European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. January 31. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 education school nurses called on to fight asthma  a education writer Ober Wesel. West germans school nurses overseas should Lake a More Active role in combating asthma among children a los Angeles doctor says. New standards Are being set up for asthma  or. Guillermo Mcindo a said change is coming and nurses should be in on the ground floor because they re Good advocates for the child s  Mendoza said in an interview that school nurses could play a critical role in combating asthma through a program called Peak flow monitoring. He helped outline the program last week before an estimated 100 school nurses at a conference co sponsored by the department of defense dependents schools and the overseas school health nurses association. Under the program children with asthma Are required to blow through a device called a Peak flow meter on a daily basis. The nurses note when air Levels decline severely warm Gofan impending asthma attack. Mcindo a. Who is also an associate professor of Pedi attics at the University of California at los Angeles. Said doctors needed such data to treat asthma sufferers successfully. Early warning signs of asthma include constant nighttime coughing or a acc ing or increased when ing after exercise Nancy Santilli and Mary Kay Garcia joined Mendoza in providing instruction at the conference. Santilli is a registered nurse and associate director of the comprehensive epilepsy program at the uni photo of s4s by or. Guillermo Mendoza holds up a Peak film monitoring asthma in schoolchildren. Meter for classroom close up Alexander Maynard s enjoyment of a chocolate Cov ered snack shows plainly on his face. The 5- ear old is a member of Stephanie White s kindergarten class at Aukamp elementary school in Wiesbaden West Germany. His dad is Cape. Larry Maynard of he and service troop. 5lh so 6lh cat Hegt Wiesbaden a. Varsity of Virginia s health science enter in harlot Yesville. Garcia is a registered nurse Anil a National consultant at the asthma and allergy programs and services at Texas woman s University in Houston Mendoza and Garcia helped write a Book last year tilled asthma in the  the Hook describe asthma symptoms and outlines a plan to combat asthma using Peak flow monitoring. Mendo a said about 3 million children in the United states suffered from asthma about two thirds of them boys. D i us docs not keep records on asthma sufferers among students. But a Survey this year of eight schools in West Germany found that 5.8 percent of parents reported that their children were asthmatic. Asthma is probably the most common cause of school  said or. It. Col Antonio i. Hunker seller the allergy consultant of the army s 7th medical c limit. It requires frequent visits to clinics and emergency rooms and at times requires Hospital  Mendo a said that Given the existing knowledge about asthma. Emergency room visits and Hospi Lali a tons Are basically uncalled Lor and represent a failure of Medicine to do preventive  Mendo a. Who grew up with asthma said untreated asthmatic children would eventually adapt to the condition but Only at a Cost. They become used to being Light and it does t bother them any  he said. The do adaptive things like not wanting to exercise and become More sedentary. Some kids just slide by that Way european Spe no Bee moved up of March 31 my is. Belgium the annual spelling Bee sponsored by the european Congress of american parents. Teachers and students has been rescheduled for March 31 at Mannheim elementary in West Germany. The spelling Bee had been scheduled for May 16 at the group s annual convention in willing in. West Germany. The Scripps Howard National spelling Bee will be held in Washington on a 30. Cheryl Colaw who is organizing the european event said the change was made because organi cars of the National Bee needed to know sooner who the Winner from Europe would he the stars and stripes is sponsoring the winners trip to the National Competition. Colaw said in american children in Europe air expected to attend the Mannheim Competition alter advancing through local and District competitions i he spelling Bee is restricted to children i s cars old and younger enrolled in Giadys Irre through eight to help students prepare for the european wide spelling Bee the stars and stripes offers this weekly column on words their spelling meanings and origins. These words Are typical of those used in bees but May not necessarily be used in Competition. Spelling source is Webster s third new International dictionary the official dictionary of the bees. The column is prepared by Lawrence technological University. Raj noun the ice Comal and Vav Holit Raj of the government of circa Britain in Juscen t it Abl a ii Raj Means reign or Rule " a " is hindi term traced to the sanskrit word  a and inc earlier word Rajah meaning he rules hindi ii the language of people who live in North Ern India. Sanskrit is an Anaem inc Lic language Hal is the classical language of India and of hinduism a Raja is an Indian Prince or King and a title or Nobil Ity among the hindus