CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, August 31, 1978

DESTROYING

gilled mushroom, has been found within the
city limits. These mushrooms, found grow-
Ing at 305 Tamarack Street, were brought to
the Castlegar News by Omar Lighile so that
people could visually Identity tham. Accord-
ing to the publication, ‘The Savory Wild
Mushroom” by Margaret McKenny, they
are supposed to be foreign to this area and .

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ANGEL, a highly deadly June) on the ground under Douglas fir.
Lightle sald he picked these samples early
last week and they were not under a Douglas
fir. The telltale features of the destroying
angel are free gills, well-developed ring and
membranous and saclike volva. The book
also states the, chances of recovery from

Ita verna

angel) are something less than 50 per cent.
—CasNewsFoto by Lols Hughes

West Kootenay Health Unit Asks:

Is Your Pre-schooler Safe?

(The third of a regular

. serles of articles on public

health from the West Kootenay
Health Unit's Castlegar office.)
Accident prevention for
the preschool child includes
inued but he is

test footholds on trees or fences
and to come down in an area
free from jagged rocks or sharp
objects,

e He should learn to ex-
pect falls. He will be less

also learning by observation
and preparing for indepen-
dence,

He is very active, curious
and unpredictable. He runs
rather than walks, and acts
before he thinks. He plays at
home, at his friends, in parks or
playgrounds, He loves tricycles,
wagons or scooters. He climbs
and explores.

The preschooler loves to
imitate his parents, Little boys
will try todo what their fathers
do, whether it is washing the
car or do-it-yourself carpentry,
Little girls will play house.

Children can be taught to
do all the things they Want to
do in o way: that is safe ands
satisfying. Example is a fine
teacher.

e The preschooler must be
taught to cross streets, and
highways safely. When with
him, stop and look both ways
before crossing. Obey traffic
lights at intersections, Explain
the reasons for these pre-
cautions,

e He should learn to ride
his tricycle or wagon on the
sidewalk and never to play on
the road.

@ He should be taught to
climb and to get down again; to

Beaches, Beer
And Bare Feet

minister Jim

found in the spring (April, May or early

Motorists: School Children
Back on Roadways Next Week

School's back in on Wed-
nesday and motorists will have
to share the morning roads
once again, advises the B.C.
Automobile Association.

Remember there will be
many small children on the
streets and crossing at inter-
sections—many of whom have
never been to school before.

They will be excited and
may not pay full attention to
their feet so be extra cautious.

Leave for work a little
earlier than usual and carefully
observe schoo! zone speed
limits of 30 km/h.

The BCAA advises parents
not to drive their children to or
from school.

The reason, BCAA says, is
that each driving parent adds
to traffic congestion around
school buildings, and presents
an unnecessary hazard to the
little ones. This advice applies
especially to inclement days.

Automobiles manoeuvring
to drop young passengers cre-
ate confusing traffic patterns in

school areas, sometimes con-
tributing to serious accidents,
Children running haphazardly
aeross traffic lanes to enter and
leave the family car are ex-
posed to great danger.

Instead, teach them safe
walking—and for rainy days

supply them with good-fitting,
light-colored raincoats and rain
hats.

Parents should walk with
their children the first few days
of school, and meet them after-
wards. Leave in plenty of time,
so they don't have to hurry, but
can learn to walk safely,
advises the auto club.

If there is a schoo! bus
available, walk with them to
the bus stop and fora few days
meet them at the stop as they
arrive home. Shortly, they will
want to walk to school or to the
bus alone—which may mean
with friends, but without an
adult.

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which way to turn,
call the

Point out to the youngsters
also why the chosen route is
best, and why alternate routes
are less desirable, though they
might be shorter. Wherever
possible choose controlled in-
tersections for the child to
cross.

At crossings with traffic
signals, explain the meaning of
the red-yellow-green sequence,
and teach children to start
across only at the beginning of
the green signal. Teach them to
watch carefully for turning cars
and explain that the signal is
only un aid to safe crossing.
Children should still look in all

. directions before and during
crossing.

In the same way children
must learn to watch for the
green light, they should learn
to watch for the “go” signal
given by a traffic officer, adult
crossing guard or school safety
patrol and to stay at the curb
until the signal is given,

Explain to your child that
the older youngster is a friend

who is there to help watch for a
safe time to cross. The parent
should himself demonstrate re-
spect by observing directions of
the patrol member.

Some streets children most
cross may be unguarded. Teach
them to look in all directions
before stepping off the curband
to proceed only when there is a
good break in traffic. Ask them
to walk,never run, across the
street. On two-way sttects,
they should check carefully to
the left until reaching centre,
and to the right as they
complete the crossing.”

