ps Castlegar News October 26, 1988 High-tech toys bore children TORONTO (CP) — Toy manu facturers have gone back to the basics — or at least the ordinary says the 1989 Toy Report by ples of basic toys. the Canadian Toy Testing Coun With funding from the federal il government, the council tests “Manufacturers have pared toys for design, function, dura down their lines quite drama bility and play value. The testers tically",. says the report, re- are children. leased by the non-profit council The report, on sale at news. “Financial losses have made — stands for $5.95, lists the pro them conservative; for the time duct, manufacturer, intended being at least, they've forsaken age group and price of each risks on the innovative in favor product. of the security of solid sale: It also provides a description The council explains the trend and a rating ranging from this way: excellent to “not recommended.” The success of TV-based toys, Mighty Mo construction toys like Mattel’'s Masters of the by Playskool, for example, are Universe, spawned more than 20 described as “highly disappoint cartoon shows designed to mar- ing.” The trucks are not to be ket other toys. Each show was used in a sandbox and the based on the characters of a friction-powered motors are eit corresponsding line of toys. her too stiff for children aged But the manufacturers two and three or of little interest into problems for older children Rather than Nerf Fencing was very pop entire series of characters in any ular with the child-testers, but one line, children selected from after only a week of testing two each and combined them of the foam blades broke and the ‘They also discovered that other others were looking instead of increasing play value, “tired.” marketing ploys like television Here are some other shows, highly developed story ments on a random selection of lines and high tech features toys: actually interfered with child e Lil Miss Make-Up by Mat ren's play satisfaction,” the the ‘magic’ appearance and council says. disappearance of her lipstick, LOSE APPEAL eye shadow and nail polish, “Inanimate plastic figures just. beauty mark ete. are highly weren't as exciting as the disappointing. The process is cartoon heroes.” fraught with functional prob. So while analysts of the lems ‘a $1.2-billion toy industry say e Build-a-Truck by Matchbox manufacturers have gone “back — “Simple design. Few pieces. to the basics”, the council says Rewarding end product most of today's toys are merely Sustained play value.” “ordinary” e Cash Register by Fisher A basic toy is one Price: the mainstay of attractive and durable, children’s store play for many wide age range and years good fun.” appeals. equally to boys and girls, the council says. Balls and wooden blocks are good exam ran collecting. an com that is spans a usually Therapy reverses brain damage OTTAWA silence worried Liliane Her four-year-old son ten played beside their swimming pool, his youthful racket ensuringjall was fine But after several quiet in June last year, Hill raced to the backyard to find him face down in the pool. he'd drowned Andrew lived, but his _ brain damage cal doctors said he'd never see and would probably remain a quad riplegic spastic That he sees images, hears and mumbles the odd word may be a tribute to g family not content with ihe cards his dealt them acd (6 6 controversial therapy many doctors (CP) The Hill Andrew of people take turns pulling an arm and leg in harmony. It’s forced crawling, really, and lasts seven minutes. It's a demanding routine that? re. quires dozens of people and takes up to 14 hours a day But for the Hills worth it We can't just make him as good as possible and leave it at that,” says Ferguson Hill, a 40-year-old building contractor. When Andrew wasn't making any progress by the beginning of this Hills began searching for new They went to Philad elphia’s Institute for the Achieve ment of Human Potential in Feb ruary and have followed the program since He's still clinically blind but can see shapes and follows a finger close more ly. His limbs are more nimble. He responds to sounds and is no longer eerie moments it has all been She was sure was severe. Li hear or speak year, the now ideas. question The program, developed by Dr Tempi Fay“ philadelphia than\40 years alg, is based on the belief Nhat damage stimulated by functions NT. peated movement o precise pattern The procedure hinges on bombard ing the brain with stimuli caused\by bright lights, horns, pinpricks. For Andrew it means lying on table a dozen times a day while four braincells canbe fed intravenously relearn And he seems happier, through re- say the muscles in a “Now when he ~ says Liliane, the Hills cries, it's for a reason,” a mechnical engineer Ontario hospital insurance and not officially recognized by medical asso- ciations in Canada or the ters, card: LEGALS The Fay therapy is not covered by United Ministry of Transportation and Highways HIGHWAYS — TENDERS Electoral District: Rossland-Trail Province of British Columbia Highway District: Grand Forks /Rossland Project or Job Number: J 3300-8 Project or Job Description: Cleaning and Galvanizing Steel Fence Panels. Biast cleoning and hot dip galvanizing approximately 390 steel tence panels as specitied by the Ministry: Maximum panel length approximately 4600 (15'.0") Maximum panel weight approximately 250 kg. (550 Ibs.) Most panels ore op proximately 3.66 metres long and weigh 200 kg. The total weight of 390 panels is approximately 78,000 kg (172,000 Ibs.) NOTE: 18 of the panels may be cancelled from the contract Tender Opening Date/Time: November 9, 1988 Surety Bid Bond or Certified Deposit Cheque is not required Tender documents with envelope, plans, specifications and conditions of tender are available free of charge ONLY from 310 Ward Street, Nelson, B:C. 