Clinton News-Record, 1984-01-18, Page 2a`.
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By Stephanic UNWRAP
NoikantOlting week; is jell, 20 to 2$ and the
highlight of the entire week is Weedless
Wednesday, the . day smokers attempt to
give up the tobacco weed for one day •
It's a national ion -smokier week which
has been held across Canadasince 1976,
with Weedless Wednesday springing up in
1979. The purpose of the week and par-
ticularly "the day" is to focus attention on
the smoker's habit.
On Weedless Wednesday, smokers can
unite and butt out for 24 hours.
in Huron and Perth counties, local
associations such as the Cancer Society, the
Lung Association and the Heart Foundation
have been working diligently for six months
preparing to get' the message "Join the ma-
jority - Be a non-smoker" out to those who
indulge in cigarettes.
That phrase about joining the majority is
work,...ng, because Ws easier to find a non-
smoker than.a smoker these days.
'The Bluewater Regional Newspaper Net-
work, of which this paper is a member,
decided to find a few reformed smokers and.
ask them how they quit,
By far, the majority of people quit "cold
turkey", which involves a lot of plain old
willpower..
Most of the people were what one terms
"hard core smokers", smoking at least a
pack a day and some up to two and one-half
packs a day.
All of .the people interviewed admitted
that they had tried several, no,, many times
to quit the habit. What made them finally
give up the habit?
There are as many, different reasons for
quitting as there are Smokers who have
given up the weed. Generally though, there
seems to be something in a person's life
which triggers enough incentive to quit the
habit.
Marg Makins of Bayfield Sid she vas
always trying to quit- o *ng If she failed
she could always say she had only been try,
ing.. -
°'Tbis time I left out the word try," said
the Bayfield woman.
She has an impressive record. ,
For 25 years Ms. Makins smoked at least
one, large package of cigarettes a day. She
hasn't touched a cigarette in almost nine
years. She was facing surgery when she
finally gave up the habit.
Others report that support from loved
ones helped.
Dave Sykes of Goderich hasn't had a
cigarette in just over a year. His wife was
expecting their second child at the time and
she stopped smoking, so Dave. joined her.
"I never thought I had any (willpower):
But. I guess I never seriously tried to quit
before commentedMr. Sykes.
Carol Hamilton Of'` RR 5 Winghahn, who
hasn't had a. cigarette for about 12 years,
tried a method of inhaling the cigarette
smoke into her mouth without it going into
her lungs, then Wieling,
.She did this for over a ..ear.. Then one
night at the dinner table, her children ex-
pressed disappointment that she hadn't
completely given up her habit.
That dictator her..
She tells of an interesting anecdote of
what happened that evening.
Busy in a family activity, her eldest son
Jeffrey looked up at her and she smiled. His
comment: "That's the first time I've seen
you smiling since you quit."
Donal O'Connor of St. Marys said that to
him," one of the most important factors in
completely giving up cigarettes is the com-
pany you keep.
In other words, it's easier to not srnoke if
those around you don't.
,Around the time
that he quit
smoking ok
ing
Hensa ;heives-pfortorabout year ago he_Met swfe
non-smoker.
HENSALL - After a delegation of Hensall
citizens complained about proposed town
hall renovation plans at last month's
meeting, Hensall councillors agreed at their
Jan. 9 meeting to shelve the proposal by ar-
chitect C.A. Ventin, calling it "too costly,
too disruptive, and too controversial."
Instead, council decided -to loo for other
solutions to create more space for municipal
office staff and council chambers. These
will be presented at a public meeting Jan. 19
at the Hensall and District Community Cen-
tre.
"The plans are beautiful, and we do need
the extra space, but it's obvious that the last
drawing was much too costly", said Coun-
cillor Irene Davis.
Reeve Harry Klungel agreed, saying the
lack of space was obvious when delegations
come to council; a few extra people fill the
chaniber.
Other concerns about the condition of
Hensall's town hall included the front door,
which lets too much heat escape, the front
window, which is blocked by a safe, and lack
of private washrooms for office staff.
"The window is important because the
town hall now looks like a pig with a blind
eye. I think Betty needs a private office and
the office workers need a private
washroom. We shouldn't expect them to use
publie-wasshroorris-',-said-Councillor-Davis.
Using the unfinished room at the back of
the hall behind the present council chamber
for new chambers, a plan similar to phase
two of the architect's plan, was suggested
by Councillor Cecil Pepper.
"The room is already there. It just needs
finishing and we could use unemployed peo-
ple to do it," he said.
Coming up with an alternative plan was
questioned by Councillors Jim Robinson and
Richard Packham.
"We made a promise to those people that
we wouldn't do anything until there was a
public meeting. Maybe, they don't want
anything done at all", said Councillor
Robinson.
"We don't need to have a plan. Some of
tnose people may have some very good
ideas," said Councillor Packham.
"Showing leadership and presenting ideas
of town hall renovations at the public
meeting is something council should do,"
said Reeve Klungel. "Don't we feel we have
to show some leadership and show that
something _has -to..be .done,_ We know _better.
what we need than they do", he said.
"You can't always take notice of .the few
people who were here. There are more peo-
ple who live in Hensall than those people;
not even two percent of the population of
Hensall were here" said Councillor Davis,
In other business, council agreed to pay
the dues for Hensall's Business Improve-
ment Association.
"Some places drop their BTA after fixing
up their main street, but now we have
another need - to get businesses into the
village said Councilor Packham.
