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16 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1998 DENNY'S INSURANCE In Business Since 1958 Payment plans.available * Home * Tenants * Condominiums * Farm © Business * Travel ¢ Auto Life * RRSP 17 Mill St. W. 853-0150 MACKENZIE & CHAPMAN GENERAL LAW PRACTICE Serving Acton, Rockwood & Surrounding Areas 33 Main Street South Acton 853-1330. Glenlea 'Beauty Salon Bev Swartz .Brenda Noseworthy 853-3150 298 Queen Street Acton (upstairs) Lumber, Hardware, Paint and more 264 Main St. N. Acton, Ontario L7J 1W9 519-853-1970 Tor. Line: 416-601-1259 Fax: 519-853-2542 AQUATIC POOL & SPA Get the job done right the first time! Call & book your appointment now: 853-1800 46 Cobblehill Road, Acton Lex Sg George Hume Manager Acton By FRANCES NIBLOCK j "Cancer Can Be Beaten' is ] not just an effective marketing slogan to Acton 'residents Lynda Bowen and Lorne Dobethein. Both are cancer survivors, alive today because of research paid for through the Canadian Cancer Society's annual April fund raising campaign that kicked off last night in Acton. Thanks to research, one of } every two cancer patients is a survivor. Fifty years ago the survival rate was one-in-five and research funded by the Society has also helped improve survival rates for three types of cancer including childhood leukemia, testicular cancer and Hodgkin's disease. When a Canadian Cancer Society canvasser knocks at she will gratefully dig deep. Bowen has survived two bouts of cancer and knows that The Bank of Nova Scotia 36 Mill Street East 853-2420 www.scotiabank.ca Cancer Can Be Beaten! et * LYNDA BOWEN people look at her strangely when she says she's been blessed. "T survived, and I thank the Lord every day. You tend to forget the worst of it (cancer treatment)," Bowen said in a recent interview. "My mother, who also had cancer, always told me to take the bull by the horns JOHN SUTHERLAND AND Sons Lt. 240 Victoria Rd N. P.O.Box 510, Guelph, Ontario Business e Home e Auto A.T.W. Custom Brokers P.O. Box 60 Acton 853-2320 and that's how I've dealt with it (cancer)," Bowen said, adding that Acton Cancer branch drivers } made she life much easier when }} she had to get to treatments. Lorne Doberthien lost a leg to cancer in 1974 and then under went three lung operations anda decade of check-ups. "Hopefully, it's all behind me. }} It's been 24 years since I lost my leg so I'm a_ survivor," Doberthien said, adding that the canvasser coming to his door will be his wife, who has been an Acton branch volunteer for more than 10 years. Approximately 160 volunteer will be out canvassing for donations this month, hoping to top the $25,000 raised last year in Acton. CANCER | CANADIENNE SOCIETY DU CANCER ¥ 34 Quebec St. Farm e Aircraft Koyal Canadian Legion Ladtes A uxtliary Branch 197 -- Acton Insurance Specialists Since 1870 Phone 519-822-0160 Fax 519-822-0698 1-800-263-1032 -- Support Cancer Research -- DANIEL VARANELLI Cc eGeAe Revenue Canada Authorized EFILE Agent Personal & Business Tax Returns Saturday & Evening Appointments Available 76 Young St., Acton 853-4311 Halton Hills CY Electrical Contracting ta. Industrial Commercial Residential 2 Commerce Cres. Acton Phone: 853-2572 | Pager: (416) 719-6236 Motors Lto. 24 Hour Towing Cars Unlocked General Repairs Raymond Toth 12 Guelph St., Acton 853-1840 | SHOEMAKER FUNERAL HOME 55 Mill Street East Acton 853-0350 sera