CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, February 12, 1976 Jim Penman with a Life or Death: ‘s WAMM Walk as Does Stacey Greenwood Good Prevenfive Medicine “While it is true that you can't cure disease by eating the tight foods, a person who eats a normal varied diet coupled with exercise, is off to a terrific head tart in the direction of pre- entative medicine. ‘ SEE THE NEW Minolta Pocket Instamatic COMES WITH HOT SHOE to take Electronic Flash PETTITT PHOTOS SOLoHd ditiae This: Unit Sells at ONLY $49.95 SOLOHd LLLLad n ° E ° xr a = Les é K w a PETTITT PHOTOS Fish is an excellent food to start with in changing your diet thoughts. The North American per capita consumption of fish is very low compared to meats. Fish, depending on the species, may. have a low, medium or high fat content, but even a fatty fish is lower in fat content than most meats, and still more important, the fat is high in polyunsaturates and therefore low in cholesterol. . © Asrich a source of protein’ as meat, fish has an added bonus of being 96 per cent digestible and; therefore, is excellent for the very young or- the olderly. Being low in fat and i ne Kootenay Schoo! Districts To Hold Professional Day A Teachers’ Professional Day has been announced for Tuesday, ‘Feb. 17. Educators from West Kootenay school: districts of Castlogar, Grand Forks, Nelsén and Trail will participate in “Conference "76" to be held at J. Lloyd Crowe Secondary School, Trail, from. 8.80 a.m. to 6 p.m. Se ers engaged from the Okan- agan, Lower Mainland, and Alberta centres, as well as - resource persons from the four West Kootenay school districts, Students will not be re- quired to attend classes Tues- day, Feb, 17, so that teachers may attend “Conference '76." Joan Tuck minars, workshops, lec- tures, and educational aids displays will form a major part of the conference, with speak- Letter to the Editor Lafer Than Dear Sir: 10 with the exception of shellfish, . fish. is excellent’ for_ obesity. cardiac and high blood pressure diets. Consumer Facts is a public service feature of the Castlegar News in co-operation with Super Value Stores. these are con- troversial times, of which we ‘have received much warning of, but heeded not. Concerned and thinking individuals come into my daily sojourns wondering what is going on in this mixed-up world of runaway inflation, question- able polit Chris Costlegar and District Chamber of Commerce SOCIAL & DINNER MEETING Wednesday, Feb. 18th 6:30 p.m. HI ARROW ARMS MOTOR HOTEL Guest Speaker D'Arcy Tickets Available at: - Helen's Flower Shop, Caldset Groceteria, dohnny’s Grocery or at the door bureaucracy and decreased freedoms, : Just a few short days ago, unbeknown to the majority, the extremely clever and cunning prime minister, told them what was happening. Was it not Major Douglas in Scotland in 1834, and Robert Welch in Wichita, 1958, founder and president of the much maligned John Birch Society, who warned the people, with these words: 1) Greatly expanded gov- ernment spending for missiles, for so-called defence generally for foreign aid, for every conceivable means of getting rid of ever larger sums of money as wastefully as pos- sible. 2) Higher and then much higher taxes. 8) An uncreasingly un- balanced budget, despite the higher taxes. for the centre: ——— Bank Gift Shop Jewellery Store Drug Store Restaurant Professional Offices Barber & Beauty Shop Electrical Appliances Bicycle Repairs & Sales NOW LEASING For information regarding space in new shopping centre to be built this spring in downtown Nelson please call 352-6513 between Feb. 2-7th. Mr. Doug Randoll and Mr. Stuart Ross will be avail- able to answer any inquiries for the following tenancies Household Furnishings Stationery Store Laundromat Bakery Shop Meat Market Grocery Store Confectionery Store Hardware Store Sporting Goods Committee Castlegar District Teachers’ Association . You Think? 4) Wild inflation of our currency, leading rapidly to- ward its ultimate repudiation. .~6}.Government.control of prices, wages and matérials, supposedly to combat inflation. Bear in mind that Douglas © and Welch predicted these things in 1934 and 1958 respect- fully, not 1976, The other steps are as follows: * 6) Greatly increased so- cialistic controls over every operation of our economy and every activity of our daily lives. This is accompanied naturally and automatically by &. correspondingly huge in- crease in the size of bureaucra- cy and in both the cost and reach of our domestic govern- ment, 7) For more centralization of power and the practical elimination of our provincial ines. 8) The. steady stream of government aid to, and control over, our educational system leading to complete centraliza- tion of our public education. 9),A constant hammering. | into the citizens’ consciousness the horror of modern warfare, the beauties and absolute ne- . cessity of peace—peace on Communistic terms, of course. 