Heritage Week begins next .
Monday, and residents around
the province will be sponsoring
events with a variety of heritage
themes. And for Terrace area
residents, the week provides an:
opportunity — to discover and
celebrate our local heritage i ina
number of ways. .

said.

- February: 20-26 Is “Herltage Week” In Terrace and some

‘special events are planned. Pictured above during the proc-
_ + lamation.signing are Mayor Jack Taistra and Terrace and’.
= District Museum Soclety # first vice president Dick Green.

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high-risk group — Vv drug us-

- AIDS; through needle-sharing

among intravenous drug users
and sexual contact.

There has been a threefold

- increase in the reported cases of
'”- type ‘B” hepatitis over the past.

year in the region, Bowering

A vaccine i is available to pre-
vent type ‘B’, and Bowering

— that anyone who is ina

* the latter is an image of ‘the
 Mirgin Mary and Christ. painted

in oilsona cross-section : of what
‘Ismail believes is a ‘piece of
. citrus wood. It came to him as
an heirloom from his mother, is
about 250 years old, and Ismail
_ said it’s appraised at $100,000
He also mentioned. that entire

‘collection. is stored in a bank

vault,

- Ancient medicine

The Bright Lantern is a four-
volume set of books published

during 1821 in Egypt by Dr. Al-
Natossi, physician to the Egyp- .
tian king of that period. Ismail.

‘ has two of the volumes and he
‘thinks modern medicine could
learn a good. ‘deal from the old
~ doctor. ©

One thing | Ismail discovered
while reading the work (in it’s:

original Arabic) was that con- 1980's he served a lengthy stint

trary. to common belief, the

problem of herpes — a viral skin.
condition that produces lesions
- and sores — is nothing new. The:

+ disease was described in great
detail, along with a series of
medical: treatments, in ‘the old
book. Oo ot

ers, people with multiple sexual

. partners, and health-care work-
ers who handle or are exposed ~
to bodily fluids — ‘should: ‘get

inoculated.
The vaccine is available

through family physicians. It’s a

series of three’ injections, costing

a total of $100.

' changes. They’re. cbased on Ca-
nadian Heart Foundation’s rece

- Steve Ramzi Ismail —

continued from page ve

Ismail says the doctor goes on
at length about facial and ab-
dominal forms of herpes, but he

"adds that’ genital herpes ' nay be.

a more recent development.
The treatments (some of them
at least) don’t differ greatly

“from modern: medical prescrip-

tions: ointments composed of

‘ginc oxide and sulphur com-
pounds, rest for the patient, and |
. -exposure of the affected area to
_- sunshine (today ‘ultraviolet:

lamps are used). Other. recom-

‘mendations are somewhat sus-

pect, Ismail noted, including

among those the consumption
of large quantities of. turtle

soup.

Ismail has lived in many areas -

of the world with a diversity of
climates, but he’s no stranger to
the: north. During the early

at a diagnostic and treatment
center in Moose Factory, On-
tario, a tiny community at. the
south end of James Bay, about a

‘block and a half from the End of

Nowhere.

Welcome to. Terrace, Steve. ,

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There will be store-front: dis-

plays at.a number of businesses
and on Sunday, Feb. 26, from: 1

Healthier lifestyle urged
by B.C. Heart Foundation

This j is. “iPyeart Month”. And:
beginning tomorrow, a Skeena .
Mall display will feature several _

potentially life-saving devices in- .

‘cluding .a free blood pressure
test, educational material, and a

new book — “The Light
Hearted Cookbook’’.

there appears to be a, direct
connection between. what. you
eat and your chances of develop-
ing a heart condition or stroke.

Your health and your heart may.

’ be more in. your control. than
you've realized:

These are not drastic dietary

to 4 p.m., there will be a free

“Heritage Celebration’’ at the

arena banquet room. According
to Terrace and District Museum

‘Society president, Mamie Ker-

by, this venture is a joint effort
of the society and local members

of the Scouting and -Guiding

movement. who will be them-

‘selves celebrating their own spe-
“Scout Guide .

cial week,
Week’.

there is an “inadequate flow of

blood to the. heart muscle;
stroke is usually caused by a lack

of blood flow:to the brain .—

and both are caused by a nat-

‘rowing of ‘the blood vessels,

commonly called: hardening of

. ~ the arteries, or atherosclerosis.
According to the cookbook, .

‘What can you do? Avoid
smoking, have your blood pres-

sure. checked. regulary,’ have

your cholesterol levels checked,

“exercise regularly, keep stress to
a minimum, maintain a healthy -

body weight, limit alcohol in-
‘take’ —‘ and eat a. healthy diet

-them a try you'll probably been- -
joying a wider variety of foods
‘than you've ever enjoyed before. —

The book - contains Reeien
“recipk—-thmely

mation. -

The numbers speak for them-
selves:
Canadians . suffer from some ~

form of heart or. blood ‘vessel
disease and roughly’ ‘80,000 of...
them will die this year.. And |
they’re not all-‘‘old people”. —
many will be middle-aged or |
younger andthe cause. of death
‘will be recorded as heart attack

“today, three million

or stroke.

— AD heart attack occurs when

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Community cone sought
to celebrate Heritage Week .

- Kerby says that the theme of
the Feb. 26 celebration. will: be:
“Toys. and Games: of Yester-- 0
day’’. Residents. will beable to:
take a look and in some cases try. ae
their hand at some of the recrea-" -
tional challenges of our past. | -
She adds that there is no charge ~ :-
for the event and coffee and:

based on Canada’s s Food Guide...

donuts will.be available.

. In order to make this the best
event possible, Kerby is asking:
_ everyone to search their. closets).
_and attics. for any item of: inter- —
est which could be displayed.’ Tf
-you have ‘something to- offer,’ a
phone - ‘Mamie at 635-2508 © Or”
- Thelma at:635-2093.. 0 0 i

‘And if. you want to add a:
touch of your own to the week, ~

here are some suggestions from

- Victoria that you can have fun —
with at. home: check out local’
wildlife history or that of local
sporting . events, ‘particularly:

_ those of Native heritage; if you =
have business interests, have a-

“Jook at the’ history of our local =

‘economy; the.artistic could look: ce

‘at traditional music, art and)

writing; or if you're 2 home- |

body type, prepare a traditional a
meal and invite some friends. 4
Who knows, youcouldbe form--- I
ing the ‘basis for. the. ‘‘main - ‘ 3
attraction” of next year’s event. . oe

‘TERRACE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The Annual General Meeting of the Terrace .

| Public. Library. Association will be. held-on |
Thursday, February 16, 1989 at 7:00 p. m.in the
Library Meeting Room. -

Elections to the Board of Trustees will take |

place, and nominations for these positions |
will be accepted from the . floor. Light
refreshments will be served. .:-

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