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LETTERS (Copy of a letter to Herb Epp, MPP Waterloo North) Buckâ€"passing gutless stand on Sunday shopping I have to agree with Waterloo Mayor Marjorie Carroll. Your government‘s stand on Sunday shopping was a gutless For heaven‘s sake, with your wellâ€"won majority, couldn‘t you and your pals with the red ties, have taken a stand in Toronto and kept Sundays for families? There is absolutely no need to skirt this issue, which evolves totally out of greed. Perhaps, if Queens Park had to match hours with what the retailers are proposâ€" "I can‘t wait until it‘s all over" was said to me in reference to Christmas. Certainly not the Christian attitude I expected to hear, but nonetheless a common attitude at this time of year. Christmas preparation â€" shopping, decorating, baking, visiting, etc. â€" is a time of stress. Often a stress so burdenâ€" ing it explains the surge of patients at peychiatric hospitals this time of year. I have certainly wondered what it is that makes some people so reactive to these stresses, making them nervous, tense and upset and, at the same time, allows other people to happily plod along. I like to assume that I personally do not give into stresses too dramatically beâ€" cause I am healthy and fit. After reâ€" searching stress books I discovered that most experts implied that increased exercise would reduce reactions to stress. At least unhealthy reactions. Kenneth Prkachin, PhD, a psychologist and assistant professor of Health Studies at University of Waterloo, has almost completed a study which will try to answer the question of how exercise relates to stress. The news angle of the study is that "nobody has effectively done a definitive study on exercise and its relation to stress." Apparently the chapters in the stress and exercise books were based on theory and assumption. As part of the study, sedentary people were divided into three groups â€" high intensity, medium and low intensity aerobic activity. Before beginning the physical activity, each participant was tested, using stress reactors to determine how their bodies responded to stress Three of the tests are as follows: _fFeedback i tmb . a P f ie 2 . e iDi e " f 3 x d ue : i se § W . nges io m ~*tog # C es 4 6 ~a j 3 e â€" M'u,‘ * ~< io s3 »t e hn 4 ‘l‘ e 5 5". o 45 . ;s m\ ‘A f & F .: % ‘,’) i . ;-‘ y i' h 6 P M e > ‘ itA on s3 Â¥3 « ce T c . CA + * ; â€"" e ‘\ " h. tomes < t # 5 P 2 < & " " e F «it . P ts : hn %_ + °C ,('“ <esha & €#, * f 9 * cAÂ¥ is d P ‘ * ks <S % ' A & y3 ho Es ue C E Mfi 4 P h * 4 E +A han« 4* * * o s 4 ; F "T A un M+ . <Ad ?fig & ut " «> d °; h h ~_ *A 62. + P PC v b S .. =â€" * P i #P '~. F i 3e £ c P ® some revamping downtown. The taxpayers will have to pay for it sooner or later." ‘"Why not? The city could use Gene Pytlanski nutylit.tlonumhet"invhichthor-rfici- pant faces a chart upon which lists of words are printed in different colers. The words themselves are color words. For cnmpleth.wotdndmybol:inudin black, the word yellow in purple. Rather than read the word, the participant must say the color the word is printed in. It doesn‘t seem too difficult after reading several colors. However "about halfway through the chart," said Prkachin, "the â€" The Cold Water Plunge. Each person was asked to plunge their arm into iceâ€" cold water for as long as possible. tongue swells up to double its size, making it difficult to even speak." This frustrating experience does what it is suppose to do â€" increases stress. â€" Favorable Impression Test. The particiâ€" pant must sit alone with a member of the opposite sex for two minutes and try to impress him or her. The dupe in the test is trained to be unresponsive causing the social anxieties to show themselves as stress. (It‘s often these social anxieties which present themselves at Christmas.) During the testing the blood pressure, pulse and skin temperature are moniâ€" tored. The participants then do their physical activity and are retested one hour later and then 24 hours later to determine whether the increased activity has any bearing on their stress reâ€" Whether or not it proves to be benefiâ€" cial, when we exercise and feel good and subsequently do good, isn‘t that all that counts? Merry Christmas! It‘s absolute rubbish to abandon this tradition, along with your responsibility. We need Sunday Shopping just like we need another level of government. D. Neil Aitchison Waterloo, Ont.