0) Laptaianont Libra: % CASTLEGAR NEWS, September:14, 1983 | Sex and the senior citizen bide Directory will be peesn tea up to 5 Pim Telephone 365-5210 VANCOUVER (CP) — The pervasive myth in society that older people simply aren't, or shouldn't be, sexual Deutem: te 8 false one econding to the expects And’ yet it d by about con- tinuing ator abilities, societal Pressures and our cul- ture’s emphasis on youth. Jean Buzan, 61, of White Rock, BC., started a. ger ata college in nearby New Westminster in 1978. She now lectures on topics such as Sexuality and Aging, speaking to groups of professionals who work with older people, Buzan said the idea of the older person as asexual being is a myth she wants to bury. She said that'as a couple grows older certain inhibitions are lifted. With children grown; privacy i - Brian L. ‘Brown Certified General Accountant, bia Ava: MUST TASS AN LQ »)_ Tes. oy 70 UOIN THE ARAY YOU W ‘Sept. 27 for the mon and the fears that go along with becoming pregnant dissipate. And the pa act itself often takes more:time, which can increase the pleasure for both partners. . But sin spite of that, says Dr. George Szasz of the University of B.C.’s faculty of medicine, sex Practices do drop off as people become older.‘ OFFERS REASONS ies The reason for the decline, however, is not because someone is 70 years old, Szasz said, but because of factors such as lack of’a partner, sickness or social isolation. “As a rule of thumb, those: persons who have been active sexually and were satisfied with their sexual life tend to retain a higher level of activity in old age,” sald Szasz, who specializes in sexual problems. Edward O'Brien of Vancouver is 70; newly widowed, and a daily visitor to # seniors’ drop-in centre. He agrees that sexuality remains intact as a person ages, but said the sex drive tends to change character. “You don’t want to climb into bed with everyone coming around,” he said. “But if you really like someone, it's hard to avoid slipping an arm around them.” But because youth, beauty and sex appear so inter- connected in popular eplure - as presented in movies, ads an — seniors th begin to believe that wrinkles, white skin add up to a vision that is not young and beautiful, and therefore undesireable. “It's (popular- culture) all geared toward youth and beauty,” said Buzan. “It’s so sad. The idea of a wrinkled old hag and a pot-bellied old man is disgusting to people.” Gloria Gutman, director of the Gerontology Centre at Simon Fraser University, said a double standard exists between the sexes when it comes to aging and sexuality. DOUBLE STANDARD “There's a transition from a young, sexy thing to an alluring older woman, then toa sexless older woman. But we expect the men to go on.” Both Gutman and Buzan said if an older woman has a relationship with a younger man, it’s regarded as pathetic, whereas if an older man marries a fairly young woman we may nudge each other and say, “OF Joe's still ' ‘got it, eh?” Sometimes the problem is not so much societal, but.the . fact that a person has no suitable partner. Lack of a partner mostly affects women, as there are about 10 Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN . Certified General Accountants WITH B-E.W.C. TO PI FORTH wis ASK aOR JOHN _BEAUMARK APP ROVIDE ALt P, E hs ‘OF THE: 241 Columbia Ave... Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 Soligo, Koide & John Chartered Accountants 615 Columbia Ave. SHELDON’S CARPET] CLEANING - PROFESSIONAL _ “SERVICE. For carpets and Boarding, tap! SY \STextures‘and’” FOR FREE ESTIMATE CALL AURORA ORYWALL CONTRACTING LTD.” (Upstairs) Castlegar | Phone 365.7745 Henry John, B.Sc., C.A. Resident Partner women to every four unmarried men over the age of.65. 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Highs, 0 20 per ‘and ce of precipitation: Peasndey wl bemuth of the same witha 10 per cent chance of precipitation. + MOL. '36,'No. 75 4 Sections (A, B, C&D) that | will: APENTICION (CP), —‘It's the pot’ calling the. kettle black, when the: pro that ‘municipalities have been loose with their ‘spending habits, says Castlegar Mayor Au r Union of B.C. Municipalities. Ul the p y Moore, new president of the’ which its: spending’ P12 per cent in the current fiscal year, municipal to less than five’ ikept their t Moore told delegates at the final session of the Moore said ‘the Municipal: INS ‘Affairs Minister’ Bill Ritchie’ has agreed to‘meet with the union's sxeetee to discuss its tohis Act ) laud’ use’ pl Pate developments which affect’ more than one sores eheee _ Earlier the union passed a resolution’ calling ‘for. the to the bill. But just minutes before Moore's speech to the delegates Ritchie said he was even more convinced that removal of mitch of the regional districts’ planning responsibilities is warranted. He said he had many meetings with people about G5 MAYOR AUDREY MOORE ... New. UBCM president | Making sure that we, who say that planning should take place, have the courage to put that plan.in, register it, and not make any major alterations to ie before five, and I say, even 10 years.” Several of Ritchie's critics’ at the convention ‘have complained that ‘he ‘does not understand municipal changes and “as a result I'm more indeed we are on the right track.” Ritchie said that before he entered politics, he had been e when he was in a Fraser Valley feed business. “There is red tape out there and I do realize there are George Thom, the ‘union's outgoing president, said he thinks Ritchie is practising a policy used by former municipal affairs minister Bill Vander Zalm — floating a trial balloon to judge how far he can go with policy changes. The ded from across the province, was divided. in its ‘Fesponse to tae. out there who di in and try and I can assure you, as one who in past Way traced largest ¢rowd in years. ;palgn kickoff. years hasigone through the pains of building an industrial CooNewsPhovo by RonNormon plant, I many times wished I had gone to some other part of FUNDING TO - BE CHAMBER'S | Mana. Lid rn seine teh Depart. ee reins Sou y, TOP PRIORITY - By CHERYL CALDERBANK Stati Writer Bob Stansbury's a! ees estes as 5 Bem of the Cs to generate funds’ in ae to Be c chamber on financially solid ground. “In order to do the job the chamber should be doing, : you have to become more financially stable,” the 38-year-old manager. told a bureday regular chamber meeting. “Membership is a big source of growth.” hy Castlegar, there are only 114 paid chamber members. He also said the chamber isn't doing enough in the community. does the Chamber do?’ Obviously-I think the chamber hasn't done enough. “If we had 400 members there would be no question as to what the chamber does. The chamber could be active in all areas," ‘Stansbury said in his first official address to chamber members. Something like the Lions’ Rodeo, we couldn't consider doing anything that large. He said the chamber ‘will have to start small and work to bigger projects. “We're gonna start with smaller projects that will be of interest to the business Soromanity and create more Stansbury noted that of the 400 business licenses in “It's just disturbing to find people who ask, ‘What, “898 STANSBURY «chamber manager Ss ‘y told about 30 at the chamt meeting that many concerns which have been pointed out to him"in his six weeks as manager, could be properly addressed with a strong chamber. Such concegns include a new building for the “We. are ‘very .limited with what we can do, » chamber, money’ being spent outside the local area, a recreation vehicle parking lot and brochures showing places of interest in the Castlegar area. 'y, a native of M 1 who has resided here for only five months, calls Castlegar, “a diamond in the rough.” He cited many benefits of living in the area, ‘such as Casth being a recreational haven, having an funding through new. and a lot more and compete on the social scene.® ‘of living, having progressive business- ” ‘continued on poge A2 nae nn 2 = & = = = = ua the province because of the obstacles that were put in our nA way. “The big obstacle that is in the way of smooth, least-cost One Maple Ridge delegate reflected the minority position when he told the convention: “Listen to your public. They're tired of being overgoverned. They're tired of being ‘overregulated and‘ it’s time to cut government. The provincial government is reading that and we are not.” development of our communities is'a plan that is flexible, But M ed up the feeling of the majority of the delegates when she said municipalities have been more than that may be moved around — in other words an unofficial community plan,” said Ritchie. towards. the provincial government in managing their finances and “we “haven't: had the criticism from’ our “That is what we should b I that the province has.” = DOCTOR RECOMMENDS Free Doukhobor trio. VANCOUVER (CP) — Three female Sons of Free- dom “Doukhobor prisoners who are fasting in a bid to gain their freedom should be granted parole and returned home, says the doctor who force-fed one of them in July. The federal government should release ‘the women even if it sets a precedent for blackmail because force-feed- ing them or watehing them die are the only alternatives, said Dr. Doug Roberts of Victoria. Roberts made the com- ments after a senior Correc- tional Service of Canada ‘official said Mary Astaforoff is in failing health and in danger of slipping into a Baty as early as this week- “the official, who asked not to be named, could not say whether Solicitor General Robert Kaplan is considering ordering that Astaforoff be force-fed to save her life. Kaplan could not be reached for:comment Friday and his aides were not returning tel- ephone calls. Astaforoff was force-fed in July following an 18-day hunger strike to disrupt the prison system and force the release of two other mem- bers of the radical Sons of Doukhobor sect from the Penitentiary for Women in Kingston, Ont. Astaforoff, Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff haven't eaten or allowed themselves to be examined by a doctor at _ the Regional Psychiatric Cen- tre in Matsqui since Aug. 20, Tom D'Aquino, correctional service acting regional com- munications manager, said Friday. Roberts said he realizes that releasing the women would put the government in a position of bowing to black- mail and frighten the com- munities they return home to. He also said letting them die might discourage others from fasting. NOT FAR FROM COMA “But to take a hard-nose position of let them die, that’s just too cold and hard,” Rob- erts, 46, said, adding he last saw the women Tuesday and knows all three are not far from going into a coma, Roberts, a pastor of the Church of the Way, said all three women were fully alert, very thin and quite weak. He said they pass their time reading. He said he would force- feed the women if another doctor helped him and did the follow-up care. However, he added that the doctor who assisted him in force-feeding Astaforoff in July refuses to help him again. Astaforoff, 68, was trans- ferred to Matsqui’s medical wing from the Lower Main- land Regional Correctional Centre on July 15. Kaplan ordered her transfer the day after the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled provincial offi- cials did not have to force- feed her. Astaforoff, who has gone without food. for more than 200 days during her last 18 months in prison, put up no resistance to the force-feed- ing in July, although she did not voluntarily end her fast. She is serving a three-year sentence for arson involving a fire at the National Exhi- bition Centre in Castlegar in 1981. Braun and Zmaeff are also serving . sented for arson.