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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-10-28, Page 7MS Readathon The READ-a-thon is a major fund- raising and awareness program of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada which has proven itself to be an excellent motiva- tional reading tool. Specially geared towards those youth aged six to 14 years, the focus is on these young people reading books and then obtaining sponsors so that their dedication of time raises funds to help combat and solve the mystery of MS. Last year, from the fall of 1986 to the spr- ing of 1987, 148,000 school students worked to raise 1.1 million dollars throughout On- tario! This unique marathon is in its tenth year nationally with funds being used to support medical research into the cause, treatment and cure of Multiple Sclerosis as well as administering a Patient Ser- vices program. Multiple Sclerosis, generally diagnosed between the ages of 18-45, is a disease which attacks the central nervous system of the body. Since the brain and spinal col- umn are the body's main communication system, any disorder would severely af- fect the efficiency of its functioning. Multi- ple Sclerosis disrupts the smooth flow of messages to the body because it causes scarring of the spinal chord nerve tissue. This scar tissue reduces the effectiveness of the body to receive and send messages to or from the brain. As a result of these weakened or blocked impulses, some 50,000 Canadians presently suffer varying degrees of disability such as: poor co- ordination, trembling, staggering, weakness, vision or speech impairment and in severe cases partial or complete paralysis. This year we are pleased to announce the endorsement of the MS READ-a-thon by the popular Canadian rock singer Gowan. Larry Gowan, whose last album "Strange Animal" reached triple platinum, is a great appeal to the youth and participants will receive a colour photograph and message of congratula- tions from him along with other program incentives. We want to make special men- tion of Scholastic Tab and all the other agencies such as yours who are con- tributing so much to our goal of solving the mystery of MS. Thanks Gowan, thanks Scholastic Tab, thanks students, thanks sponsors, thanks to everyone for all your support of the Multiple Sclerosis Society! Success at Blyth Tim Chapman, General Manager of the Blyth Festival, recently announced that nearly 36,000 attended 92 performances during the recently completed 1987 reper- tory season. Attendance averaged 80% over the season — another extremely suc- cessful season. Colleen Curran's MISS BALMORAL OF THE BAYVIEW broke box office records averaging 97% attendance, closely follow- ed by Kelly Rebar's BORDERTOWN CAFE at 87%. BORDERTOWN is now receiving its second professional produc- tion at Prairie Theatre Exchange in Manitoba. THE GIRLS IN THE GANG, John Roby and Raymond Storey's new musical, averaged 76% attendance. In 1988 the musical will be co-produced by the Factory Theatre and the National Arts Centre in Toronto and Ottawa. The season closer, ANOTHER SEASON'S PROMISE by Anne Chislett and Keith Roulston, played to 71% houses throughout its three week run in August and September. PRO- MISE is currently in the midst of an On- tario/Alberta tour openifig for a 4 week run at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton on Oc- tober 28/87. The Festival's other offering in the 1987 season, BUSH FIRE by Laurie Fyffe finished its run at 65% attendance. Vouchers for the 1988 summer season are now on sale. Fruit and veggies The first meeting of the, local 4-11 Club was held at the home of Mrs. Thomas. She and Mrs. Stien will be our leaders this year. With seven members in attendance, we held our elction of officers for the club. Cailin Clark will act as president, Marita MacDougall will be vice president, Becky MacDougall will be our secretary while Chrissy Conley will act as news reporter. After the 4-H Pledge was repeated, new members Connie McBride and Chrissy Conley were welcomed into the fold. The roll call was answered with the fruits and vegetables we had eaten the day before. While working on our books, we discussed the importance of fruits and vegetables in our diet and how they make great snacks. Vice president Marita opened the second meeting of the club which was held at the home of Mrs. Stien. At this second gathering of members, we discussed the grades of frozen and frech fruits and vegetables. We then had fun making and sampling vegetable burgers and a frozen yogurt dessert. The following Saturday the third LUCKNOW DISTRICT COMMUN ITY CENTRE Thursday. October 29 Lucknow & District Horticultural Society Saturday, November 7 Lucknow Slo-pitch Dance Saturday, November 14 West Huron Junior Farmers OPEN DATES Fridays, Oct. 30, Nov. 6, 13, 20 Saturdays, Oct. 31 CALL THIS NUMBER BETWEEN 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM ONLY 528-3532 meeting was held and once again, Cailin led the 4-H pledge. The roll call was answered by a display of our fruit and vegetable advertisements. A discussion was held on the many dif- ferent ways to. prepare and cook veggies. We then put these methods into practice with the fringe benefit of getting to eat them afterwards. Silverlake The Silverlake 4-H Club got off to a great start and have been learning alot over the first five meetings. Leaders of the group this year are Rose Moulton and Joyce Hedley. The gi oup has now had a chance to ex- periment with Ontario fruits and vegetables and have had their Halloween party. Each member brought a friend to the party which featured games and Hallo- ween snacks. ...,'MFltuutr=: FaTiCr; -a{n'.7.a. m r MnVaesnatAi I.10 l 14, Luekuow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 28,1987 --Page 7 - miseinomoionollell0111011111.11ellememmoneg LTC' UFA 1211 17:PIMA v:L.LE I Phone 357-1630 f IPLAYING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30th and a31st SHOWTIMES: 7:00 and 9:00 PM EACH EVENING Sleep all day. Party all night I Never grow cold. Never die. It's fun to he a vampire. i i THE IL0STB0YS i LT AO ADtlflT*NC in AC&O1AMIirEMT 11110110110110110.01101.0.0110.10110111.111.1.01.101110111 24 hour movie information Stanley Kubrick's FULL METAL .J PLAYING FROM SUNDAY TO 111 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 111 1st to 5th ONE SHOW EACH EVENING AT 8:00 PM ONLY The War Amputations of Canada presents: TfIE NAKISKA KIDS In a new film called The Nakiska Kids, 17 members of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program challenge the slopes of Nakiska – site for the alpine events at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Chris, born missing his arms and legs, has always wanted to ski like Karl. At Nakiska, his dream comes true, thanks to your support of the CHAMP Program. The Nakiska Kids is available on loan, free of charge, by contacting the address below: Champ Chris Koch with War Amps Chief Executive Officer Cliff Chadderton and Karl ffilzinger, double -leg amputee and well- known as the "silver -suited" skier in our T V. messages. The War Amputations of Canada, National Headquarters, 2627 Riverside Drive, Ottawa,, Ontario K 1V 0C4. The War Amputations of Canada is a registered charitable organization operated by amputees for amputees on a non-profit basis. The War Amp% does not receive govern- ment funds. Should you wish further information. please do not hesitate to contact us Toronto (416) 488-0600; area codes 519, 6.13, 705, dial toll-free 1800.268.8821; all other area codes dial toll-free 1-800-268-8917. 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