Saturday, January 25, 1992 @

Students of Twin Rivers Elementary School receive recognition for exemplary behavior.

Every two months, teachers at Twin
Rivers Elementary School nominate stu-
dents who have.demonstrated exem-

plary behavior and award them with cit-
izenship awards. The following students
received these awards:
Grade6

Nadine Evans, Cliff Waldie, Yuri Ki-
nakin, Ryan Carter, Shelley Yofonoff,
Manichan Seneyavong, Bryce Phillips,
Bobi-Jo Haviland, Ryan Fontes, Brian
John, Brad Andreashuk, Leanna

Gritchen, Kathy Switzer and Lauchlin
Jankola.
. Grade5
Tleea Ozeroff, Doug McLeod, Mireille
Evans, Nelson Cordeiro, Andrea Zatsoff,
Steven Rigby, Natalie McIntosh, Dylan
Lutze, Danielle Command and Abra
Baal.
Grade 4
Elsa Wyllie, Bronwyn Krause, David
Lebedeff, Danielle Jmieff, Ruth John,
Amber Schykawy, Matthew Bourque,

Eric Hoodicoff, Amy Makaroff, Andrea
Stewart, Risha Gorkoff, Jacob Skakun
and Devon Horswill.
Primary 4
Dan Johnson, Danielle Kabatoff, An-
drew Snauwaert, Kassidi Jones, Steven
Maloff, Kristy Sherbinin, Justin Kani-
gan, Bill Trubetskoff and Jennifer Post-
nikoff.
Primary 3
Yasha Areshenkoff, Linsey Martin,
Courtenay DeBiasio and Jenny Terry.

Masquerade
personifies
true identity

Wearing a mask covers
your face, but does your choice
of disguise reveal your true
identity?

Think what might be re-
vealed if you created the mask
yourself, beginning with a
mold taken from your own
face.

Michael Graham will deal
with these questions and
more in Mask, Movement &
Theatre, a new course at
Kootenay School of the Arts in
Nelson.

Working on an emotional
level, the students are encour-
aged to personify their inner
masks. From the mask’s cre-
ation‘to movement to a the-
atrical performance, partici-
pants discover and explore
masquerade at its most per-
sonal level.

Graham studied theatre
arts, movement and masks in
Australia. He continued his
study of both masks and
mask-making in Vancouver.
He has worked as an actor,
writer, dancer, and in the de-
sign and costuming field.

Mask, Movement & The-
atre is a weekend course and

Vehwie2

a Swiniay: SAnUaNy 25, 1992

will be offered Feb. 1 and 2.

A few rearrangements make home more safe

@ Tips from registered nurse
help seniors adjust to new limi-
tations

Judy Burrell, R.N.

As we age, certain things are in-
evitable and if we accept them, we can
learn to live with most of them quite
well.

One is that our eyesight will likely:
deteriorate; another is that we won't be
as nimble as we once were. Alone or in
combination, these two things signal
the need for changes in the way seniors
carry on their daily lives.

- While it’s true that most accidents
happen in the home, it’s also true that
most of them can be prevented. Aunt
Martha’s rag rug may be a family heir-
loom but those old rolled up edges can
trip even the most sure-footed person.

Interior design must begin to take a
back seat to home safety and manage-
ability. Seniors must take a thoughtful
and practical look at what they need to
do to make their home a safe place
where they can manage their day-to-
day lives as simply as possible.

is very important. Make

sure stairwells are well lit with on/off
switches at the top and bottom. If there
isn’t a light switch by the door of a
room, make sure there’s a night light

om (There nightlights available that
turn on Sibeneadlantiy when it gets
dark, and turn off again as soon as it
SrTrre ciiould be a light by the side

of the bed that can be turned on easily.
If that’s not possible, get a flashlight.
And make sure nightlights are used to
illuminate the way to the bathroom.

Another way to prevent falls is to re-
move obstacles. If you find yourself
bumping into a particular piece of fur-
niture, consider yourself warned, and
move it out of the way. Footstools are
very dangerous because they tend to
get moved around — generally in the
path of traffic in the room. Unless you
really need one — get rid of it. Scatter
rugs are another danger since they
tend to slip

One of the most common causes of
falls in the home is a ringing telephone.
For some reason, people tend to rush
to answer the phone and many people
end up tripping on the way.

