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The Cadre Friday , april 1, 1977” page lCr
Blanchard Hall nop‘ts mster'chim
The Blanchard Hall House Committee, re—presenting the students of Blanchard Hall, have decided to use some of its money to support a Foster Child. Our foster child is an eight year old girl from Ethiopia. Zenebich Bekele, the danghter of a farmer, is 3'2", short for her age, and weighs 35 lbs. She has no religion,and does not attend school. She has three sisters and one brother’as well as one half— brother. Her father has two wives. V l
The family is poor be- cause they have moved from their origional home to a place with more fertile farmland. Buttthey re— ceived no assistance from the government,so they are struggling to support themselves. The family grows corn and cotton on 1 hectare of land. They own a pair of oxen for ploughing . The corn is used for the families con— sumption9and the cotton is sold for cash. There are two cows to provide milk. The yeild per hectare is not very large.
The family owns their own hOuse called a "tukul". It is a one reom hut with a thatched roof and no windows. It is made from branches lashed together with rope and then plastered with mud
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or cow dung. There is no electricity or plumbing, and furniture includes a wooden bed, a bench, leather chairs, stools and-a small table. The diet includes a corn bread called "kurkurfa".and stews made of cabbage, potatoes or green vegetables. Meat and milk are expensive and eaten only on Special iccasuibs, Despite these hardships the family is health.
There has been some controversy as to whether we should have sponsored
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a child, since we are a COmmittee which changes its members every year. When sponsoring a child,you are expected to continue funding until the child and family become self—Sufficient.
‘ The committee has in— dlme from the vending machines and fines,so the money will always be there. Information will be left in a file to be_presented to next year's house com- mittee. We can only hope that everyone involved in the future will confinue
with the program.
possible publication.
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50 nd Patterns; '~
WRITERS * ARTISTS* a "little magazine". devoted solely to the works of Island writers published quarterly, and includes_short fiction and' poetry, line'drawings, oc— casional photographs,‘and a~continuing bibliography‘ of Island books 7 invites you to submit your manuscripts or drawings for l All materials should be sent to: i - Sand Patterns Assoc.
Box 1921 ‘
Charlottetown, P.E.I. and should be accompanied by a stamped,4self- ad— dressed envelope if you wish them to be returned.
He made the comment in an
Switch to milk pop addicts told
GUELPH (Special): Soft drink addicts should con- sider switching to milk, particularly in view of the upcoming saccharin ban, according to Trevor Watts, acting chairman of the consumers studies departmen at the University of Guelph. ‘ ,
creased by 76 per cent in the past
RON ? STILES
Ron Stiles, an up and coming Atlantic artist, is the victim of the mysterious crippling and dehabilitating disease/\multiple sclerosis. The disease strikes young
adults between the ages of 18 ‘
and 40, in the prime of life. It attacks the central nervous system," which can leave its victims in vanious stages of paralysis. Yet Ron, 26, is an optimist, diligently pursue— ing his career while waiting
' for medical researchers to
discover a cure. I Multiple sclerosis plays no favorites. Victims of the disease are from all walks of life, rich or poor, and of all races. MS may be totally disabling or it may appear suddenly and then regress to the oint where the victim is capa le of continuin his
daily routine as norma . Ron .-
Stiles is not restricted by the disease, unlike so many, and, although he is not cured, he may be able to continue a normal life without another attack. . Ron first became aware that he had MS in 1972. He
thought nothing of it at first, _
experiencing on y the typical loss of balance and a general
, feeling of weakness. ‘1
though at first it was because I was not doing enough, so I began to exercise more”, Ran
’ photographs the
reflects about his‘ first attack. But more exercise was not what he needed. In fact, rest and less activity is recom-' mended. When he was finally admitted to hospital and after repeated tests, he was diagnosed as having MS.
As to his reaction to finding out about the disease Ron explains, "I didn’t really know what it was all about. I didn’t understand it so I did not worry about the disease.”
To pass the long hours while in hospital, Ron took up
~drawing portraits of the
nurses and staff from brought!
im. Portraiture intrigued him, so he’started
- drawing and earned himself a
little spending money doing it
from the hospital, Ron as taken up art as his form of rehabilitation. Unable to occupy a full time position
because of discovered that he now has the opportunity to develop
, his artistic skills, whereas, if
he was employed elsewhere, he might not have the freedom to be ascreative as
he would like to be. He now-
has time to visit other artists and art galleries, to broaden his educational scope in the art field and it. is because he
ad always »
.Since being dischar ed '
MS, .Ron has ‘
has MS that he feels motivated to develop his artist talent. While Ron is an amateur, he is well on his way to becoming a successful artist, has won awards for his work and has had several exhibitions to date. He even
'took first prize for _an oil
portrait of issister', at the Art Instruction School, in Minneapolis through a correspondence course.
Ron can no longer participate in contact sports as he once did, but he appreciates nature and enjoys gettin out into the country to re ax and he finds it a source of inspiration for his'work.
interview March 9 in reviewing a report he recently wrote for the Nutrition quarterly outlining how milk consumption has dropped by 28 per cent in the past 25 years.
He said the decline is not, in
sumers make up for the loss of
l ‘ calcium and other nutrients by
eating other nutritious foods. Milk is certainly better nutri- tionally than soft drinks and cof- fee, he said. Soft drink consumption has in-
itself, dangerous to health if con- .
25 years, and coffee consumption by 33 per cent. .
Mr. Watts said there is recent evidence that the decline in ‘per ,capita milk consumption “has bottomed out and is perhaps ref versing.”
The Ontario Milk Marketing Board has spent more than $2 million a year for the past two years trying to persuade con- sumers to drink more milk. The board’s statistics indicate slight gains since last fall. '
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Ron is single and does not plan to marry, at least not until he is absolutely certain that medical research has found a cure. He ex lains that, "If I am confine to a wheelchair or a bed, I wouldn’t want'to place that burden on my wife. l would rather make it alone.” '
And so as ROn heads back to his. drawing board, scientists allover the world are toiling ‘ away in their laboratories seeking to discover what ‘ causes the
human body to dussenly,
without warning, to reject its nervous system. Is it a virus? Is it genetiC?‘ No one knows for sure, yet! The only hope for the 35,000 victims of MS in Canada like Ron Stiles, is » relentless research and public
support.
The Multiple Sclerosis Carnation Day Campaign will be takin place on May 5,6,7, and St in Moncton, Bathurst, Fredericton, St. John’s, Sydney, Truro and Halifax to raise funds for volunteers to help us. If our home town is one of t ese communities - You can Help!
_We urgently need volun- teers for street sales, which involves selling plastic carnation pins door to door.
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F.’ BATTL E WITH « M. s. F
A number of Volunteers are also‘needed to operate display booths in shopping centres. _ With your support the MS Carnation Day Campaign will be a success. If you can help by volunteering your supporttin your home town. for these four days, please fill in the form below and mail it the address' indicated. Your support is greatly appreciated. .
VOLUNTEER r INFORMATION FORM ~ _
Name.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Address....... . . . . . .
Dates Available: ‘ >
May 5‘......,May6 May7......,May8 . . . . .. ‘- Hours available (morning, afternoon, evening) . . . . . . .
Location Preferred . . . ‘. . . . .
- o n a u n q n a u a . u o . n n g n u o 0-1-4
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' Please return this form no
later than March 3lst to:
Multiple Sclerosis Society
' (Atlantic Division) ~
329 St. Geor e St. Moncton, N. .
. ElC LWB