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a pe eis 5 £5 2 5 ®. Lae 2 3 La bw 3 pts ¥ 5) al i Lo £3 3 A aI [ony Mo Fan £5 5 of SAN Se ~-- tl Colada dy aro Same rl ainda eS SUE aki November is Diabetes Awareness Month and local campaign organizer Joan Lane (sitting down, centre) is hoping to raise as much cash as possible for diabetes research. Pictured with Joan (from left) is Elaine Surnoski, Colin Lawrence, RN Marlene Grass and Jeanette Reader. See story for details. Art and fashion team up for pre-Christmas showing Art and fashion will team up next month at Utica's Mill Hollow Gallery and Studio for a special pre- Christmas show. From November 8th to 23rd, the gallery will open its doors to a wide range of featured artists and fashion designers. The whole event kicks off Friday, November 8th with an invitation-only fashion show with "wearable art" from Bill Fitches, I'ran Solar, Debbie Johnson, Tracy Jane and Paula Lishman Artwork will be presented by Sheila Dantzer (watercolours), Georgia Youngs (resident artist with a new collection 1n pastel, acrylics and pencil work), and world renowned wild life photographer Fred Doner Michael 'Buzz Redquest will show off his new direction in work woodland sculptures and Paul Simpson, WHITBY-OSHAWA HONDA 1110 Dundas St. East - Whithy, Ont. SALES - SERVICE - LEASING NEW & USED CARS Call ... Kevin Cannon 4 0666-1772 \ f/ Eo 686-1745 RESIDENCE 985-2515 historian and toymaker, will be on hand to talk about his unique toys and puzzles. Some 30 talents will be represented, including an assort- ment of the best available work from Durham artisans, producing weaving, stained glass, jewellery and antique dolls The gallery is located on Durham 21 west of Manchester, and is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. More information is available by calling Georgia Tre- maine at 985-7237 Prepare for winter's rust and corrosion. 52 Water St., Port Per pottery, Have Your Car Oiled! Also behind EVERY VEHICLE PROTECTED WITH OIL UNDERCOATING ... SCUGOG OIL UNDERCOATING SERVICE (ACROSS FROM THE NEW BALL DIAMOND) Owned & Operated by Jim Gibson Also Available: CAR CLEAN-UP SERVICE (Wash, Wax, Interior Shampooing) Diabetes victims will celebrate to Halloween without trick or treats Al three years old, Elaine Sur- noski developed a sore throat that has haunted her all her life. "The doctor wasn't quite sure what it was," the 15 year old Port Perry High School student recalls. "But in close to a month I had lost almost 20 pounds." She also found it difficult to walk and would faint without notice. It wasn't until she had occasion to visit another doctor that her parents found out what was ailing their small daughter. "The other doctor had diabetes and he recongnized the symptoms in me." Since then Elaine's life has been totally different than any other "normal" young person who doesn't suffer from diabetes. Every morning she wakes up to a needle with 25 units of insulin and her bedtime "snack" is the same. Every day she must prick her finger at least once or twice and test her own blood with a calculator-sized blood analyzer. If she has a cold or the flu, she is forced to check her blood up to seven times a day, and she is stuck on a regimented 1,200 calorie a day diet that excludes any kind of sugar or starch -- probably for the rest of her life. Undaunted by the restrictions forced upon her by her own health, the slim, brunette takes diabetes in stride. It is, after all, something she has always lived with as well as something she will live with all her life. "I am worried about a few things though," she admits. "'I have to watch out for failing eyesight, cir- culation problems and problems with my feet as I get older." Marlene Grass, a Registered Nurse at an Ajax Pickering Hospital and the past president of the Durham Region branch of the Cana- dian Diabetes Association, says Hospital report For Week October 8-24 Admissions 35 Births 2 Deaths 2 Emergencies 205 Operations 16 Discharged 28 Remaining 38 ol come |ovidingy '45 '95 Telephone: 985-9569 PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, October 29, 1985 -- 27 diabetes affects nearly one million Canadians or one in 20 people. Out of those 20, one or two are under 18 Complications from the disease include blindness, kidney disease, heart disease and stroke and it's these complications which make diabetes the third leading cause of death among Canadians. As Marlene points out, many peo- ple think of diabetes as an **Old Per- son's disease," and although the majority of its victims are over 40, the most serious cases are found amongst the young. Obesity, stress, and the general aging process are factors that often trigger the over-40 diabetes, something that can be controlled by diet and medication. In children, however, diabetes is much more acute. Type-One diabetes is the most serious form of the disease and is most common amongst the young. Type-One pa- tients invariably are dependent on insulin injections and are more pro- ne to blindness and kidney pro- blems. It also accelerates the aging process and can cause hardening of the arteries which leads to heart at- tacks and strokes. "My youngest patient is 22 months old,"" says Marlene. "A lot of diabetes is genetically transferred but a lot of patients have no history of the disease. Researchers are looking at a virus that might be af- fecting the kids but it's hard to understand why they have it so severe." Jeanette Reader, 15, of Blackstock, also suffers a severe form of diabetes. She too endures daily shots of insulin and must watch her diet at all times. Her friends know about her disease and support her all they can, but mostly they're just thankful they don't have it. "They know it and sometimes they have long talks with me so if 1 have a reaction they'll know what to do,"" she says quietly. Then she smiles and adds, "They re glad that they don't have to keep away from junk food." Junk food is the bane of Colin Lawrence's 15 year old life. The Port Perry teenager is luckier than Elaine or Jeanette and can control diabetes through his diet. He discovered he had the disease in 1984 and is now forced to stay away from chocolate and potato chips. "That's the worse, '" he says with a straight face. *'Not being able to eat chocolate." Marlene Grass and Joan Lane, a fellow diabetes campaign organizer, are both confident that research is the key to stopping diabetes. "The future is certainly very bright when it comes to finding a cure for one aspect of diabetes," Marlene says. Joan is in charge of the associa- tion's campaign in Port Perry dur- ing November, Diabetes Awareness Month, when canvassers will be go- ing door to door collecting donations to aid diabetes research. "Our goal is unlimited,"' Marlene says, 'But if we could have all of Durham going the way Joan's got Port Perry going, we'd easily have $30,000." With Halloween just around the corner, campaign organizers are asking the rest of us to think about the kids who suffer from diabetes. While other children take to the streets to collect all sorts of candy, diabetic children must think of other ways to celebrate October 31st. "There's just no way they can sit down and eat a bag of Halloween candy," Marlene says, 'Or they'll wind up in the hospital." 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