CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, March 1, 1976 The Scene at... KINNAIRD JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ‘The boys have decided— Mr. Orr is definitely the best basketball player on the teach- ers’ team, (Mr. Nelson and Mr. Long aren't to be trifled with, but Mr, Orr is the one to stop!) “Staff versus students" basketball games are popular entertainment up here, and @veryone has a thundering good time cheering for his side. ee Cheers, too, for Mr, Shep- pard’s home room! His class distinguished itself by selling 165 ticketes for the recent School Sports Draw. Real apst The grand total sold by our students was 1,496. This netted us $1,009.25 to keep for our- selves—a much appreciated bo- nanza. Alroady new uniforms for the girls have been partial- ly financed,.and other needy areas will be looked into, oe 8 “Tom Swifties” continue to flood our office. Here are more samples; “Talways wanted to be an Oscar Meyer Wiener,” said Harold frankly. “That knife is dangerous!" warned Mr. Martin sharply, “Throw me some sand- paper!” yelled Peter coarsely. * “Somebody picked my pocket," said Herbert flatly. “You're very transparent!". she shot back spiritedly, e 8 «8 Our Russian courses (intro- duced for the first time this year) have an‘ enthusiastic following. Russian 8 is a begin- ners’ course, Russian 9 is for more advanced students, and is made up of grade 8 and grade 9 students combined—those with some background: in the lan- guage. There is much emphasis on oral work at this stage, rather than on reading and writing skills, § es 8 8 Food Nutrition 9, another new course, is co-educational. Boys and girls together learn theory, and practice cooking skills. Cooking and Food Services is also co-educational. Here the emphasis is on practical work. While students seem quite keen on both courses, the boys tend to prefer the second. (There is more cooking—and consequent- ly more eating! Teresa Moroso won our last school spelling contest with “treacherous.” Only one-fifth of our student body was able to apell it correctly! . © 68 We have some more word pictures for you today, (As we copied them down, it was cold and the weather made them particularly ‘appropriate, Doubtless as you read them it will be raining cats and dogs . . Oh, welll) David Stewart ‘likes this one: “Mountains shawled in snow.” (We can see them from our windows today.) is Oddy Prefers: “Sleet wrapped the land in cello- phane," Cherly McLeod goes for this: “The morning was whisk- ered with frost.” PRINCE GEORGE is the heme of getlyweds Pamela Drysdale Johnson and George William Richard Fullerton who were married in that city Dec, 19. The bride Is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Johnson and the groom the san of Mr. end Mra, George B. Fullerton, Both families are of Castlegar. Matron of honor was Mra. Ronald Strelioff with Mr. Ronald Strelioff as best man, —W. D. West Studios Photo B.C. Conference on the Family ———— Looking at Values and Moralit B.C. Conference on the Family this week discusses values and morality: Note: Value has to do with the beliefs we have about the importance of people and things —e.g. we say that people are more important than things, and this thing is more im- portant than that thing, Morality has to do with the rightness or wrongness, the , goodness or badness of conduct or behavior, a, Most religions accept the sanctity of life, especially human life. Most religions attach importance to the qual- ity of human life. Is the family esssential to developing a’ de- sirable quality of life? Is one type of family ‘better at ‘this -than another? b. How do families help soctety hand down its valuea through the Letter to the Editor Seat Belts Encouraged Dear Sir: : Newspaper and TV adver- tisements, sponsored by the BO. dollars annually to pay for their hospital treatment, medical ex- penses and associated cos' The Australi i risking other people's necks, to say nothing of other people's money, for hospital, medical care, and increased insurance 7 BL, 8 ing drivers and to wear their seat-belts as a vital means of saving lives and reducing injuries in traffic accidents, The B.C. Safety Council not only endorse this view, we are firmly convinced by the life-preserving evidence about " seat-belts that the time is now ripe in British Columbia for a mandatory seat-belt law. Five years