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Anyway she got the stories and sold them to Maclean‘s, the Globe Mail, and CBC Radio. In fact, she explains, it was through her work as a story producer on CBC‘s "As It Happens" with Barbara Frum that she made her initial contacts in Iran. Later she would make a simiâ€" lar solo trek to the Middle East, Israel and Lebanon, to cover the "I guess they were friends of the Shah. It was just about the worst thing I could have said." She laughs now easily. "I was to stay at this particular hotel where the Club met. So I arrived in Tehran and took a taxi to the hotel and there were revolutionâ€" ary guards in the lobby (with guns). I said to the clerk, ‘This is the hotel where the Rotary Club meets, isn‘t it?" The clerk shushed her and whisâ€" pered, "They‘ve all been arrested." Life never dull for journalist/author ournalist/author Linda McQuaig tells the story of going to Iran during the Revolution in the 1970s. She went alone as a freelancer and admits "it was scary." The willowy mom and seasoned writer clearly enjoys telling this story: "My father didn‘t want me to go. He thought it was dangerous. But I was going anyway so he called up the President of the Tehran Rotary Club (her father is a longâ€"time Rotarian and also a writâ€" er). Dad felt better when he knew the Rotary guys were looking out for me." She smiles. Safe, comfortable environments Stimulating daily programs Trained, professional Providers Monthly home inspections Reliable local backâ€"up for Provider‘s holidays or iliness Complete insurance coverage Income tax receipts supplied Reliable, supervised day care at a home in your neighbourhood Special summer promotion for schoolâ€"aged children â€" 6 yrs. to 12 yrs. June 28th, 1993 to Sept. 31, 1993. Supply your own lunches We welcome fullâ€" or partâ€"time care for children from 6 weeks of age! The Wealthy Banker‘s Wife is based on research McQuaig did while on an Atkinson Fellowship from the Toronto Star‘s Atkinson Foundation. It allowed her to travel and research for a whole year on a topic within the realm of "public policy." A series of articles were published in the Toronto Star last "My basic argument is that we are eroding our social programs much more than Canadians realize in the name of reducing the deficit," she says by way of explanation. "And that is shortâ€"sighted..." McQuaig, who lived in Oakville for five years with her husband criminal lawyer Fred Fedorsen, is the proud mom of Amy, almost two, and is the author of three books published by Penguin. The most recent one, The Wealthy Banker‘s Wife is a treatise on "the assault on equality in Canada, particularly as it relates to the erosion of social proâ€" grams. conflict there. "It was pretty scary," she conâ€" firms, "but it was great, a real opportunity." Fear, she will say later, can be "a serious motivator." bed to Saturday 10730 Call for an appointment 844â€"8067 Open Tuesda * Men‘s Haircut Style $18 * Children‘s Haircuts $8 and up * Suntanning Bed 20 minutes $10 * French icure $18 * Full Bikini I_eg Wax $35 and much, much, more! Magic Touch Mila European Hairstylist Mila has 20 years‘ experience as a stylist. * Haircut Style Reg. sz Only$23 * PeFMS includingcutstyie $60 and up Private Home Day Care The Toronto native has been a journalist for about 20 years. Her first job with a real newspaper was in 1973 as a summer replacement on the Toronto Star and then the Globe. She worked on the Varsity, the student newspaper at U of T, with her thenâ€"boyfriend Tom Walkom (now a Star columnist) during the early ©70s. The two would eventually become coâ€"editors and get embroiled in all the issues of an active campus. Upon graduation she joined the Globe Mail staff fullâ€"time, tookâ€" off for a year to live in Europe, and then landed a job with CBC radio as a story producer roughly in that order. Then she was into Iran. Currently the author is tying up the loose ends of a promotional tour for the book, a series of radio and TV interviews, talk shows, and phoneâ€"ins. She says she finds this part of the book business "stimulatâ€" ing but stressful." the writer is also beginning research on her next tome. Her life is full. Call now for more information 3 1¢ «OM3G (See ‘Author‘ page 11) River Oaks Munns Ave. (West of Trafalgar) Linda McQuaig: a full life. $W1 Richmond Hill 474 Iroquois Shore Rd 3430 Fairview Street o n oo ty Nefi 474 Iroquois Shore Road 34 Doncaster Avenue 250 Clarence Street 1100 Burnhamthorpe Rd.W, ated membetshios Sorte re 59 Westney Road oX 1590 Dundas Street East Scarborough ¢ NK