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44 Pages·1992·10.2 MB·English

by  Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Commission

Publisher
AADAC
Interim Editor
Kim Sanderson
Executivo Editor
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Cathy Work
Art Director
Claudia Ciroll
Production Management
Norm Belanger have
Marit Carlson
Managing Editor
Louise Morose
Associate Editor
Brian Kearns
Publishing Advisor
Len Blumenthal
Consultants . 3 l ook
Dave Jacox
Laurie Stockburger
Lori Estabrooks
Janay Ferguson
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Thanks To:
LYRIC I W ANT TO BE
Bryan Alberslat. Steve Attoc. Lisa Austin,
Leslie Bell. Leslie Bird. Ian Bray. Celina CONTEST BEAUTIFUL SO
"MoSdleilmlyi"n g C.o n nToerlrlyy . E lMliisc,h a Wealr r eCrno s sF,i c kD.e t Paaill s RESULTS 14 BAD IT MAKES
Gomes. Ian Groll. Chns Heatherington, ME SICK
Robert Hilton. Esther Hofer & Family. Clark
Contest winner is a dead Alberta teens talk honestly
Hogan. Enc Howling. Joe Jackson. Wendy
Jans. Ja/hart Photographies. McKim/Baker duck! FLASH 4 about their problems with
Lovick/BBDO. Andrew MacLeod. Douglas anorexia and bulimia.
Macrae, Roberta Michele Packolyk, Tony BREAK 6
Philpott, Danyon Reeves. Kerry Reynolds,
Mary Wallers Riskin. Detective Bill Smith,
Jason Unsworth, Clinton Wasylishen. Dave QUIZ 8
Whammond. Gloria Wilson, Woodman
HOT KIDS 10
Junior High. Zoot Advisory Board Members:
Chns Rower. Kirsten Goa. Paula Kirman,
Michelle Munchua. Gracemy Nguyen. CONTEST RESULTS 11
Shawn Robinson, Joel Tennison, Jonathan
Tuppcr. Kathcrinc Wight BODY LANGUAGE 12
STRAIGHT GOODS 18
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• Collecting a 3 1/2 foot stack
MORE of newspapers and dumping rt
off at your nearest necycler is t he
WHO YOU equivalent of rescuing a 20 foot
Ways To tree.
GONNA CALL? • Recycling an aluminum
Be Green can saves the energy
According to a Pepsi/YTV Gomes equivalent to three hours
Street Heat stud) on of TV - t hat's six episodes of
The Simpsons, dude!
teenagers, you'll turn to your
best friend, or your mother # Exchange magazines and
when you have a problem. school supplies with friends
rather than buy duplicates.
The person least likely to be
consulted is a teacher or other # Don't leave the tap on
close adult. Females are the whole time you're
brushing your teeth.
much more likely than males
Eighty percent of the water
to turn to best friends, while
gets wasted.
males are more likely than
• Don't brown bag it Lime bag
females to try to work it o ut
it, p ink bag it. or black bag it
themselves. instead. Reusable lunch bags
come in zillions of cool
The top three stats: colours and they're cheap, too.
# What's inside your lunch
When they need help, teens turn to.
bag also counts, so
remember that the plastic
best friends * 42 percent
bags, that small purchases
themselves 18 percent come in, can be re-used to
wrap sandwiches and
mothers 16 percent squares. Use a thermos or
juice jar instead of
packaged drinks.
• The wardrobe you are sick of may be "new and trendy" to someone
else. Second-hand clothing stores aren't just back in vogue - t hey're
environment friendly. Dump off your duds and even make a little pocket
money on a consignment sale.
# Don't throw away your junk. Get a few friends together
A Teenager's and organize a garage sale. If you really want to be a good
Guide To The sport, donate the money you make to an environment group.
Future Hot 100, that great little
book jam-packed with
HEALING OUR SPIRIT
exchange programs, travel
Healing Our Spirit
opportunities and
WORLDWIDE Worldwide is the name of a
scholarships available to
conference being held in July 1992 in Edmonton. This conference is a
young people, is up for
very big deal! It's a celebration for everyone who wants to share in the
grabs again. For your free work that indigenous peoples around the world are doing to live their
guide to your future, write: lives without alcohol or drug abuse. People will be coming from all
over the world and the Conference organizers could use volunteers.
