ca Castlegar News October 5, 1986 MEDICAL SOCIETY OK’S SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD TORONTO (CP) — Surrogate motherhood, when there is no medical reason a woman cannot carry her own child, is ethically unacceptable, a conference on fertility was told. A report by the ethics committee of the American Fertility Society, which sets ethical guidelines on matters involving new repr i i was ined Guidelines for wills urged TORONTO (CP) — Agencies regulating doctors across most of Canada have few rules preventing physicians from taking advantage of their position by becoming beneficiaries in the wills of elderly patients. Although the Canadian Medical Association's code of ethics requires that a physician “will take neither physical, i nor financial advantage of his patient,” only a few “When people are vulnerable, special precautions have to be taken to ensure they're not taken advantage of,” she said. The College of Ph, Surg the governing body for the province's medical profession, has issued a warning to doctors that “the greater the trust or confidence which a patient has in a physician, the greater the provinces have issued official guidelines on money or property from patients’ estates. In Manitoba and Alberta, physicians are strictly prohibited from knowingly obtaining money under the terms of a patient's will unless the physican can provide written evidence that the patient obtained independent advice from committee chairman Dr. Howard Jones of Norfolk, Va. He said “convenience or vanity” of women who want to have children of their own, yet avoid pregnancy, was not morally justifiable. The report warns that “white women of higher class may use white and minority women of a lower class as surrogates.” Although the report, which was two years in the making, has no legal status, medical scientists involved in the field of human reproduction are expected to follow the guidelines, Jones said in an interview. Many Canadian doctors are members of the American Fertility Society The committee recommended that in cases where a woman cannot carry her own child because ‘she has no womb, a surrogate pregancy would be ethically ptable — providing it was as a clinical experiment, approved by a review committee and with all the safeguards involved in any experimental medical treatment. Seme-women produce eggs normally but have had their uterus removed surgically or are born without a normal uterus. In such a case, the egg is obtained from the woman, fertilized with her husband's sperm and implanted in the surrogate mother. Genetically the baby is not the child of the woman who bears it. MANY UNKNOWNS The report said much remains unknown about surrogate pregnancies, such as whether there is bonding between a fetus and the surrogate mother during jon and what ps: ical impact occurs on the three adults involved. Jones said the committee recommended there be no payment, other than expenses, for surrogate mothers and no finder’s fee to doctors or nurses for obtaining for a couple the services of a woman willing to be a surrogate. The first birth of a baby born to a woman not the biological mother of the child was at Mt. Sinai Clinic in Cleveland in April. The report also calls for tissue testing to ensure a child born to a surrogate mother is genetically the child of the couple, not the result of a normal conception in a woman made pregnant by her own partner. Hospital pamphlet scares patients EDMONTON (CP) — About the last thing you'd want to see in a package of The Calgary hospital plans forms before you enter hos- to include pamphlets in pre- pital isa hi ini dmi pack ex how you might be asked to plaining the use of consenting participate in a medical ex- patients in research — about periment. one per cent are so involved. Such a plan is being con- Officials say the pamphlet sidered by the Foothills Hos- reflects a growing concern pital in Calgary and it upsets about malpractice suits in Dr. Tony Russell. He's the North America and empha chairman of the University of sizes a patient's right not to Alberta Hospital's ethical re- participate. view committee and he Russell says the best ap thinks patients could be proach is to ask patients frightened from treatment if “face-to-face.” they're warned they might be part of an experiment. an But in most provi i i d Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and British Columbia official guidelines exist, and advocacy groups fear some doctors could take financial advantage of elderly patients. misconduct after he accepted gifts worth $74,000 from a patient in her 80s and helped her change her will to make him the executor and sole beneficiary. He was assessed legal costs of $6,000 and eventually returned the gifts, ging he had acted i CHANGE Last November, the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons ruled Dr. Alvin Anderson was guilty of Pires : s properly. who are often lonely and on their p! A coalition of senior citizens’ groups has urged the Ontario government to protect