CASTLEGAR NEWS, November 25, 1981 PILE DRIVING operations were com- pleted along the riverbank adjacent to Cominco's Trail lead smelter required for site preparation for part of the new Fume Leach Plant November. Here, one of about 200 tim- ber piles is shown being pounded into place. The pile driving was done as an Zinc in mid- slurry preparation facility. The 12-inch piles were driven until a rate of 50 blows per foot was establish involves sawing off the” piles to short "stumps" and setting a one-metre thick slab of concrete over the 3,000 square foot base for the building. The new plant will tie in with other Cominco moder- . The next step extra precaution to ensure the stabili of the foundations for the new plant's producti it to y and envir I control. Gas fuels major home fires. Two familiar ingredients caused some of the most costly home accidents this year — gasoline and people who underestimated its des- tructive potential, a survey by a national insurance com- pany has revealed. The average loss in the surveyed accidents was $80,000 with the most costly incident reaching $150,000. “It's very apparent many people don't understand the power gasoline holds,” said Lee Johnson, of Anderson Insurance Agencies Ltd. “We're so used to putting gas in our cars and boats ‘and lawnmowers without ‘mishap we forget it’s more danger- ous than dynamite.” Gasoline is a double threat because it burns furiously and gives off explosive fumes that can be ignited with the tiniest spark or flame. One honeowner in the sur- vey of its largest residential losses, tried to be his own chimney sweep, and learned just how explosive the fumes are. He drenched his chimney with gasoline and when he dropped in a match, the ex- plosion nearly took off his roof. Using gasoline for cleaning was another common mis- take. One homeowner who wanted a cleaner floor got a $54,000 fire instead. The same thing happened when another person tried to loos- en a rubber-backed rug. Mopping up spilled gaso- line proved to be dangerous, too. One teenager decided a vacuum cleaner would do a quick cleanup job, and started a $58,000 house fire. Burning spilled gas off a driveway turned into disas- ter for another homeowner. He burned his $100,000 home and contents to the ground. But the most tragic case was the fire that burned three children who were playing with gasoline kept in the house. One youngster was burned over 21 per cent of his body. ‘The ‘National Safety Coun- cil also reports how fires and explosions have been caused by people cleaning paint brushes or arts, pected sources will set off a violent explosion,” says one expert. - Other common sense safe- ty tips include storing gas- oline only in clearly marked, metal containers away from the house and children, never smoking around any amount of gas, and using it only in well-ventilated areas outside living quarters. Mount Sentinel news By JOANNE HENDRIX Things have been very busy at Mount Sentinel this past month. The Student Council is planning many new activities after finishing others with a great amount of success. The Student Council is made up of eager students representing each class, The executive consists of six senior stu- dents who are striving to make this year at Mount Sentinel a good one. Presi- _dent is Philip Chernenkoff; vice-president, Tereca Mal- off; secretary, Sharon Oliver; sports rep., Kari Essery; social rep, Brent Woods; PR rep., Joanne Hendrix; and treasurer, Tracy Lipsack. Clubs are going well with three of the six weeks al- ready over. Students joined many new interesting clubs such as bachelor foods, the computer club, paper tole and cheerleading. The fall dance — the first dance of the year — was held on Oct. 16. The band was “Crisis” from Vancouver and everyone who went really : enjoyed themselves. On Oct. 30, it was back- wards day. Since many peo- ple had their clothes on back- wards, it was really confus- ing to tell if they were com- ing or going! The grads held a Hallo- ween dance on Oct. 30 to raise money. It was well at- tended with a variety of colorful costumes. Mount Sentinel teams are doing extremely well. The Senior Girls Volleyball team has won the West Kootenay Single “A” volleyball cham- pionship and now will go to Kelowna on Nov. 25 to com- pete in the Provincial Cham- pionships. We are all proud that they have done so well and we hope that they will continue to do so in the Pro- vincials. The