CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, January 18, 1979

Few Canadians Appreciate

_ The Dangers

i Everyone knows what it's °
like to be cold. But very few
really appreciate the dangers
that can be associated with it,

This is the message being
searried by John Stockdale,
program co-ordinator for Red

, Cross’ Water Safety Service, as
he continues his tour about the

+, province,

“Hundreds of deaths every

"year in Canada are attributed
to exposure to the cold,” began
Stockdale. "The fact that many
of them actually could have

. been avoided is the reason why
we, in the Water Safety Ser-

. vice, are so optimistic about our
winter safety education pro-
gram.”

:. Red Cross, in British Co-

s‘lumbia, is concerned with pro-
viding year-round publie edu-

of Hypothermia
a A

. ,¢ation in the area of water

‘related activities. The empha:
+:sis, as might be expected in
* these winter months, is center-

ed around cold water survival.

Exposure to the cold, ac-
cording to Stockdale, initiates a

“condition known as hypother-
‘mia. Characterized by a general
«slowing down of the body pro-
cesses, hypothermia is defined
‘as the state brought on when
‘the “inner core” body tem-
perature falls: to a level at
which ‘the vital organs can no
longer function effectively.

The threat of its advance-
ment can arise in a surprisingly

* ‘short span of time, particularly,
‘of course, if the water is
especially cold. “Obviously, the
colder it is, the more dangerous
the situation,” Stockdale con-
tinued, “but it's important to

- realize that polar conditions are
not required for a threat to the
present.

Stockdale pointed out that
any one of us could be called
upon one day to assist in the
rescue of a hypothermia victim.
Most important toremember, if
at all possible, is to get the
victim out of the cold. Take
-advantage of any dry clothes
and blankets that may be
available. If the person is not
seriously in trouble these, along

-:- with warm liquids, should suf-

fice.

“But if the condition is
* more serious," he cautions,
“delivering heat to the victim
becomes even more critical,
Warm baths and showers,

. gradually heated up, can be
very effective but that’s not
always possible.” 7

Towels, warmed up, can be
applied to the head, chest and
groin, those areas where heat
loss is high. Where not even
this option is available, then
direct body heat should be
applied to the victim.

This, to be effective, should
be done skin to skin and under
some form of cover. “In this
way, not only is the heat
directly transferred, but the
warmth generated will be cap-
tured and maintained by the
covering.”

Stockdale was quick to

- emphasize that not all hypo-
thermia accidents occur in the
water. A great percentage of

* them, in fact, happen on dry
land.

SNOWSHOEING to the edge of your favorite lake can be a
{remendous way to spend a winter day. But John Stockdale,
from the Red Cross water safety sarvices, reminds us to
dress eppropriately. It could aave your life.

'

Tales from the Tooth Cultists |

Whatever history may say
about this generation, it will be
duly recorded they had great
teeth,

I ean just see historians
digging through the ruins and
observing, “Good grief, Profes-
sor Harkins, there isn’t one
overbite... one chipped tooth,
..asingle overlap. What do you
suppose that means?”

What they may never
know is that behind every
successful smile stood a self-
sacrificing mother who devoted
her life to her child's teeth.

Braces become the status
symbol of the '60s and even
today .outrank cruise contro!
and colored sheets as luxury
items. I dedicated myself to
love and serve my son's mouth
back in the late '60s when a
dentist suggested to me that
we see an orthodontist,

“Do you like the way your
son's mouth looks?” asked the
orthodontist.

I shrugged. “It's a little
drafty sometimes from being
open so much but other than
that. ....”

“Look at it!" he chided. “Do
you actually think he can

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approach adulthood with those
teeth?”

“What's the matter with

them?"
“Nothing, if he's going to "

go through life biting necks.”

Our readers ‘are in-
vited to express thelr
views freely In letters to
the editor. All letters dis-
vcussirig timely Issues will
be published provided
they are within the laws of
libel. Although noms: de
plume may be used when
necessary, letters should
be short and carry the
name and address of the
weiter, The editor retal:
the privilege to edit let!
for bi legality

Address your
letter to: The Castlegar
News, Drawer 3007, Cas-
tlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4

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Sitting in his office week
after week reading the Bleed-
ing Gums Journal while my son
was being fitted into braces, I
heard stories from the other
women in the Tooth Cult.