the elderly by financing 4 system of advocates for people “who may or may not have sufficient inherent capacity to make real choices with respect to their property.” MANY CONFUSED Many elderly patients are confused and vulnerable without being legally defined as mentally incompetent, said David Baker, executive director of the Advocacy Resource Centre for the Handicapped in Toronto. Patricia Spindel, a spokesman for a group called Concerned Friends of Ontario Citizens in Care Facilities would like to see the province adopt strict rules similar to those in Manitoba and Alberta. New diet helps battle obesity NEW YORK (AP) — Women can fight obesity, osteoporosis, cancer and menstrual dil with diets that emphasize iron, calcium and low-fat foods and by avoiding tobacco, the American Dietetic Associa- tion says. The plan is an attempt to ease “the confusion caused by the barrage of single diet- disease recommendations cast upon the public in recent years,” said association presi- dent Anita Owen. It includes calcium and for osteoporosis, iron to compensate for menstrual loss and fat restrictions and a ban on smoking to fight cancer. But experts at the associa tion's news conference cautioned that evidence link- ing diet to prevention of cancer and osteoporsis is weak or indirect, and diet is only one of many factors leading to some diseases. eLimit total fat to no more than one-third of daily calories. eEat at least half of daily calories trom carbohydrates, especially complex carbohyd. rates like those in beans, peas, pasta, vegetables, nuts and seeds. e Eat a daily variety of fibre-rich foods, such as fresh fruit, vegetables, whole grains and legumes. e@ Include three or four daily servings of calcium-rich foods, such as low-fat milk. yogurt and cheese, broccoli. sardines or canned salmon with bones, and collard greens. Include plenty of iron-rich foods, such as lean meat, liver, prunes, pinto and kidney beans, spinach, leafy green vegetables, and enriched and whole-grain breads and cereals. Women should also limit salt intake, exercise for 20 minutes three days a week. The guidelines, which gen-_ restrict alcohol to one or two erally resemble recommen- drinks a day and use vitamin dations from other groups for and mineral supplements fighting particular deseases, only in special circumstances, the guidelines say Those circumstances may include pregnancy and breast-feeding, old age. calorie-restricted diets and certain medical conditions. the association said. a daily variety of low-fat dairy foods, low-fat meat or meat alternatives, vegetables and fruits, and whole-grain breads and cereals. pt in xpe gifts from a 68-year-old female patient and in proposing changes to her will for his benefit. In its decision, the college noted that Isabella Allen was “a particularly vulnerable woman.” Anderson's is i Parts & A.M. " 1 4" Service A.M.= 6 A.M.-8 p.m. Mon.-Fri. 9-5 Sat. A.M.= All Make Servicing “14" = $14 Lube, Oil, Filter & Coffee Daily Parts Delivery to Castlegar! A.M. TRAIL B.C. Dealer #7338 Hi ARROW BEER & WINE STORE with Allen was “a position of trust,” the college said, and it suspended Anderson's licence for three months. However, the case is under appeal and Anderson is still practising medicine in Toronto. Allen became Anderson's patient in May 1978 after he operated to remove a tumor from her breast, the college was told. In August 1979 she changed her will to make Anderson the sole beneficiary and sole executor of her estate. She also gave him the deed to a building lot in Florida. During the next three years, Anderson saw Allen an average of three times a month. At Christmas in 1980, he took her on a three-day holiday for which he paid cash. In December 1981, Allen took her will to Anderson and he proposed changes to make it easier for him to acquire the estate, evidence at the hearing showed. However, the will was never signed. Allen eventually asked Anderson to return the building lot, and she filed a complaint against him with the college. 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Juhasz said Forests Minister Jack Kempf will make the final decision based on recommendations arising from the inquiry Castles Westar was threatened last April with the removal of about 143,000 cubic metres from its annual allowable cut (AAC), reducing the AAC from 1,067,000 cubie metres to 924,000 cubic metres. Westar had been undercutting its TFL by an average of about 140,000 cubic metres a year over the past five years, prompting the ministry's call for a reduction. Harry Gairns of the Industrial Forest Service in Prince George, who chaired the Sept. 15 inquiry, was told by Westar that the proposed reduction was based on slow recession years. remaining intact Westar's Woodlands Manager Bob Korda, when told today of Juhasz's statement, said he would prefer to await the official announcement before making a comment but added; “If that is the decision, we would certainly look at it very positively.” Korda said he was aware that Gairns had made a recommendation