% ing, common sense might prevail Red Cross say thanks for support The Blood Donor Committee, Kâ€"W Red Cross, wishes to express our grateful thanks to you, for your part, in sponsoring the monthly ad in the Waterloo Chronicle. Each month this ad serves as a great reminder to our citizens that we depend on their blood donation to supply hospital blood banks for our patients. It is a well ‘"Yes. It is something (hockey rink) that every city needs, the people will benefit from it." Brian MacMullin Waterloo Would you willingly pay a $50 surcharge to help fund major capital expenses in Waterioo? known fact that our Waterloo clinics are very well attended and we are proud of them. Thank you for your continued support. At this time we extend to you and the members of your company a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Food Bank appreciates commitment Region, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to Melodee Martinuk for her assistance during our Thanksgiving Food Drive in October. We are grateful for your I want to quote something to you and see if you find it as interesting as I did. Here it is: hides the blank screen, as you wait for the feature zctun to begin. What will the picture do for you? How will it affect {ou? What impact will it have on your ife? Will you be moved, perhaps even to tears? Will you laugh at a comedy, or feel terrified at the crisis faced by the hero or heroine? Will you feel wonderful waves of love :nd compassion, or surges of resentâ€" ment? All these feelings will pulse through you, and more. For the picture you will see is about the most fascinating person in the world â€" yourself. In this theatre, which is in the imaginaâ€" tion and heart of each of us, you are the producer, writer, actor or actress,, herâ€" oine or hero and the villain. You are the projectionist up in the booth, and the audience which reacts to the thrilling drama. The exciting story unfolding upon that screen is one which is invented every second of your life, yesterday, tomorrow, but most importantly, right now. You watch the image upon that screen and you invent the image upon that screen â€" right now. Will the story have a happy ending? Is it full of happiness and success, or sorrow and failure? The story line is already there and the discerning eye can tell the direction in which the story will go. But one realization can comfort you. Since you are the dramatist, the director, and the star, you can change the story as it unfolds. Now. This instant. And for On behalf of the Food Bank of Waterloo there are more people coming into the city, there should be a larger tubuo."'hz.wflltnmnnyw.y, if they feel like it." l-rljwySchhl aterloo Chairman Kâ€"W Blood Donor Service T P . 4. M WATERLOO CHARONICLE, TUESDAY OECEMBER 22, 1987 â€" PAGE 7 L. M. Hallman, »009 your whole lifetime. You can make this a success story. You can conquer the villain ... and you can make this a heartâ€"warming story which will enrich the lives of all who know you â€" ratherr than a drab, mechanical tale, a chronicle of boredom. It‘s all inside you. It all depends on what you do with an image you carry inside you, an image which is your most important tool for good or ill. It all dgm::ds on you â€" and your selfâ€"image. is selfâ€"image is your own conception of the sort of person you are. It is a product of past experiences, successes and failures, humiliations and triumphs, and the way other people react to you, eslg:;ially in early childhood. m those factors, and from others, you build up a picture of yourself which you believe to be true. The picture may be false, and in many cases is false, but the imporant fact here is that you act just as if it were true. For all intents and purposes, it is true. If it‘s a good healthy, successful selfâ€"imâ€" age, fine. But if it can stand some improvement, you can change it for the better and start getting the kind of results such a change will bring about. This is from a book you may want to get hold of, a book called "The Magic Power of Selfâ€"Image Psychology‘" by Dr. Maxâ€" well Maltz. He‘s the noted plastic surâ€" geon who discovered that it is our inner image that makes the difference in our lives. Mr. Fellows operates the Human Resourâ€" ce Development Institute, P.O. Box 642, Cambridge, N1R S5SW1, providing effecâ€" tiveness training to business and indusâ€" try.) assistance in news coverage. We are aware of the impact of the media and appreciate your commitment to our proâ€" As we attempted to prepare for the winter months ahead we realized that our normal sources could not meet many of the needs of our member agencies. Our Food Drive was a success in that it provided a total of 64,000 pounds of mixed nonâ€"perishable products. We are very grateful for the generosity of our communâ€" ity and of your paper in particular. Carolyn Fast The Food Bank of Waterloo Region ‘Yes, the people will get years of use out of the facilities. It‘s not that much." Letters welcome Carolyn Johns a‘nterloo