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CELLS UNVEILED

Study finds hope

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Reseachers have identified a pea-sized cluster of brain cells that serves as the master control for blood pressure, a finding they say may lead to new treatments for hypertension.

The identification of the control area should also speed research’ into the un derlying causes of high blood pressure, Dr. Donald Reis of Cornell University Medical Centre in New York City said

High blood pressure can lead to heart attacks and strokes.

The American Heart As. sociation says that in most cases the cause of the hyper. tension is unknown.

Reis said that increasing evidence suggests that only adrenalin-producing brain cells in the master control

region govern high blood pressure. Abnormalities in those cells could be the cause of the large number of un explained cases of hyper tension, he said.

He noted, however, that the abnormality may not lie with the production of adren alin but with the production of other yet-to-be-identified substances by those cells.

Other researchers have helped to identify the tiny region, called the rostral ventrolateral medulla, but Reis said he and his col leagues were the first to sug: gest that the adrenalin-pro- ducing cells are the critically important ones.

Reis described his findings at the American Heart As. sociation's annual high blood pressure meeting.

The area lies in the lower

brain stem, near where the brain connects to the spinal cord, Reis said. Nearby reg: ions control breathing and other automatic functions, he said.

He said most researchers agree that this region of the brain is the master control for hypertension. The evi

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dence that lin-produe ing cells are involved is more controversial, but many re searchers believe that to be the case, he said.

Some maintain that other cells in that area are re sponsible for the effect, he said..

Reis said this research builds upon the work of other scientists who have become increasingly certain that the brain, in addition to the heart and blood vessels, is im portant in the regulation of blood pressure.

Potassium lowers risk of heart problems

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A diet rich in potassium from fruits and vegetables drama tically lowers the risk of stroke, animal studies show.

“You get tremendous pro- tection from strokes by eat ing more fruits and vege- tables,” Dr. Louis Tobian of the University of Minnesota said.

A single extra helping of fruits or vegetables daily might cut stroke risk by as much as 40 per cent over an extended period, Tobian said at the American Heart As sociation’s annual meeting on high blood pressure.

Tobian and his colleague Tokuichiro Sugimotor, show ed that high blood pressur ein stroke-prone rats dam. ages a single layer of cells lining arteries in both rats and humans. That damage

Cartoon about cancer

VANCOUVER (CP) Vancouver artist Liz Scully, who fought a successful bat tle with cancer four years ago, has created an animated film aimed at acquainting children with the disease.

She says her own exper ience with liver cancer taught her that while people can talk about the physical aspects of the disease, they fear the emotional and psy chological elements

“One of the things I exper ienced was that people were unwilling to talk about the feelings surrounding cancer,” she says. “They would even be afraid to say the word cancer is a very scary word.”

The 11-minute film is nar. rated by 13-year-old Rebecca Harker, who says that while she doesn’t have cancer, “If I did I think watching the film would make me feel like there was there who really cares.”

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Ferry service

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VANCOUVER (CP) — The mayor of Gibsons, B.C. says the B.C. Ferry Corp.'s re. duction of service between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale threatens the economic sur. vival of the Sunshine Coast area

As of Jan. 1, ferry service between Horsehshoe Bay and Langdale was reduced by one sailing, said B.C. Ferries spokesman Ron Davis.

The Queen of Cowichan's 10:30 a.m. sailing was can. celled in part to save about $720 a day in fuel, Davis said, but will return in spring.

The cancellation leaves Sunshine Coast residents with an almost four-hour gap between the 8:30 a.m. sailing and one at 12:20 p.m.

can lead to arteries being blocked or rupturing — two causes of stroke.

They also showed that the damage can be almost com pletely elimina if rats with high blood pressure are given diets rich in potassium

Most fruits and vegetables are good sources of potas sium, Tobian said in an inter. view. Among the best are bananas, strawberries, pota toes, and orange and grape fruit juice. Skim milk is another good source, he said

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Some studies have shown that bachelors die earlier than married men, Tobian said. He thinks on reason might be that the diet of bachelors is less well bal. anced than that of married men, and bachelors may get too little potassium

Potassium does not lower blood pressure, Tobian said It prevents high blood pres sure from damaging the art eries.

Tobian's most recent stud ies stem from his long interest in potassium and in the dietary habits of pre historic human beings.

For several million years before the dietary changes produced by agriculture and the industrial revolution, humans ate a diet high in potassium, Tobian said.

People evolved in such a way that they came to depend upon that potassium. When diets changed and po: tassium content dropped, strokes and other forms of heart disease became more prevalent, although Tobian has not proven that a link exists.

World's oldest person dies

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Florence Knapp, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest person, has died at age 114

Knapp, a teacher who marched in support of women's ‘suffrage in 1919, died Monday at Dock Terrace nursing home in Philadel phia

Donald McFarlan, editor of the Guinness Book, said today Knapp was recognized as the world’s oldest person. Guinness recogni tion to those who can provide birth records and other doc umentation

Her successor is Maren Torp, 111, of Norway, ac cording to Guinness record keepers. The previous person to be listed as the world’s

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oldest was Anna Eliza Wil- liams, of Swansea, Wales, who died Dec. 27 at 114 years and 209 days

Knapp was born Oct. 10, 1873. She lived for 110 years in the stone farmhouse in Montgomery Square where she was born and moved to the nursing home four years ago before she broke a hip.