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For com plete lottery results turn to page B7 win again Castlegar Rebels chalked up their fourth in a row Friday night with a 9-6 victory over Grand Forks 8) win Sunday Vol. 41, No. 87 60 Cents Ny Po. Castlegar News CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1988 WEATHERCAST Mainly cloudy today with isolated showers. Gusty winds in som valleys. Highs 6-8° C. Monday wi also see mainly clouds with some showers. Highs neor 8°, Chance of precipitation is 30 per cent today and 50 per cent Monday 3 Sections (A, B &C) HOUSE FIRE . . Costloger Fire Department attended a house fire on Columbia Avenue Saturday afternoon. The fire destroyed an older home in back of a Columbia Avenue residence. The tlre was set by the owner of the home and got out of control News Photo by Bonne Morgan Turta chamber president By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer Ernie Turta was elected president of the Castlegar and District Cham. ber of Commerce Thursday night at the chamber’s annual general meet ing. Turta replaced out-going presi. dent Dale Neilsen, who will remain as a director with the chamber. Turta, manager of the Fireside Motor Inn in Castlegar, was elated following the meeting of the execu tive. “I's shocking.” he told the Castle gar News. “I'm looking forward to the experience of being the presi dent.” Turta said he knows exactly what his game plan will be over the next year for the chamber We expect an increase in the membership and an increase in tour ism,” he said. “We're trying to promote that quite well.” Out-going president Neilsen said he enjoyed his year as president and feels he accomplished what he set out to do 12 months ago. ‘| found this past year extremely challenging and extremely reward ing,” he said. “I think the big things for the chamber this year were the Job Trac project that we put on and the push that we had for Super Host. That's one that I take a great deal of pride in. It looks like it's going to continue on and expand.” The rest of the new executive were appointed at the meeting Thursday night following the dinner at the Fireside. Jim Craig was named first vice-president, Dwayne Mills second vice-president and Laurie Renwick treasurer. New chamber directors include Fred Parker of Celgar Pulp Co., Gerry Hoodicoff of Hooter’s, Mal Stelck of Selkirk College, Bryan Loewen of ICG gas and businessman Leo Bosse. Returning directors in clude Doug Fergusson of West Koot enay Power Ltd., Joy Jenner, Jack Parkin, Mike O'Connor and Luella Andreashuk Along with the dinner and the selection of chamber directors and executives, a guest speaker from Campbell River gave his account of how a chamber should succeed. Norman McLren, past-president of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, said it is important for a chamber to promote tourism in the community. He said the Campbell River Chamber of Commerce took 38 trips across Canada and the U.S. to promote that continped on page A2 rummet iscusses report By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Sweeping changes to the public school system proposed by the Royal Commission on Education will pro. vide_a_new focus_on learning, pro- vineial Education Minister Tony Brummet said Friday. “They are now saying the focus of the learning should be based and driven more by student interest and under the guidance of teachers rather than under the prescription of the curriculum,” Brummet told re porters while in Castlegar. : The changes will focus on thé stw- dent rather than on the teaching cur. riculum, which will be “more flex ible,” Brummet said. Brummet met with parents, tea chers and school district Officials to get suggestions on report of the Sul y mission on Education. Brummet is touring the province as part of a “consultation process” to get public opinion on the report. He will recommendations mean and how they are going to be implemented. He said the recommendations are all inter-related. “The whole royal commission report has given us sort of an over- view, outlined roadmap of where we will go in education, and repeatedly they have not gotten into detail,” he said. “The recommendations are all part of a package and if you take any one of them out, they don't mean as much,” he added The report was compiled by com- missioner Barry Sullivan after one year studying the school system. It recommends revising kinder- garten with a variety of different programs available so that children may be placed according to their abilities. Brummet said people tend to interpret this as changing the age requirement for children entering kindergarten. But really-the report prepare an imph ion plan for Cabinet by mid-December “It really is a new focus building on what we have,” he said So far, Brummet has been met with concern over what some of the re teaching the five-year- olds entering kindergarten differ ently according to their varied levels of skill development He doesn’t think that continued on page A2 testing Man escapes fire By CasNews Staff A 42-year-old Castlegar man es. caped unharmed from a fire at the Sandpiper Motel Friday night Paul Popoff was watching televi sion in the living room of his separate motel unit on Columbia Avenue at the bottom of Sherbiko Hill about 8:25 p.m. when he noticed smoke coming from his bedroom Fire Chief Bob Mann says Popoff then ran to the motel owner's suite and asked her to call the fire department. Mann said the fire was quickly extinguished. He said the blaze was contained to the mattress, which was destroyed “It was smouldering a long time,” continued on page A2 Staff Writer busy with lunchtime crowds Centre Square three along with desserts. Scheuren. Development Association me how to go about it,” Delores Scheuren felt uncomfortable going for coffee downtown when restaurants are normally So she opened her own coffee shop where people can stop to have coffee and something light to eat Scheuren opened Muffins 'n Cream in the Ci ity months ago and has since introduced soups and sandwiches for the winter menu. In keeping with the name Muffins 'n Cream, it still offers ice cream and home-made yogurt dishes All the food is made on the premises. “Everything here is made from scratch,” The 55-year-old mother of two had never owned or managed a business before, so she took her idea to Kay Ryan at the Kootenay Regional Employment “had a concept in my mind, but then she told said Scheuren. Program helps small businesses get going By BONNE MORGAN Ryan said Scheuren needed help with pricing items and finding suppliers “A lot of them know what it costs to do it at home but to do it on a public line is quite different,” Ryan explained Ryan guided Scheuren thorugh a business plan whieh was eventually submitted to the Canada Employment Centre for its approval KREDA is funded under the Community Futures program. It is a federal job creation initiative for people who would be receiving unemployment insurance or social assistance and who want to start their own business. “This is to get you motivated so that when you go off it (UIC) you don't go on welfare,” said Scheuren, who used to receive UI benefits. The program provides Scheuren with a non repayable monthly income of $720 for one year while she reinvests the income generated from the business. Scheuren’ and her husband, Otto, a night security guard at the Castlegar and District Hospital, invested $10,000 of their savings and went to the bank for the remaining $10,000 needed to get the business going. continued on page A2 said ICE CREAM ANYONE? .. - Delores Scheuren (left) of Muffins 'n Cream serves customers along with employee Betty Carlson. Cosews Photo