Sunday, July 12, 1992 - North Shore News ~

BUSINESS BRIEFS

NEWS photo Terry Peters

DARREN CLARKE and Hallie Lecker have opened up the North
Shore Tae Kwori Do Centre in North Vancouver.

Asthma can be lethal

IN THE wake of new data on
asthma therapies and worldwide
reporis of continued increases in
astiyma morbidity and mortality, a
call for re-evaluation of patient
treatment has.been prompted.

. Canada’s more than 1 million
_ asthmatics are being urged to see
their physicians to- review their
current treatment plan..
Asthma claims. the lives of an
‘estimated 600 Canadians per year.
Results .of a recent study
published in the New. England
Journal of Medicine’ (‘The Use of
Beta-agonists and the Risk of

Death and Near Death from -

Asthma,” Feb. 20) concluded that
‘an . increased. risk of death -‘or
near death from asthma was
associated wih the regular use of
inhaled beta-2 agonists bron-

chodilators.”’

Experis believe that the use of
anti-inflammatory drugs may slow
the Progression of the asthma and
minimize

Asthma is a chronic and pro-
gressive lung condition: triggered
by a variety of factors including
viral infections, allergies and
possibly air pollution.

Anti-inflammatories, which are

“often steroid preparations and

thus have the potential for side

effects, have traditionally been

used to treat inflammation.

The newest, non-steroid, anti-
inflammatory medication available
in Canada is nedocromil (Tilade).
Experts suggest the drug should
prove. to be advantageous for the
overall treatment of asthma.

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PLANTING THE POWER

NORTH VANCOUVER-based
Ballard Power Systems has won a
$508,194 federal contract to con-
tinue developmental work for Na-
tional Defence on a power plant
for potential use in a submarine.

Work under the contract will
maintain two jobs until July 3!,
1993.

- BUSINESS KICKS OFF

A NEW business has opened its
doors on the North Shore to cater
to the needs of martial arts and
fitness buffs.

The North Shore Tae Kwon Do
Centre, 53 Lonsdale Ave., North
Vancouver, is operated by Darrer
Clarke and Hallie Lecker, who
hold third and second-degree
black belts respectively.

The duo offer instruction and
training in tae kwon do for
beginners through to advance stu-
dents, for both children and
adults. Classes are held in the
evenings, Mondays through Fri-
days and on Saturday mornings.

Prior to opening their own club,
Clarke and Lecker taught tae
kwon do through the North Van-
couver Recreation Centre. They
still compete in competitions and
Lecker was the 1991 national
champion in her weight division.

There are currently over 100
students taking classes at the
North Shore Tae Kwon Do Cen-
tre.

Tae kwon do is a Korean mar-
tial art. For more information,
call the North Shore Tae Kwon
Do Centre at, 987-5890.

TWENTY YEARS LATER

‘NORPAC CONTROLS Lid. of

North Vancouver recently cele-
brated its Z0th anniversary in
business by holding a customer
appreciation day.

The locally owned company was
founded in 1972 by current presi-
dent Andy .Szocs. It now employs
40 people, most of whom: are
North Shore residents.

The company is the B.C. repre-
sentative for Fisher Controls of
Canada, a high-tech computer
control systems company.

Among those who turned out
for its customer appreciation day
were representatives of Fletcher
Challenge, B.C. Gas, and
Westcoast Energy. Consultants

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Aug. 15/92
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from H.A. Simons, Hipp
Engineering and Sandwell were
also on hand.

Szocs said Norpac remains op-
timistic about its business future
during the current depressed eco-
nomic times.

‘*We'can’t forget what got us to
where we are today, and we have
to be prepared for the upturn in
business when it comes,’’ said
Szocs. ‘‘We demonstrated that we
are in this for the long term and
intend to maintain this as our
business strategy.”’

SCHOLARSHIP
STUDENT

PAYAM DEHGHANI, an 18-
year-old student at Carson
Graham Secondary Schoo! in
North Vancouver, has won Van-
City’s Stan Parsons Memorial
Scholarship, worth $2,000.

‘Dehghani, who plans a career in

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Tuesday, July 21, 6:30 pm’.

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Wednesday, July 22, 6:30 pm
INDUSTRIAL MECHANICAL GROUP
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