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4 km from Weber St. N. Waterloo on Benjamin Road MIC Us.) Debit 699-5000 The 9.NE that rally was for you! iEéBéd? GRAND OPENING!!! BENIAMlN TREE FARM AND GIFT SHOP baturday, November 20. 2009 I \prnvnu-k hrhllHd‘L mu Nhnppln}: Open [huh " '4 a8lltltr Hmh k m m L k m haw l'ottcd 'lrnx LurLInd Wrtuth, Humans. Haskct, 208 King 91. Couth, at John Many working to spread the word Continued from page H quarter, has also started selling rubber Alloy [wavelets fur $3. with SI going towards N IXWA and the rest to help iund AIDS research. lhe red bracelets, reading “Hope Soars. Mom mics lindurc". were designed by a mother who had hm her sun In AIDS. "lt's hard In tampon- with all the other tbracelets; 110w uul there, but it's just one mute thing that helps get the word out. Get tested, dun'l ignore it." Cashuhec erwouraged. Spreading thc word on AIDS and encouraging pew ple In get {Ned are muslin]! struggles for tlw vnlunIm-rs and staff at ACCKWA, who tvntintttmsly work an dithn - rm ways In let people know that this risk exist, every where __ own in this, your munity. Allyson Inn is AUCKWAR wmmunily education tour» dummy who is always trying In educate more people. "specially youth and locus. about the ride; of getting, AIDS and HIV. (inc of Ions tsurreIIt pro- jects involves going In rugiuna) high schools from now to Dec. I to display a part of the Canadian MUS Memorial Quill during National AIDS Awareness Wee I In: The quilt was crvated to pre'ierve the memories of those who have died of HIV and AIDS. with 78 I2-foot square sections containing High! quilt panels in each wait)". The display features 12 sections. including " Kitr-rtvnrsr-Wu1erloo and crruit 50min" which Wits added to the quilt in June 201)}, "It's a lot ol visibility lur MUS and 1hr high sclmul population is such a good group In gr! mm :m mlnr k and on World AIDS l are', 'so thail, a wally big humus." hm said, A publir viewing ot thc quilt is also taking plau- Nov. 29 at Rockway Mew nunile Collegiate, at 110 Doon Rd. in Kitchener. last year b1750 students. staff and public viewed the quilt at right different high schools in the region. like the quilt, which hap- ppm with the suppun ofthe district school boards and Regiun ofWuterloo Public Health. Cashubec said the organization works In seek iv,sisturtce trom any awnuv“ who tvekuunc thott. Kitrlterter's alternative litruylv downtown club. (Zluh fitutaissuncc. at 24 Charles lit. W. in Kitvlinvr. is among mine of the Inm- ttUtiNPt, in tlu, region that Casltulrec said have been "alvwlutely wonderful" in Iurttts of p,erteratinp, nun: munity support and aware» new; for ACCKWA. Among suppnnmx for tlw organization is Brad Nantucket. 28. who is a mu fessional female ilhviionist and a strong advocate in Waterloo Region‘s gay com- munity when promoting, safer sex. Better known in the community with his stage name. Miss Drew. Hamacher said he is well aware of the issues that face the community and the region. "I feel ics my dutyto edu- cam what I've been taught," said llamacher. who has bran perfunuing ax a drag qua-n Ihruughum North Anwrica tor the past ll) your» "Precetttion is thts only rurv and I think the only way to achieve prevvn- tion is [Enough education." llamarht-J holds his wcckly drag \htlh'. All lhal micr “.u-lm h trriimirs In pI-n nh- luau? In ruc- .»I7'Ilvlrl u Ilh 15"“.le spi'rtsu0" and .icks"s'-rrrrt's dull-uni bu Am litcs, lull Cttif \K-mlvuh fn-lx ax wh L-nlm isuduluy Its w, Yillou 7.4 Rnual Pal-hint Flaming; Wmhirh, in OHM-in, (‘nlumhia (antiwar, [vim-hm» (Walking Mr 7mm 7; mum-n tMo King 2t. in [Over Works, Sr. lamb; f/it-YU)",' HeadZToe \'..nm.'-' . mm. ”In . “uni”. I. Glitters Is Gold. every Ihurs- day at Cluh lh'nzussanl'c where he frcqueruly pro- "totes sate at): to the crowd through his whiu1stal phrases such its "No glove, no law". "No protection, no erection", ur "Play safe but play hard." The talenled drug queen uses his prominence in the gay community to bring a 101 of support to ACCKWA through his several AIDS fundraisers. including the annual Aid for AIDS benctit. "Club Renaissance is just alrsolutely wonderful In tpi, and Miss Ilrew um. I tell her slick a goddess 7» \ht'lk [IN ttr1hclievuhles" \ilil] Cashuhec, ":Miss Drum is so well-rounded and it's an1aring haw she can hit on all of [he pcrspuctives." Hunmclwr. who is gay. mun-Islands thu gay tNHtt- munily is, ll {argued group than oltcrt blamed tor spreading AIDS and the HIV vines. rhis, is regardless of the shift in the pandemic within me last five years where 30 per cent (11' new HN-positive CH.'sey, in this region have umw from heterosexual transmission. "I have not experienced many cases. but I feel peo- pk' lend to be discreet about their HIV status in the gay or. in fact. any community." said Hamacher. “I tell every- um: that prevention is the only cure." “I'm well aware of the ixsllrs facing thv mmmuni~ w. and t think ACCKWA har, tlorte an mmmnding in): of [wiping thy community." ’ Chronic'w Hadrian-r Rum Contwll's rllree-ptirr surit'h. Moving . HI JIS. ujil mu» tittde Hm! ttseek. u Ilh llkNHh'