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"That's when I sent a
Harry Potter book %vith my
address in the middle (on) a
post it note," she said.
"Thank god he read the
book."
Nine months later she
received a letter in the mail
and inside was an address to
better communicate with -
an email address.
In her late 30s at the time,
she admitted to not being
technologically sound. 0'
Rourke giggled and said she
was forced to march to the
Stratford Library with the
simple task of opening her
first email account.
Over the years they had
become somewhat distant,
but to her surprise while
scrolling through her Face -
book one day she discovered
Vincent's name in a friend
request.
Between constant private
messages and pictures 0'
Rourke watched Vincent
transform from a youth to a
man.
Vincent is now 30 -years -
old and in the midst of living
a lifelong dream of flying air-
planes, he's had a couple
bumps in the road, but
thanks to 0' Rourke those
qualms are the past.
"He confided in the that
he needed flight hours or he
would lose all of the hours
he had worked so hard to
accumulate," explained 0'
Rourke, adding that soon as
she found out she immedi-
ately, wired him roughly
$3, 000.
"It was from there he was
able to work for another
company to fly tourists in
and out of game reserves."
To build up his flight
hours, Vincent has worked
in several countries since
then.
Recently Vincent landed a
position for a Kenya airline
company and it became
known that he would be
advancing his training in
Toronto.
After hearing Vincent was
only a few hours away learn-
ing how to fly a 78- passen-
ger propeller plane, she
knew that they must meet
each other face to face.
"He messaged me two
weeks before to tell me he
was coming to Canada and
did I think it was a possibility
for us to meet?" said 0'
Rourke. "I was ecstatic at the
prospect of after 16 years of
being in contact, finally
meeting him"
On the highway, O'
Rourke and her husband
David were Toronto bound.
The experience was simi-
lar to a blind date, said 0'
Rourke. "1 was nervous and
excited at the same time."
Inside the airport Vincent
was in sight, the two ran up
to greet the man they con-
sider family.
"We hugged for like what
seemed forever," stated 0'
Rourke "I cried, the girl
behind the desk went and
got me some Kleenex, then
we took him home with us
for the weekend."
Upon arrival, Vincent
asked to do four things -help
with some farming duties,
play chess, ride a horse, and
toboggan in the snow. Since
there was not much snow at
the time, three out of his four
wishes were granted.
0' Rourke says she is hop-
ing to visit Kenya in the
future.
"He's an amazing young
man with a great work ethic
and has been able to better
himself by taking the oppor-
tunities given to him," said
0' Rourke. I love him to
death."
I luron Count' — About
42% per cent of adults in
Huron County drink alco-
hol in a way that put their
health at risk. Drinking
too much, too often can
lead to marry unwanted
consequences. Even low
levels of alcohol can have
a significant impact on
our health.
To help people better
understand the connection
between alcohol and
health, the Iluron County
Health Unit is spreading an
important message -
Rethink Your Drinking. This
campaign and new website
(www.rethinkyourdrinking.
ca) offers information and
tips on how to use alcohol
in ways to minimize its
impact on your health and
injury risk.
Knowing how much alco-
hol you are actually drink-
ing is key to reducing your
risk. "It's easy to know how
much you're drinking if you
have the typical 341 mL bot-
tle of 5% beer. In that case,
one bottle of beer is one
standard drink. All you
have to do is count your
empties." says Laura Edgar,
Public Health Promoter,
"It's harder to keep track
with larger cans and bot-
tles, when there's a higher
percentage of alcohol by
volume or when pouring a
glass of wine"
The size of a standard
drink depends on the
alcohol percentage. One
standard drink of 5% beer
is 341 ml (12 ounces),
whereas a standard drink
of 12% wine is 142m1 (5
ounces). One standard
drink of hard liquor with
40% alcohol is 43m1 (1.5
ounces).
"Once you have an idea
of how many standard
drinks you typically have,
you can compare your
drinking with Canada's
Low-risk Alcohol Drinking
Guidelines to see if you
should consider cutting
back" says Edgar. The Low-
risk Alcohol Drinking
Guidelines are designed to
help Canadians aged 25-65
years make informed
choices about their alcohol
consumption, and to help
create a culture of
moderation.
Canada's Low -Risk
Alcohol Drinking Guidelines
recommend:
• Women: no more than 2
drinks, up to 5 days a week;
• Men: no more than 3
drinks, up to 5 days a week;
"Of course, less is best for
promoting your health and
reducing your risk of injury"
reminds Edgar.
Alcohol consumption
has been found to cause
more than 200 different
diseases and injuries.
These include well-known
outcomes such as liver
cirrhosis or traffic crashes,
along with several types of
cancer including breast
cancer.
Rethink Your Drinking is
a campaign to help change
the way we think about and
use alcohol, while address-
ing the things that matter:
• size of the drink
• time between drinks
• alcohol's link to chronic
disease
• how alcohol affects men
and women differently
• choices made when
drinking.
To learn more about safer
alcohol use, visit www.
rethinkyourdrinking.ca
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