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Rseford residents become Pemce coeds Two Raeford residents were among Um approximately 80 not yet-college-age girls who became Penoe College coeds during a re cent weekend. The campus visitors, ranging in ages from 4 to 17, were special guests of particular Peace students during the college's annual Little Sister Weekend, March 30 and 31. The younger girls included little sisters, nieces and friends of Peace students. Among the visitors were Carol Ann McGee and Michelle McGee guests of Peace student Carla Myers. Special activities for the young visitors included a scavenger hunt, an ice cream party and sports ac tivities. They also saw' the movie "The Toy" and participated in a special Sunday morning devotional service. 20 years service David E. Lamb recently com pleted 20 years of unbroken ser vice at the Raeford Plant of Burlington Industries. Mr. Lamb began work with the local firm as a Serviceman in the Sample and Design Department and has since been promoted several times. He presently works in the Weave Department as a Warp Changer. In recogni tion of his service, he was presented a pearl pin, certificate and gift by Plant Management to commemorate the achieve ment. ?Hi, The Panther Patrol Members of the Raeford Troop 404 's Panther Patrol appear to be waiting for an assignment during the recent Scout Expo held in Laurinburg. The patrol members are: John Richards, Josh Wither spoon, Jeff Baker and Steven Clark. Dog has pink nose DEAR DOCTOR: My dog has been losing the black color on the end of his nose. Do you have any idea of why this may be happen ing? He seems to be healthy and shows no discharges from the nose. ANSWER: The cause of the pink nose is a decrease in the pig ment in the nose tissue. When the pigment decreases the normal pink tissue is exposed. Have you changed the feeding or watering bowls lately? If they are plastic, change to a metal or ceramic bowl and see if that doesn't solve the problem. In some cases the nose will turn from a normal black color to pink due to an allergy. DEAR DOCTOR: Will my cat's claws grow back if I have it dec la wed? I have a friend who told me that some of her cat's claws grew back when it was declawed some years back. You And Your Pet ANSWER: No, if the claws arc properly removed they will not grow back. The claw, or nail, grows from a nail bed that is at the top of the last bone of each toe. It is important to remove all of this growth tissue when the surgery is done or that nail could return. If by chance a small piece of the tissue is missed, the veterinarian can reoperate and remove it. The chance of this happening is extremely low. Editor's Note: This column is pro vided as a public service by the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association. If you have a question about your pet's health, send it to Ralph H. Lee, Executive Director, NCVMA, P.O. Box 1335, Kins ton, N.C. 28501 or call 1-523-9988. Reserved. Star* Pimiento Cheese < Regular 1 09 OZ Coble Fudgsides $ INDIVIDUAL w( ' k, (ctrn^ ^ Plus Deposit 16 OZ. RETURN ABIES' Coke 2 LITER *n p4 Yvo Star's ** Bacon 16 OZ. I PACKAGE Coble Cottage $1.09 AJ The Way Hot 603s 2/$1.00 Sausage Dogs 99< Bart*cur Sandwich Soft Serve ke Cream Cone 39< Ov?n Ootd Bread */$1.09 94 OZ LOAf Budweiser Beer Fruit flies may hold key to aging by Wnnto* Rett N.C. State IMwnKy A key to the many mysteries of the agios process may tie in a group of fruit flies buzzing in a genetics laboratory at North Carolina State University. Dr. Glenn C. Bewley, associate professor of genetics at NCSU, has been breeding the flies selectively in hopes that they w^ll help answer a bask question: Why do our cells deteriorate and die? Under a grant from the National Institute of Aging, Bewley is study ing the role of an important en zyme called catalase. Found in all higher animals, catalase is thought to protect living cells from chemical damage. His experiments are designed to show whether aging is the result of certain chemical reactions within the cell ? and to find out how catalase protects the cell from some of these reactions. Like many researchers in the field of aging, Bewley hopes to help medicine find better ways to deal with painful degenerative diseases and make growing old a more comfortable process. "We know so little about the ag ing process," he said. "Most aging research is of a basic nature. Pro longing lifespan is not a goal right now. We hope, maybe, to improve the quality of life in the later years." Bewley hopes also to provide basic information about how protein-coding genes are regulated in the cell. He has located the gene that codes for catalase - a major step toward learning how it is regulated. He is treating the fruit flies with chemical mutagens to produce a population without catalese. That should provide him a unique op portunity to study the role of catalase. Since no higher organism now exists naturally without the enzyme, scientists have been unable to do comparative studies with strains lacking catalese. Once a good strain of catalese negative, or acatalasemic, flies is produced, Bewley will be able to determine whether the absence of the enzyme quickens the aging pro cess, causing a shorter lifespan, or prevents the flies from being able to live at all. The geneticist is testing a theory of aging that is gaining strength among scientists. That theory sug gests that cells deteriorate in old age as the result of accumulated damage from highly-reactive molecules called free radicals. Free radicals are generated in cells by the normal reactions that are a part of oxygen metabolism. These radicals can react rapidly with cell membranes, proteins and NDA-deoxyribonucleic acid, the material in each cell nucleus that forms the basis of heredity. "This kind of free radical damage has been implicated as a possible cause of aging, cancer and degenerative diseases such as ar thritis," Bewey said. "It has been demonstrated to cause joint in flammation." Catalase and other enzyme systems, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), are among the body's defenses against free radical damage. Already, related research has led to the use of SOD as a treatment for joint inflamma tion. "Enzymes such as catalase and SOD degrade these high -energy radicals as they're formed and pre vent them from doing cellular damage," Bewley explained. Catalase is thought to act as a scavenger, seeking out free radicals and preventing harmful chemical reactions by breaking down hydrogen peroxide. Systems such as catalase also seem to have a function in protecting against free radicals generated by X-rays and agents linked to cancer and muta tions, Bewley said. "If catalase's function is impor tant, we want to know why it is ex pressed in certain tissues at certain times, and what controls the ex pression," he said. For that part of the project, Bewley is taking a look at the gene that encodes catalase, as well as other sections of DNA he has found that influence actual pro duction of the protein. Walker named top non-com Tech. Sgt. 'Barbara J. Walker, daughter of John W. and Martha M. Verbal of Rural Route 1, Aber deen, has been named outstanding non-commissioned officer of the year for the Air Force Com munications Command at Thule Air Base, Greece. The competition was basea on job knowledge, significant self improvement, leadership qualities, ability to be an articulate and positive spokesman for the Air Force and other accomplishments. Walker is an air traffic control supervisor with the 193rd Informa tion Systems Squadron. I? 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