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10- Orono Weekly Tîmes. ensdy a 2,19 INTERACTIVE HEALTH I'MMOSTLY WATER WATER! The one element you need the most and suspect the least Years ago I had a friend who never, repeat never, drank water. He held firmly to the view that it was unsafe to drink anything that people bath and swim in. Now, we ail laughed uproariously whenever he espoused this craziness; we knew there was something wrong with his logic; we knew he wasn't stupid with a PhD in Metallurgy, but no one was ever able to convince him to drink water. The sad truth of the matter may be that much of today's water is, indeed, unhealthy to the bodies of human beings, or to animais for that matter. Most of the tap water which we depend on has had its bacteria killed with chlorine, and presents itself for our use, full of the dead bacteria, plus a host of inorganic minerais. Lots of extra work for our bodies to eliminate. Water, -,over time, is becoming a news item. We are ail aware of the levels of pollution now known to be part and parcel of most of our water. Recently, the federal government had to take a stand, along with various American and Canadian Environmental groups when a group in Northern Ontario proposed to sell large quantities (from Lake Superior) to the Asian World. Water is becoming an item of great interest, as people realize that we may have less of it in the future than we really need for health. Water, the principal chemical constituent of the body, comprises approximately 65% of the body weight of an adult male and 55% of the adult female. It is part of the fluid inside each little tiny body cell, and also in the spaces between the cells. It is the medium in which ail chemical processes within the body take place. It assists in regulating and maintaining a constant body temperature. Water is the principal constituent of ail body fluids: blood, lymph, saliva, gastric juice, bile, sweat, urine, etc. According to Dr. Allen E. BRENDA BLOOD SAYS Railroad history of Lindsay By Pat Irwin Lycett, RN., B.Sc., Certified Iridologist, Registered Nutritional Consultant 983-9475 Ban ik, an optometrist who spent a great deal of time on the study of water, All water is not the same. In his book "The Choiçe is Clear", he discusses the various types of water which are present on the planet, and the benefits we can expect to receive. He makes the point that hard water, the water often present in our taps and in our country wells, usually contains excessive lime salts;- carbonates and sulfates of calcium and magnesium. Many other harmful inorganic minerals and chemicals may also be present. The word inorganic is of extreme importance. In tracing the course of hard water, which begins in the clouds, we find that as it falls it collects minerals and poisonous chemicals. It is good water except for what it picks up as it falls. When it reaches the ground it is divinely designed to do one thing, pick up minerals. THESE INORGANIC MINERALS ARE WONDERFUL, BUT ONLY FOR PLANTS. As the water picks up minerals it distributes them evenly to plant life. Plants would never grow if these minerals were not supplied to their roots. (And as we now know, our garden soils have become so impoverished by the use of pesticides and unhealthy fertilizers, that our vegetable plants are not always growing into healthy. life- sustaining plants.) Anyway, the minerals collected from the air and the ground are termed inorganic minerais, which means that they are incapable of being assimilated into the human body. When we ingest them, the bodyjust has to work harder to eliminate them and gains no real nutritive value from them. In order for the inorganic minerais to be accessible for digestion they must first be chelated into organic molecules, and this essential process is accomplished by our dear friends the plants, and make no mistake, they are our very dear friends. So--what to do about ail this hard water we seem to be taking into our bodies. There is much evidence to support the view that _hard, mineral water contributes to chronic illness. There are stories in complementary medicine literature strongly indicating that people with degenerative disease are able to improve their health by the use of mineral-free water. In this case they, of course, rely on good foods and food supplements to maintain the necessary mineral deposits in their bodies as, indeed, we ail should. And the single best way to be assured of drinking mineral-free, healthy water is through the use of water which has been through a distillation process. DISTILLED WATER acts as a solvent in the body. It dissolves food substances so they can be assimilated and taken into every cell. And, of vital interest to anyone with chronic disease, it performs the task of dissolving mineral substances lodged in body tissues, so that these substances may then be excreted by normal means. There is much evidence in Naturopathic literature showing that disease is the result of the body's inability to get rid of accumulated