but he said Westar had no idea what to expect. \W Vp VOL. 39, No. 81 Westar said the modernized mill's greater efficiency and higher productivity necessitated the original TFL No. 23 “We certainly felt we should not be reduced because of what happened in previous years,” he said. Juhasz, when asked about the decision's impact on small mills in the area, replied that it was far too early to had been made. He explained that the Kootenay Lake Timber Supply area had been made available to smaller mills. Several bids were received on the area and he said offers to 11 companies Juhasz said it is up to the individual companies to eubie metres. ar News CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1986 accept or reject the offer. The AAC in the Kootenay Lake area is about 310,000 WEATHERCAST ‘Mostly sunny Thursday ond Fridey with occasional dense morning fog clearing betore noon. Highs 20° and lows 3°-5°. Outlook tor the weekend is more of the some. 4 Sections (A, B, C&O) Imprisoned women halt fast VANCOUVER (CP) — Family mem- bers and friends have persuaded three jailed Sons of Freedom women who went without food for at least 59 of the last 65 days to begin eating again. Lynn Stevenson, director of Lake side Correctional Centre, said Tuesday Mary Braun, Tina Zmaeff and Pauline Berikoff started eating again Monday. “They had some phone calls and visits from their relatives and friends,” Stevenson said. The three women were sentenced on September to six months for setting a fire in the Doukhobor Heritage Centre fin Grand Forks, B.C. They started their latest series of fasts when they were arrested Aug. 3. Stevenson said the women still are weak but have started to regain some strength Both Braun, 65, and Zmaeff, 61, were on parole when they lit the August fire. Premier here for breakfast By CasNews Staff Premier Bill Vander Zalm will return to the Rossland-Trail riding Friday this time as part of an election campaign swing through the province Vander Zalm was last in the West Kootenay in August to announced a $55 million share purchase agreement with Cominco Ltd. in Trail This Friday he and Audrey Moore, the Social Credit candidate in Ross land-Trail, will host a public breakfast at 9 a.m. at the Uplander Hotel in Rossland. Vander Zalm will then depart for i ZL Nelson where he is scheduled to speak FISH FOR LAKE... . Peter Brown, assistant hatchery upon arrival at Scottie’s Marina Tuesday. The 20,000 Unexpected SHSS costs a concern Stanley Humphries secondary school coffers face a heavy drain if a remedy for unexpected expenses is not found soon. SHSS Principal Gordon Shead and Student Activities Co-ordinator Jack Closkey met with the Castlegar school board’s education committee Monday evening to express concern over the cost of the school’s minibuses and the use of the Selkirk College gymnasium. Closkey told the committee the three minibuses, all 1979 models, could take up to $8,000 from student activity funds. Already, one of the three buses has been taken off the road and will cost an estimated $1,000 to put it back in use. Closkey cited such problems on the aged bus as torn seats and body rust. He estimated the other two buses have only about one to one-and-a-half years of use left in them. Closkey also said custodial charges for the college gym are an additional drain on school funds. SHSS has been forced to use the college gymnasium while its own gymnasium undergoes massive renovations Closkey said Mal Stelk, Selkirk College's Physical Education and Ath letie Department head, informed him SHSS must pay the custodial cost if it is to use the gymnasium after 3:30 p.m. on weekdays. Closkey said it will result in a cost of $108.44 each week plus an additional $100 to $125 for weekend use. Selkirk has also expressed concern about displacing its paying customers. Closkey said “This is an expense that the school usual did not count on and simply cannot cover,” Closkey said in a letter to the committee. “I feel the athletic program is extremely important to the school and has proven itself over the years.” Trustee Rick Pongracz expressed disappointment in the college's atti- tude “I remember when I was a kid, talking about how great it would be to have a college here with so many facilities,” he said. “That school has done nothing for this community and this is a fine example.” The committee recommended that the policy. between SHSS and Selkirk be clarified regarding facility use. It is also looking into having some of the custodial costs offset As well, the committee will consider the concept of paying volunteer drivers to help offset the costs of the school's minibuses. In other matters, a letter from School District No. 4, Windermere, created concern on the committee re- garding a recent experience with busing students to neighboring school districts. Under the School Act, parents have the right to send their children to the school of their choice. Reasons such as “possible local conditions, conflicts and other circumstances” were cited in the letter as probable reasons for parents sending their children outside the school district But the Castlegar education mittee expressed concern that actions locally may contribute serious drop in enrolment and possible school closures continued on page A2 INSIDE at a rally at noon at the David supervisor at the Kootenay Trout Hatchery in War fish were placed in the Castlegar and District Wildlite pays you the ‘Thompson’ college campus, dner Association's fish net pen at the marina GET OUT ALIVE: The interest up fron fully guarant Deposit Insuranc Fund. 