“This is only the begin-

- ning,” said one, “You'll make so

many trips to this office your
car will come here automatical-
ly."

“You'll have to remind,
your son to brush morning,
noon, and night.”

“You'll buy 50 tooth-
brushes in a month which he
will lose.”

“Wait until he gets into

-gone through ‘eight or nine

_anything but write cheques and

One .,woman ‘sald . her
daughter left her retainer on
the plato and it melted with o
pastrami sandwich in a micro-
wave oven,

“The worst ig when you've

years of straightening his teeth
and he enters into a mixed
marriage with a girl with an
overbite!” ;
“Someday,” said a woman
who never seemed to do

light. Features
electronic Hash,
focusing lens with fi
viewtinde
tin
weather d
re taking.

shake her head, “You'll laugh at
all this.” #
“When?” I asked,
She looked at me with
tears in her eyes, “Don't pin me
down.”

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Y, JANUARY 25, 1979

Three Sections (A,B&C)

By RYON

GUEDES

[7 CasNews Editor “—_]

¢ controversial rezoning

bid for property partially owned

an
by Ald. Jim Gouk was rejected narrowly by city council Tuesday
following charges that the city was not given sufficient information ,

. on, thé' proposed development,
2 Auth 7

jough Gouk — president and one of four principals of
wishee Development Ltd. — claimed after the meeting that the

company submitted a comprehen:

ich it is seeking rezoning from rural to r

sive scale map of the 8.9 acres for

application’ 3 place in the city’

which had not been discussed,

overall development ‘as an area

“I think there is not an overall shortage of building lots,”
" *

Hallett said. “But there is in North Castlegar.’

in the’city's

je the
plan that the land benches in the southwest part of the city be

use, council

feated the proposed rezoning bylaw by one vote'after Ald, Len
Embree said the developer failed to provide the city planning .

before the central and north sections of the city are
opened up to development, saying it would contribute to the ‘

deterioration of the downtown core, :

Council Rejects Rezoning Bid by Banshee

the city will free up to 100 already-serviced lots in the south end of

the city.

Embree, who previously opposed the rezoning bid on the
grounds that Gouk had an unfair advantage over other developers,
told council his main objection to the application at the present
time was that Banshee had failed to give the planning committee
any indication of how the property would be developed,

He cited as an example. of normal pi

Embree asked city clerk Barry Baldigara to show him.the
development plans, ,
& ding to Calderb: Embree said he saw
the rough sketch of the plot which was examined at the meeting,
but it did not represent a detailed plan of the proposed
development, rave

Both the city clerk and approving officer Alex Lutz said they
had not seen any development plans.

In answer to.a question by Mayor Audrey Moore, Lutz
confirmed that the city requires rezoning applicants to submit

the planning

committee members’ decision earlier in the meeting not to approve

retainers. He'll procrastinate,
complain, and lose them every
time you turn around.”
“You'll find his retainer in
lockers, public restrooms,
clothes hamper, tibrary books, os
school buses, bleacher seats, Ws
sleeping bags, stuck in taffy.”

s Located at the Kootenay -Doukhobor:
Sy Historical Site, across from the Castlegar:
Airport.

“The Water Safety Ser-
vice, however, restricts itself
from this equally important
educational area. Other organi-
zations and government agen-
cies fulfill this particular edu-
cating role and we are very
supportive of their efforts,”

The educational programs
of these other organizations are
important to Red Cross for
there is an_ ever-increasing
number of winter activities that
are occuring around, but not
actually in, the water.

, “The individual who sets
out to go ice-fishing, for ex-

ample, has to begin to realize
that most hypothermia acci-
dents, occuring on the land,
happen in outdoor tempera-
tures of between -1° and 10°C.
(80° to 50°F), That's relatively
balmy by Canadian winter
standards,” he reminds.

One of the main reasons for
these accidents occuring is that
most people are not as safety
conscious and aware as -they
think they are.

“How often do we have
people wandering around in
this weather without a good hat
on?” Slockdale questions. "The

Ome no running.
No walking.
No exercise.
No effort.,
Penalty —

a shorter life.
No argument.

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“The head, sides of the
chest, and groin area are all
characterized as being major
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“> as the actual zoning is

_ committee with plans for the development,
nh hile Gouk waited outside counci! chambers, council
,conducted a number of angry exchanges. over the planning
committee's procedure in handling the rezoning application for
ed development site, located near the city's water tank
jacent to the Verigin property.

