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7—Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, Jan. 30, 1969 Funding for Treatment at Mcrch of Dimes Center Juvenile Ct. Enables Girl to Throw Away Crutches Act Proposed Patty Bruce, 7, of Pontiac, Mich., crippled since birth by a severe spinal birth de fect, learned by happy ac cident when she was little Rep. Gerald Detering today more than three years old introduced a bill dealing with that she could walk without state financial assistance to braces or crutches. local juvenile courts. Essential ly, the bill provides for $750,000 to be distributed to the various juvenile courts throughout the state based on the number of children within the jurisdic tion of the particular court. An additional $44,000 is re quested in the allocation which will enable the Corrections Di vision to administer the funds. The funding proposal will pro vide the means for juvenile courts to implement the re sponsibility given them in the 1967 passage of H.B. 1038. Local juvenile courts have been faced with increasing de mands for their services, which local funding bodies simply have not been able to support Part of the increased demand i is reflected in the increased i number of referrals to the' courts, the added legal profic , iency required by the Gault decision and even the added I administrative demands placed upon the courts by the addition i of youth care centers. Participation in the program ' by local juvenile courts would require the counties to increase the existing juvenile court bud get by roughly 10% of the a- mount to be received in the al location. The money will be used to strengthen the primary ser vices to the court which in cludes counseling and proba tion, foster care facilities, shel ter homes and other services deemed necessary by the parti-j cular juvenile court. At their recent Portland conference, the Juvenile Court , Judges Association passed a re-1 solution endorsing the funding proposal and emphasizing the need for state assistance to juvenile courts. It was a hot summer day and her mother had set aside Patty’s crutches, removed the braces from her legs and stood the pretty little blonde in a neighbor’s backyard wading pool. “It was like a miracle,” Mrs. Bruce recalls, “She began to walk right through the water.” After that day, Patty, who was bom with leg-paralyzing open spine and deformities of both feet, practiced and ex ercised until she needed neither braces nor crutches on dry land. If there is a miracle in her ■ story, however, it has nothing to do with the water. Dr. Donita B. Sullivan, di rector of the March of Dimes- financed Birth Defects Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, explained, “With proper physical therapy and other treatment over a period of time, children like Patty often develop enough muscle power to walk without the support of braces.” Today, for a girl who had such a slow start, Patty can do a swinging job with a hoola hoop. But life has been a long, uphill struggle. Patty’s fight to live like children born free of handi caps began in Pontiac when she came into the world pre maturely, weighing only 3*4 pounds. She was the first ef fraternal twins, and her brother, Mike, was also born with a birth defect. Doctors detected a heart murmur in the lad, indicating Jiossible congenital heart de eds, and have been seeing him once a year since birth. Patty’s condition required immediate attention. When she was three months old, she was taken to the Birth Defects Center in Ann Arbor where neurosurgeons performed cor rective surgery on her back. After that, her deformed feet were treated, first with casts, then with biaces and now with exercise only. The little girl has returned to the March of PATTY BRUCE, 7, Pontiac, Mich., may sound sound lu !,«r twin brother, Mike, but she was born with an open spine and can't walk so well. Mike has no problem walking, but he was born with hear* defects. With them is Dr. Donita B. Sullivan, director of the March of Dimes-financed Birth Defects Center at the Uni versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dimes Center four or five times a year since her opera tion for continuing treatment and checkups. According to Dr. Sullivan, Patty may need urologic sur gery sometime in the future. As a result of the open spine, the little girl cannot control her bladder or bowels. Through the years much of Patty’s therapy has been re ceived at home. One of her favorite means of exercise is a rocking horse. Mrs. Bruce points out, also, that brother Mike has a lot to