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Registration Centres: Registrar of Voters 2288 Columbia Street For more information: Elections British Columbia Information Line 1-800-742-8683 (Toll Free) Remember: You cannot register on Election Day. a LOCAL/PROVINCIAL NEWS Pour Yourself into an Exciting Job with A PROFESSIONAL BARTENDING CERTIFICATE Annual medical checkups can be a lifesaver By SHERYL UBELACKER The Canadian Press It’s been 10 years, but when Dr. John Albrecht talks about the patient his voice still carries echoes of the sadness and frustration he felt at the time. The man, in his 50s, hadn’t seen a doctor for many years. A heavy smoker, he ne came to Albrecht and a dons, “haobine cough that wouldn't go away. Three weeks later, he was dead of lung cancer. “‘It probably wouldn’t have made a difference if I'd seen him and done a physical a year before,”’ says the Van- couver family physician. ‘‘But if I'd seen him 10 or 15 years before and counselled him to quit smoking, it may have given him another 10 to 15 years of life.” Patients like this man, who either put off or won’t have regular checkups for many years, are the ex- ception rather than the rule, says Albrecht. “But when it happens, it can be catastrophic.” Diseases that cause lingering disability or early death can often be detected at a treatable stage during a routine medical exam. The checkup is also a time when high-risk behavior can be identified and changes made to prevent disease from developing. “High blood pressure is the ever- present and probably most consistent physical reason for doing an annual medical,”” says Dr. Bryan Ward of Wainwright, Alta., a rural com- munity about 120 kilometres east of Edmonton. High blood pressure, or hyperten- tion, is known as the silent killer because it causes no symptoms. But left untreated, it can lead to heart damage and stroke, which together kill about 80,000 Canadians each year. PARENTS! Do you need energetic, exciting, quality after i care for your children in the Woodland Park area? lf so... CALL KATRINE AT 365-8448 “So if we see someone early and pick it_up and treat it, you can save thiat person potentially 20 or 30 years of their life,"’ says Albrecht. The annual physical also pinpoints other risk factors of cardiovascular disease, including whether the patient smokes, is overweight and has high cholesterol levels and whether there is a family history of heart disease. “'The most important thing is to identify those risk factors and start modifying them,’’ says Ward. For most patients, routine checks of the eyes, ears, nose and throat are just that — routine, he says. More critical is screening ‘‘for those things that have high prevalence in the age group that is being examined,’’ to catch disease at an early stage, when treatment success rates are high. “An examination for a younger male might focus on his occupation — not wearing hearing protection ina noisy job, taking an inventory of risk behavior such as alcohol, drugs, un- protected sex, smoking,’’ Ward says. The annual medical also includes checks for diabetes, anemia, leukemia and early kidney failure with blood and urine tests; bowel cancer in both men and women with a stool test; and prostate cancer, with a rectal examination for men over 40. Key issues for women include birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy as well as performing regular tests for breast cancer — the No. 1 cancer killer of Canadian women — and cervical cancer, which is dropping in prevalence use of early detection through Paj smear screening. “There’s no question that in woman there’s a need fof a Pap smear,’’ says Dr. Marjori€ Keymer of Toronto. ‘‘Most physicians recom- mend it be done yearly from the beginning of sexual activity to menopause.”” After menopayse, women are probably safe to have the test every other year, every three years after age 60 to 65, Keymer says. While she tells patients to check their breasts regularly for lumps, she says they should also be checked regularly by a doctor ‘‘who has ex- perience with a number of patterns of breasts.’" Regular breast examinations are “highly critical’ between 40 and 50, says Keymer, who recommends women at age 40 also begin having mammograms, special X-rays which can reveal tiny tumors that may not otherwise be detected. “*A lady comes to mind who had a horrendous malignancy of her breast which she thought was an allergy because the skin was breaking down and she had pain,’’ recalls Keymer. “It was really rather gruesome and she probably had it for three or four years without seeing anybody about fe.” Yet even at such an advanced stage, lier case wasn’t hopeless. ‘‘We treated her, she had surgery, antibiotics and radiation. That was 1 years ago and she’s doing wonderfully.”” With unlimited access through ‘a ae : A tools and a vast array of drugs and high-tech surgical procedures to treat disease, why do some people still not go to doctors? The most common reason is fear — “fear of the profession and fear of the unknown,’’ says Albrecht. “*People have a fear that something’s going to be done that’s painful or they’re going to be told something that’s emotionally distressing. Some people avoid doctors because they can’t face the prospect of illness, says Dr. David Gass, head of the department of family medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax. “The way some people deal with illness is through denial, so going to a physician would have to break that personal defence,’’ he says. ‘‘Illness is difficult because it makes us confront our mortality.”” Others fear they will lose their in- dependence, that the doctor will put and they'll ‘‘never come out again.’’ Registered to Vote? 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Fully Automatic Sprinkler Systems FREE ESTIMATES Phone 442-3417 Box 787 Grand Forks Home swaps increase By TIM O'CONNOR The Canadian Press It sounded too good’ to be true: a vacation with accommodation, the comforts of home and the use of a car, all at no charge. But Californian Pat Litwinko is a believer. To get that three-week holiday package, all she did was swap homes with a couple in the Toronto suburban community of Mississauga. “It’s been great, I don’t have a single complaint,” said Litwinko, a 39-year-old mother of two young children who lives in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale. *{t’s so much more comfor- table than a hotel,” said Litwinko who exchanged homes with Richard and Glenda Schultz. ‘I always wanted to see Toronto but I can’t pay Toronto prices for a hotel.”” This was Litwinko’s initial foray into house-swapping, but it’s a growing practice with many advantages over traditional travel and hotel.packages. The biggest advantage is that it’s cheap. Litwinko said her only major expense was for travel to Toronto and back, plus some spending money. Through a listing service for travellers, Litwinko found the Schultz family and learned they wanted {to visit California about the same time she wanted to visit Canada. So they arranged to trade houses for three weeks. House-swapping is made easier with catalogues that list available homes — including condos, cot- tages and even yachts — owned by people around the world. One such catalogue is put out three times a year by the Directory Group Association, comprising 24 affiliates from around the globe. The Canadian affiliate is West World Holiday Exchange in Van- couver. For a fee — from $40 and up — your home is listed in. the catalogue, along with information on the home, your family, local tourist attractions and so on. The listing also says where you would be interested in going and when. Potential swappers usually send and receive upwards of 40 letters in an effort to find someone to ex- change with. . “‘They arrange their own swaps,”’ says Jack Graber, who heads West World part time when he’s not working as a counselling psychologist with the North Van- couver school board. Kitwinko, an editor with California-based Home magazine, says she likes the idea of swapping because she wants to stay in ‘‘real places, not resorty places.’’ She wrote in her listing that she was interested in swapping only with a family that had children. That way she knew the other family had toys and room for her kids to play. Litwinko said her friends were surprised that she’d swap her house with a stranger, but she said that after a few phone calls and letters to set up the exchange, “*you get to know these people.’” For more information, write to West World Holiday Exchange, 1707 Platt Cres., North Van- couver, B.C. V7J 1X9. are date: September 10. Date: Sept. 6. SPECIAL Sept. 10. 10. No free time during the day? Earn college credits at night. Take EVENING CREDIT COURSES At Selkirk College, Castlegar Campus COMMERCE 240 — Monday, 1800-2050, Room B-17, Wednesday 1800-1950, Room B-17, In- structor C. Bowen. Start date: Sept. 5. COMPUTING SCIENCE 132 — Tuesday 1800-2050, Room B-16, Wednesday, 1800-1950, Room B-12, Instructor J. Breckenridge. Start Date: Sept. 11. ENGLISH 110 — Monday and Wednesday, 1600-1750, Room M-21, Instructot G. Turner. Start HISTORY 204 — Tuesday 1900-2150, Room B-17, Instructor W. Sloan. Start Date: Sept. 11. MATH 050 — Mon. & Thurs. 1900-2130, Rm. L-18, Instructor J. Peregrym. Start Date: Sept. 10. POLITICAL SCIENCE 112 — Thursday, 1900-2150, Room M-14/24, Instructor A. Shadrack. Start NEEDS 250 — Monday 1600-1850, Room B-15, Instructor S. Barker-Kirby. Start date: PHILOSOPHY 100 — Monday 1800-2050, Room M-14, Instructor J. Rowell. Start date: Sept. Tuesdays and Thursdays, to Modern P. ENGLISH 112 — intfoduction & Drame. This course is tran- sterable to Uec. UVIC and SFU, but, is of particular interest to English Majors and students wishing to transfer to Simon Fraser University. Start Date is Sept. 5, 1400-1550, Instructor G. Turner. For further information [contact the Admissions Department or the Counselling Department. now. For details and r: Some prerequisites apply. stration, contact Selkirk College, Admissions CASTLEGAR CAMPUS Box 1200 Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3J1 365-7292 Public schools begin new era VANCOUVER (CP) — Public schools in British Columbia begin a new era in education this week with the implementation of the gover- nment’s Year 2000 program. Its first step is its most controversial — a dual-entry system for kindergar- ten pupils. Children whose fifth bir- thday come before Oct. 31 start kin- dergarten in September while those born in November or December wait until January. About a dozen of the province’s 75 school districts are still using the traditional Dec. 31 birthday cutoff for five-year-olds to start kindergar- ten. The Education Ministry says the Year 2000 program — intended to be fully implemented by 1993 — will help students adapt to changing social and economic factors. The program is a three-part school system: four years of ungraded primary where pupils progress at their own speed, seven