Senior Boys all qualify for the Junior team and play in the 15-and-under category. Kinnaird W.1. hosts coffee party Kinnaird Women's Insti- tute held a successful Coffee Party and Bake Sale in the Senior Citizens Centre on P refueling hot engines or siphoning gas. Gasoline vapor has been ignited by sparks from wash- ers and dryers, light swit- ches, electric garage door- openers and even static elec- tricity from clothes. Pilot lights in water heaters and stoves are common ignition sources, too, the council re- ports. The most effective safety measure is to realize the danger gasoline poses when you're using it. “Remember that fumes gather quickly and a wide variety of unex- A table of tea, coffee and goodies was set up by the kitchen staff for the guests to help themselves, The -hall was filled to capacity when WI president Marg Dulstrud extended a welcome to all present and declared the sale officially open for business. The tea tables looked very pretty with a centre piece of a small ceramic holder with a flower in the centre of it. In charge of a well-laden craft table was Mrs. Doris Sweeney. The bake table was supervised by Mrs. Rita Koehle, Mrs. Phyllis Phipps and Mrs. Margaret Ford. Mrs. Sophia Janicki and Mrs. Elaine Jackman looked after the sewing table. The kitchen needs were well looked after by Mrs. Kay Bate, Mrs. Muriel Heagy, Mrs. Ellen Cormier, Mrs. Marg Brownlee, Mrs. Molly Klesniki, Mrs. Mildred and Mrs. Helen Bonacci. Door tickets were sold by Mrs. Helen York, Draw tickets were sold by Mrs. Maureen Geotting. The door prize was won by Mrs. Edith Wilson and the Madonna was won by Mrs. M. Lacey. The W.I. extends its thanks to all who helped make the day such a success. They placed second in the league behind Salmo, beating WE Graham, Grand Forks and Nakusp.*Now they will play in the zone finals to try to win a berth in the B.C. Winter Games to be held in Trail this year. Only one team in the West Kootenays is able to go so we at MS are wishing our senior boys the best of iuck, The girls volleyball team in the 15-and-under category played well in their playdays, If they play to the best of their ability this weekend in Grand Forks there is hope that they will place first or second, The Junior Girls Volleyball team hosted the third annual MS Grade 8 volleyball tour- nament which was a large success, MS won seven games and lost onc, They played Trafalgar in the finals and defeated them to take the trophy. The Junior Boys (Grade 8) tournament was won by Kin- naird. MS boys did not fair as well as the girls and finished the day winning three games and losing five. Future activities in thé planning process are a school newspaper, a Christmas dance and a Skating Day. Local reps study health care system Six representatives from the Castlegar and Trail area joined over 350 participants in Vancouver recently for a three-day educational semin- ar for trustees of hospitals and long term care facilities. Among those attending from Castlegar and District Hospital were Carl Henne, Jack Young, Terry Rogers and Administrator Ken Tal- arico; from Trail Regional Hospital: Mrs. Jean Downie and Mrs. Winnifred Rae. The Trustee Orientation and Ci inar presented by the B.C. Health Association — for- merly known as the B.C. Hospital Association. The courses are designed to instruct new trustees about the provincial and fed- eral health care system. They also outline the roles, res- ponsibilities and accountabil- ities of trustees for hospitals, long term care facilities and other health care agencies. In addition, the three-day conference provides ad- vanced instruction and dis- Conference is an annual sem- for experienced trustees. 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Several hundred regiater- ed delegates at the confer- ence ‘represented a wide variety of groups and organ- izations both from the estab- lished peace movement and from all walks of life. The common purpose of the con- ference was to bring an end to the nuclear arms race, reverse it, and dismantle the existing nuclear arsenal. Operation Dismantle has proposed the idea of a global referendum on disarmament as a means of putting press- ure on governments to re- verse the arms race. The world vote concept has been endorsed by 78 municipal izations, including the National Union of Students, the Canadian Council of Churches, and the Canadian Labour Congress. The world vote has also been