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THURSDAY

Jan. 21--W.V,) Women's Network
January Breakfast Meeting. 7 a.m.
Ambleside Inn, 1495) marine Dr,
W.V.) Guest Speaker: Mark Sager.
Topic: A Year in Review: What's New
for '93, Pre-register: Val Stephenson,
986-6222 or Rene Robertson, 980-
0897, ;

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dan, 24--Pre-register now. Bald Eagle
Trip. See. the: birds a1 Brackendale,
visit Shannon Falls, & the Brackendale
Art Gallery. 10 a.m.-4 pum. Trip runs
Jan. 27 from NSNH (987-8138) and
Jan. 28 ‘through Silver Harbour
Seniors’ Centre (980-2474),

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dan..21--Forum: Youth Violence — A
Proactive Approach. 7:30 p.m.
Sutherland Secondary’ School, 1860
Sutherland, N.V. Presented by N.V.
Parent Advisory Council. Info: 984-
4077.

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Jan: 2--Lynn Valley Garden Club
Meeting. Topic: : pruning. shrubs &
trees.’ 7:30 p.m. Lynn Valley Mountain
Highway, N.V, info: 984- 8252.

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dun. 21-Orientation Mecting: . Aux-

iliary to LGH. Hospital auditorium. -

“Presentation of auxiliary work. 10
a.m, Info: 984-5734,
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Jan. 2t--An Evening With) Martha
' Stewart. Lifestyles lecture & book-
“signing opportunity. Net proceeds 10
benefit. Jr. League -of. Greater Van-
‘couver. 6:30 para. CP Waterfront
i ‘ia Hotel. ‘Info & tickets: 872-
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\ san. 21--Creaiive photography classes |
4 offered.’ Also ® available: portraiture’

- | classes. Infos |, RecCenire” Lonsdale, .

:987- PLAY, a

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Jan, 21-Ongoing to’ Jan, 25. Pree

tregister.’: Lifeskills. ‘Workshop. , 6-wk "

jtraining * course: (Jan, 25-March 1) to
jfaise self-esteem; jearn problem solv-
jing, assertiveness. & conflict resolution
techniques. Serenity Shop, 228 Lons-
dale. Aves, N.Ve Info: 925-HELP.:
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Jan, 2-Ongoing: Take ort Pounds
Sensibly (FOPS) “ Mecting., 9+10:30
ams WV, United Church, 2062. Es- :
. quisnalt Aven W.V, ‘Info: 926- 9177 of
, 926: 1747,

Jan. 24-:Volunicers necded to. facilitate
self-help ain groups ‘for. F- parents."

299. 0521 :

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tan. 21~Ongoing weekdays to fan, 29,
* Registration. for a’ seminar fur volun: ’
cer. income tax preparers, 9 a.med
wm. Seminar by Revenue’ Canada to
¢ held Jan: 29, Info: 9BS-T13B,

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Jan 2Ongcing io’ April.” Adult,

' pleasure skating. ~ + 8130-10315) pam,

| RecCenire” Magnussen. \.. Live > organ -:
“music. Everyone: ‘welcomes, Info: 987- ;

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21--Ongoing. Sahaja Yoga (Jan, 21--Ongoing. Bingo, 7 p.m.
i classes; 7-9 p.m; Queen Eayles Hall, 170 W. 3rd Si, N.Y.

Mary Community School, N.V. Free & eee

everyone welcome. Info: 925-9381, dan, 21--Ongoing. W.V. Adult Com-

een | munity) Pops Band welcomes new

2t--Ongoing. N.S. Amateur members. Info: 984-0352,
Radio Club meets Ist & 3rd Thurs. of eee
cach month, rm. 103,
Training Institute, 265 W. Esplanade, - Shop open 2-8 p.m. Mount Seymour
7:30 p.m, Non-hams- welcome. Info: United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave.,
985-2570 or 921-6695, ONY,

Pacific Marine dan. 21--Ongoing cach Thurs.. Thrift

PROTECT FUTURE
GENERATIONS:

“We have not inherited the Earth ‘from our fathers, we are
borrowing it from our children." - Lester Brown

The average child receives four times more exposure than an
adult to at least eight widely used cancer-causing pesticides in
food. Food choices you make now will impact your child’ 's
future health.