Finally, point out that the
walk to school is no time for
play. Playing tag, or any
diverting game while walking,
creates hazards where none
existed.

Remember that children
are imitative. A parent’s own
actions in traffic will influence
the child's development. of
traffie habits.

‘If parents walk safely,
children very likely will, too.

Nielsen, says the beer strike in
B.C. is having a minor effect on
B.C.’s Litter Act.

The minister said several
complaints have been received
concerning tear-away tabs from
American beer cans. Such tabs
are prohibited in B.C.

Nielsen says some visitors
and B.C. citizens are bringing
their own supply of beer across

the border in old-style cans ~

which employ the tear-off tab.
The tabs are often discarded
and become a hazard to anyone
stepping on them without ade-
quate foot protection. A couple

d, more relaxed and,
therefore, less likely to receive
serious injury.

e He must learn that wa-
ter can be dangerous. He
should be taught to swim at an
early age and to respect water
safety rules,

e Use the preschooler's
desire to help with housework
and repair jobs to teach the safe
handling of simple household
equipment of any kind.

¢ Do not let a preschooler
carry bottles, sharp instru
ments or hot foods or liquids
which may harm him if he falls,

¢ Teach him to blow out
matches or candles in your
presence, but keep matches out
of reach,

© Teach him to put his toys
away for the safety of other
people,

e The preschooler needs a
great deal of help and guidance.
He is eager to learn, but his
limited experience may get
him into difficulties, As he
learns, change instructions to
reminders,

Chewing House Plants
A Dangerous Practice

B.C. now leads Canada in
per-capita plant poisonings and
an invasion of altractive but
deadly household flora is
blamed.

Hundreds of people have
suffered stomach sickness, skin
disorders or heart and nervous
complaints. Some have ended
up in hospital intensive care
units.

The problem is so acute
that B.C.'s poison control cen-
tre is considering a special
plant safety program.

Chewing of plants or their
leaves—either accidentally by
infants, or by juveniles trying
to induce hallucinations—is the
major reason for the increase,

There were 180 reported
plant ingestations in 1975, 221
in 1976 and, while 1977 figures
are not yel ready for release,
they are higher still, says
Gi Willis, B.C. Drug and
Poison Iriformation Centre
pharmacist.

+ “One of the reasons is the
increase in houschold plants,
which (have) become a really
big business,” id.

rity of re-
ported cases involve children.
It’s amazing how they can move
quickly and grab a fern before
someone stops them from
chewing.”

J iles chew leaves to

of ints have
mentioned cuts on feet.
Nielsen says he has asked
the Liquor Administration
Board to ensure that no beer
imported for sale in B.C. is
packaged in the can with a
tear-off tab. A spokesman for
the Liquor Administration
Board says about one-half of
one per cent of the beer which
has been brought into B.C.
since the strike has been pack-
aged in the old containers.
All efforts will be made to
keep these cans out of B.C.
Citizens should be cautious
about disposing of any tabs,
Nielsen said, because beaches,
beer and bare feet, often
combine for serious injuries to
the unsuspecting.

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she said, “and some have ended
up in hospital.”

There have been no deaths
attributed to plant-eating but
three persons have died in the
last two years from eating toxic
mushrooms, she-said.

B.C. has Canada’s: highest
reported percapita poisonings,
she said, because a warmer
climate encourages children to
play outdoors, where they come
into contact with such poison-
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with poisonous wild parsnips or
onions,

How to Safely
Operate Your
Microwave Oven

Here are some tips on how
to safely operate your micro-
wave oven:

e Don't leave knives or
forks in the microwave oven
because they will only deflect
the heat.

e Keep the door seals
clean,

e Find out what plastics
can be used. Some will react the
same as glass while others will
absorb the heat and melt.

e Don't use dishes with
metallic trim because the me-
tallie could act as a conductor of
electricity and cause arcing.

e Don't use plastic bags
with metal ties. The ties could
overheat setting the. bag on
fire.

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' Centenarian
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For Longevity

At 101, David Miller Blaine
is Ohio's oldest war veteran,
probably not far from being the
oldest in the United States,

“Ifyou want to know how I
lived to be 100 and do what I
did, well, I drank plenty of
whisky, anything that anybody
offered me, all my life," he said.

“And I smoked cigarettes,
cigars and a pipe ever since I
was 12 years old. But I quit
drinking and smoking when I
got to be 90 because I thought it

wouldn't be good for me.