endorsed by 111 MPs in Ottawa (42 Liberals, 36 Conservatives, and all 88 New Democrats). It is hoped that the Canad- ian government would spon- sor the Global Referendum concept at the UN. The initiative has been raised in ithe House of Commons three times (once by a member of each party), and on the third time it nearly attained the _Unanimous support such a motion requires. Tho lobby- ing continues, The overwhelming con- sensus of the Ottawa con- ference was thet the nucle: disarmament issue is of the highest priority to all people on earth; failure to reapond effectively with a prompt and energetic effort will almost certainly guarantee annihil- ation of the human race, The title of Mr. Verigin's prenentation was “An Idea Whose Time Has Come”, The USCC delegation also included Jim E. Popoff and James D. Kolesnikoff, mem- bers of the USCC Committee for Peace and Disarmament. Participants at the confer- ence come from all parts of Canada, including the ‘North- west Territories and New- foundland. Must do it themselves VANCOUVER (CP) — If Canadians want to own homes before they're 30, they'll have to manage it on’ their own and not come crying to the federal govern- ment for help, Prime Min- ister Trudeau said Tuesday. Trudeau directed his com- ments to a caller on an open- line television show who complained that high interest rates doubled his mortgage chartered accountant who bought a house for $80, well below the average cost of a home here, Trudeau replied: “You're not exactly poor.’ He said most older people had little chance of owning a house before they were 35. “I don’t think the nation has to guarantee everybody that he'll own his own home before 30,” said Trudeau. Nel- son, Grand Forks and Van- couver) representing over four million Canadians, and by more than 60 organ- when he his mortgage in September. When, in answer to Tru- deau’s questions, the caller said he was a 29-year-old the prime min- ister also told the caller’ that because he pays between 40 and 50 per cent of his income on housing costs, he qualifies for assistance outlined in the recent federal budget. Trudeau also rejected de- mands by interviewer Jack Webster to renew the Mul- tiple-Unit Residential Build- ing program which is to end Dec. 81. The program was started as a special incentive to encourage housing construc- tion but had become an “enormous” tax loophole for “lawyers, doctors and radio interviewers,” he said. “It's time you people started paying your taxes.” Spawning channel underway H. Andrusak, regional fisheries biologist for the Fish and Wildlife Branch in Nelson has announced that construction of a new spawning channel at Red- fish Creek is currently well underway. The channel is located immediately east of Red- fish Creek just below High- way No. 8 bridge. When finished it will be nearly 2,500 feet long and 4 feet wide. Fisheries staff and contractors have been hard at work for the last two months and now contruc- tion is nearly complete for _ this’ year. a TES channel has been excavated to grade, spawn- ing gravel has been placed in most of the channel and a lower counting fence has just been built. Early next spring the main division structure will be built on Redfish Creek just below the highway bridge. All work should be finished in time for spawning kokanee in early August of 1982. Andrusak said that the Redfish Creek channel is critically important for re- vival of the West Arm kokanee fishery which is currently closed. “The channel is designed to support about 5,000 spawners. We expect about a 50 per cent egg-fry survival rate which is 10 times what the natural stream is capable of pro- ducing. If all goes accord- ing to our plans, a surplus, of 80-40,000 adult fish will be produced annually for use by the fishermen. The West Arm will remain closed until the West Arm kokanee stock has recoy- ered. “I am very optimistic about this particular chan- nel and I believe it will goa Documents denied with gag order MONTREAL (CP) — Sev- enteen RCMP officers are going to have to without sen- sitive federal government documents as evidence in their attempt to have a series of criminal charges against them thrown out of court. A gag order was signed by Solicitor-General Robert Kaplan and introduced Tues- day in sessions court by federal lawyer Jospeh Nuss to block introduction of 33 documents that describe in detail steps taken by Ottawa to fight Quebec's indepen- The