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OTTAWA (CP) —- A-ner- vous federal government: is about. to’ unlock: the | doors behind ‘which’ .are stashed » thousands of ‘studies, consul: tants’ reports, opinion polls, statistics .and other docu- ‘ments until now marked "se- ieret.” " After flirting for more than a decade with tho conept that taxpayers have a right to see ‘information; affecting their, lives, ‘the’ Commons has passed -a. long-delayed and watered-down‘ access-to-in- formation act. ‘The legislation, better known by its American term_ dom ‘.‘of, 7 infort the RCMP operating’ under contract’.as ‘the provincial police. force’ in eight prov. inces. Otherwise, the and ¥-p bureau: crats, who now: have almost | complete and capricious: dis- cretion: over ‘ what 'informia- tion is) made public, will be forced. , to. justify why it should be'kept secret. RECOMMENDS RELEASE Any: group: oF. But how far the gates will be opened will depend larg- commissioner and the courts, ‘CONTAINS EXCEPTIONS. The ‘act -contains broad of ‘that dissatisfied’ with a cabinet minister's explanation will bo able to:take his complaint to need ‘not ‘be released, : in who has the to ex: amine the document and rec- as nd-whether it ibe made should ‘be in effect: in’ six The act will give Canadians ; ‘access’ to'a wide range. of information held « by, gov-: ernment. departments: and‘: Crown’ corporations,” while‘ protecting, the © privacy of personal information held by, < Publi. 1 The}: co “3 deci- “gion can then be appealed.to » the’ courts — through a pro- cess known as judicial rewew \— where the government can be\ ordered to disclose. the: 'f document...) . 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Businesses, will be looking for market surveys and stat- istics, while journalists and MPs will .be seeking. almost y policy paper, consultant's “report or. opinion ‘poll ex: splaining. why g “anything that: goes within eight blocks of a cabinet’ meeting” will automatically be labelled a. cabinet doe ment. New Democrat justice critic Svend calls it “imakes the decisions it does. * “It don't think the govern- hard‘on: “grocery shoppers, Retail ‘spokesmen say the dollar, . worth barely "more prize are: 2965078;; 8044557, 2910367, ‘2255876. : ~ Last six digits win $1,000; Inst five’ digits win $100; last: | Sure, we're interest Phone the Castlega: News for detail ae hi to get reports of: organization ont Sports pages, clothies, ties up. his; Nike running’ shoes. in ‘double knots sand Is out the’ doors While the rest ‘of Castlegar is still ‘asleep’ he is out there on the road p 40-50 miles a ‘week.’ He'll: Probably, I from} his . Fox,":East Kootenay to ed to name aren ww few?” ae Last. month he entered and finished ‘ the ,26.2 mile ‘his enone He hiked; played squa: active on ‘the; weekends but'not” Selag th week." ‘ : “tittle ‘bit “overweight”. with:“some tress” in’ his lifestyle ‘atid work. ‘After his heart’ attack ‘John decided fo.take the bull by. th horns and’ to change find on-heart conditions, nutrition or exercise he studied thoroughly: “The Pritikin Guide'to Diot and Exercise,” “Diet For A Small Planet” and others, John.is convinced that our North American diet which is high in protein and fats and low in carbohydrates . contributes’ to heart problems. He now eats foods low. in protein and fat-and high in carbohydrates. “But complex carbohydrates,” he smiled, “not junk’ food.” He eats ‘'no beef or pork, no eggs, whole milk or ice cream. It's largely a vegetarian dict, but that isn't hard these days. It's kind of fashionable.” His wife Joan, also interested in nutrition, cooks this way for the entire family. "And running. Running was. the big change” in the | £ Meatyle of John Mansbridge. “Runhing and‘diet; the two seem to go together so well,” he muses, It was'while' John’. Ua WOrkihg’ dif his PAD at Case Western ‘in* Clevelarid that he wound up in the’ hospital: After he’ got out'he met- 0 hada. heart. attack. He’ another fellow. who had convinced John to attend a series of rehabilitation classes for heart patients, John attended and four months after his heart attack he was walking-around an indoor track. Then'he began running slowly and walking when he tired. “Aftera year I. - could runa mile. I came back here (to Gastlegar} and kept it up.” : ©. By'this time ‘John was hooked on running “Heart Attack, ‘Counterattack” dog-eared book that he showed me. Its idea.is to rehabilitate heart patients through. individualized run- ning programs. He opened to the weekly recommended mileage charts in ‘the Back and explained to me how he charts his own ‘progress, It‘wasn't so'very one ago that heart patients were considered * invalids.