“": Committee member Ald. Gerald Rust, who moved second
reading of the bylaw, said he saw no serious objections related.to
“rezoning arising from the public hearing last Thursday.
-{T'm not fully in accord. with ‘all the proposals that may
levelop under the subdivision application,” Rust said, “But as far

“If this part were rezoned it would facilitate a lateral
development rather than a linear development in our town,” she
said. “It is close to both business areas and it would give citizens
-more freedom of choice in where ‘they want to live.”

Hallett noted that a road near the property in question was
already being maintained by the elty and development of the area
would allow more people to take advantage of the service,

Responding to Hallett's comment that there was a shortage of
lots in Nortti Castlegar, Embree noted a proposal for a 360-house
subdivision on the Verigin property was under ie

.4 Castlegar South resident's application for rezoning from single-
family to multi-family residential use until they received plans
showing the proposed development.
“We sent the application back to that person and told him to
send us some indication of how he was going to develop it,” he said,
" “And-I think to be fair to everyone in this community
regardless of any other arguments that have gone on about this
issue, that this practice should be followed.” i
Planning committee chairman Ald. Albert Calderbank said
development plans were, submitted with the initial rezoning

plans. : .
When Moore questioned whether development plans were;
required for approval of rezoning from rural to single residential,
use, Embree told her there wag “a hell of a lot of difference”
between building under the two zones and accused her of
misleading council. p
Calderbank said approval of the rezoning did not mean the
approving officer would give automatic approval to the eventual
subdivision of the property, i
“The bylaw for subdivisions has to be obeyed lock, stock and:
barrel,” he said. :
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at a mecting of the planning

d I have no obj
.,°+ Ald, Heather: Hallett said she also saw no major rezoning-
:Telated concerns raised in the hearing, but she cited the

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= sides in the West Kootenay schools dispute back to the bargaining

‘ settlement,
A spokesman for minister
Allan Williams confirmed Tues-
jay that Noel Hall has 30 days
hand-déwn compulsory arbi-
tration on the contract dispute
: between: non-teaching employ.
ees represented by the Cana-
: dian Union of Public Employees
and their employers at Selkirk
* College ..and.’: the... Castlegar,

- Nelson, Trail and Grand Forks

school districts,

weeks ago, “was able to report

* ‘some progress in the matter,”

the ministry. spokesman said,
but severalpoints of dispute
were still preventing the two
sides from reaching a settle-

Dt. sce
Although Hall's tenure as

. arbitrator expires in 30 days

the minister has the option

“under the West . Kootenay -

Schools Collective Bargaining

Doris Sweeney
Named 1978 .

:-Good Citizen

-1°Phe Castlegar district's
Good Citizen of the Year for
1978-is Doris Sweeney, well

known for her service with the

:{ table has been appointed by B.C.'s-labot ‘minister to arbitrate a

Assistance Act — the legisla-
tion which sent the five CUPE
locals back to work carly last
month after a six-week strike-
lockout deadlock — to extend
the term. ;

The strike-lockout began
Oct. 26 after CUPE locals at the
college and the Nelson district
went on strike. Non-teaching’

employees were locked ‘out in”

the Grand. Forks, Trail and

The main obstacles .to a
settlement are. disagreements
over wages and the method of

_ bargaining. Sh :
ce The union, wants parity,
with school workers in the
Okanagan’ ‘and is seeking, in-
creases ranging between 15.7
and 23.§ per cent during a
two-year contract, Pay scales
ranged from $4.94 an hour to
$8.18 under the old contract.

The union also wants to
bargain individually with the
school districts and Selkirk
College. The employers want to -
bargain as a unit.

by
council. In addition, a proposed replotting program under study by

NEW ADDITION to Castlegar ‘Airport's firefighting arsenal
is-displayéed by alrport fireman Bernie-Van Rassel this week.
The snowshoes, recently; fssued. by the jeral. transport

. an
Embree left that meeting before the plans were examined, he said.

ministry, are to ald crews In
crash or fire sites covered by deep snow. (See story below.)
3 devs —CasNowsFoto by Lois Hughes

Alderman Warns i

Ald. Jim Gouk may not
be the only city council
member leaving his seat
during rezoning decisions,
according to Ald, Albert
Calderbank.

