HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-01-10, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2008.
Good clean fun
Perhaps toilet races are a bit harder than they look. This
squad came up short during the second intermission last
Friday in Wingham at the North Huron all star game, one
of the main events of North Huron Hockey Days. The
grand prize was eventually claimed by the Morris-
Turnberry council team, who cleaned up the race, beating
their competition by a long shot. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
This January, the AlzheimerSociety is challenging allCanadians, young and old, to make
brain health a personal commitment
as it kicks off its nationwide
awareness campaign, Heads Up for
Healthier Brains!
“In 2007 we helped people make
the connection between healthy
living and a healthy brain,” says
Scott Dudgeon, chief executive
officer of the Alzheimer Society ofCanada. “Now we are askingCanadians to make the commitment
to do the things that will help keep
their brains healthy, things that can
also help to reduce the risk of
developing Alzheimer’s disease.”
Making the commitment is easy. It
can involve the entire family and
include activities such as
challenging your brain, being
socially active, choosing a healthylifestyle and protecting your headfrom injury.
It is never too soon or too late to
make changes that will maintain or
improve your brain health. For
people already living with
Alzheimer’s disease, these kinds of
activities go a long way in
improving quality of life, as well as
delaying the progression of the
disease.“Across the globe, top scientistsare continuing to focus their efforts
on the prevention of Alzheimer’s
disease, and much of this research is
happening right here in Canada,”
says Dr. Jack Diamond, scientific
director of the Alzheimer Society of
Canada. “In just the last year we
have learned so much more about
the importance of a healthy lifestyle
and the need to keep your brain
active.”
The Alzheimer Society is making
its own commitment to helping
Canadians improve their brain
health with the launch of
BrainBooster, an on-line gym of
challenging games and puzzles
designed to increase mental
performance. The gym also features
brain-boosting recipes and simple
exercises to get people moving.
Canadians can access the gym by
visiting www.alzheimer.ca. Once
there, they can also sign up with
their personal ‘brain’ pledge and
enter the Puzzled about Alzheimer’s
contest, showcased in the February-
March issue of Homemakers and
Madame magazines, as well as their
on-line sites.
Alzheimer's disease is aprogressive, degenerative braindisorder that destroys vital brain
cells. Alzheimer’s and related
diseases affect an estimated one in
13 Canadians over the age of 65, or
approximately 450,000 people. Of
this number, 160,000 live in Ontario.
If a cure is not found, it is estimated
that 750,000 Canadians will have
Alzheimer’s or a related disease by
the year 2031.
The Alzheimer Society is a
nationwide, not-for-profit health
organization dedicated to helping
people affected by Alzheimer’s
disease. The Society is a leading
funder for Alzheimer research and
training in Canada, and develops
and provides support and
educational programs for people
with the disease, their families and
their caregivers.
The 2008 Awareness Campaign
was made possible in part through
the generosity of the following
sponsors: Pfizer Canada Inc.,
Lundbeck Canada Inc., BMO
Financial Group, and the Medicine
Shoppe Pharmacy. Support-in-kind
was provided by Transcontinental
Media and Burnbrae Farms Ltd.
January Alzheimer’s MonthSociety urges people to reduce their risk
THE EDITOR,
We are writing this letter in hopes
that the individuals involved in
stealing our reindeer off our front
lawn four days before Christmas
will read this and have a heart to
return them back.
Sometime overnight, between
Dec. 20 - Dec. 21, some grinch
thought it would be funny to steal
two lit reindeer off our front
yard.
Although these reindeer have little
dollar value to us, they are the prized
possession of our two and three-
year-old daughters. They were just
as excited to put these Christmas
decorations out as they were to put
up our Christmas tree. Our
daughters would say goodnight to
these deer from the window every
night.
So it broke our hearts to see
the tears of sadness on their faces
when they saw these deer were
gone.
How do you explain to two
children how someone could be so
ignorant to take something that is
not theirs, and so close to
Christmas? From the mouth of our
four-year-old, “Santa won’t be
going to their house will he
Mommy?”
We challenge the individuals who
did this to have the heart to return
these to Anthony’s Lane,
Londesborough and formally
apologize.
Though we could only hope, this
will happen, in reality we know it
will not. We hope this grinch’s heart
will grow three times its size and do
the right thing and return a small
piece of Christmas back to our
family.
John and Niki Bernier,
Londesborough.
Letter to the editor
Family sends out plea
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