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Health firstaid figs for seniors By CLAUDIA KRASE Of The Examiner With volunteer help from registered nurse the Barrie branch of St John Ambulance has launched pilot course for senior citizens The course is running suc cessfully in other areas of On tario but was delayed in Barrie until the right volunteer in structor could be found Dawn Mannen registered nurse will first go through the course with representatives from groups such as Allandale Senior Citizens steering com and Trinity Anglican churches By the end of June evalua tion from the group will decide whether the course will con tinue this fall Im anticipating an en thusiastic response says Mrs Mannen Its an excellently laid out course yet not too detailed EIGHT SESSIONS The eightsession course pro vides advice to seniors on topics such as maintaining good health nutrition and budgeting home safety firstaid ad justing to body system changes St John Ambulance begins course heart disease Hopefully well have guest speakers says Mrs Mannen At the end of the course par tici ants will receive St John Am ulancecertificates decision has yet to be reached on whether to hold one or two hourlong sessions per evening The objective of the course is that if senior citizens keep ac tive and alert theyll adjust better to old age than those who withdraw and lose interest in community life she explains Community organizations in Horizons grants ALL VOLUNTEERS Those involved in teaching the course including Mrs Man nen St John Ambulance fist aid instructor and guest speaker will all be volunteers Mrs Mannen estimates ideal course capacity at anywhere from 20 to 40 persons nothing typical session should include breathing exercises or exercise breaks For community groups in terested in possibly presenting this course at later date the mittee Collier Street United and prevention of diabetes and Barrie would present the course SIMCOE CAME assertsarses UPHOLSTERY CLEANERS assistance through Health and Welfare Canadas New 9WALL TO WALL CARPETS ORUGS FURNITURE COLELLA PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED DENTU RE THERAPY CLINIC Barries First Commercially Operated FORMERLY BARBIE DENTIIRE CLINIC Truck Mounted Carpet Cleaning Unit 7264721 I49A DUNLOP ST EBARIIIE MEMBER DENTU RIST SOCIETY pilot course began Wednesdy at Trinity Anglican Church hall on Collier Street Barrie Two hourlong sessions will be held weekly until the end of June 7284 761 Commercial Residential JOHN DUPAIN 2nd ANNUAL MISS BARRIE BIKINI CONTEST SPONSORED BY CKBB the examiner lst Prize $100 examiner and trophy Bill Ilake Trophies 2nd prize $150 Oil Painting Georges Furniture 3rd prize Bikini Studio One 4th prize Jogging Suit Garners Sports Safety patrollers visit Ottawa Almost 2000 school safety patrollers visited Ottawa for three days last week to attend the 20th annual National School Safety Jamboree The Cana dian Automobile Association host of the event arranged banquets and awards for the youngsters who attended from most parts of the country Highlights of the visit included gathering at Government House where they were addressed by GovGen Edward Schreyer in photos the children listen to presentation of several CAA citations Above are Jennifer Giles and Vicky Milley standing and Angela Belesky and Carlton Aylett all of lnnisfil Below are left to right Billy Murray Connie Ellery Brent Langman and Derek Amos all of Elmvale Ottawa Bureau Photos BARRIE RACEWAY JULY Ist Age 18 over Marital Status open Picture with entry form lst 20 selected will be advised on deadline date MC CKBB Send entries to Riviera School of Modelling 72A Dunlop St Barrie MISS BARRIE BIKINI PAGEANT None Address Age Marital Status Height llarcolor Barrie financial consultant featured speaker in Toronto The former Barrie branch president of the Consumers Association of Canada is one of four featured speaker at Toron to seminar on financial plann Tom Delaney of Barrie ing for persons over 50 years author of The Delaney Report old on RRSPS is financial con All are authors of McGraw sultant who has appeared Hill Ryerson Ltd publications across Canada on the media and at meeting as spokesman for the Consumers Association of Canada He will conduct seminar on financial and legal estate plan ning with Wayne Beach c0 author of Are You Paying Too Much Tax today at pm Other speaker are Monica Townson coauthor of the Canadian Womens Guide to Money and Dr John McLeish author of the Ulyssean Adult Creativity in Middle and Later Years The smeinar at the Queen Elizabeth building Exhibtion Park began Thursday and con tinues through to Sunday Fully Licenced Dining Lounge I8 IIIIMING Victoria Wood is baCk National ponsor the OPENmG seminar is the Canadian Pen Zfiggfilfgfcfion SATURDAY JUNE sion Management Association AT 1000 AM BE THERE iigmrwoocl people aces NORTH AMERICAS FINEST BARBECUED RIBS CHICKEN DAILY SPECIALS At Clifton Hotel 257 Bradford St Barrie TAKE OUT AND DELIVERY 7370733 Open am am Sunday Dining RM Farm ANNOUNCING Gloria Tracy formerly of House of Bellini Bayfield Mall will be pleased to serve her customers in our Allandule Store House of Bellini Gowan St 7268571 Forming mens club meeting to form mens service club in Midhurst and District will be held Monday at p1m at Midhurst Community Hal Anyone interested but who not attend may call Dan Manssell at 7265560 Garage sale Barrie Citizens Association will hold fundraising garage sale at 123 and 125 Toronto St Barrie on Saturday at 930 am To donate articles call 7264869 The association supports con horns of llarrics homeowners Potpourri sale potpourri sale of baked good crafts and usd items will be held Saturday beginning at 931 am at Trinity Anglican Church Hall Collier Street Barrie Proceeds will assist mis sionary work Horticulture tour Member of Barrie Hor ticultural Society will visit the Canadian Iris Society show in Richmond Hill mall and Mad son Greenhouses in Newmarket on Saturday Cost is $5 To reserve call Florence Lockhart between 10 am and pm at 72845873 Margaret Laurence at 7265798 or May Maxwell at 7289249 Farmers market Every Saturday this summer from am to pm fresh pro dice small livestock home baked products and crafts will be for sale at Lafontaines far mrs market located in the cen tre of the village Ann Landers Should have done it sooner Dear Ann Landers Im getting fed up with your