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LIVING EDMONTON JOURNAL G5 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1999 Todays question will the United Way fool the guesser? 1 CamTait Our Community One things for sure campaign will have at least a few dollars the bank "Hang from the United Way said very recently just as be was to put die phone receiver number for you." "No, no, no NO!" I shot back, hoping to catch him before he went into another office looking for a figure. "I want to try to figure it out myself." Dean caught his breath and sat back in his chair and agreed with me. Sometime shortly after high noon today over there at the Ra-rnada Conference Centre, United Way campaign chair Bill Bannister will let everyone know how much has been invested into this year's drive. So, through very methodical procedures and some which may give stabbing in the darkawhole Boys Girls Club.

Both TERRA and the Boys Girls Club are United Way member agencies. Everything accordingtoplan: When Alberta Community De-vebpment started its United Way campaign a priority was to in crease die number of donors, rather than organize special events. So far their efforts have paid off in spades er, pledge cards. Last year there were 136 donors. This year they have 159, putting them on track in securing 170 donors, a 25-per-cent increase from last year.

GUESS NUMBER FOUR: OK, this is it The United Way will an; nounce $9,123,456 has been in: vested in the this year's cam' paiga We're pretty sure the campaign will have $9 in the bank. And as far as the other numbers are concerned well, they just seem to roll off the old keyboard in that order. Be watching to see how much this community has given to this year's United Waydrive. kotherernpkyeesbidonthem. In turn, managers and other employees gave an hour of their time to do various tasks.

And we're even told there was some singing and dancing in the Brown and Root offices. I GUESS NUMBER TWO: $9,291,977. Tail's Theory A very special nephew of mine is nine years old; 291 is on Mrs. Tail's licence plate, and 977 is the car number of Walter, the wonder cab driver. I Men on the HEAL More than 25 men attended special sessions for males by REAL (Help End Abuse in Leduc).

Thanks to the United Way of the Alberta Capital Region, Leduc residents affected by abusive relationships are helped through a variety of ways. H.EAL. also provides education about abuse prevention and the issues involved in abusive relationships. I What a great environment: For the past eight years, no other government department has raised as much money for United new meaning, I'm going to predict today's announcement. And if the boss is reading this, no lam not going into the fortune-telling business, so please don't clean out my desk.

This afternoon's lunch is the last time the United Way brings everyone together to let us know just how much more money is needed to meet this year's goal of $10.8 million. And the noon4wur gatheruig is a western affair, reports say there's even a mechanical bull for the adventurous. So here we go in predicting what today's number will be. I GUESS NUMBER ONE: Bill Guerin is a friend of mine and he wears number nine with the Edmonton Oilers; 104 is the number of our condo unit and 394 is the street address of my folks' cabin at the lake in northern Saskatchewan. I Did you know: Average fund-raising costsmCanada are 26 per cent and United Way fund-raising costs are 9.5 per cent.

Way as me garig over there at Albeit Environment They have already eclipsed their goal of $50,000 and are well on their way to raising $60,000. One of the highlights of the campaign was a chicken wing eating contest at the Lone Star Cafe. I GUESS NUMBER THREE: $9,425,350. Tairs Theory three is one of my favourite numbers, so let's multiply it byitself to get nine; 425 teenage mothers re-ceived counselling, child care and education atTERRAAssodation; 350 children and youth were helped through all kinds of programs at the Fort Saskatchewan I Helping kids with disabilities: Through United Way investments, 73 children received di-rect services through die Connect Society's home-based Early Intervention Program and its centre-based Early Childhood Services program. And that means kids wim physical disabilities are able to develop skills that will help them become full, productive participants in the future.

I Sing me a song: There was singing and dancing and other goings-onrecentfycMeratBrown and Root during their Slave Day. Even Brown and Root managers Bleeding disorder still little known 51'Days ed in a haunting 1976 ballad by Gordon Lightfoot, The Wreck of the Edmur Fitzgerald. Born this day Martin Luther 1483-1546 Born in Eisleben, Germany, LuthgX launched the Protestant Reformation. 1517, angry that Rome was selling in diligences, which were assurances offoi given sin, he nailed his 95 Theses: (Si die Power of Indulgences on the door 67 the Wittenberg Castle Church. Luthgf was later excommunicated.

