‘B4

3; Amute silencer installed in
{the D-9 stack in Cominco'’s
‘Natural Gas Ammonia Plant
has successfully overcome a
noise problam for employees

and some Warfield residents. «

= The’ stack is used for

Eventing process gas during
‘plant upsets or shutdowns,
During the venting, the'nolse
' ground level below the vent
‘has ‘exceeded 103° decibels,
ipresenting a hazard for em-
sployees. working in the vicin-
ity of the plant and a nul.
puunce {at-nearby id

‘ CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 15, 198)

_ Cominco installs mute silencer

saci production, the silen-
cer acts to dissipate the noise

_ in a multiple series of per-
‘forated flow tubes

packed
with highly absorbent fibre-

glass.

“The device waa installed
last fall at ar cost of about
$40,000 as part of Cominco’s

continuing effort ‘to reduce -

noise levels in the working:

~ environment. Since then, the ”

noise levels from the venting
gas have been,reduced to 86
decibels at ground level, and
noise to the areas

i onthe So vcnt, which was
boy far; a ster of the
plant's vents, before the in-
stallation of the silencer, has
ito be vented-an average of
j about two or, three times a
: ? month for “varying lengths of
3 ; time, According to Duane
wan, superintendents am-

1981

emn

on

A variety of programs wiil
rhe offered by the eed of
labor's por-

from this source has‘been es- °
sentially eliminated. ¥
Logan noted that an addi-
tional feature of” the. new
piping is that other vents
used in the - natural gaa’.
ammonia plant. can be’ con-.

is
Ss

where tr) ="

oan
bieiery

i Ee

nected to an inlet mainifold at’ £

alater date, further reducing .

-

noise from the pe

J

ployment

aisle se

ready
paved: in ee ee

gtunity programs - “brane in

21981.

SoA major component, the
‘outh

in thee Re-
ital

designed to, help young

persons acquire and:develop © the
“marketable job skills.:The ° is

UY.B.P, operates on a wage-

tsharing basis with private :
who create ©

ogra
ie mer =

‘avi lable this yoar

psector
on-the-job, training opportun-
Sities for students and un-
Jemployed ‘youth. This year,
* jobs that offer valuable train-
Sing which ‘can lead to per-
manent employment will be

& given priority for faneing. ~~
ith the

“he pr to business em-

reflect. the einige Seon,
_tinuing emphasis on provid-
ing "youth, ag other,

ing,

permanent work:

vate sector.
+ “It’s a three-way. street
with, benefits going to’ em-
ployers, employees, and the

ployers whoé yy and train
women in non-| eeaditonal oc
cupations.
* A epecial program will be
* operated in recognition of the
International Year of -Dis-
abled. Persons. Under this
OFAN, : a-profit;o

organi
zations indy apply for fandinig a

to create employment which
will provide training to oa

: okie
spans but:
healthier .

gion had relatively short life’
spans but were - otherwise
healthier than we. ‘might
think, says a: University, of
Guelph archeologist.

Susan Pfeiffer,, examining
bones from’ nine burial. sites
dated from’ approximate]
2700 to 900 BC, found that &D
per cent of skeletons showed
some evidence of major in-
juries, such as. blows to the

skull.

Nutrition ‘for those hunting
and: gathering peoples was
“probably adequate, as indi-
cated by the Iack of tooth

«decay, bone abnormalities or
signs ‘of infection.

Life however. was consid-
erably shorter than we ex-

our. lives to be. Tho

‘available remains indicate *

that ne past 50 was highly
unusual.

‘Tie ‘typical causes ‘at
death, Pleffer’s evidence sug-
gested, were injuries due to
accident or warfare and star-
vation.due to periodic: food
shortages, ‘The pre-agricul-

- tural peoples in question had
no means of storing, food. ©

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Studies of skeletal reinains ,
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y in general,” he
added.

Additional program infor-
mation. may be obtained by
calling the Nelson office ‘at
952-5378 or the Victoria head

NOISE ABATEMENT. at comt

the top of-Cominco’s natu
Warfield, Duane Logan, .

production, hecksout ‘t!

lant. From
Amara. arte in.

stalled in the plant 's D-3, sec

pressive, but it has: b

ler atthe plant.

it. may ‘not |

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Francois Lemay, th
Co-op officlal, sald the co-op's *.
: 08 — Ww!

offering: discounts’ on super:
market products? Nat much,
ay a: :

rotection ' group which’ is
cain lor’ a boycott of the |
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 Olicials of “the 32,000-
member Montreal Consum-
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ee up to. include “the
cost of running the coppon .°
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jsually mailed as part of
“the so-called junk packets or  gpecialiet said’ they: do
‘attached td a product as part ith: the “consumér
f the labelling, the coupons a
are good for rediicttons- of a pee i 5
few cents at the checkout
“counters
But co-op officials said
‘earlier this weok a study of
the ‘system by: the Quebec
Consumers ‘Association .
shows that only ono in -10 is

