Congratulations Barbara Patterson, City of Hamilton's Woman of the Year ----------------- City of Hamilton Mayor's Status of Women 1999 Women of the Year Awards Barbara has made a truly significant contribution to her immediate community as well as the community of people with Parkinson's disease worldwide. She was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1972 and developed the Parkinson's Disease Information Exchange Network which is the first electronic mailing list for Parkinson's disease in the world. It has grown to have over 1800 users representing about 37 countries. Barbara is also an active supporter of Caveat and Phoenix Place. She collects thousands of dollars per year in a fund raiser for Phoenix Place, which provides second level housing to women and children who are victims of abuse. On-line Learning Series of Courses http://www.bestnet.org/~jwalker/course.htm Member: Association for International Business _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ John S. Walker _/ _/ Publisher, CSS Internet News (tm) _/ _/ (Internet Training and Research) _/ _/ PO Box 57247, Jackson Stn., _/ _/ Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8P 4X1 _/ _/ Email [log in to unmask] _/ _/ http://www.bestnet.org/~jwalker _/ _/ _/ _/ "To Teach is to touch a life forever" _/ _/ On the Web one touch can reach so far! _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/