Sallaway says keeping everyone healthy is a marathon, not a sprint.
in their late 20s and early 30s. Has Sallaway ever wanted to perform in a C irqu e du Solei! show? "That would take a lot of training for me," she says with a laugh, adding that she doesn't mind working behind the scenes. Now expecting h er first child in Nove mb er, she has no intention of swinging from the trapeze anytime soon, but sports have always been a big part of her life. "I grew up playing more traditional sports," including basketball, voll eyball and row ing. "Being an athletic person led me in this direction." She started playing volley-
ball during her first yea r at Guelph an d then beca me the team 's trai ner. Living in Las Vegas for the past three years has given Sallaway a new appreciation for the city's daytime activities . " I love it here. I live by a place called R ed R oc k Canyon. In abo ut a 10minute drive, we can be walking our dog in the most amazing landscape you could ever see, so that kind of spoils us." Working late hours also fits into the Vegas lifestyle. Sallaway usually fini shes work at midnight w hen the nightlife is just ge tting started. " It would be just as busy at the casino as it was when I
Dickenson's cookbook, Margaret's Table - Easy Cooking & Inspiring Entertaining, was sold at the event, w ith $20 from eac h book donated to the Ottawa Cancer Foundation. From left: Diane Deans and authors Val Willis, Grete Hale and Margaret Dickenson.
cam e into work," she says. "The city doesn 't shu t dow n w h en yo u head home that late." She m et her husband , also an athletic therapist, at Sheridan College. H e now works fo r C riss Angel Beli eve, a C irque du Solei! producti on . Years aft er having see n her fir st C irque du Soleil show in high sc hool, Sallaway enjoys being on the other side of the curtain."It's fun when I go backstage and I ca n hea r th e audi e nce applauding and think that I had a little bit to do w ith that." BY SUSAN BUBAK
• Donna McCaw, BA '69 , is a former teach er, a retirem ent expert and an author who says most people spend more time planning a two -week vacation than their retirement, w hi ch might last 25 years. H er new book, It's Your Time, provides a guideline for those w ho want a fulfi lling and successful retire-
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