September 17. 1986 DOCTOR SAYS Infertility EDMONTON (CP) Liberalized sexual behavior and environmental factors are implicated in the growing number of couples who are experiencing sexual fertility problems, says an Edmonton gynecologist “The incidence of infertility is definitely on the increase,” Dr. Josef Scott said in an interview. He said about 15 per cent of couples have fertility problems. “I think we're paying the price for liberalized attitudes towards sex in the 1970s,” said Scott. peering through wire rimmed, half-circle reading glasses. He said women who have had multiple sexual partners stand a greater chance of catching infections that can cause infertility. The infections can, for example, damage the Fallopian tubes and prevent conception DOUBLED IN.MEN While more women are having protijfems conceiving, the number of men with a fertility problem has doubled in the last 10 years, said Scott So far, doctors haven't been able to pin down the cause of the male problem, but they have some clues “Some of the factors that have been implicated in male infertility have been various toxic chemicals,” Scott said “A perfect example is metallic fumes,” he said “Welders tend to have problems.” Farmers who spray their crops with herbicides and insecticides may also experience difficulty, he said. Dr. David Mortimer, a University of Calgary researcher who is studying male infertility, said there seems to be more concern in the United States about the effect of environ mental-factors-on-fertility than there is ff Canada LESS ON MALES Scott said less research has been done on men than women, adding that research on men tends to be more difficult. “The female produces only one egg a month and it's so much easier to make her do that. The male produces millions Aluminum Sheets FALL SPECIAL 50° EACH Minimum 4 Sheets Castlégar News 197 Columbia Av: increasing of sperm cells a day. It’s so much harder to improve the production. “If a woman is not ovulating, it's very easy to make her ovulate because we have an armament of ovulation-inducing drugs like we've never had before.” Mortimer, who has received financial backing from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, is studying various aspects of sperm function, including its motility or swimming ability. Sperm with poor swimming ability could have difficulty reaching the egg to cause conception. Scott says the test-.ube method of fertilization has been the “greatest advance” in treating women with damaged Fallopian tubes. The method, called in-vitro fertilization, can also be used when a man has a low sperm count. NEED EDUCATION Education has a role in helping women avoid fertility problems, he said. : “I think we should start teaching sexual hygiene in school. It’s only through education of the public that we're going to change their method of thinking and their lifestyle, but it takes something like herpes or AIDS, and AIDS in particular, to do this sort of thing.” To prevent the transmission of venereal diseases, Scott recommends the simple, well-known and widely available condom And he urges couples to be honest. “If you have herpes and don't tell your partner, you're very dishonest.” AVOID UID There is one birth-control method Scott cautions some women against using — the intra-uterine device. He said he sees a lot of women who have pelvie infections after using an IUD. “I feel there is no place for the use of an IUD for contraception in women who have never had children and may some day want to have them,” he said. However, Scott said women who have already had their families could use IUDs. Lawsuits already cost IUD manufacturers millions of dollars and ended production of some models. Plotnikoff earns masters degree Former Castlegar resident Ron Plotnikoff graduated from the University of New castle in New South Wales, Australia, with a masters degree in Educational Stud ies. He has recently been em ployed as a full-time lecturer in education at a teachers College adjacent to the uni versity He is also involved in re search at the same university and at Sydney with a pro- fessor from a Sydney hospital in the area of “Retention of Resuscitation Skills (CPR) of Children”. The findings from these research projects will be published later this year RON PLOTNIKOFF masters degree Arts in Education from East ern Washington University Plotnikoff graduated from in 1980 Stanley Humphries in 1977 _ He is the son of Serge and and obtained a Bachelor of Vi Plotnikoff of Castlegar. DINNER FOR CHEF ON SUNDAY? You Could Win An ALL YOU CAN EAT % Maximum Value *50 CHILDREN’S NOVEL... Canadian writer Joy Kogawo has written a children’s novel, Naomi's Road, based on the Second World War story of Japanese Canadian internment Kogawa writes book for kids By KIRK LaPOINTE ‘Canadian Press TORONTO — The harsh Second World War story of Japanese Canadian internment has been brought to children’s literature in a gentle novel by a woman who was a vietim of the prejudice and groundless persecution Despite the innocent tone of her subtle story and its avoidance of blunt blame or crusading calls for redress, author Joy Kogawa knows even the tame fare like Naomi's Road (Oxford University Press; $7.95 softcover) will ruffle the feathers of a number of Canadians who would