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---- sans Affairs of the heart Se, This is the first in a series of articles presented to highlight February as Heart Month and give our readers an insight into how treatment and research have helped area residents overcome heart disease. by Shirley Whittington Adam Staruck is 58-years-old, and looks 10 years younger. He plays a wicked game of golf, and shovels his own snow. He's a member of the Midland Fire Department and he was one of the firefighters who battled the flames at Sandy Bay Inn two weeks ago. It's hard to believe but Adam Staruck has had heart surgery--a four hour operation during which his own heart was stilled. A little less than two years ago, Adam began to find it difficult to walk. "There were no pains," he says, "and no signs of anything like a heart attack, but I'd get this suffocating feeling in as if somebody was tying up my throat witha big muffler." Consultation with a cardiologist revealed that two arteries leading to Adam's heart were plugged. A tube was passed from his groin to his heart, and Adam watched the progress on a TV monitor. "Watching that procedure gave me so much confidence in my doctors," he says. "Although I could feel it when they removed the tube, it was not an uncomfortable experience. This Angiogram revealed that lack of oxygen accounted for Adam's suffocating feeling. Two main arteries were plugged and his doctor explained that an arterial graft would be necessary to by pass the blockage. : "He said that non-smokers have a 98 per cent chance of benefitting from this surgery. I've never smoked a day in my life--so really what did I have to think about? I had no alternative but surgery." Because he belongs to a rare blood grouping, Adam was sent home for three weeks until the blood bank was built up sufficiently. "T took it as easy as possible,' he says, "'and I worried about one thing--how they'd get at my heart for the surgery. Then I saw a heart operation on television and this relieved my tensions. I knew exactly what they were going to do to me." On the day of the operation, Staruck's heart was stopped; and a machine took over the heart's pumping action, and the lungs' oxygenating function. The bloodstream temporarily by-passed the lungs and heart. Two surgical teams worked over Adam for four hours. One team removed 20 inches of a large leg vein, about the thickness of a pencil. Two other surgeons readied his heart for the implantation of the vein sections, in order to by pass the blocked arteries. After the operation, Adam was in the intensive care unit for three days. By the fourth day, he was sitting up, and shaving himself. The next day, he was walking. "Really, there was no time when I was in any pain or discomfort,' he says. Ten days after surgery, Adam Staruck returned to his Fourth Street home in Midland. "T found I tired easily at first," he says, '"'but a short rest soon restored me. In less than eight weeks I played nine holes of golf."' Before long, he was back at work as a firefighter. Today he says, "I have the heart of a 25-year-old. I can do anything I want to do, and I'm not on any drugs. I shovel snow, and as I told you, I was out fighting that fire at Sandy Bay." Adam Staruck's story is a happy, but not a unique one. Today, the miraculous operation that restored him to a happy and active life is relatively common, although less than 10 years ago it was unheard of. The heart by pass was pioneered in Canada, and perfected with Heart Foundation funds. Today, the vein by pass has been called "the appendectomy of the heart surgery world," and as many as six a day are performed at Saint Michael's Hospital in Toronto. February is Heart Month. Adam Staruck and his family have special reasons to support that fund, and they, like millions of others whose lives have been renewed by such surgery encourage everyone in our community to support the Ontario Heart Fund in its annual appeal. classified marketplace TENDERS TENDERS TENDERS TENDERS TENDERS TENDERS Ontario Government Tender To supply and install new H beam type steel piling driven along shoreline at Historic Naval and Military Establishments, Penetanguishene, Ontario. Tenders will be received until 12:00 Noon on Friday, February 17, 1978. Tender documents may be obtained from Ontario Ministry of Culture and recreation, Huronia Historical Parks, Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, R.R. 1, Midland, Ontario. L4R 4K8. NOTE: For further information regarding tender, please contact Mr. Dave Hudson at above address. Telephone: (705) 526-7838. Lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND RECREATION Ontario 9-10-11 Vv. oe Ontario OUTDOOR LIGHTING INSTALLATION Wasaga Beach Provincial Park TENDER: PKS77-68 Sealed tenders will be received by the District Manager, Ministry of Natural Resources, Midhurst, Ontario until 12:00 Noon on February 17th, 1978 for the supply and installation of outdoor lighting and secondary power distribution in the Point Beach Area, Wasaga Beach Provincial Park. Contract documents and drawings may be obtained at Wasaga Beach Provinctal Park, 22nd Street, Wasaga Beach, Ontario. There will be a returnable deposit of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) in the form or a money order or cer tified cheque required for the tender documents and drawings. For further information contact Jim Dales at (705) 429 2516. LOWEST OR ANY TENDER NOT NECESSARILY ACCEPTED. Ministry of Natural Resources Hon. Frank S. Miller Minister Dr. J. K. Reynolds Deputy Minister Tender % Ton Truck Sealed tenders plainly marked as to the contents will be received until 3:00 p.m., Friday, March 3, 1978 for the supply of the following: (one only) Half-Ton Truck Tenders must be submitted on tender forms supplied by the township and are available at the office of the undersigned. