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th ei fp .c a Th e IF P -H al to n H ill s | T hu rs da y, O ct ob er 24 ,2 01 9 | 18 Dental Implants It feels great to smile with Available here... New Patients Welcome Family and Cosmetic Dentistry Marketplace Dental Centre Georgetown Marketplace Mall HOURS: Monday & Wednesday 8:00am - 8:00pm • Tuesday & Thursday 8:00am - 6:00pm • Saturday 8:00am - 3:00pm 905-877-CARE (2273) • www.georgetowndental.com • Proudly Serving Georgetown Since 1994. DO YOU HEAR Ringing? Buzzing? Book a TINNITUS Consultation Today! Hearing Testing, Hearing Aids and Accessories Ph: 289-891-8833 120 Mill Street, Georgetown Hello again. Did anyone miss me? I've been away. We've been away, my wife and I - gaining perspective, realizing we live in a para- dise. I've now driven in traffic in New Delhi, India - and survived. I am now at peace with Toronto traffic where only random drivers in- sanely zip line across your path, not everyone, as a rule, honking wildly along with an oddly choreo- graphed scattershot me- nagerie of pedestrians, wild dogs, goats, camels, horses and the odd ele- phant. I look around our Cana- dian city streets and now see clean and neat - ones I used to think needed more tending. My mind isn't shocked by a phantasma- goric swirl of plastic trash camouflaging every tree, hill and ditch. We've spent days in Bei- jing and Shanghai search- ing the ochre skies for less acrid air to breath where cheap coal fuels a rampant grab for more money at all cost including the environ- ment, popping endless plastic bottles for drink- able water, remembering that back home we can - wait for it - drink out of the tap. We avoided the bath- rooms and the urge to snack on live scorpions on a stick and sidestepped smiling hustlers gravitat- ing toward us like magne- tized Styrofoam peanuts. We've been reminded in cities like Tokyo, Hiroshi- ma and Osaka that even though the sheer numbers of humans perambulating down every street is stag- gering, how humour, re- spect, culture and feeling safe can be mixed together to produce a wonderful sense of, "I want to go back there" - something I see re- flected in Canada, my home. A home we think is crowded but at any time you can marvel at the fact you are the only person walking down the street. Our vast area is sparse. We've got room to manoeu- vre. Look at a stranger en- joying what we have and think, "Welcome to here." I tell you we live in a par- adise here and at this mo- ment in time, in our lovely, lovely Canada. It may even be a bubble of wonderful. We all need to get perspec- tive to appreciate it, safe- guard it. If you're only worried about a bit of clutter at home, get out of the house, go for a walk. Love your Canada. It'll bring a little therapy to your home. Stephen Ilott is a home organizer and author of The Domestic Archaeol- ogist. Visit www.declutter- ing.ca. OPINION PARADISE IS ALL ABOUT PERSPECTIVE OVERSEAS TRIP OFFERS NEW-FOUND APPRECIATION FOR HOME, WRITES ILOTT STEPHEN ILOTT Column The annual Walk or Run for Georgetown Hospital broke records for fundrais- ing and attendance. The event raised over $60,000 for the hospital, with more than 320 people at- tending - the highest atten- dance to date for the event. "We are so thankful to all the participants, sponsors, donors, volunteers and ven- dors for helping make this event such a success this year," Betty D'Oliveira, vol- unteer chair of the event's committee. "Our communi- ty's record-breaking turn- out at this event will have a positive impact on patients at our community hospital for years to come." Funds raised during this year's event will support the pur- chase of new patient beds, including a special wound- surface bed. The new beds have upgraded technology, including integrated alarms that will reduce the possibility of patient falls. More information about the annual Walk or Run for Georgetown Hospital is available at Georgetown- HospitalFoundation.ca. NEWS GEORGETOWN HOSPITAL'S WALK OR RUN EVENT BREAKS ATTENDANCE RECORD BRYAN MYERS bmyers@metroland.com The annual Walk or Run for the Georgetown Hospital is aimed to raise $55,000 for the purchase of six new patient beds. Georgetown Hospital Foundation photo Don't be a LitterBug! Please keep our community clean. Start planning your dream vacation with hand-picked travel deals and inspiration just for Canadians Visit Start planning your dream vacation with hand-picked travel deals and inspiration just for Canadians Visit Start planning your dream vacation with hand-picked travel deals and inspiration just for Canadians Visit Start planning your dream vacation with hand-picked travel deals and inspiration just for Canadians Visit