Page 12A The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, October 12, 1994 Please Recycle The Castlegar Sun iCastlegar midget hoc JEFF GABERT Sun Seore Like a long lost friend, midget hockey is finally back Castle; Pr vo wnat cppesvenition for 16and 17-year-old Castlegar hockey players were severely limited, They could play for the Rebels or in the house league or else they could travel to another midget team in one of the bigger centres. If they took none of those options, they were forced to sit doing nothing. Last year six Castlegar kids joined the Nelson midget team which went on to win the B.C. Winter Games and lace second in the Provincial Champiohships. J But those kids will not have to travel any longer thanks to J.R. Ross and his dedicated coaching staff. oes le mereatly reneing & Salas ofan cr 6 Soerant mean “Af onaies of tn geet tte epeh chek iaeiey junior they're forgotten. They either horse around or quit.” “This team has brought guys out of the dv sn players prepare to show their stuff Castlegar against Tone lose te Took of his eam this you. “We have the makings of a good team,” said Ross. “There are some good rep players as well as kids who played house for their careers...There really is no house ag nipenerer] mg gt demdadny | bol Pee Wee last year and his team was the ‘They get to play and they don’t have to travel out of town to do it The ‘league will play in a Double A midget group Nelson, Trail, Beaver Valley and Grand ‘The team has already played one exhibition match ver- sus Rossland last Saturday which they won 5-2. They are slated to play two more. The next is this Saturday in Beaver Valley followed by a 12 P.m. game Sunday in east apbiione mk us onpen. He expects his midget squad to be disciplined as well as tough defensively. “We can work on setting up offense but if you have a bad defense, you can't have good offense,” he said. “I want good defense and to keep the penalties down. I don't believe in the donny-brook style of hockey. The players of the game for Castlegar in their win over Rossland were Robert Case, Nick Antignani and Darren Belanger. PROFILE he Castlegar S He doesn't carry a picket in his hands and there are no placards saying there's a work stoppage, The 19- -year-old Fruitvale native is riding the euphoria of a moulti-million dollar contract he signed two weeks ago with the Quebec Nordiques, yet it's cou- pled with the frustration of not being able to earn those dollars, thanks to the National Hockey League's postponement of the 1994-95 season. “Right now is a frustrating time for everybody — the players, the owners and the fans,” Deadmarsh said before heading out for a skate with the Trail Smoke Eaters. Deadmarsh is back home en route to his former junior team the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League. The Nordiques decided to send him back to his junior club instead of having him sit idle in Quebec. “I'm just waiting for my agent to get back to me and I'll proba- bly head down to Portland in the next little while,” he said. Before Deadmarsh does any more playing he wants to protect his most valuable asset, his body. With that in mind, he wants to have an insurance policy in place before returning to the grind of hockey. in line with the association's guidelines. As a rookie to professional sports, Deadmarsh is getting a baptism by fire in the world of labor negotiations. “From day one we knew some- thing was going to happen and we were hoping it was going to be settled before the season started, but junior poly tga enna sala licy right now,” he said. POHL: added that he also spoke to “I don't know a lot about it, but Chey ‘koe. me well Informed. 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We want to get it solved as well as the owners but there is still a ways to go.” While Deadmarsh heads back to his junior team, some of his eee fed up with not playing, recently returned to Sweden. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has set an October 15 deadline for the start of the season. “If it doesn’t get solved by the 15th I think a lot of guys will be looking for places to play,” said Deadmarsh. “We play this game because we love to play and nobody wants to sit around all year.” Certainly not a 19-year-old who has dreamed of playing in the NHL since he first learned to skate. “It's really frustrating. I finally got there and now it’s all getting taken away for now.” “I just want to get it solved and get to playing in the NHL.” e *"Hair Care & More. 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But when those rounds are done, when that business is finished, the ghouls and demons will come home, take off their masks, and be children once again. If only all masks were so easily removed. Like the masks many of us place, without really being aware of it, over the faces of those Canadians who are suffering from mental illness. People with schizophrenia? The crazy mask. Those suffering from clinical anxiety or depression? The sad mask. Alzheimer Disease? The hopeless, lost, forgotten mask. Last week in Canada, the Canadian Psychiatric Association began a campaign called ‘Let's Unmask Men- tal Illness.’ For sufferers of mental illness, and their close families and friends, the campaign is one route to educate a society that still shuns what it cannot understand. Society's failure to look past the masks create a disservice to the sufferer, and i to lay for misc about the specific illness. Schizophrenia For aati! looking beneath the mask of schizophrenia will unveil many things, the most obvious that people affected by it derive from all ages, races and socio-economic levels. The illness may, at first, seem like a great puzzle; its causes still in; its cycles i is just an illness, like diabetes or Alzheimer Disease, which can be treated with proper medication and strong social support sys- tems. With these treatments, some persons with schizophrenia can lead a fairly normal quality of life. Howev- er, for many others, current treatments are ineffective. Because this illness affects the way the world is perceived, persons with schizophrenia can often behave in strange ways. They may hear sounds that aren't there, see things in their own reality that don’t exist, leap from thought to random thought, and even suspect others of plotting against them. Withdrawing from any social contact—even from those whom they love most—many sufferers from schizophrenia become depressed. Between 10 and 15 per cent of persons with this devastating illness commit suicide. Striking most often in the 16-30 year age group, and affecting an estimated one person in every 100, schizophrenia is known as ‘youths greatest disabler.’ It varies greatly from person to person and defies exact description. But, like a puzzle, schizophrenia is slowly being solved. New pieces are continually falling into place. Schizophrenia starts slowly. When the symptoms first appear, usually in adolescence or early child- hood, they may seem more bewildering than serious. In the early stages, persons with the disease may find themselves losing the ability to relax, concentrate or sleep. They may start to shut longtime friends and family out of their lives. Work or school begins to suffer, so does p app These persist. During that time there are one or more episodes where the person talks in way that may be “difficult to understand. Once it has taken hold, schizophrenia tends to appear in cycles of remission and relapse. Persons with the illness may experience one or all three main iti i lucinations and thought disorders. Delusions are false beliefs that have no basis in reality. Sousa cay at gree omc lis- tening to their thoughts, or even placing thoughts in their mind. Hallucinations most often consist of hearing voices. Less often, people will see or feel things that aren’t there. Thought disorders are the tendencies some may have to jump randomly in conver- sation from one unrelated topic to another. Sometimes sounds or thymes are substituted for words, or words are invented. Schizophrenia is a biological disorder of the brain. But as to what causes it, there are only theories so far. Some scientists think that you may inherit a susceptibility to the illness, and become ill after something triggers it to come to the surface. Schizophrenia behaves in some ways like a genetic disorder. It often appears when the body is undergoing the hormonal and physical changes of A number of medications have been found( that help bring biochemical imbalances in many persons with schizophrenia closer to normal. These medications can help a great deal in i and ions and in helping maii U Many people don’t re ).000 people over the age This prevalence is significant Disease: 200,000 Canadians suffer from schizophrenia and aBES another 300.000 Canadians suffer from manic-depression. per cent of the Alzheimer Disease eventually affects all aspects of a person’s life: how she or he thinks, feels and acts. Individuals are affected differently. It is difficult to predict each symptom a person will have, the order in which it will appear or the speed of the disease’s Progression. The following are some of the changes caused by the disease: Mental abilities—such as a person's ability to understand, think, remember and communicate is affected. Simple tasks done for years are forgotten. Confusion and memory loss increase. Problems in understanding what is said or making oneself und will Ei i and mood—The individual has less expression, is less lively and more withdrawn. The ability to control mood and is lly lost and i to si may be or Changes in mental abilities and mood will result in changes in behavior. These changes : and their one will vary and will be influenced by an individual's physical abilities. Challenging behaviors may include: pacing or wandering; repetitive actions; hiding articles; ly hing; physical Swear- ing; restlessness and inappropriate sexual advances, Physical abilities—Coordination and the ability to move around are affected by the d ive process. i h air the individual's ability to perform activities of daily living independently. Bowel and bladder control are eventually lost. Over time, the person will become completely dependent. No one knows for sure what causes Alzheimer Disease. To date researches have been unable to pinpoint one Satna cork the tran Chie een els cantina urn uto-i Teaction ora ical imbalance in the