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UNLIKE EBOLA it does”
not kill 90% of its victims
within days. But it already
_ afflicts or. threatens some |
, L5 billion people —. half. of
them children — with dev-
astating forms of suffering, —
Symptoms are-mental and
physical retardation, goiter, cre-
. tinism and reproductive failure”
. causing stillbirths and infant :..
“deaths, It's ‘severest in parts of
“South America, much of Africa,
western Asia and the Middle East:

-. fvhas been completely eliminated:

in only,a handful of countries - _
- including the U.S.,; Canada,"
», Britain, Scandinavia! South © |
: Africa, Australdsia‘and Japan. Yer
there's NO EXCUSE for it.,

That's because it is the easiest 2

of diséases to cure. Just one-tea-
spoonful ‘ofa familiar black ery:
talline element in soluble form,

‘consumed i An tiny amounts over an | .

entire lifetinie — does the tick.
Next: week, thanks to the four.

‘North: Shore Kiwanis Clubs; :: * |

you'll be hearing’ a lot more about

that element, the first word in the "

‘name of the disease: IDD —i |
standing” for Todin ‘Deficiency,
Disorders")? be
Adequate amounts of. the ital oe
iodine micronutrient are found in’

eafood and food grown in'jodine-’

suffi cient, soil. But‘over the large
areas of. theearth where it's lack~::
ing, the.iodizing : of salt (or. i in™

remote locations,.a yearly Capsule,

of iodine-enriched oil) is the?
cheapest, most efficient way. of |
eliminating the deficiency. *

« Nor are the benefits confined ;
to health alone.. Stunted physical

and mental | capacity translate into ~

economic and social stagnation in
“many ‘Third World countries: With
IDD beaten, their living standards |
and'contribution to the global’:
economy: could i increase signifi,
cantly. ‘ :

é impaign starts nex
Monday,’ with, ‘al three North :

about itz-To involve as many folks

“a8 possibte the four local Kiwanis
_.Clubs. have-set up a fun- “packed ,
program, details of which will.
appear in next Sunday" $ North
Shore ‘News.

It includes a TV auction on
‘Shaw Cable '4‘at 7. p.m.’nightly. >
- from May, 24 through May 28,
_ with loads of. valuable i items; an 8
“p. m. “Fun, Fun, Fun!” family:
variety show May 24 in the
Centennial Theatre: Family
Movie Night May.25-at Park
Royal Theatre with The Brady
Buichyand a Sunday, May 2B
“Amblethon” pledge run along
~ West Van waterfront...

“To 'learn more call 985-4735 or

922-7630. For US$50,000 a mil.’

lion IDD patients can be cured. .

- So every seven bucks Canadian ,
“you spend enjoying hext’ week" gl
fun [DD program helps give $00
victims of the “no-excuse™ disease «
“a far healthier, hoppier, more pro-
; duitive lifes = ut
fis Alf you’ re into’ improving the: ;
world in some meaningful way,
youll never do it more che eaply
than that! :

; MAGINED REALITY ; water; 7
Colors by West Van ‘artist Pat’. °°

Porter, alumna of the Sorbonne :

display at-West Van Library’ until

‘May, 28... "Happy, birthday. Friday,
May'19,'to North Shore filmy pro-
lucer. Gary Payne }} And many,’

happy ‘returns: of that same day to
internationally. Fenowned West

Van. ainter Daniel tzzard.

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. news viewpoint -

EPRESENTATIVES OF "industry along ‘
the North Shore waterfront would pre-"”
: ner to shunt to a quiet siding the i issue of ns

North Shore commuter rail transit.

Their reaction is understandable.: ,
‘Opening the industrial w. aterfront corridor

to commuter. traffic. would : complicate, the
~ process’ of doing business: along. the ‘North
: Shore waterfront. °°":
ona’ May 14 News feature that examined ;

‘the: use. of existing: waterfront‘ trackage for

commuter purposes, representatives of both’
“CN and: BC. Rail ‘presented a host of argu--
‘Meats -against “commuter: rail: connections:
‘from ‘the North’ Shore. Those arguments ©

(ranged from the current heavy use of water:
‘: front: rail lines to-Fail. routing: and the finan-
cial immpracticality : of rail commuter systenis. :

But ‘the .overriding : issue ‘in: the. whole.

- debate i is not. whether it will: be inconvenient

“I -find the Sunshine’ ‘Girt offensive! II want to see 2 scaly clad :

‘women I'll buy the lace ‘Give. meia break, |

“Linda Stewart
‘. Sales & Marketing Director

: 980-0511 (349):

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Display Manager é

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for existing waterfront industry, but whether
a North Shore commuter rail service would |
provide a practical alternative to the area’s

_ current commuter system,” which ‘stili ‘relies |
ms primarily on single-occupant vehicles.

‘And the simple answer is that it could.

‘Without haviag to construct a multi-million-
‘dollar | third crossing, be it bridge or tunnel;
without having to. disrupt neighborhoods;

‘without. having to block any major trans-

: portation arteries to build new road links.

BC Transit wants to solve the North ne

commuter squecze by throwing more buses”,
"on existing routes. But.that soltition is only as.

good as the. current road system, and at both
morning anid evening rush hour that system.

already overwhelmed,.

Commuter rail can -work. Its institution
requires some planning, vision and the politi-

‘eal will to make it a reality.

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