August 17, 1986 as! Casthégar New 7 CHILD SAFETY: MORE LAWS COMING Editor's mote: More federal safety regulations are coming for baby products, but parents still must be watehful to protect infants from injury or death. This is . the first of two articles on child safety . ‘ - - Md MARLENE ORTON ‘ a eho Belczyk leads Canadians in races for children's babies stil! suffocate in cribs, fall from monkey bars on to concrete and crash headlong down stairways to their deaths. Regulations govern design and construction of products ranging from rattles to toy chests, playpens to car seats — and more are coming. ; K.G. ipo product safety branch of the pray me ee second in 1:38.08 and Franz Heinzer was Consumer and te Affairs Department believes 2 . the government must help protect children because they - Bolting powerfully from the starting gate, Mueller used experience in handling the tricky opening series of gates on 8 slope as steep as 71 degrees. “T had to take those turns easy,” he said. “I've learned to stand light on the skis and let them go where they like.” Heinzer, who skied second on a course that grew softer and ‘slower as temperatures rose, spent a nervous hour are not able to protect themselves. However, he says that only a fraction of potentially watehing 70 other skiers from 14 countries take a shot at Alpiger could beat him. “Drive a Little to Sove a Lot he Going away to college? 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He clung tightly to the snow, made icy by temperatures Castlegar's Felix Belezyk led the large Canadian - contingent at two World Cup downhill races Friday and Saturday in Las Lenas, Argentina. Belezyk finished in 22nd place Saturday in one minute 40.50 seconds and was 24th on Friday in 1:40.12. Three-time downhill champion Peter Mueller won Friday's race, leading a Swiss sweep of the top three places in the opening event of the 1986-87 season. ‘The 28-year-old Mueller, whose downhill victory total is surpassed only by the 25 of Austria's Franz Klammer, completed the Mereury course at the remote Andean resort in 1:37.69. Karl Alpiger, winner of both downhills contested here hazardous products on the market are covered by government regulations: “The demand (on staff time and financial resources) has exceeded our capacity to provide what's needed.” Accidents and violence have emerged as prime causes of injury and death among children now that medicine has erased many diseases. Dr. Barry Pless of Montreal Children’s Hospital, in a 1982 report, said that the major causes of death “no longer are the classic triad of heart and lung diseases and Other 32nd in 1:41.71, Rob Boyd of Whistler, 1:42.86 for 43rd, Donald 49th in 1:43.52; Chris Melver, in 1:41.91. Stevens, Rossland, Rossland, 68rd in 1:46.17. Chris Melver of Rossland, was 56th in 1:42.75; Donald NEXT ON LIST: malignancies. “Rather, it is accidents and other forms of (violence) _ that have leaped into prominence.” ALERT PARENTS [ In the absence of all-encompassing safety laws, accident prevention is vigordusly promoted by all kinds of community groups, the medical profession and the government — starting with parents-to-be in childbirth ed - But, says Dr. Bill James, an Ottawa pediatrician and a director of the Canadian Pediatrie Society, even repeated warnings about unsafe cribs, babywalkers and other hazards are not enough to make many parents take safety seriously. “They say it could never happen to me,” James says. The result, says Shirley Post, executive director of an Ottawa lobby group called the Canadian Institute for Child Health,-is often an abuse or over-use of some equipment, like babywalkers, where children are sometimes left for too long and without close supervision. WALKERS NEXT by early next year. ‘What else is in store? New rules are in the works for cribs and fire-resistant sleepwear that should be in force by next year. Tougher federal laws are slated for next year on child-resistant drug containers for ASA (best known under the trade name Aspirin) and acetaminophen, which probably every parent knows as Tempra or Tylenol. High chairs and baby gates are next up for Vevereeet equipment could be next to come Health is campaigni: for regu’ equipment. CosNews Photo government review. But Gupta says furniture manufac- turers are following American companies by building in new safety features, like lap belts and sturdy bases that won't tip over with a fidgety baby in a high chair. The troublesome accordian-style baby gates that invite pinched