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Pap SECTION C THE Wtde4aT 1 Little known but common Actons Pat McKenzie seeks ALS chapter MAGGIE HANNAH Herald Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS is a disease tint well known in Canada although It afflict more people than muscular dystrophy and even more than multiple scleral G W Pat McKetule former school principal and municipal politician found out he difficulties of living with the hard way and be want to help educate people about the disease the spina I nerves to malfunction Put simply the nerve stop the flow of messages to the and the body functioning property Other muscles compensate but even tually deterioration set In Mr McKeule found he was walking like a drunk he wanted his feet to go but they move properly A though centred In his leg Mr said other ALS victims have difficulty with their upper limb and some ultimately become bed ridden or confined to a wheel Mr McKeule went to his doctor last spring to have a spur removed from his heel By the time the surgeon finish ed the operation he inspected the and tent Mr McKenzie to neurolo gist Singh Dr Singh confirmed the suspicions and Pa t McKemle battle was Doctor tell their patient to go horn and put their lives in order because when ALS their live will change dramatically as muscles deteriorate Mr McKenzie tan t the passive type to accept such advice and wanted to know how to fight ALS which has no known cure has been recognized since the but no cause been found nor any rell able form of treatment Mr takes miner to supplement hi diet He ride a stationary bicycle to get exercise and he receiving acupuncture treatment week Leslie MacKray at PotUgeville near Acupuncture won cure his Illness but ALS Is a deterioration of muscles and nerve the stimulation of puncture won t do any harm Mr doctor told him ALS strikes mainly between age of and More men have the disease than women and it strikes moat commonly at very active people The disease may progress very rapidly or very slowly It may even hit Child star plateaus during which lime the patient sees no great change Mr says he has no pain He is frustrated lo find so many thing be once look or are now or impossible He use a cane to walk and tire quickly He has bad hand controls installed on hi car since September so that he could make long drives like a rip to hi daughter s home without concern thathla legs would tire and cramp on Ihe road PAT If he sit or lies too long In one position his legs cramp and he has to get up and move lies for example at having to leave shovelling his drive to hi wife Mary While the kindness his neigh bor have in driving Mrs McKenzie Is very touch Mr also get Impatient hi own hand cap Lost week for example a neighbor came over in hi car to pick him up to come over for an evening of cards At one time Mr McKenzie have dreamed of accepting a ride across the street just because the wind wo a bit strong Now he has to accept it or stay home If he fell he get up he said doctor advised him to head south to a warmer climate and soon he II be off to Florida Doctors Mr McKenzie to keep active as long as possible Depression Is a problem in the beginning but less so since he began working on a history of Trinity United Church to keep occupied He also personally canvass ed doortodoor for a couple of hours In December Tor slgna lures on a petition protesting the use of taxes to retain Acton old town hall Mr arrived In Acton In a principal of Robert Utile public school and retired from the post In 1973 He was absent from to serve in the Royal Canadian Air Force Sharon Ham Canadian children star will give a free concert Tor children at the Georgetown Public Library this Saturday Feb it 1pm In the Gallery BUSINESS DIRECTORY fUMUUtW jiiiMamfira The GW Chiropractic aCMBBMMHUl sunned by Or Robert D Or Hamilton AMD Dr D Patterson OPTOMETRISTS Carrttal s view Rwd I Ontario TBLBFMONiTTni ACCOUNTANTS I TAX CONSULTANTS Income Tax Return Preparation 101 Guelph St 8772217 Goebelle Wagner MacAdam Main South Herts Hilt Oeartvtrwnl 8775155 small the HERALD R E Ctipsham Limited Surveyors ConsiiOnrj Engineers HALTOM nnn lie Joined the Acton men s club in and served as International president of club in 196HU He I still a member and ordinate student scholarships across Canada for the organization In 19M he began a political career and served as deputy reeve and reeve of Acton and five years on regional council He was a member of the Region Conservation Authority for six years until he switched to the foundation in He Is also a member of the Hal ton Housing Authority His latest Interest la in forming an Ontario chapter of the ALS Society if one already exist So far California office with which he been corresponding supplied him with that matlon and as a result he hopes any ALS victims interested in forming a chapter will contact him by writing GW McKenzie 163 Jeffrey Ave Acton Courtesy Guelph Mercury Fetlotvshw presented by GovernorGeneral Research award for botanist Herald Special An Acton area scientist has topped 47 nominees to receive one of four major research fellowship granted researchers In Canada Mkhele Heath a botany professor at the University of Toronto and Ihe first woman to receive the EW Sleacie Memorial Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada will spend the next two years working on ways of combatting rust fungi that attacks crops Oneofonlya dozen male plant pathologist in the uorld Mrs Heath research Is aimed at discovering some fungi are successful In attacking one plant while another plait fights them off She and her colleagues around the world have dy discovered how plants protect themselves Now she wonts to know why that defence mechanism t always work Plant breeding can be done to combat rust fungi para Sin she said but that only a temporary answer Even tually the fungi will produce a strain that plant resistance The long term cure would be to find out what that resistance fall and then correct that problem Mrs Heath presently split her time between laboratory research and teaching 1 first year university student Thanks to the fellowship the university can hire a replacement teacher for two years and let her devote herself entirely to her research addition to the award equalling the fellow salary NSERC also gives research grants A native of Bournemouth England Mrs Heath was educated at College University of London and Imperial College Following two years of post doctoral work in plant pathology at tbe University of Georgia she came to Toronto in She was accepted as professor last In 1979 Mrs Heath receiv ed the Huxley Memorial Medal from the Imperial College London for research achievement and last year she became one of four senior editors of Physio logical Plant Pathology Mrs Heath her husband Brent and their fiveyear old daughter have lived on the Halton Hills Milton town line for seven years Mrs Heath isn t the only researcher in the family Her husband a cell biology professor at York 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