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Monday, November 14, 2005

Interesting local speakers, utptown Waterloo

Second Annual Waterlooians.ca Ladies Late Luncheon – Sunday November
20, 2005 @ 4:00 p.m. in the basement of the historic Huether hotel.

Free late luncheon served. Please RSVP, due to limited seating,
waterlooians@yahoo.ca.

Waterlooians.ca is a community organization dedicated to protecting
and strengthening the social, environmental and economic health of our
community. At the luncheon three local and one national woman will be
recognized for making a difference volunteering to protect the health
of our community.

Kristy McDonnell – Waterloo

Independently organized and coaches a synchronized swim team for women
at both Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) and the University of
Waterloo (UW). The team is scheduled to compete at McGill University
on November 10, 2005.

Judy Greenwood-Speers – Waterloo

Local volunteer with extensive participation in community
organizations and coalitions. Member of Citizens for the Protection
of the Waterloo Moraine (CPWM), Highway Seven Alternatives (HALT7),
Seven Generations Environmental Network, Raging Grannies, and is the
newly elected President of the Green Party of Ontario.

Louisette Lanteigne (LuLu) – Waterloo

Raised money for children adversely affected by the Walkerton crisis
and local women's shelters, organized events for the Waterloo Peace
movement, and created the Waterloo Block Parent Halloween Carnival.
This year Lulu has exposed environmental infringements on Waterloo
Region construction sites, leading to 39 charges and over 300 stop
actions. She is currently working with the Citizens for the
Protection of the Waterloo Moraine (CPWM) to help bring media
attention to the important issue of source groundwater protection.

Angela Bischoff – Toronto/Halifax

Key note address "What's up with Antidpressant Drugs? given by Angela
Bishcoff. Angela, the widow of renowned environmental and social
justice advocate Tooker Gomberg, takes a critical look at the dangers

of antidepressant drugs. Questions to be explored include: was Tooker
driven to suicide by the antidepressant drug he'd recently begun, what
is the evidence that anti-depressants lead to violence and self harm,
and is Health Canada doing enough to protect Canadians?

Entertainment provided by the Ladies Luncheon duet. Due to limited
seating to attend please RSVP waterlooians@yahoo.ca.

Respectfully,

David Wellhauser

Waterlooians.ca Spokesperson

http://www.waterlooians.ca/

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