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At long last, it‘s your turn to relax. You‘ve looked forward to and planned for summer holidays for perhaps a whole year. Will you be fit enough to handle it, or will you come back edgy, overâ€"weight and sluggish? Barbecueing, lying in the sun, sitting curled up in a chair reading are certainly worthwhile activities. You cannot do just that for a whole week or two, however. When those short shorts get even shorter, and the tâ€"shirt amazingly gets snug around only the middle, you will soon realize the extent of your inactiveâ€" ness. Unfortunately this change in weight and flab is not noticed until the holiday is over and you are back at home severely reprimanding yourself. Unforâ€" tunately it is not only the weigh scales that will warn you of the impeding danger, your body‘s vital statistics will let you know you passed another holiday by eating too much, and sitting too much. Your legs will be stiffer, your heart rate almost certainly will have gone up, your lungs will have to work harder if their endurance hasn‘t been maintained, and you will feel slow and sluggish. Whether you decided to spend your holidays away from home or at home, there are a few simple suggestions to make your holiday enjoyable without having to contend with dieting and regimented exercising when they are over. 3 Aeapmsins / RPe frtyres imice/‘ry rexfy P Aa/fa/gréjzgfi/z?w & orv2alrx ¢P¢ Aorizcr® 6/ &f/‘b//@a/, â€"_ paor e mrwt o bo Grrss‘ y # 20 PELZCOL/ HXIANVILLLEE Fitness Forum Kathy Hammond Fitness Instructor Peter Etril Snyder : 2. Go for a walk each day. If you are at home, rediscover your neighborhood and get better acquainted with your neighbors. If you are fortunate enough to be at a cottage or camping, the walk will enable you to take in the beauty of nature itself. The walk will also wake up your system, encouraging a good appeâ€" tite for breakfast, the meal many people skip during a working week. You‘ll see how much better you will perform after a good meal. 1. Wake up early. Groan‘ For many holidays are a chance to sleep in. I‘m not suggesting you get up at dawn, but because you may not have a long holiday, you may as well enjoy it to its fullest. If you have work to do around the house, you can get it done before the heat of the day, leaving you more time to do something enjoyable. 3. Enjoy barbecues, but don‘t overeat. It sounds easy. You‘re entitled to one good pig out, but not every day. The sun and fresh air will certainly increase your appetite, but physical activity throughout the day should balance the eating. Besides, once you eat a tremenâ€" dous meal, it spoils your time for the next few hours, while your body is trying to deal with all the food. If you are within walking distance to a lake or beach or pool don‘t pile into the car though it is convenient. (Besides there is the work to clean out the car of all the wet sand afterward.) nd A, LETTERS Sponsoring Creative Peacemaking Your community is invited to participate in a Creative Peacemaking Contest. The purpose of the contest is to stimulate people to think about and express their interest, their ideas and their concerns about peace. Virtually no one opposes the cause, the differences between people are basically how to achieve the peaceful settlement of disputes. Some believe a strong military force will prevent war;. others believe disarmament and a reduction of military power is the method needed. The creative peacemaking contest proâ€" vides evervone with the opportunity to express their views, to contribute to a peaceful world. There are nine categories in the contest Music ... Essays and Short Stories ... Art & Crafts ... Video ... Poetry ... Photography .. _ One Act Plays ... Children‘s Literaâ€" ture Entries are welcome from all people and will e divided intothree divisions: Falling back on a timeâ€"worn stereoâ€" type, I am told that means I am being paid to work with my head, not with my hands. Well, let me go on record as saying 1 am happy neither with the inference of the stereotype, nor with the fact my head works better than my hands. I suppose, if differentiation is in order, that in the work force I am classified as white collar, as opposed to blue collar. In fact, during this period in late July when many Kâ€"W industries put their feet up for a couple weeks, I‘d like to salute blue collar workers, and the many valuable and often unsung contributions they make and talents they have. If I sound in envy, good. I am. Maybe it is because roleâ€"wise I am observing from the other side of the fence. Maybe it stems from a subconscious desire to spend the rest of my life in a service bay, or behind the world‘s most famous salad bar, or as checkered shirt owner/cashâ€" ier/shipper of my own Main Street hardware store, Alas, at times I see myself a blue collar worker