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COMMUNITY
EVENTS B2

STEPHANIE WIEBE

-Avacados or
politicians?

Series of lessons. If that’s true,
then surely there is some critical

about grocery stores.
I say this because I scem to have spent a
good portion of my life in supermarkets.

dairy section or anything, but when I look
. back over the decades, the hours I’ve ‘pent
: wheeling a‘cart through food aisles add UP
“toagaspingtotal. =

selecting : ‘ripe-.avocados than I’ve spent
choosing political candidates, More time |
_ Studying cracker, boxes than textbooks,

to choose my wedding dress. I am not
necessarily proud of this,

. Add two milk-runs at 20 minutes a piece,

for good measure, Multiply that by the 19 ~
- years I’ve been food shopping, and you get ,

“more: than: 4,800: hours ‘spent in’ ‘grocery ©
~~ stores; -P’m: being: conservative here —— this
is. not counting case-lot sales,

“Now, just for comparison, check out the.
é "average course load at any major univer-
_ ‘sity, and you'll find it takes a mere 3,500
. hours of class time to get your Bachelor’s
Degree... That means, in my supermarket
> life-lesson, P’'m halfway to graduation,
Heck, by the time I hit 55, Pll be working —
_ on my Masters: a :

lve also learned that there ARE
_ fo rules for the express check-
out ‘There is no legislation to ©
~ back up the “nine items or less”
~ sign. Go ahead, take 15 items
_. through. Take 20.

; “So what have I learned? That all North

American Supermarkets are pretty much the
: Same. They are a cookie-cutter marketing —
design There’s always @ service desk up
front. The Kraft dinner Zoes on special
ie __ every few weeks.
oo All supermarkets have well-scrubbed
Bee * olerks Stationed in the produce section,
'‘ What I’ve yet to figure out is how they get
: * such a clean, earnest look to them. Perhaps
_ store management hand-picks its produce
< elerks ‘for their farm-fresh appearance. Or
~_ perhaps an axe murderer would look just as
2 wholesome -if you put him ina bibbed
apron. near the freshbeets,  .

T've also learned that there ARE no rules
- for the express checkout. There is no egis-
«lation to-back up the “‘nine items or less”’
“sign. Go ‘ahead, take 15 items through. Take
~ 20. You'll get glares from other shoppers,
+, but no store employee is going to throw you

|. out of the store, As a law-abiding shopper, I

- {was seriously disheartened to learn this,

. Then there’s what I call the You Are.

»Who-You-Shop-With theory. Actually, I

; stumbled across this one by accident when I

= Made a milk-run on a Thursday night and

~ bumped into several local teachers near the

~| © frozen food aisle, Nearly a week later, on a
~ ‘Wednesday, I spotted a doctor in the cereal

ee section, and two nurses in the deli.

|... Then, to. confirm what I was seeing fir-
|: “sthand, I read in Cosmopolitan magazine
* that most single professional mea shop ear-
ly ‘Friday: ‘evening; most newlyweds, late
Saturday morning. So there you go. Change
* the hours you shop and you alter your food-
- shopping social circle — maybe your whole

_ “this one, -
“lf 1 can fi it in between milk-runs, that i is,

T’S OFTEN said that life is a -

life-lesson I am meant to learn |

Not that I make a habit of loitering near the |

* It’s true, I've spent more ‘hours of my life.

"- more‘time picking salami than I ever took |

But I’ve'done some arithmetic, A rogelar
weekly food stock-up takes a good hour. -

~ life. I just may write my Masters thesis on. S :

: pls one late night trip to the comer store |. ~

.. learning, discriminatory attitudes,

" son was leaming to latch and I

"engorgement, leaking. and emo-:
. tional outbursts while I adjusted
* toa “spontaneous: life’ of litle

TERRACE STANDARD.

Journey i into motherhood _

By Michelle Checkley’
WHEN I began this wonderful’
and challenging journey fifteen
months ago, I thought breastfeed- |
ing would come easily and natu- -
rally,

I was.a first time mother. No
one could ever have prepared me
for the changes I would embrace,
the fears I would confront, or the
joy Iwould feel in my heart.

_I felt well. equipped to begin
motherhood, but this would be
the greatest challenge and. most
dynaraic role I would ever play in
my life,
.I began with a healthy nut:i-
tional background, but I was not
prepared for the discomfort in

the full time demands
responsibilities.

- The first three months were
- spent in awe of this creation
while I struggled to master the art
of breastfeeding ‘‘naturally.’” My

or

Was leaming to understand his
needs.
My husband was overwhelmed
with admiration as he watched
_ this bond grow stronger daily.
"There. were. position” changes,

sleep.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 2, 1995 - Bt

IMMUNITY =

MICHELLE CHECKLEY chose to treastioed her first baby, Terence, wwho is now. 15 months old.
_ She discovered that just because breastfeeding is natural, doesn't mean that new moms naturally |

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other’s

The “simple” act” “of

breastfeeding — of the

bond It creates between

me. and my son —

seems to put life tn per-

- spective every time. .

fbet wm ie

times, and if my hair got brushed
and I was dressed, I felt well ac-
complished, I ‘laugh | now at
myself, because I can remember
an over-anxious, .too- organized
mother’ trying to make’ her baby
fit. .

In -time my " precious little
teacher taught me to flow with his

“needs, Paticnce was and still is a
constant leagon as I watched this
a amazing child grow leaps’ and
- boutids every day,
As breastfeeding began to feel
-more wonderful and my body

was tetuming to a somewhat
normal condition, I was. filled
with the most incredible wonder
of what my body was able to do.

