_ Casthagar News Apxit2s. 1986 Yanks your advertising dollars do better in... waste food MONTREAL (CP) Americans throw out almost $12 billion U.S. of edible food each year — as well as a fair amount of cash, says a leading American “garbolo- gist.” or garbage expert Studies of U.S. trash also indicate that Americans lie about their food and alcohol consumption, said William Rathje, a University of Ari zona anthropology professor who has spent 12 years sifting through scientifically selécted rubbish. Americans — if their gar bage is to be believed drink far more booze and eat more junk food than they admit to, Rathje told the an “nual meeting of the Grocery Products Manufacturers of Canada “You can eat only so many sprout sandwiches before you have to have a Twinkie virtually everyone has this internal contradiction.” Although there no specific studies to prove it, Rathje suspects Canadians have the same consumer and trash habits as Americans. And he thinks much of the waste could be eliminated if consumers were better edu cated about what and how much to buy at the super. market. Rathje’s studies indicate the average household in Tueson, Ariz., discards 15 per cent of all the solid food it buys. This amourits_te“about $11 million a year for Tucson alone and $11.7 billion for the whole country Much of this waste is understandable — tiny left overs, potato peels and the like. But a significant per. centage is the result of buying more perishable food than can be used, he said. Rathje, who has studied garbage cans of both the rich and the poor, finds that waste patterns generally’ cut through class differences. “But how mueh_you cut off the vegetables has to do with your income. The higher your income, the higher up the as- paragus stalk you cut.” Rathje said Americans also toss out a significant amount of money each year, especi ally at Christmas when en velopes of gift money gets thrown out with the wrap ing paper. 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The $500,000 winning number in Friday's Provincial lottery draw is §954483. ight Sov Time 50 Cents 2 Sections (A & B) { Composing Room Foreman MOCK EMERGENCY .. . Fireman and ambulance at- tendent (above) work quickly to strap injured passenger to stretcher during emergency exercise Wednesday evening. Firemen were olso called to help put out blaze (right) in abandoned house CosNews Photos by Chery! Coiderbonk DISASTER EXERCISE A SUCCESS By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer A charter bus from Vancouver heading back to Nelson went off the road on the Highway 3 interchange in Castlegar Wednesday night. The bus, carrying 21 passengers, went out of control when it lost its steering rod coming down the hill. The bus tipped over on its side, injuring the passengers and gas from the bus leaked down the hill, starting an old building on fire. At least that’s how the story went. In fact, the accident was part of a simulated exercise to test the ability of local emergency agencies to react And according to the municipal emergency program coordinator, the exercise was a success. Frank Steven said that during the debriefing agencies involved reported “almost no problems.” Problems that were identified in a similar exercise last year — such as positioning of emergency vehicles didn’t happen this year. And this year's exercise was more difficult, Steven said. The exercise, located on property next to the Highway 3 interchange, was not as easily accessible for emergency vehicles as last year’s mock disaster held near the Community Complex “It was very easy for the ambulance to get in-and out of the site (last year),” said Steven. “In most cases it doesn’t happen that way,” Steven said, adding that this year's site was more logical. The victims had to be carried out on stretchers from the crash site to the waiting ambulances. The exercise involved the RCMP, fire departments from Castlegar and Areas I and J, Castlegar Ambulance, Municipal Emergency Program, the Castlegar Hospital and the Castlegar Ministerial Association, Steven said that in order to keep the exercise confidential oaly “very few people” knew of it “One never knows when there's going to be an accident,” he said. The first call came in at 6:39 p.m. and the first response vehicle — the RCMP — were on the scene at 6:40. The RCMP became the on-scene command. The fire department was next on the scene. The first ambulance arrived at 6:48. In 10 minute's time ‘the first patients were on their way to Castlegar Hospital The RCMP also protected the roads into the hospital by redirecting people who were not victims or not involved in the exercise. Inquiries were directed to the Central Kootenay Health Unit located just below the hospital Six doctors were at the hospital within six minutes of the call The Castlegar Fire Department began fighting the fire and departments from Areas | and J were called in as the fire situation worsened. The departments initially put on standby “We were able to use a combined operation effect said Steven. “It worked very well.” Steven said a representative of the ministerial association was on hand at the hospital, when called, to give assistance and words of encouragement to relatives of vietims and to answer questions. Once the victims were out of critical condition and up in the hospital rooms, the minister was to talk to them One of Steven's responsibilities as MEP coordinator is to test emergency agencies “reasonably frequently,” he said. “Until you put something like this together, you really can't identify any of the (problem) areas.” were IN PROPOSED BUDGET Homeowners to pay $70 more By RON NORMAN Editor Castlegar school board is considering having area homeowners pay for a $400,000 shortfall in its 1986-87 budget. The move would cost the owner of a home d at $55,000 an jitional board is considering a 1986-87 opera- ting budget of $8.577 million. That's an inerease of $62,000 from last year's operating budget, but $397,564 more than the funding level set by the provincial government. $79 in school taxes next year. Even so, the board could still be foreed ‘to close several of the smaller schools. “Oné Of the options is school cio- sures," board chairman Kay Johnson said Friday. “That's a very real pos- sibility.” The board held a five-hour infor. mation meeting Friday where