School Board briefs

Memorial scholarship fund

A scholarship find will be
set up in tributeto the late
John Bastin, former prin-
cipal of Caledonia School.

chool board vote at
Monday's meeting to assist
in a committe which will be
formed to administer the
fund.

The committe will also
investigate the possibility of
forming a John Bastin
foundation to administer
scholarships and bursaries
to school students within the
district.

The foundation would
make it possible for in-
dividuals to contribute in
ate amoutits rather than
pu Up a full scholarship,
and would make such
contributions tax decuc:
tible, the board was told.

A new program to in-
troduce retarded youngsters
to acedmeics has been set
up at Parkside school.

The rotected Kin-
dergarten has two teachers,
an aid and a child care

worker to supervise the six
youngsters from the Child
Development Centre who
spend a half day in the
regualr school.

Each youngster has his
own individual program and
the aim of the class is to
introduce the youngsters to
the school system so they
can continue learning as
they progress in the
development.

Derek Goffart, a teacher
at Parkside who spoke to the
school board on the program
at this week’s meeting, was

enthusiastic about -the .

Kindergarten.

“To see there is a need for
this kind ofclass, you only
have to see the children’s
faces when they come to

school in the morning,"he |

said.

Musical students will now
have to pay a fee for use of
school owned instruments.

School board members
voted to apply a $20 main-
tenance fee for the first time

Miners walk
off the job

PEACHLAND, B.C, (CP)
— More than 300 members
of the United Steelworkers
of America were off the job
Tuesday at Noranda Mines
Ltd. operations near here in
the Okanagan Valley,

The company asked the
workers at Brenda Mines,
who had been off the job
since midnight Monday, to
return to their jobs,
claiming the work stoppage
was illegal.

However, a union

spokesman said that if.

Management did not stop
pushing ‘the miners, they
would not return to their
jobs.

Union spokesman Ron
Scott called a letter sent by
Noranda to the workers
threatening and he wants it
retracted. © - r=

began Monday night when
the overnight shift was
revented from boarding a
us for transportation to the
mine.

This is the third in a series
of four columns on arthritis
written by Dr. Harold S.

Robinson, who is a specialist

in rheumatic disease and
Medical Director of The
Canadian Arthritis and
Rheumatism Society in B.C.
- This column deals with
osteoarthritis. .

What happens to a joint
when osteoarthritis is
present?

Consider the end joint of
the index finger, At the joint
the two bone ends are
covered by a shiny slippery
substance called cartik ge.
This allowa the finger to
move from a straight to a
bent position with very little
effort.

In osteoarthritis the
cartilage becomes worn,
cracked and thin. The
smooth movement of one
bone against another is lost.
The tendons, ligaments and
capsule which tie the bone
ends to one another may
become contracted, limited
joint movement and-causing
stiffness. The bone ends
react to cartilage loss
orming bony spurs whic
further limit movement. In
a small joint the bony
thickening can both be seen
and felt.

What joint does it most
often strike? ;

It most often strikes the
end ints of the fingers.
Another common joint is the
base joint of the thumb or

eat toe. The most
Fisabiling forms are those
rélated to the knee and the
hip where walking ability is

ected,

My husband worries that
he will get osteoarthritis
because he has had many
injuries to his joints through
sports. Could this be true?

Yes, Osteoarthritis may
occur in previously injured
oints. for example, if a
fracture of a bone extends
into and damages a joint a
secondary osteoarthritis
may occur as a result and
become apparent years
later. ‘ Another simple
example is the so-called
“baseball finger’ resulting

Mine manager John
Knapp seid there was no one
on the bus at its regular
departure tithe so it had to
leave for the mine to pick up
the afternoon shift.

The 320 workers recently
rejected what the company
had called its final offer and
since then, Ken Albertini
has been apointed to
mediate the dispute.
Albertini said he will be con-
tacting the two parties this
week,

Mine manager John
Knapp. said the work
stoppage was illegal
because a mediator had
been appointed.

Scott said the union did
not know until Tuesday
morning that a mediator
had been appointed, but said
the news would not change

osc. the situation because -the
- Scott said the dispute.-

company was-responsble for
the dispute.