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. James T. Boyle Road Superintendent Township of Flos P.O. Box 278 Elmvale, Ontario LOL 1P0 (Phone - 705-322-2033) VW Additional Classifieds on Pages 16, 17 and 18 'WASAGA STARS It is my intention as the Manager of Wasaga's Community Arena to open up new interest in the arena. | wish to do this by helping abs. Eric Manship INTERESTED IN ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES PHONE MON--FRI. 1-5 PM Spring/ Summer/ Fall Figure Sxating School PLEASE Minor Hockey Figure Skating Club Adult Movies Ice Rentals COMMUNITY ARENA | promote activities at all age levels. Broomball League Inglis MAYTAG Admiral REWIDE CLEARANCE HARDWICK SPEED QUEEN. Hurry to our Appliance Centre nearest you! Our once-a-year clearance sale means that all our showrooms and warehouses are being completely cleared to make way for new 1978 lines of top-quality appliances Shop early for the best selection! The appliances on sale are display samples, demonstrators and current models, at exceptionally low prices. Liege Adult Skating Family Skating NO-Contact Hockey League Senior Citizens Group Functions Girls Hockey Dart League Senior Citizens Skating Square Dancing Industrial Hockey League Mom's and Tots Skating Girls: Ringette Oldtimers Hockey League Children's Movies Ladies Hockey Open House Saturday, February 11, 1978 7:05 National anthem sung by Prince of Peace Anglican Church Group 7:10 Senior Citizens and Junior Figure Skaters 7:15 Oldtimer game Ist. period Wasaga vs Base Borden 7:4 8: Anyone interested in starting a Singles Club male and female We woult also remind you that anyone wishing information on parties, meetings, or weddings call 429-3321 :45 Novice A vs Mothers 10 Oldtimer game 2 period Wasaga vs Base Borden 8:40 Kinsmen Kinettes vs Katimavik 9:05 Open house dance Adults only in upstairs dining room. Dance free-music cost donations greatly appreciated. Refreshes and food available to purchase. Come out and see the arena and enjoy the activities. OPEN HOUSE DANCE 9 PM. ADULTS ONLY | Serious inquiries only please call 429-3321 Ice Rentals Meetings Weddings Congratulations to the Wasaga Beach Juveniles coached by George Bowers on their conquest of Stayner in - OMHA playdowns. They now advance against Powassan in quarter-final action on Sat., Feb. 11 at 5 p.m at Wasaga Beach Community Arena Remember the Open House follows the game. Come and watch the game. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON Teen Disco Dancing, every Friday night 8 - 12 p.m. Wasaga Stars Arena Dining room. For more information 429-3321. Bus senice from Elmvale and Stayner, Wasaga Beach. ee Ne ee eee Cee INGLIS LAUNDRY UNITS INGLIS REFRIGERATORS (Electric) LOADED WITH EXTRAS Citation deluxe models--15.1 cu. ft. and SAVE 17.1 cu. ft. White. Also available in $3 00 SPECIALS $9790 Almond at no extra charge 0 DCETAENED ANAS) Meret ETO) Ashe ((EEE)) HARDWICK and ENTERPRISE GAS RANGES INGLIS WASHER (Electric) $419 Special reduced prices...no charge for SAVE Model GO 43500 colour, and you can save as much as $59 Suds-saver model $25.00 extra $945° $50.00! Other dryers available as low as.............. See our Hardwick Special 30" luxury gas White only range model (PKM 9631-350DC) regular $ 00 INGLIS and ADMIRAL DISHWASHERS (Electric) price $525.00 speciat °489 Front-loading, Convertible/Portables --the great labour-saving homemakers' helper. On some models, you can save up to $50.00! and the Enterprise 30" deluxe gas range 00 SAVE model (70CFZK) regular price $495.00. SPECIAL "475 $590 Once-a-year sale--hard-to-beat bargains Includes many unadvertised specials in both gas and electric appliances, some with dents or scratches which do not affect performance. Stock is limited and some sale items are not necessarily in stock in all our store locations. Prices include delivery only. Installation arrangements are available and can be included in our finance plan. Financing is available...up to 5 years to pay in convenient { monthly installments...to a// residents within our service area. ee | CUNDLES AVE 6A 27 SHOWROOM HOURS: Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. SHOWROOM 165 FERRIS LANE, BARRIE 726-6558 FIELO ST BAYFIELO SHOPPING PLAZA HD V6 A (consumers <\as FERAUS LANE ST VINCENT ST CONSUMERS'GAS SHOWROOM fry a0 TO ORLA --* | IN MIDLAND AREA PHONE 526-7301 Wednesday, February 8, 1978, Page 15 ---- eee SoS ee ee : aa ~~ VAD VARA S SSD RRS] ee 5 ee ee