Az A human being is born with * wo legs, two lungs, two cyes, **two arms, and, if one of any of these parts of the body is in- jured, the person can function with what remains, Most single internal organs are protected uite well by the body shell. jut one area of the bady which is in constant danger, at least - three times a day, is the throat. Choking on food i: leading cause of accidental death in North America. According to Dr. Henry J. Heimlich, director of surgery : at the Jewish Hospital in Cin- : cinnati, Ohio, no choking vic- + tim need dic if there is another + person: present, and very few + need die even if they are alone. * The technique used to save a choking victim is called the Heimlich Hug, named after the man who developed it, The Principal of the manocuvre is simple. There is always resi- dual air in the lungs. A sudden, +, forceful compressing of this vir will eject almost anything that is caught in the throat or block- ing the air passage. To carry out the life saving procedure first find out if the Person can talk. The symptoms’ of a heart attack are similar to those shown by a choking vic- is tim, If the person can talk, he or she is suffering from a heart es Choking victims cannot tal » Tf the victim is standing, stand behind them and wrap “ your arms around the person's waist, allowing his or her head, parms and upper body to hang “forward. * Make a fist with one hand and place it thumb side against CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, March 90, 1978 the viel above the tib cage. Grasp your fis other hand and pre: abdomen, slightly navel und below the victiny’s abdomen with a quick, forceful thrust upwards, If the victim is on his back, kneel facing him and straddle his or her legs. With one hand on top of the other. plice the heel of your bottom hand on the abdomen, slightly above the navel and below the rib cage, Press into the victim's abuo- men with a quick, upward thrust, repeating several times if ne ry until the matter causing the blockage is ejected. Another person can help by being prepared to remove whatever may be blocking the victim's throat, Remember that a choking victim will be unable to speak or breathe. He or she will turn pale and then dark blue or purplish due to oxygen de- eens Collapse soon follows, Frequently the victim will rise suddenly and run from the room in panic. You have four minutes to act before irrepair- able brain damage is done due to lack of oxygen. In the first nine months after the Heimlich technique known, the lives of at least 162 choking victims were ed. The number included six sons who applicd Dr. H lich’s technique to themsel by applying pressure below rib cage, using their own fists or ihacd objects. Add the Heimlich Hug to your first aid skills. You may save a life—perhaps your own, PLANNING it. Continued from page Al should be responsible for the * regional plan as a whole,” Rust said. “Planning as far as muni- cipalities are concerned should hot be a factor.” =: Mayor Audrey Moore speed, betauing ou that under For the. Record An unusual series of oversights led to the reference in last week's Castlegar News to the senior vice-president of CanCel as “Roy Purdy". The name of the CanCel senior vice-president is in fact Roy Murphy. Although subsequent first pisantng is ee . statutory function of regional districts. ‘+ Planning committee chair- man Ald. Len Embree pointed out that the City of Trail contracts out its planning through the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary. He said he was concerned about the futility of submitting a brief to the regional district review committee, but added that the presentation “could: do: no- ” yi i ‘Rust said the board mem- bers had not exceeded its authority in rejecting the city's request but had failed to realize regional’ planning was “a dif- ferent ball game Sor what it was in 1969.” March 15 to cApril I, | pc. Set $269.95 4Spc. nacelle $134.95 Blue Hill, Cislint Toots $299.95 Be See Sala 5149.95 Mist: 92pc. Set $359.95 Spe. Setfu/Salad) $179.95 Aso oria pe. Set 3479.95 on Setfie/Salad} $239.95 inthe Treasure Room at CARL'S Drug Mart Castleaird Plaza SALE ENDS Saturday, April 1 Open Sunday 12-1p.m. &6-7 p.m. references to Mr. Murphy's surname were correct, the Castlegar News regrets the error in the fi Funeral Service Today For Annie J. Konkin Funeral service begins this evening at 7 p.m. from the chapel of the Castlegar Funeral Home and coneludes tomorrow at.1 p.m. for Annie J. Konkin, * 66, of Vancouver who died suddely Saturday in Vancouv- er, Born in Brilliant, July 22, 1921, she received her educa- tion in Qotischenia. She resided in the West Kootenay prior to taking up permanent residence in Vancouver some 25 years ago. Miss Konkin was prede- ceased by one sister, Nellie Harasemow and one niece, Nellie Kanigan, both in 1967. She is survived by one '; brother, John of Vancouver; two nieces, Mrs. Ogle Koznet- soff and Mrs. Nettie Zarhikoff, both of Winlaw. Burial will be at the Ooti- schenia Cemetery. ° Thrums Man Loses - Vehicle in Slide A Thrums man and his passenger escaped miajor in- juries after the vehicle he was driving was caught early . Thursday’ morning in a mud- slide just past the Brilliant Dam on Highway 3A. Police report. the vehicle, driven by Danny Gretchen, was travelling north when a mud- slide, T ly 200 yards WALK WISE WITH YOUR EVES GD Podesttansatety long, came down off the moun- tain and covered the highway and CP Rail tracks.” Gretchen and his passen- ger managed to get out of the car and walk to safety. The car was later swept over the bank onto the CP Rail tracks by another slide. The passenger complained of some head pains as the result of the incident, said police. For further details of this slide and other area slides, see page A8, column 4. Highways Dept. To Create New Turnaround ‘The highways ministry will create a new turnaround to allow School District No. 9 to extend its Ootischenla bus run by .8 mile during the spring and autumn, A letter to the school board from district highways mana- ger R. E. McKeown said the ministry would create the turn- around at John L. Popoffs driveway to allow the school bus to pick up children in an area frequented by stray bears, The letter said the minis- try would also stabilize'the road . surface from the Popoff drive- way to the Ootischenia-dump until paving could be arranged, Noting school-bound chil- dren were particularly vulner- able to bears in the months of April, May, June and Saptem- ber and October, the board last month requested the creation of the turnaround and the paving of the section of road, CAPT. D. H. FERGUSON, 29, a 1871 graduate of Royal Milltary College,’ has ob- talned the rank of Major In the Armed Forces. Word was received this week by his . parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ferguson of Castlegar. The rank becomes effective May 1. Capt. Ferguson Is present- ly attending Canadian Land Forces Command and Statt College at Fort Frontense, Kingston, Ont. Local RCMP Respond To Variety of Calls A total of 40 incidents, including several motor vehicle accidents were responded to by local RCMP over the weekend. These included the charging of two drivers with impaired driving, 11 liquor seizures, one 24-hour suspension of a driver's licence and the issuing of 26 traffic tickets. On Sunday Arthur Graham of Robson reported the over- night theft of an antique stove out of his backyard. The same day, the Region- al Recreation. Complex was entered. While there was no sign of the building, being forcibly entered, person or persons unknown attempted to” get into the cash drawer in the wicket. Joe Mathers reported the theft of a large 20-25 carton of cigarettes removed from his vehicle which was parked out- side of the Wizard's Pool Hall. Prior to the ‘weekend Kim Planidan of Castlegar reported the theft of five cassette tapes from. his truck which was parked-outside his residence on +-Gth. Avenue North. ... ‘~~ On Monday, wilful damage to a'fence owned by Inland Natural Gas at Third Avenue and Laurel Street was report- ed. Damage was also done with a vehicle to the lawn, the hillside and chain link fence. A window at Canadian Propane was also reported to have been broken with a rock. A construction company on - Tuesday reported the theft of 12 four-by-eight sheets of three- quarter treated plywood and 20 pieces of 20-foot rebar. Yesterday H. C. Horis re- ported the theft of a tapedeck out of his locked truck. All the incidents are under investigation as well as damage to a parked car on Main Street which, following a hit and run, . sustained an estimated $350 damage. It was parked across the road from the owner's residence and is believed to have occurred some time Tues- day. Requests Portuguese Language Introduction of Portu- guese language instruction into the School District No. 9 curriculum is among the items to be discussed at a joint meeting between city council's health and welfare committee and the school board's education commit- "Ald. Bud Godderis, health and welfare commit- tee chairman, said Tuesday members of Castlegar's Portuguese community have Not the Person Charged Editor, Castlegar News: In the March 23 issue of the Castlegar News, under the, headline “Local Court News,” a certain Peter Voykin was charged and fined $460 for having a blood alcoho! count of over .08, 1 wish to inform the +, readers of this paper and others that I, Peter Voykin of Pass Creek, am not the person charged. I have no ill feelings against. your paper, for you publish only what is given to you by the court registry, which does not consider the MANOEUVRED + Continued from page Al He said he intended “to see that commitment pursued to the extent as may be neces- sary" if the joint meetings with the municipal affairs and econo- mic development ministries fail to yield any results. “It should be clearly under- stood that the suggestion of the joint tpproach came from coun- cil members,” Ald. Albert Cal- derbank said. “The city council was not being manoeuvred by anybody.” Ald, Jim Gouk said coun- cil’s decision to set aside dis- cussion of the 1960 agreement offered advantages which would not otherwise have been available. “When -the meeting was set up we didn’t know it would last any longer than 60 sec- onds;,” Gouk said. “It was in the hope of gaining an ad’ innocent persons who could be neutrality. Untess this ‘polley is mistaken for others charged or changed, it appears we can convicted in court, expect similar incidents in the Peter Voykin future.) Pass Creek, B.C. (Editor's Note: As the Castlegar Nows has pointed out in the past, court registry pro- vision of additional details fuk as ages, addresses or occupa: tions would eliminate such incidents. Unfortunately, court services officials we have con- tacted feel the provision of additional details by court. registry staff would be in- consistent with court registry “I think that's a rather significant advancement,” he said. “We haven't prejudiced our case.” Mayor Audrey Moore told Embree he was “fighting the battle” after the decision had been made and said it was unfortunate he had been unable to attend the afternoon meet- ing. After the meeting, Embree told the Castlegar News he felt council members were united in their commitment to secure the new water supply but said he swas not convinced CanCel was willing to take any responsi- bility for the funding needed. He said CanCel was “solely responsible” for the extra costs wrhieh would be incurred to the Waterbeds ; city in getting water from #3, 401 Front Street above the Hugh Keenleyside a Castlegar Hoy Manel ny eA Nepales ie VanWinkle that we agreed it might be wise to