One remedy is to install answering
machine. They can be set to pick up af-
ter five or six rings, and you can call
back at your leisure. You may want to
consider getting a portable phone.
There are many types available that
are very simple to use.

Another solution is to install more
phones around your home, so you don’t
have far to go.

When buying a new phone remem-
ber that touchtone phones are easier to
use than dial models, and many touch-
tones have the added advantage of
speed dialing. You can program impor-
tant numbers into your phone that can
be reached by pressing only one num-
ber—a real plus during an emergency.

Agood rule to follow is don’t put any-

thing on your stairs except your feet.
Lots of people have taken falls after
slipping on the newspaper they in-
tended to take up to bed with them,
and while a potted plant might look

_Nice on a curved stairway, it’s in the

way.

If your stairs are carpeted, make
sure the carpeting is in good repair and
well tacked down. While checking the
carpet, check the handrail to see that
it’s good and sturdy. You may want to
consider installing another rail on the
wall side of the stairs for extra security.

And don’t forget stairs and walk-
ways outside your home. Keep them
clear and in good repair as well.

Spills are very dangerous — wipe
them up immediately. One way to avoid.
spills is to use aerosols when possible
—they’re spill proof, and they’re avail-
able for a range of uses from personal
care like deodorant and hairspray to
household cleansers and healthcare
products.

For years now they haven’t con-
tained ozone-damaging CFCs, so we
don’t need to be concerned about using
them. Aerosols offer other advantages
for seniors as well. The spray buttons
are easy to depress and you control the
‘amount used.

There are two rooms that require ex-
tra attention for seniors — the kitchen
and the bathroom — since each room
sees a lot of activity. Bathrooms are es-
pecially hazardous since we slip a lot
more easily when we're wet. Grab bars
in the tub.and beside the toilet are a
good idea, as are non-skid mats or

strips in the tub.

Arrange your kitchen so the things
you use the most are easy to reach.
Avoid stepstools. It’s too easy to lose
your balance and fall if you have noth-
ing to hang on to. If you can’t wait for
someone to help you reach something,
use a sturdy, high-backed chair pushed
right up to the cupboard. If you have a
balance problem, wait for help.

Shop for foods in plastic containers
rather than glass — they’re lighter and
unbreakable, so there’s no broken glass
or major spill if you drop them. Also,
things like ketchup and mustard come
in plastic squeeze bottles which are
easier to use since there are no lids to
screw off.

Forgetting to turn the stove off or
leaving something ‘on the burner too
long is easy to do. Using a timer with a
loud ring is a good reminder.

Many people have resisted getting
one because they think microwaves are
too complicated. Like many technolo-
gies, microwaves have changed over
the years and today are really quite
simple to use.

Microwaves have another advan-
tage — they won't burn you. While the
container heats up, the microwave
oven remains cool. And a microwave
sits on the counter top or fits under the
cupboards, so there’s no bending down
to take something out of the oven.

Perhaps the most important safety
feature any home can have is a smoke

detector. They
fore it becomes life
sure you have enough detectors.

LocdaSPORTS

FastLANE

MINOR
HOCKEY

Canada’s and
Castlegar’s
week- long
celebration of
minor hockey ~
concludes with a
bang this
weekend as local
teams host their
counterparts
from

Spokane. The
community
Complex and
Pioneer Arena
are the place to
be all weekend
for the
international
minor hockey
action. Minor
Hockey Week
coverage, pages
21-23.

SCHOOL —
SPORTS

Melanie Streliefff
and Lisa Datchkoff
were first -team
all-stars for SHSS
at a junior girls
basketball
tournament in
Cranbrook last
weekend. The
junior Rockettes
won two of three
games to finish

d in the

Ed Mills
SPORTS EDITOR
As a 16-year-old hockey player

éwith the Castlegar Rebels, Dane

Jackson was faced with the
biggest decision of his young life.

His options? — To pursue the
big city, bright lights, money and
adulation of Major Junior A in the
Western Hockey League, or play
Tier II junior hockey and roll the
dice on getting a hockey
scholarship from some Ss.
school.

Five years later, Jackson looks
back on it as probably the best
decision he’s made in his life.

“I don’t want to cut down Tier I
or anything, but I just think
there’s a lot of kids who see the
bright lights when they’re young
and go for it without thinking,”
Jackson said.