Hot 100
You must put in 20 hours, but you get to participate and you also get a
Enquiries & Distribution
Employment and T-shirt! They need people for babysitting, staffing the registration
Immigration Canada
tables, doing clean-up and that kind of stuff. If you're interested call
Ottawa - Hull, Quebec the Conference Office at 459-0989 or write The World Conference at
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Box 3884, Station D, Edmonton, Alberta, T5L 4K1.
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BELIEVE
IT OR
NOT...
The Great One
By Eric Howling
Wayne Gretzky could have been a ballet
star! Yeah, it's true, true. Or maybe that
should read tutu. It's just that not many
people knew about it, until now. But you
can, if you dare to read on. The story goes
something like this. Wayne has an Aunt.
Her name is Greta. Greta Gretzky. Anyway,
about 25 years ago, Greta was a ballerina.
And a pretty good one if you believed the
clippings in the Beach Blanket Ballet - sort "B.S." The Day Away
of the "Sassy" of the ballet set. She could By Celina "Slimy" Connolly
pas de deux with the best of them. And
Ever wonder what it was like to take part your hardest school subject to participating
Wayne knew it. Or thought he knew it. I
mean, how much can a five year old know? in the Soviet Uprising? Or what it's like to in role playing games. There's something
Anyway, Wayne was all set to take ballet grow up in Sweden? Or who Canadian for everybody. To find out more about
lessons, on the advice of his Aunt Greta. teens think the next Prime Minister should making the connection with BBSs in your
Now, can you imagine how the course of be? You can learn about these and other area, talk to your computer teacher... your
ballet history would have changed if he had?
Every Saturday on Ballet Night in Canada, topics by exchanging messages with teens school might already be running a BBS.
millions of grown men would be glued to around the world through your home or Once you're set up, you'll need to find a
their TV sets watching ballet teams from school computer. Simply hook up to an current listing of BBSs. One of my
Edmonton, Calgary, New York and L.A. go electronic bulletin board system (BBS). favourites is AADACS E-ZOOT (phone:
at it like only men in tights can. Instead of All it takes is a modem, a communication 1-403-428-9694). E-ZOOT offers 27
swan dives we'd see Swan Lake. And program, the all-important computer, and a message areas, 1 3 file areas and is a
ainnsdt e sapdi n osf. g Aoanlds wanhdo awsosiusltds wbee' d l e asdeie n gj u mthpes listing of BBS phone numbers... and the member of four computer networks. E-
National Ballet League (NBL) in jumps and world is at your fingertips. ZOOT also offers a complete listing of
spins? You got it - t he Wayner. So anyway, There are BBSs to suit every interest; from BBSs. There are hundreds all over Alberta!
ttoa k em a kthee baa l slheotr t l esstsoornys s hbourtt e hre, dWiad y tnaek e dhiidsn 't message areas where you can have chats Here are some tips and lingo that may
come in handy when you hook up.
about the world or swap information about
Aunt's nickname. That's why to this day
Wayne is known as the Greta One.
1 . Never "talk" in CAPITAL LETTERS! You will get messages back asking
why you are yelling.
2. Watch your language. You can and will be kicked off for swearing or leaving vulgar
messages.
3. Don't be afraid to jump into a conversation. Bulletin Board users love to
meet new people.
4. The cost is the same as that of a normal phone call, so if y ou plan to download files,
make sure it's a local call unless you're prepared to pay the phone bill.
5. If you don't want to use your real name, use an alias. "if i
6. New words:
SysOp - S ystem Operator: the boss.
Computer Network - A s a member of a network, a BBS can exchange
messages and files with other systems. This allows the linking of remote and
diverse BBS systems from all over the world.
Download - A file received from a BBS.
Upload - A file sent to a BBS.
Alias - T he name you sign on to a BBS with (e.g.. Slimy, Honko the Fish, Imagineer).
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by Warren Fick
3. It's your birthday! Your boyfriend
has been given lots of hints and you
can expect...
a) a phone call wrthm the next week or so.
b) to be worshipped like a goddess and
littered with presents. (If h e knows what's
good for him.)
c) him to remember - a nd probably show up
with tickets to the Schwarzenegger movie
he's been dying to see.
d) to feel like you're someone special. In the
end it's the feeling more than the gift t hat
really makes a difference.