of graded inter- mediate and a two-year graduation Program that will include 100 to 200 hours of work experience. Critics praise the continuous-lear- ning philosophy but predict the new system could result in more teachers quitting and a decline in students’ grasp of science subjects. Maxine Wilson, president of the B.C. Home and School Federation, Says parents worry that too much change is occurring without sufficient planning. “The continuous-learning concept is excellent, but studies have shown that optimum effect will only be reached with an 18-pupil classroom,"" said Ken Novakowski, president of the B.C. Teachers Federation. ‘‘This is because the teacher needs to provide a greater level of individual attention. “Our average classroom size is now JOB OPENINGS Details of these and other job oppor- tunities are available at: Treit E equired in Castlegar; contact Kathy Ritchie at Dr Kanigan’s office at 365-5220. (168) Chinese cuisine cook with seven years experience; room and board provided along with wages: must speak English and Cantonese is preferred. Contact Cindy Wong ot 365-7414, Eastgate Gar dens. (243) A millwright epprentice is required in Castlegar; wage approximately $8/hr to start: prefers pre-apprentice grad in millwright or machinist area. Phone Bill Henne at 365-2378 for an interview (261) Night euditer, Castlegor. Wage is $6.92/hr. to start. Shift is four on four off, 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Experience preterred. Apply to Jean Sullivan at 365 2782, the Hi Arrow Arms. (278) Floor layer needed. Permanent /full- time, contact Gordon Wall at 364-2537 (303) . Planermen needed in Brilliant; must be experienced on setup, operating, ad iusting ond sharpening Yates machine, $10 to $15 per hour contact in person: M. Fehrenberg, Selkirk Remanutacturing 365-2330. (307) Second Cook with at least two years experience needed in Castlegar; full time (2 p.m, to 10 p.m.): $6/per hr. Con. fect Don or Andy at the Fireside Motor Inn 365-6699. (311) : into Castlegar? Be sure to call “Wetame igor Hostess, Heather, at 365-5490 today! The Most Famous Basket in the World ——— 25 pupils, so if the government is serious about this whole issue it should back it with all resources, in- cluding proper training for teachers."” Studies show almost 50 per cent of teachers drop out after five years because pay is unattractive and work load too demanding, he said. While the government strives to lower the 30-per-cent student dropout rate with the new program, he said, it may increase the teacher dropout rate if the rapid change is not backed with resources. Year 2000 spokesman Bill Stavdal said the government is committed to spending $1.5 billion over 10 years to ensure success. “‘It’s been two years in the making and we will make changes as we go along,” he sai: NDP education critic Anita Hagen said the program's fundamental philosophies are excellent, but “what's not is the way it’s being im- plemented. “The primary program is generally accepted as being a good one, but what we need is more ‘direct par- ticipation from teachers and parents when formulating plans for the other levels,”’ she said. Dale Rolfsen, head of the Univer- sity of B.C.'s*math department, said the Year 2000 curriculum, in which math will not remain, a separate discipline, will dilute students’ under- standing of the subject. “Half of the national math contest winners are from British Columbia, and our students do extremely well in this subject,”’ said Rolfsen. BRIEFLY From Wire Service FROM SELKIRK COLLEGE Covering all aspects of frontline .bartending, this 60 hour, 1 course awards a certificate upon Highway opposed VICTORIA — Opponents of the planned expansion of the Island Highway are examining whether federal environmental legislation could be used in their fight with the provincial Highways Ministry. Federal Bill C-78 provides for an environmental assessment review panel when projects with a major impact are “We're looking at how this may apply to this situation,"’ said Clarence Bolt, spokesman for Save Sanich Peninsula Communities. In the past, review panels have been struck for the Alameda- Rafferty dam project in Saskatchewan and the Oldman River dam in Alberta. “This is probably the largest highways project ever done on the Island and there has been no impact study,’’ said Denise Savoie, a member of the Greater Victoria Ecological Network. Savoie was part of an information picket at Thetis Lake Park on Monday. The Coalition for Alternatives to an Island Expressway demonstrated at various sites around the Island. They say highway expansion will hurt cottage industries, local businesses and the pace of life. In 92 of Victoria, are holding workshops at civil disobedience. of the highway Coquihalla on time VANCOUVER — The Coquihalla connector from Aspen Grove to Peachiand will likely meet an Oct. 1 deadline now that a dispute with B.C. construction workers has been settled, a union representative said. Employees of Penticton paving firm Peters Bros. Paving voted 58-49 on the weekend to accept a settlement in a dispute that threatened to delay completion of a new section of the highway. John Kamphof, of the Christian Labor Association of Canada, said the union's PP’ of the two-year agreement for the 130 employees. The contract provides for a $1 an hour across-the-board raise in the first year and a wage re-opener in the second year subject to binding arbitration. 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