set aside the agreement.” He said the support of Sucome Tax Preparations CanCel in seeking funding for the Lower Arrow Lakes system removes one of the city's “major stumbling blocks,” Transportation Agreement Reached With School Board School District No. 9 will pay the Kootendy Society far" ‘ in the language be offered to the 250 to 300 children in the district who are of Portu- guese descent, in the same manner in which children from the local Doukhobor are offered instruction in Russian. Other topics slated for discussion at the meeting include educational televi- sion, and the need for .a speech therapist, psycholo- gist and dental hygienist to | serve the area, Godderis said. $37,707 Street Sweeper Purchase is The city will spend $37,707 on a new street sweeper to replace the two machines cur- rently used by works and ser- vices personnel, City councit Tuesday auth: Approved Rust said the works and services committee would be able to cover “the majority if not all" of the present list of top priorities. orized works Alex Lutz to purchase the new Wayne sweeper upon recom- ion by Ald. Gerald Rust, The Fever is Spreading O11 Paramowne PatwrerCompenaton ANRRDts Reserver ae [ON NIGE fen’) EVER See RPEVE . Catch the Polydor Ork Original Soundtrack Recording. Now Available at C ARL'S Drug Mart & Treasure Room In the Castlealrd Plaza Open This Sunday: 12 noon-1 p.m. &6-7 p.m. administrative services and fi- nance committee chairman, who said the existing sweepers were second-hand when pur- chased by the city and could not be operated without incurring considerable cost for the muni- cipality. ~ Council also approved sale of the two existing sweepers, Ald. Albert Calderbank, works and services committee chairman, pointed out the pur- chase was considered a “B- priority” by his committee, and asked whether it would allow the completion of the “A priori- ties” for 1978, Passing Vehicles Collide A passing accident Sunday has resulted in $400 damage to each vehicle and no injuries. Police say a vehicle driven by Kevin John Bulmer of Kamloops struck another driv- - en by Kenneth EB. Sperling on Broadwater’ Road in Robson © when the Bulmer vehicle was passing the Sperling vehicle. Bulmer has been issued a ticket under the Motor Vehicle Act. the $16 weekly. and 36 cents per mile to-bus ‘physically handicapped chil- dren to and from Silver Birch School for the Handicapped. School board members ap- proved the agreement with the society last Monday, on the condition that the KSH match the school district's public liability insurance of $5 million and that its minibus meet. standards as laid down by the Motor Vehicle Branch. Trustee Stewart Webster, transportation committee chairman, said this week the service would be provided for between three and five chil- dren, Canadian Life Insurance The greatest recent growth in per capita ownership of life insurance in Canada has taken place in Newfoundland. Average ownership there is 2.6 times that of 1970. Residents of most provinces ‘have doubled their average ownership over *. the same period. 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She had organized + panel discussions and seminars : during her long association < with the toastmistresses. 1, Ste has also organized yseminars for medical office handled For Hospitality Course IRENE LAIDLEY ++. will Instruct ind Mrs. Douglas Davison Postal Museum Offers Cancellation Contest “If you are a cancellation collector, or an avid philatelist, you may have considered de- Dates should be shown in the design, and must be in the order of year, month, and then signing a impres- sion yourself, Canada Post is now offering you the oppor- tunity to design a special cancellation which will be seen internationally by philatelic col- lectors. i é In continuing the practice of offering philatelists a special - Postal Museum cancellation, the National Postal Museum of Canada announces a design competition for a new cancella- tion to be used in the museum when it moves to its new location at 180 Wellington St. in Ottawa. A total of eight prizes will be awarded in the competition, which is open to Canadian citi- - zens and/or residents of Can- ada. Allentries must be render- ed in black and white, using pencil or ink. . The design can be any shape, up to 200mm in size, for eventual reduction to a can- cellation to fit within the space of acircle not more than 50mm = for Canadian General Electric = and has been involved in direct s * public phone contact taking } service calls. {Course w was designed by: Tour- +ism British. Columbia and is tbeing offered in the area z through the Kootenay: Boun- Sdary Chambers of C t The Hospitality. Certificate i in diamet KBRD to Review A proposal has been re- ceived from a Kelowna firm for Zand the local tourist associa- ‘tions. 3 ‘The program covers such itopies as winning customer Jeonfidence, remembering ‘names, handling complaints, ‘Caren attractions, etc. : +. The course is open to the “general public, but will be of ” rparticular interest to the busi- ness community. . i” Cost of the course is $10 per student, : Additional information on tthe Castlegar course may be obtained by calling Searle Shel- ‘don. in Christina Lake of 296 lots. The development proposed by Pleseant Valley Properties would be located east of High- way 3 above the Alpine Road turnoff. According to Area C re- gional director Ron Walker, the advisory planning commission is generally in favor ‘of the development, although there are expected to be some minor changes in the proposal before it receives final regional district approval. The scheme must also rée- ceive ministry. of highways Christina Subdivision approval and the ministry is understood to be conducting a road draining study in con- nection with the subdivision proposal. 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