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- Following’is a list of those non’ Me
e Kinnaird

members - of -

Junior Secondary rBehool stu. e
dent hody who. have made’ Picton, . ‘
Seanagh: Sloan, Tarn’ Soren-

the ‘Honor: Roll and Honor-:
able Mention ‘lista: for .the-

Karne “Ackney, Doug Bole,
Glenda Dooley, Shannon
Dunaway, Paul Farrell,

Laurie-Ann Kravski, Shan-

Rochelle .  Sicranint: Cathy
Nixon,: Gaye | Nixon, Steven

strong, Derren’: “pinagrt
Chris Bullock, Liang. Chevel:-

Lana Makéatn, Lagaii Mil.
ler-Tait, Larissa Plotnikoff;

‘dave, Rochell

Lonnie. P ikoff; Stanley
Selena:

son, Phyllis Soukeroff.
Honorable: Mention:

Janino Carpino,\Chris Ko-
sitsin, Brain’ Kristiansen, -
Steven Saliken, Kathy Wong.

* Grade!

Honor’ Roll:
Jeff Allen, Victoria Arm-

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sight dead
in Brazil blaze «

SAO: PAULO, BRAZIL
(AP) —A fire ina 20-storey

Voffice : building ‘Saturday

killed at least eight people
a injured 30, police Te-

“a helicopter plucked eight
people to safety from the roof
of the building in Sao Paulo's
central business district. .

Witnesses said a bank on,
the ‘ground floor was looted
as firefighters battled to con-

tain the Blaze...

Two charged in
courthouse fire

GRAND FORKS (CP) —
Ross Napier, 21, and Jack
Alexander Young, 20, have ©
been charged with arson in a
“fire which did $350,000 dam-
age to the historic courthouse _
here last month.

They have been remanded «
in custody and will appear in
provincial court tomorrow.
The two also have been
charged with breaking: and

entering at a sawmill‘here. .

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TORONTO (CP) — Its
more fin than a toga party. It
was all the comic intrigue of a
Maxwell Smart secret assign-
ment and all the action of a
James Bond thriller without,
perhaps, the seductive wom-
en in dresses'with more slits
than a picket fence.

_- It’s called KAOS —- Killing:

As. An. Organized Sport —
see) its the rage-at‘the Uni-
versity of Toronto and other
universities across the coun-
try where - it’s played in

“similar forths.

Sometimes soled Mordee
ers: or Assassins, it is be-
lieved ‘to have avilved from,
the > old -“murd

played by: campus: fraterni-
ties. in which a designated
hit-man immobilized: frater-
“nity pledges’ until: the.

tity of the killer has
guessed.

- Ror $5, students sign up as
secret agents, recei
tic gun and two darts,
with the picture ‘and vital
statistics of the person .th

pposed 2
player not only hes a victim,

pales veties She eee S to”

as

without getting sed your
8

“It's the vis

possible
= students’ playing’ it

to Britt Edblad

Winner of Castle Realty ‘Ltd., Corporate '
Sales’ Award for: the month ‘of January.
(Not December. as previously printed, )

over brawn,” says “Kevin
Hebner, 21, of U.of T econ-
omics atudent who hes threo
kills to his credit since the
20-day game began last Wed-
‘nesday. “It's not a’ game, it’s
a way of life.” :

Hebner hides his gun in a
book with a hold in the cover

for unobtrusive firing. He
“gets a friend to divert the |

attention of ‘the intended:

victim, then sneaks up from.

(behind and fires. In KAOS,
‘shooting in the back. is ae:
ceptable-

One female apy bought a°

wig and disguised herself
while another asked her in-

‘tended: victim on a date and
: then blasted. him .while: he
stood gazing into her eyes on.

lier front doorstep. .

Jeff Singer, student’ pres-:

ident at the, University of
Western-Ontario in London,
says the student council
won't: endorse’ the gamp-on

eard campus bécause “the concept -
of the. game is inappropriate:
for a university: community.” :

srhiak, a;

Ualversity of Florida; says

Castteaor

Murra:

Dennis Medikin®: Garis
Harder, Julie Higgins,’ Bo!
..Kanigan, Peter Karcol, Elena
Kinakin, : Sandra Knutson,
Jody Lippay__

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cock, Tracey Postnikoff,
Tanya Rogers, Ken Romney:
Gordon Sandrin;

Richard Schultz, . Lisa
Singh, David: Streloff, Gale
Wigen, Karen Wilson, Curtis
Verigin.

* Honorable Mention:

Paula Chaves, Barbara

~Cheveldave, Connie: Elasoff,
Hadi

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ttigrew, ‘Wayne. Postni-

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