Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 5, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free december Linda wests Angel in the was chosen the Best of 78 entries in the firsthand Story wins prize a Winnipeg writer who returned to the Craft after Many years absence is the first prize Winner in this years Winnipeg free pres Canadian authors association Manitoba Branch nonfiction Linda West of Collingham Bay won the first prize with a piece entitled Angel in the picked As the Best of 78 said in an interview yesterday her entry was a personal experience Story about a nine year old girl sent to boarding she said the theme of the Story centres around the loss of innocence and the experience of being alone while at the same time having a different kind of togetherness with a group at some Point in your every thing changes and you Cross an invisible she West said she kept a scribblers record As a she gave it up at about age but went Back to writing about eight years honorable mentions when you have it in you you have to begin she she wrote freelance feature Arti cles for the Brandon Sun for a couple of but gave that up when she moved to West has won honorable mentions in other contests and her biggest Suc Cess until now was a first prize in the lady Eaton fiction writing contest in Manitoba about three years which also earned her she said her favorite fiction writ ers include Margaret mar Garet Laurence and Joseph West is studying philosophy and religion at the University of Winni she Hopes to graduate in 1983 and then take a masters second prize of in the annual contest went to Adina Franz of be Verley Street and the Lona Weenusk award went to Joan honorable mention recipients were Lillian Reid franked Audrey Roshar and David All of and Dale Seddons of Leaf nurse says hands can heal therapeutic touch used to restore Energy balance by Joe Rubin Janet Quinn believes that everyone has a pair of vital health tools at the end of his the used medically to Manip ulate stethoscopes and May also be beneficial when empty she the concept is called therapeutic touch and is derived from the laying of yet a new York City registered nurse with a pad in is Quick to divorce the therapy from any religious affiliation and its connote she promises no castoffs crutches or abandoned therapeutic touch has ancient antecedents and is rooted in the belief that the body is a Field of invisible any physical or disrupts that she although no one has measured the people can be trained to feel by placing ones hands around the affected area or having them hover above a disrupted Energy balance May be restored by changeling Energy to the what i Hope to accomplish by that is to stimulate a persons regenerative she teaching method an associate professor at the Hunter College school of nursing in new is in Winnipeg this weekend to teach therapeutic touch to about 40 Hospital religious and Lay the is not at Odds with she said the use of touch in nursing is a fundamental she you cant do nursing without what Quinn seeks to do is make her students aware of this unconscious pro Cess and then use it to help noting that touch is not a Panacea to replace sound medical advice but an adjunct Quinn said research done on the subject Showns patients May experience Relief of their sym the therapy is especially useful in treating the psychosomatic Compo nent of illness about 80 to 90 per cent of illnesses Are psychosomatic ally she the response from mainstream Medicine has varied from apathy to Enthus doctors have participated in the nurses anyone can learn the the ability to help one another in this Way is an innate human Quinn although the actual tech Nique May be Learned in the two Days devoted to the developing the ability May take a she after discussing therapeutic touch Ings Quinn will work on whats known As centring a peaceful state of mind a person must attain in order to be More receptive to another Energy she shows her Stu dents How to use their patients Are never told the therapy will remove their Quinn they Are informed that touch has been shown to be helpful to some people but not to they May be affected on the physical emotional or spiritual she Quinn likes to involve family Mem patients for exam ple in the therapy As in this Way the loved ones have a sense there doing she it alleviates the feeling of Santa Glaus Parade will Start at noon sunday from Polo Park the annual Santa Claus Parade will Start to wind its Way through the cites West end to downtown Winnipeg at noon the Parade will Start in the Polo Park shopping move across the Empress Street Bridge and wind around the overpass ramp to Portage proceed East on Portage to memorial turn right and head South to York where it will break the last entry is to reach the end of the Parade route by about registration chairman Brad ambro Sie said about people will participate in the Parade and about Are expected to watch it on the streets or on the 3 cd ctr Ambrosie said in an interview the annual sponsored by the Winnipeg will consist of about 55 about the same number As last entries will include about 25 three two antique autos of Santa Ambrosie said there is Only one band booked As officials never know for sure about weather the Day of the and poor weather could damage Musi Cal a spokesman for the Winnipeg weather office said tomorrow after Noons forecast Calls for Light Snow flurries and a High of 3 to Manitoba variety club gives to childrens projects the variety club of Manitoba has agreed to provide in Lon term funding to support childrens programs at the rehabilitation Centre for Chil the raised at the organizations first annual telethon last will fund establishment of a limb Bank and expand services for children requiring my electric prosthetic de vices As Well As lower limbs and recreational payments will be made As they Are required with additional support com ing from future telethon and other club fundraising the rehabilitation Centre was also Given of behalf of the estate of Cordingley to support a three year operation and development pro Gram for a locomotion the variety club also presented Boniface Hospital with a Van to be used by the facility psychiatry the 12seat Van is one of two used to transport patients to and from activities and events in the com Sherrold variety club chief donated the Van to Wade Hospital medical director of child and adolescent in a Brief ceremony outside the Mcewen psychiatric services building the variety club donation was made under its Sunshine vans the organization has donated about vans to institutions and hospitals worldwide since the programs Ince City Calendar the ukrainian cultural and educational Centre of Sereduk is presenting an exhibit of maps and photographs from the centres archival the exhibit runs until 15 at weather ukrainian exhibit Marks anniversary h High pressure l Low pressure cold front warm front the 184 Alexander with the of Sereduk commemorates the 90th anniversary of the arrival of the first officially recorded ukrainian settlers to Canada on the Manitoba lung association in cooperation with the health sciences will sponsor a program for adults with a meeting will be held at 8 monday at the association 629 Mcdermot Staffan research staff phar Macia diagnostics will lecture on mice and rats As models for human allergic diseases at 1 wednesday in theatre Basic medical sciences building at the health sciences the bands of Silver Heights under the direction of Jim will present its annual Christmas concert at 8 thursday in the school 350 Lodge a variety of selections will be provincial the winning ticket in yesterdays provincial lottery draw is there also Are subsidiary the partners of Taylor Brazzell Mccaffrey barristers solicitors wish to announce that Roger King and Robert Gabor have joined the firm As associates effective december University of Manitoba faculty of dentistry a Endodontic clinic the a Endodontic department is now accepting applications for dental treatment of children under 12 years of suit ability for undergraduate teaching purposes will deter mine for screening appointment phone Between the hours and deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast sunny becoming Cloudy this evening with a brisk Southeast High near Low tonight around Cloudy tomorrow with a brisk Southeast Snow flurries in the High tomorrow near extended Outlook Southern Manitoba Cloudy monday and sunny tues temperatures will remain above Normal readings of 8 and Northern Manitoba Cloudy throughout with Snow flurries temperatures above Normal readings of 14 and Northwestern Ontario mostly Cloudy tuesday and wednesday with temperatures above Normal readings of 5 and temperatures Canada and the world National Thunder International 7 6 1 0 6 0 1 s 4 7 13 4 i 10 7 8 14 3 3 17 10 13 13 18 8 1 5 1 8 3 2 0 9 1 1 8 6 2 2 1 10 6 n i 3 1 Tel 2 resort spots los Clear 28 16 Las Clear 17 7 Clear 23 13 Clear 28 21 Clear 21 8 24 18 23 19 fair 29 20 fair 33 24 29 24 29 19 mean 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