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B2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday July 12, 2000 t | ir Entertainment at Bronte Creek Park tonight HMC helps produce new Pap test brochure A regular Pap test can save your life. The Halton Region Health Department has a colourful and infor mative new pamphlet that promotes the Pap test. A simple test, the Pap test looks for changes in the cells of the cervix which may develop into cancer. Women are encouraged to to have regular Pap tests from the time they become sexually active or 18, and until they are 70, even after menopause. Titled A regular Pap test... it can save your life!, the pamphlet is filled with colour photographs of healthy, happy women of all ages and ethnic backgrounds. To produce the pamphlet, women volunteers and others associated with the Halton Multicultural Council were photographed. Many are from the Oakville area. The models are volunteers Krystie Johnson, Rosetta Semple, Margarita Manzano, community worker Meera Sharma, LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada) teacher Sophia Makridis, intake worker Maria Brzeska, managing director Frances Cordero de Bolanos, Georgetown pub lic health nurse Beryl Stevenson, and Julie Reeves from Halton's Heart, Health and Cancer Prevention Program, plus two Oakville women, Denise Vogel and Pauline Dorval. The pamphlet's design and content were determined following research using three focus groups, with assis tance from the Halton Multicultural Council. Cervical cancer remains a signifi cant health problem: almost 610 women are diagnosed, and approxi mately 170 Ontario women die each year from cervical cancer. A regular Pap test looks for changes in the cells of the cervix. If these changes are found and treated early, cancer of the cervix can be prevented. Folklore and fiddle music will fill Bronte Creek Provincial Park tonight (July 12th) as the Canoe Rendezvous 2000 makes its appearance starting at 7 p.m., near the N ature Centre and Children's Bam. Spread a blanket for a family picnic, bring your own food or purchase grilled ham burgers and hotdogs cooked by park staff. , Canoe Rendezvous 2000 is a joint project o f the Canadian Canoe Museum and Ontario Parks with sup port from Ontario 2000. The entertain ment consists of the talents of two Peterborough, groups, Freshwater Trade and the Paddling Puppeteers. Freshwater Trade is an animated bilingual quartet specializing in voyageur songs, music from the lum ber era, and ballads about the Great Lakes. The Paddling Puppeteers are a trio of creative performers who involve their audiences in their shows while touching on environmental themes. Featuring a 10-foot tall sun puppet, a variety of forest characters, and live' ly paddling songs in both English and French, Canoe Rendezvous 2000 is a magical performance guaranteed to delight all park visitors. In addition to the entertainment, park visitors can catch a glimpse of the beginning steps o f the repainted C hildren's Barn. M ade possible through a partnership with Funcow.com, the newly re-faced play ·. bam will include new farm themes in a · colourful away. The new sets, which include a jum ping pit designed to look like a hay mow, are being painted by ; Lisa Burke of Theatre Aquarius, whose credits include set designs for the stage · version o f The Lion King. · The park is on Burloak Road north of the QEW. Photo by Barrie Erskine Checking out the new brochure, A regular Pap te s t . . . it can save your life!, are from left, Beryl Stevenson of Georgetown, Darlene Scarrow, of the Halton Regional Health Department; and from the Halton Multicultural Council, Sophia Makridis, Maria Brzeska, Meera Sharma, Rosetta Semple, and managing director Frances Cordero de Bolanos. The release of the pamphlet is timed to coincide with Cancer Care Ontario's launch o f the provincial Cervical Screening Program. The pamphlet was developed locally with support from the Ontario Cervical Screening Program, the Multicultural Council of Halton, and women of Halton. One of the best cancer alert systems known today, the Pap test is a simple five minute test done in a doctor's office or clinic. The Health Department pam phlet provides answers to frequently asked questions and encourages women to have regular Pap tests. An awareness program for Halton women has been developed with help from community partners. 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