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A-8 Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1991 Santa Cruz Sentinel Whale watch Logging considered despite owl threat "If ft A -mm iri further down the road to extinction," said Kevin Kirchner of the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund. The Fish and Wildlife Service declared the owl a threatened species in June 1990, citing excessive logging of old-growth forests as a threat to its survival. As required by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the federal government has launched a series of actions to help protect the estimated remaining 3,000 pairs of owls. Bureau of Land Management Director Cy Jamison asked Lujan last month to convene the seven-member panel so the BLM can log some Oregon forests even though he Fish and Wildlife Service has prohibited the practice because of the danger to the threatened owl.

Without the exemption, Jamison said, timber harvests on Oregon's BLM lands will fall by 75 percent. Industry leaders fear overall owl protection will cost tens of thousands of jobs in Oregon, Washington and northern California. The "God Squad" is allowed to grant an exemption only if the proposed action in this case logging is of regional and national significance. The benefits of the action must clearly outweigh the benefits of alternatives and such action must be in the public interest, including economic, environmental and cultural benefits. The committee has been convened only twice before.

The Associated Press WASHINGTON The Bush administration will consider exempting some Northwest logging from the Endangered Species Act because of the severity of harvest cutbacks to save the northern spotted owl, Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Jr. said Tuesday. Lujan said he reluctantly was launching the exemption process by convening a little-used committee with the power to allow the logging to continue despite the threat to the owl. The Cabinet-level panel is known as the "God Squad" because of its authority to allow species to become extinct rather than pay the price to save them. "No solution to this problem could be found short of this action," Lujan said, pointing to major economic disruptions to Northwest timber towns.

Sen. Bob Packwood, said the panel will be allowed to to determine a balance between human and wildlife concerns rather than being limited to the act's stiff biological and scientific guidelines. "The God Squad will take into account all species, whether they are owls or people," Packwood said. But critics said the move was the Bush administration's latest attempt to undermine federal environmental laws. "If they grant the exemption, they will be leading the spotted owl Si 3l.

The Associated Press Volunteer splashes beached whale covered with wet blankets Monday on Cape Cod. Experts keeping eye on whales Vital statistics The Associated Press DENNIS, Mass. A dozen pilot whales freed to open sea Tuesday swam perilously close to shore at high tide and marine experts feared they would beach themselves again. Weary volunteers and scientists spent two days rescuing the whales and continued to keep a close watch. Four stranded whales died and one had to be euthanized.

The 12 others survived. Nine were released from Sesuit Harbor, where they were taken to Obituaries Martha Kazan Services will be today for Martha L. Kazan, who died Monday in San Mateo after a long illness. She was 65. A native of California, she worked as a registered nurse for many years and later owned Henfl-ing's Tavern in Ben Lomond, where she had lived since 1981.

She was a contract bridge master and a member of Valley Churches United, Ben Lomond. She is survived by a son, Craig Kazan of Ben Lomond, and daughter, Sharon Kazan of San Mateo. Her husband, Jim Kazan, died in 1988. Memorial services will be at noon today at St. Andrew's Church, Riverside Avenue and Glen Arbor Road, Ben Lomond.

The Rev. Colville Smythe is officiating. Santa Cruz Memorial Park Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Interment will be private. Contributions to Valley Churches United, 9340 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 95005, are preferred.

Addie Asbury Services will be private for Addie M. Asbury, who died Monday in Dominican Hospital after a long illness. She was 78. A native of Emporia, she had been a Santa Cruz resident since 1976, and was a member of the Grey Bears. She and her late husband, Donald Asbury, operated dairy farms for many years.

She ery oyed reading and gardening. She is survived by three daughters, Pat Wood of Apache Junction, Nancy Asbury of Morgan Hill and Lorraine Howard of Merced; two sons, Don Asbury of Santa Cruz and Kenneth Asbury of Denver, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her husband, Donald Asbury, died in 1975. Santa Cruz Memorial Park Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Interment will be in Oakwood Memorial Park.

Contributions to the Grey Bears of Santa Cruz County, 2710 Chanticleer Santa Cruz 95062, are preferred. Kay Moller No services are scheduled for Kay Moller, an Aptos resident since 1963 who died Sept. 27 in Aptos. She is survived by her husband, Frank Moller of Aptos; her daughter, Suzanne Moller Lankes of Aptos; and her grandson, Scott Christopher Lankes of Aptos. Mrs.

