Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 15, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Afi Winnipeg free Mober 1997 ii Accident victim beat the Odds to walk again Manitoba head injury association helps sufferers Deal with trauma Steff reporter t Chaffers life changed at about 9 while Dri ving to work on an icy the single mom of who was on her Way to work As executive director of the Canadian diabetes associations Manitoba lost control of her vehicle on Archibald Street and crashed Headon into a a doctor at Boniface silent epidemic hits a year head injuries in Manitoba have been called a kind of silent epidemic because they dont come under an easily definable category such As cancer or Here Are some facts about head injuries in Manitoba about of then five a reported in the province each victims in motor vehicle Colli Many caused by drunk suffer a lot of the More cyclists not wearing helmets and youngsters on skate boards Are other prominent the majority of reported cases involve those aged 16 to Many head injuries Arent such As those sustained by hockey or football play ers who May receive Many minor injuries that ultimately pro Duce a cumulative general Hospital told her Chil Dren that talking to charter could restore her conscious that the sound of a Lov familiar voice or familiar music could her daughter came up with a tape that included the popular Simon and Garfunkel song with the words feeling charter recalls waking to those words three weeks after the a moment she says marked the beginning of my but she didst feel All that groovy then or for some time afterwards because the crash had shattered her Cere the part of the brain that controls coordination and muscle five months after the Colli a doctor told me id never speak or walk says whose rehabilitation efforts have brought her to the Point where she can do even if she int 100 per cent i wont be running the Boston Marathon 1 can even though i wont become a great i can speak on behalf of patients who seek to reach their full rehabilitative and she feels pretty groovy now because i have a lot to october is National head injury awareness promoted Here by the Manitoba Boris free press charter is Able to talk again after head head injury charter got involved in Mia shortly after it was formed about three years after her and currently serves As an administrative activities this month include visits to Winnipeg school Divi Sion classrooms by representatives of the prevent alcohol and risk related trauma in which has personnel from the Canadian paraplegic Assoc a several Winnipeg Hospi tals and other charter says Mia got a Grant from the Manitoba Community services Council and will print As Many copies As possible of a handbook pro Viding assistance to injured patients and their Mia president Glen Berg a University of Winnipeg athletic says Mia also runs biweekly support group meetings at the Western trauma and rehabilitation Centre in the Centra Gas building that attract eight to 10 people per Bergeron said the association has no regular funding and has been getting by with the efforts of its 15member Board of directors and a few regular dedicated volunteers like he said anyone seeking information about Mia or its programs can Call 7726979 Between 10 and 3 Mclntosh urges care with dog searches random school drug Hunts Manitoba education minister says by Nick Martin education reporter Norwood school division should seek Strong Legal advice and widespread Community support before conducting random drug searches with police education min ister Linda Mclntosh warned Norwood trustees by gave Nelson Mclntyre collegiate authorization to make random unannounced searches of which could include the use of drug sniffing police no one has approached me on Mcintosh said i would Trust Norwood has consulted Legal what the Laws on privacy Mclntosh they have to balance the rights of individuals and privacy ver sus the safety of All placed in the context of whats no decisions of school boards can interfere with criminal code or human rights the minister said she has not yet asked her depart ment officials for advice on the legality of random police can obtain a search warrant if an individual is suspected of being involved with drugs or Mcintosh 1 really do think they should make sure Treyve got Strong Legal she but Norwood and any school Board considering the same tactic should undertake widespread Community consultation and have the support of she providing Community input is a Wise and prudent thing to she a Winnipeg police spokesman said once nor Woods formal request the department will seek Legal police said they would have to determine whether they have the resources should other schools request random Norwood Board chair woman Brenda Leslie said last week her trustees were split on the but gave their approval after nor Woods administration reported police were offer ing the she intended to Contact senior police officers yesterday for a Leslie could not be reached for comment yes 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conditions need to spend bucking the Hardt explain ranked in the Middle for both age standardized mortality rates and for the amount of Money actually expenditures in Manitoba seem to go where its needed said mar Ian one of the reports but it left Many questions As Saskatchewan was an anomaly with a healthy population and a High pro portion of elderly and yet funding answers it was one of the provinces which spent the least on health care per there is Little or nol relation Between need for healthcare ser vices and Shanahan if moneys doing then you might have a Low mortality or you could say Low mortality Means Low but we found neither of those to be the its Worth exploring the study looked at the general health of the socioeconomic factors such As unemployment lev Els and and the size of groups that tend to need More health such As the Manitoba had asked the Centre to compare healthcare expenditures Between but nonstandard sized methods of keeping track of information made that Shanahan school for hookers planned firs time offenders offered Way off Street by Doug Narne police reporter today on the show Rookie my on new session and Fanum writers in Winnipeg the Job action line Beau Boffl a whist afternoons with Updike finance guru Louis Rukeyser night moves its your Call with lome Edwards is the Winnipeg affiliate at Justice officials Are planning to open a Reform school for prostitutes in Winnipeg based on the Early Success of a similar school for the school would target firs time offenders in an attempt to get them off the Street before they get pulled so far into the sex Trade that they cant get were supportive of the program because it will help keep the girls off the Street before they get too firmly into the said Wayne a lot of the girls Are out there because of drugs or abusive relation ships where they Are we want to Stop it from getting to that the first John school was recently held in twelve men graduated from the on Day the school was judged to be a prompting an interest in forming a similar program for Harrison said the plan is still in the discussion numerous Agen cies the John and prostitute schools Are the latest attempt to Deal with the cites sex in return for volunteering for the on Day people arrested for communication for the purpose of prostitution Are spared a criminal record and the humiliation while men in the John school Are bombarded with the hardcore reality of prostitution and its Impact on the Community in the Hope they will Stop taking part in the sex Trade a different approach will have to be taken with the Harrison said the Hooker school jul be to include More social vice agencies in an attempt to Deal with the issues that Are leading the prostitutes to the streets in the first the regulation in the John school that Only allows people with minor records to take part May also have to be relaxed for the Many of whom have prior criminal police say about per cent of the Johns they arrest Are eligible for the and about 91 per cent of those have elected to take the class instead of being charged it is anticipated that enough people will be enrolled to the class to run four seminars a police say the guidelines of who can take both of the classes will skely be relaxed to allow people with my ;