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I Library board trustee Cathy McKeever runs for Ward 2 local seat BOWMANVILLE - A six-year trustee with the Clarington Public Library board lias added her name to the candidate list for Ward 2 in the upcoming municipal election. Cathy McKeever says she would like to see the municipality help "to develop the minds" of Clarington's youth. "Yes, we need more arenas but we need to develop the minds of our young people as well as their bodies," bodies," she says. "We also need to develop develop industries where they can work, or at least train, for their futures." futures." Mrs. McKeever, who says she suspects there arc many other people who feel the same, says' she is a strong advocate of improved cultural facilities in the municipality. In 1992, as a member of the Municipal Municipal Name Change Committee, she says, "I saw Clarington created, both in name and in spirit. We need to rekindle that spirit to keep Clarington Clarington alive." CATHY MCKEEVER Seeking Ward 2 local councillor seat The Bowmanville resident is inviting anyone who would like to help her or who would like her assistance assistance to call 697-2851. PAGE 4THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, SEPTEMBER 27,2000 A.J. GROEN/ Statesman photo Hit them with your best shot NEWCASTLE - Clarington councillor Jim Schell lines up a putt as Leo Van Dyk, left, and Darryl Osmond Osmond watch during a tournament Friday in aid of the Bowmanville Memorial Hospital Foundation. Held at the Newcastle Golf Course, the event raised $23,000 and saw 126 golfers take part. The funds will be used for emergency room bedside monitors and a central monitoring system. Jump in child diabetes unsettling Charles H. Best centre works to stem the tide BY JANE MCDONALD Staff Writer ft Whièii the families, arid 'af «supporters of the Charles Ï- ... H. Best- Diabetes Centre for Children and Youth take part in next Friday's golf tournament, there will be heightened resolve in every swing they take. "It's never been like this," says Marlene Grass, director of the support centre she founded in , . 1989. "I'm making 12 pre- Iv; sentalions at least per - week. Our centre has al most doubled in size." Not only arc the num- ber of Type I diabetes vic- tints on the increase, but in the last couple of years, children and teenagers are beginning to be diagnosed with Type 2. The presentations presentations Mrs. Grass makes to area schools are in hope of gaining support and understanding understanding for Type 1 diabetics diabetics while trying to educate young people about the kind of lifestyle that can put them at risk of getting Type 2. "There is an alarming increase in Type 1 diabetes although it does tend to go in cycles following outbreaks outbreaks of viruses like chicken pox and mumps," explains Ms. Grass, a registered registered nurse who has made the support and care of young diabetes patients and their families her life's work. "In the last couple of years we're seeing Type 2 diabetes occurring in children. Usually this is a hereditary and lifestyle problem. They're overweight, overweight, not getting enough exercise and have poor eating habits." Ontario's Chief Medical Medical Officer of Health noted in his report late last year that while Type 2 diabetes diabetes usually starts after age 45, it is not exclusively exclusively an adult condition. "Increasing "Increasing numbers of children children - as young as six to eight years of age - arc now being diagnosed with this long-lasting disease," stated Dr. Colin D'Cunha. "The risk factors for Type 2 diabetes really do relate to lifestyle," confirms confirms Dr. Donna Reynolds, associate medical officer of health for Durham Region. Region. "We've got to get off our couches and gel our children away from the computer, TV and Ninten- lack of co-ordination, drowsiness and dizziness ,. camoccur. ;-u ? "I'm proud of that program," program," says Ms. Grass who knows the needs of diabetic young people better better than perhaps anyone else in the Region. The 1 main service provider (of support for diabetic children children and youth in Durham Region), for Lakeridge Health Corporation, she and her small staff assist 225 families whose children, children, 18 and younger, have diabetes and 260 families who have a young person aged 18 to 35 coping with the disease. Those almost 500 individuals individuals all have Type I diabetes. diabetes. About five nonaboriginal nonaboriginal children, however, however, have Type 2. "It's a tragedy when young adolescents develop complications," says Ms. Grass, "or when they're only 25 or 28. This past year we have had three young people pass away. Keeping these kids healthy until a cure is found is what we are trying to do." Marlene Grass, director of the Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre, speaks to high school students ' about the increase in Type 2 diabetes among teenagers. Lifestyle choices can put young people at risk for developing developing the disease. do. Parents can be good role models and being active active is the best thing we can do for our children concerning this fairly preventable preventable disease." The consequences of the disease are compelling: compelling: debilitating and often life-threatening complications complications can include blindness, kidney failure and heart disease, stroke, limb amputation and other significant health problems. problems. Some 500,000 people people in Ontario, including more than 7,300 children, have the disease. Many more adults have the disease disease and don't know it. A particularly vulnerable vulnerable segment of the population population - First Nations people - has a higher than average incidence of diabetes with as many as 30 per cent of some aboriginal communities communities in Ontario affected by the disease. When Ms. Grass goes into Durham Region schools these days, she is there to educate both staff and students, making sure there is an emergency kit available for anyone experiencing experiencing low blood sugar levels. When this happens, confusion, inattention, Enniskillen resident Albert Werry respects letter received from the Honourable James M. Flaherty, Attorney General and contacts Osgoode Hall. THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON PROCLAMATION IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED THAT THE WEEK OF • OCTOBER 8TH-14TH WILL BE OBSERVED AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON SAFE, EASY, AND SO EFFECTIVE. LOSE WHAT YOU NEED. 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