- When my father ‘had his heart attack,” says: John, “he wasn’t even allowed to feed ‘himself. Now the emphasis is on getting sick people up and around.” He cautions heart patients, however, not to just go out and run’a mile without checking with their doctors or joining some rehabilitation, program specif- {eally designed for their. needs, “There are many different kinds of ‘heart, attacks, r What's Bood for me might not be good for. the’: Ag i person.” The® psychological ‘benefits: ‘as ” well’ rasithe cal:-were:menhtioned:by ‘John. His main word’ of ‘Avivo tis start“slowly! When’ T'was ‘starting ‘Out. ‘ana’ getting better, every little pain I had‘in my cheat « area 1 would hustle down to the hospital in Cleveland, of course there was nothing ever wrong... .’ | May 2 of this year was the culmination of his years of i The the’ p: Marathon, When-he first decided to enter, ‘many ‘of his friends shook their heads, “people said, ‘you're crazy.” Because of the time of year it is held most of John's training had to be done on icy roads in sub zero weather. “It was difficult, especially in the winter, The secret is. another’ well-used and Nhe is to find out where the snow plows go. But you have to watch out for them.” ‘Through trial and error, John figured out that the highways and the school bus routes were always plowed first, It was on these that he confined his winter running. On slippery days he'd coat the entire bottom of his running shoes with purple cross-country ski wax and out »: the door he'd go to put in close to nine miles a day, Besides these early morning daily runs, John usually put; -in one long run a'week of 16 or 25 miles to train'for the marathon. “I always feel I have to train'a lot slower and more carefully than anyone else.” Of the '26.2° mile: | "distance itself John recalls, “the last six or seven ‘males Js ‘ 22° quite ‘tiring, g z Now in his “post-marathon slowdown,” ‘John ‘is-):”’ {ally for the averaging 45 miles a week. “I prefer running inthe morning,” he says. “I think about’ what.I’m going to:be ° - doing that day. It’s sort of a way for me to plan my day 5 es give thought to things. I think things through.” By 7 a.m. Johnis home and ready to begin hia day as the Selkirk College librarian. He: describes ‘his job as “collection, development and weeding,” the collecting of : books, the development of the library as a whole and the: : weeding out of books and periodicals.: ‘He enjoys: especially getting’ to know. tlie students who ‘ come. through the brary doors. ft John is currently working on his doctorate in Library Science and ‘hopes ‘to finish next year. He was born in England and came to Cansda with his family, when he was 12 years old. His father came to be a missionary to Indian reserves in Saskatchewan..“I grew up in wilderness areas. The first reserve we were staying at was 10 miles from the nearest town. Now I run 10 miles and it’s neat to run that, distance and think that I'm running from my ‘house to the nearest town.” : ) Because schooling was limited in those remote areas John went away to school in Winnipeg. He ‘also finished high school and three years of college at Notre Dame in Saskatchewan!’ He earned both'a Bachelor of Library. “ Selence (BLS) and Masters of Library Science (MLS) at ‘McGill University. in Montreal. His first job was a social worker in Saskatchewan. At ‘one point he worked at the Robin Hood flour mill. “They called me ‘little John.’ " Just prior to coming to Castlegar in 1965, he worked as the librarian for the Moose Jaw: ©) public Library. +) John is a member of St. David's Anglican Church and is in Kiwanis. His interest in local history led him into the Doukhobor Historical Society where he now serves as a director. He is also a ‘ber. of ‘A : **. When he is not running John likes “messing around with wood” and finds working outside “very relaxing = wheeling dirt around, planting trees.” His wife also runs and they have two children, Cella 6 and Christopher 2.: His advice for beginning runners is to “go slowly. Do: it so you enjoy it, and fit it into your lifestyle. Most people have to live with others, eo your running has to be done in ‘such a way that it's not'a burden on another.” He told me. that there is a tendency for runners to become so enthusiastic about their sport’ that all else is pushed .aside. According to John this \is wrong. But then he adds, “It’s really a‘ good thing to be active. It's more work to go out and run, but Td rather run than take a pill or a drink.” . yet to. appear,on ‘the upper Feaches. of: "PART THREE Our historic steamers By MIC CHAELCO id ihe third ine series by’ e ‘sternwheelers of the Arrow “Bonnington”, The foilo Michael Cone on 1, This. chapter features the steamer : During the years which: followed the turn of the century, the CPR became busy i long: range plans at the K | ‘summer > that she would, be the new flagship of the Inland fleet. . “The “Bonnington” was,one of the most well-propor- *. tioned, gracefully constructed and comfortably furnished © on the inland water steamers. Her steel hull, ordered from the Polson Iron Works, in