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THE HERALD Wednesday October 18 1989 Page 29 Takeoff extra pounds with TOPS Why clown lose pounds slim down was the theme used at the TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly annual fellowship day held at the Holiday Inn Burlington Sept 30 TOPS Club was established in in Milwaukee Wisconsin by Esther Manz president TOPS is a non profit weight loss program providing its members with basic information on It serves its members in defining present levels of obesity encouragement to reach desirable weight goals set by your doctor acceptable methods for meal planning and personal aids to achieve those goals In the HaltonPeel Region there are chapters with approximate ly 398 members On their recogm tion day in Burlington approx imately members attended with the following members being honored for losing weight The Queen for HaltonPeel was Wen Cotton of Chapter ON1263 Georgetown with a loss of lbs Runner up to Queen is Mary Holubek of Chapter Burl ington with a loss of 49 lbs There was a total of members recognized for losing weight rang ing from 75 lbs down to lbs Also recognized are Alumni KOPS Keep Off Pounds Sensibly There were a total of 51 members ranging from years down to one year of keeping off the weight The longest standing KOPS was Freda Champagne of Chapter ON2646 Burlington keeping off 2W lbs for 22 years There are chapters in Brampton Mississauga Bolton Caledon Georgetown Acton Oakville and Burlington If further infonnation is required concerning the organization please call Area Cap tain Diane Lancaster at 4592363 for all of and Peel For information on TOPS in Halton Hills call Carol Harper at or Wendy Cotton at