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While her husband, who works in the emergency department of Oakvilleâ€" Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, cared for the sick and dying in Wajir, Kenya, she assisted administratively and medically, but also used her‘ Godâ€"given talents as a singer and actress to give the children something to Even though always a "bit of a ham" and performing before an audience as far back as she can remember, the dream she shared with her husband of three years wasn‘t for a starring Broadway role or an Oscar, but to travel to the Third World and make a differâ€" ence. Only a mere few months ago, she and her husband, Dr. Martin Stewart, hopped on a plane to fulfill a dream. The young couple exchanged the comfort of their modest old Oakville home for humble accommodations that welcomed spiders and scorpions and suffocating heat at no extra charge. Actress Adrienne Grant Stewart may be physically about to begin taping a second season of The New Divorce Court, but emoâ€" tionally she‘s still in Africa with the emaciâ€" ated children whose lives she touched, and whose smiles amid unbearable squalor, touched her. By KATHY YANCHUS Oakville Beaver Staff Special Monday to Thursday Dinner Buffet reg>«@35 NOW nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Super Special Luncheon Buffet Sat. Sun. Dinner Buffet Friday to Sunday _ regs«z>s NOW Buffet includes Salad Bar, Ice Cream and Dessert Bar Third World trip hard ‘act‘ to follow 369 Speers Rd. 842â€"6211 or 842â€"6212 "I _ thought, ‘What am I going to do?‘ Well, sure they knew about se the doctor who â€" cared but they ADRIENNE GRAI also knew about this wacky woman who was making their kids laugh." 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"It‘s a real internal batâ€" tle right now," says Grant Stewart, who is taking a breather and has plunged into her newest job as national spokesperson for World Vision‘s annual 30â€" hour Famine, a fundâ€"raisâ€" ing project aimed at teenagers to raise awareâ€" ness of the problems of the Third World. world of acting. (See ‘Actress‘" page 11) She went on to pursue bank management training but realized after years of high school musicals, fronting rock bands, and genes that wouldn‘t quit â€" her mother was a professional opera singer â€" office work wasn‘t for her. She organized a portfolio, hit the streets in search of an agent and within a few short months, had landed sevâ€" eral commercials, a film and the role of "the very professional, aggressive" Caroline North in the "soap opera" The New Divorce Court which will soon be seen across North America. With her career launched at lightning speed and her agent Megan Goldwell urging her not to ‘disappear‘, it was a tough choice to take the time to venture to Africa but it the musical theatre troupe, Queen‘s Players. After her first year, a core of seven Queen‘s Players took a government grant and two musicals they wrote and directed on the road, performing throughout Ontario and Quebec, in youth shelters, senior citizens residences and underprivileged camps. Doing three shows a day damaged her vocal chords and Grant Stewart needed speech therapy "to learn to talk again." "I really thought my singing and acting days were over." Summer fun pg. 14