ago the Austral- ians led the way with such a law. Then New Zealand, And since that date, 10 European countries have followed suit, Most recently, Ontario has adopted this legislation. What convinced them? It is the fact that people wearing their seat-belta have a 56 per cent better chance of surviving in a crash, It-is also the fact that injuries are much less severe in crash when seat-belts are worn. This applies particularly to injuries involving head, face, spine, chest and the upper and lower extremities. These, when the driver or. Passengers are unrestrained, are very common sources of crippling and permanent disa- bilities, being responsible for h i ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION LOUNGE ~ OPEN -~ Fri, 4pm. + Sat. 1 pm. Dancing 9:30 - 1:30 a.m. Proper Dress - No Jeans Fri, & Sat., Mar. 12 & 13 the the lame, the blind... if the victims survive.. Quite aside from the hun- dreds of lives it would save and the injuries reduced or avoided, aseat-belt law would also bring * down our B.C. hospital costs by millions of dollars annually, At present, 80,000 or. so accident victims are hurt ser- jously enough each year in B.C, i i fe (and ts i shows clearly that a seat-belt law cuts down substantially on the number of crash victims + requiring hospitalization, And it also ‘cuts down on their average length of stay. With lighter injuries, they get well faster... This frees hospital beds, cuts operating costs, and—also important Among the big majority of drivers aiid passengers, we believe, this attitude is re- garded as selfish and danger- ous. They recognize that all of us who drive have a prime responsibility toward others who share the road. Concern has been ex- pressed’ about problems of pendi large new sums of money toadd still more hospital beds. Any way a mandatory seat-belt law is viewed, it has a great deal going for it on both ian exper- ience has shown that enforce- ment need not consist of a witch hunt. There, if a driver is stopped for some other reason, say apparent careless driving, the routine check and grounds. On the other hand, not enough of our citizens truly appreciate the extent of the benefits we would all enjoy, year in and year out, once we had this law. Of course, ‘there are the held-outs who criticize the law as an infringement on their personal freedom. Their opin- ion, apparently, is that if they want to risk killing themselves, and maybe their passengers too, they should be allowed to ignore the seat-belts and “die in freedom.” Maybe they should take up hang-gliding if they feel this way. Then they would not be includes seat-belt usage. Our information is, however, that police do not stop drivers for the sole reascn of checking for - unfastened seat-belts, The wearing of seat belts in Australia has become a way of life—a demonstrated way of preserving and saving life. We strongly urge the new B.C. administration to save the lives of hundreds of citizens and to pare ‘our hoépital costs by bringing forward a mandatory seat-belt law at the next session of the legislature. G.C. Blair Baillie President. B.C. Safety Council Nutrition Bugline require ‘longer or shorter periods. As a itcosts i of “New Company” CASTLEGAR Ascorbic acid is sometimes used in food preservation, What is its value? Answer: Ascorbie acid (vitamin C) is commonly used in the freeze- __ packing of fruits and vegetables to prevent color and oxidative changes. It is especially. ef- fective when used to preserve the color. of peaches. Most cookbooks will indicate how - much to use for various fruits, * about 4 p.m, that he said he had taken something into her and had become concerned. He telephoned the hospital where the nurse asked who his . family doctor was, When he replied .they- were. relatively family doctoy he was told Dr. R. B. Ward was the doctor on call, Mr. Lambert — said” he ‘contacted Dr. Ward and de- seribed Miss Tennant’s illness; that she was taking fruit juices, warm drinks and aspirin, - “He, indicated. I< should bring ‘her in, I went to put chains on. the pickup to get close to one of the doors. I lost one of the chains and couldn't get close to the-door and went. back into the house." Mr. Lambert said that he then telephoned the RCMP stating he was in need of an jemergency vehicle. He then went outdoors to be able to guide the vehicle, returning to the house periodically to check Miss Tennant, He telephoned the police a second time stating there would be a need for a four- wheel drive and, as testified by Cst. Ron Danilowich who was on duty Nov. 22, again tele- phoned the RCMP station five stating» that. the four-wheel drive was not -needed, there was one on.the scene. Ambulance attendant Paul ‘Thederahn ‘testified how the ambulance was dispatched in the required time schedule with the call-coming at 6 p.m. and that the ambulance co not negotiate the hill up Gibson Creek Road, five miles north of Castlegar, to. Mr.’ Lambert's residence, . He. said ‘three attempts were made before he and his partner, Dennis Hughes, com- mandeered a station - wagon owned by nearby, store-owner Nick Bonderoff. The ‘station wagon was said to have been ladened with boards, which on the second attempt “just barely” made it up the’ hill. We parked close to the building then extended a stretcher that had been re- moved from the ambulance ‘gtated Mr. Thederahn. “Mr. “Hughes entered the . house lumber to save time before entering the house myself,” he said. “Mr. Thederahn’ described the woman as being pale, having dilated eyes, the tongue was protruding between her teeth, and there was a cooling of the body. He said Mr. Hughes had given him a sign indicating he felt the woman was already dead. He said he checked her carotid pulse. Mr. Thederahn stated he had’a Class A industrial first aid ticket. When asked what it allowed him to do, he said to render ‘first aid if a patient is alive. He-said he has had a certificate for five years, Dr. Ward pronounced Miss Tennant dead on arrival at the hospital, He said he felt an autopsy should be performed as the cause of death could not be ascertained. It was the week: end and Castlegar Coroner Dr. C. S. Fowler was absent. When. he returned on the Monday, he agreed, pathologist Dr. Wei-Han Chou said Miss Tennant died of an internal cerebral haemorrhage commonly known as a’ stroke. He had performed an autopsy. on Miss Tennant'’s body and told the inquiry a stroke to the left side of the brain was the cause of death. While the body was in the morgue it. was tagged as Barbara Tennant. This incor- rect name and a date of death stated as Nov. 24, both ap- peared on the death certificate which Mr. Lambert recived, Although it was never. ex- plained why the name Barbara was used, Dr. Chou explained the incorrect date of death was a clerical error. id Mr. Lam- been issued. a death certificate with the cor- tect information because the doctor did not think he should have one until the incorrect one had been reclaimed: Department of highways foreman. in Castlegar, Aaron discussions with Mr. Lambert: about’ the order in which provincial roads in the area are plowed after a snowfall. “He's been fighting about this: prior’ ity system since he got here,” said Mr. Dube. Explaining that the crew is responsible for 181 ‘miles’ of roads, he said main highways and roads used by schoo! busds are the first to be cleared. Mr, Lambert noted that since Miss Tennant’s death the service has improved. Mr. Dube responded that the recent introduction of 24- hour snow-cléaring service had improved the service for the whole area. Mr. Dube described the grade of the hill leading to the Lambert home as 17 per cent , half way up and'21 per cent near the top. He said it was put in by the loca! people years ago.» before the government went into the district, He estimated it could have been in the '40's or late '30's but “we are stuck with it,” he said. Tom Willson said: there’ had been three inches of fresh snow on the day Miss Tennant died. “Do they (the residents of Gibson Creek Road) accept the fact that we haven't as-yet repealed the law of gravity?” asked the coronor, Castlegar ambulance: ad- ministrator Don Wickett said the ambulance does not have chains on the steel-belted radial snow tire and that the tires are soclose to the wall of the wheel well that the chains would soon be knocked off, Mr. Wicket also noted that he has attempted to obtain a four-wheel drive ambulance for more than two years now from Emergency Health Ser: vices, but has been unsuccess- ful, The Castlegar News was informed Friday that 2 1974 International Travelall four. wheel drive station wagon ambulance, owned by Castlegar Funeral Home, has been put into service. impnnd bussi tei pnpuice eid todee eee ee wo em tte o a