> ene ene m * Castlegar News ones, 107 Scientists eye alcohol vaccin TORONTO (CP) — It may be possible to treat aleob- olism using a vaccine that makes problem drinkers allergic to alcohol, a Toronto researcher says. “We are looking into the possibility of allergic reac- tions as a new way of de- terrjing alcoholics from drinking,” Dr. Yedy Israel of the Addiction * Research Foundation said. An alcoholism vaccine would contain a component of alcohol to stimulate the pro- duction of il that Experts say alcohol-rel- ated problems affect almost 20 per cent of the population. Antabuse, a substance that causes discomfort when a person who takes it drinks alcohol, has been used for years as a deterrent to al- coholism but its effecti Some people have an in- herent allergy to alcohol and when they drink they become flushed and uncomfortable, Israel said. Doctors realized such peo ple were suffering an allergic reaction when they found an- d the is limited because alcoholics who want to drink simply stop taking it, Israel said. However, an anti-alcohol- ism vaccine, once given, would remain in the body. Israel also told the meeting cause allergic reactions such as flushing, swelling and hives, Israel told an Ontario Medical Asociation meeting. The effects would be con- trolled so the reaction would be uncomfortable, but not hazardous. a toward is inherited and involves sev- eral genes. The sons of alcoholics are five times more likely to become alcoholics, he said, noting 80 per cent of the sons of alcoholics do not develop the disease. FOR AIDS, HEPATITIS reaction. Histamine is a body compound that causes aller- gic symptoms and antihis- tamines are commonly used to counteract it. Israel] said a strain of mouse that will drink itself into a stupor is used to study @ TELEPHONE 365-5210 °--. falative Library, Parbiament Sldgs.,. 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Using an enzyme-linked amino acid (EIA) test, they determine if donors have been exposed to the AIDS virus or hepatitis. The Red Cross spent $5.5 million to test 1.2 million blood donations for AIDS across the country last year. Only 120 donors or one in 10,000, had been exposed to Algae meal of future HAMILTON (CP) — Eat. ing a heap of algae sludge grown in a lagoon of sewage may be the meal of the future. Dr. Naim Kosaric, a chem ical engineer at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in London, Ont., told the annual conference of the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology that the booming world population will put huge demands on food pro- duction in the next century. Some predictions put the global population at 50 billion by the year 2100 or about 1,000 people per square kil ometre, including deserts and the Antarctic — Kosaric said. “It’s a desperate situation” that will call for new food proteins, he said. One sollution could be to grow high-protein algae on municipal waste water, he said. The algae could then be fed to livestock or processed and eaten directly Kosaric has demonstrated the technique in an experi ment on water from London's sewage system But until there is a short. age of current plentiful sup plies of cheap protein in the form of soya beans, there is little incentive to develop the technology further, he added. And there are potential social costs to eating algae, such as displacing large num bers of farmers, he said Our Action Ad Number is 365-2212 the virus. Each test costs the Red Cross from $1.50 to $2 and i: financed by the federal an provincial governments. Of the 1,034 people in Canada who have had ac- quired immune deficiency syndrome, 46 contracted it from blood or blood products. Twenty-six of those have died. At least 515 people in total have died from the dis- ease. FOUR HOURS It takes lab workers about four hours to test a unit of blood. Since testing began in November 1985, the lab has operated 18 hours a day, seven days a week, process- ing up to 900 units daily. Workers wear white lab coats and gloves during some stages of the procedure but no masks or other special clothing. “You have to treat the AIDS virus with respect but you don’t have to be neur- otic,” Naiman said. “What- ever protective clothing we want is at our disposal. The important thing though is to not get too excited about the whole thing.” Dr. Jack Nusbacher, the medical director of the Tor onto blood tr ion ser plasma and platelets. A sample of plasma is sent to the disease laboratory where each unit undergoes the EIA test to determine if the blood is tainted. A work- er with gloved hands uncorks each test tube and readies a few millilitres of plasma for the test. ISOLATES SPILLS “This is the most danger- ous part of the job because there are a lot of spills,” Naiman said. Each spill, no matter how minor, is isola- ted, neutralized with bleach and cleaned up with supplies that are immediately dis- carded. The plasma sample is piped into a tray which incubates for two hours and then is popped into a microplate washer. Everything is washed away by a light detergent except units that test HivV- positive. They react to a chemical, turning shades of yellow. This indicates the blood may contain the AIDS virus. The colors are interpreted by a microplate reader that determines if the sample is AIDS positive. While about five per cent vice, tracked a typical half. litre blood donation through the testing procedure to show how rigorous the pro- cedure is. Within four hours of being donated, the blood’s type is verified at the lab. The bag of blood is placed in a machine that splits into three com. ponents: red blood cells, of the initially test positive, nearly all of those are “false positives,” Nus- bacher said. 