He trans--lated the new testament into Germany Richard Barton 1925-1984 -Born Richard Jenkins in Pontrh? dyfen, South Wales, Burton was an actor whose best-known roles include CamelEt (stage), Hamlet, The Spy Who Came At From The Cold, Anne of the Thousand Days and The Taming of theShrew.He married four times, including to Elizabeth Taylor twice (1964-1974 and 1975-197. Visit the Countdown 2000 archive at vnmcanada.com2000. Today isOctithe 114th day of the year, there are SI days left until 2000 Today in history 1928 Tokyo, Japan: Hirohito crowned Emperor of Japan after serving as Regent for eight years after his father became ill; he ruled until his death in 1989. 1975 Near Whitefish Bay, Ont: Great Lakes ship Edmund Fitzgerald, a 222-metre longironore carrier out of Superior, Wise, breaks in two and sinks off Whitefish Pointwest of SaultStt. Marie, after battling 7.5 metre waves and record 125 kmh winds during a gale on Lake Superior.

Twenty-nine crew members drown. The disaster was commemorat In- via Millions of women with Von Willebrand disease go undiagnosed KAREN RAFINSKI Knight Kidder Newspapers Most people have heard of hemophilia, the rare genetic bleeding disorder that strikes only men. Butableedingproblem that is 100 times more common von Willebrand disease and causes debilitating problems for women is virtually unheard of and just now commanding the attention of the medical community. Millions of women with the disease go undiagnosed, suffering heavy menstrual periods that can last for weeks, making them anemic, exhausted and in extreme cases, even requiring transfusions. It took years for Tamara Bledsoe to learn that she had the debilitating condition.

When she wasateenager, her periods lasted 30 days any woman's definition of hell. Now that's she has been diagnosed, her periods are under control but they are still so heavy she pops iron pills to fight off anemia. "You just get so tired after so many days," said Bledsoe, 30. Yet before she was diagnosed some 10 years ago, Bledsoe never suspected a problem because her mother and family all had similarly heavy periods. Her story is familiar to doctors who say that because the disease is genetic, many women assume their bleeding is normal.

They never realize they have a treatable disorder. Von Willebrand disease is caused by problems wimadctringfactor that helps form and reinforce a plug the body creates to stop up the tear in a cut blood vessel. Von Willebrand patients either don't produce enough ofthat dotting factor or produce a factor that doesn't work right When they sustainacut, their bodies are slow to form that plug and they are unable to stop the bleeding quickly. The disease is diagnosed by a blood body naturally varies the levels of von Willebrand factor so much that people with the disease can test normal. It is common to repeatthe test several times.

Theproblemiscompoundedbyamed-ical community that has been slow to pick up the disorder. a Children's Clothing and Furniture Ladies' and Maternity Fashions Accessories aSelect Men's Apparel and Home Decor FALL AND WINTER CONSIGNMENTS ONLY PLEASE CALL TO BOOK YOUR DROP-OFF DAY! Monday Saturday Thursdays till KNIGHT RIDDER Tamara Bledsoe plays with her 22-month-old daughter Amanda at their home. 3mm Something To Celebrate? Von Willebrand disease strikes an estimated one per cent of the population, and it is almost always far milder than hemophilia. Many symptoms, which include nosebleeds and a tendency to bruise easily, are often shrugged off by both patients and doctors. In most instances, the disorder is never suspected until it causes serious bleeding after surgery, childbirth oratraumatic injury.

But then it can be dangerous. Lillian Bervis, 13, bledformore than anhour after falling off her bike, until emergency room doctors administered a drug to help stop the bleeding. She remembers blacking out and waking up attached to a heart monitor. 1 was really scared that time because I didn't know if I was ever going to stop," she said. The disease affects women and men at the same rate, but because men don't menstruate, they tend to be far less bothered by it in everyday life.

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