HEALTH : St Castlégar News October 16, 1983 Massage myth gets ar b do VANCOUVER (CP)'— Lorraine Bruce gets the feeling she's rubbing people the wrong way when she mentions her new found interest '— massage. Bruce, 82, is a student at the new West Coast College of Massage Therapy, which opened here in S and is at times or not pleasurable, ‘That's not the central issue. (Pleasurable feelings) are certainly not the purpose in terms of professional massage therapy. 5 r8 NERVOUS are nervous about the first school of its kind. west of Ontario. But Bruce has found that being a massage therapy student means dealing with smirks, snide remarks and snickers. She wants people to understand there is a difference between therapeutic massages and the kind administered in body rub parlors and steam rooms. “Massage had always scared me,” said Bruce. “I'd walked down Yonge Street in Toronto and saw all those massage parlors and had a certain attitude towards people who did Then, tension and muscle spasms in her waist and spine caused by her job as a waitress led Bruce to a massage therapist. “I was expecting something sensuous, whereas this wasn't sensuous,” she said. “As a matter of fact, there was an element of disappointment, but I walked away with my ailment gone.” CORRECTS AILMENT John Ranney, director of the new college, said massage therapy is still in its professional infancy, but he hopes the medical massage as a or i for “You don't start a costly two-year school to train people in something that is a fringe therapy,” he said. “It has to be more mainstream.” aheleoeee is one ct three massage schools in Canada yy the A of F Provides The other two are in Ontario. Ranney said massage should not be thought of as a feel-good method of because the for giving a massage should‘not be to create a pleasurable sensation. “Massage, because it’s a tactile form, can be pleasurable Frompatient to working nurse VANCOUVER (CP) — The nurses working on the third floor at the G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre were so intrigued when they heard that Patty Szafranski was going to be a new co-worker that they tried doing their work the way she would be doing it — from a wheelchair. ‘That was four months ago. Since then, Secular a 22-year-old has transition from nursing student to patient to Seon nurse. Last January, Szafranski’s spine was injured in a car accident — just two days after writing her nursing exams —and she was left paralysed from the waist down. It was during her stay at G.F. Strong that she active-duty nursing become part of her rehabilitation their profession being associated not only with body rub ‘parlors, but with massages given through beauty salons and various spas by unlicensed practitioners. To receive a licence from the Association of Professional Massage Practitioners of B.C., a person must graduate from an accredited school and pass an association’ registration: exam. Those practising without a licence can be prosecuted under the B.C, Physiotherapist Act,. said Marc White, president of the massage section of the association. The program. “T'm not the kind of person to sit at a desk all day, right?” she says. .“I mean, I'm sitting all day, but I’m, doing things = Physical tect ceived by the centre's medical director Dr. George Hahn and McKay, director of nursing. i GIVEN A CHANCE, “She's young, she's just starting off in her career, and I think people should be given the opportunity to try these things,” said McKay. “And we, above all, must help people try — that’s our whole mission as a rehabilitation centre.” ‘ McKay and Hahn said that nurses with spinal cord injuries have been known to teach and counsel, but, to their knowledge, active-duty nursing from a wheelchair has not been done before. “It's veryk hard going from the patient role — being friends with everyone — and then all of a sudden being in the nurse role,” Szafranski said. “It could have been uncomfortable.” But the reaction from her patients, both on the floor where she started working and the floor where she had been:a patient, has been one of total acceptance. Pat Love, in-service nursing co-ordinator, said patients are reacting positively to Szafranski because she has shared their experience and is easy to confide in. “Just the other day, someone started venting a few things. I got a little teary-eyed and explained that I had been through the same thing,” said Szafranski. “I didn't bawl my eyes out — just a few tears for a second. He was afraid to cry, but he did. It was important letting him know it’s okay to cry.” ROUTINE DUTIES Her duties are mostly routine — getting patients ready for their daily p: and assisting with their personal hygiene — but there are certain barriers she has overcome. Her arms have grown much stronger during the past few months, a combination of crutch-walking and lifting patients from their beds to their chairs and back again. Certain procedures have been altered to make them peers that shevis a capable active-duty nurse, but he doesn’t know where the experience will lead her when her rehabilitation ends in a few months and she begins looking for work. He believes hospitals should take a look at her potential as an active-duty nurse. “They should have her prove or disprove that she can or can't perform, But seeing a red flag when the word Leonie ae is mentioned, I think that’s pretty narrow- ted.” Is Your Name in OPEN MONDAYS? LOOK NOW! Many individuals, organizations and businesses have expressed an inter- est in doing their part to help ease Canada’s unemployment problems. These programs are designed to turn this interest into action. Program Consolidation Canada’s 12 employment programs have been streamlined into four Works, Career-, ‘Access, LEAD, and the Job as has been designed to make it easier for job “seekers, and to encourage private sector participation. 