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Hip Hip Hooray for Edith Pattison, page 1

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THE INTELLIGENCER, Thu il 20, 1995 — O PEOPLE Hip Hip Hooray for Edith Pattison . Despite problems, Belleville woman ready for walk By Bill Hunt The Intelligencer For people with physiological problems, putting one foot in front of the other isn’t as easy as it souns But thi stopped Belleville resident i from taking part in Hip Hip ae 9 ray, Eps Orthopedic Walk Acros: Cana Nay 28 Pattison will walk 1.6 kilometres in Kingston’s City Par! hasn't es that day ras es walk starts at ‘attison has an artificial knee, steel plates in her right Hugh and has undergone a bone as part of an operation to ae Sthe first, artifi aoa knee with an- “other one after a Most Joana have artifi- Scial hips or knees or some related ‘eproblem. Hones eatoiae “are welcome to coll pledges and join in the wal Half the funds raised in each ri is the of Since “d dae saat has been rai ar 10,000 or- peep patients es part in the Intelligencer photo by Bill Hunt Edith Pattison, 69, sits with a collection of photooreen previous tional Trust in the Loyalist Mark« us walk-a-thons that will be displayed at Na: et. She is readying for this ahs Hip Hip Hooray Orthopedic walk in Kingston. Daring her first year, Pattison ised $883. year she raised sia0e 402 and as of April 18 ee year she had $500. Pattison pects to top her sas amount by Mey time she goes to Kingston in ov ‘ve always liked walking,” says the 69- Gal rey who walle to many of the houses and busi- nesses where she asks for pledg- es. Although her right knee is yur pounds heavier than her left knee and consequently, throws slow her down. ing volunteer work with Meals on. Wheels for 15 years and is now its convener, ae oe cancer. . Ask er illness tires aa she says, ne ae but then you overcome those You can't let them affect you." Lendii bee fate Peat is Nati¢ Market, which is olin a "ak sale April 28. The py be added to Pattison's 's ee her balance, she doesn't let it he been do- has

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