Community _ Breathing habit backed by technology LOOKING AHEAD to many more years of enjoying their new Brentwood home are Frank and Maureen Gough. A pacemaker regulates Frank’s heartbeat following an by Valorie Lennox The Review A two-inch square of advanced technology keeps Brentwood artist Frank Gough alive. Admitted to Victoria General Hospital last Noy. 17, the 81-year- old was having difficulty brea- thing. His heart rate dropped dramati- cally as medical staff monitored his condition over the weekend. By Monday Maureen Gough was told her husband needed a pacemaker. Three days later the pacemaker was installed. “Within about three hours of having the pacemaker implanted, his heart beat was normal,” Maur- een Gough said. The next day Frank came home to the couple’s townhouse over- Local teens seeking crown Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 ‘ One of three Peninsula teenagers in the Feb. 9 Miss Teen Victoria competition won the talent section Saturday. Singer Diane Pancel, 15, per- formed a song from her album, Creature Made in Heaven, at Spin- ner’s Teen Club to place first among the 16 contestants. The blonde, blue-eyed Parkland Secondary student also dances and figure skates. She will perform at the pageant this Friday, Also competing are 15-year-old Dina Evans, a student at Parkland Secondary School, and 17-year- habits that is very hard to break,” Frank said. They came to Brentwood, gave themselves 10 days to find a home, and decided on the as-yet-unbuilt townhouse. We fell in love with a hole in the ground and a view across the bay,” Frank explained. Selling their house of 14 years in remote advances which have reduced the weight and cut the size of the pacemakers by two-thirds. “I was so impressed with what they had done,” she said. Frank praised both the technolo- gy that has given him more energy than he would have thought possi- ble six months ago and the medi- cal care at the hospital. ‘T can’t speak too highly of the benefits of being alive again, instead of gasping like a fish on @ bank’ fund drive. looking Brentwood Bay, armed only with a few painkillers to cope with the discomfort of the opera- tion. ~ Literally, a new lease on life,” said Frank. “I can’t speak too highly of the benefits of being alive again, instead of gasping like a fish on a bank.” An engineer at the Atomic Ener- gy of Canada Sheridan Park Research Centre before his retire- ment, Frank likes being active. “Age is a matter of mind much more than one of the body,” he says. Both he and his wife paint and wiite, usually sketching during the summer and painting in the winter. Their townhouse walls are decorat- ed with samples of their work. old Sherry Morrison, a student at Stelly’s Secondary School. Dina, hazel-eyed with light brown hair, enjoys dancing and skiing. She hopes to become a drama teacher. Sherry, a blue-eyed strawberry blonde, dances and enjoys hair- dressing, art and writing. The pageant starts at 8 p.m. in the theatre at Victoria Secondary School, 1260 Grant. Tickets are available at the door, from Sid- ney’s Pet Centre and Aquatics on Beacon Avenue or from any of the contestants. SAANICH PENINSULA \ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GENERAL MEETING THURSDAY, FEB. 15, 1990 AT 12:00 NOON GLEN MEADOWS GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB 1050 McTAVISH ROAD, SIDNEY COST: $7.50 PER PERSON GUEST SPEAKERS: BOB BROWN, DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DIVISION AND DONALD FYFE- WILSON, DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY EDUCATION SERVICES, CAMOSUN COLLEGE. ep) “RESPONDING TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY Bi| TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE FOLLOWING: AT THE |p \\ CHAMBER OFFICE (656-3616), SIDNEY TRAVEL, CHRISTINE Js @\. LAURENT JEWELLERS AND BEACON TRAVELINBRENT- 4 WOOD BAY. ADVANCE TICKET SALES ARE REQUESTED! operation last November. Maureen is now coordinating the Brentwood area heart In Ontario they had several joint exhibitions of their work. They met through their shared interest in art and were married 20 years ago. It was Frank’s heart disease that brought them to Brentwood in the fall of 1988. Frank's enlarged heart was diag- nosed three years ago. A doctor recommended Frank avoid the cold Ontario winters, so the couple came to Victoria for two winters before deciding to move to B.C “He couldn’t breathe in the cold,” said Maureen. “We spent three months here and Frank was so much better. We loved it.” In 1988 they decided to move to the west coast. “Breathing is one of those for seniors and students. Master of ceremonies will be Al Ferraby of CKDA, assisted by the . present Miss Teen Victoria Darcy Doell. She is also first princess to ~ Miss Teen Canada. At the pageant Miss Victoria Karyn Kahle will entertain. Kahle won the $3,000 talent scholarship in the Miss Canada competition. The pageant is co-sponsored by the Miss Teen Victoria committee, the Victoria Cougars and CKDA radio. For information call L.D.1I. Models at 721-3347. Sturgeon Point, they moved to Brentwood and waited in a motel for a month until their home was finished. Frank’s health improved in the milder climate until last Septem- ber, when he began to have prob- lems breathing, culminating in the attack last November. “He’s in his 8ist year and he used to look 150,” Maureen said. Now, with the pacemaker regulat- ing his heartbeat, he looks younger than his age. The lightweight pacemaker adjusts automatically to different levels of exertion and is the latest technology available, Frank explained. “This one does everything but take the dog for a walk. Number one on the list, you can breathe.” Maureen, who saw some of the first pacemakers while working as a medical secretary 22 years ago, is amazed by the technological ~The treatment I had from the medical profession, everyone was just marvelous.” Both want to give something back to the community, Maureen has volunteered to coordinate the B.C. Heart Fund appeal for Bren- twood Bay while Frank wants to donate some of his work to the heart fund. ; The annual heart fund appeal continues through February and is the heart fund’s only appeal, Maureen said. Most of the funds raised go to research and education. This year the B.C. and Yukon Heart Founda- tion hopes to raise $6.1 million. Volunteer canvassers are still needed. To volunteer in the Bren- twood Bay area, call Maureen Gough at 652-4857 and to volun- teer in other Peninsula communi- ties, call Evelyn Moore at 382- 4035 or 383-7267. .. 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