes of for tickets with the last six digits of the top for the last five digits and for the last City Calendar weather Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild of scion of the famous House of will speak at a dinner dance honouring Arnold newly elected president of the University of the dinner will begin at july at the International the Baron will present to Naimark the distinguished service medal of the be Gurion University of the the prison arts 81 tour in conjunction with Congress of will run july 10 and 11 in Eaton place and july 13 to 16 at the convention the a project of the prison arts foundation of consists of paintings and other works of Art by inmates of Canadian the exhibit is sponsored by the John Howard and Elizabeth Fry society of tourist Alert Joyce Mcmehen of driving a Light Brown 1975 Oldsmobile with Ontario licence on a camping trip through North and South 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