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folk art class to begin folk art and country crafts have gained popularity in re cent times v local r residents tan learii ho w to do tole painting and folk art at unionvilles heritage centre the centre will offer evening classes- to seniors as well as other members of the community aiiiafterjkbnclass in tole painting and folk art is already availableto refireesniein- stnictor ismarilyn pascoe mjje evening classes begin tuesday feb 7 from 7 to 9 pmand will run tuesdays for eight weeks the fee is 20 for members 25 for senior non- members and 30 for non members under 55 years a 5 fee isadded to the jregistration costs jto coyer paints and varnishes brushes and wood pieces an be purchased the first night of class registration for the class begins monday- jan 16 and will continue monday to erj- day from 9 am to 5 pm class size is limited for more mformation about the class contact lynn or heather at 4774944 kidney canvassers meeting until kidney disease is conquered and dialysis and transplants are no longer required we have a responsibility to fight kidney disease said don cousens honorary chairman of the kidney foundations markham chapter doortodoor canvassers collected more than 30000 last march and a danceatnon in september sponsored by the buttonville air port and the sheraton parkway hotel collected more than 35000 to help launch the march 89 canvas for markham there will be an organizational meeting at the chimo hotel on thursday jan 12 at 730 pm dessert and coffee will be served from 730 to 8 15 pm and a meeting and presentations on what the markham chapter is doing will start at 815 pm janet bick past chairman said we have been able to do a great deal for the kidney foundation in markham and everyone works so very well together we hope that more people who are moving into markham will become part of our team it is a good way to meet new friends and do something worthwhile for our community q bruce stapley the tribune needs a carib bean correspondent see his column c2 d one local family greets a new arrival at christmas time see fourth line news c3 d art briggsjude takes a stand in favor of rhuch- maligned hawks see c4 q recording artist jarinet- ta will heat things up at the beer park innisn new years eve see the story on c4 counsels a woi brother has h fronfwks jttarkltnm air condmomng systems 172 bullock drive unit 27 markham ruud 4711748 j tribune community sports leisure entertainment serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge and area m fffia fr2 potty evjujutxm cullttbht hm9s0 remax imperial realty ltd a metroland community newspaper wednesday december 28 1988 markham man takes board game to market marta marychuk staff reporter theres a new game out this christmas which its promoter says will have both sports fanatics and greenhorns alike buzzing dont let the name sports fran chise fool you markham native glen cookson although sports trivia questions are part of the game he says sports franchise is more like monopoly than trivial pursuit players are given 5 million as they move around the board buy ing up concession stands and stadiums the object of the game is to become the most successful sports franchise owner the markham man says players make money by renting out their stadium and by betting on sporting events you dont have to be a sports fanatic the questions in the game range in their degree of difficul ty you dont have to be a sports fanatic stresses cookson there is a degree of difficulty but we didnt want to stunip anyone at the same time cookson says they tried hard to relate the game to real life theres also an element of chance says cookson for exam ple your team could be rocked by a drug scandal and you could be forced to pay a hefty amount to the players association sports franchise is the brain child of blair fewster according to cookson fewster a social worker was travelling in nor thern ontario when the idea hit him according to cookson the idea was so strong that fewster knew right away he was on to something fewster phoned his wife the next day and the project has been going strong ever since then jill fewsteryan blairs sister quit her job as an advertis ing executive at proctor gam ble to work on the game fulltime cookson a childhood friend of the fewsters was brought on board five or six months later to handle the business end since the games inception cookson says hes been sourcing out manufacturers and getting quotations family and friends spearheaded game project until recently ivana fabrizi who worked with fewsteryan in public rela tions at proctor gamble and mark fujita a chartered accoun tant have also become involved in promoting the game at first the group tried to market the game themselves cookson says they had several major sponsors interested in the game including molsons breweries which cookson said was ready to go but backed out at the last minute cookson admits they were disappointed when the deal fell through but they understand that promoting a game was an unknown form of advertising the group took their idea to ir win toys and sports franchise is now in limited distribution cookson says the game wasnt picked up by the major depart ment stores like eatons or simpsons but the game is available in many of the toy stores including good fun games and hobbies at markville shopping centre duf- ferin game room at scar borough town centre and selected locations of toys r us toy city and wh smith bookstore the game will be distributed more widely next year so far cookson says sales have been good more than three dozen copies of the game were shipped to the dufferin game room store in scarborough three weeks ago according to the stores manager the game was quickly bought up mark cooper an employee at good fun games and hobbies in markham confirmed that sales of sports franchise are brisk and because of this years suc cess cookson says next year sports franchise will be in major distribution cookson says the same marketing company which made pictionary a hit in the united states is now handling sports franchise markhams glen cookson has been involved in the marketing and distribution of sports franchise the new game which challenges players to become the most successful sports franchise owner appeals to both men and women whether they know anything about sports or not pholosjoerd witteveen experts say hang in until hangovers over marta marychuk staff reporter you were feeling no pain the night before but the morning after is another story your head probably feels like someone stuffed it into the spin cycle of a washing machine and your stomach well it could be on board a fastsinking titanic the good news is that nobody ever died from a hangover the bad news is that hangovers are a little like colds many peo ple get them but medical science cant seem to find a cure frank fallon of the addiction research foundation says the only thing you can do for a hangover is to wait it out and suf fer of course he says the only surefire way to avoid a hangover is to abstain from drinking alcohol altogether but he admits that abstaining isnt a very popular suggstion especially during the holiday season fallon says a hangover is basically your body going through withdrawal as the alcohol leaves your system the nausea and vomiting which often accompany a hangover are a result of the toxins from the alcohol irritating your stomachs lining if you insist on drinking to ex cess fallon says there are a few things you can do to soften the blow the next morning to begin with he suggests you drink a lot of water before indulging to slow down your bodys rate of alcohol absorption fallon says there really is something to the old wives tale which warns you not to drink on an empty stomach by coating the lining of your stomach with food he says you can avoid some of the irritation caused by the alcohol and by eating those foods which contain proteinlike peanuts cheese and meat fallon says you can slow down your bodys rate of alcohol absorption although people claim that a hair of the dog the next day really works fallon says youre just tooling yourself a drink the next morning may seem to lessen the effects of a hangover but your body has to go through the withdrawal process sooner or later fallon also suggests that you stick to the same kind of drink if you plan to party if you switch drinks fallon says you have a tendency to lose track of how many youve had its also a good idea to avoid hot drinks like warm brandy ac cording to fallon heat and alcohol spell double trouble because heat allows the alcohol to reach your brain faster giving you a bigger buzz having one drink an hour is a good rule of thumb says fallon at a drink an hour fallon says your body has a chance to absorb the alcohol at a reasonable rate but fallon says youve got to exercise some common sense too you cant expect to drink all day even at the rate of one drink an hour and not wake up with a hangover nancy cournoyea the nurse manager of the emergency room at scarborough grace hospital says she sees about 20 cases of substance abuse per month cournoyea estimates that at least 80 per cent of these cases in volve alcohol abuse then on top of all these cases cournoyea says each month the hospital staff see at least one or two serious multivehicle accidents involving alcohol cournoyea who has 12 years nursing experience says shes never seen anyone die from alcohol poisoningor drinking too much most people end up dying from the secondary effects of alcohol like malnutrition and liver cancer explains cournoyea but she says a lot of people show up in the emergency room with cuts and bruises after theyve lost their footing others come in with more serious in juries after falling down stairs or injuring themselves in their homes like fallon cournoyea says the best cure is time the hospital staff patch them up give them li quids and let them sleep off the effects of the alcohol