forgive and forget garbage Why should woman take man back after he has cheated on her lied spent money on little chippies even had them in her bed Youve got to be craz My aging Casanova grew tired of his last daily and dumped her She thought shed get even by coming to my house and telling me how he had pursued her She even showed me some of the jewelry she got from him stopped her cold with Youre boring me dear Ive heard it all before threw the burn out after 23 years of marriage and three children and Ive never been happier Sorry didnt do it ten years sooner Free At Last Dear Free My forgive and forget advice is not for everyone only for special situations where the man has been discreet is fundamentally decent not an alley cat is genuinely contrite and wants fresh start And not all wives are alike Some are kvetches others are nags or they run their husbands down And dont forget the Headache Queens There is no standard solution to the skirt chaser syndrome Each case must be dealt with individually and thats what try to do Dear Ann Landers havebeen married to good man for eight years and have been pretty happy am 26 and he is 36 The problem is his 13ltyearold daughter by his first wife He is now in court fight trying to get custody of the child How can tell him dont want her here All summer long and every weekend and holiday is all can handle The girl cant get along with her teachers schoolmates or the neighbors She is very good at picking fights with me Her father always takes her side says Shes just child You should be able to deal with it My husbands exwife is mentally ill Her mother lives with them and has legal custody of the girl am in desperate need of your advice How should tell him Brooklyn NY Dear NY Dont This is nowin situation and could cost you the marriage You need counselling to learn how to handle the problem The girl needs counselling too She is obviously malad justed and troubled Look in the phone book under Mental Health There are several agencies you can contact From your letter it is clear you have no insight into the situation and its mess Dear Ann Landers My fouryearold son is making wreck out of me He is never still minute Im afraid one day will hurt him more than mean to Ido lot of hitting Sometimes get so mad cant stop worry that will lose control of myself and injure the child do love the boy Maybe Im just lousy mother If ever anyone needed Ann Landers do Dont fail me Anonymous Dear First have the child checked by your pediatrician The boy may be hyperkinetic and need medication Call Parents Anonymous and CALM Look in the phone book If they arent listed write to the US national headquarters for literature The addresses are Parents Anonymous 2810 Artesia Boulevard Suite Re dondo Beach Cal 90278 CALM P0 Box 718 Santa Barbara Cal 93102 Good luck to you dear Erma Bombeck Will children remember Hy ERMA BOMBECK What in heavens name is that hanging over your dirty clothes hamper asked Mother It lookslike basketball hoop made out of bent coat hahger Its basketball hoop made out of bent coat hanger said It looks terrible ll Thats easy for you to say said You dont have to run through dirty underwear in your bare feet or find the laundry before you can do it When the boys improve on their hook shots Ill have ade Whats this she scolvl You mean that bar in the door you just cracked your head on Its an exercise bar so the boys can build up their muscles And this ironing board she persisted Dont you ever get tired of falling over it Want me to take it down What for asked Were not moving The trouble with Mother is shehas forgotten what it is like to live in house furnished in Contemporary Children used to fight it too At one time was so naivel thought only edible things belonged in the refrigerator bicycles without wheels should be discarded and if you had eight people to dinner all the glasses had to match went crazy trying to keep an antiseptic house ill afiset shoestring world Then one day was doing cafeteria duty with mother of six children who said curious thing wonder how my kids will remember me Will they remember me as mother who never had rings around the bathtub or will they remember the popcorn we ate invthe living room Will they remember how many committees chaired or will they remember the fresh doughnuts in the kitchen after school Will they remember how cleverly coordinatedthe blue in the sofa with the pillow cushions or will they remember hung the outline of their hand in the living room like it Was an original Renoir Its funny she said came from large family andI cant even remember what color my bedroom was or if there was mud in the hallway or fingerprints around the light switches All can remember is the laughter the love and crazy basketball hoop my mother made out of bent coat han er and put over the clothes hamper ont know how my kids will remember me Only that the other day knocked on the bathroom door and said Its your mother and voice said Mother who Elys Pointers Bleach safe for cotton By Polly Cramcr POLLYS PROBLEM DEAR POLLY My crocheted bedspread is about 40 years old and has been packed away for about 20 of those years It has brown spots on it that would like to remove and would like to know if you recommend washing the spread er GERTRUDE DEAR GERTRUDE presume your spread Is white Bedspreads are usually crocheted with sturdy cotton thread so will take to the use of bleach for removing spots have one that is as old as yours and have washed it many times using regular laundry detergent If bleach does not remove the spots try color remover but carefully follow the directions on the box Should you have access to some curtain stretchch the spread could be put on the stretchers to dry POLLY DEAR PIIY keep an old cotton glove in the box with my Clothespins When use my clotheslines for drying put on the glove and rub over them to remove any dirt or dust rw GAII DEAR POLLY Just after moving could not find the wall pencil sharpener but thought of using my vegetable peeler It did an excellent job really much better than knife So far this has not dulled the peeler and if it does will keep the old one for sharpening pencils and buy new one for vegetables BARBARA DEAR POLLY In the mail received an ad for clothing with samples of the double knit fabric used to make them used one of them as book mark and find it does not fall out of the book as easily as paper one IDA