10) The consequent will- ingness of the people to allow the steps of appeasement by our government which amount toa piecemeal surrender of the rest of the world and ourselves into a Kremlin-ruled tyranny. Farther detail of this con- spiracy is spelled out in Dr. Carrol Quigley's “Tragedy and Hope.” This conspiracy is run out of New York, London and Paris by wealthy government- sanctioned monopolists, Fellow citizens, consider what is going on about us, namely; questionable substance of our representatives, i.e., MPs MLAs or aldermen, to- gether with self-interest, greed and apathy. It behooves us to become seriously involved with jf the interest of our community and country. It could be “later than you think.” i “T G, MacAndrew 2" Castlegar Wedding Invites {Your B.C, Heart Founda- tlon presents a four-part series on heart disease to inform the public of the progress’ being made to combat this twenticth centure health hazard.) A race car driver zooming around a track at 200 miles an hour risks his life to break speed records and win races. Another man builds a light- weight vessel and sails off ona one-man voyage across the ocean, while yet another tries the crossing by balloon, ‘Most of us are amazed at such perilous feats, blithely unaware that we flirt with death just as much as these Knoy Your Heart ° suffer heart attacks earlier in’ life than women, and the likelihood of heart attack in- creases with age, ‘7 major cause of heart - he attack and stroke is hardening of the arteries—arteriosclero- sis, This is s progressive disease in which fatty deposits accumulate on the wails of the arteries, much like the build-up of ime in a water pipe over the years. Eventually, the artery channels become so narrow that blood can no longer reach the heart or brain centres. The result is a heart attack or stroke. daredevils. We think of life asa - - - Everyone, from young chil- gamble and find it dren to great hi to ignore the odds. Health experts give us good advice about living and eating habits and we disregard it. Take heart disease, for example. It can affect anyone who delights in these risks: a pack- or twopack-a-day cigar- ette habit; no concern about high blood pressure checkups; a diet laden with saturated fats and cholesterol; a disregard for overweight and an aversion to exercise. 6 ‘The B.C, Heart Foundation * calls these the risk factors of heart attack and stroke, which together cause most of the deaths due to heart disease in Canada each year. A great number of these deaths are premature, Heart disease is the lead- ing killer of men and women aged 45 - 64, usually at the peak of their earning: power and productivity, The economic cost to Canada is staggering and there is no way of calculating the personal tragedy. to wives and children deprived of hus- bands and fathers at an early age. The foundation believes that, by modifying these risk factors, it is possible to reduce the chances of heart attack and stroke. there 08 arteriosclerosis to a degree. It can begin early in life, but its development varies in individ- uals and it can be slowed by controlling the coronary risk factors. “It's never too late to reassess your lifestyle and cut down your risk. See your doctor for a blood pressure test—if it’a high, it can be controlled with drugs or diet therapy. Work on lowering your Man Charged In Brilliant Bridge Accident A Kelowna man, driving a 1973 Kenworth semi-trailer be- longing to Miller and Brown, has been charged for failing to drive safely while passing on the left. Larry Reynolds was charged after the extreme end of his rig struck a 1975 Dodge Dart driven by Annuziato Le- Rose early Saturday morning on the Brilliant Bridge. No injuries have been reported. Damage to the Le- Rose vehicle has been esti- mated at $50. “are certain risk factors which can't be altered—heredity, sex and age. Some have an inherited tendency toward heart attack or stroke. .Men * CRAFTS SHOWS * DRAMA Human Population The human population of the world today is about four billion. This increases at pres- ent by some 70 million annual Facing the Odds cholesterol level, A balanced diet low in cholesterol and saturated fats helps with over- weight problems as well, Stop smoking. But cutting out cigarettes, the damage to smokers’ hearts and lungs whole family. It's free and it's yours for the asking. You can support the work of your B.C, Heart Foundation by giving generously to the Hoart Fund during February— Heart Month. usually can be repaired if the harm isn't too extensive. Ask your doctor to help you plan a daily exercise program and stick with it, Your B.C, Heart Founda- tion has more information on risk reduction and heart- healthy living habits for the PLUMBING & TOMLI HEATING LTD. | 28 site: 5