Toronto, measured 202 feet long (including her paddle-wheel, which was 24 feet” in diameter, her overall length was 236 feet) and was playground for tourists.” In ardor to handle the tide of tourist traffic up and down the Arrow Lakes, the ‘company took steps to improve and upgrade its fleet..In )the “Rossland” ¥ was’ tted on the” ways and give h overhaul and new hull-~: oe ‘built to ‘replace. ‘the old, rreeogued one, and her d fo “the on ‘by:an elaborate wooden ‘sup of four’decks — a freight, lower and upper cabins and a texas deck: ‘She'was the first of three leviathan sisters = Lake and the "on Lake — which were’ the Queens of the CPR's and-River Service. - - There’ ‘were several special features inherent in the. : ‘design. of the “Bonnington” that made her a triumph in Jenetuantng the texas deck’ cabins was: ‘also carried out, but of'evel marine‘architecture. It was essential that she should be | - d to light-draft, since she. would be i e dining saloon of th » BONNINGTON, looking ott through the 20 miles of narrow, shallow river chantiel between the lower and upper.lakes, Asa result, her steel hull had very full lines, similiar to that of the “Kootenay,” ‘and she drew just a few inches over three feet of water. ” drew . . This:-was the "and: her cost. of staet = ‘more‘than’six.times the cost of the “Minto” > ‘Rossland” ndicated f iCo tothe land,” the ‘almost ‘a full foot.less water, yet she was 1699.96 tons “gross whereas the “Rossland” was 884 tons gross. As a ° “further added precaution against the hull sustaining any, damage: in} low water, extra metal sheathing | was ‘officers’ qi 2 bottom. The “Bonnington's” acorsiviution matched her . stately appearance. On the lower-cabin deck, above the freight deck, was a large men’s smoking room forward ‘and a comfortable ladies’ salon. aft.’In: the ladies’ salon were mahogany ‘and Jeather arm chairs, curtains of delicate shades and Wilton carpets on the floor. Midship was a cornmodious 70-foot long dining saloon, that seated 48 diners and featured a lofty ceiling that extended to the roof of the. balcony deck above. The large dining room tables, covered. in white linen and polished silverware, and chairs were of golden oak, and at the aft end of the saloon was sees ornately carved mahogany sideboard that displ: of finger-bowls. The woodwerk i in the saloon was of Australian cedar, finished in white enamel. Above - the! lower-cabin deck’ was the balcony (upper-cabin) deck. Forward on this deck was a handsome ladies’ “observation room, furnished in: wicker plush furniture with centre tables and writing desks. On the aft rim was the men's observation room, furnished with card tables and chairs of Early English oak. Staterooms on this deck opened out onto a’ balcony that’ overlooked the dining saloon below. Colored skylights rimmed the roof of the baleony deck; by day these colored panes of glass ‘ permitted-the sunlight to throw bars of rainbow colors, while at night three large brass Sanat complete with frosted globes'end ceiling fans, dispersed ‘texas deck was one deck higher. On: this deck were and several that ‘opened into a narrow social hall that ran fore and aft, At the after, Slight. The «end there was an observation room, with card tables and finished in varnished woodwork. Luxuries and fittings prevailed with the idea of comfort; and to “tempt the weary to rest.” Interior woodwork was predominantly in cedar panelling finished in white enamel with gold and blue trimmings. Her 57 staterooms had 122 berths; they included two staterooms. fitted as “bridal chambers” with a shared bath, and four large deluxe’ “family” rooms. Furnished with mission furniture, all cabins were steam heated and featured an electric bell to summon a steward. ‘The “Bonnington” was launched at Nakusp on April. ; 24, 1911. With scarcely a tremor, she slid gracefully down the ways, as the people of Nakusp saluted with cheers, flags, hats and handkerchiefs. To her went the distinction of being the last sternwheeler built at Nakusp.’'On her trial runs a few. weeks later she performed very. satisfactorily: Although not as fast as the “Rossland,” she was nevertheless capable of a good turn of speed. More importantly, her mighty tandem compound jet condens- ing engines, with low pressure pistons having a stroke of 96 inches, proved to be highly economical at regular service speeds of between 14 and 16 miles per hour. With the advent of the “Bonnington” a pattern of steamer service on the run from Arrowhead to Robeon emerged that was to last for nearly a decade. The “Bonnington” and “Rossland” together would handle the summer tourist traffic and the “Kootenay” and “Minto” would operate on the run in the autumn and through the winter months. Come the high water in the spring, the ’ shallow-draft winter boats would be. withdrawn and the summer boats would resume the service. NEXT: The conclusion of cur four-part series.