I felt as though I had been given
this most incredible gift, to be
able to provide my child with a.
life force for growth. In return he:
emanated a love so precious that
all my heartache seemed to melt...

He would gaze into my eyes .

with a connection to my soul,
‘We began to understand each
body language and

“Ty ‘was Tueky 0 “shower 4 ‘someé-

: ‘moment as often ‘ a5 possible, Ze
I can remember as he’ ‘watched ©.

seemed to fit in each others a arms.

I have heard other mother’s cx-

press this as a love affair with
their baby.

; My. husband was very. suppor
cy vtive, even-as he -made- the. adjust-
ment of losing’ soine ‘Precedence,""”

He still “créated “his own ‘bond ”
with our son, and tok part in. the .

‘Us oursing. He would often say he -
. had never seen anything’so beau-
tiful and ‘perfect. : He said he was.
jealous’ he’ could: not. trade me

: Places.

Jam still breasticeding my son,

"aud I am now Pregnant with our

Second child. I ama better person

now, and much more relaxed, .
The simple act of ‘breastfeeding

— of the bond it creates between

me and my son.— seems to put ©
. life in perspective every time,

Sometimes I wonder who bene-
fits more from the experience,
him or me? All I know is that I
am eagerly anticipating another
wonderful and challenging jour-
mey with my second child,
tandem nursing and being Blled
‘with that all-consuming feeling.

Michelle’ Checkley wrote this arti-
cle fo commemorate National Breast:

_ know how to cope with all the associated problems. She Joined the Terrace. breastfeeding support aoe .
~ group in order to share her oxperlences with new mothers. _ . 2

it a

_ Myths about :
__ breastfeeding

il fen: find ‘themselves adjusting to a whole n
~atyle. They may have put a career temporarily on hold in order.
“have children, Now: ‘instead of. writing reports: and ‘chuiring
“ings, they’re- changing diapers and: breast feed in
: _Washrooms, =

 Terrace’s breastfeeding support group organized to help newer

/ questions 1 lew moms may have, and offer support. :

It seems like breastfeeding should be very ‘natural, but there’s a”

‘lot of. techniques to jeu,” says Michelle Checkley; a member of:

the support group...

The support group put together. e foll owing 11 ut breas

., feeding in order. to D give prospective, Parents information about their:
~~ options, Ste a

~. Myth ft: Breastfeeding e is too bard,
Fact: Once eatablished, breastfeeding catt

Myth: #2: Birvastfeeding thes you down. we

_ Fact: When it comes to getting out, a breastfeeding moter who.
takes her baby along with her is very mobile; she always hag an
ample food supply no matter Where she goes or. for Jong.

» Myth #3: I don’t have enough milk. My breast é are toe small.

Fact: Whea a mother exclusively breast feeds her infant on demand, -

- her: breast will automatically produce: ‘enough . Tuilk to: fulfill ; ‘the:

baby’s needs, Any, size breast can = produce. enews milk: to: feed a

baby. — be
, Dal

feeding week, August 1-7, It has been B

| edited from its original length.”

1 Fact: Mothers can. successfully continue nursing afier r returning | toa

i Myth #4; Tean’t breastfeed because rm going back ta to work,

dob by: pumping 2 and storia breastmilk and feeding around. work.
schedules.

Myth #5: Breastfeeding excludes the father. © °
Fact: There’s much more to caring for a new. baby than feeding
thers can handle diaper changes, eae, rocking and cuddl ng.

TLT takes a whack
at murder mystery

Lizzie Borden took an ax, controlled thetown,

gave her mother 40 whacks. Journalists from as fer away ag
When she saw what she had done, _Burope: flocked to Fall River to
she gave her father 41. cover the tial, proving that the.

The grisly tale of the notorious :
Borden ax murderer _ will be:
played out for all of Terrace dur>
. ing the next Danied”: ‘Bamawell .,
production Blood Relations,

y
| ‘There’ was no "DNA testing, ‘n

Ode "Simpson case Was not the” ;

. But crime seene ae, brig - a
ano "

' Million dollar smiles |

WHAT WOULD You DO with $5 milllon?. David Gray and ”
Kathy Wale plan to splurge on a new frome, new vehicles and
a Hawallan honeymoon after thelr upcoming wedding this
‘month. Gray, a seasonal logger, also wants os start fis 8.own
logging business, ‘Gray & Bros,’ Oye e

m Ye

Auditions for this Terrace’ Little
Theatre murder - mystety -* aré
scheduled for August 8 and 9 at 7
p.m. at the McColl Playhouse on
Kalum,

The play wil debut in October,

. in time for Halloween. hauntings.

Seven actors ate needed’ = four:

women and three men. There-are®

. tWo female lead toles, Lizzie’ and
> her friend the actress, who ‘acts
- out the events of Lizzie's life;

The Borden murders took place
‘ti 1902 in Fall River, ene
‘setts, and attracted: international

“attention since. ‘the e Bordens tad

fingerprinting. “Who. done: ie Ws
“was'a difficult’ question to'ans- °°
‘wer, and guilt — or Annocence,
_ hard (6 prove: a cant oon
* Barnéwell’s * ~ Sproduetion “OF *
‘Blood. Relations: by: Canadian
playwright Sharon Pollock, will’.
be tne to Acie ‘petiod, ‘Barnsw

“Wag event od: waa
tue for the Ret,

18th. century |
i “and after the show some