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More than 300,000 individuals will “benefit from a combination of fund- ing from government, and enter- ae ideas from the business community and the non-profit sector. ° ONENEGENEELSASESUSEOERONOOOEOEOELEOEUO Fn ANN October 16, 1983 t ffs For a mortgage ‘*:Debt consolidation. © Car insurance ANN “*& Home improvements We Have Funds Available i 4 ‘Kootenay Savings CASTLEGAR: 365-3975, Across from Post Office SOUTH SLOCAN: 359-7221. Highwey 3A nae MN ERIC CLOUGH —A | SOLAR PROPHET “SHARES His. SECRETS Tis interview wits Brie Clough! arrears pre planned. With flowed from computer prec a nae energy ‘conser- vation. It flirted with alternate-lifestyles ‘theories ‘and " before di akg the adv of solar heating, in . Nie it, was the reporter who cc ithe. mes But it was, this | Winlaw-based architect, * computer enthusiast and solar Prophet who masta minded the conversation. "Quite likely, Clough (pronounced. Cluff) had a draft Stories and photos — by Diane Strandberg freedom}. we don’ place restrictions cacach other; we believe in’ independence.” PH featylea “t ther day,” Clough and in life oredr vec ae a oe wotunteee nearly, LSD copy of the proposed interview long before thé had even sppesree ‘at the front door. of the tortrese-like | hide-a-7 id computer, the final draft is conceived and spat out of the print-out machine. Like computer-drafted designs, thi ‘Nevertheless, it would’ meeting with Clough and his their two cats and one dog, a outdoor privy’ before’ the, precludes all Open ‘to ‘the Seon y Pee The visitor becomes a friend Sippl by withetandng « the.rigors of an‘outh brisk ither. 3 Sa oa ug ‘ without the,” all the warmth of a well-meaniig Santa‘Claus excessive jollity, extends his hand Jn welcome and otter 3 brewing a'big ‘earthenware pot of Earl: Grey inthe “ expansive kiteben. And to'a visitor the two of them look |” trad a dertlcdntipey tdockgd von emd i 2 “Their clothes ‘are of natural ‘fabrics,: I aesdfr all creda i jer 3 3 wooden’ table that is flanked ‘by tatching ‘wooden - pottery: benches. Then Gaskin disappears, into: ti another five kilometres up a winding'back road to the remote location of Clough and Gaskin’s studio/h Toa O'Leary. Ken-Kesey. Clough maint that LSD ean be used ‘to encourage « creativity. But only under controlled ‘conditions. Drawa to Canada 16 years ago because it was the Gare raid 2 sora ete oe! Gaeta New Fazuty Bilety Sees with five other staunch energy conservationist like Clough, mere Ges (ioe pratima Pills eae Instead the reporter cites the fact that Clough, 53, was recently featured in a Kerry Banks article in the Aug./Sept. issue of Harrowsmith. That out of the way, she notes that Clough won the 1961 Canadian Housing - Council. award.for his innovative solar house, dubbed Cldugh looks neither smug hor emberassed when his list of ace d like so many movie credits at the end of a film. But he does say that-he is somewhat taken aback to find rumors circulating about him being a bit of a mystic with a varied history that ibeluded fein into nudism and “free love.” ~ th Clough and Gaskin first came to the Keotnage ep their native California to set up a communal — or bind Clough cls “intentional” “couples they considered their, extended family. ‘The _ society bought 200 acres of wooded land on a hill behind - Winlaw and'set up a communal lifestyle. 5 _ We don't believe in private ownership of land as a Nel fouly dott Re ee aes coasting firm, Ventures I Design Ltd., he has recently. partnerships. : become involved in two computer retailing “One shouldn't try to deny. the way the. world fonctions,” admits Clough: But he later qualifies ‘this concept,” said Clough in a'soothi: that ‘one: ‘associates more with doctors than extravagant society. Today, he spends a great deal of time. ‘trends and di dealing with problems of the future. ~ He shares some of these th ming ‘up ideas for. by adding: slesn say we dit belleys In grass igor - believes in aoe ing at te sores pote th so all with: his ee $100 computer. system he uses for designing. : Bottom photo: Clough with his peompanion; Carol Gaskin, and dog Sam: natural materials from the site so the building is\ Andigenous to the area. He has’ introduced this very concept in designing the home he shares with Gaskin. The-8,200-square-foot structure was built with the lumber remilled on the site, with some salvaged materials Such as the imposing front door that used to grace a ae meoatiers See casa can the house overlooks aipand ist tema ected oa "The Kishen cverooks the pond ands pen to the és a reading area “tts Gongh nd Gets a resting place for Sam theidog,:.! : : Sate ane Bb teal ote look! of- a gigantic here; ‘muaintained at a cool 60° Farenheit: Clough runa pawer tools and ‘his off of a <> Both ‘Clough and. Gaskin’ profess to be energy efficient and would prefer to live in's passive solar house > that epitomized their belief system: After 80 years of bufldings,;Clough could designing ‘conceivably dream up ideas in his sleep. In fact, he does, Where moat artists might be expected to draw their from their or Clough’s architectural creativity surfaces when he ‘. “The question of Sone is a hard one, for buildings. I instance, I dream dream architecture, I see pletures inside ‘my head.” systems ek architecture after te learned that his 8100 unit and ptint-out system could be programmed to do his repetitious ‘drafting work, thereby tripling his output. says he will use his computer business to introduce other architects to the wonders of electronic with hnol aside, ina’ of the Future” course he helps teach at David ‘Thompson | University, Centre. ‘As well; Clough is involved in organizing “Cor + down 2000”, a conference sponsored by DTUC that ‘vit focus on technology and society’s options for the future: community — they don't “prosely Says Clough seni “We. believe in Personal ys SOLAR 1... . Eric Clough designed Solar 1 which won the 1981 Canadian Housing gpenell ewaee This elevation drawing was penned When asked how he justifies his various‘ business in light. of ‘his communal philosophy, Clough denies 2 a ere motive. : Building VENTURES ihc snap I = cop-rmenr \ Bee