“If you'd like to know what

‘T've eaten to keep me healthy,

I've eaten everything from lim-
burger cheese on up and I still
do.”

Born Feb, 19, 1877, in
Elyria, Blaine is one of the last
surviving veterans of the 13,-
682 Ohio Volunteers in the
Spanish-American War of 1898,

The loves of his life are
playing bridge, betting on
horses a couple of times a year,
reading, exercise and sitting in
the sun.

Always an admitted “la-
dies’ man,” he cheerfully agrees
he’s got a dering eye,

NICK N. HADIKIN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Nick G. Hadi-
kin of Pass Creek, has gradu-
ated from the British Colum-
bla Institute of Technology
with a diploma In forest re-
source technology (pulp and
paper option). Hadikin com-
pleted his schooling In
School District No. 9, and
attended Selkirk College for
a@ year, prior to taking a
turther year at UBC. He Is
currently employed by
Prince Albert Pulp Com-
pany, Ltd. In Prince Albert,

- Sask., In the capacity of

Process technologist.

‘Tips on Animal Care

Your Pet

With the approaching long
weekend, tips on travelling «
with your pet may be of
interest to animal owners.
© If your pet is not accus-
:tomed to travelling take it on
:short drives around town be-
tfore trying him ona longer trip.
This enables it to overcome car
sickness and gives you a chance
to teach him how to behave ina
car. Don't allow it to hang its
head out of the window where
eyes or nose can become in-
flamed by the wind, or grit can
get in its eyes. Teach your pet
to stay on its sleeping blanket
in one area of the car.

Cats should be kept in
‘eages when travelling as they
‘can be dangerously unpredict-
sable, jumping on the driver or
srunning under the brake or

“‘accelerator pedals. They can

:also escape through open win-
‘dows or during stops for gas.

Make sure your animal has
‘an identity and licence tag so it
‘ean be easily traced should he
‘get lost. If your dog is un-
predi keepaleash on it at

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all times. When exercising your
cat use a harness and a leash as
collars will choke him if it's not
used to one.

Take your pet's food bowls
with you. If you don’t feed your
pet six hours prior to travel-
ling, it will travel more com-
fortably. Try to stick to his
usual feeding hours. Your cat
shouldn't need a litter box
unless the journey is longer
than eight hours, then the box
ean be kept in the trunk. Don't

More Than
A Skeleton

In Her Closet

Eileen Finlay, 28, of Man-
chester, had more than a
skeleton in her closet—for 20
months she had her husband’s
bod :

ly. 5

Her husband, James, 31,
had killed himself and she had
hidden his body for fear she
would be accused of murder.

Her “secret” cost her two
years in jail for obstructing the
coroner and leaving a body
unburied.

She told police her hus-
band had blamed her for the
deaths of three of their children
and had taken a drug overdose
saying he would “make sure I
got prosecuted for it and he
would come back and haunt
me” +

The body was found after
Mrs. Finlay was threatened
with eviction from her flat.
Realizing the body would be
discovered, she wrapped it in’a
shect and moved it toa rubbish
area where a caretaker found
it. z

and You

worry about feeding your pet
during the drive, but water is
essential,

Take along flea powder in
ease your animal picks up fleas
en route. When staying at a
motel offer to pay a damage
deposit on behalf of your pet.

All animals crossing the
US. border require a rabies
vaccination. Some southern
states require a health certifi-
cate also,

Tranquilizers, obtainable
from your veterinarian, can
help your pet travel more com-
fortably. Make sure your pet
doesn’t spit out part of the dose
and don't expect it to sleep all
the way.

Cats can be left alone at
home for short periods pro-
viding they have a clean litter
box and plenty of fresh water
and dry food.

Enjoy the holiday week-
end.

(Reprinted from the Van-
couver Province.)

Tronworkers cheerfully put
in long hours at 20 below zero
and Fort Nelson threw itself
wholeheartedly into rebuilding
to lift Tackama Forest Products
out of the ashes of a disastrous
fire last fall,

Today, co-owner Bob
Lunde raves about the effort
and determination that got the
$8-million mechanized lumber,
chip and veneer plant back into
operation last spring and kept a
Fort Nelson dream alive.

“You hear so many things
about rotten Canadian unions
and the inability of the labor
force to do anything," says
Lunde, “but we had a tremen-
dous response from people,
from unions and companies and
everyone,”

“They worked = right
through the dead of winter,
There were about 30 com-
panies, from contractors to
suppliers, helping us.”