Moller's ashes will be scattered at sea. Norman's Family Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Contributions to Hospice Caring Project, 6851 Soquel Drive, Aptos 95003, are preferred. Gene may The Associated Press CHICAGO A genetic defect that some researchers have linked to alcoholism appears to play a similar role in other behavioral disorders, a study says. This is the first research linking the mutation to Tourette's syndrome and other mental illnesses, says the author of an editorial accompanying the study in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.

But another study in this week's journal found no evidence that the defect is associated with alcoholism. Its lead author, a Yale University psychiatry professor, was skeptical about the results showing a link to behavioral disorders. "They will be exceptionally important if they can be replicated, but until then I don't think people should get too excited," said Dr. Joel Gelernter of Yale Medical School. The gene involved is believed to play a key role in experiencing pleasure.

At issue is whether the I 5 4 i VV .4 other problems. Squid beaks found in their stomachs bolstered a theory the animals are following their food supply this autumn into Cape Cod Bay. Pilot whales measure up to 20 feet long and weigh 2,000 to 4,000 pounds. Once beached, their bulk can crush their internal organs. Whale blubber, which insulates the animals from cold in the sea, causes them to overheat on land.

Twenty-nine pilot whales beached themselves Sept. 10 in Wellfleet Bay. Four of that group died and 25 were rescued. unknown origin. Without the device, he would have died.

"Our hope and goal is to make the patient more mobile and to allow a more selective heart transplant," said O. Howard Frazier, chief of cardiopulmonary transplantation at the institute. "An important goal is to reduce the cost of health care," he said. Frazier said hospital bills approach $200,000 for a heart-transplant recipient without the cost of the actual operation. The electric pump costs $40,000 to $50,000.

disorders lele and alcoholism. "We didn't postulate that it was the cause, We postulated that it was definitely playing a role in causing the risk for becoming an alcoholic," said Dr. Kenneth Blum, a co-leader of that research and chief of addictive diseases at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Blum said Comings' findings are "very supportive" of his research. Dr.

Robert Cloninger, professor of psychiatry and genetics at Washington University in St. Louis, said Comings' study is the first to show that the Al allele "can influence susceptibility to a number of other disorders." Cloninger said the Gelernter study one of two to discount the alcoholism link since Blum's report was flawed because it excluded alcoholic patients with acute medical problems, who may have been more likely to have the genetic mutation. i i if it ft H' Heart pump recipient not looking forward to planned transplant FUNERALS NODMANS family chapel MOLLER In Aptos, California on September 27, 1991. Mrs. Kay Moller.

Beloved wife of FranK Moller, loving mother of Suzanne Moller Lankes and loving grandmother of Scott Christoher Lankes, all of Aptos. She has been a resident of Aptos since 1963. Private cremation with private burial at sea. Norman's Family Chapel (Norman Benito, Director), 3620 Soquel Soquel, in charge of arrangements. Contributions preferred to Hospice Caring Proiect of Santa Cruz County, 6851 Soquel Aptos, CA 95003.

3620 SOQUEL DRIVE SOQUEL 476-6211 fSuiiluTpiiaf (Cremation I Service! MAKE IT SIMPLE Call loday for your Free Pre-Nced Brochure. It makes it simple for you to leave solutions for your family Not Problems. For Free Brochure or immediate Nred Call 475-6880 1570 Soquel Drive Santa Cruz You are welcome to write about your loved one in an "In Memoriam" or "Card of Photos or pictures can be included. For details call Leslie Blankinship at Santa Cruz Smtinri Classified Department 423-4242 Ext. 296 asoa? The Associated Press HOUSTON The world's only living recipient of a portable, battery-powered heart pump said Tuesday he felt so good he wasn't looking forward to a planned heart transplant.

"There are quite a lot of complications with a transplant," said Michael Templeton, 33. "When I felt terrible, making a decision to have this was a lot easier than when I'm feeling good and they say have to have a transplant." be linked presence of a genetic marker known as "Al allele" on that gene predisposes a person to alcoholism or other behavioral disorders. The study that found a link involved 314 non-Hispanic whites and was led by Dr. David E. Comings, genetics director at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif.