fingers and hands have generally been eliminated from the market. ACT ON CRIBS A string of crib deaths in the last two years involving the mattress support system — in which the mattress rests on a kind of stretcher that’s hooked on to the crib frame — prompted another round of crib standards. By later this year, it will be illegal in Canada to sell a detachable mattress support that can unhook and allow a baby to slide down against the frame — a principal cause of suffocation. “And after this (crib problem) passes, there will probably be something else,” says Don Fisher, president ‘of the furniture division of Simmons Ltd. of Toronto, which makes baby cribs. Recently, a warning went out about playpens that fold like umbrellas, because babies were getting caught in corners when the playpens weren't properly unfolded. ‘Then parents were warned to remove a strap used to keep the playpen closed because children were getting tangled in them. TESTED STROLLERS In 1982, lightweight folding strollers had to pass stability tests ensuring they wouldn't tip easily and were required to have lap belts and brakes. In 1970, toy chests had to be built with air holes to protect children from suffocation in case the boxes were used for hide-and-seek. There are still more laws — prohibiting detachable eyes ands noses on stuffed toys and dolls, for example — and more are coming. “Babies are a big market out there,” says Post, now ing for regulated play; Phone 365-7266 1986 HYUNDAI PONY 1985 HYUNDAI STELLAR 1984 TOYOTA COROLLA 1982 MAZDA GLC 4-DR. 1982 FORD MUSTANG GT 1980 HONDA ACCORD 1980 CHEVY CITATION 1979 CHEVY CAMARO 228 1978 PONTIAC ACADIAN 1977 DODGE CHARGER 1977 DODGE ASPEN S.W. 1953 CHRYSLER WINDSOR i lor ground eq Adds Gupta: “Liability cases in the United States have been an eye-opener for the industry. So now manufacturers are realizing they cannot afford to add safety as an afterthought, as an ornament. 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The Blue Jays opened the game with a four-run first inning against knuckle- baller Charlie Hough, 9-8, and put the game away with a six-run fifth. Hough, who hasn't won since July 12, is 0-4 in his last seven starts. Key has allowed only two hits going into the sixth, but the Rangers ruined his shutout bid with a one-out single by Oddibe McDowell and a run-scoring double by Scott Fletcher. The Toronto left-hander struck out four and walked one to improve his record to 11-8. Right-handers Dennis Lamp and Bill Caudill worked the eighth and ninth, respectively, al- lowing one hit. Consecutive doubles by Willie Up- shaw and Lloyd Moseby produced the first of Toronto's six runs in the fifth. A fielding error by right fielder Pete Incaviglia and a walk loaded the bases for Whitt, who stroked a tworun double to right. Two outs later, Damaso Garcia capped the uprising by slamming Hough's first pitch into the left-field bleachers for a three-run homer, his sixth of the season. A two-run double by Jesse Barfield in the sixth gave the Jays an ll-run cushion and signalled the end for Hough, who tied a Texas club record by tossing four wild pitches in the game. Whitt drove in the final run of the game with an eight-inning double off Greg Harris after Barfield drew his fourth walk of the game, tying a club record. Tony Fernandez launched Toronto's four-run first with a leadoff homer, his eighth of the year, that curled just inside the right-field foul pole. Upshaw Whitt stroked a run-scoring single to right and Garth lorg chased Barfield home with a two-out single through the left side of the infield. Whitt was tagged out trying to advance to third on the play. TIGERS 12 RED SOX 6 BOSTON (AP) — Lou Whitaker led a 21-hit attack with a double and two Nursing a 7-5 lead, the Tigers the bases with one out in the eighth inning against reliever Sammy Ste wart, then scored five times on & bases-loaded walk by reliever Joe Sambito and Herndon's grand slam on the next pitch. The homer was Herndon’s fifth and the first grand slam of his career. Morris, 15-7, allowed nine hits in seven innings, including three by Tony Armas. INDIANS 2 ORIOLES 1 CLEVELAND (AP) — Phil Niekro won the 309th game of his career, losing his shutout in the ninth inning on an Eddie Murray homer, and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Balti- more Orioles 2-1 Saturday. Niekro, 9-9, moved past Charles (Old Hoss) Radbourn and into 13th place on the all-time victory list. Tom Seaver of the Boston Red Sox is in 12th place with 310 