St_ Castlegar News August 8, 1990 NATIONAL/PROVINCIAL NEWS Some fly higher than others in summer Politicians defend their seasonal trips overseas OTTAWA (CP) — Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. And at the same time roll out the international airline tickets for Canada’s high-flying parliamentarians. Where are members of Parliament and senators going on government business this summer? Most just head back to their ridings to do the usual constituency work — meeting voters and attending local functions, But for others, places like Tunisia, France, England, West Germany, Denmark, Belize, Senegal and the Soviet Union are among the destinations. Deputy Commons Speaker Andre Champagne, for example, has been to Paris and Tunis. Liberal House leader Jean-Robert Gauthier has visited London. And MP Derek Blackburn of the NDP went to Frankfurt and Moscow. Are these trips really necessary at a time when the national debt continues to spiral upwards and taxpayers are being asked to expect less from government? The parliamentarians defend the travel, arguing it's an important part of Canada’s role on the world stage. Others aren’t so sure. “This was not a junket,’’ says Don Boudria, a Liberal MP who recently returned from Paris where he at tended a meeting of francophone politicians David Somerville, president of the National Citizens’ Coalition, says many of the trips are legitimate gover- nment business, but others may be questionable. He hopes MPs think hard before boarding the planes and they remember who pay their bills. “*The tax burden on Canadians is now higher than it has ever been in the history of Confederation,’’ he says. “*People are feeling pretty worn down. “In that kind of climate, (MPs) should exercise leadership and make darn sure that the trips that they are taking they really need to take."’ There are various ways for MPs and senators to get a crack at international travel while Parliament is not sitting for the summer, even though only a small minority of politicians actually get in on the trips. They can do it as members of parliamentary associations or they can travel as members of special in- ternational committees. Then again, they can head abroad as a representative of the Canadian government. Take the International Association of French- Speaking Parliamentarians. So far this summer, it has had two major meetings — there are two more to come — and Canadians were prominent. Early in July, former Tory senator Martial Asselin and Champagne led a Canadian delegation to Paris for a meeting of the group's political and general ad- ministration committee. Asselin was still a senator when he made the trip, but has since résigned both as a senator and as the association's international chairman because of his recent appointment as lieutenant-governor of Quebec. As inter- national chairman, his expenses were paid by the association, not by taxpayers. Champagne is chairman of the Canadian wing of the international group. They were joined in Paris by Boudria and Conser- vative Senator Paul David, plus two officials. From there Asselin, Champagne and the two of- ficials jetted off to Tunis, the capital of the North African country of Tunisia, where the association held its execut- ive committee meeting. Boudria says important international agendas are of- ten set at these sessions. — WANTED — 197 Columbia Ave., C CLEAN COTTON RAGS Castlégar News LEGALS “It’s the committee that puts in place all those things that were agreed upon at the francophone summit,’’ he said, referring to the gathering of leaders from 41 fran- cophone countries, including Canada, every two years. For example, Boudria said there was discussion about aid to Third World francophone countries — mostly in Africa — who are feeling ignored because of the events in Eastern Europe in the last year. But back to the summer itinerary. ‘Champagne, along with Tory MP Fernand Jour- denais, will represent Canada at a regional meeting of the, francophone association in Portland, Me., in August. Champagne again crosses the Atlantic in September Tory MP Gerve Dyetsy | also a member of the Com- y iT is heading south early in August to attend the group’s Caribbean regional conference in the Central American country of Belize. cae hes the NDP is in the Canadian NATO —an ion of elected it from NATO countries Which examines multilateral defence and foreign policy issues. In July. he went to Frankfurt and Moscow for meetings on the future of the Armed Forces. Also in July, Tory Senator Duff Roblin, another member of the NATO association, was in West Germany a meeting on East-West economic co-operation. for a meeting in Senegal of the i "s and co-operation committee. Members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association — an cousin of the association — have places to go, too. In July, five MPs were off to London to discuss with British politicians the types of issues that dominate Com- monwealth meetings — notably Third World debt and South Africa. Government House leader Harvie Andre, Sport Minister Marcel Danis and backbencher Albert Cooper were on the trip for the Tories, while House leader Jean- Robert Gauthier and Peter Milliken represented the Liberals. Liberal! MP Joe Volpe, Tory Maurice Tremblay and the P’s. Margaret Mitchell kicked off the summer trav ason in June. They were appointed by cabinet to go to Copenhagen as parliamentary observers at the Con- ference on Security and Co-operation in Europe. In the fall,°Canadian parliamentarians deliver formal reports on their summer wanderings and the final bills are processed for the travel. Taxpayers can then decide for themselves on the merits of the spending. Meanwhile, even Somerville noted tongue-in-cheek that it’s the height of the theatre season in London, and summer's always a nice time to hit the road. 