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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-07-23, Page 5Lneknow Sentinel, Wednesday, Judy 23, 1997 - Page 5 tr• from page 4• We wonld,need a loudspeaker to reach the other 341 standing outside, which is unfortunate; if I had offered the sendoff before the government' cut tobacco taxes everyone could have had a seat inside. If they could sit for 15 minutes before going outside for a smoke, I would tell them about the dangers of smoking.:I would tell themthat: • If they keep smoking, roughly 1/3 to 1/2 will die as a result.' • • More than 'half of all deaths from smok- ing rob their victims of, on average, 22 years of life:. • , • In Ontarigb, tobacco kills the ecinivalent of more than half the Owen Sound popu- lotion-every-year. ' • Besides causing lung eancer, canliovas- calm' disease, and chronic obstructive lung disease, tobacco causes other can- cers; lip, tongue, palate, larynx, esopha- gus, pancreas; kidney; and bladder Some Studies tie smoking to cancer of the cervix and to osteoporosis and Sudden Infant Death SyndroMe. • s Adults don't start smoking, teenagers doi nine, pf•10 adults started smoking as a 'teen and an overwhehning majority with they co* stop. • •Itis harder to kick the nicotine habit than, it is to recover from a cocaine or heroine addiction. • Tobacco causes four times as many deaths as AIDS, motor vehicle crashes, homicides and suicides Combined. • SecOnd-hand smoke contains about 4,000 chemicals, 40 of which are' known or suspected to cause cancer. • The federal government earns $90 -mil- lion from taxes on ;Mira cigarette sales to minors. . • * The federal government spends .5 per cent of its tobacco •revenues 'on anti- smoking education and proinotion. 1 would .telt them that their Public Health Units have progratrts to, help them quit. Then I,woUld wrap up the seminar by-asking-thein-to-encourage_their,.11.0.117.., smoking friends and Younger siblings not to start smoking. • Four per cent may seem like a sniall increase in the number of smokers but it has a huge impact on the lives of those 518 Grey and Bruce young people, and their' . PS: By the way, did you know that Marlboro Man died of ernphYtenia? • • : • . Laurie Sullivan Director, Population Health' BruceGrey-Oweit Sound Health Ijnit. Pork producers, processors and food banks in Huron County will co-operate m the fight against hunger, through. the establishment of "Huron Pork Hunger Alliance". .• • , This initiative' means that meat, often a rare donation at the food banks,' can be made available. . • • ••• Huron pork producers can send pigs, ' of any 'size, to any of the Ieprocessors in Huron County to be processed as a "Huron Pork Hunger Alliance" pig. Once processed the meat will be picked up. by - the local food bank . Any producer donating a, pig will be issued a tax receipt for charitable dona- tion. Processors can donate the process- ing and also receive a tax receipt. ,.' The following are the participating abattoirs; Bachert Meats, Walton;. There were eight tables of shoot at the Drop in Centre.last Friday. High lady 'was Erma FordWich Meats, FordWich; Green's Meats and Abattoir, Winghain; Mabon Meats and Abattoir, Dungannon; Metiger Farms MeatlVtarket, Ifensall; Veal's Meat Market and .Abattrtir, Exam, Your Choice Meats, Brussels; Zurich Packers, Zurich; Saugeen Valley Meats; Clifford, and Zehr's Country Market, Bayfield; After the last two years, the needs of all food banks have greatly increased from 25 per cent to 100 per cent in some cases. To maximize bringing together the Huron County Health Unit, Community ' Food Advisors and Rural Respotte;for Healthy Children, as well, as interested , individuals ,from the community and the..., retail sector including Zehr's Food plus (Goderich). . The network is very excited about having Huron County pork. producers joining this endeavor_ • Crich,: seccmd high Vivian Hogan; high Man TOM Pttillips, and second high man Cliff Watson. Art Ernewein had the most shoots. At the Si. Helen's- shoot party Pn July .1.5 Isabel Kilpatrick and Dorothy Riordan were high ladiet and Lloyd Appleby- and Ross Erringt6n were high • for the men.. • Travelling shoot was a tie between Dorothy Riordan' and Lillian, Appleby, with Lillian .win- ning the draw. Fair facts , 'Where • town and. meet' .The theme of this year's 134th annual' Lucknow Fall Fair is "Where, the Town and COuntry,Meet." Many • ideas and thoughts come to inind with this, theine. Is it the Iowa:limits? Or n*Ybs. :‘die dinner table., Is time tostart thinking abont your entries in the fair. September will roll :around A too' spon.' • The halting class .has a new took Men check out the new cake section on page 40. Now is your Chance to show the women`What you can do., There are newflower, specials . en page 35.E, flOpefully the weather' wAl:co-operate this year for agreat Showing. Find the red and white entries throughout the Fair Book in each. class .to help 'celebrate . Canada's'130th Birthday. Music composition and music Penmanship are new to the junior' section, see pages 64•and MEMORIAL DESIGNING OUR SPECIALTY... Est. since 1903 3 Durham St., Walkerton Largo Display of Monuments & Markers For more information call Sam or Grant 881.-0234 1-800-634-8804 • • Get your cameras ready. Anyone may enter Clatses 3413 and 34C. Check out the book on pages 55 and 56 for full' *information.. Tickets are now 'aVail- able for the Saturday ight CKIsIX. Country Video Dance. • Fall Fair Books are available at the, Sentinel office. There is a nomi- nal charge of Si. , • Pet travel lip Never drive your pets.. in the bed of a pickup truck. They can be injured dur- ing the ride, and could .get out when you're stopped, creating'a possible hazard for other drivers. Karaoke Night 9 prn4,am SPECIALS ON ALL WEEKEND tt.gfa4 stanratt Licened under L.L.B.G, Your•Host The Greigs LUCKNOW•52.&34d2