career triumphs. if ul Fa gf at Candlestick Park. He gave up seven Wits, struck out seven and walked two, leaving after a one-out RBI single by Bob Brenly in the ninth. AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Canadians win gold By GEOFF FRASER MADRID (CP) — Even the loss of a swim cap at the start of their routine wasn't enough to faze Canadians Carolyn Waldo and Michelle Cameron in their gold medal performance Saturday night at the fifth world aquatic championships. “That was the best routine we could get out of our selves this year,” said Cameron, 23, of Calgary. after she and her partner won routinely the synchronized swimming duet final with 99.00 points for a total score of 196.267. Cameron and Waldo, who were paired as a duet team competition they have entered. Sarah and Karen Josephson, 22-year-old American twin sisters, won the silver with 193.401 points, including a score of 98.20 in the routine final. The bronze went to Megumi Itoh and Mikako Kotani of Japan with 185.467 points. It was the third consecutive Canadian duet victory at the world championships, but the first time a Canadian pair has won the routine final. NEAR PERFECT “['m really pleased with the marks,” Cameron said of the six 9.9s and one 9.8 awarded by the judges of a possible score of 10. “It would have been nice to see one 10 but it was a 10 for us to win the routine. “We wanted to come out ahead in the routine when they (the Americans) swam their best, too. They did, so we knew we had swam our best when we came out on top.” ~ Waldo's partial swim cap came loose at the beginning of their routine and the 21-year-old Montreal native was forced to rip it off her head and discard it when changing from one movement to the next while submerged. “| think that broke the tension; I could feel everyone laughing at me,” said Waldo, who won the solo gold medal Friday night. “It was @ little distraction but I don't think we could have swam any better. just 1 years ago, have yet to be defeated in any '* “I feel great. I wasn't expecting it to be such a walkaway. I thought it was going to be a lot closer.” The Soviet Union made its first appearance in y ized swimming at the world championships and finished seventh of the eight finalists. Canadians Michelle Calkins and Helen Vandeburg won the world duet title in 1978. Compatriots Sharon Hambrook and Kelly Kryezka took the 1982 title. TEAM GOLD The final synchronized swimming gold medal is up for grabs Wednesday night in the team event, with Canada leading the Americans by eight-tenths of a point. “It's going to be a tough competition,” said Waldo, who trains with Cameron with the Calgary Aquabelles. “Both routines look really, really good. “It's going to be a toss-up, but we're going for gold again.” The women's three-metre springboard diving gold medal went to Min Gao, a 15-year-old from Chengdu, China, who dominated the event and finished 33 points clear of teammate Yihua Li, who was second. Gao, competing for the first time in Europe though she has competed in Vancouver and New Zealand, compiled 582.90 points. Li was runner-up with 549.42 and the bronze medal went to Marina Bobkova of the Soviet Union with 525.21 points. Debbie Fuller, 20, of Pointe-Claire, Que., finished 10th of the 12 finalists with 458.25 points. Kathy Kelemen, 20, of Calgary, was 11th win 438.90. “I made a few mistakes, but I'm very happy.” Gao said through an interpreter. Also making a few mistakes, but not as happy, was the Canadian men's water polo team, which lost 96 to France. The defeat meant the Canadians finished third in their group with a 1-1-1 won-lost-tied record and now play in the bottom half of the 15-team competition. Canada has never finished higher than 14th at the three world championships. ‘HOCKEY CAMP . . . Player Canada captures bronze MOSCOW (CP) — Bev Smith of Salmon Arm, B.C., seored 19 points as Canada captured third place in the women's world ball pi practices scoring techniques during Kootenay Hockey College at Castlegar Community Comple: development camp for 8-17-year-olds begon Monday. x. The two-week skills —Conttows Photo Two draft picks © to attend camp CALGARY (CP) — Two of the top five picks in the National Hockey League draft this year are attending the Canadian Olympic team's training camp which began Saturday in Cal gary. ships Saturday with a 64-59 victor, over Czechoslovakia. Anna Yanozhtinova and Ivana Koti. kova collected 12 points each for the Czechoslovakians, who finished in fourth place. The