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B4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, January 27, 1982

Comirico sl shows upward tre

There was Fi significa

improvement in safety pers”

formance at Cominco's
operations in 1981 compared *
to the previous year, accord-
ing to Bob Buckley, Chief
Safety Officer for Cominco's

lost-timo injuries decreased
18 per cent compared with
1980.

Buckley said that plants
showing improved perfor-
mance generally hed an ag-
gressive approach to train-
ing, an active promotional
program, and paid particular
attention to work practices.

. Increased stability of the
work force also helped by
raising the experience level
of employees.

He said the safety perfor-

mance at. Trail is slightly
better than the average for
heavy industry.

One area of major improve-

eth at ‘Trail ‘was the lead.
smelter, where the number

,of, injuries were reduced by.

‘40 per cent.

Operating superintandens
‘Wayne Wyton credited
general improvement in at:
titude as a major factor in the
Smelter’s success over the:
‘last.year.

Overall at Trail in 1981,
Cominco work groups earned
176 B.C. Safety -Counell
Awards involving safety rec-~
ords totalling more than 12 |
million man hours... e

The awards, in order of
importance, are Bronze, : Sil-
ver, Gold, Award of Honor,
Award of Distinction, Award |
of Excellence, Yearly Bars
and a Million Man Hour
Award.

‘The total last year included
86 Bronze, 44 Silver, 26 Gold,

Lanes

11 Honor, four Distinction J

and five Yearly Bar awards. |

Hawaii_and Florida losing
Canadian tourists

By Paul Gessell
OTTAWA (CP) — Thou-
sands of -sun-worshipping
Canadians are forsaking their
annual pilgrimage to the
south this winter because of a
lack of cash.
Major tour operators say
their bookings are about 20
per ‘cent: lower than they
were at this time’ last year,
with Florida and Hawaii
‘bearing the*brunt of the de-

cline ‘in tourist traffic.
While. aggressive imarket-

: ing techniques by small,

_ operators may pick up‘some

of the slack, most experts in-

the travel industry. are pre-
dicting a significant number
of traditional winter’ trav-
ellers’ will stay home - this

year. Se

“People are worrying
about“ money,” says Chris
Dalton, regional sales -direc-
tor for the Canadian division
of American Express.

Many of the 14 ‘million

. who visitéd Flor-
ida in'1880 chose that state
because it is the closest and
cheapest sun spot for va-
cationers .from the
populous provinces, Ontario
and Quebec. Florida, there-
fore, tends ‘to attract many
holidayers with little money
to spend — the same people
hardest ‘hit by inflation and
unemployment at home.

‘LOST LOWEREND’ .

"We've lost the lower end
of the market,” says Paul
Gervis, vice-president of
planning and development
for Sunflight Vacations. .

The. Toronto-based Sun-
flight ferried about 180,000
Canadians south from Dec-
ember to April last winter,
making the company the un-
contested leader in the win-
ter vacation market. Gervis
estimated there would be 20
per. cent fewer Passengers
this year. *

A spokesinan for Treasure
Tours International Inc.- of

lontreal, one of the largest
earriers a Quebecers ‘to
Florida, also expects busi-

to.drop about 20 per

cent this year. Se
“Many western Canadians
hit by the economic squeeze
are either giving up their
angual treks to Hawaii or
travelling instead to’ less
costly Arizona for a winter

tan. :

“It (Hawaii) is a long, long
way to go for the sun,” said
Gordon Hepburn, president
of Thomas Cook Travel. in
Toronto. About 351,000 Can-
adians visited Hawaii in 1980.

‘

most"

Economic problems also
have resulted in ‘businessmen
travelling abroad less or by
cheaper means. Instead of
buying . first-class or even
economy seats, businessmen

- increasingly are shopping for

bargains through advance
bookings or no-frills flights,
several travel agents said.

Statistics Canada reports
that in the first nine months
of 1981, visits to the United
States for business or plea-
sure dropped by 4.8 per cent
“to 9.8 million from the cor-
responding period in 1980.
‘Visits ‘to all other foreign
countries decreased by. 7.5
per ‘cent to 1.3 million.

‘tee repre

polish

ed ‘bars, Mark Ingram,
jentative (second from right) Feceives:

ge Council Gold ‘award trom Al i Bublite: safety and
training .co-ordinator. Looking on are Don’ Brown,
+ foreman: (left) and Earle McQuary, parting, plant
supervisor. The. Silver Refinery went ne all of
1981 without a single long-time Jury.

ic t-safety commit-
, B.C.

- Ten-year dream turns sour.

MISSISSAUGA, ONT.
(CP) — “When “rotte:
toothed, grubby-looking fish-
ermen” with sub-machine
guns assailed his boat off the
coast of Cuba and took him
captivé, Terry Henry
thought it was all over.

But it turned out to be just
another part of his‘ dream‘
cruise to -the Caribbean
where he managed to survive
a hurricane, was held captive
by: the Cuban military: for
four days, abandoned ~ a
$40,000. uninsured boat. —
and, luckily, experienced the
welcome feeling of a Coast ' wei
Guard rescue. 4

Henry’s tale of his single-
handed sailing holiday came
to light last week after his
nine-metre yacht was spotted
by Finnish ‘sailers who’ ar.
rived in Saint John, N. ¢
week and. handed - over: the -
skipper’s log book — con-
taining the whole sad story —

to Canadian officials. .

out a gun for protection.

~“That didn't even fizz'on~ Guar

then,” he said. “They were
miling.”
* WENT TO: COVE
* Putting the gun away, he
accompanied them toa rocky

. cove that proved a little too

desolate for Henry, who tried
to sail away.

Then < he. heard
sounded like firecrackers and
there * were; tracer bullets:
flying all around me.” That's
when he found himself’ ap-’
proached by two more fishing:
boats, This time the crews,

Towed to the port of Nus-
id

oe ny sald his eaptora,.
nevertheless, were. genial,

‘ane 85-year-old car sales.’
map, who now lives in this. wit

community just west of-Tor-+
onto, heard of the discovery:
on‘ the: radio and called re-
pews to.tell his side of the,

Baham Channel off the north’
- coast of Cuba.

Wandering into Cuban wa:
ter, Henry saw four fishing.
vessels approach him — the
“rotten-toothed, grubby-look-
ing fishermen” he thought
were pirates — and pulled

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the storm, ';

It wasn’t until Henry heard
the radio eee this week

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