‘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. © GROCETERIA & LAUNDROMAT- We Are Open: 364 Days a Year, .. - Saturday 8:30 - 10:30 p.m. Sunday & Holidays. 9.- 10:30 p.m. 1038 Columbia 965-6! Studies of skeletal reinains , indicate, that. early .inhabi- tants of the. Great Lakes ro- * |. LET US PUT 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 | ery mers. jective in wercaming “a ’ AS Lures ar AUS whe Saapeicsit aI rary "Do shoppers Feally save? MONTREAL (cP) ‘handling charges for the nine rs really.save by hor-unredeemed coupons. HONORES COUPONS" 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 | coupo Olicials of “the 32,000- member Montreal Consum- ers oP say?savings on ee up to. include “the cost of running the coppon .° promotions. Fe 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 However, a: food spokesman and-a ‘mark you're in a position ‘to- prices. The consumer is winner in the end - 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- t's s more. fun office “at Zenith | 2210, toll. 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. . NEW IN TOWN? QUT THE MAT FOR YOU! saan fet amt net we Bo M. KENNEDY 365-3590 S. STRELAEFF 365-5246 a 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. 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