4-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, Noveniber ist, 1978 Traînable retardec visît Forest Centr< A pilot project to establish the awareness of outdoors and to teach students the feeling of freedom in the outdoors is being undertaken at the Ganaraska Forest Centre with the trainably retarded children from the three schools under the juris- diction of the Northumber- land and Newcastle Board of Education. The pilot program is being carried out during the months of October an( ember, a period whE centre is not being used extent by regular ( within the school boarè The Ganaraska Regio servation Area is pro this facility to thec without any charge or Last Thursday seve dents frnm the Thoma bard Public Schoc Cobourg along, with We'1l reserve you a Toro single stage or a Toro heavy-duey snow for nexf season. Jusf make a small dowin paymnenf and pay the bal NovemIber 30th. We'II aiso save you $50 fo $100 off the mnanufl retail price on the iwo-stage Toro sniothrower (if you purcha Toro by October if h you'Il save more because of the iower sal You can buy your Taro from ROLPH DOMINION HARDWARE ORONO, ONT. 983-5207 a Toro longou CE teacher were present at the centre for a period of four hours to enjoy the outdoor experience together. It is expected that group will return again in November for a similar experience as will a id Nov- possible seven other classes enl the in the area, four of which to any have already made their classes initial visit to the Forest d area. Centre. >n Con- Miss Kelly Ballantyne, co- oviding ordinator at the Centre, said classes it was most important that fee. the students return to the nr stu- camp in order that they could s Gi- determine if any awareness 31l in of the outdoors had register- their ed, developed and is re- membered. She also said she would like to have the children out on an over-night program if it was possible and not too taxing on the students or teachers. Rob Henderson, one of three programmers at the Centre, explained that the learning experience was very basic and related to touch, smell and seeing. The pro- I gram is divided into four parts with an hour allotted -for each study. The students learn that there are different kinds of trees, with different leaves, different bark and different seeds. They also lear'n of some of the animais that vfhrower inhabit in the forest and some lance by facturers knowledge of the climate and ase your what animals do at various les fax> parts of the year. The students arrive at the Ithoa centre at ten in the morning, lUghrs ejoya noon hour program as , well as lunch with staff and leave the camp around two in the afternoon. In speaking wý,ith Mr. Hen- derson hie said the prograin se~~~~~~~~~ sO S O se see .e,,, ...s. eee........ u MM rîqK L hlIsÎl-iasLighs e MeurLf ey Nov e8 e tri- a e ra col utr e o m rvle a 1:3 h r.B Rot foe a ea eaNvme t *w-o eoo *non esiirs,-C r ufn ra h ina*cap o e ýg ýy V np r d Nest, 23-2572 Health for al E mphysema Hake a Emphysema is a serious chronic disease of the lungs that affects chiefly men over the age of forty. The term Emphysema is derived from a Greek word that means inflation, that is, too much air in the lungs or really over- inflation. There is in emphy- semna another important fac- tor, namely damage or des- truction of part of the lung tissue, The lung changes in emphysema occur in the air >sacs or the breathing units rather than in the bronchi. There is no known single cause of this disease but cigarette smoking, air pollut- ion, repeated lung infection, heredity and the normal process of aging, ail play a role in the development of emphysema. Approximately nine out of every ten people wvith this disorder admit to heavy cigarette smoking. The combination of city living ifi appears to be well accepted and said he wvas looking forward to a return visit by the students in November.. He did say however it was very difficult for staff to reach the primiary students but after al the period of contact is very short even though the three programmers do visit the classroomi prior to the stu- dents comiJng to the centre. Miss Ballantyne is hopeful of being able to work this program for the trainably retarded int the centre program for~ the future. 22,000 Xmias seal envelopes filled On Tuesday, October 3lst at Northminster United Church, Oshaw a, some fifty members and friends of Durhami Reg- ion Lung Association wNill fill 22.000 Chiristmnas Seal env- elopes ready for mailing to past Campaign contributors. Three weeks later, a further 80,000 household mailers will be sent across the Region, in an attenipt to top last a's total of $68,000, and hit this years' proposed target of $75,000. This through.