Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), February 27, 1991, p. 8

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Page THE Wednesday February 27 1M1 Diabetics to form local chapter By LISA BOON8TOPPELPOT The Herald By next month Halton Hills could have its own chapter of the Canadian Diabetes Association to provide materials and informa tion to diabetics in the area Monday night 37 people turned up at the Lions Club Hall to show their interest in starting up a local chapter Of the 37 32 became members of the Cana dian Diabetes Association said Don Coglin Diabetes Awareness Chairman for Lions District Ali SEVEC offers students a summer of discovery Students interested in mer of discovery can apply to the 1991 Summer Individual Ex change Program offered by the Society for Educational Visits and Exchanges in Canada SEVEC is a national not-for- profit association which offers cultural bilingual and exchanges for Canadian youth SEVECs Summer Individual Ex change Program is geared to students aged 11 to 18 who would like to experience life with another family visit another part of the country and if they choose a bilingual exchange improve their grasp of English or French as a second language while being immersed in another culture The length of the exchange can vary from 7 to days and usual ly takes place in July Exchange participants decide upon the duration as well as the dates of the exchange One of the key ingredients to a successful exchange is the pro perty matching or twinning of exchange participants In order for SEVEC to maintain high stan dards to ensure students are mat ched according to their interests social maturity and home en vironment home interviews are conducted for all candidates by local educators to gather in formation for the twinning pro- The 1991 registration fee is To register call SEVEC toll- free at 180038SEVEC The I deadline for registration is March 15 1991 Im pleased with the turnout said Mr Coglin whos been in strumental in organizing the meeting and encouraging local diabetics to start their own chapter He said this initial meeting has already helped some local diabetics He said one man who was taking pills for his heart pro blems found the pills were an tagonizing his diabetes By talk ing about his problem he found another diabetic who had ex perienced the same situation but overcame it The first man resolved to talk- to his doctor about correcting the situation with the ideas be got from the meeting Though no executive was chosen at this meeting the gathering did discuss some areas a local chapter might focus on One was to offer information and lectures that would appeal not only to adults but to children and another was to have not only a structured chapter but a social club The groups next meeting will be on March at the Lions Club Hail were an executive will be chosen and the chapter officially formed SAME DAY TAX RETURNS 101 Guelph St Georgetown 8772217 APPLE Auto Glass WINDSHIELD REPAIRS W All CUImi WWKWWK5KSaSSKSSft5 YOU KNOW SWEETIE when we get our pizza from Country Lane we4jS get a FREE MOVIE RENTAL of our choice delivered with it 8776767 8772254 Day care youngsters project Reading from one of the childrens books the Georgetown Day Care Centre donated for the children in the Ward at Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital is nurse Simmons Children from the day care centre helping to pre sent the book are left to right Laura Lee Rivers Sean Logan and Michael with their caregivers Deborah Foster left and Vvette Four- nier The book donation is the Annual Valen tines Day project conducted by the centre For three weeks prior to Valentines Day the children earn money by doing extra chores at home They contribute the money to the Valentine Book Fund The purpose of the project Is to engage the children in an activity which allows them to purchase a gift for the hospitalized children and may help to lessen the or children in the hospital Herald photo by Lisa BoonstoppelPot FINAL TOUCH ESTHETICS REOPENING SPECIALS 360 Guelph St Unit 36A Beside ReMax in the Knolcrest Centre START Monday March til Saturday March 16th 10 TANNING SESSIONS 30 OFF JORDANE MakeUP Eyeshadow Bbsb Matun 5G CALVIN KLEIN Creme Soap 50 All Accessories Except FREE Foot File With Every PEDICURE HOURS Mori Wed Thurs Frt Saturday 8736013 POSTAGE BLOWOUT HIS YEAR POSTAGE AT LAST YEARS PRICES It now costs to mail a 39 1 In Canada up from 39 last sale priced 10 free year So beat inflation Slock stamps up on last years stamps and S T at 7 well throw in the makeup Youpayon Last Years Price 26 DELREX SMOKE SHOP GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE J 8779284

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