The union was to hold a
membershi meeting
Tuesday night to decide
further action.

from being struck on the end
of the finger by a fast ball.
‘This can injure one or more
joints in the finger, leadin;
to secondary stiffness an
beny reaction. The football
player who has injured his

ee on several occasions
may, in his later life,
develop the secondary
degenerative changes that
we call osteoarthritis.

How is osteoarthritis
treated?

By reducing the stresses
and strains on the joint so
that the worn or injured
joint may last longer; by
maintaining strong muscle
support about the joint so it

can be stabilized, by. .

keeping movement full; by
using medications designed
to relieve pain and stiffness
for those specially bad
times. Heat also helps by
relieving stiffness and
aching.
The stress on a hip or knee
joint can be reduced by
carrying a cane in the op-
posite hand. This lengthens
the “life” of the knee or hip.
The patient may need
practice or teaching by the
physiotherapist as to how to
use the cane most ef-
fectively. Proper cane
length is most important for
its effective use. ;
Speclal stresses to the
knees when rising from a
very low surface in the
bathroom or the upholstered
chair can be reduced by
using elevated seats for
furniture. All of these
‘manoeuvres reduce strain.
For the special problem of
osteoarthritis of the fingers,

often called Heberden's .

nodes, the additional use of
wax baths and exercises to
maintain the range of the
joints may be used from

me to time to minimize
loss of movement. Safe wax
bath utilization can be
taught by the

physiotherapist: A specially

d and painful joint in the
hip or the knee nowadays
may be referred to the
reconstructive orthopaedic
surgeon for surgical
reconstruction or
replacement.

since the introduction of the
band program in 1 ocal
scholls. The fee would ge
toward maintenance of the
musical instruments, some
of which are valued as high
as $2,000.

Last year repair bills
amounted to more than
$1,600.

A public meeting will be

. held for parents of students

using buses to get to and
from school on October 12 at
7:30 p.m. in the Caledonia
lecture theatre.

This will be a chance for
parents to air any complaint
or discuss problems arising

out of the busing situation. |

Farm may get facelift

Hart Farm will be given a
face lift under a proposed
youth rehabilitation project

approved in principle by
Terrace sheoo hoard this
week,

The Skeena Youth Work
Incentive Program is
currently being organized to
upgrade Hart Farm, a
recreation facility used
extensively by the school
district, while teaching
work skills to young people.

Sponsored by the Com-
munity Services Society and
organized by a group of
probation, social work,

uman resources and
education people, the
society has applied to the
federal government for a
Canada Works grant to
cover wages and work
materials.

The program’s two main
objectives, according to a-
prepared outline, are
providi “disadvantaged,
presently” unemployable
youth (ages 15 to 17) with
attitudes, work habits and
marketable skills essential
to employment in the
private sector,”’ and

‘providing ‘‘essential

maintenance, repair,
facility improvements, and
upgrading of the only major

derness recreational site

When do surgeons replace
joints for osteoarthritis and
what are the most common
replacements?

We frequently hear about
total joint replacements
these days. In many in-
stances resurfacing of the
opposing bone ‘end in the
joint is all that is necessary.
In the hip, more often than
in the knee, a true total joint
replacement is carried out.
The hip joint replacement is
the most common, with the
knee joint running a close
second,
other joints are now being
carri
used. - ;

Can young people get
osteoarthritis?

This is unusual; it
depends entirely on what
your definition of “young”
is, Certain rare conditions
lead to early degeneration of
joints so that a person in his
thirties or forties may
develop the degenerative
changes of osteoarthritis.
The type of osteoarthritis
that affects the end joints of

‘the fingers, giving the

bumpy appearance of
Heberden’s nodes, often
appears first in the forties.

e@ commonest forms of
degenerative arthriti:
without obvious cause occur
in the older decades.

Does it help to treat
osteoarthritis by heat?

Degenerative (osteo)
arthritis does not go away.

‘your just heritage.

THE HERALD, Wednesday, Septamber 21, 1977, PAGE 3

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| Telkwa gives
school shows

Herald staff
District schools will be able to enj
presentations by members of the Telkwa Foundation
under a community education project called Habitat

environmental

School board approved the project, a major part of '
t ering environmental education to
science and social studies classes in schools between
Burns Lake and Prince Rupert and in the Queen

Guest lecturers, slide shows, films and resource
materials on environmental subjects will be offered
by the Telkwa Foundation, a private non-profit en-
vironmental awareness group.