You are totally and deeply
committed to your boyfriend. All
4. You're going to meet your beloved
goes well until one day you suddenly at the mall. When you get there,
find yourself flirting with the bag boy she is standing with people you
at Safeway! You... don't know and talking to a guy
take your Hamburger Helper, walk out the you've never met! You...
door and never look back.
a) walk up, slip your arm around her and
rip the top off the Hamburger Helper, wnte calmly introduce yourself to the guy.
down your phone number and put it in his
b) spend every cent in your pocket on a
cream pie and let the two-timing creep
take your Hamburger Helper have it in the head.
pocket.
walk out the door and
immediately call your c) hang back, worrying that
you're being wronged and
boyfriend to remind
twealilt y otuo. see what she'll
wyoounrdseerlffu lh o whe is. walk up but not say anything
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droeosru,m e y e lnl o "rmWaolw ! "p ro agnrda mming. of your mind.
b) She said she'd meet you at the
Things are going incredibly well library at noon. She finally showed
between the two of you. Out of the
blue, she decides to be an exchange cupo n cate r 3n:e 1d 5, . Atshe f adra y a s is y oruu'irnee d. As far
student in France for a year.
Sacre bleu! You... aYso u .s.h.e 's concerned it's no big deal.
rent a bde)r et, take her for some French fries a) scream, jump on the table and get yourself
kicked out.
and promise you'll make every day like
springtime in Pans. (If s he'll stay.) b) find a place to talk about it a nd as calmly as
curse the moment you ever laid eyes on
her and refuse to ever mention her name possible lay your feelings on the line.
c) sbmuitl e f e ealn d s i cpkr eatnedn d c h yeoaut'erde. very cool about it
are hurt. But after talking to her you decide
again.
it's what she really wants. Your bond is d) siington ohuetr ab o cookp y b aogf "aMnids s h oMpaen n efrors , t"h e s lbieps t i.t
strong and she's worth waiting for.
become hombly mopey and grumpy.
6. You love him. He's perfect. If only
tForoi en sdasd ctaol l r beuttu r ny o uh e rw o nl'ettt e rgso. oTuhte. wYoorul'dr e is his chewing didn't sound like it was
unfair. sprooujnedc t seyd s ttehmr.o u gYho u V adne ci Hdael e tno'.s..
a) glirtitnl e a nnodi s eb?e ar it. After all, what's a
b) shrug it o ff, making it o ne of the funny little
things you say you love but really make
you cnnge inside.
We look for love everywhere - in school, at dances, even in fortune cookies.
Sometimes we find it. Or think we do.
Actually some pretty basic laws of attraction leading to love exist. Think of this quiz as a test of what
you understand about those laws; a kind of midterm in Love 101.
If y ou're not in a relationship right now, remember that you will be someday;
and imagine how you'll react in the following situations.
like flattening
think carefully. If y ou still find it an
important issue, bring up the chewing in a all the tires on the family car
and ordenng a blizzard to bury Saskatoon,
non-threatening way that's open to
discussion. d) hurt and confused. Why does this always G. When she isn't nght in front of you, you
Make a recording of his mouth noise and happen to you? can't remember what she looks like.
H. You fly i nto a rage when the last petal to
have the school radio DJs play it over the
school radio, just so he gets the hint. 9. Things are a little rocky between the be pulled off the flower is, " She loves me
two of you. You try to talk it out
I. You discover a way to work his name into
but she just shrugs and sticks her
every sentence. But hey. it s ounds natural.
nose into a "People" magazine.
You...
J. You use Guns n' Roses songs to mark the
really important points in your relationship.
a) flip out, teanng the pages from the
magazine and eating them one by one.
b) ahcerc e plto ve t.h at she's the quiet type and trust in
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you want to see other people you know
brought it back spattered with z z
spaghetti sauce and no word of and go anyway. Z 1 z
explanation. You... b) don't go, because he's not going. z z 1
c) talk with your boyfriend and decide to go a D a V
smile and ask to borrow her limited edition
Axl Rose sweatshirt for good luck - to d) apsh o lnoen g f arso m h e t hdeo e shne'itg h tm i nofd . t he bash, laughing
wear under your goalie pads during the Evaluation on page 38
and telling him he's missed a good time.
playoff senes. Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah.
know that she's not inconsiderate and
there must be a good reason. So you Answer True or False:
ask her.