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Try Business Directory Advertising Castlegar News SUNDAY Vol. 40, No. 45 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1987 60 Cents 2 Sections (A & B) pevuseecneanenenvaceoooneenn vcennaneeneananoenny SUNFEST PARADE A HIT By RON NORMAN Editor The largest Sunfest parade ever highlighted a day of good times and good fun Saturday during Castlegar's annual Sunfest celebrations. This year’s parade featured 72 entries, up considerably from the 46 which took part in last year's parade. And this year the parade route returned to normal, starting at the top of Sherbiko Hill and winding its way down Columbia Avenue and up 3rd Street to Kinsmen Park. Last year the route was shortened and began in front of the Pioneer Arena And one of the largest. crowds in recent memory lined the route to catch a glimpse of visiting royalty, festive floats, marching bands and a large contingent of cadets. This year also featured a number of special guests, among them Brig.-Gen. Paul Manson, Canada’s Chief of Defence. He sat with other dignitaries on a specially constructed dais in front of city hall Manson took the salute as the cadets marched by. He inspected the cadets and Naden Marching Band in a separate ceremony at Kinsmen Park following the parade The change in the date of Sunfest from late July to early June allowed a number of the area schools to participate, including the award-winning Kinnaird Juror secondary school marching band “It's certainly. the biggest parade we had,” Ald. Terry Rogers said later. “More people entered and more floats entered.” The Grand Parade Marshall this year was former world curling champion Hector Gervais of St. Albert, Alta. “You've got a great city here and beautiful surroundings and very nice people,” Gervais said Salmo’s float, consisting of a three-deck red and white cake along with a rainbow depicting the Salmo July 1st celebrations, took the parade’s top award as best overall entry Warfield captured the award as best non-commercial float with its entry of a working mine. The KJSS “kids' float” was second and the Kaslo's S.S. Moyie float third. In the commercial category, Century 21 took first with its float of a home for sale, and ‘Tulips Floral Co. was second In the youth services category, it was the Scouts in first, Hobbit Hill second and Brownies third. The ambulance unit's bed took first place in the novelty category with Kimberley's “Happy Hans” second Marty Carew placed first in the youth section for his decorated bicycle. Bradley Andreashuk’s decorated FUN IN THE SUN . . . Demolition derby (top) at the industrial park drew more than 2,000 spectators Toddler enjoys ice cream cone while taking in Sun fest parade Castews Photos by Mike Kalesmko and Ron Norman bicycle helped him win second prize and Michael Van Vliet in his go-kart won.third. Sunfest lived up to its name Saturday as the sunshine shone all day and temperatures soared into the high 20s and low 30s. It proved to be ideal weather for the demolition derby Saturday afternoon at the industrial park Sunfest action got underway Friday evening with the “Murder at the Fireside,” an audience participation dinner theatre Also on Friday, 17-year-old Erin Finney was crowned Miss Caftlegar 1987. More than 300 people jammed the activity room at Stanley Humphries secondary school to see Finney win the crown. First Princess is Cynamon Carter and second princess is Lesley Price. Carter was also chosen Miss Congeniality by her fellow contestants. The three-day celebrations continue today with the official opening of the chapel house on Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park, the 15th annual frog jumping champion ships, finals in the 30-team slowpitch tournament, the last round of the Sunflower Open, the biathlon and the annual bed races. Ministry tracks th By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer A Ministry of Environment official hopes to take a tour of CP Rail tracks in the Castlegar and Nelson areas this week to determine if planned herbicide spraying will harm the environment. Stu Craig, regional manager of the environment ministry's pesticide con- trol program based in Penticton, told the Castlegar News this week the Ministry feels CP Rail has met all i required for spraying the