wastes. Distilled water is at least worth a try, especially if you find yourself ill, and no one seems to be able to find the problem. For all your health needs, please be sure to contact your health care practitioner. References available upon request. There will be a new Tai Chi class, for beginners, starting in September, probably Wednesday or Thursday morning. Please call with your interest - 983-9475. [conductor freight an to Bancro on the line I requeste er give th from ail u The requ then remin of a day i conductor request t was denie on its wa engine o Howland Haliburto and a rel and area captured As a nation, Canada owes This bc its very existence to the back in tin countless miles of twin rib- view of the bons of steel stretching across of railroa our land. For many, this and 50's. legacy of Canadian railroads thorough continues to hold a great fas- Hansen an cination. period fror A part of this unique story to the pres unfolds in a marvellous new from be[ book, Last Trains from unfolds in Lindsay. This handsomely illustrated bound hard covered book tographs, traces the rise and eventual published f dismantlement of the rail Over ha lines that served the area colour and bounded by Toronto and of stations Midland on the west, to photos fr Belleville and Bancroft in the Richly im east. also featux "Canadian railroads have and track been a lifelong interest," with emplc commented Keith Hansen documents author and publisher of Last One of Trains from Lindsay. "To me, es found the lines of this part of Hansen's Ontario, and the CNR s accounts. (Canadian National Railway) to tie hist Lindsay terminal area have recounting always held a special attrac- through th tion. For decades Lindsay ers who w served as an important rail- Retired road hub. From there trains Harold F radiated out to points north, those to s south, east and west to serve ences. the commercial needs of the "I was region."the 1950's in book ook takes readers me for an intimate e wonderful heyday ding in the 1940's The book has been ly researched by nd focuses on the m the late steam era ent day. The story ginning to end 480 pages, lavishly with over 500 pho- many of which are for the first time. 1f of the photos are [range from shots and trains to aerial rom the 1950's. sightful, the book es over 100 maps diagrams, along yee timetables and S. the special surpris- in this book is use of oral This approach adds ory telling with the of stories as seen e eyes of railroad- orked on the lines. CNR conductor ahey was among hare their experi- called one day in to fill the position r] on M313 [mixed d passenger train] ft. The work load was very heavy so d that the dispatch- e train protection unscheduled trains. est was denied. I 'nded the dispatcher n the 1940's. That had made the same hat day and it too 'd. The train went y. Meanwhile an ut of Bancroft to (on the Lindsay- n Une) broke down ief engine was sent *eComplete Car & Truck Repairs • • Diesel Engines • Cummins, Detroit & Cat• • Radio Dispatched Tow Trucks-• • Mobile Mechanical Service Truck• R.R. 1, Orono LOB 1 MO 4 Miles North ofHwy 3511on L-VýHWV 115 TRC A AUT EAR LTD NEWCASTLE FUNERAL HOME FuneraPirector - Carf oo Personal professional, affordable service. Genesis Bereavement Resource Centre on-site to serve the community. Informative funeral home tours are welcome 386 Mill Street South, Newcastle (lust nortlt of 401 -Park:ing off Wpbert.Steet) (905) 987-3964 (M M out poste haste from Belleville. The crew wasn't familiar with the territory and barreled into the rear of the train while it was in the midst of its station stop at Gilmour ....I got the protec- tion." Readers will thoroughly enjoy the wealth of history presented in this book. The book recounts some of the early days of the 1800's but moves quickly to centre in on 1940 to present day. Hansen traces the sprawl- ing network of routes of CNR lines and CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) that served the area. Crucial to their con- tinued existence was the shortcut route through Lindsay for grain moving from Georgian Bay to east coast ports. Hovering around the central activity were quaint little freight and pas- senger runs on smaller branch lines - even summer weekend specials from Toronto up to the cool Haliburton high- lands. The CPR grain route was shut down during the great depression of the 1930's. For the CNR, grain traffic was halted shortly after the open- ing of the St. Lawrence sea- way in 1959. That, along with the switch to diesel elec- tric locomotives triggered the demise of Lindsay as a rail- way terminal. For many years after that the CNR and CPR lines eked out an exis- tence. Their valiant struggle was in vain as the erosion of revenues continued. Whole branches, and then sadly, piece by piece, track was eventually abandoned and uprooted and with it the last trains from Lindsay. "The railroads had an enormous social and econom- ic impact in their time," reflected Hansen. "Sadly, (continued page 12) (905) 983-9151 77 .....................