Knapp’s birthday is noted in her family’s Bible, and her late aunt gave a sworn affi davit in 1930 to verify its accuracy for government records.

Researchers attributed her 114 years to “good genes.” Two of her sisters lived into their 90s and an aunt and another sister lived to be 107.

She is survived by nieces and nephews.

Test tube quints

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DETROIT )Reuter) A Michigan woman gave birth to four girls and a boy in what a hospital said on Tues. day was the first delivery of “test-tube” quintuplets in the United States.

The quintuplets, delivered by caesarean section at Beaumont Hospital in subur. ban Royal Oak late Monday, ranged in, weight from one pound, 14,5 ounces to three pounds, 2.5 ounces and were “in good shape,” spokesman Deb Mero said

The births were about a month premature, Mero said.

The parents were identi fied only as a married couple from Clarkston, Mich

Mero said the babies are the first quints in the U.S. born from in vitro fertiliz- ation. She said her infor mation came from Medical Research International, a Boston-based monitoring

n U.S.

agency

“The odds of having quin. tuplets is one in 50 million and this is only the 15th living set of quints,” she said.

In March 1986, five boys believed to be the world's first test-tube quintuplets were born in London.

Among 50 in-vitro fert- ilization clinies in the United States, Mero said, there were three reported births of test-tube quadruplets but none of quintuplets.

Dr. Len Hutton, who de livered the babies, said they were in stable condition. “We're cautiously optimis. tie,” he said.

The delivery lasted four minutes, with the first new born taken at 10:34 p.m. EST, Mero said.

The parents had known the mother was carrying quin- tuplets because of ultra. sound testing, he added.

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PARADE KICKS OFF OLYMPIC CELEBRATIONS

By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer

Castlegar residents not going to the Winter Olympies in Calgary can still “share the spirit” right here in Castlegar with local Celebration '88 festivities Jan. 24.

Celebration ‘88 kicks off with a torch light run and parade, and concludes with an evening of Olympic-related festivities at the Community Complex.

The symbolic torch light run begins 4 p.m. at Selkirk College with the lighting of the torch. Relay runners selected lottery-style from their entry forms will carry the replica torch donated by the City of Merritt.

The eight-kilometre course loops through Brilliant to the Castlegar-Robson Ferry and continues through

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downtown Castlegar, up Columbia Avenue to the Safeway parking lot.

Citizens are invited to parade to the complex where the festivities take place.

The Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club is selling Olympie- style souvenir candles at Safeway to add to the spirit of the torch light parade.

Once at the complex, there will be a tribute to local World Cup skier Felix Belezyk.

People are invited to sign a goodluck telegram to Belezyk from the citizens of Castlegar.

Belezyk is a member of the Canadian National Ski Team and is ranked among the top 26 downhill skiers in the world.

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Belezyk is not the only Castlegar resident to be honored.

The Celebration '88 Committee will present the Celebration '88 medals, which ge to the citizens who have made outstanding contributions to amateur sport.

The winners are Wendy Pilla as the top female athlete; Ben Thor-Larsen as the top male athlete; Gordon

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committee and the Committee reviewed each submission on criteria established under the national program. Wendy Pilla, 17, is recognized for her accomplish ments in swimming where she is presently attempting to qualify for the national team. Pilla is ranked in the top 30

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PREMIER REJECTS PLEA

RDCK to press Hydro lawsuit

By RON NORMAN Editor

The Regional District of Central Kootenay plans to press ahead with its court case against the provincial government and B.C. Hydro in an effort to tax Hydro property.

The regional board had put the lawsuit on hold last year while it attempted to negotiate an out-of-court settlement with the provincial govern ment.

However, the board has decided to eontinue the case after Premier Bill Vander Zalm rejected the board's request to tax Hydro.

The regional board presented a written brief on Hydro taxation to Vander Zalm and the rest of cabinet

last September in Nelson.

In a written reply to the brief, Vander Zalm said the provincial government has already helped create a situation where property taxes in the regional district are lower than the provincial average.

“It is the government's view that further taxation of B.C. Hydro is not necessary to achieve a reasonable degree of property tax equity,” he said in a Dec. 14 letter to the board.

Vander Zalm added that if B.C. Hydro was forced to pay taxes on its Columbia River dams and installations, there would be a shift in property taxes from residential taxpayers to Hydro.

“But the cost would be passed back to homeowners, to some extent, in

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the form on rates,” he said.

However, board chairman George Cady called Vander Zalm's argument “ridiculous.”

increased electricity

Cady told the regional board Saturday there aren't any special government programs that help reduce regional district taxes.

And he said Vander Zalm's final paragraph in the letter is nearly word for word the same reply the board received from former finance minister Hugh Curtis several years ago.

Cady made public a letter he wrote in reply to Vander Zalm.

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Union seeks review

By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer

The union representing em ployees at Celgar pulp mill has asked the B.C. environment minister to re view the mill's pollution variances.