Calderbank, the city’s
planning committee chair-
man, warned council mem-
bers Tuesday his plan to
fezone the 75 feet of high-
way frontage near his store
at 1038 Columbia ‘Ave. will
constitute a conflict of inter-
est.
He said that as a
director of Caldset Groce-
teria Ltd. he will be‘required
to submit an application for
rezoning» from: “highway
commercial” to “comprehen-
sive commercial” use for

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Two: pair of alumintim

snowshoes are the federal fire ‘site adjacent to a runway *

volved, in reaching’ a crash or se

transport ministry's latest addi-
tion’ to Castlegar - Airport's

after heavy snowfall..+ .
He said the snowshoes,”

ighting airport
fireman Bernie Van Rassel said
this week.

Van Rassel told the Castle-
gar News the. three-foot-long
snowshoes were distributed to
11 airports in B.C. in response to
requests from personnel at a
number of airports who were
concerned about difficulties in-

to tests by the armed.
forces and judged by the trans-
port ministry to be “the lightest
and most appropriate for tra-°
versing terrain,” will ‘make
covering the ground between’
the fire trucks.and a fire or
crash site in deep snow easier
and faster for-a firefighting
crew. B

Tuition Proposal to bé Studied for Loopholes

Another -piece of equip. crashes or similar disasters
ment the ministry is expected elsewhere.
to issue to the airport is a He said Kootenay West
toboggan-like sledge for pulling §.MP Bob Brisco's comment this

prosp ‘buyers planning
to build a medical clinie on
the propertyen i ioc iw
~~" “As in the rezoning appli-
cation by Banshee Develop-
ment Ltd., partly owned by
Gouk, Calderbank will be
required to remove himself
from the council chambers
during discussion or voting
on his application.
Under Section 51 of the

firefighting equipment across Aii

Of New Conflict _

Municipal Act, a municipal ©
council member who is 3
shareholder in a company
having dealings with the °
municipality is not allowed
to vote on any question
affecting the company. ?

Newly-elected munici- -
pal council members are ;
required under Section 155 -
of the Act to sign a declara-:
tion stating that they have
not _nor- will have while.
holding office, any direct or
indirect interest in contracts
or services with the muni-
cipality before taking their
seats on council.

_Calderbank told council
he had not discussed the
planned rezoning with mem- -
bers of the city staff “other
than’ in the:sense of my |
conflict of interest” and that’
according:to legal advice:he
has received, the application
will not cause any problems
“as: long’ aa we obey the
Municipal Act and declare
our interests all the way
down the line.”

“If any member of coun-
cil feels that I have in any

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the snow, he said.

The airport fireman con-
firmed a statement by a minis-
try spokesman that the snow-
shoes weuld not be used only al
the airport but would be avail-
able to Provincial Emergency
Program and other rescue

teams for use in attending Tender forms have gone to

a total of 18 prospective “third-
party” managers of Castlegar
Airport, a federal transport
ministry spokesman said Tues-

Contacted in Vancouver,

Guide movement and the Cas-
tlegar and District Hospital.

“Dr. Roy Ward, chairman of Selkirk College council has

ber of large organizations” and. nature be covered by the pro-

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the Castlegar Kiwanis Club's
special citizen-of-the-year com-
mittee, announced this week
that the Kiwanis award will be

* . presented to the winner at'a

Feb. 6 banquet honoring her

_ community activities.

Ward said plans for the
presentation of the award has
béen announced at this time to
enable friends of the Citizen of
the Year who are interested in

postponed: discussion of pro-
posed tuition reimbursements
to college employees success-
fully completing courses at the
institution,

‘Meeting last Thursday,
council tabled for further re-
search the recommendation by
principal Mitch Anderson’ that
upon successful completion of a

. course and “a letter from the
supervisor to that effect” an

ing the to
“purchase tickets to the ban-
quet. :
Tickets are available at

* Castlegar Drug.

pl be paid back the
tuition fee for the course.
Explaining his proposal,
Anderson noted the policy was
“standard procedure in a num-

-was intended to ."encourage

employees to upgrade quali-
fications and take an interest in
academic exercises.”