Areas will include general ecology, plant ecology,
1ergy for human consumption, fores
wildlife management and the flora and fauna of the

fishery and

The group will present programs ranging in length
from a one hour presentation to a week-long workshop
on these subjects or will provide an extended course
with field trips on theory and principles of ecology.

_ By unemployables

Skeena area
designated for public use.”
Hart Farm, about 15 miles

north of Terrace off the -

Nass Road, has been leased
by Canadian Cellulose to the
school district for $1 per
year.

The farm includes 12
buildings on its 28 acres,
several of which date back
to the early century. Rot- .
ting “foundations, leaky
roofs, uninsulated . walls,
poor drainage, broken
windows, inadequate power
and water systems make
many of the buildings un-
safe and unusable except for
storage, the outline reads.

The report pointed out
that if major repairs and
construction are not un-
dertaken early the facility
may be lost to the com-
munity. . :

First priorities in the
upgrading of the farm would
be replacing the generator
shack and moving a diese]
tank, doing foundation
andfloor work on the
building reserved for eating
and sleeping plus making a
two-storey bunkhouse
usable,

Youth workers would also
upgrade and repair the roof
and interior of the sleepin
building and various yard.

Arthritis: questions and answers

The symptoms, however,
May be worse at times than
others. Soreness and stiff-
ness can be relieved by heat
or by ice
patients. The early mornin
stiffness of the patient wit
osteoarthritis can be quickly
improved by a warm tub or
shower, Hot wax baths are
sometimes used in the
treatment of osteoarthritic
fingers with relief of pain
and stiffness for varying
pericds of time, Thus it is
the symptoms of the con-
dition that are relieved by
heat rather than the un-
derlying problem.

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Florida Canals
Canals in the western Big
Cypress Swamp area of
Florida undercut the water-
shed and pour off into the
Gulf of Mexico almost 150
billion gallons of fresh water
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Making Sure

A tough tap sergeant
glared at the rookie recruit
and shouted, “What's the
first thing you do when you
clean a rifle?" “Look at the
serial number,’ was the
meek reply, “Why do you do
that,’ demanded the ser-
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cleaning my own rifle,” the
recruit explained.

an understanding of the

in selected ©

work activities,

‘Young people would be
paid through this program
and would have the op-

rtunity to develop beth
abour skills and personal-
social life skills, according
to the report.

The department of human
resources has supported the
proposal in principle and

opes to contribute one full-
time child care worker.

If the $120,000 grant is
received, the school district
will fund one full time

teacher - counsellor.
Volunteer resource
persons from the com-
would also be in-
in the project.

muni
volv

oa,

Positive feedback

Herald staff

An Indian art program in
Hazelton-Kitwanga area
schools will be continued
this year at a cost of about
$12,000 with board approval
at this week’s meeting.

The board voted to rehire
art teacher Victor Mowat
for the nine-month program
which was taught for the
first time last year.

The district had split the
$12,500 cost for salary and
‘materials with the seven
band councils inthat area
last year but have not yet
received word that the
councils are willing to
support the prograrn again.

strict superintendent
* Frank Hamilton described

positive feedback.”

Board trustee Elaine
Johnson moved that the

Herald staff
Enrollment in district
schools has reached almost
6,000 pupils, the ap-
roximate figure project
ast April, according to
figures reviewed by the

Fallen

the program as “valuable”
} and said it received “‘alot of

giraffe
dies

England (AP) — Victor, the
giraffe ‘who could not get
back on his feet, died
Tuesday as attendants who
had fought to save his life
stood by.

Victor had been lifted in a
special sling made by the
Royal Navy and had just
been lowered for a rest when
he died, apparently oi
shock.

School board members
approved involvement in the
youth work program subject
to various conditions and
voted to write to Canada
Works indicating their
support.

The 15-year-old giraffe did
the splits last Thursday
night apparently while

I

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you're not in the mating with one of the three
game. Get fit — female giraffes at Marwell
and turn the Zoological Park 70 miles
clock back, southwest of London.

Although no hones ap-
peared, broken, he could not
pet to his feet. For five days
e steadily got weaker and
had lost about 500 pounds by
the time he died,

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Art program to continue

board support the program
and, if necessary, pay the
entire cost without band
contribution.

Enrolement shows
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school board at a meeting
this week.

Director of instruction for
the district skip Bergsma
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