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Culture or
counter-culture?

CAN’T SPEAK for everyone, but
to me and some others I know, this
seems like an overused, yet un-
derdefined word,

You can see it in just about every issue of the
Terrace Standard, MacLeans and any other Ca-
nadian publication, referring to everything from
land claims to beer choices, but have you ever
Stopped to wonder just what the heck it truly is?

T hate to rain on the little culture parade, but in
case anyone hasn’t noticed, there really isn’t all
that much for the majorily of the kids to believe
in,

Look around, what do you see? I sce elected
officials being recalled, the President of arguab-
ly the most powerful nation in the world stuck
in the middle of a sex scandal, and we are ex-
pected to have something to belleve in!?!

Sure we can vote and pretend we have real
power, or write essays for Socials class that get
put in cute little contests, but aside from that we
don’t have that much direction.

The 50s had Rock'n’Roll, the 60s had Racial
Equality and Vietnam, the 70s had, well, okay,
maybe the 70s didn’t have ali that much (dis-
co?), but what are we stuck with?

Nuclear war? Diseases with funny names?
The Spice Girls? [ mean, c’mon, if you really
expect more from us, then why not give us more
to show you.

I’m not some jaded kid who thinks it’s kool
this week to rebel against common sense, I just
see high expectations and low réalizations.

We're expected to stand and shout for things
that don't exist, but do it with grace so we don’t
offend any of the “politically correct” aco-
revolutionaries.

About the only culture we have access to is on
a TY channel, and even that isn’t our own, it’s
the quasi-culture the U.S. preaches with such
tenacity. I’ve seen the seedy underbelly of Can-
ada; [I’ve secn the glorious upper-crust as well,
and all I can do is shake my head and hope that
it'll go away without destroying what's left of
our world.

T guess what I am trying to say can be
chopped down into two things.

First of all, (and this is directed to those of
you who expect so much and get so little) if you
want more from your kids, then give ‘em a bet-
ter chance to show you what we have to say.
We aren’t ALL whacked out, drug-crazy,
pyromaniac anarchists. You’d be amazed at
some of the brilliance I’ve seen just here in Ter-
race alone. You know the saying, THE KIDS
ARE ALRIGHT!!!

And this next message goes to my fellow
young’uns. If you were to take all the things
‘they’? call culture and stuff it into a blender
and press frape, you be left with one thing —
Family, That’s all it is. It has nothing to do with
National History. Nothing to do with leather
fringes and beads, or specific religions or any-
thing else, Respect your parents and your fam-
ily, and most of all, respect yourself. YOU ARE
CULTURE!!!

In the words of Greg Graffin, the lead singer
for my favourite punk band (Bad Religion) and
a professor at Columbia University, ‘Culture
was the seed of proliferation but it’s gone and
melded into an inharmonic whole. Conscious-
ness has plagued and we cannotshake it, though
we think we’re in control....’’

Dress red this Friday

THE HEART and Stroke Foundation is asking
everyone to pay $5 to dress red on Friday, Feb.

Your $5 buys you a button and the chance to
help Heart and Stroke.

Since 1955 the agency has contribuled $60 mil-
lion towards heart and stroke research in B.C.
This fiscal year the amount was $2.8 million to
support 76 cardiovascular research projects, They
include the study of rehabilitation for children
with congenital heart disease and funding of a
senior cardiovascular scientist to head the new
Pediatric Cardiac Sciences Centre at B.C. Chil-
dren’s Hospital.

Dressing Red is just one of the campaigns
sponsored this month by the Heart and Stroke
Foundation. The foundation is focussing this
month on children’s health. Studies have shown
that Canadian children aged 6-12 barely get a
passing grade when it comes to leading a healthy

lifestyle,
~ Jf you want to support the work of the Heart and

call 638-8464,

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Stroke can strike at any age

IMAGINE WAKING up to
find the Icft side of your
body paralyzed. Now im-
agine how a four-year-old
would feel under those cir-
cumstances.

Five years ago Nathan
Petersen somehow managed
to crawl to his parents’
bedroom, to let them know
something was very wrong.
Now nine, he doesn’t re-
member the experience.

“How he got there Pl
never know,’’ says his
mother Dianne Petersen.

She rushed him to the
emergency ward at Mills
Memorial, where doctors
wondered if the young boy
had a brain tumour. This
was prior to the time the
hospital had the capability
fo do cat scans, so Nathan
was flown down to Chil-
dren’s Hospilal in Van-
couver.

