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( rona Weekly reWdnsaOtbe ,19 TUi be around Hi Omono. My name is Tanya McLean. I am a Co-op student at the Orono Weeldy Times. in a senior student at Bowmanville High School with a career goal of becoming either a journalist or broadcaster. Considering this I thought that getting into the Co-op education program would be an excellent idea and good experience. Being a Co-op student would help me decide whether or flot joumnalism is my calling. Ini my opinion journalism has many things ta offer. It can give me die opportunity ta meet people, go ta exciting places and ta write. Ever since I was in public school I always enjayed writing poetry, short stories and plays. 1 can also speak and write fluently in french. lIl be writing some of my awn, stories for the Orono Times and who knows I might show up at your school, your workplace, in town or in the country writing a story. G ive me a call at the Times 983-5301 if you have a news item or an idea for a story. See ya 'round!! mo re by Helen MacDonald October is Women's History Month -- an occasion for reflection. My mind is hard-pressed ta recaîl historical contributions of women. On the tip of my tangue are the numerous names of kings, generals, explorers, philasophers, scientists, politicians, artists, and many others --- all maIe --- who have made contributions ta humanity. But what about womnen? In my primary education, 1 learned about saints, Women who, for the most part, martyred for the Church --- their significance noted o nly when scholars of the patriarchy deemed it should be sa. 1 recaîl a few royal women. Columbus probably wouldn'thave 'discovered' North America were it not for the generous patronage of Queen Isobella of Spain. But, royal women make up a tiny segment of the female- population of the world . . . an elite graup with privilege and power not even imagined by the rest. I recaîl the women wha were bumned at the stake for practicing 'witchery'. Over many years, nearly 10,000 were executed --- murdered. Their crime? A forbidden knowledge of life. Most practiced midwifery and healing. . .knowledge considered to powerful for them. Female *genocide was the preferred means of wresting such knowledge from the hands of w amen ta the hands of science and medicine... Fields then closed to women for hundreds of years, in spite of aur intimate relationships with life and death. I recaîl writers whose work, because of their gender, was refused publication. Many then chose male pen names, or, published their own work. I recall the women wh o fought ta change the patriarchal status quo: Nellie McClung who fought for the female -vote in Canada. Rachel Carson who altered us ta the problems with indiscriminate use of chemnicals on the land. The late Petra Kelly,,founder of the Green Party, who wrote that historically 'men's' revolutions have been about 'dying for a cause'. Kelly believed we need ta work in partnership, "daring ta live for a cause". The two Margarets (Atwood and Laurence) and other Canadian-writers and poets who gave us stranig femnale characters who were more than submissive and -agreeable ta the world in which tliey lived. And, I recali the women of aur media culture wha were portrayed as 'ideal' role models ta yaung girls during the '60's and '70's: the perfect wife and mother and ail- Big Brothers funraser by Carol-Ann Oster ABig Brother's Fundraiser was held at Archibald Orchards, south of Tyrone, on Saturday. There were a number of events at the Fundraiser to appeal to bath chldren and aduits. Children particularly enjoyed the hay maze, which they would rush through, time and again. Also popular was Joanne Hall, who turned small faces into various animals. A small platform was set up where fiddlers from Tyrone played as couples do-si-doed and swung their partners round and round. As is common at Big Brothers events, there was a good crowd that turned out at Archibald Orchards. time cookie-baking dishrag (June, Cleaver); the dippy, vivaciaus blonde, (Jeannie); the 'cute' helpmate (Samantha) whose bewitching powers she reserved only ta help her husband, Darrin, climb the ladder of success; and, the single, perky career girl (Mary Tyler-Moore) who knew that her choice to find a place ini the world, of success relegated her ta spinsterhood, and that she would only get as far as 'the right hand', neyer 'in charge' of anything . because of her gender. Finally, 1 recaîl the women in my family: the mothers. The 'real' women who birthed their sons and then wept when they died on the battlefield, who washed the diapers of their children, who sat through many feverish nights, who wiped nases, kissed scraped knees and elbows, wha 'did without' ta put food. an the table, whose skills as mediator kept familles tagether, who cheered an the 'winners' and told the 'lasers' haw proud they were of them, wha 'raised' the kings, generals, explarers, philosophers, scientists, politicians, artists and the next generation of mathers-- and wha we remember only an Mothers Day. Women's history? Our significant contributions ta humanity seldom recarded--, often fargatten and ignored. Yet, there are-many women, in aur families, aur cammunities, and in places of leadership and academe, whose contributions we shauld re- visit and keep alive in aur memories, and from whom we can learn, sa that we can pass the knawledge and strength of aur gender te aur daughters. GOODHEALT -NATURALLY M by Sandra Topper, Cert. 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The trouble starts when the body slows dawn its production of anti-oxidants this is due ta aver- exposure ta sunlight, stress, poar nutrition, crash diets, tobacca, alcohol, caffeine, certain medications and antibiotics. If your diet is inadequate or lacking in 'the appropriate anti-oxidants you can take the following supplemnents: Vitamins A, C, & E, the mineral seleniumn and Gamma Linoleic Acid are very important nutnients that help ta, destray free radicals. Watch for upcoming articles ta gîve you more information on these supplements. Source: Available upon request. 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