The fierce late-night fire
that reduced the four-year-old
mill to ashes left many people
wondering about Fort Nelson's
future. The mill was a major
employer,with a work force of
about 800. A royal commission
looking into the Fort Nelson
extension of the B.C. Railway
line salvaged the extension,
mainly because of fears for the
future of the demolished mill.

Today Tackama, the lar-
gest of three mills in Fort
Nelson, produces what Lunde
calculates is 20 railcar loads of
wood products a day to ship
south,

Rebuilding began the Mon-
day after the weekend fire last
November.

“People worked 10 and 12
hours a day and never com-
plained, and got the buildings
up,” Lunde said.

“We had one lathe con-
nected up on March 15,” he
said. “It just shows how people
can get the job done.

The mill today looms up
out of what less than a year ago
was a level shambles. The fire
had left barely a trace of the
former mill, built up over four
years.

Loggers worked through

Jet Aircraft Noise
May Shorten Lifespan

Caution: Living near a
major airport may shorten your
life.

An engineering study on
jet aircraft noise by the Uni-
versity of California at Los
Angeles claims that people
living beside an airport suffer a
higher-than-normal mortality
rate.

“The tension, the anxiety
and the fear associated with the
tremendous noise” of jetliners
constantly passing overhead
may substantially reduce a
person's lifespan, UCLA Pro-
fessor William Meecham said
Thursday.

He said a twu-year study of
‘a neighborhood near the Los
Angeles International airport—
where people live directly
under the landing approaches
of several hundred jets daily—
showed their death rate was 19
per cent higher than that of
people living about 10 kilo-
metres from the airport.

In the neighborhood closer
to the airport, 830 persons died
during the study period, while
670 died in the other. The
percentage included an adjust-

ment for a small difference in
population.

Meecham said the occur-
rence “of virtually every di-
sease was increased" in the
community closer to the air-
port, with deaths from cirrhosis
of the liver—an alcohol-related
disease—140 per cent higher in
the airport community.

He added that fatal strokes
and other cardiovascular prob-
lems were 39 per cent higher in
the airport neighborhood.

The engineering professor
said the two neighborhoods
studied were closely matched
for age, ethnic and socio-
economic characteristics, but a
spokesman for the federal avia-
tion administration said the
study may be flawed.

Dr, U. A. Sexton, regional
FAA flight surgeon, disputed
the study's findings, saying it
was unlikely that cultural,
economic and other factors
could be controlled completely.

“If you take out the alco-
hol-related deaths, you end up
with numbers that are so small
you can’t draw any statistical
conelusions,” he said.

Tackama_P

Effort Kept Fort Nelson Dream

the winter, the best season
because of frozen and firm
muskeg. The inventory today
consists of acre upon acre of
stacked logs, each waiting for
its turn, under electronic con-
trol, to be moved through saws
that cut to specified length. It is
then stacked and processed,

Tackama is operating two
shifts with a work force of
about 300 and is about 30 per
cent larger than the next
largest, Fort Nelson Forest
Industries,

And, perhaps spurred by
the provincial government's
decision to keep the Fort
Nelson extension of the BCR
open, the newest and smallest
of the towns forest operations,
Omineca, is building a dry kiln.

The BCR now is building a

Re-built 0

siding about 40 miles (65 kilo-
metres) south of Fort Nelson
for loading logs from Tackama's
woods operation to be shipped
north to the mill,

Lunde is bustly looking to

of Ashes

the future. “We got a lot of
support from the people in
town and have a good group of
people working in the mill," he

id.
“Last fall and winter was a

Salmon Arm Man
Victim in Cave-in

RCMP have identified the
man killed Aug. 16 in a mine
cave-in at the Silvana Mine at
Sandon, near New Denver.

Ewald Doose, 45, of Sal-
mon Arm was killed when rock
fell from the ceiling of the
lead-zine and silver mine which
employs about 25 miners.

An inquest will be held, the
local coroner has told officers,
and photos and statements
have been taken by police at
the accident scene.

Doose leaves behind his
wife and two children. The
Silvana mine owners are in dis-
cussions with workers over
safety conditions at the mine.

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, August 31, 1978 B7

Alive

bad time and I'm glad we have
that behind us."

That was the period of
months while Fort Nelson
waited for the government to
decide if the rail line, in need of
$37 million worth of upgrading,
would remain alive.

“That kind of indecision
can sap you of your strength
and vitality if you let it,” said
Lunde, who bore the pressure
of waiting as Tackama was
rebuilt and, at the same time,
not knowing if it would have a
railway on which to ship its
products,

The extension remains in
operation and Tackama plans a

formal opening ceremony in |

Fort Nelson Aug. 31 “to give
people an idea of the contri-
bution they made,"

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