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by Stephanle Wiebe

ve got the August blahs.
It’s been such a beautiful sum-
mer, but it went by so fast.
Now it’s almost September, the

kids are getting bored, and

most of my friends have either.
moved away or are on vaca-
tion.

Only 16 more sleeps til
September.

I tried to buy a ‘slip and
slide” last week, but they’re all
sold out. Not one single “slip
and slide” in Terrace. (The.
smart Moms bought theirs in
May and June, but my kids
weren’t bored yet back then.)
Instead, winter clothes are out
in all the stores, Even when it’s
80 degrees farenheit and the air
feels sticky, we're supposed to
shop for sweaters and corduroy
pants.

If I had a store, I’d stock
‘‘slip and slides’’ in August.

I don’t think I'll make it ’til
September. I’ll go mad, pant-.

" ing and foaming at the mouth,

until someone comes to lock
me away in a quiet hospital
room. They'll ask, “What
caused this woman’s break-
down?’’, but nobody will guess
that it’s just August madness,
being stuck with bored, bicker-
ing children and no “‘slip and

a yucky month. Kids get

August... blahhh

slide’. : . a
I’ve always loved September.”
That's when I usually got new
underwear dnd knee socks for
school. But August was always

restless in August. They miss '

school, although they’s never __ |

admit it, They probably secret-

ly like getting new. underwear,
too. . oe

Only 20 more sleeps "til
school starts.

By August, the backyard has
lost its thrill. The garden is
overgrown. The swing set is -
almost all swung-out, The bugs
have multiplied themselves into
huge swarms.

By August, I realize that I
didn’t lose that 15 pounds or
get that fantastic tan I dreamed
about in May. I didn’t lay
around the beach reading
classic novels to literature-
hungry children. (Instead, they
made mud-pies, while I ate
Cheetos and read junky
magazines.) And my house still
doesn’t look like a ‘Better
Homes and Gardens’’ model.

Maybe it’s time I bought
myself some new underwear,

Only 130 more sleeps ‘til
Christmas.

The Fall Fair wants

you — to

Contributed by

exhibit

classified, and many special
prizes are available for these

Janny Wassink

Plans are well under way for .
this year’s Fall Fair, which takes
place on September 2 and 3, the
Saturday and Sunday before
Labour Day, at the Thornhill
Community Hall and grounds.

The prize lists and informa-
tion booklet, orange-colored
this year, are available at the
library, Tourist... Information
Centre, and other stores, as well
as at-the tourist information
centers in other places: like
Kitimat, Smithers and Burns
Lake.

‘This year Joggers sports, spon-
sored by the Lioris Club, will be
* held in conjunction with the Fall

Fair —. also at the Thornhill |

Community grourids — on Sun-
day, Sept. 3, We expect a lot of
interest in this event and hope
for the usual support of all our
exhibitors for the Fair.

“It is time now to start looking
through your garden for fruits
arid vegetables to exhibit, as well
a§: needlework and other handi-

- work projects you have been
working on during the year. The
very popular ‘Brazilian em-
-broidery has found its way into

otir prize list, ‘and for the kinds:

something new also: we aré now

having LEGO classes!’ -
There will be something for

‘everybody to enter... The. Beer.
and. wine. section have: beet fe.

classes as well. If you need any
additional information regard-
ing exhibits, call the convenor,

listed at the top of each division,
Entry forms can be mailed to

the address given in the prize-
list, or then can be hand-
delivered to the Fall Fair office
(trailer) at the Tourist Informa-
tion Centre, on Friday, Aug. 25,

“Saturday, Aug. a6iand Monday,

Aug. 28.

Deadline for entries is 9 p.m.
Monday, August 28, 1989.
Please read the rules in the prize
list! As always, we are looking
for volunteers to help at the
Fair; if you can help, please con-
tact a Fair member. People
make a fair, so we.look forward
to your participation! ,

Next year is our 20th anniver-
sary, and to celebrate the event,
-we are compiling a cookbook.
We would like: recipes from
anyone who has ever been in-
volved in the Fair; recipe forms
can be obtained at the library,
and your recipes can also be
dropped off at the library. Call
Ada at 635-7582 or Janny at-
635-2607 for more information.

And last but not least, we
have big gate prizes “this year:
two return tickets Terrace-
Vancouver, via AirBC, and two
nights’ accommodation at the
Century Plaza. ‘Hotel. in Van-
couver, So join ws at the Fait!

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Mombers of the Skeena Protection Coalition, shown here ata
Public Library, are In the final Stages | of preparing a proposal to start a recycling system for

the municipallty._

recent meeting at the Terrace —

‘Cook all meat thoroughly, —

boil water, health unit says |

Residents of the ‘Skeena
Health Unit. area are being
warned to watch out for com-
mon summer health problems.

Dr. David Bowering, the
health unit chief medical officer,
said recently he’s-seen a typical
rise for this time of the year in
the incidence of entéric diseases
—  ilinesses characterized - by
diarrhea. 5

The most common cause is
mild food poisoning, . usually
from eating improperly stored
meals. Bowering said there have
also been about five reported
cases of “hamburger disease’,
which originates in undercooked
meats, often prepared in back-
yard barbecues. The germ exists
normally in the meat but is
destroyed under correct cook-
ing. It causes extreme diarrhea,

stomach’ cramps and other dis-

tressing symptoms that some-

times go on for weeks.
Bowering also advises hikers

and outdoor recreationists mot.

to drink the water from local
streams unless it’s thoroughly
boiled first. The danger here is

“beaver fever”, a microbe that

he says is ‘‘all over the place” in
the Skeena Health Unit region.
This disease also causes diges- |

tive distress and diarrhea. It’s
also not killed by chlorination,
he added, and householders. re-
quire an elaborate filtration sys-
tem to eliminate it entirely.

AIDS biggest problem
still attitude

Despite an extensive publicity
campaign by the Ministry of
Health and the existence of only
two confirmed cases of AIDS in
the Skeena Health Unit area, a
large proportion of the public
continue to harbor misconcep-

tions about the manner in which ;

the disease can be contracted...
“There is no. risk through
casual contact,’? Bowering said
emphatically. He explained that
the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) is blood-borne and
can be transmitted only through
sexual contact, direct blood-to-
blood contact, or shared intra-
venous drug needles,
People outside ‘the high-risk
categories — those who don’t
have multiple sex partners or

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inject drugs with shared hypo- -

dermics — are at virtually no
risk. Bowering noted, however,
that. what he termed the -‘‘uni-
versal ptecaution” approach
used in hospitals should be ap-.
plied i in certain,situations by the
general public... “If you re con-
cerned, a barrier i
precaution,” he advised. An ex-
ample of a situation .in which
such a barrier — rubber gloves
for instance — should be used
would be in providing assistance

at the scene of an accident in ~

which contact with blood or
other bodily fluids is possible.

tions for protection against HIV
and hepatitis B infection, and,

to a lesser extent, health workers .
who are primarily at risk from

accidental needle punctures.

Bowering noted that a Minis-
try of Health publication, AIDS

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