-thie-mail fund raisîinýg is the on]ly method used by the local Lung Association, which rec- eives no support fromi grants, Federal or Provincial Lot- teries or the United Way. Christmas Seal dollars fund research into lung crippling diseases such as asthmna, chronic bronchitis, emiphy- sema and tuberculosis. A large proportion of the funds raised ($50.278 of' last years' $68,000) remains in Durham Region to provide Family Âsthma programs, a Sumnmer Day Camp for Asthmiatic Children, Better Bre(athing Courses for chronicbrn chitis anid epyeapat- ients. Smoking Withdrawal -Clinics, free e ducationa-il res ources, and ffinancial aýssist- ance for need \e, îatr patients ini drug, or equiment purchase, anid transporta- t ioii to h sît or clinic Russell Allan Bradley, 23,of R.R. 3 Peterborough who was caught by police with ten. pounds of marijuana in is van was sentenced to ninety day.s in jail by Judge R.B. B3axter in court in Bowman- ville. Bradley pleaded guilty to thie chairge of possession of mar11ijuilaa.1The charge a maeby police after sopn hlis van'inNwcseVilg whnthe hiaul waIsdsoe ed. an industrial area with hîgh levels of air pollution, along with cigarette smoking, imc- reases the frequency and severity of emphysema. Most people with emphysema do have a preceding history of chronic cough and sputum of long enough duration to warrant a dia gnosis of chron- ic bronchitis before the devel- opment of emphysema. The most important sym- ptomn in a person with emphysema is shortness of breath. This symptom tends to be disregarded in its early stage so when the symptomn of breathlessness is reported to the physician the disease is already at an advanced stage. There is commonly a wheez- ing noise coming fromn the chest when the individual breathes heavily and this reflects an associated nar- rowving of the bronchial tubes. The early detectîon of emphysema is a major pro- blem. An educational pro- gramme aim.ed at informing people about the early sym- ptoms of chronic bronchitis M. P. wa nts to see documents Allan Lawrence, M.P. for Northumberland Durham Conservative Nuclear critic, has stated in a letter to .Alastair Gillespie, Energy Minister, that he is -willing to ac:cept the government assur- ances that nuclear reactors are safe but to clear up any possible doubt in the public mind that documents so far kept closed to the public should be made public. Lawrence and other public interest groups' have been seeking documents and nm- utes of meetings of advisoryý committees to th e Atomic Energy Control Board. The federàl goverrnment has kept the minutes and documents .secret as those attending such mneetings did s0 in the belief the minutes would be kept, confidential. Lawrence hias asked in his latest letter that the informat- ion be made public not the names and felt this would be a satisfactot-y compromise. He said he would continue to ask for the release of the information supportinig the CANDU reactor as safe. School enrolment drops over area. Student enrolment in the Northumberland and New- casle Board of Education area lias dropped'according to figures presented to the board last Thursday evening. The figures are tabled as of September 30, 1977 and 1978. The drop in enrolment came from the elementary schools with a total drop of 543 students. Enrolment as of September 30, 1978 was 12,846. students compared with 13,399 of the same date in 1977. Secondary school enrol- ment increased by 25 to a total of 7946 students as of September 3th. This com- pares with 7,921 students on the same date in 1977. The aggregate enrolment in 1978 now totals 20,919 students comparing with 21,440 stu- dents in 1977. Judge Baxter recommend- ed that Bradley serve his time on weekends under the terms of the Temporary Absence program in the Peterborough area. Fines of $100 or five days were also levied to Johni S. Fisher, 17, of Pontypool; Robert Allan Zeeland, 21, of Kendl, WyneAlan Lang- sae,21, of Newtonville, Wm. Charles Hlartwick of Kingstoni and Givana Galati, 2.of Dwsiw and emphysema should bring the person to a physician so that steps can be taken to haIt or slow down the progress of the disease. There are methods of treatment that help the peo- ple with emphysema - it is flot a hopeless condition. The results of treatment are much better when the disease is recognized at an early stage. In the later stages of emphy- sema the person is incapa- citated by his illness. The famnily as a resuit suffers considerable mental anguish. Then there is the drain of family savings, on health insurance funds and event- ually on the public tax money. So in this disease the soclo- economic impact on the patient, his family, the pro- vince and municipality may be excessive. Prevention, is even more important than treatment in the overaîl consideration of emphysemna. Research into the causes of emphysema is essential and needs greater support. To find out more about emiphysema and chron- ic 'bronchitis, contact your local Lung Association --The Christmas Seal people. It's a matter of life and breath. Given 90 day, jail sentence