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Trail, B.C. summer Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00-6:00 - Saturday 8:00-5:00 1979 CHEV '/, TON & CAMPER Siera pw's and p's KF meierrriaia nd Toxic dioxins and furans created when pulp is bleached with chlorine have been found at higher than accep- table levels in some fish in the Wapiti and Athabasca rivers in Alberta. Federal and provincial officials issued warnings about Toxicologist Wayland Swain, a private consultant formerly with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said pollution in a river drops dramatically once the source is emoved, but low levels may persist for decades. Even though the Procter and Gam- ble mill on the Wapiti River near Grande Prairie and the Weldwood tamination in river sediment. Derek Muir, a research scientist with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Winnipeg, said researchers in the United States have found dioxin levels in large carp drops in half in 300 days. David Schlinder, an professor in the University of Alberta’s zoology department, said a study on dioxins - Canada mill on the A River near Hinton both reduced dioxins and furans in effluent to undetectable levels in 1988, some fish caught in late 1989 still showed levels of the chemicals higher than federal safety standards. three fish species from rivers near kraft pulp mills in the province. It is not known when fishing grounds in British Columbia closed by pulp-mill pollution will reopen, Nassichuk said. “It’s one of the questions we have a great deal of difficulty answering,” he said. ‘‘Dioxins are persistent substan- ces.”” Other scientists say cleaner rivers are a long way off. for both said scientific consultants have not been able to tell them how long it will take for pollution abatement programs to result in safer fish. Wayne Roberts, a fish biologist at the University of Alberta, said poisons in fjsh don’t disappear quickly. Dioxins and furans *-* known to accumulate in fish over time as fish eat insects which have consumed con- a canet ing agent - in Vietnam's Saigon River show human intake is still high more than a decade after Agent Orange was widely used in the country. Agent Orange, a defoliant used during the Vietnam War, contains dioxin. “Evidence from the Great Lakes indicates these persistent toxins may take decades to decline to even half existing concentrations,’’ Schlinder said. “And recent evidence indicates some areas of the Saigon River that were originally not contaminated Bow are being contaminated by sediments swept from jungle areas sprayed with Agent Orange.”” Restored flour mill now tourist attraction KEREMEOS, B.C. (CP) — Restoring British Columbfh’s only remaining water-powered flour mill was quite a challenge. The buildings and mill of the Grist Mill, dating from 1877, were in fairly good condition when restoration work began 11 years ago, but the Classified Ad in Castlegar News ITEMS INTO CASH Phone 365-2212 machinery had been totally disman- tled. “We had a pile of parts and pieces — no plan, no photograph, and nobody alive that ever saw it,’’ says site manager Cuyler Page. ‘‘It was a giant three-dimensional jigsaw puz- zle.”" The puzzle has slowly come together. One piece of machinery is so rare, Page thinks it may be the only one of its kind left. “It is a rolling stone grinder, a stone mill with a cylindrical stone that sits in a saddle shape, and it grinds between the two. It was on the market just for a few years, then it was replaced by more modern inven- The B.C. Heritage Trust bought the mill in 1979 and began restoring it. The mill was built at Keremeos, 40 kilometres southwest of Penticton in south-central British Columbia, by a wealthy young Englishman, Barrington Price. 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The visitors’ centre has hands- on exhibits — with cranks to turn and things to do — showing the workings of the mill. “There are a couple of privately owned sawmills, but this is the last of the pioneer settlement mills, the only one with a big water-wheel showing, and the only one with the building and machinery together.’” 365 9563 JANICE TURNE: R 362-5923 August 8, 1990 Castlegar News cs LIFESTYLES Book quiz cool summer exercise By ROD CURRIE The Canadian Press OK, bookworms, here's a challenge for those hazy, lazy days of summer — something to exercise the little grey cells without working up a sweat. There's no prize, but if you get 100 per cent why not treat yourself to a new book. You deserve it. 1 — She was born in St. Boniface, Man., won three Governor General’s Awards and died in Quebec City in 1983. Name, please. 2 — A famous novel drew its title from the hymn that begins: “*Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the-Lord.. .”’ Name this American classic and its author. 3 — “We diarists are peculiar people. . . We should be banned.”” But he wasn’t, and went on to write The Siren Years, An Appetite for Life and Diplomatic Passport. What's the name on his Canadian passport? 4 — “Lay on, Macduff; And damn’d be he that first cries ‘Hold enough!’ ”” Which Shakespearean character speaks the line. (Hint: The play’s in the lineup this season at the Stratford Festival.) 5 — The Salterton Trilogy by Robertson Davies began with Tem- pest-Tost and concluded with A Mix- ture of Frailties. Name the middle work. 6 — A well-known Hollywood ac- tor called his autobiography The Ragman’s Son. Who is the ragman’s son? 7 — He's a Belfast-born writer, a citizen of Canada and now lives most of each year in California. (Hint: His first book was The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne.) Name, please. 8 — “‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... This is the opening line of which literary classic? 9 — “All children, except one, grow up."”” Who's the exception? 10 — She's a mystery writer who created her own mystery when she disappeared for 11 days in 1926. Name her. 11 — Margaret Laurence wrote this novel after The Stone Angel but before The Fire-Dwellers. Name her 1966 novel. 12 — He’s a New Scotland Yard detective, a poet and the principal sleuth in a string of P.D. James mysteries. « Who is he? 13 — Mrs. Warren’s Profession, a play by George Bernard Shaw, is featured this season at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. What is Mrs. Warren’s profession? 14 — He was born in England, graduated from University of Toron- to, wrote textbooks and headed the department of economics and politi- cal science at McGill University. But he’s best rememberedd as a humorist. Who is he? . 15 — The last line reads: there any questions?’’ Name the novel and the author. Here are the answers: 1 — Gabrielle Roy a—"... “Are He is trampling out the vintage where The Grapes of Wrath are stored . . . '’ John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel. 3 — Charles Ritchie 4— Macbeth 5 — Leaven of Malice 6 — Kirk Douglas 7 — Brian Moore 8 — A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens 9 — Peter Pan” 10 — Agatha Christie 11 — A Jest of God 12 — Commander Adam Dalgliesh 13 — She’s a brothel-keeper 14 — Stephen Leacock 15 — The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood. Steps give low-impact, high-intensity workout By MARLENE HABIB The Canadian Press Whenever she can, instructor Julie Twynham urges people to step right up — and dowti — to the music in her fitness classes. Twynham, a five-foot-one bundle of strength, teaches step training, one of the most recent developments in exercising, to members of the Fitness Institute's three Toronto-area clubs. “‘It is an excellent way to develop and challenge your cardiovascular system and has the potential to burn off calories faster than standard aerobic exercises, as well as being fun, challenging and full of variety,’’ says Twynham, the institute's co-ordinator of aerobics programs. Twynham, 29, recently returned from conferences in Washington and San Diego that included presentations on research into step training, which involves performing upper-body movements to music while stepping on and off a box or platform. The box or platform is about one metre long and 30-centimetres wide, large enough so a participant can lie down to perform exercises. The height can be varied. with detachable blocks. Wearing shocking pink leotards, Twynham demonstrates the type of moves she works into her step-training class routines. “Step training involves no repetitive jumping, which puts excess strain on joints and muscles, sometimes leading to soreness and injuries,”’ she says, moving dically to the beat of songs. Most of the benefits come from moving up and down the box or platform — which helps improve heart-lung capacity and tone and helps strengthen lower-body muscles such as the quadriceps and calves. The key is to step carefully and be in control — there should be no jumping. ‘Although box stepping and running stairs has been done for years, step training offers a different approach to cardiovascular training,’’ Twynham says. **It has evolved to be a complete athletic workout — including stretching, strength and-or weight- training exercises — and the range of motion of the stepping action makes your workout safe and effective."’ In the past, step training has been used mainly to rehabilitate lower-body injuries. “*It has been around a while in dribs and drabs, ‘but now whole group classes are being arranged around boxes or platforms,"’ Twynham says. Workouts can be adapted to meet the requirements of novice to elite exercisers. The lowest height — 10 centimetres — for instance, ‘would be most suitable for beginners, while the maximum 30- centimetre height would be used by people at a higher fitness level. The Fitness Institute evaluated scientific studies before deciding to add step training to its aerobic Programs recently, one,of the first clubs in Canada to do so. Research by Lorna and Peter Francis at San Diego State University shows that step training to a certain temp of music has the cardiovascular effect of walking about five kilometres an hour or running 11 kilometres an hour, with a minimal rate of injury, says the Fitness Institute. In Georgia, where fitness professionals have been developing step training the last few years, 35 per cent of aerobic programs are based on the technique. Research also shows that participants can burn up to 600 calories an hour, ‘‘which is a whole lot of calories for an aerobics workout,’’ Twynham says. “*This is why it’s going to be so successful for the fitness industry. 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