A. You find yourself humming the theme to
turn it i nside out and use it f or a dust rag;
whatever she does is okay by you. "Romeo and Juliet" as you dial her
confront her with screaming accusations of phone number.
thoughtlessness. She ends up crying and B. You can hardly wait for Valentine's Day.
you feel like a weasel. C. You find yourself writing a lot of very
emotional letters - t hat never get mailed.
D. Going to the library is f un. As long as he
Easter break is coming. He's going will be there.
with his parents to visit
relatives in Saskatoon. E. When he gives the answer to a question
• in Math your heart leaps to hear him
You had the chance to * * .
go skiing but passed it
sFa.y, "YIosuo'slcle l seesl.l" your little
up in hopes he'd stay brother just to get in
home and you could her group in \r
hang out together.
You feel... Biology lab.
totally wronged. What . ,
a thoughtless creep to
not have read your mind,
like a fool. If y ou wanted to see him
why hadn't you made it c lear?
hot kids
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Danyon Roberta Michele Jason
Packolyk Unsworth
Danyon Reeves is a I 7 year old St. Albert's Roberta Michele Packolyk, At I 3 , Jason Unsworth is one of
artist who attends Paul Kane High
School in St. Albert. This talented 119 7 9 h Ia ,s s hae v owiocne tehavte r yju s ts i ncgani'ntg lcoosnet!e s tI n itnh e A l yboeurntgae.s t Wphubelni sh ehde c waratso o noinsltys
teen recently won (out of literally
she entered, including Pepsi's "Search nine, he bought a how-to book
COUNTLESS entrants) the poster For The Singer Who's Got What It on drawing cartoons, and then
contest for the Teen Festival of the
Takes" and Nintendo's "VocalMania" began to leam the basics. With
Arts. The Teen Festival is an where she beat out 3500 ambitious
his cousin's encouragement, Jason
opportunity for teens around the entrants with her rendition of Manah submitted them to the local paper
province to strut their stuff in visual Carey's "Vision of Love." Roberta is in his hometown of Hanna. He
arts, performing arts, literary arts and used to being on stage in churches asked the local gallery if they
music. Danyon says that his main and at community events and rarely would display his work. Both
interest as an artist has always been turns down an invitation to perform. decided to use them. Looking
graphic design and poster work, so She did 65 pop, rock and rhythm and into the future, Jason says that he
this contest was right up his alley. blues performances last year, including would like to become a full-time
Danyon found out about the contest singing with the Edmonton Opera comic artist like his favourites:
through a friend of his sister's Guild. "When I f irst stepped on stage, Bill Waterson's Calvin and Lynn
(see. ..siblings are good for
something!) and gave it a shot. But eitv ewars dtohnee . m.o.s t b u ftr i gahltsenoi n gt h eth i nmgo s It' d JWohhenns on 'assk e dFo r w hBeerttee r h eo r g eWtosr s teh.e
Danyon is no stranger to the Teen ideas for his cartoons he replied,
exhilarating. It's a very warm feeling
Festival of the Arts. Last year, he "Some of them are real things
entered a short story which tied for wdohienng paenodp l aec t ugaeltl y i n tcoh e wehra t f o ry o uy'oru.e
first place. Though Roberta takes voice lessons to tGhuaets s h awhvaet hJaaspopn e nliekeds t ot o c o lmleec.t"?
increase her range, she says stage Right! Comic books, especially
Danyon's poster depicts stylized
presence is just as important in Marvel's Spiderman.
images of "teen creativity," as
Danyon calls it, including writing, winning competitions. Roberta's goal
acting, and singing. So watch for is "to become a professional
recording artist while hanging onto
Dfarnoymo n 'Aspr i lp o s2t8e r t.o TMhaey F 2e,st i 1va9l9 2 r.u n s If Christian values. I have respect for
you want more information about
who gave me my voice, and I d idn't
the Teen Festival of the Arts,
get here on my own." Roberta adds
contact The Citadel Theatre in that her parents and fnends have also
Edmonton at (403) 426-481 I. been a big key to her success. "My
biggest fan is my best friend Holly.
She's really proud. She comes to all
my competitions with this huge sign
Hot Dog,
that says 'Go Roberta.' "
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