Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba free june spinal Cord research began in Manitoba about 10 years ago the first attention to spinal Cord research began quietly in Manitoba More than 10 years before Rick Hansen hit the Road on his fundraising since there has been significant Progress made toward establishing a team of spinal Cord specialists in this especially in the past three the work Winnipeg re searchers have undertaken is considered As important As any other developments in the coun it May also have implications in the scientific Community beyond the Field of spinal Cord re Larry who is pro Fessor of physiology at the University of became one of the first individuals perform ing full time spinal Cord research in the he moved to Winnipeg in 1970 from now Jordan has spent most of the past 13 years studying the intricacies of human locomotion what happens when the brain sends a message through the body to initiate walk Jordan says that his research also examines How the pathways from the brain to the spinal Cord Are disturbed by once this mechanism is entirely he research into the methods of restoring or manipulating the interrupted pathways can be David was a student of he returned to Winnipeg about three years after studying in to work on research about the same time As his colleague Jim Mccrea area of interest focuses on spasticity the abrupt change in reflex control often experienced after injury to the spinal slight movements or some sort of insignificant stimulation of the skin can induce Large and uncontrollable says someone with a spinal Cord injury can spend a lot of time trying to control leg move right he this can be controlled by but their Side effects Are often unwanted by Jordan one of the first Jordan says Nagy has since taken a break from his research in this but has indicated he will return to it in the near he adds that Nagy is an important source of information re Garding the Susan who began working in spinal Cord research three years ago in the fledgling spinal Cord unit at the health sciences was officially appointed a staff member of the new research Centre at the Hospi Tal april she will concentrate on the disruption of bladder control which May occur after in jury and assist in the coordination of other research undertaken at the Jordan says that Shefchyk will research the mechanism that directs bladder control and fun future research and clinical study in Winnipeg will involve advances made in the study of the brain and transplantation achieved recently in the area of Parkinson and alzheimer Dis any Progress made by Winnipeg researchers will also Benefit the Effort to Lear More about the problems affiliated with multiple cabbie Marks Golden anniversary n i t i t i Jii Halifax up with half a Century of tax driving behind Harold Jackson is Halifax longest serving and the he is still the 70yearold who celebrated his Golden anniversary As a cab Driver last said he briefly flirted with retirement three years but he became bored washing dishes and scrubbing now he plans to drive for 10 More or until doctors Force him to Stop his career behind the wheel started in 1937 with the old Casino taxi company near the cites a Block away stood the House hed been born the table he was born since he has worked for eight other taxi watched the Price of gasoline go to almost 48 cents a litre from five and seen eight prime ministers serve in Jackson figures that in 50 years he has driven far enough to Circle the Globe four and not Surpris he has picked a Story or two to like the time he delivered a baby for a Gypsy in the Back of his she told me what i had to and after the baby was i took my As she and Cut the umbilical said the father of 11 both Mother and baby were Fine when we got to the he has served in the brigade party for the Queen which he lists As a career among the Low two violent vividly shortly after the War i picked up two sailors and took them to Victoria in the cites South he Jackson said the two salts pretended to Knock on the door of the and then jumped Back in the cab asking to go to the North it was then that they hit me on the head with one of their shoes which had a Horseshoe Cleat on the they even Burnt my lips and face with cigarettes because they thought i had More Jackson somehow escaped and summoned help from a nearby army the assailants were Cap and the last he heard they had been drummed out of the in the other Jackson was clubbed on the head and was unconscious for a Short again he got and again the culprits were the Cobblestone streets that Jack son drove along in 1937 have been replaced by and the trolley cars have Given Way to diesel powered transit but Jackson plans to drive cab for 10 More years or until doctors Force him to has seen other i have always worn a hat when working and that was the Law until a few years he bemoaning the demise of dress standards for when Jackson started uni forms were and for the company could outfit a Driver with two pairs of two a a jacket and a couple of to my theres Only one properly dressed taxi Driver in the metro said refer ring to one of his during a dinner and dance held by the cites taxi Industry this week to Honor the cabbie recounted his longest fare trip to new York this Man had suffered a heart attack and Fly Jack son it took Only two Days to get him but i was five Days coming Home As i kept getting trapped in the big Jackson turned to where he was certain he would find a sympathetic i finally had to get a taxi Driver to guide me for several up columnist places second in contest from staff and news services Marion Winnipeg free press restaurant finished Sec Ond in a National award honouring food the Nabisco brands Canadian food writing awards were handed out in Toronto earlier this week and Warhaft placed behind James bar of Vancouver Georgia in the restaurant critics she placed third in the Competition last we found marions writing to be helpful and informative not said Gerre an organizer of the Warhaft has been the restaurant critic for the free press for 9y2 disabled billed More Saskatoon a monthly 15cent surcharge will be tacked on to All Telephone Bills in Saskatchewan to finance improved service to the Dis lifetime the Crown corporation plans to introduce a message relay service for the hearing impaired As Well As 50percent discount on their Long distance our general reaction is that pres ent services Are substandard and any improvement is Good Gordon executive director of services for hearing impaired per bylaw stops feeder Toronto Anne Grech has been ruffling feathers for scattering food for More than 200 pigeons a Day in her in an Effort to Stop the 75yearold woman from continuing a practice that has upset her neighbors for Toronto City Council could soon make it illegal to feed them without a Cit approved councils neighbourhoods commit tee approved a bylaw that would forbid people to feed Birds except from a feeder with a Small while some Council members and Bird fanciers thought the measures were top the committee voted 43 in favor of asking the Ontario government to pass enabling Legisla Tion for the Bir feeding Crew delivers porn Norway the Crew of a norwegian merchant in the first reported incident of its got close enough to a soviet submarine to throw its Crew a gift of pornographic a nato spokesman an Oil Rig Supply ship from this Northern norwegian port spotted the submarine As it surfaced in International Waters in the Barents sea about 40 nautical Miles off no ways Northern said the Gunnar vital senior Centre holding a Craft Sale birthdays following is a list of opportunities and events of particular interest to retired persons compiled by age and Opportunity for further in Call the the vital senior Centre is holding a Craft and bake Sale Fri Day from to 6 at vital shopping a variety of Craft articles and homemade baking will be for everyone Wel growing older Call 9471276 Beacon Hill 190 fort Street presents 5th annual Howdy neigh Bour Day on Friday from 11 3 this special Day is planned to allow residents from Beacon Hill Lodge to Host a Street for crossword by Thomas Joseph across 1 farther than 5 seafood sauce 9 Singer 10 novelist Anya 12 Seattle Derby horse 13 mariners 15 Ajax 16 German article 17 conceit 18 pollen Holder 20 Pierre 21 malt Kiln 22 Vazur 23 Labelle or Page 25 slaying place 26 Tennis great 27 Adams son 28 secondhand 29 medical graduate 32 Spanish composer 33 Rosy 34 chinese prefecture 35 Antarctica Volcano 37 fight 38 corrupt 2 is 3f 21 16 10 29 20 37 39 n 30 39 gaelic phrase 40 composer 4 haul Nino 5 declare 41 Legal 6 villains document look Down 7 greek 1 Trattoria letter specially 8 become 2 pooped dominant 3 Busman 11 nullify daily crypt quote heres How it works Means Longfellow one letter simply stands Tor another in this a is used Tor the three x Tor the two single Are All each Day the code Here is today 622 14 dynamite 25 set right inventor 27 san Juan 16 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