chemical Spike 80W. CP Rail plans to spray the pesticide along its main tracks starting June 20 for about 50 kilometres from South Slocan to Slocan City and for about 80 kilometres from Nelson west through to Castlegar and Coykendal. But Craig said he has received complaints about potential damage to water supplies in Castlegar and Nelson if the spraying goes ahead, and said this is the reason he will tour the tracks. “There's always a chance of acci dents and spills happening. People have expressed concerns to me about water damage and that’s why I'm taking this tour to see if the permit should be modified and if certain areas should be excluded from the spraying,” ig. He added that if he feels there would be a threat of damage to water supplies, the environment ministry will make changes to the spraying permit granted CP Rail, or exclude certain areas from spraying. However, he said CP Rail will still be allowed to carry on with the spraying, which is aimed at killing weeds alongside its tracks. “It's (Spike 80W) a registered pesticide by the federal government to control the weed growth along rail lines. It’s being used for the right thing,” said Craig. “We feel there are safety precautions in place.” The Regional District of Central Kootenay has applied for a court injunction to stop the spraying. The regional district is arguing since it has declared itself a pesticide-free zone CP Rail should not be permitted to spray its tracks in the regional district. Regional board chairman George Cady told the Castlegar News he met with both Craig and Dennis McDonald of the Ministry of Environment office in Nelson and told them the regional district wants the planned spraying stopped. “I said were quite concerned that there have been cases of chemicals being dumped in the regional district over the past years. We weren't prepared to discuss amending the to tour is week permit. We just want it stopped,” said Cady. He added that both Craig and McDonald told him that because there were “no major adverse effects” to the planned spraying they had to grant CP Rail the permit. Those opposed to the spraying argue it will harm the environment and pose a threat to school children who walk along railroad tracks to and from school. But CP Rail spokesman Don Bower told the Castlegar News in a telephone interview from his Vancouver office that children should not be near the tracks in the first place. “It’s an extremely dangerous thing for children to walk along railroad tracks. It’s a very dangerous place to be,” said Bower. Georgetti says he's ready to VANCOUVER (CP) — B.C. Fed- eration of Labor President Ken Georg. etti said Saturday he is ready to go to jail if necessary to stop Bill 19, the Social Credit government's labor leg. islation. “If protesting that law by refusing to work for one day is sedition, then they might as well pack me off to jail right now,” Georgetti said in a speech to the bi 1 con B.C. "Goreemocnt vention of the Employees Union. The Federation conducted a 24-hour general strike June 1 against Bill 19, prompting the government to go to go to jail B.C. Supreme Court seeking injunct ions aimed at stopping further illegal strikes. Attorney General Brian Smith accused organized labor of conducting an unlawful conspiracy against the government and the notice of motion filed in court referred to the sedition section of the Criminal Code. A statement of claim filed Friday by the government to support its injunction applications used softer language, but still seeks injunctions to stop what the statement calls a “civil conspiracy.” i a BEATLEMANIA . . . Richard Maddocks shows off just some of his impressive Beatles collection. Mad- Maddocks big Beatles fan By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer You would have to have a doctorate in “Beatleology” to compete with the likes of Castlegar resident Richard Maddocks, a self-confessed Beatles freak Maddocks, who was born in Gosport, England in 1954, grew up there with the sounds of the Fab Four. He owns not only all of their albums, but also a Beatlemania trivia game, compact discs and approximatley 30 books written about the group. This week, of course, holds special meaning for Maddocks and other Beatles’ fans since it marks the 20th anniversary of the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts docks grew up in Brit Four Cachlaees tre in during the reign of the Fab Club Band album — a landmark rock and roll album that helped spur an entire cultural movement. “They were always on TV,” said Maddocks during an interview in the livingroom of his home which harbors an impressive collection of records and an intimidating stereo. “I remember them interrupting television programs to bring us Beatles updates (when they toured the United States in 1964), just like when Armstrong landed on the moon. Maddocks still has the first 45 rpm record he bought of the group: Twist and Shout. He also has an obscure Beatles album cover appropriately nicknamed the continued on poge A2