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6-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 14, 1987 When there's a will. . there's always a way A preschooler day care centre organized and operated by parents in the Newtonviile-Kendal area is meeting with great success and enthusiasm. enthusiasm. Twenty-five enrolled children represent 25 families in the area and. the children range in age from two weeks to kindergarten age. The program is held in the basement basement of the Newtonville United Church every Wednesday morning where games, crafts and free playtime is part of the program. The 1 day care includes a dress-up centre as well as a kitchen and playdough centres. The centre started last year when it was held in various homes but the numbers soon outgrew the accommodation accommodation and the United Church came to the rescue with the donation donation of the basement for the undertaking, undertaking, A modest $5.00 fee is being charged and the program has been Kids at play with numbers Picking numbers off the number tree at the Newtonville Day Care Centre. Rosalie Bertell (Continued from_pa££ 1) a figEt to get more information on the entire nuclear industry. "You have to do it yourself for the leaders are not here," she commented. "It's our life, our future, our earth, we are dealing with and you will have to do it yourself", she stated. |5he said we are living in a crisis period, it will eithèr be a breakthrough or a breakdown. She said a breakthrough could possibly result through an entire new layer of society where unions and citizens groups join together where the health of a whole region is the foremost concern. Again she referred to the Baseline study and again emphasied its#ieed. Possibly through united groups and their voice such a study would be undertaken. Dr. Bertell. referred to a health study undertaken in Wisconsin over a period of year ' and where two areas had seen the introduction of nuclear generating hydro plants. She pointed out that there had been a considerable change in the health of the community. Here, she said a Baseline Study was available to help with the determination of health conditions. In a reply to a Port Hope mother who asked about radioactive soils, which she said would hâve to be removed and exported out of the town. self-supporting. Local citizens nave made many donations of equipment for the program. The venture has been spearheaded spearheaded by Roberta Youngs-Ramson, Patti Hutchinson and Bev Higgins. Pictured above (left to right) Jane McHolm, Timothy, Hayley and Patti Hutchinson, Mary, Maia, Sarah and Bev Higgins and Issac and Natasha Ransom and Roberta Youngs-Ransom. To this Dr. Bertell replied that it would be more dangerous to- unearth the contamination and that if the mother held a concern the best answer would be to move out of the town. Dr. Bertell said it was important to stay healthy for healthy people had a better chance of fighting off contamination. The doctor then pointed to the fact that mankind had left a legacy of contaminated radioactive waste throughout the world from the backlands of Australia to the desert of Nevada in the U.S. She said it was indigenous people 13 million in number, who bore the brunt of contamination referring to the l aps and the Polynesia, the latter latter who are now facing radiation from French nuclear testing. You never see: their plight on the TV screen, she said., She stated the addiction to militarism and the preparation for war had drained the world's brains and money. In a further question from the floor the doctor said as to AIDS it was interesting that the age group most effected was from 30 to 39 years, a period in history when nuclear bomb testing was carried out in many parts of the world. She said AIDS was a form of leukemia and along with all manners manners of illnesses it may have been a result of the period after 1943 when these persons were born and when nuclear testing was undertaken. Dr. Bertell said in 1895 it was found that doctors suffered from exposure to x-rays without taking protection. She also said that it has . never been determined what is a safe level of radiation. This determination determination has been tried a number of times but still has yet to be set. She said the only determination has been a permissable level. She said the International Commission Commission on Radiology Protection is - a closed club stacked with people from the industry. There are few doctors, biochemists, public health officials or epidemiologists. She outlined in detail inoniza- tion, the structure of the atom and molecules and said the cell was a living living organism. She also said the same dose of radiation would distribute cancer to ' thirty-five percent of mpn and sixty- five percent of women', , Local Poem PROPHECY Many years before our birth When our Saviour was here on earth His disciples of that day Listened to what He had to say. He said to preach His gospel To all the people and their kin And all would be forgiven If they repent from their sin. They asked Him many questions And He did explain That sometime in the future He is coming back again. So if our sinful ways we end We could all be saved, My friends For we don't know, when it will be The end of time, for you and me. by Royal Hall Paramedics aim for top in national competition A team of OShawa paramedics are busy practicing advanced lifesaving lifesaving skills in preparation for a two-day national competition being held in Toronto this week. The competition is one of the few held in Canada that test special skills of paramedics. The Oshawa paramedics, recently were officially recognized as such. They have won numerous local, provincial, national and international international awards over the past couple of years. The speaker also said there are too many trade-offs that are not in support of the general health of the community. W$ need a public health body involved she commented. commented. 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