HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-10-29, Page 5On the
Street
by Jim Beckett
Will be missed
Long-time Exeter real estate
broker Dirk Coolman passed
away last Thursday, losing a
battlewith cancer.
-Dirk, who was a regular
visitor to the T -A, was •
someone I had the good fortune
of sharing a few coffees with
oyer the years.,1 was always
impressed by the number of
people he knew and the fact
eyerybody liked him. I
remember one time he had set a
very high goal for himself to
'sell a certain amount of
properties in one week. In
fact, the number of closings
required to reach the target
was.so formidable 1 was. sure
Dirk would never get there.
He did, and in fact, exceeded
the initial projection. If I
recall correctly, the push -on
sales was right around -the ,
time one of Dirk's many classic
automobiles was to be
delivered. Remember the black
Eldorado. I will always think
of Dirk as 'a person who had a
lot of clients and friends. It
is no surprise that many of them
are the same people. •
Local TV coverage
Outgoing Exeter Reeve Bill
Mickle will be part of the
election coverage team on
CKNX 'beginning at 8:30
p.m. -on Monday Nov. 10.
Murray Elston will also be a
commentator on the program
which will be moderated by
Steve Young.
Snowmobile time
Had the opportunity to talk
with one of the leading
snowmobile columnists in the
country last week. Look for
the Intrepid Snowmobiler
column by Craig Nicholson
to appear in the T -A again.this
year.
Nicholson passed on a few
quick facts which show ho*..
huge this industry really is.
, • There are between
200,000 and 400,000 active
snowmobilers in Ontario.
• The median age of ,
snowmobile owners'is 39
• The average household
income is $61,000 '
• 75% are male and 25% are
female
• 70% are married
• 80% own a pickup, van
or sport utility vehicle
• 84,000 snowmobiles are
owned by cottagers
• 55% of sleds purchased
in the last season are powered
by 500 cc engines
• Only 2% had engines 700 cc
or greater.
Don't agitate
Because of the large
number of teachers, there will
certainly be times for most
of us to be at some social '
function where the topic of
,
the day will come up. It's
already happened to a couple
of friends who have had mixed
results. It's even happened
in families where differences of
• opinion have caused hard
feelings.
Would it be polite to
initiate this controversial topic
into a conversation or should
this be a subject to avoid?
Can friends really have a
serious difference of opinion
and still remain friends? I
think so, but if you have any
stories I'll be interested in
hearing them.
IT'S YO1JR BUSINESS
Cancer will be beaten.
met at the South Huron
On -hand for''the meeting were,- back ,row, from
Brock, Deb Barton and Pat Chovancek. ' Front
Ann Tew.
Community
last
members
Tuesday
Hospital
and professionals in the health care field
night to learn about gynecologicalcancer.
left: Gale Turnbull, Marie Brunzlow, Janice
row: Sandy Hodgins, Dr. William Tew and-
Women
nd-
Women enc�urage to take
nsibirity 0! their
health
son to have the test is to remove the Studies showy an organized
breasts before the cancer developi.' • screening program reduces deaths
Ann.praised the Cancer Society as from breast cancer by up to 40 per
a . worthy charity for .donations. cent in -women 50.and older.
"Every -single month and every sin- Hodgins encourages women to
gle year we get closer." she said. reach beyond themselves and be
Sandy ' Hodgins of the Ontario • . concerned about -the heahh of their
Breast Screening Program said the• neighbors. friends and relatives.
mammography_program_is a chance t The-phone_numbers_for-the_Lon,
for women to do something "sooner don examination center are .1 -800 -
rather
1-80 0
rather than later." She said women's 461-0640 and 432-0255. -
thinking must be changed from
"We're frightened of breast cancer"
tp "if there's a cancer in my breast:
[ want it • found sooner rather -than
later." _ •
' 'My job is to change women's fo-
cus'to breast health." she explained
adding October has been designated ,
as "Ontario Breast Health Mbnth."
• She said women can make pos-
itive choices. First, visit a family
physician who is willing to 'listen
and answer questions. Breast ex -
By Kate Monk
T -A Reporter
EXETER - More 'than 40 Exeter'
and area women took 'another step II
in accepting responsibility for their I
own well-being on -Tuesday night
when they attended a forum on
cancer at lire South Huron Hospi[1-i
in Exeter.
