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t. Omcno ekyTies Wednesday. Aprfl 1, 1998 - 5 SAI, BLCK BoWmnnnu'iIkeMReu Open House ARTHUR BLACK EAT SENSIBLY, EXER- CISE LOTS...DIE ANYWAY The problemn with experts is they don't know ,aniything., Anon Let's see now . . booze is bad for you, right? Hold on -- a recent study shows that two ounces of alcohol per day might actually be beneficial to your heart. Oh. So booze is good for you. But coffee! We know caf- feine does terrible things to the human body. No quarrel about that, is there? Actually, yes. Some experts say that the stim- ulating effects of cofféee can assist the digestive process and contribute to alertness. Oh. So coffee is good for you, too. And aniyway, as long as you get enough oat bran you'll be fine. Remem ber just a few years ago when oat bran was being touited as the new miracle food? Well, the experts re- checked their figures. Turns out oat bran is just .. .oat bran. Not bad, but not likely to add decadesto your life, either. So what's good anid what's bad? That's the problemn. You can find an expert to take just about any position, Tobacco manufacturers can even line up M.D.s willing to swear that the dangers of tobacco "have not been conclusively proven." Anybody who's ever s moked knows smoking mnay be seductive but it's sure nlot good fo r you. Exercise? It's common knowledge that exercise is great. Oh yeah?. Tell that to James Fixx. if you can get his attention. Fixx practical- Iy invented the jogging craze back in the 1970's. He wrote The Complete Book of Running. He personally ran 10 miles a day. He gave lectures and made countless TV appear- ances extolling the virtues of jogging and long-distance running. Right up until he dropped dead, of a heart attack in his running shoes and gymn shorts -- aged 52. Well, at least the experts aIl agree that fatty foods are bad for us right? C heeseburgers, fre nch fries, pizza, anything with butter on it... Wrong again. Ladies and gentlemen, may 1 present one more expert: LuAnn Wandsnider, assocÏate profes- sor of anthropology at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln. Professor Wandsnider has been studying the eating habits of human beings over the past several hundred thousan yers. Her conclu- sion: yo u m ight as well enjoy that slab, of banana cream pie. You're going to have it any- way.. ProfessorWandsnider says our hunger for fatty foods is way more than skin deep -- if's imbedded in our very genes. She says that human beings have been giving in to their cravings for'fatty foods since the dawn of time. And flot just because it tastes so good -- because it meant survival of our species. Most of us are descended from prehi'storic tribes of hunter-gatherers that subsist- ed on roots and bernies and whatever animais they were fast enoughi to catch. There wasn't a great deal of fat in such a diet, whiichi made our ancestors really pig out on fat whenever they could. Thus, the Plains Indians made a point of hunting buf- falo after the furry critters had put on lots of fat in the spring. And native people ail over the northemn part of the continent relished beaver - not for their furs, but for their fatty tails. Nowadays wve may drive to work, sit at a desk aIl day and eat take-out in the evening, but our genes have a long memnory. As far as they're concerned, we're still half-naked, sleeping in caves and wondering where the next square mneal is coming from. So when you reach for that Mars Bar, you're not just giving in to a spur of the moment hunger impulse -- you're responding to a millen- nia-old genetic shriek. A shriek that says "Fat! MMM M Mmmmmmmmm i i w good!" "We're sort of like fat-. seeking missiles" says Wandsnider. "We just can't help it." Finally. An expert that tells me what 1 want to hiear. Pass the gravy. ---30---- The BowmanvIlle Museum Board is holding their Annual Open House on Saturday, Ap ril 4th, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to the Museum to see our new exhibits for 1998. Besides the popular Beanie Baby Display, which opened eariier in March, we have a colourful display of vintage Barbie and early Mattel Dolis In the Marion Wseman Gallery. Most of the doils date to the early 1960's and we aiso have many mnterestlng Barbie, cos- turnes, accessonies and build- ings on dispiay. The antique doils in the Doil Gallery have been changed also. The unveiling of the Memorial Plaque, for Mr. Tom Webb, wili be at 1:30 p.m. Music wili be provided on the Jury-Dominion piano by John Yates. Admission' is free and refreshments wili be served by the 'Friends of the Museum.' For more informa- tion please contact the Museum office at 623-2734. Live release steel-head tournament - On Sunday, April 5, 1998 the Bowmanviile Creek Anglers Association wlll be holding a live release steel- head tournament on Bowmanville Creek. Rainbow trout will be the species targeted. There will be a 50% cash payback in the formn of first, second, and third prizes. As weli, there wiil be draw prizes including a Wolfgang E. Mueller print. The tournnent wiii take place rm or shine. 50% of the entry fee dollars wiii be donated to imnprovement pro- Bowmanvi lie jects in the Samuel Wiimot Nature Area located immedi- ately east of Bowrnanville. Th e Municipality of Ciarington purchased the 85 acres on either side of the Wilmot Creek valley in May 1996 because the lands pos- sessed provincially significant enviromnental features rareiy found along the Lake Ontario shoreline. The Bo wmanviiie Creek Anglers Association supports the protection of this area for future generations. For an entry formn or further infor- mation please cali Dave Lawson at (905) 623-6447 or Andrew Day at (905) 697- 3789. 53 Division Street Bowmanville, Ontario Li C MZ LQQking into expanding and enhancing, trail system Imagine yourseif taking a leisurely stroil along a scenic trail running, beside Bowmanville or Soper Creek. Or how about a jog on a newly, rejuvenated trail in Orono? The Clarington Healthy Communities Committee has been told that the peopie of Clarington do indeed want places to walk their dogs, enjoy the beautiful weather (spring, summer, winter or fail), hear the birds sing, let their children run, roller blade, or ride a bike. We are looking into expandlng and enhancing a trail system in Clanington. Your help is needed, and your ideas are valued and necessary. After ail, -these trails will be for ail of us s0 your input is critical. We wel- corne your thoughts and your enthusiasm. Please join just on Thursday, April 2nd, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. at the Clarington, Municipal Administrative Centre, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville. Fo r more information, please cali Susan Larsh at 623-5668 OFF STREET PARKING PUBLIC NOTICE The Council of the Municipalily of Clarington passed a resolution which states that once each quarter, one regu- ladly scheduled Council meeting will be held at a suitable location in the outlying areas of the municipatity., Accordingly, the Council meeting scheduled to be held on Tuesday, April 14, 1 998, wilI be held at the Haydon Hall, 2503 Concession Road 8, Haydon. Patti L. Barrie, A.M.C.T. 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