News Scrapbook 1984

1 vm,.,.. .,d Jrom pag~ J/ ? / I on oil drilling off San Diego; designating a a felony the_ dumping of toxic waste Simmons opposes first strike weapon~ ,uch a, the MX missle resto ring all vc1eran's benefits, and minimum wage. Bill Lowery, the incumbent, was first elected lo public olfice as a city counci!man in 1977 and became deputy mayor o f the Cit)I of San Di go under former mayor and prt.ent cnato r Pt t Wilson in 1980. After attending San Dietio ST~ll! he was a partner in a - pub 1c relation~ nd advertising firm. Lowery claims leadership on issue:. such as the mo ratorium on offshore oil drilling, the launching of commercial space satellites and making cost the determining factor in awarding Navy , hip-repair contracts. Lowery has also been cited for his legislat ive efforts to focus national attention on Alz- ht:imer' d1 e. Lowery s rves o n two commlltCCi in the House of Rcp rc ntativ : Committee on Sien and Technology and its subcommittees on Energy Dcvelopm nt and Application~. Energy • Rc~ca rch and Prod- uction, and Space Science and Applications; nod the Banking and F inance Committee and its subcommitt~ on Domestic Monetary Polley. ~Ol!Sin a nd Community cyelopment and Financial I t itutions Supcr- VLSl'lffl. In W ~hingto n D.C. , Lowery · chairman of the San Die o C on re ional Delegation :

freedom. She 1s also opposed to high cost of certain bu meu licenses and ZP!lins Ji!"il'i• ~he supports the ri&hl to fr e asso iation. She holds that &overnment is corrupted by an over abundance of power, a lack of fficiency, political motivauon, and the infm1uency and debility of government c 111ractual agreements. As an alternative to government intervention, she u pports free press, social organizations and pressure and privatiiatiop of public iervi~ ,,

member the Republican Policy Committees; member of the nvironmental Study omrni11ee; and member of the High Technology Task Force. ...and Baase Sara Baase 1s a professor of .,;ornputcr science ;it San Diego State Univcrs1ty and received ou1Mandmg faculty awards in 1982 and 1984. She has a BA, MA ,md PhD in mathematics. Baas e hab been a faculty advisor to World Research , foe ., publisher of 1he San Diego-a rea Libertarian n wsletter, and chair of the Reai.on Foundation's San Diego Regional Ad'(i s ory ommittee. he is a member of the Libertarian National om- mittec, the, .ibertarian Party of California, Eiccu1ive Com- mittee; the Libertarian Party of San Diego, Executive Com- mittee, and was the San Diego Coordinator of the Ed Clark for Governor campaign in 1978. Baasc say~ she will support any piece of h:gislation that will lower taxes a nd oppose any piece of leg1sla1ion that raises taxes. Her fi rst issue of concern is th fed eral budget and debt. She emphasiLes the priyatization of public services ancj utilititl> such as fire protectio n and education. Fo r the latter, she suggests the enaclton of tax breaks for t hose who use privaie, as oppo cd to pub ic, educatio n. She i& opposed to the ERA. pornography ordina nces and any oth r uch legish1tion on the b i i~ will consfrict public of

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County Labor Cou11cil, the S n Diego Building and Con trµc-- the , tion Trade, Council, the San Di go Council of Carpenters,

dtpuly dis1rict attorney, and a former judge. He 1s presently a University of San Diego and a n1emberofaSanDiegolawfirm. professor of law at

Fe

Ram:h\ Santa

Bun:au ,

Rcpubhcan Women, Charter 100 and the Globe Guilckrs . MoJonnier has the endorse-

the United Food

nd Com•

8111 Pt11:

·ongrcs~man

ol

ment

He 1s also a co-founder of the mercial Worker5 and the United

Si:nator

Lowery, U.S

Transportation Uni ·n.

San Carlos Area Council and a

1bon. Assemblyman Larry

Simmons has a S-point pl n

force

task

the

t1rling; and Councilmembers member of

a

produce

suggests will

he

repres nting senior& in Buena

1ru1k ma,

oil, Fd

Gloria M

federal budget freeze on new

balanced in ludmg:

conver•

condominium

Vista sion~.

nd Ulvaldo

' leator

Bill

a

Martine, .

£ deral hiring; enaction of the

by

endorsed

is

Simmons

MoJo nnier believes that by relieving small husini:ss of •over bu rd e n so m e • reg u lat ion , employment opportuniti~ will

r to

flat

Gephart modified,

Geraldine Ferraro, Assembly Members Pete Chacon and Lucy

income tax reform act; en ction feder I taxp ycr ab olution act; cnaction of "pay a yo u go" fed ral bucj 1 of the

tate Senator Wadie

Killea,

be mcre~cd . Her major areas of D c d d c h , Ma Yo r

D · lllll:

Femst1en, and Deputy Mayor

concern arc wit!\ mental health,

·defen

enact a

plan; and

child ubu)C, Tijuana ewage and Mike Gotch, and Jay Powell and

procurernent cost accountability

Joan Jackson of the San Diego Chapter of the Sierra Club. Simmons IS also backed byth

She 1s train.

lifegua rd protection

act."

bullet

th

to

o ppo d

full

Simmons al o support

for 1enio ·

costs

F e deration of mcdicare

Ameri c an Teachers .