The Pulp, Paper and Woodwork ers of Canada local No. 1, is convinced that Celgar is making enough from current pulp prices to accelerate its $48 million, 10-year pollution upgrading program.

In 1984, then-environment minis: ter Austin Pelton granted Celgar var. iances on its pollution control- permits for chemicals being released into the air and the water.

Celgar was granted a 10-year re prieve because it was not making enough money to immediately begin improving its pulp-making process to lower air and effluent discharge

“Under a variance, all they (local B.C. environment officials) can do is monitor both air and effluent discharge

and report it to the environment min. istry,” said Michael Espenhain, pol. lution chairman of the PPWC local No. 1 at Celgar. “These variances do very little to limit pollution.”

But the PPWC says Celgar made enough money in 1987 to improve its facilities sooner than outlined in the variance. Union executives met with Environment Minister Bruce Strachan in November and asked the ministry to cancel the variances immediately.

“It's obvious that every pulp company made money last year,” Es. penhain said. “The (Consolidated) Bathhurst financial statement (for the nine months ending Sept. 30, 1987) stated that Celgar pulp mill conributed significantly to Consolidated-Bath hurst profits.”

Arrow Lakes Tugboat Society spokesman Ed Conroy has estimated Celgar made “roughly $48 million in 1987.”

The mill variances were issued on

the condition that Celgar provide the environment ministry with regular fin. ancial statements. Celgar’s last fin. ancial statement to the ministry was expected at the end of 1987.

But Celgar technical manager Vic Mofandini says he had no idea how much Celgar made in 1987 and is unsure if the environment ministry had been sent a financial statement.

“It was the responsibility of the owners (Consolidated-Bathhurst) to produce a financial statement,” Mor. andini said.

Jim McLaren, regional waste manager for the environment ministry, said he is unsure if the environment ministry has received Celgar's latest financial statement. He suggested it would be in Celgar's best interests to improve their operation sooner than outlined in the 10-year variance — providing it has the money

“In a few spots we think they

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Board to eye closure

By RON NORMAN Editor

Castlegar school board will be asked to get involved in the Celgar Pulp Co. woodroom closure, the Castlegar News learned this week

School trustee Mickey Kinakin said he plans to present a resolution at Monday's board meeting asking trus tees to write a letter requesting Celgar and the Ministry of Forests reconsider the proposed woodroom closure

Castlegar council approved a sim ilar resolution on Tuesday.

Kinakin said his “main concern” is that the woodroom closure will event ually lead to layoffs of employees with the least seniority. Those employees are usually younger with families, Kinakin said, and he's afraid of the effect the layoffs could have on the children — some of whom will probably be students

“As a school district, I think we should make some kind of statement on these kinds of questions,” he said, adding later: “The school district has some concern about what happens socially.”

Kinakin pointed to the school board's opposition to CP Rail's proposal to spray the pesticide Spike 80W as an example of the board getting involved in the social issues.

“It's absolutely parallel Spike business.”

Kinakin said the board isn't telling Celgar how to operate its mill.

“We're not saying Celgar shouldn't run the mill and make operational changes,” he said. However, he noted: “Surely we have a right to make a

to the

statement” and ask the mill to recon sider the woodroom closure.

Meanwhile, the union represent ing the 18 workers affected by the woodroom closure finally made a public statement on the issue this week

The Pulp, Paper and Woodwork ers of America Local No. 1 called for Celgar to expand the pulp mill to make use of the surplus chip supply

“The shutdown of the woodroom

due to a surplus of residual wood chips in the area is a haphazard approach to good forest managemen Michael Espenhain, PPWC second vice- president, said in a prepared state ment.

“The lack of expansion of the pulp mill does not allow the company to take advantage of market surpluses or to honor their intrinsic contractual com

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Castlegar teachers vote to form union

By CasNews Staff and News Services

Castlegar teachers voted 96.2 per cent in favor of becoming a trade union with full union rights Monday

Of the 106 teachers who voted, 104 said yes to certification, said Mike Rodgers, president of the Castlegar District teacher's association.

“I think this is a very strong message to both the Social Credit government and to the (Castlegar) school board that teachers are united and determined,” said Rodgers.

In Trail, teachers also voted 96 per cent in favor of becoming a trade union.

Darrell Ganzert, president of the Trail Teachers’ Association, said their vote ws 162-7 in favor of forming a union.

A total of 19 local teachers’ unions have been certified so far in British

Columbia under new legislation which gives them full bargaining rights, including the right to strike.

Lynn Macdonald, spokesman for the umbrella B.C. Teachers’ Fed. eration, said teachers approved the certifications by margins ranging from 78 per cent in Lillooet to 100 per cent in Golden.

The latest unions to be certified were in Castlegar, Kamloops, Mount Arrowsmith, Richmond, Gulf Islands, Sooke, Trail, Kitimat, Sunshine Coast, Nicola Valley, Delta, Arrow Lakes, South Cariboo and Coquitlam.

The votes were supervised by the Industrial Relations Council. The tea- chers were given an exemption from the B.C. Federation of Labor's boycott of the council in order to become certified.