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Gary T, Williams, 38, pleaded guilty to forgery in Louisville, Kentucky last month in a case in- volving cheques totalling more than $4,800. Williams told the judge that he needed the money to pay off a man in the group home in which he was staying who had just threatencd his life. Williams said it all started when he fried some chicken gizzards using what he thought was flour; it was actu- ally the other man’s cocaine.

Among the more recent births recorded this summer: a son, to Arizona teacher Janice Burke, delivered on the floor of her Grade 5 classroom shortly after the beginning of a math test; a daughter, to Michigan inmate Jennifer Zandarski, delivered in a jail cell in which she was housed

-, after being accused of stabbing her boyfriend; and a son, to a 16-year-old El Paso, Texas soft- ball player minutes after she left her position at third base during a state tournament.

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In July in Elkton, Virginia, Jar- rette Arlo. Dean, 43, gnawed the head off. a rattlesnake that had

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bitten him on the hand while he was transporting the snake on his motorcycle. Dean apparently became exasperated at the bites and took pre-emptive action by biting the snake’s head off. Dean was “subsequently: hospitalized in intensive care with severely

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Maximum number of handguns a Virginian may purchase per year under the state’s new gun-contol law: 12.

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The U.S. Treasury Department's historical association recently an- nounced it is raising money by offering for sale Internal Revenue Service gift ornaments. The $11 ornaments, which commemorate the 80th anniversary of the 16th Amendment, which authorized the income tax, are ‘'24-carat gold- finished, three-dimensional’’ models of a 1913 income tax form.

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As reported in the News of the Weird recenily, there is a one- in-three chance that a Taiwanese funeral procession will include a stripper {o entertain mourners. According to a recent Associated Press story, ine dancers make the event more festive, and though the practice is illegal, police so far have not made arrests for fear of offending the dead.

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Neighbourkood House hosis wellness workshop classes -

WELLNESS IS a matter of choice.

The North Shore Neighbour- hood House invites you to a series of workshops that are designed to explore: a variety of — wellness issues:

@ Building Self-Esteem will be offered on Monday, Sept. 27, from 7 to 9 p.m. Participants will study beliefs, attitudes, thoughts and feelings which influence health, well-being and confidence. @ Self-Esteem and the Inner Child will be offered on Monday, Oct. 4, from 7 to 9 p.m. Partici- pants will discuss the processes of letting go and letting grow. : @ Relationships and Self-Esteem will be offered on Monday, Oct. 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. Developing equal partnerships will be the primary focus of discussion.

® Assertiveness and Self-Esteem will te offered on Monday, Oct. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. The process of how to communicate with self and others will be the focus.

@ Create Au Action Pisa for Self-Esteem will take place Mon- day, Nov. 1, from 7 to 9 p.m. for. ‘short term planning; «nd Monday, : Nov. 8, for long term planning.” Participants will follow up on what they have discovered through past workshops to. set goals and create an action plan for self-- esteem.

As 2 special introduction to the workshop series, a free lecture on “How Stress -Recistent Are You?” will Ge ‘held on Monday, Sept, 20 from 7 to 9 p.m. Participants will’. explore and discover skills. to - combat the stress in their daily lives.

The fee for each workshop is $15.50. (There is a 10% discount if participants register for the serics of workshops.) Interested Participants are asked to pre- register as space is Jimited.

All workshops will be held ait North Shore Neighbourhood House (225 East 2nd St., North Vancouver). For more information phone 987-8138.

Meet Swartz at Capers Restaurant

From page 85

Credit for health rests

her attitude aad mostly on her shoulders, but healthy eating habits are also, according to Swartz, essential for managing to live with a disease,

And for Swartz that is what her own, very personal challenge amounted to: living with, not hiding from or giving in to, a disease. :

While not an out-and-out sur- vivor advocate — her ambitions in take top billing — Swartz talks earnestly about the need for average, unaffected peo- ple — especially employers — to see the person and not the disease.

“Anyone who is willing to. take on a health condition, challenge it

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and have the courage to go for- ward with their life as best as they can, is ready and able to tackle and wants of most employers,’ she. comments. ‘“‘A healthy person may look fine to an employer, but if may turn out that laziness or some other trait makes them wrong for the job.”

We all have traits that make us different. ;

Of course, there are differences between personality traits and a disease, but after talking to Faye Swartz, the gap seems smaller.

If you would would like to meet Faye Swartz, she will be at Capers (2496 Marine Dr., West) Van- couver) tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 16, from 2 to 6 p.m., and Friday, Sept. 17, from 4 to 7 p.m.

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