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Page Community in Focus Wednesday October Arts Alive awards take centre stage treasurer and president of the Credit Valley Ar and executive members of the Palette and Pencil Club Herald Photo The Kenneth R Harrison Award Dur his concert Saturday even at the John Ell Theatre John Arp right took t me to present Paul Br left th the Kenneth Harrison Award in recogn t on of his on to teaching music to children Halton Hills as part of the Arts Al ve awrds ceremony Herald Photo The Ralph Ursel Award Accepting the Ralph Ursel Award Saturday evening from Arts Member Lois was John John has arranged countless ex at the Cultural Centre s gallery and writes a weekly newspaper column for the Halton Hills Herald focusing on the arts Herald photo Patron of the Arts Award Norma Elliot left owner of Georgetown ac cepted the Hills Patron of the Arts Award from Gary Brand right Georgetown Terminal Warehouse has supported local theatre for the past 10 years through the loan of vehicles to move sets For five years they provided set building space at no charge to both Georgetown Little Theatre and Georgetown Global Productions Herald Photo Pharmacy Awareness week is aimed at the consumer Performing Arts Award Maureen Walker right of the Arts Alive Committee presented local actor Ron Hunt left with the Arts Alive Award for Performing Arts Mr Hunt has been a delightful comedlc actor in 42 plays as well as directing and stage managing for years for the Georgetown Little Thaajre Herald Photo Making people aware of services offered by pharmacists is the main reason behind Pharmacy Awareness Week which runs November to A recent letter from the Ontario Pharmacist s Association states two to five per cent of seniors ad mitted to hospitals are there because of adverse reactions to prescription drugs Through this awareness week and current record systems in local pharmacies one con sulfation is stressed associate pharmacist for Shoppers Drug Mart In Georgetown said he doesn t believe there is a large problem In in the area of people taking the wrong medication People are a lot more careful than they are given credit for said Mr He said Shoppers Drug Mart is currently installing a new medication record system for Its customers When people come in to fill a prescription they will receive a wallet size medication record We have the current m formation on the computer system said Mr He said the pharmacist would know what the last prescription was and any helpful medical information would Delisted A pharmacist is easier to get hold of than a doctor said Mr Ken Milne of Milne Home Care and Prescriptions said activity ideas during Pharmacy Awareness Week will be discussed at his em next staff meeting but as yet no specific activity ideas have been decided upon Mr Milne also said he encounters very few cases of people taking the wrong medication or having allergic reactions to wrong medication An allergic reaction can take many different forms from nausea to the extreme lifethreatening cases There is a broad range of reactions he said Mr Milne also said his pharmacy has had a computer system for ap proximately is years He said it gives a breakdown of the patient drug history Coloring contests lectures on smoking AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases diabetes and drug abuse are a few suggested tivitles Pharmacy Awareness Week is a way of making people more aware of what we the pharmacist can do and the information we can provide Before Take It Talk About It is the pharmacist s slogan we can tell you why you are taking medication what it does and how to take it said Mr Milne