DON'T TOUCH! That's the advice Workers’ Compensation Board inspector John Moore i inquisitive youngsters. He .. explains that the object. in his hand is « blatting: don't ‘touch! Sives to these two nearest Fire Prevention. ere’s Danger in Smoke Fire chiefs. across 5 Canada are starting to speak'up’ more about the somewhat: unknown dangers \of ‘smoke, that 'seem- ingly lesser evil that goes along with fire. : Lethal poisonous, gases which are emitted ‘from \ fires just as.they are starting:to got underway,"are:- enough, to ‘as- phixiate residents of a house or apartment, especially. during the ‘early morning hours’ be- tween . midnight’. and * 8: am, when they are asleep,’ During’ this year's Fire Prevention Week| some’ fire’ departments, are mounting campaigns to inform: people on the potential dangers of smoke, ‘and how to cope with it when it is discovered. If suddenly in a _.room full of smoke, cover your face with.a wet cloth or towel and head for the nearest: exit, In some municipalities (Ed- t ment for one) legislation has passed making it manda- 3 ee to i install i in residences, a ervesp and if mishandled tt-could seriously injure.” them. If you find such an object” notify | the ai i AN ty s Provincial Fes li Given » esidenicat of the! Slocan neg s : have: presented ‘the, Briti: Columbia’ government with’ a < report detailing what they want. done, with their. valley. ‘The '12-member Slocan Valley Community -jcrest Menagerie, Project: :;orked on ‘the report for nine months. It” was fi- nanced by a $50,000 Local Eco- nomic Alternatives grant... The project proposes that vol- unteers ‘work wilh government | agencies: to~plan’ future ‘use ‘of. a the government: de- ss Bugg sen ‘build and maintain, forest ras is thie’ main ee ; in: the valley, which’ is: nated by “steep ¥ ranges.’ Mout 4,500 powte'th iva in three villages, Silverton; Slo- can and New Denver. Residents are idependent on, Nelson‘* Hone h 517,062-are.con Do It.and Learn new typeof ionization smoke signal ‘alarm: now | avaftuble through hardware and depart- ment stores, which goes off the moment it, sniffs a’ whiff? of : /-smoke. There are some five or six brands “of this smoke «signal alarm device “now | on’ the Canadian market, one of which (manufactured by the Westclox. organization) is’ made: in’:this country. Although’ they. are easily installed, simply: by + screwing to the ceiling near the centre of the room, older people and those not agile with a screw Metric Cooking Easy as Pie “There'll be no big change” when cooking with metrics, says Marilyn. Lister, of the Consumers ‘Association of Ca- nada’ 9 The new. metric measures for recipes and kitchen measur- ing, equipment. will be as close metric, committee.” é Old recipes can be. us indefinitely, with the aid:of which. can ick: valley sresources,/a“-full-time- sia ees pewhich sc Sas: Sclorest be sbiel-ia- the! back: of . cook’ paid ~ résolirces _ manager’ be hired, the allowable annual eat & in the ‘area :be reduced ‘an: small ‘wood product mill. be sel up: 4 Also ‘Suggested is a system of rural, ‘woodtols where:local resi- dents could’ cut trees: for fuel, fence posts and building logs. ‘The report urges implementa- tion ‘of recommendatioris' in a 1955 forest service “report: It? areas, ‘leaving 40,212 acres for habitation, : services, ‘agriculture and industry. “The local economy is based on’ a‘'‘single user’. system that 4 .makes‘ local. initiative ‘next ‘to Impossible: in” the’ woods : busi- ness, creates a, one-employer i , community ‘and lies the* eco- ~ ‘nomic future of this valley to an ~ external Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station: Mr. - Bainbridge reports : that the whales later. encoun- tered a pod of sea lions, killing ” and eating two, along with a’ young ‘elephant _ seal. guesses that the otters may, know they are’ safe in’a kelp bed, and: that ‘perhaps the whales’ sonars fail to. discern *: the otters as they lie still in the surface cover. Best. Quality .. ebaps General Paint -. at the Lowest Prices @ OVER 1,000 GLORIOUS cotors i @ BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE FINISHES ae