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farmers triafcante tram c perspective tuts the drily
UStralia d e v° a d Wita Oise' : � Proper w !qaQ Hedley wide . .
"developed a prot col f i port' -to . hnts almost a::third .of, the total
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s, . c.....trek*n :gland tut' compensation for
6�: the; may pill mop@ beit the ardrs has .keen :greed upon
a from th ttiec .like i' `ustralia Canada r etw e igland ithd .other members of
• would get less, imports from Australia; 9 t the. fur •;pelta union;....
said Graeme Hedley, executive .vice . a : veterinarian with the .Ontario
president of the Ont. io Cattlemen's . Ministry: of Agriculture, Food -a.nd
.Association; iiral Affairs ( APRA) said with the
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Sedley said that would xrtear� a 101. of :� ' "diligence of federalgovernment
and..
domestic processors .of beef would :be employees", Canada has little or no risk
looking at the use of domestic product of having such an epidemic.
instead of imports. "It :looks certain that it was the ren -
"But it's too early to• know as yet to dering of meat byproducts of dead aid -
what extent it will effect us," he said. mals that helped transfer the disease
:Hedley said a hormone ban in the from sheep to cattle,99 said Neil
United Kingdom won't allow imports Anderson.
from North Arnerica. The ban, in place ,In England, dead sheep go for pro -
since the late 1980s,, disallows the use cessing. In Canada they are not,
of any growth promoting, substance in because "theme is more work in it than
their market or the, importation of ' beef . there is value."
that used those agents. ., Anderson said 30 per cent of
"Most commercial cattle feeds will England's sheep have scrapie, a disease
, °use products : that enhance the growth of the brain found almost ;exclusively in
and efficiency of cattle," Hedley said. sheep. In all of Canada last year, there
Mad Cow Disease, or bovine "might have been a diagnosisin only a
spongiform encephalopathy, was diag- • few. flocks. Canada has a scrapie . con-
nosed recently in England and cases in trol policy.
Iceland, Switzerland and France have "The risk of it getting . into the foodbeen traced back to there. The disease'chain are next ;to nil.. . extremely`
causes derangement in normal, behavior .. small," he, said.
and Loss of some motor functions when
urope.
BGSSB news
Changes in programs for gifted 'children,
by Pat Halpin reasons." She ,predicted gram. It requires the
Program's for gifted more students will take • resource teacher to work
children .offered by the part in the program if with the . classroom
]truce -Grey separate enrichment is offered in teacher, to provide
board- will change in ' their own schools as wellenriched programing for
September. as at Carlsruhe. gifted students in the reg-
Instead' .of getting all. Whaling also said ular classroom,
their specialized pro- teachers and other stu- Gifted students will
gramming at the board's dents will benefit from still get together at the,
resource centre at the team -teaching schoollevel and for pro-
Carlsruhe, gifted students approach of the new pro- grams at Carlsruhe.
will get enrichment
through ..a "school based"
combination of class-
room programs, group
activities at school and
monthly excursions to
Carlsruhe.
Superintendent Jane
Whaing • said the "new
look" of the gifted pro.
gram was pronipted by
surveys showing that 37
per cent of elementary
students identified as.
gifted are not participat-
ing in the Carlsruhe pro-
gram "for a variety of
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Toll 1bIifree i 88 3 84 34
WINGHAM AND DISTRICT
HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Notice is hereby given that the Annul Meeting of
the Wingham and: District Hospital Corporation will
be held in the Nursing Assistants" Training Centre,
Catherine St, Wingham, Ontario on Thursday,
Jane 20, 1996 at the hour of eight o'clock p.m. for
the revision of bylaws; for the election of
Governors; for the appointment of Auditor; and for
the transaction of such 'other things as .may
properly me before the meeting:
Copies of the Annual Report and hospital
Financial Statements may be obtained at the front
desk of the Wingham and District Hospital effective
June 12, 1996 and at the Annual Meeting.
M rnbership$ granting voting privileges may be
purcha ed at the front desk of the hospital for fiver
dollar ($6.00) prior to five o'clock p. ",
Wednesday, June S, 1996. No membership sold;
after that time will entitle the purchaser to a vote.
Dated at Wingh m, Ontario, this 3rd day sof Ma: ,
'Iom.
3y order of the Board of Governer
Lw ow n(duet, Wednesday; May t 199G Page
LucknOW and District Horticultural rSodiety held its annual flower
• show and tea last Wednesday at the Lucknow L egion. Shirley Hackett
was the • highestt points winner with her daffodil arrangement acid will
• receive, the Beattie Trophy and a memento at ;the society's annual
meeting in November. (Jennifer Vandermeer photo)
Coping With the
[eartbreak of Psoriasis
When it's functioning
properly, the human is. a
marvel to behold.
hemicais interacting in
an • harmonious
balance; nerves firing
in electric rhythm; bones,
muscles and ligaments
straining in symmetry.
Rut that is when the body
functions properly: When it
doesn't, it is another story.,A
story like psoriasis.
A fairly comrtaon skin
disorder, psoriasis is
recognized by .circumscribed
red patches covered by thick;
dry, scales - the result of the
excessive development of skin
cells. Its short, psoriasis is a
disease in Which the skitn cells
run amok.
Normally, for example, the
skin renews itself in about 30
days. But with psoriasis, the
innermost layer of the .skin
works itself to the surface in
about three days. The result is
a number of raised, red,' and
often <itchy areas of skirt Wiled
plaques, :,'While the cells, die
like normal cells after reaching
the surface of the skin, 'there r
are so many them, the raised
patches turn white, with. the.
dead, cells; flaking off.
'Lesions of psoriasis may
forth anywhere' on -the body,
Pharmacy, Facts
Dave Pel ow, Urabach Pharmacy
but they are most, common
around the scalp and ears, in
addition to dry skin, arthritis
may accompany the disease,
paprticularlyin small joints like
the toes and fingers.
Psoriasis, is an unpredictable
ailment, ..most. Ottumwa in.
winter, but coming and going
in cycles ,.>f flare-up and
remission. And unfortunately,
without an identifiable cause,
there is no cure. In fact, the
National psoriasis Foundation
and National Institute of Health
both maintain that the 'modern
medicine has been absolutely
inadequate when it comes to
curing psoriasis. tlealing aside
howevvr9there are a number of
ways to deal with the
symptoms.
1) Don't cover psoriasis
lesions. Air and sunlight seem
to be the best medicine.
2) Psoriasis skin is dry skin.
Apply emollients after soaking
in water and while the body is
wet. Emollients act to lock the
water into skin cells,
temporarily maintaining a level
of saturation.
3) After applying sunscreen
to areasunaffected by
psoriasis, give affected areas
frequent expt sure to intense
sun. Ultraviolet rays (the ones
that cause sunburn and skin
cancer), fight the psoriasis.
4) Over-the-counter tar
preparations and shampoos can
be effective in cases of
psoriasis. Apply to affected
areas,or immerse in a bath.
Although it's pungent, the tar
shell eventually washes out.
5) fn more severe cases,
prescription drugs like
Prednisone. can be helpful.
,These • aro.,, taken under a
doctor's supervision.
Your Luckuow
Pharmacists..
"ALWAYS
.THERE
TAKING CARE"
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