heavily favored U.S. team was to face the Soviet Union today for the Canada opened fast, outscoring the Czechoslovakians 10-2 in the first five minutes. The Czechoslovakians came back to even the score with 9:37 left in the first half, and briefly took a two-point lead. A jumper by Vancouver's Debbie Huband tied the score at 19. The Czechoslovakians were able to keep it close, tying the score repeatedly, but a last-second 10-foot shot by Smith gave the Canadians a 38-81 halftime ad vantage. Canada kept the lead throughout the second half to win. — at the 1979 women's world cham pionships in South Korea. “It was a slow-going game against the Czechs,” said Canadian head coach Wayne Hussey of Orleans, Ont. “we did well, got the lead, then we had to st their zone offence “Our defence kept us in it until we got our offence going again in the middle of the second half.” Huband and Carol Hamilton of Sud bury, Ont., each had 10 points. The Canadians suffered only two losses in the championships, including a "77-76 loss to the pre-tournament Eavored Soviets. To qualify for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Canada must finish in the top six in a qualifying tournament :, “We still need a big centre,” said Hussey. The tallest player among the Canadian starters was Janet Fowler of Victoria at 6-foot-1. The Soviets have a eentre over 6-foot-8. But Zarley Zalapski and Shawn Anderson, who spent last year with the Olympic team, won't be accompanying the club on a 22-day tour of Europe beginning next week. Instead, they will attend NHL training camps and retain the option of rejoining the Olympic program should they fail to catch on with the clubs that drafted them Zalapski was picked fourth overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins and Anderson was drafted fifth by the Buffalo Sabres. They are among 29 players who will attend the camp. Twenty-three will be chosen for the European trip, which includes games in Finland and West Germany and a five-team tournament in the Soviet Union. It was rey last month that Olympic coach Dave King was not interested in inviting to camp players who planned to try their luck with NHL teams. But King said Friday he decided to bring Zalapski and Ander- son to camp with the understanding that they could not accompany the team to Europe. “They should go to a pro camp and have a look and find out where they fit in,” he said. “But we're looking after our own program first so they won't go to Europe. “I want to evaluate the players who may be with us through 1968. With the Calgary Winter Olympics just 18 months away, King wants players to make a firm commitme: mt to the Canadian program. “Any player on this year's team has ‘Yo guarantee he'll stay with us through the Olympics if we want him to stay,” said King, who was disappointed last winter by the mid-season defection of forward Peter Douris and goalie John Kemp to NHL organizations. Not coming to the camp are Mike Millar has signed with the Hartford Whalers and Ronning with the St. Louis Blues. But King said both players would be welcome to rejoin Team Canada if they don't make the NHL clubs. A total of eight returnees will be at the camp — Zalapski, Anderson, de- fencemen Brian Benning, Trent Yaw- ney and Chris Felix and forwards Don McLaren, Vaughn Karpan and Fabian Joseph. Forward Gord Sherven, who was with the team for the 1984 Olympics, the Minnesota North Stars. Sherven and forward Ray Cote both have NHL experience. King said it should be known by February whether the International Olympic Coimmittee will relax its eligibility rules to allow some former pros to compete. Thunderbirds returning to Castlegar for camp The Seattle Thunderbirds are re turning to the Castlegar Community Complex for their fourth Junior A hockey training camp. The Seattle Club competes in the tough Western Division of the Western Canada Major Junior Hockey League. The Thunderbirds last year made it to the playoffs, eventually losing to the Kamloops Chiefs. According to the Castlegar Recrea tion Department, Sheldon Ferguson, coach and general manager, expects 50 boys in camp on Aug. 26th for their development camp. This camp is fol lowed by the rookie camp and then the main camp gets underway Sept. 1 While in Castlegar, the club will be playing an exhibition game against the Spokane Chiefs who are holding their camp in Trail. The Club will be on the ice in the mornings from 8:30 a.m. to noon and in the afternoon from 2 - 4 p.m. All sessions are open to the public.