European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 1, 1993 Page 9getting Mushy Paul Boudreau left of Ottawa guides his team through the wilderness near Eagle Lake Maine during the 250-mile can am Crown International sled dog race which featured nine teams competing in Northern Maine. At right the Trail of Light from Andre Nadeau s Headlamp shown through time lapse photography Marks his Progress in mite to Victory. The Musher from Mellane Quebec covered the course in 54  surveys aids damage to senses san Francisco up doctors know aids can kill and cripple but most have overlooked the diseases devastating ability to make its victims deaf Blind Ana mute researchers reported Friday at a unique conference. Deterioration in hearing vision and speech often overwhelms the victim already battered by infections from the human immunodeficiency virus his which causes aids scientists said. Quot perhaps because its regarded not As serious or debilitating As some other symptoms the loss of a primary sense is often ignored said Florie Burke who organized the first . Conference on aids related sensory impairments. Quot yet such a loss affects relationships work and sense of Hope and causes grief in a healthy individual. For a person who is already sick it can have a devastating effect leading to frustration anger de Spair and  while sight problems ranging from Low vision to total blindness have been associated with aids for some time Only recently has attention began to focus on the increasing cases of speech and hearing disorders experts said. Quot As his infected individuals Are living longer symptoms Are cropping up that had not shown up before Quot said Burke clinical director of the University of California at san Francisco Scenter on deafness. Many aids health care providers and patients know of vision loss from retinal infection caused by  Civ or scarring on the eyelid from Kaposi a Sarcoma and other conditions some involving the brain. Few however Are familiar with rehabilitative treatments for the condition and even fewer Are aware that hearing and Oral communication losses can result directly or indirectly from his. Quot too often physicians make aids patients with sensory impairments feel helpless Quot Burke said in an interview. Quot those of us in other helping professions think Many practical things can be done to help since Many patients who claim aids has affected their speech or bearing Are disbelieved and dismissed she said Quot potential rehabilitative strategies that could be employed Havel been Only minimally  Quot while we Are searching for a cure for his we must not neglect the Quality of life of those who suffer from it now Quot said Margaret Han rehabilitation coordinator and speech pathologist at san Francisco general Hospital. A researchers have not found out Why some aids victims senses Are affected and others Are not. Quot age sex method of infection do not seem to be factors Quot Burke said. Quot it just depends on where the virus decides to  sensory loss can result directly from his infection hearing damaging medications routinely used to treat aids infections and conditions the Impact of the disease on the ear Throat nasal passages and Central nervous system including the nerve that leads from the inner ear to the brain Kaposi s Sarcoma lesions in the ear or Throat and illnesses such As meningitis or upper respiratory infections. Aids victims May experience difficult tics in pronouncing or retrieving words producing voice or even swallowing. Those on respirators May lose their ability to speak and need an ass Stive communication  mall grand rapids Mich. A a failing downtown shopping mall is trying to draw customers any Way it can a even if it Means sharing space with criminal defendants. Officials Are seriously considering moving a courthouse into City Centre Plaza which has Only five stores but room for 55. A i Quot its not just going to be felons walking around. It 11 be lawyers judges personnel a said clothing store owner Bruce Tuttleman. Quot with All the people around who a be wearing suits it should be great for business the grand rapids District court severely cramped for years in the Hall of Justice is looking for a new Home for its employees and six courtrooms. A courthouse retail mail would be the first of its kind in the country said Chang Ming Yeh of the National Center for state courts in Williamsburg a. The City commission is expected to vote on the mixing mugs. Move in the next two or three months after financing questions Are resolved. There seven talk of eventually relocating Kent county circuit court the police department the prosecutors office and supporting court services to the mall. All now share space at the Hall of Justice. The five Story 325,000-Square-foot mall once envisioned As the key to revitalizing downtown retailing has struggled since it opened in 1985. Like so Many downtown retail centers across the country it was never Able to compete with suburban shopping malls depending almost entirely on the noon hour shopping habits of workers downtown. The mall never exceeded 70 percent of it capacity and lost nearly All its businesses after its Anchor department store moved out in 1990. Not everyone fancies the courthouse mall idea. Some say mixing felony defendants and shoppers would doom plans for bringing in More retailers. And no ones sure whether a person who s just paid a traffic Fine would be in the mood to shop. Quot i done to know How comfortable i d feel about coming food spot i at first. Mayor John Logie also rejected the idea. But Security plans to minimize Contact Between suspects and the Public have changed his mind. Those in custody would be taken to second floor Security cells via a sub basement elevator that would be off limits to the Public. And most arraignments would be done by videotape with the suspect housed in the Kent county jail an added incentive is the Cost renovating City Centre would Cost about $4,7 million building a new courthouse would have a $11.8 million tag the mayor  of Fortune reaches Deal to avoid bankruptcy Boulder Colo. Apr Soldier of Fortune Magazine has negotiated a reduction in a $4.3 million judgment levied against it for printing a mercenary and involved in a contract killing. The Deal will save the Magazine from bankruptcy publisher Robert Brown said Friday. He would not say How much the mag r Azine would pay except that it was substantially lower than damages a Federal jury awarded to two sons of Richard Braun who was shot to death outside his suburban Atlanta Home in 1985. Steven Glassroth attorney for Braun a sons confirmed saturday they had settled for a reduced amount but would not say How much. He said they decided to Settle because they might have received less if the Magazine went bankrupt. The monthly Magazine is aimed at military enthusiasts mercenaries and adventurers. It stopped publishing personal ads in 1986. Braun a sons filed a wrongful death lawsuit in 1988. The Magazine lost and appealed unsuccessfully. The supreme court later declined to review the Case. The Brothers contended their fathers business associate Bruce Gastwirth arranged the killing through an and that began with the words Quot gun for  Gastwirth and Richard Savage who placed the and were convicted of conspiracy in 1989, along with two members of a ring of hit men run by Savage