Simmoni./Lowery

the i nternat ,onal

the ERA; a bilateral, vcrifiabl nuclear freeze; a perm nent ( ontinued~nP..,..""'---~ n

A sociation of fire Fighters,

Bo b Simmons is a vet ran o f

S n Diego and

Imperial

former

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La Jolla, CA (San Diego Co.) La Jolla Light (Cir. li'J. 9,293)

Change comes over menopause ~f/s-s- B} DO NA OSTERMAN, Light Staff Writer Here's a hot fla h from 1he ing crazy.' " said Hamburger. four or five women participate in Menopause Clinic: You are not Part of the rea\on for their a four-hour session where a wide going crazy. anxiety, she continued, is that range of topics dealing with That message of reassurance is they have been "looking for the menopau e is di cussed. With being brought to many middle- kind of help they need and it just Evelyn Anderson, Hamburger's aged women in the San Diego hasn't been available." sister-in-law and co-director, par- area by Soma Hamburger, a La Hamburger believes the ticipants discuss symptoms of Jolla resident who co-directs the Menopau e Clinic at UCSD menopause, the pro and cons of only program in ·,.;,;;.;;;;,;.;~;..;.;~---iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiill__________ _....;~--- h o r m o n c the county that 'We just want to give women options. If they r c PI ace men t deal wi th th e don't feel they're getting what they need from th erapy (HRT). specific needs of o, t co po ro sis, the menopausal their doctor, they have somewhere else to turn.' ,c-.;ua Hy, nutri - woman. Medical Center fills that need by offering education, emotional support and counseling for tion ancfTitiiess, hysterectomies, individ~H1cd patient care and the myths that surround menopause. "Our women come in and they are struggling with something they don't quite understand.

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"I was always under the im- pression that 'post'. meant finish- ~asc see MENfPAUSE, A7

women experiencing pre-, peri- (during) or post-menopause. Once a week, on Wednesday,

They feel victimized; they find their personalities changing. Very often, they say, 'I think I'm go-

onia Hamburger's license plale refers to "post menopau al zest," the experience of renewed vitalit} in later life.

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thropologist, 240 women have gone through the Menopause Clinic and about 65 to 70 percent of those have been working women. "They want to take care of their symptoms and get on with their lives. We let them expre~s themselves and as soon as one begins to talk, there is instant recognition in the eyes of the others. It's almost like magic . And it's such relief for them all - it's like opening a spigot and letting everything flow out." The support system offered by the clinic, according to Ham- burger, is a constant one, witli participants having access to a "Hot Flash Line." She said, "We're all very vulnerable in this culture. be<:aus of.thc.p tion with youth. Many women will deny they are going through menopause. Our rate of cancella- tion at the clinic is very high, and I suspect it's because women b ck out at the last minute, not wanting to believe they are menopausal." Hamburger presently is atten- ding the fourth International Menopause Conference in Orlan- do, Fla., where the latest research into the subject is being explored by medical people throughout the world. Eventually, Hamburger said she wanted to write a manual on how a menopause clinic should be set up. Part of the reason why there is such little communication about menopause, according to Ham- burger, may be because it wasn't so long ago that women didn't live to experience that phase of life . "But now," she continued, "we're discussing a period of life that can go on for 30 years. I have a 79-year-old friend who's still having hot flashes." •

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Conlinued from Al

ago at the age of 4, _

"I'm still hot-lla,hing," she said. "I'm on hormone replace- ment therapy and I'm dealing it." But, she continued, with

ed, but as those ovaries begin to shut down, other kinds of symp-

can occur. The~e not just in the imagina- and they do play on the are

toms real - tion -

started with

first

I

"when

menopause, I got a nice pat on

personality of a woman if they

told, you're

and was

shoulder

the

a

It's

unattended.

left

are

honey,

there,

'There, fine -

first, not a

physical problem

just keep busy.' "At the time, she was raising three teen- agers, going to school and runn- ing a house . "It was dismaying The clinic opened two years after Hamburger and Anderson spent a considerable period of time convincing th medical staff at the UCSD center that they were dedicated to the concept of a menopause clinic ago, was established when she and Anderson arranged an mtroduc- tory symposium on menopause and 200 women showed up. "Now," she said, "I work with a wonderful medical staff and they are just as enthusiastic about this work with menopausal plate on her car which reads "Post MZ," meamng post- menopausal zest, a phrase bor- rowed from the ever-energe,tic an- thropologist Margaret Meade, who found a renewal of vitality in for me to hear that." and that there ·as a public need for one. The need, said H bu er, women as I am." Hamburger sports a license that life doesn't stop because of it. There's an abysmal ignorance about it. I find myself almost eager to shout, 'Menopause!' in a Hamburger said the mid-years of a woman's life should be her crowded elevator.' her later years. "We need menopause and to talk about to understand

psychological one,'' said

Hamburger.

she con-

The clinic's goal,

tinued, is "to teach women what to expect, what to demand from their doctors. Ideally, a woman will go into a partnership with her doctor, where she will feel free to call him and consult about her

if

and medication,

treatment

she's takmg any."

the session at the

Cost for

clinic is $30, according to Ham-

small

the

Following

burger. group

interaction, participants may have a one-on-one consulta- lion with Anderson, who is a psychologist and professor of nursing at the University of San In addition, each partici- pant may talk with a specialist physician from the Department of Reproductive Medicine at UCSD School of Medicine, under Those who go through theses- sion also have access to a direc- tory of health professionals who are sympathetic to the problems of menopausal women, accor- "We're not trying to take any patients away from their own doctors," she explained . " We just want to give the women op- tions. If they don't feel they're getting what they need from their doctor, they have somewhere else ding to Hamburger. which auspices the c linic operates. Dr. James Liu is the supervising physician.

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to turn."

"That myth of all t he empty-nest syn-

happiest.

is an an -

Hamburger thropologist who

is

myths

in-

became

drome," she said. "It's not that the children have left that causes

terested in menopause and the fact that it has always appea red to be a taboo subject in th is coun - try when she began experiencing

it's that they're

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