Dr. William Tew. and ,his wife-
Anti Tew, a- nurse: spoke on as-
pects -of gynecological cancer. -
Ann started her ,presentation by
saying.cancer' used to he the most
feal'ed word in the English Ian-.
guage. Much of the fear had tp'do
.with the dread of finding cancer.
undertaking treatment and the bat-
tle to overcome the di lease. Today.
however, she said there, is "hope
and lots of it." - . • '
She clearly put the .onus on in-
dividuals. "We're responsible for
our own well-being."
Factors people can _control ,n-
;cluding obesity. smoking and late.
detection all hamper treatment: She
encouraged' people to "grieve if
you . must" but to get some facts
I and not panic. '
Ann and Dr, Tew presented
slides and . information on five
kinds ' of gynecological cancer
which range from being rare to
common.
"Any of us might 'find one (per-
son with cancer) in the family,"
said Dr: Tew, adding that doesn't
mean it's hereditary. -
According to Dr. Tew, only five
per cent of breast Cancer cases are
hereditary. if there is only one di1
rect relative with breast cancer. it's
npt hereditary although four or five
relatives indicates it is. He said
women can take a test to identify
the presence of the hereditary can-
cer-causing gene but "the only rea-
1
Tinter -Advocate, October 29, 1997
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Cancer Scientist to give presentation
CLINTON - A Senior Scientist
. from the London Regional Cancer
Centre (LRCC) will . speak,
Wednesday, October 29, in Clinton
about progress in cancer research at
the OMAFRA Conference Centre,
100 Don Street, at 7 p.m.
Ann F. Chambers. Ph.D. will be
the :featured guest • at the
Conference. Dr. Chambers is also
Professor and Head oncology in the
Department of Oncology at the
University of Western Ontario.
Research .in Dr. Chambers'
laboratory focuses7nn the molecular
mechanisms of tumor progression
and metastasis (the 'spread of
cancer) and on the contributions of
oncogenes •(cancer .genes) and
oncogeno-related proteins to these
processes. Her research team was
one of •the first to discover. that t
particular oncogene (the ras
oncogene, from a human cancer)
can be inserted into normal mouse
cells, making the mouse cells both
tumorigenic and metastatic. Current
research interests include the
functional role of• the protein
osteopontin, 'in malignancy.
Collaborative studies with clinical
members of the :Oncology and
Pathology Departments measure
this protein in blood and tumors
. from patients with breast cancer or
other cancers in order- to predict
patient outcome.
Novel - videomicrosopy
procedures• are being .used to
• determine -mechanisms of
experimental. cancer cell
metastasis; these studies have led to
changing current _thought about
amination should be part of a regu-
lar physical exam. . • .
Secondly, `women should practice
breast self-examination.
"Get to .kndw your own body. By
knowing 'what's normal- fol• you.
you'll be better at 'picking out
what's not normal," Hodgins said.
Thirdly, once women ,reach the
age of 50, they should have a mam-
mogram. The Ontario Breast
Screening Program office in Lon-
don provides mammography,. phys-
ical examinations of the breasts and
information ' on , breast self-
examination through Ministry of
Health funding. The tests are qual-
ity -controlled across the province
and done by a qualified nurse.
Women under 50 should discuss
mammography With their family
doctor to determine if it is nec-
essary to begin before the age of
50.. Women do not have . to be re-
ferred to the program by a doctor.
Bucks for bytes
Exeter Uons President Paul Anstett presents George God -
bolt with a cheque for the "Lease a PC for the Future Cam-
paign." Godbolt has spearheaded the effort to raise funds
to purchase Pentium computers for the newly -renovated li-
brary at South Huron District High School.
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how cancer cells spread. This
procedure, captured on • video
through the lens of a microscope,
will be featured .. 'during the
presentation.
For information on this free -
presentation hosted by the
Huron -Perth Unit of the Canadian
Cancer Society, . -please call
1-8007294-0086 or 271-4270, •
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