do with Patty’s success in learning to walk. “She always watched I Oldtm, Corps Of Engineers Projects In Oregon Attract 41/2 Million Visitors In 1968 Visitors to U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ reservoirs in western Oregon set an all-time record of 4,551,068 during 1968, surpassing the 1967 total of “A fair-weather friend is 4,462,900 and that for 1966 one who ia always around which was 3,492,000. when he needs you.” Colonel Robert L. Bangert, TV, Radio & Appliance Call U» Any Day For Service No Mileage Charge on Route Calls Between Stayton and Gates. ON OR OFF THE CABLE RCA VICTOR The Best TV for Cable or Fringe Areas. RCA WHIRLPOOL The Best Laundry Equipment PORTERs LA UJ Appliance — Radio SALES — SERVICE 503 N. 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The Long Tom River pro ject in Lane County near Eu gene attracted 1,284,656 visi tors while Bonneville had a total of 1,247,730. In 1968 Fern Ridge’s total was 1,169,100 and Bonneville’s 1,134,000. Since 1938 Bonneville Dam has attracted a grand total of 16,664,430 visitors while Fem Ridge since 1945 had account ed for 8,348,256. Detroit and Big Cliff Reser voirs on the North Santiam River east of Salem drew 597,- 520 recreationists in 1968 com pared to 572.500 in 1967 and 561,300 in 1966. Since comple- i lion in 1953 Army Engineers have counted 4,966,820 people at these two projects. Other Corps of Enineers’ re servoirs in western Oregon with their 1968, 1967, 1966 and grand total visitor attendance figures, are: Lookout Point and Dexter Reservoirs on the Middle Fork Willamette River near Eugene- 275.431, 317.700, 269,00 and 2- 662.931. The Dalles Dam on the Co lumbia River: 398.698, 311,700 228.000 and 3,124,698. Cottage Grove Reservoir on the Coast Fork Willamette near Cottage Grove: 181.223, 235,100, 158.900 and 2,028,023. Fall Creek Reservoir near Springfield: 152,358. 217,900, 37,- 200 and 377,458. Dorena Reservoir on the Row River near Cottage Grove- 192,017, 192,100. 181,100 and 1,- 515,417. Cougar Reservoir on the South Fork McKenzie River near Blue River: 97,400, 113,200, 51,400 and 458,800. Green Peter and Foster Re- ervoir on the Middle and South Santiam Rivers near Sweet Home: an estimated 150.000 for 1968 and 100.000 for 1967. first year of record. Hills Creek Reservoir on the Middle Fork Willamette near Oakridge: 160.035, 99,600, 107- 400 and 595,435. Recreation activities at Corns of Engineers’ projects Include- ' fishing, boating, swimming, 'picnicking, sightseeing, camp- I ing. hunting, water skiing and (horseback riding. him and tried to copy him.” Patty has learned to walk well, but she is not yet able to walk normally. She still tends to toe in. “One day she came home from school and said one of her classmates called her pigeon- toed,” Mrs. Bruce says. "Well, I just smiled and told her not to mind. I am just so happy that she can walk at all.” Since that hot summer day several years ago when Patty took her first unaided step, the Bruce family have installed a new fixture in their backyard. Right in the middle is a very large children’s wading pool. ‘ . | I 1 Farmers Have January Deadline To File Social Security Reports Farmers have until January 31 to file reports on the Social Security taxes withheld from their employee wages, A. G. Erickson, District Director of Internal Revenue for Oregon, said today. The reports should be filed on Form 943, Employer’s An- n ual Tax Return for Agricul tural Employees. Erickson said that any farm er who pays an employee cash wages of $150 or more a year must withhold Social Securi ty taxes. Taxes must also be withheld on wages under $150 for any person hired 20 days or more a year. For tax purposes, a farm em ployer includes anyone who furnishes and pays workers to perform agricultural labor on his behalf or for somesne else. Erickson said a “crew leader” is an employer under this de finition. I The 1968 tax rate is 8.8 per-' cent of the first $7,800 of tax able wages paid a farm em-' ployee. Half the tax is paid by the farmer and the other half by the employee. Farmers should remember to I give a W-2 wage and tax state ment to every worker they pay $600 or more a year. Em- ployees paid less than $600 should receive a statement cov ering their Social Security tax es Erickson said. More detailed information is available in IRS Publication 51, “Agricultural Employer’s Social Security Tax Guide.” I Send a post card to Internal Revenue Service, 319 S. W.. Pine Street, Portland, Oregon 97204 for a free copy. t ! 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