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A warded Canada C( On Monday, October 26th, three memnbers of the pathflnder unit were awarded their Canada Cord. The Canada Cord is the highest award a girl member of Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada can achieve. It is nlo easy task to earn this distinction. Over 180 challenges must be completed. They must earn their emblems ti the community, home, outdoors, world and camping sections of the program at the bronze, silver and goid levels. Each level teaches a littie more independence and seif-rellance. In the three years it has taken thema to complete the program they have shared many adventures together camping, hiking (rain and shine, mostly rain), canoeing, dolng service ti the com- munity, trips to Toronto to, visit Queen's Park, to climab the walls at an indoor gym and so much more. These girls were also par- ticipants ti the trip to England last summer. Pathfindlers are very proud of these girls and their achieve- mens. They are golng to be missed in their unit but we wish them well i their future endeavours, whlch we hope wlll include Guiding. Mis years recipients are Melissa Maynard, Lyndsay Harness and Laura Cartier. MRT week '98 promotes focus oin patient care In today's fast-paced and rapidly changing workplace, many of us feel pullcd by compcting priorities. This is true for medical radiation technologists as it is for oth- ers. With that in mind, Medical Radiation Tecbnology Week - from November 9 to 13, 1998 - is this year focus- ing on the theme "New Technologies, Traditional ValueC." -The focus of our profes- sion must alwàys be the patient," says Sheila Boutcher, Ph.D.. RTNM, President of the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologlsts (CAMFT). "The importance of patient skills an~d quality of care i our profession can not be understated," she said. "Hospital mergers, downsiz- tig, and health care reforms often lead to fewer people doing the same or, ini many cass, more work as a depart- ment. As a result, we tend to look to technology to hellp increase efficency. But in tiy- lig to speed up processes and Iricrease our output, wc must be sure to maintain or improve, not dlmlnlsh, the quality of care." CAMRI? members work i four fields that are ail fairly heavfly dependent upon com- puters - radiological (x-ray) technology, radiation thera- py, nuclear medicine anid magnetic resonance. These fields promise to become eveni more so, as medical images, patient records, treatmerit plans, and other information are increasingly captured, stored, retrleved and shared electronically. 'Amnidst ail the technology and growlng pressures to deal wlth more patients in less time, we must preserve the human factor," says CAMRT President Sheila Boutcher. "Compassion is vital for any- one who deals dlrectly wlth patients. This is particularly truc for our members, who often work with cancer patients and others wth sert- ous ilinesses and injuries." The CAMRT is Canada's national certifIIng body for some 10,000 medical radia- tion technologists. Each year, thle CAIVRI' marks MRT Week to recognize their contribu- tions to the health care sys- tem. i many centres, CAMRT members organize local events to celebrate MRT Weck. Food for thought! il Sharing a He(aithier à~ [ j utureý,,,, m Clarington Public Library Celebrate Canadian Children's Book Week November 7 - 14 at Claington Public Lbrary! This year's theme for Canadian Children's Book Weck is "A World to Discover." This is an excellent time for ail Clarlngton resi- dents to check out their local llbrary branch and see all that it has to offer. We have some incredible talent in Canada, so pick up a great Canadien children's book and discover new worlds, exciting characters and dynamic plots! Check out a few of our favourites: The Town that Floated Away - by Sandra Birdsell J FIC Birds Virginia is shrinking! Could this have ariythirig to do with the recent disappear- ance of her hometown, which is loating further and further north without her? Will Virginia reunite with lier town before it freezes over, and she shrinks to nothlng. ..but dust? The King's Daughter by Susanne Martel YA FIC Marte 18 year old Jeanne Chatel has always dreamed of adventure and now her dreams are conlng true! She bas been selected as a King's Daughter to emnigrate to New France where she wlll marry a settler, be a mother to bis two chfldren, defend herseif against natives and learr to survive in a.smail cabin in the wildemness. Bravery and spir- it are her only skills! To Dance at the Palais Royale by Janet McNauthton YA FIC McNau A heart-warmirig story about Agnes Maxwell, a yourig Scottish girl living in 1920's Toronto. Love - Discrimination - class strug- gles - Take a peek at Canadien bistory tbrough thec eyes of a strong andiloveable heroine! Out of the Dark by Welwvyr Wilton Katz J FIC Katz Mfter the death of his mother. the only thing that makes Ben's .move to a remote village ini Newfouridland bearable is its riearriess to a Viking settle- ment. Weaving Viking mythology and history with the prescrit, this book is a touchirig story about cornlng to tcrms with grief and for- giveriess. Ogre Fun by Loris Lcsynskl JP Lesyn When Groriry decides to scare up some furi for his ogre friends, hcenerds up catching a contagious case of the yawns. Yawning soon spreads like wildfire in the ogre household, inspiring gigantic hysterics - and it is up to Gronny to find a cure. 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