“My intent here is that it
not be specifically job-oriented
either,” he said. "In other

words, if you had some mem-

bers of the secretarial staff or
maintenance staff taking psy-
chology gourses or « English
.courses I think it’s only for the
good.” :

He suggested that all
“bonified, legitimate courses”
not of a personal or recreational

posed policy. |

Asked by council members
Wilf Sweeney and Jean Cor-
mack how he would define per-
sonal interest courses and what
limits he would place on the
type of courses considered legi-
timate, the principal said a,
Chinese cooking course offered
by the coliege was not the type

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“that should be covered by the

policy.

But council member Nan
Hendrie said such a course
would be legitimate and useful
for members of the college's
cafeteria staff. She said she
agreed with the proposal in
principle but felt “loopholes” in
the policy required further
examination.

Tighter Restrictions.

Proposed

for Fund

While two provincial
ministries continue their dis-
; pute over operation costs,
Selkirk College faces the
possible loss of the student
residences at its Castlegar
campus this spring, college
council members were told.
fast week. °
i Acting council chairman
Stewart Webster said cor-
respondence received early
this month from the housing
ministry — which owns the
30-bed facility — warned
that the residences will be
removed if they are not re-
opened within 90 days.
Webster said the new
obstacle to the- college's

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year-long fight. to secure

Selkirk Faces Loss of Student Residence

90-Day Deadline for

‘funds for repairs and opera-
tion of the prefabricated
buildings results from “a
failure to reconcile the .edu-
eation and housing minis-
tries as to ongoing deficits in-
the operation of the resi-
dences.”

Principal Mitch Ander-
son told the board that un-
less the education ministry
agrees to cover ‘operating
costs for the residences
there will be no student
housing at the Castlegar
campus.

Anderson said Jack
Fleming, assistant deputy .
education minister, . ‘indi-
cated in a telephone con-
versation prior to the meet-

ing that he planned to dis-
cuss the college's letter with
Education Minister Pat Mc- *
Geer, “so it would seem to
me we should have a reso-
lution fairly quickly.” If the
college did not receive any
action on the request within
two weeks, the principal.
said, council should “start
going the political route.”

“We've been given'90
days notice from the minis-
try of housing that they're
going lo remove the units,”
hé told the council. “So if we
want to keep them we're
going to have to take action
fairly quickly.”

Council member Wilf
Sweeney questioned, the .

3
Housing

education ministry's policy
that educational funds
should not be used for
student housing. <

-"T don't think that ap-
plies to this area,” he said.

Jean Cormack, another
council member, noted that
the reason the ministry ap-
proved funds for renovating
residences at the college's
David Thompson University
Centre campus in Nelson
was because it was an “eco-
nomically sound proposi-
tion.”

The Nelson facility
could be used in the summer
and there would be no loss

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i of local
schoo} trustees and teachers
are scheduled today to discuss
proposed policy putting tighter
restrictions on apportionment
of the School District No. 9

i fund.

- lo tender after the City of

the spokesman said although no
tenders have yet been received

withdraw from the airport
function March 31. |

City vouncil Tuesday ap-
proved recommendations by its
airport committee that the city
enter no formal bid for the
management contract and re-
mind the ministry that the city
will not be responsible for the

18 Take Out Tender Papers
For Airport Management

airport's operation after the
deadline. eet

A recent letter from 2
ministry official, also discussed

“by council Tuesday, reminded

the city of its responsibility “to
ensure that adequately trained *
staff are’ on site” until the
withdrawal date._ .

for operation of the airport ona
management fee basis, only one
out of the 18 interested parties
so Tar has indicated it will not -
submit a bid. .

Sealed tenders are expect-
ed nearer to the 3 p.m. Feb. 9
deadline, he said.

Newspaper advertisements
by the ministry early this
month said the successful bid-
der will be awarded a three-
year management contract
“with the'potential of two one-
year extensions.” ;

“The lowest or any tender
not necessarily accepted,” the
advertisement said. -

_ The ministry decided to go

Castlegar decided in October to

P

District superintendent
John Holden this week said a
joint committee ,consisting of
two board members and two

Castlegar District Teachers’ .

Association members will meet.
to consider mutual approval of
the policy, which gained trust-
ees’ approval in principle last
week.

Holden said approval of the
proposed system would alter
the one-step approval proce-
dure previously carried out by
the joint committee in dis-
tributing the fund, which is
used
teachers for expenses they
incur while attending work-
shops of occupational value.

Under a settlement handed
down by a three-man arbitra-

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