30 - Sunday, January 29, 1989 - North Shore News

Ball to raise funds for Alzheimer’s disease

CANADA ISN’T as young as it used to be. Right
now, about 300,000 Canadians suffer from
Alzheimer’s disease, an incurable brain disease that
strikes both men and women, usually over the age of
65.

By the year 2,000, that number is expected to in-
crease to 500,000.

Since 1983, the Alzheimer Society of B.C. has
worked to raise awareness of the disease, eventually
hoping for a breakthrough in diagnosis, treatment and
prevention.

A non-profit organization, the Society helps sup-
port research into Alzheimer’s but ‘‘giving advice to
families about the management of Alzheimer's is the
most useful thing we can do,”’ says Margaret Ford,
the Society’s executive director.

Through donations, the Society sponsors support
groups throughout B.C. which provide a forum for
discussion, and offer practical advice on the effective
management of behaviours caused by the disease.

Educating the public about Alzheimer’s — a large-
ly misunderstood disease — is a major goal of the
Society. This year the Society is hosting its first an-

nual Forget-Me-Not Ball on Friday, Feb. 10, to raise
awareness of Alzheimer’s and to raise funds for
research.

While the symptoms of Alzheimer’s have been
well-documented, the disease itself has baffled doctors
and scientists for years.

‘‘Alzheimers research began only 10 years ago. It’s
still pretty rudimentary,’* says Ford, explaining that
although some inroads have been made into the
mystery behind the disease — most recently through
the work of the McGeer team at the University of
British Columbia — more research is needed before a
definitive cure for Alzheimer’s can be found.

The ball will be held at the B.C. Club, 750 Pacific
Blvd. in Vancouver, beginning with cocktails at 6
p.m., followed by dinner at 7. Tickets are $125 per
person, $90 of which is tax deductible. Tuxedos, tiaras
or track suits are welcome.

For more information on Aizheimer’s disease con-
tact the Alzheimer Society of B.C. at 736-0448, or
write to #101-1090 W. 8th., Ave., Vancouver, V6H
1C4.

Explore historic sites of Holland

From page 28

stand, stands a Sherman tank of
Lord Strathcona’s Horse.

Anyone who has seen A Bridge
Too Far will immediately recognize
the elegant white building standing
in a park. Yet this was not the
location for the movie, a fact that
bothers veterans including the cu-
rator of the building, which has

artillery pounded the hotel and
grounds. What apparently helped
the Allies to hold out for so long
was the thick forest around, the
trees absorbing shell after shell.
Today the park around the
museum has fewer trees, and
reminders such as battered anti-
tank guns and that tank from Lord
Strathcona’s Horse, and it is quiet
as a shrine should be. Tame deer

feed in an enclosure where fighting
men once huddled in foxholes.

A Dutch travel company, Wens
Reizen of Breda, has put together
a [S-day tour which includes two
nights in Arnhem as well as the
Hague. It leaves May 6 and costs
around $2,100. KLM in Vancouver
(682-4606) will have information
on travel agents who are selling
this and other packages.

since been turned into the Air-
borne Museum.

There is a film in English which
is co-ordinated with a large model
sprinkled with lights that come on

-when a landing is indicated or a
strongpoint located, enabling the
visitor to follow the battle right in-
to the house where he is standing.

Gripping dioramas of the
besieged cccupants keep up the
pace to give an idea of conditions,
for the paratroopers as tanks and

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