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DFA 154 - Pacific Western Castlegar to: /~N ‘Christmas Discount Return Pare $109.00 For reservations or information on discount fares to other destinations call your travel agent or Pacific Western at 365-8488 Vancouver * Transportation tax not included * Fares are limited and subject to availability and government approval * Tickets are completely non-refundable * Minimum 2-day stay * Tickets must be paid for within 7 days of booking * Travel must commence and be completed between December | and January 10 iS He will spend about two hours in Nelson before leaving for Creston. En route, he will stop in Salmo at the local trade fair in the Kootenay Stone Centre In other election news, an all-can didates forum will be held Thursday at Selkirk College's Castlegar campus. Rossland-Trail NDP candidate Chris D'Arcy and Nelson-Creston NDP can didate Corky Evans will join Moore in outlining the planks in their respective platforms. The Socreds’ candidate in Nelson Creston, Howard Dirks, was invited to take part in the forum but declined We wanted to hear from all the candidates within the ridings served by Selkirk College,” said Geoff Lee, a student in the Electronic Publishing program and an editor with the student newspaper Chameleon, which is spon soring the forum The forum goes from 12:30 m Meanwhile, Dirks filed his nomi nation papers Tuesday in Nelson. In a prepared release Dirks said he pre sented 500 names to returning officers ‘at the Chahko Mika Mall, though only 50 names are required 1 was amazed at how supporters from all over the constituency joined in the efforts to have these nomination papers signed in force.” Dirks said in the release 1:30 unloads Gerrard rainbow trout fry from truck By CasNews Staff Former Castlegar News reporter Simon Birch captured the top award in MacMillan Bloedel's 24th annual community journalism awards com. petition Birch won first prize and $500 in the hard news category for his articles on the trial of a 71-year-old Sons of Freedom woman sentenced for arson The articles were published in the Sept. 25 and Oct. 6, 1985 Castlegar News. Birch left the newspaper last month to live and work in California. Meanwhile, another former Cas. News reporter picked up the top award in the editorial writing cate gory. Richmond Review reporter Diane Strandberg, who worked for the CasNews from 1982-83, won first prize and $500 for her column Island File, whieh dealt with child abuse in schools. The judges for this year’s awards program were Debra Sweeney. Multi Media Kuash, ment Business Couneil Living Magazine of SIMON BIRCH for reporting of B.C Birch captures top award go for Andrew Scott, editor of Wes writer and producer for The Eyes Productions vice-president and public affairs Tim radio and stations will . . former statter The awards were presented last week by Eric Lauritzen, vice presi of MacMillan Bloede!'s pulp snd paper marketing, at the annual convention of the B.C. and Yukon ommunity Newspapers Associa ion in Richmond the home dent tree ot the cones ALIEN TREE: SANTA ROSA, Colit. (AP alien tree has declared war on the peace loving residents of the Silvercrest senior citizens home ‘Whoosh typical cssault by the 30-metre Australion bunya-bunya tree that dominates the parking lot behind the home The tree has been bombing cars for the last three weeks with seven-kilogram cones the size of bowling balls Poor cor looked with distress at her automobile s dented top things hit you on the head. my! You d be six feet under In addition to $515 in damage to Thurman s car reported to have wrecked o second cor tenance man, and generally scared the 208 elderly folks who live at Captain Stan Mollery of the Salvation Army the centre, said he has closed off the section of the lot beneath the ‘Only God con make a tree But with this tree Castlegar area will join the rest of Canada Thursdoy evening in a national fire drill called Plan to Get Out Alive. At 7 p.m. precisely television broadcast ao fire alarm intended to test fire escape precautions in homes A2 UNDER SUPERVISION: Castlegar Savings Credit Union said today it has gone under voluntary supervision by the Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corp A2 A huge. missile-tossing splat!” was how Rondy Patrick described a murmured 80-year-old Mary Thurman as she It one of these the cones are nearly bopped a main administrator said he gingerly cradling one God works in mysterious ways