Hensall's work superintendent Don
Towton received some praise for hiswork
clearing snow before dawn on Christmas
day in a letter to council from a local citizen.
Separate SchoolBoard members
By Stephanie Levesque
Committee members and chairmen of the
Huron -Perth Separate School Board were
named at the board's Dec. 12 meeting.
Tim McDonnell, RR 1 Gadshill was nam-
ed chairman of the building, property and
transportation committee. The members of
the committee are William Kinahan,
Lucknow, Michael Moriarty, RR 2 Bayfield,
board chairman. Ron Murray, RR 2 Dublin •
and.Vincent McInnes, RIM Wingham '
The chairman of the personnel and'
teacher -negotiation corm uttee is Ernest
Vanderschot, RR 7 St. Marys. The members
are Dave Durand, Zurich, Arthur Haid, RR
4 Listowel and Louis Maloney, Dublin.
Stratford trustee Ron Marcy was named
chairman of the finance, insurance, policy
and bylaw committee. The members are
John Devlin, Stratford, Gerald lfroothius,
Seaforth and Michael Ryan, RR 3 Ailsa
Craig.
The board deals with education matters
as a whole board.
Trustee. representatives on ad hoc com-
mittees are as follows: Gerald Groothius
and Mr. Moriarty are on the trustee -clergy
liaison committee, Mr. McInnes, Mr. Marcy
and Mr: Devlin are on the special education
advisory committee, and Mr. Ryan and Mr.
Van Vliet are on the early school leaving
committee.
The board accommodation review corn-
mittee is made up 'of the board chairman
and vice-chairman and the chairmen of the
standing committee.
Taman r iakes a stingy
When a woman called Police Constable
Crawford in. Owen Sound, to report a skunk
in her basement, he advised, "Make a trail
of, bread crumbs from the basement to the
yard and wait for the, skunk to follow it
Luanne Stevenson R.R.: 2 Seaforth
Michelle Van Loo R.R. 1 Clinton
Jamie Farwell Clinton.
Jason Farwell clink'',
Joseph Boland R.R. 2 Clinton
Nancy Lobb Clinton
Pamela McLean clink'',
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Budding Musicians
-Take Note
Are you a budding musician? Do you write your
own songs? Perhaps you, would like to try to put
out your own record. Have you ever wondered
how?
There are two ways to start — you could go
straight to a record company and playa few of
your tunes, or you could find an agent. Most
musicians try to find an agent; they're listed in
the Yellow Pages. -Once you find an agent, phone
for an appointment and take in a cassette tape
recording of some of your songs.
If the agent likes your music, he or she will call
some record companies and try to obtain some
funding to make what's called a "demo tape."
Once the money is available, the agent will
arrange studio time, back-up musicians, har-
monies, and sheet music.
When you're in the studio all the different
instruments will go through a sound test ,until
eNteryone is ready to "lay down a track." Tapes
can have up to 24 tracks and each track can be
recorded separately. When all the parts of the
song are on tape, it is lacquered for preservation
and sent to a record cutter,
The record company has a needle that is very
sensitive to the different sound vibrations of each
note on the tape. While the tape is being played,
the needle squiggles through a sott meLai —
sometimes gold — to make a mold .for plastic
records to be pressed from. The company then
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puts the records into jackets and sends them
to radio stations for airing.
Just think, one day you may find yourself in 'a
studio!
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For the quitter, that's a much more
positive situation than being surrounded by
people who smoke.
Jim Beckett of Exeter, while he quit cold
turkey, also experienced some shock
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About a year ago his late father, who Jim
recalls bad always requested that he stop
smoking, gave h mthe shock therapy.
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un's-father was in hospital and took Jim
around to see four patients who were dying
of emphysema. He immediately, put the
pack of cigarettes he was carrying in the
garbage.
"I've never wanted to smoke again," said
Mr. Beckett, who recommends the shock
therapy.
Two people in our informal survey quit by
other methods than cold turkey.
Gerald Groothius of Seaforth had smoked
a long time, 40 years. He hasn't touched a
cigarette for the past three or four years.
His doctor prescribed some tablets that
curbed the urge to smoke. He was only on
them for a couple of weeks.
Mr. Groothlus said the drugstore where he
was purchasing the tablets ran out when he
went to get some more.
They told him to come back, but he never
Ralph - Starkey of RR 3 Auburn -credits—
group therapy with the breaking of his
habit. '
He smoked for about 23 years and hasn't
had a puff since 1976.
A resident of Woodstock at the time, Mr.
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Std attended a class conducted by the
oCountyLung Association. The class
r..,
had many prof stonals speak to it including
doctors and the weightless group Take Off,
Pooh* gensib*y.(TOPS).
Hedidn't want to be one of the people who
quit the class so he stuck to it. Mr. Starkey
also Made a comment about all • the
literature or "propaganda", as he termed it,
that various groups push through the school
system.
He says the propaganda brought home
from school by his children pushed him into
the class.
Okay, the cigarettes are in the garbage.
But how does a person deal with :those
strong cravings, the weight changes, ten-
sionordepression?
.I had them all," said Hartley Fischer of
Listowel, who hasn't had a cigarette for 10
years. "I wanted a cigarette for darn near a
year."
After a meal was a particularly difficult
time.. He had to do something, so he walked.
"There was one Sunday," recalls Mr.
-l♦ iscfier; "`I walkedll°day. Tawas tough." -
Now he says he wouldn't smoke even if so-
meone offered him $1,000.
That just about sums up the feelings of all
those interviewed. They wouldn't go back to
cigarettes for love or money.
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