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========================= News Highlights
1. Future Plans for GIG of Florida: The best memorial that Mary Alice's
friends can give is to continue her work through GIG of Florida. Mary Kump,
Trish Gillen, and Mike Jones have undertaken the challenge to provide the
quality of service and understanding that Mary Alice started. GIG of Florida
is determined to continue improving the lives of celiacs around the world.
Special thanks are extended to everyone for the donations that were sent in
memory of Mary Alice Warren. Her family and The ActionLine staff appreciate
the wonderful thoughts that were expressed in your letters of condolences.
The donations will be forwarded to the University of Iowa for celiac research.
2. Late Delivery of the January Newsletter was a result of printing problems
(equipment and a move). We regret the delay and will strive to remain on our
quarterly schedule of January, April, July, and October.
3. Marion Wood passed away in April 1994. She was a respected author that
gave many celiacs their first cookbook of GF recipes.
4. Sue Grafton dedicated her book, F is for Fugitive, to Marion Wood and
included a small reference to CD.
5. North American Celiac Conferences in 95:
Canadian Celiac Association, Annual Conference in Vancouver on June 2
through 4,6519B Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario Canada L5N 1A6,
(905) 567-0710, (800) 363-7296 (Canada)
American Celiac Society (ACS), Celiac Sprue Conference in Baltimore, MD
on 14 through 15 July 58 Musano CT., W. Orange, NJ 07052, (201) 325-8837
GIG of NA, 1995 Summer Camp for children, July 30 through August 5 at
Camp Stealth on Vashon Island, WA PO, Box 23053, Seattle, WA 98102, (206)
325-6980
Celiac Sprue Association/USA, Annual Conference on October 6 through 8 at
San Francisco, CA, PO Box 31700, Omaha, NE 68131-0700, (402) 558-0600
6. Physician Education is one of the primary goals of the ACS conference on
July 14-15, 1995. Some of the proposed topics are: 1. Pathogenesis of CD, 2.
Clinical features, extraintestinal presentations, and associated diseases, 3.
Epidemiology of the disease, 4. Pathology, 5. Complications, 6. Nutritional
aspects. 7. FDA policy, 8. Diagnostic methods, 9. Cases reports. See the
related article for address and location.
7. The GF Logo is being removed from British products. The British Coeliac
Society is restricting its use to group activities and will not allow it on
items to denote the absence of toxic proteins. In the US, the logo is not a
registered trademark. The Canadian version is a trademark and there are no
published plans to make a change in its use.
8. Pope Pius XII was placed on a GF diet before his death in 1958 for
treatment of intestinal problems.
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