It was there his parents
learned Nathan had suffered
from a stroke.

Doctois were baffled that
a child could suffer from a
stroke. Typically strokes af-
fect older people.

“For ihe next four days he
lingered,’ said Dianne.
‘We knew what had hap-
pened but not why it hap-
pened.’”

Finally the doctors, not
knowing what else to do,
put young Nathan on
Heparin, an anti-coagulant
used on older stroke vic-
tims. Nathan started to
recover immediately.

Eventually Nathan’s fam-
ily learned he had a disorder
so rare that only three other

-cases-in the world had been

identified at that time.
Called Antiphospholipid
Syndrome, Nathan’s blood
reacls every time he has a
virus. A fever two weeks
before the stroke had likely
been the immediate cause.
Looking at Nathan as he
races his brother and sister

fo the kitchen to get a
cookie, you’d never imagine
he’d suffered a stroke.

“He has a little difficulty
with coordination,’’ says
Diaune. When Nathan gets
tired his left foot drags a bit.
Movements requiring a lot
of lefi and right coordina-
tion are also difficult for
him.

But his school work is
going well. Nathan’s
favourite subject is math,
and he’d much rather be
doing that than be in art
class, which he doesn’t care
for.

As for the stroke that hap-
pened five years ago,
Nathan doesn't remember
much.

“My bed was covered
wilh balloons and teddy
bears”’ he says.

Nathan was in a wheel-
chair for a while, then in a
brace, but a month after the
stroke he could walk again.

He’s never had a relapse
and although he has his
blood checked regularly.
Dianne is started to relax
now that they’ve reached
the five-year mark.

Nathan’s blocd disorder
isn’t hereditary, dut the fam-
ily does have a history of
heart disease. His father,
Richard Petersen, 66, had a
\riple bypass cight years
aga.

Nathan’s parents are both
extremely supportive of the
amount of research the
Heart and Stroke Founda-
tion does, studying causes
for heart disease.

And Children’s Hospital
plans to follow Nathan as hie
grows up, keeping tabs on
his,medical progress for re-
search purposes,

The Terrace Standard
plans to profile other heart
and stroke patients and ac-
tivities during Heart Month
in February.

M@ One, two, three...

; ee YOUNG SCIENTISTS Krista Voogd and Lisa Stiksma, both grade one students,
Stroke Foundation and take part'in dress red day, took part in the tree ring counting competition at the 33rd annual Science Festi-
val. Other highlights were the paper plane flying competition and a rockat launch.

NATHAN PETERSEN enjoys a cuddle with his mam Dianne. Five years ago
Nathan had a stroke, but fortunately he made a fuil recovery, Now the spunky
nine-year-old enjoys soccer and his favourite subject at school is math.

Around Town

Women-centred art

TERRACE, Aiyansh and Kitwanga women artists
have put together a unique show to celebrate In-
ternational Women’s Day, which takes place
March 8.

The show’s theme is ‘Doorways we have
passed through,’’ and the art explores personal
growth and change. Their works are in a variely of
media including clay, watercolours, literature,
wood, glass and oil.

The exhibition opens Friday, March 6 at the Ter-
race Art Gallery, in the basement of the library on
Park Ave.

Early spring cleaning

IF YOU'RE thinking about going through the
storage room and getting rid of those old pans, or
thai couch you don’t like, then we know a perfect
place to donate them.

The Terrace Transition House is asking the com-
munity to donate any unwanted household items.
The Transition House provides a safe place for
women and children fleeing abuse.

Those women sometimes go on to set up a new
residence, and usually have little to no household
items. Almost any donation will be gratefully
received, from clothing to dishes to small ap-
pliances.

To pick up or drop off items, call 635-6447,

- Sniff sniff

EVER WONDERED what makes CK One (by
Calvin Klein) smell so good? Do perfume makers
squish thousands of flower petals? Or do they
pour liquids from test tube to test tube, constantly
sniffing the results?

You can find out on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at the pub-
lic library. Veljko Dragojlovic, a chemistry in-
structor at the college, hosts a free presentation on
fragrances and perfumes. He’ll discuss how per-
fume is made, its history and the difference be-
tween men and women’s perfumes,

The presentation is free but seating is limited.
For more information call the library at 638-8177.

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