inter. ested parents and organizations could pick up details of the proposed budget After a weekend to digest the infor mation, the public will be invited back to the board office Monday from 9 a.m. 2 p.m. to make suggestions. The information sheet handed out to the handful of groups and individuals who showed up Friday reveals that the Village By CasNews Staff The Kootenay Doukhobor Historical Scoiety has already started rebuilding the Doukhobor Village destroyed by fire last fall. Society president Jack Polonicoff told 30 people at the society's annual meeting Thursday night that the society has hired four people under a MILAP (Modified Industrial Labor Adjustment Program) grant to dis mantle an old Doukhobor house in Raspberry Village The materials will be used to rebuild one wing of the former village so a caretaker can live on the premises. The wing will also be used to store artifacts. “What we are going to do is start with this one so we can find out what the bugs would be for rebuilding, not using wood as much as possible,” Pol onicoff said in an interview But he said that the society will still stay within the decor and style of the old Doukhobor buildings. “Because of the restrictions of the insurance companies, one of the rea sons for doing this is that we would like to show the companies how far we are willing to go,” Polonicoff said “The insurance company would like to have buildings more fireproof,” he added. “We will sacrifice some’ of the authenticity for practicality.” But the dimensions will basically be the same, he said “Where there might have been cedar facing, there will be old Doukhobor brick facing. Where there might have been a wooden floor will be a concrete floor made in a way that looks like wood.” The society is also studying the use of electronic alarm systems, which would be monitored by the RCMP. And the society has committed itself to building a firehall in QOotischenia The society has agreed to provide $20,000 towards an Ootischenia fire hall “We have to have protection,” Pol onicoff The pi has given the district only $8.03 million — down $257,000 from the 1985-86 funding level. The district's revenue from other sources has also fallen some $55,000 from last year ‘The board originally set its proposed 1986-87 operating budget at $8.75 mil- lion, but was forced to trim the budget in the face of sharply declining enrol ment. “The drop is extremely significant over the last two weeks,” Johnson said. She pointed out that while the Min istry of Education estimates the dis- trict will have the equivalent of 2,254 full-time students at the end of Sep- tember, the district projects only 2,204 students — er a drop of 50 students, from the ministry projection and 100 begins Society director Colin Pryce, in a letter to Castlegar council said, “It is imperative for us to improve our insur. ance position, so we have firstly agreed to provide funds toward building an Ootischenia firehall.” Area J director Martin Vanderpol is spearheading the drive for a firehall. The society has also opted to take part in a water distribution system planned by the nearby National Exhibition Centre He said the NEC has applied for a TIDSA (Tourism Industry Develop ment Subsidy Agreement) grant for water, which will extend and cover the society's projects, Polonicoff said. NEC director Lucille Doucette said a preliminary application has been sub mitted to TIDSA, for $250,000. The Council students from September 1985. “And that's conservative,” Johnson She said the ministry has stated that its funding level will be adjusted once the actual enrolment in September is known. Johnson indicated that if the board went by the ministry's figures, it could be faced with cutbacks in December. “We would be cutting funding in The budget also projects there will be the equivalent of seven fewer teachers in the district. Last--year_the district had 134 full-time equivalent teachers. This year it estimates only 127 will be hired. The $8.577 million budget doesn't include a host of programs and services. cut since 1982, including learning as sistants, preparation time, elementary continued on poge A2 ildi grant would provide funds io dig a deeper well and install an extended series of pipes in order to provide adequate water services. The NEC is also “asking for other things” in its grant application, Doucette said. The Historical Society is also looking for funding from TIDSA. “Government representatives have already been here and are interested in the project,” Polonicoff said. “But it has to be carefully planned out.” Polonicoff told the meeting that rebuilding the village will cost double if not triple — the original con struction cost He said later that the money the society receives from its insurance company will only cover about half of continued on poge A2 rescinds gas conversion By CasNews Staff A little more than a month after it decided to convert all city vehicles to propane fuel, Castlegar council has changed its mind. The vehicles won't be converted to propane after all. It was felt it wasn't an economically viable thing,” Ald. Albert Calderbank said Calderbank also cited rapidly falling gas prices as another reason for the decision He also said only three of the city’s 25 vehicles would have been converted to propane anyway Council said at a March 11 meeting that 20 of the 25 city vehicles would be converted to propane at a cost of $26,000. However, council indicated then that the cost of conversion would be recovered in less than 18 months. In other news council gave third reading oa bylaw to rezone a lot at the north end of the city’s industrial park from rural single family to specialized industrial. Korpak Cement Products of Trail intends to construct a ready mix plant on the site. Korpak spokesman Elmo Ferraro said he plans to operate two cemen trucks out of the new plant “We've always supplied concrete out here,” Ferraro said. “This is just going to facilitate us giving a little better service.” Ferraro said the plant should be operating before the end of June. As well, council gave third reading to a bylaw to rezone property adjacent to the Castlegar Hyundai dealership from single family rural to single family residential and multifamily residen tial West Kootenay Properties proposes to develop a 13-lot subdivision on the property