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Page SECTION C THE HERALD Wednesday May IBM JW sr S It that time of the year again Summer 1 Just around the corner and we re all trying to trim up lor bathing weather Diet and exercise are a II- Important bat make sure you go about It the right way GETTING FIT Proper diet and safe exercise are the keys By KELLY NORGATE Herald Special So you want to run In the Mayor Race on June 10 But after a long winter you find you put on some extra pounds and you re out of shape Where do you start Probably the easiest diet I teach anybody to control their weight is to take you currently eat and cut it in half says Marny the dietician at the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Dadson says you should cat a variety of foods from each food group milk and milk products bread and cereals fruits and vege tables and meats Dadson says there are many misconceptions about dieting one of these being that grape fruits cat away at fat She says the grapefruit only fills you up and sells the diet People lend to think that if the diet has grapefruit In It the diet works She says that many people eat two ways One way when they arc on a diet and another when they re not For effective weight loss the two ways must blend together People can eat In fast food restaurants says Dadson provided they supplement their diet with other choices While training for the Majors Race a person should be eating light Low fat foods like fruit protein foods like meat and cheeses Dadson suggests that on the day of the race you don eat easy winner on newlook machine Runners edge Giants in Powderpuff opener By JOYCE IIUTCHINS Herald correspondent The Georgetown Softball League star cd Its regular seas on games last week There arc ID teams and each squad will play one game per week Two games are played on Monday evenings and three on Wednesdays In the opening games the weather may have been glooming but certainly not the spirits of the girls Pink Panthers Turquoise Tornadoes Despite three double plays and great hitting by David the Tornadoes could not get the win In a close game with the Pink Panthers The entire Pink Pan thers team played a good game Rob Mob IS Sky Blue Julie King and Candy Morgan got Rob Mob off on the right foot In their opener with Sky Blue Sky Blue had a slow start and just ran out of time to catch up Bra It Violet Great pitching by Janice Murray and Joanne Kemper brought the Brats their first win or the season Knight Riders Gold Star Going through the entire batting order In two Innings the Knight Riders dumped the Gold Stars in their opener Barb McBean played a good game as rover for the Gold Stars Red Runners 13 Green Giants 12 In another close game the Red Runners edged out the Gicen Giants by one A good all round team effort on both teams made It an cxclt game Brisk weather and the winds of change opened the season at Wei land County Speedway as the Cornwell Racing Group Introduced the new look in short track machine ry The Ha r ley Davidson single supplied to Georgetown racer Jon Cornwell by Fred Imports had only been fired up for the first time Friday night and arrived at the track so new the paintwork wasn complete In his heat won handily but appeared to be tak it easy breaking in the motor and getting acquainted with the bike handling Off the start In the final the broke free of the pack within five feet of the line and within five laps Jon had opened up a halftrack lead over the rest of the field Easing back in he corn held the lead comfortably heroic efforts by second place Chris Evans and at the check flag It was clearly no contest In the post race post modems Cornwell and his mechanic Brian wearing very wide smiles agreed that the bikes power was awesome Olsen amended this descrip tion by suggesting that It combined the torque of the Yamaha engine and the top end of the Honda and put It all to the ground Just shook his head grinning I m In love While this engine Is new to Canadian racers it is the equipment to beat in the United States will be riding It in U S Camel Pro short tracks and and In the class in Canadian half miles and short tracks Gemini meeting in The Georgetown Gemini Junior B Hockey club will hold their annual election of officers Tuesday May at the Community Center The meeting will begin at m Everybody is welcome to attend Students will teach water safety Project PAWS underway Three local university students will be touring Hills public schools the next few weeks to spread the word about water safe ty Sharon McBride Andres and Kent ner expect to Visit schools In a threeweek period to teach children water safety for the summer season The program la called Pro ject PAWS Public Awareness of Water Safety and Is designed to reach children from Kindergarten to Grade The three students will prepare and perform various skits for the students to impart their safety message The present Ions will also Include a short film and discuss on period The Hills Parks and Recreation Department started Project PAWS last year and found it to be very successful We had a good response from all the schools project co ordinator Mary Byrne told The Herald Many of the teachers and prin asked us to return this year Byrne says the skits put the Idea of safety on a level the kids can understand They pay attention to it she said They can Identify with the character Last year It was Darth Wader who wouldn follow the rules and Luke Water Sharon McBride Para Andres and Kentner will enter Hills public schools with their me go about water safety Herald photo begin appearing at the schools on May 28 For further information about having the PAWS walker and Princess who saved him The students will group appear at your school call Sharon McBride at ex tension 250 Kate Jennings Ilk es to keep active Thais why she Joined the Halt on Hills Jills gymnastics club two years ago after five seasons in the community recreational program Gymnastics ray time Jennings says It a enjoyable I like doing the flips and GREAT CANADIAN PARTTCIPACTION CHALLENGE Wednesday May 16 1984 J KATE JENNINGS walkovers A a student at School Jennings likes math and science and maintains a straight A standing She has a 96nverage in math and hopes to attend Queen or the University of Toronto some day to study law When Kate isn tat the gym coaching the younger members of the Jills she may be at home playing the piano or listening to rock music She likes Rick Springfield and Duran Project PAWS The Hills Recreation and Parks Department are pleased to announce that Project PAWS Public Awareness of Water Safety has returned to Hills Three University students are at work preparing informative about different aspects of water safety These skits will be presented to students from kindergar ten to grade Watch for dadson food at least or 3 hours before you run so you can avoid stomach cramps There is no rear evidence to support that stuffing yourself with carbohydrates or pro teins he day before a race will give you any more energy than nor mo I During the course of your run Dadson says that you should avoid drinking fruit Juices or drinks with any ration of sugar If you put a rated sugar in your stomach fluid from your body tissues will collect there to dilute It Al the same time your body needs to perspire to stay coal In other words you re doing yourself more harm than good says She says It is best to drink water during a run Boyd Hoddlnott at the medical centre in Georgetown says that you should start train by walking minu tes a day and work that you should always Jog at a pace that you can carry on a conversation It depends on your age and physical ability as to how often or how intensely you can train Hoddinott also said that the runner should try to keep the pave ment when training to avoid shin splints knee complications and other runn ng related injuri It is also import ant to do a warm up before each workout stretching both front and back leg muscles Some even suggest dancing before you run to limber up your whole body Hoddinott also said to allow for a cool down period after each workout This would Include light Jogging and stretching He said that too many people just let poisons from exercising settle in their muscles after a work out This causes the muscles to become stiff and sore later To further your fit Ian Crichton of Muscle Works in Georgetown offers a weight training am to lone your muscles for a race His bus I ncss on Main Street in Georgetown has worth of weight lifting equipment which Crlch ton says he designed himself says that strengthening your leg muscles will help pre vent injuries caused by running He says it is also important to have good upper body as a runner His weight program for the runner would concentrate on strengthening muscles like biceps and triceps as well as the leg muse I says that a runner should practice high repetitions of weight lifting exercises using relatively low weights This is to build up endurance in the muscles rather than bulk As the annual May or Race fast along with the warm weather Its time to recognise your annual battle with the body Good luck and see you there RUN THE LOWEST PRICED AD AROUND FOR YOUR GARAGE SALE A 1 COLUMN INCH ONE TIME AD IN THE the HERALD And when you bring your ad in to us and Pay this small amount in advance WELL GIVE YOU 2 FREE SIGNS and COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO RUN A SUCCESSFUL GARAGE SALE DEADLINE Tuesday at 10 a m for Wednesday WE GIVE YOU MORE the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established Guelph St Georgetown 8772201