PREVENT SOIL EROSION -

. The Soil Conservation Service estimates that more than 3 bil- .

lion tons of topsoil are croded from the United States’
croplands esch year, That means soil is eroding seven times faster than
it is being built Up rata
Soil is the foundation of the food chain in organic farming, But in
conventional farming, the soil is used more as 2 medium for holding
plants in a vertical paition so they can be chemically fertilized. As a
il American farms are suffering from the worst soil erosion, in

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PROTECT WATER QUALITY

Water makes up two-thirds of our body mass and covers
three-fourths of the planet. The Environmental -

Protection Agency (EPA) estimates pesticides ~ sonse cancer

te the ground water in 38 states, polluting the

primary source of drinking water for more than half the ountry’s

population. .

SAVE ENERGY

_ American farms have changed drastically in the last three
neratlors, from family-based smal} businesses depen-.:
dent.on human energy to large-scale factory farms, Modern,

7 farming uses more ‘petroleum than any other single Industry,
consum

ng 12, percent of the country's total energy supply, More
energy Is now used to produce synthetic fertilizers than to till,
cultivate and harves: all the crops in the United States, u
Organic farming is still mainly based on Libor intensive practices.
as weeding by hand and using green manures sand crop covers
rather than sya ie fertilizers to build up soll.

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‘KEEP CHEMICALS. Orr
‘YOUR PLATE |

Many pesticides approved for use by the EPA were registered
long before extensive research linking these chemicals to cancer and
other diseases had been established. Now the EPA considers that 60 pet i
cent of all herbicides, 90 percent of all fungicides and 30 percent of all

» insecticides are carcinogenic. A.1987 National Academy of Sciences

report estimated that pesticides might cause an extra 1.4 P iltion cancer

‘cases among Americans; The bottom line is tha? pesticides are poisons
‘designed tr: kill living o
addition te. cancey, pesticides are implicated in birth’ selects, nerve.

nisms and can also be harmful to humans. In
damage and genetic mutation.

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‘Jan, 21--Ongoing. TOPS (Take Off

Pounds Sensibly).. 13. North Shore
locations. Info: 985-6538.

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eee Jan. 22--Ongoing: Lyon Valley Singles
Social Club welkomes new  mermbers
for group activities. 8 p.m. Address &

Jan. 21--Ongoing. Say ‘no' to vio- — info: 986- 5782 6r 983-2627,

fence. Support group for women from joes

a physically: or emotionally abusive Jan. 22--Ongoiug. “Baha'i faith info:
relationship, Confidential, Info: Emily — Baha'i: Bookstore & information Cen- f

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TO BUY
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PROTECT FARM WORKERS

ANational Cancer Institute study found that farmers

exposed to herbicides had a six times greater risk than non- ,
farmers of contracting cancer. In California,’ reported pesticide
poisoutings among farm workers have risen an average of 14 percent a
year since 1973 and doubled between 1975 and 1985. Field workers |
sulfer the highest rates of occupational illness in the stale.

Farm worker health is also a serious problem in cack ei

where pesticide use can be poorly regulated. An estima
peoplebre poisoned anally by peated ides. -

HELP SMALL FARMERS

“~ Although more thd mor le farms are s making the:
conversion to organic practices, most. organic farms are
small, independent! family forms of less than 10Q acres...
T's estimated { that the United States has lost mom: than 650,000 family
‘farms in the past decade.And with the U. U. . ment of Agriculture :
predicting that half oft this court ction will come from 1
int of farms by
lew survival Heres ist lor fay farms.

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SUPPORT A TRUE ECONOMY »

_ Although organic foods might scem more expensive than *
conve ‘foods, conventional food prices do not
reflect hidden costs borne by taxpaycts including nearly $74 billion
in federal subsidies in 3 er hidden costs include pestidde: :
regulation and testing, hazardous waste disposal and cleanup, and °
environmental damage. Author Gary Null says,“If ..; you add la the -
real environmental and social costs of imigal on toa head of lettuce, |
its price ean range between 2 and $3."

‘PROMOTE BIODIVERSITY

'Mono-cro gis the ractice of planting large plats of
‘land wit rine same’ crop year after eae hile this |

7 “approach pled tripled fare production between 1950 and 1970, the lack “
natural of plant life has left the soil lacking in natural

_, minerals and ut fents, To replace the nutrients, chemical f
" ave used, often in increasing amounts. ie
Single’ crops are also much: more susceptible to tsimaking *
. farmers more reliant on pesticides, Despite a tenfold increase in the
use of pesticides between I! 1947 and 1974, crop losses due to insects ;

have; doubled - partly. because zome ihsects have become i

"genetically resistant t to certain Pesticide es.
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PASTE. BETTER: FLAVOR

There's a good reason why: many chefs use

- foods in their recipes = Shey Dste better!
farming’ starts, with: the: nourishment’ ofthe’ soil, which
: eventual tas to the nourishment of the Plant and, ullieately,

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