brain. Other ” theory that suggests that when abnor- mally organized protein get deposited into iain th tissue, TAtbeimer Disease i is created. Anxiety and Depression In everyday fanguage, the words ‘anxiety’ and ‘depression’ describe moods that are familiar to everyone. But i anxiety or d ion seem to come out of nowhere, persist for many weeks without relief, or interfere with living a normal life. This is no longer a mood. This is an illness. Anxiety and depression are among the most common, most treatable forms of mental illness in Canada. Anxiety sufferers may have a number of physical symptoms including shakiness, muscle aches, sweating, cold and clammy hands, dizziness, fatigue, racing heart or dry mouth. Emotionally they may feel irritable and apprehensive, fearing bad things are about to happen to themselves or their loved ones. Anxiety can be broken down into several types: Phobia, describes the kind of terror, dread or panic that overwhelms anxiety sufferers when they are faced with a feared object, situation or activity. Many common phobias are familiar to us: fear of snakes, enclosed spaces and airplanes are just a few, Panic disorder victims suddenly suffer intense over- whelming terror for no apparent reason. Their fear is by other sy heart palpatations, hot or cold flashes, choking or feelings of ur Ob i pulsi Disorder suffer. ers try to cope with their i by ng them with i d d or com pulsive behaviors, rituals that get out of control. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can affect anyone who has survived a severe and unusual physical or mental trauma. Depression strikes one in four women and one in 10 men at some point in their lives. Many doctors believe, in fact, that depression is the illness that underlies the majority of suicides in Canada Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among people | between the ages of 15 to 24. Later in ng memory impair- ment, slowed ech and movement, can be mistaken for those of senility or stroke. Major depression can strike at any age. Its emotional and physical symptoms are notable for their persistence. Many people experiencing depression find it hard to do anything at all, even get up enough energy to call a doctor. Sufferers of major depression lose interest in the things in life that once gave them pleasure. __ Manic-depression i is an illness which is found in about one per cent of the population. People with manic lize that in Canada: of 65 suffer from Alzheimer wcounting for almost two population. Ys they can have serious side effects to non. ap with medi: and relapse. Psyc for individuals, groups or families is possible, and can mean a lot to persons with the disease and their loved ones. It can offer understanding, reassurance, insights and suggestions for handling the emotional aspects of the disorder and providing less stressful living situations Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer Disease is thought to be often associated with old age Although the majority of Canadians affected are over the age of 65, it can, and does, develop at a young age. No matter when a person is affected, the process is always a progressive, degenerative one, which means that formerly self-reliant women and men become dependent on those around them. Though there is still no cure, the of Alzh caregiving research progresses and brings forward new data. The first indications of Alzheimer Disease are often subtle changes in behaviors. The person may have dif- ficulties with short term memory. Adjustments to new places or new social situations may prove very stress- ful. Learning, ng OF become prob Cc becomes more and more difficult. Disease is @Z as both bio-medical and ¢ periods of dep as described earlier, as well as periods of mania. During an of mania, some or all of ioe jotowins symptoms may be Noticed: excessive energy, racing thoughts and flights of ideas, pi or inflated self-esteem, overspending, decreased need for sleep, impaired judgement, ‘cottons irritability or rapid unpredictable mood changes. In Canada, one individual out of five will suffer from a mental illness at some time in his or her life. Many People don’t realize that in Canada: 250,000 people over the age of 65 suffer from Alzheimer Disease; 200,000 Canadians suffer from schizophrenia and another 300,000 Canadians suffer from manic-depression. This prevalence is significant, accounting for almost two per cent of the population. Education is clearly the best tool to help reduce the stigma attached to mental illness and allow people to freely seek information and help. Several decades ago, people suffering from cancer were shunned by much of society, actually feared. Today, after years of research and public education, most people understand that Cancers are illnesses that are challenging to patients and their physicians, not cause for discrimination The public's perception of mental illness today is much like its perception of cancer in the past. It's hoped that by promoting the destigmatization of mental illness through 1 and in » Society will become better educated about mental ines. When this happens, there is a greater chance of removing the masks of mental illness forever.