“It was definitely a really tough sl

decision because at that time, as it
is now-I guess, it was kind of
glamorous to go play with a Tier I
team,”

Instead, Jackson heeded some
friendly advice, resisted temp-
tation and went to play Tier I
hockey with the Vernon Lakers of
the BCJHL.

It didn’t take long for the
Castlegar native to discover he’d
made the right move.

After his first season in Vernon
he was offered a scholarship from
the University of North Dakota
and was drafted, in the third-
round, 44th overall, by the

eight-team event.

Lisa
Datchkoff.

BANTAM

Coach Vince
Antignani
Sr.takes the
Reps toa
tournament in
Oliver this
weekend.

“I don’t want to
cut down Tier I
or anything, but I
just think there’s
a lot of kids who
see the bright
lights when
they’re young
‘and go for it
without
thinking.”’

Vancouver Canucks. "———s—sts—=“‘é OCS;

“I guess it’s not: as safe or
guaranteed way to go, but 'msure
glad I did it that way. I’ve just had
a great four years at university
here,” Jackson said from his
apartment in Grand Forks, North
Dakota.

Little wonder Jackson is
pleased. ._Besides a_ paid-for
education; he landed a blue-chip
school in UND, which has
produced more _ professional
hockey players than any other
college in the U.S.

“There are a lot of good players
who come here, but they sure help
good players become — great
players,” said the articulate 21-
year-old.

In May, Jackson will graduate
with a degree in_ business
administration/management. He
will also play his last game in a
four-year career with the UND
Sioux and look to land a job with
the NHL team that drafted him.

But as far as his future in

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hockey goes, the decisions &
his anymore.

He does have some recent
examples among former
teammates of what may be in
store for him.

Among. others, Canucks’
winger Gary Valk, and Jason
Herter — who signed a big
contract with the Canucks last fall
and is currently playing on their
farm team in Milwaukee — both
played with Jackson at UND.

In a backhanded way, the
success of Valk fills Jackson with
optimism about his own chances
of making the pros.

“We’ve had some great players
come through here and go on, but
then we’ye had some guys like
Gary Valk. You know, he’s a good,

beter players than him in this
league and he went right away.”

Jackson said Valk just could
have been in the right place at the
right time, but like himself, Valk
plays a certain style of game that
helped him break into the pros.

“I score a little bit but still, my
main thing is just grinding ‘and

happen.
hopefully that will work to my
advantage like it did with Gary,”
he said.

Jackson is scoring more than
just a little bit this season. He has
five goals and six assists in his last
eight games and had two, four-
goal games within month.

With 16 goals and 13 assists in
20 games, the six-foot-one, 200-
pound right winger is easily going
to have his best season in the
Western Collegiate Hockey
Association — he had four goals as
a freshman, 15 in his second year
and 17 last year.

Sioux assistant coach Jim
Scanlan said Jackson has all the
skills a player needs to make it in
professional hockey.

“Daner? Oh yeah, I’m sure he
could go and play in Milwaukee
right now,” Scanlan said.

In fact Jackson may well be a
better professional hockey player

* than he ever was in the college

ranks, Scanlan said.

“The college game is a little
different. Without the red line it’s
a little more wide open and
sometimes you can get away with
it if you don’t have the strength.
But you make the next jump and
all of sudden there’s no two-line
passes and you’re in more of a
confined area, there’s a lot more
body work and hooking and
sléwing people up. That’s where
the strength comes in because
little guys get nullified so easily.

“But strength, that’s one of
Daner’s strengths. He’s a big,
strong winger, he skates well
handles the puck well and can
shoot it. Yeah, he has all the skills
for sure.”

If attitude was the only
prerequisite for playing in the
pros, Jackson would already be an
NHB star.

“There’s a lot of guys who seem
to be so close to making it. But the
ones who do are the guys who go
out and work a little extra on
things that they’re not quite so
good at, and the guys who really
get ready to play and come to play
every night,” Jackson said.

If there’s a moral to Jackson’s

. story, it is, simply, listen to your

mom.

“If it wasn’t for the encourage-
ment from my mom (Genevieve)
telling me about all the great
times in college, I might have gone
Tier I and missed out on this great
opportunity to go to school and
become a well-rounded person.”

And Jackson has advice for any
young hockey players facing the
same choice he had to make.

“T think sometimes kids don’t
always have to take the fast track.
Just bide your time, and ifyou’re a
good player you'll get your
scholarship, and it’s just a great
way to go.”

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