order, issued under the secrecy powers of the Federal Court Act, says 26 documents cannot be made public because the tradition of cabinet confidentiality would be breached. The re- maining documents touch on national security or would harm international relations if made public. The secrecy order does not. cover 42 other documents that defence lawyers have requested from Ottawa. Defence lawyer Pierre La- said no more wit- dence The affidavit also forbids witnesses to discuss the doc- nesses will be called because the order prevents key doc- uments from being discussed. long way towards solving the Balfour sportfishing problem. A bonus feature of this channel is that it: may also be capable of producing some’ rainbow trout for the'West Arm.” The importance of im- proving the West Arm fishery should not be un- derestimated. West Arm fishing, pi larly at Bal- project was made Symposium is for grieving VANCOUVER (CP( — Mullen says he was hit with disbeliefe, shock and despair upon hearing his son Bradley, just eight hours old, had died. “I was angry at the doctors for not saving him, and I was angry at our son for not living,” said Mullen's wife, Jill, “We had nine months’ at- tachment to that child, even though he lived a short eight hours on the outside.” The Mullens were among the panelists at a Grieving Symposium attended by about 100 parents, social workers and health profes- sionals, Laurie Brant of the Mat- ernal Health Society, which parents A training program is under way to help health . professionals cope with this aspect of their jobs, Mils said, “Nurses say they are deep- ly touched by deaths on their wards, but most feel they don’t know what to say to help parents,” she said. Staff & has found that parents’ guilt and pain can be reduced if. they are allowed more in- volvement in the care of a dying child during his hos- pital stay. Dr. Syd Segal, of the Uni- versity of B.C. medical schools, said there are plans for a grief counselling centre in the new Chidren’s Hos- pital. A father who lost a child through sudden infant the said she realized the need for such a service when parents called wondering how to deal witht he trauma ofa stillbirth or miscarriage. “We want to explore the issue, share the problems and establish the needs of par- ents,” which-might include a support group, she said. Panelist Dr. Bernd Witt- mann, director of Vancouver General Hospital's obstetri- cal ultrasound unit, criticized medical schools for neglect- ing to train students in deal- ing with bereaved parents. Obstetrics, billed as “glor- ious and beautiful,” is often a “disaster area” where at least 50 per cent of all end in through the Habitat En- hancement Fund recently announced by 8S. Rogers, minister of environment. This fund was established a8 a direct result of rev- enue generated by the new $8 surcharge imposed on all fishing and hunting li- cences. : Andrusak. said -“En- four generates several mil- lion dollars’ worth of busi- ness annually and adds significantly to the local economy. - 7 ‘e ney Reg. 15. Moultnex 2 Electric Knife Save over: 33% Reg. the West Arm kokanee at Redfish Creek was rated as the highest priority project in the province this year. Next year we hope to start miscarriage, stillbirth, abor- tion or death from other causes, he said. “Grieving for a miscarriage can be as severe as for a loss later on,” he said, adding that delivering a stillborn infant is one of the most difficult tasks facing obstetricians. Doctors must be prepared to support parents during such an experience, or “they shouldn't be in this kind of | business,” Wittmann added. Panelist Barbara Mills, co- ordinator of nursing educa- tion for the new Children's: death Segal coun- sels parents himself. Bereavement causes pain that can take up to a year to heal, said Shirley Powell, grief counsellor with the Pastoral Institute of B.C. “People have to cry and need to talk about the exper- ience in order to heal,” she said. ‘ The Mullens hope to form a support group for. grieving parents. “We don't want one couple out there not to have some- bouy to talk to,” Mrs. Mullen said. f Labor dispute ‘in USSR confirmed TOGLIATTI, USSR (AP) — Soviet automotive officials have confirmed that a labor dispute occurred in 1960 at the country’s largest car plant here, but insisted that workers’ complaints were resolved without strikes. 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