The Al allele was present in more than two-fifths of the 104 alcoholics studied and the 147 patients with Tourette's syndrome, a disorder marked by involuntary jerky movements and uncontrollable vocal outbursts including grunts and profanity. The marker also was present in about half the 104 patients with an attention deficit disorder and the 33 patients with autism. It also was believed to play a role in post-traumatic stress disorder and drug abuse, Comings said, noting that the incidence of the marker was higher in patients with the most severe symptoms. The marker was present in 14.5 regain their strength, and three were lifted off sand by the morning tide and washed to sea. Later Tuesday, all 12 whales got stuck on a sandbar but freed themselves at high tide.

They swam about 1,000 feet from shore, risking another stranding, New England Aquarium spokeswoman Vicki Corliss said. The pod was stranded Sunday in shallow water. They were moved to open ocean at high tide. The five dead whales were older than most of the others and suffered from ulcers, worms and On Sept. '3, doctors at the Texas Heart Institute hooked Templeton to a HeartMate pump.

He was the second patient to receive a Heart-Mate. The first, Larry Heinsohn, 52, died two weeks after it was implanted May 9. Physicians said at the time that Heinsohn's death was unrelated to the device because other organs had deteriorated during his illness. Templeton, a pipeline worker, suffers from idiopathic cardiomyopathy, a heart-muscle disease of to other percent of the 69 patients known not to be alcoholics and free of the other disorders. "These results suggest that the Al allele is associated with a number of behavior disorders in which it may act as a modifying gene rather than as the primary" cause, the researchers wrote.

"By this we mean that other yet-to-be-discovered genes are the primary cause" of the disorders studied, they wrote. "If an individual carrying one or more of these genes happens, by chance, also to inherit the modifying gene, the symptoms are likely to be more severe." The study stems from previous research in which Comings studied whether a single yet-to-be-discovered gene caused Tourette's syndrome and several other behavior disorders. In a study published in JAMA in April 1990, researchers said they had pinpointed for the first time a high association between the Al al CT0BER TO PURCHASE CATALOGS: Palace Art Office Supply Gottschalk's Bookshop Santa Cruz Clayworks River Bend Crafts Craft Gallery Somerset Gallery Wild Rose Artist Supply 5 at work in 194 on two special Purchase art the artists who An illustrated and map to admits two for Different each weekend! anta FUNERALS Santa Cruz Memorial Park Funeral Home CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our appreciation to the friends and neighbors who expressed their kindness and sympathy to us at the recent death of our beloved husband and father, CSM THOMAS E. HOLLINGSHEAD. We also wish to thank our friends at the Christian Life Center and the American Legion Post 64 of Santa Cruz and the staff at Santa Cruz Memorial Park Funeral Home.

We also wish to thank all of those who sent floral offerings, cards and letters of sympathy and memorial contributions in his memory to the Santa Cruz High School Alumni Association and to the Christian Life Center. Zeana, Susan Parti Hollingshead ASBURY At Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, Calif, on September 30, 1991. Addie M. Asbury. Survived bv her five children, Pat Wood of Apache Junction, Don Asbury of Santa Cruz, Nancy Asbury of Morgan Hill, Lorraine Howard of Merced, and Kenneth Asbury of Denver, her nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and by her numerous nieces nephews.

A native of Emporia, Kansas, age 78. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Asbury, who passed away in 1975. The Asburys operated dairy farms for many years. A Santa Cruz resident since 1976, she was a member of the Grey Bears. Hobbies: reading gardening.

Graveside Services will be conducted at Oakwood Memorial Park, Santa Cruz on Friday, October 4, 1991, under the direction of Santa Cruz Memorial Park Funeral Home (Douglas Marline, Service Director). Interment in Oakwood Memorial Park. Contributions preferred to the Grey Bears of Santa Cruz County, 2710 Chanticleer Santri Cruz, CA 95062. KAZAN In San Mateo, Calif, on September 30, 1991. Mrs.

Martha L. Kazan. Survived by her son, Craig Kazan of Ben Lomond; and daughter, Sharon Kazan of San Mateo. A native of age 65. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Kazan, who passed away in 1988.

Member of the Valley Churches United, Ben Lomond. She was a contract bridge master. Martha worked as a registered nurse for many years, and later owned "Henfling's Tavern" in Ben Lomond. A resident of Ben Lomond since 1981. Memorial Services will be conducted at St.

Andrew's Church, Riverside Ave. Glen Arbor, Ben Lomond on Wednesday, October 2, 1991 at 12:00 noon with Rev. Colville Smythe, Rector, officiating. Santa Cruz Memorial Park Funeral Home in charge of arrangements (Douglas Martine, Service Director). Interment private.

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