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W ednesday, May 17, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B5 Arts & Entertainment Oakville Beaver Entertainm ent Editor: Carol Baldwin 845-3824 (Extension 254) Fax: 337-5567 Photo by Barrie Erskine TEACH YOUR KIDS HOW TO BE SAFE! The world can be a potentially m dangerous place for a child, but as a * parent it's often difficult to find the right materials to help teach your children about personal safety. Now there's help. LA-Z-BOY FURNITURE GALLERIES AT THE BURLINGTON POWER CENTRE, in partnership with the OAKVILLE BEAVER, are proud to introduce the BE SAFE Program. The BE SAFE Activity Kit invites families to join two adorable raccoons (Wendall and Al) and a schoolroom full of children on video, as a child.expert teaches everyone how to avoid or deal with dangerous situations. This fun and entertaining video helps children learn not to accept gifts and rides from strangers; how to use a family code word; how to handle inappropriate behaviour from adults; and ways to avoid other harmful dicumstances. Along with the video, the Activity Kit also includes colouring book(s) reinforcing the learning points from the video, and sticker(s) to celebrate your family's completion of the program. X IS" * M £9 * *H m.. m m m rn 'i ....... 1 xi AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WINNER FILM ADVISORY BOARD "The Be Safe Video stresses to children that they are the only ones aha can keep themselves safe. It's m y well A m anda mudi-neakd educational ted -it should be seen again and again as a positive reinforcementfar children!" Elayne Blyth, President, Film Advisory Board BEST OF ALL, THE BE SAFE PROGRAM IS OFFERED TO YOUR FAMILY ABSOLUTELY FREE!!! It" s our way of giving back to our community and saying thank you for your support. PICK UP YOUR FREE!!! BE SAFE ACTIVITY KIT AT: LA-Z-BOY FURNITURE GALLERIES BURLINGTON POWER CENTRE = LA-Z^or PUBNITUU B S E, Q.E.W .& B R A N TS T R E E T N t (905)331-7600 t TO«OHTO-» Brrnt Sc CuapfiLac S in g e r /so n g w r ite r . M o ra g M ak in LA -Z-BO Y ESEBK T h e Oakville B eaver A partnership in the service o f our community. Songwriting is her `calling' studio. Then she hires other musi cians to help her create the mood or what she refers to as "the texture" of ingers and songwriters come the music. and go, but the ones with The mother of three, who compos staying power are the ones es music in the living-room of her with comprehensive, wellnorth Oakville home, says she put her honed skills, says Morag Makin. musical career on the back burner for "T here's a lot o f hype about the a few years only to discover that she music industry and the fame aspect of "couldn't not write songs if I wanted the industry, but it's really the profi to. I think it was 1995 when I just ciency. Think about all the long-term had this explosion," she recalls. "I performers that you know ...T hey are had a very dark winter, and I literally very good at what they do. They must have written over 100 songs. work very hard at their skills," When I came out of that experience, I explains the award-winning song really knew what I needed to d o .. .1 writer. "In any career, when you was supposed to be a songwriter/per research what it is you have to do to former." succeed - 1 don't think it's luck; I The Oakville musician, who has don't think it's discovery. You have to done her time as a performer, singing put your head down and be the best in smoke-filled bars and night-clubs, that you can be." continues to perform at larger show Makin, whose second CD is due case type venues such as festivals, for release next week, says she has but songwriting seems to be her first learned to have all the musical details love, her "calling." 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