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Show 7 What does a migraine look like? Community SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY MARCH 28, 2001 0 Domestic Blitz The National Headache Foun- . dation is accepting entries for the Migraine Masterpieces art By Dixie Brunner contest themed Images of Migraine. The contest is a call for professional and amateur artists who are diagnosed migraine headache sufferers to depict their worlds when dealing with signed the actress dress as she walks up the stairs to accept migraine pain. of the contest is The. ..purpose her award. . , dimimshedqual-star- ! I know what would happen if pu1ilze llfe of migraine headache I were ever to win. I would experience due to pain whoop and holler when they an- - suerers associated symptoms. About nounced my name, and as I was an( cartwheels on.e m eight people suffer from doing my lady-lik- e the g and everybody in the migraine headaches in bottom 10 rows, a sound byte would come on announcing that Dixie Brunners dress had been designed by Jacque Penne, aka J C Penney. All designers sound whea a headache disrupts their better if they adopt a French or The Oscars grouch And the winner is..., the camera pans the Oscar nomi- emotions etched onto their faces, Sally Super- nees-dramat- ic But the cameras ignore Sally completely, concentrating focus on the losing nominees. Geez, talk about pressure! Can you imagine how difficult itd be to act normal in that situation? I mean, theyre only human! They arent going to wholly embrace the fact that the Oscar bigwigs high-fivin- Italian name. . ing National Headache Awareness Week in June, in a Chicago exhibition to showcase the winning artwork. This is the third migraine art contest the NHF has conducted. The last contest was in 1998; drawing more than 200 entries. $100. All winners and award recipients will have their work included in the Migraine Masterpieces art exhibition, receive a certificate of excellence and photos of their work distributed to news media nationwide. The top three winners will re- The contest is open to diagnosed migraine sufferers nationwide and will have three top winners and 22 merit awards. The first prize is $4,000, second prize is $2,000, third prize is $1,000 and each merit award is ceive airfare and accommodations to attend the openingofthe art exhibitin June. Migraine Masterpiece contest rules and entry requirements can be found on the NHF Web site at round-tri- p www.headaches.org. Earth Day Poster Contest Could you be this years winWinning entries may be ner? Enter and find out! Win one shown in the Utah Capitol Buildof 40great prizes! ing and the Coconino County Heres how: Library, and therefore cannot be vibe will Posters guaranteed to be returned. judged on WSS' Entries must be received by 5 Migraine is not just a bad sual appeal, imagination and well how the poster incorporates p.m. on March 30, 200 1 For more headache. It impacts sufferers 5 to the point where they miss this years Earthy Day theme, details, call Tracy Welton at Liz Kolle or Trees at Please. events such as soccer games, Kanab BeauContest open to school chilthe school plays, family celebrations Sponsored by 2 the Kanab tification and the Committee in and ... It puts a hold on their lives, dren Fredonia-Moccasin School Dis- Arizona Strip Interpretive said Suzanne Simons, NHF exHomeschoolers are welecutive director. We want tricts. people to be aware that mi- - come! Posters must be 11" x 17", graines are treatable - and people can take control of the disease, wide or long. Use any type medium you This contest is a way to raise want - crayons, ink, stamps, etc. that awareness. Migraine headaches often are Be creative! Include your name, grade, characterized by throbbing pain on one side of the head with teachers name, and school on associated symptoms of light or the back of the poster. ! 643-739- 644-462- 4. K-1- ! I wouldnt be a graceful loser. Polite, applause would not be something that came naturally, and Id probably try to trip her as she passed by. If I were the actress who came out on the short end of the Oscar stick, the Taking the steps to the stage three at time, (trailing toilet paper on my heel), I would get up .there. and thank every one from the delivery room nurse when I was bom, to the Avon lady. The escorters would have cameras would zoom in and to handcuff and drag me away. You hear that the Oscar cel- catch me mouthing classy words such as, Sallys mom wears ebration parties are huge, with lavish decorations, food and en- army boots! tertainment. What Im curious The Oscars are fun for us or-- about is where do the losers go folks-a- ll those stars, with after-thdisappointing evening? that money; the glitz, glitter They probably hock their clothes and the many fans! I believe at the nearest pawn shop, and events like the Oscars spoil the go down to Billy Bobs Bowling - e stars. They probably get hooked Alley to drown their sorrows. . . sound sensitivity and nausea, WTiile more than 28 million Americans suffer from the de- bilitating impact of migraine, Whiter Teeth... 52 percent, or more than 14 lion migraine sufferers, go undi-al- l agnosed by a physician, Sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer, the contest will culminate dur-o- n mil-dina- ry being cheered or applauded all the time. I know the constant attention would have an effect on me. I would be so accustomed to the cheering crowds that Id never get out of my parked car unless I had an audience. And whats with the clothes these women wear? Some of them really try your imagination...while still others leave nothing to it! While they may be rich and famous, many of the actresses in the must not be overly-gifte- d I read brains department. that several presenters paid over fifty thousand for the dresses they were wearing, (which appeared to be little more than glorified bikinis). If I paid $50,000 for a dress, I would expect a whole lot of material! The less is better concept goes right out the win dow when youre paying $500-plu- s a yard. But I guess designers get a lot of exposure when a sound byte announces who de- - Brighter Smile... a ...and it was so easy! 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