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I W.“l'RIlif)CHRONICLE‘Wi-tlnt-sda). lX‘it'lnlu‘t Iii mi i -2:i i l i . i Gettin Off the ground l g ‘ ’ C C C ’ Local author sfirst work of fiction, Grounded, looks at the palm scare through kids eyes 1 BvBonVruwuc . \ “Q “While this book is fiction. a lot i Chroni'cleSuzflr §\ of it is based on truth,” said Har- ‘ ' :‘\:\\\\\\ ‘ tung. ‘During those years it was l bile Ebola is getting all ‘ ‘\' i'<.~'::\\ ~ reallyfrightening for people." ' Wthe headlines these days. ' ’ ‘ {1% Canadians recently got their 1 there was once a public ‘, “-:§ ‘ own scare with the D68 virus that health crisis that caused even bigâ€" ‘ 4 7 . swept through pans of Canada and ger worries for Canadian families ’50 " left some children with partial â€" polio. . ‘Q \ ‘ paralysis. echoing the effects of A retired local teacher temem- 4,; . ‘ ‘ polio bets those times and wanted to tell T" x The goal remains to eradicate the story of the silent summers [ 53", ' polio worldwide, and the Bill and when parents kept their kids inside fi‘ Melinda Gates Foundation has i because they were too afraid to let . sunk millions into the fight against ‘ them play because of the virus. the disease. Despite the best efforts l More than the fear, Shirley M. ofthe forma Microsoft otrfounder. ‘ llartung's new book, Grounded, is the number of countries that have about how children deal with the had polio outbreaks has gone from ‘ challenges life throws at them and ,. three to 10 injust the lam year. the bad things that happen to them The book is aha dedicated to Dr that are no fault of their own. ‘ Jonas Salk. whose team developed llartung knows a little bit about t ,, the polio vaccine that helped eradir overcoming those challenges herâ€" cute most of the disease. Hanung. self. It's almost like a buried memo. who has been in contact with Salk’s ry for her know. but she was strick- son Peter over the four years she en by a slight case of polio that wrote the book and had him (on caused her legs to be frozen for a - firm some of the details of his short while. " an“. famous father's story, asked where She quickly recovered but the . ""--.._. ‘ would we be today without the story was never really talked about a" i" ' advancuhe madein medicine? by her family. and her mother Still. Hauling wonders if today's refused to acknowledge it until her 3‘ Y x kids would want to read the story later years “I think she was afraid of I about this dark chapter in (Lanadir what might have happened." said i (a an history. She‘s done her best to llartung. ‘9' make the story relateable and has The boy who grew up next to her even added a 70â€"page workbook if family farm iusi outside Mount ~ other teachers want to explore il\ lore-n wasn't as fortunate The once Former cookbook who: Shirley M. Hartung has prodtxed her first work of fiction, Grounded, which explores inspirational massage. Vibrant and outgoing young boy the personal side of the polio epidemk that swept through Canada in the 19505. The book is available at Water Wits stricken by a seven- t'ase of the “W ”‘0'" kids Words Worth Books and um dist-aw (”Ml spent llll‘ rest of his life they could overcome great obsta (hanged her. She had already dabr stigma attached to it. also he ordered onlint' .it in .i wheelchair tics and goon to do great things. bled in writing, and had published “liven my mother, who is 92. www.3uthorsmhartungmm Roi the slum of him he over like becoming President of the three cookbooks ., two of which submerged this memory, But the "lite topic may be about polio (.um- thut illxdhlllfl and managed United States. which Franklin l) would he considered Canadian damage wasn't as serious for me but what this book is really about is to finish high \( him] when there Roosevelt did despite being struck best sellers after (hokies Naturally and everyday I say. "Thankryouf kids dealing with tong] things that wasn‘t lhi' M‘llYH' .it t ommodation down by polio at the start of his and Muffins from the Heart sold bemuse- I can walk while my neigh have come into their life and they lllt'rt‘ I\ who (Ullllllllt‘\ It) inspirr promising political career morethan 5.(Xl(lcopit-st-acb hour was in a wheelchair for thc have no control," said llartung. ‘lt’s Naming Putting that inspirational talc 'Right away i thought about the rest ofhislift'." about exploring their ft't‘llllgN "\llll \lll' \silllll'tl to illell’t' together all slaned from a creative lllllt‘ I couldn't mow my legs." she [be story was a really i'rriotional because it's good to talk iihoiii \oiingsicrx and \itiilt‘llls lled\ who writing (‘UllN' that llartung took a said "'I hadn't been diagnosed, but for llartung and she thinks It will thingt an» lill log thi-ir «m ii i hulli-ngi-s. few years back that asked her to bark lllt‘ll you didn‘t ll'll have the some effect on the people 'l want kids to have a salt- pl.“ 1‘ “lll'lht'l ll\ illness or hiilhiiig. that write about an event in her life that people because there was a who mad it. to explore those emotions." a . “ ‘ ' U ' .‘ : v P . . ‘4 A . . r ' ‘ ' f