trapped in a white collar body. What other explanaâ€" tion can there be for taking a break from writing this column to go clean out all the garbage cans in the office? There is no particular reason why I have this passion for blue collar assignâ€" ments â€" goodness knows, my past is proof positive white collar country is my only hope for survival. I knew right from the minute I put together my first model car and had six plastic pieces left over that I was in trouble for blue collar candidacy. High school really separated the white from the blue. Got a partâ€"time job in the meat department of a Toronto super market, and although I was reliable and hard working and a good friend of everyone‘s, I always got stuck with the jobs that no other man did, only women. More outrageous stereotyping like wrapping and weighing the meat, look ing after customer complaints, bagging chicken wings. Meanwhile, the guys in the department broke down beef, slung skids, piled bone cans (heâ€"man stuff ) A Things didn‘t improve in junior high industrial arts class. 1 didn‘t have the problem Paul Lorimer had when the teach broke Lorimer‘s wooden tray over his knee for planing the wrong way, but. well, we always had six weeks for each assignment and for the life of me I don‘t think 1 ever once finished one of the suckers. Everyone else went home merrily carting serving trays, salt shakers, bird feeders, nail sets, checker boards, spice racks, whatever. I went home empty â€"handed, save for the overly generous C â€" on my report card. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1985 â€" PAGE 7 Handy Rick Campbell Chronicle Editor And while I begin the search to find a house to buy, friends are building their own, literally, from ground floor to finished product. Making beautiful rec rooms, or putting in a fireplace in the family room. Me, it‘s a major coup ~changing the light bulb, or hammering a nail into the wall to hang a picture from Sad, isn‘t it? solitary white collar I was, in a sea of blue. Then I got work one summer in the CCM bicycle sweatshop. Doing what? Ingesting noxious fumes in the paint department? Assembly line captain? Welding frames? Nope. Sub assembly, off in some obscure cubby hole, wrapâ€" ping tape on handle bars. The others took showers on their breaks. I felt guilty washing my hands. Labelled I was, from day one. Well, let me tell you, by the time I got a job during university with the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, I was gungâ€"ho to display my blue collar prowess. I straightened curbs, laid sod, repaired bridge decks, cleaned expanâ€" sion joints, jackâ€"hammered my buns off, had the time of my life getting all dirty and grimy and pulling my weight on the crew. And then, just when I felt like one of the boys, one of the boys came up to me and told me how much he envied me because I wasn‘t stuck in a hellâ€"hole like he was the rest of his life. The nerve. 1 felt like punching his lights. Your community can contribute in any one of the following ways Fact is, I‘ve always felt bad about my inability to work with my hands. I blow the engine on my ‘75 Dart because I‘m too stupid to know when to get the oil changed, and 1 end up passing socket wrenches and screwdrivers to three of my friends who put in a new engine for I decide to put in a new bathroom sink top, and buy a beautiful piece at the local lumberyard â€" just before calling up an old friend who seems to only get called up when I need something. He put in the whole counter in one night â€" my job was to crack the tops off the beer. The whole point is. that while I am happy to have my job, and am constant ly being told to use my head,. 1 will always have an admiration for those who work, and are so skilled, with their hands And if, someday, you see me under a car with grease smudges on my face, or beaming behind a fabulously fresh salad bar, or filling your order for finishing nails, feel not sorry for me, for 1 will have likely found an equal, or greater, happiness. elementary school, high school. and adult. And if I don‘t, it won‘t have been for a lack of trying 1) Enter the contest yourself and encourage your friends and neighbors to do likewise. 2) Promote the contest within your own community â€" in newsletters etc. 4) Contribute prizes for award winning entries. (Awards for various categories will be made in the name of the donor ) Completed works will be accepted from September 2 to October 31. 1985 and winners will be announced at Creative Peacemaking Festival, November 9 and 10 at St. Lawrence College Saintâ€"Laurent, King & Portsmouth, Kingston, Ont. K7L 5A6. 3) Sponsor advertisements for the con test in the media. 5) Business. industry. service clubs, professional associations can contribute funds to help us in administering the con test. Brian Judge Kingston, Ont. 544â€"5400 ext. 268