rather forget anything ever happened “I know that I have met people who feel that what happened to the Japanese Canadians was fully justified and that they are owed nothing for what happened,” Kogawa says “They may not like anything written about the subject.” In recent years, school history courses have begun to explain how the federal government, fearful that Japanese Canadians would be disloyal to the country, invoked the War Measures Act in 1942. Nearly 20,000 West Coast residents were declared enemies of the country, their possessions were confiscated and they were forced to leave their homes. Vancouver-born Kogawa, then only a child, was among them. Communities must repay taxes VANCOUVER (CP) A its taxes lowered. The board reassessment of the value of reduced the mine's value a coal mining operation near land, structures and opera Sparwood means three area tions to an assessment municipalities will have to value of $72 million from $142 repay the company more million than $1 million in 1985 taxes. Miller said that will mean She moved with her family to an internment camp in the British Columbia interior. While she has been active in the movement by Japanese Canadians for redress, she said she steered clear in her book “of a personal or political statement.” Instead, Naomi’s Road follows a little girl with “a face like a valentine” and her. older brother as they're separated from their parents, sent to the B.C. interior and later to a farm in Alberta. BEGINS JOURNEY The girl notices something wrong at the train station that begins her trip to internment “None of the white children from our street are here,” she observes. me When she arrives at a house in the middle of nowhere, she fantasizes it as the “home of the three bears. But there's no porridge waiting in a great big bow! or a wee little bowl. There's only the dead bee by the gray window and the weeds outside that look as if they want to come in.” Everything about Naomi's Road hints of the resentment of that era, but stops short of articulating it When Naomi and her brother stop to watch a white girl playing, she tells them to go away “Why should I? This is a free country,” Naomi’s brother says “It's not your country,” the girl replies. The two eventually become blood sisters and rise above the effects of war. “I wanted to point out that there's a world out there that isn't that desperate,” says Kogawa, a former writer in the Prime Minister's Office between 1974 and 1976 and writer-in-residence at University of Ottawa in 1978 Kogawa, who will be invested with the Order of Canada in November, based Naomi’s Road on her novel Obasan Hope, tolerance and understanding are common themes for children’s books, but Kogawa realizes hers is a tough sell because of its dark subject matter “I had my doubts about writing it,” she says. “I wondered: Will children be bored? At a certain age, you like fantasy, you like magic *Now that it's out, I wonder what will be the reaction says one mayor. Sparwood mayor Toto Mil ler said last week's decision by the provincial Assessment Appeal Board halving the value of Crows Nest Re sources Ltd.'s mining oper ation 15 kilometres north of Sparwood has set a po tentially dangerous prece dent “What you're going to find is a major rush,” Miller said in a telephone interview. “If you can depreciate the value of a mine to that extent, rest assured they (the mining in dustry and others) will be able to argue the point that they're paying too much (in taxes).” ler said the mine, faced w ah’ economically de pressed market for coal, had appealed to the board to have Sparwood, Fernie and Elk ford will have to refund more than $1 million in collected taxes Elkford mayor Richard Pinotti refused to comment on the tax repayment re sponsibilities of the three communities but said the mayors will discuss the mat ter at the Union of B.C Municipalities convention in Vernon, B.C., later this week Mill-r said Sparwood's re fund will likely be between $400,000 and $500,000 and will be a shock to the community already hit by the closure early this summer of the Balmer coal mine by Westar Mining Ltd It's going to be like the Titanic,” Miller said. “Munici pality after municipality sinking.” Vacation’s Over! Programs for valley residents Regional Recreation Com mission No. 8 is offering many forms of recreation to the Slocan Valley commun ity. Activities will be com mencing the week of Sept Of interest to the tiny tots will be Tots Play Time at South Slocan Anglican Hall Tots Variety Hour at Winlaw and in Slocan, Dance and Gymnastics. For the older children there is Judo, Jazz Dance and Girls Crafts. For fitness there are a number of classes including bounceless aerobics, aerobic fitness, over 40's Wellness, Heavy but Healthy or 40 Plus, Yoga and Meditation, Belly Dance and Jazz Dance Volleyball, badminton, men's basketball, weight lifting and teen soccer are also offered. Arts and crafts programs include beginners knitting, rock cutting and polishing. copper enamel bead dough doll art, paper tole, pinecone workshop, Wall Decor Ceramic Hat, Origami and Kids Christmas Crafts. Theatre is a new addition to the fall program. A Theatre Sports Workshop will be held Sept. 20 at Slocan Park Hall. 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