February 1, 1989 ca Castlégar News Tourists beware of boat = By FELICITY MUNN The Canadian Press On Dec, 29, two people drowned when a boat filled mainly with Canadian tourists Capsized_off the coast of Cuba On New Year's Eve, at least 51 people were killed and 30 were reported: missing when a. pleasure boat sank off Rid de Janeiro On New Year's Day, 83 died when a ferry sank off Puerto Barrios in Guatemala The causes of these tragic holiday accidents are not all clear, but experts say vacationers should take some basic precautions before they board a boat Travellers who take trips on vessels: registered in Canada, the United States or European countries, or who book cruises or charter a boat through a reputable North, American operator before leaving home, should have little to worry about It's the, short trips booked through local operators in the Caribbean or Central or South America that may be risky. since safety regulations outside Canada, the Teens drawn United States and Europe are generally less stringent Michael Vollmer of the Allied Boating Association, an industry trade group in Toronto, says the recent accidents was a coincidence and that travelling by boat is, “relatively speaking, very safe.”’ However, experts advise the following: Book with an operator who is reputable locally and has been in business for some time, The best bet is to check with the local tourist board; barring that, ask at the hotet Passenger-carrying vessels should be licensed by local authorities such as the marine police, the coast guard or the Board of Trade. A licensed vessel will be inspected and certified to carry a certain maximum number of passengers. Ask before booking or look for a certificaté. If a vessel hasn't been inspected, think twice about taking a trip on it.’ Inspect the boat yourself ahead of time, particularly when planning a night cruise. The appear ance of a yessel says more than anything else about its Safety —_—— * “A clean boat suggests the operators care and are responsible,’ says Lars Ohlsson, director of Caribbean operations for Toronto-based Go Vacations, which charters vessels. Is the craft well maintained? Does it need a paint job? Are the ropes frayed? The appearance and attitude of the crew reveal a lot, too. Do the skipper and staff seem responsible or are they slovenly and a trifle too happy-go-lucky? If they're drinking alcohol, stay.on shore. It's also a good idea for passengers to limit their aicohol intake on a boat trip; the more alcohol, the slower the response in an emergency Naturally, there should be enough life jackets and a vessel that has been inspected should have them either in plain view or in well marked lockers. A quick look should be sufficient to see if there are enough — Checking for proper emergency equipment is simple — the boat should have a radio and fire extinguishers, It should also have running lights if it’s operating at night. Gauging whether a vessel is overcrowded ma difficult for the inexperienced but,.says Ohlsson, don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that if it's a small boat and they put 50 people on board, it doesn’t was sense. “The more highly developed the country, the more likely the vessel has been inspected and is in good order,”’ says Vollmer. ‘In other areas, you're just going to have to go by feel; it’s really a judgment call.”’ But, Morgan-says, “If it's just somebody you see as_you_walk down the dock because they're charging less than somebody else, then I would ask a lot of questions."’ Adds John Morgan, former ‘commodore of the St Lawrence Yacht Club in Montreal: “‘If a boat is tidy and appears to have good safety equipment and life jackets for all the people who are there, if the operators are licensed by the local authorioties, if they're recom mended by the local tourist board or your hotel, then. it's-probably-a-reasonably-safe-bet- BUSINESS DIRECTORY e he Castl N FO SCATCEMISIN TELEPHONE 365-5210 ‘ine Sieton th i'tapeduptes pm Wesnntay ob 3 toe month of Marc BRANTFORD, ONT. (CP) A around for quite a while and we're alendar in the teenager's room is just seeing it now scarred with burn marks and has the In May 1986, the words ‘*Satan lives to kill’ scrawled pelt town of Delhi om it, There are drawings of skulls The boy has quit school. is. seldom seized by an occult home-and- doesn’t Have a job. He mutilated remains of writes satanic poetry and talks about were found and shooting himself he was counselling This is not a normal 16-year-old “All you have to do is go into his. sleepy: town of 3,900. kept their bedroom to_see it. The things I'm children in at night seeing scare me ometres southwest of Brantford, was a minister disclosed a teen who be lieved he was tormented by demons kid."" says his mother, Stephani Sonie parents in small tobacco. about 20 kil scare after the a small animal Bria n : Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT the normally Stephanie's fears for her son aré OUNTIMNT says her _son’s involvement in” sat He'll anism started about a year age Shortly_after that he got irito trouble with the law Probation officers and doctors have control told Stephanie her son is going through a phase and he'll grow out of it I've talked to a'lot of people and they think I'm nuts,"’ she says. “It makes me so mad nobody will listen to me. I want help before it’s toc late About a year ago, Stanley Jurkovic at any Cubase aes leSS Money 16-year-old_son_was-involved-in_sat REGINA (CP) himself to death 1a Sc By I'd like to think he wouldn't s indicate the commit Suicide but it’s a possibility anism. 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The field trip was organized by officials from the. Forests’ Ministry's Arrow Forest District office in Castlegar Representatives of the Robson-Raspberry Water shed Alliance — a newly formed group whose goal is to proteet-the- watershed from damage —,were also invited on the field trip but declined the offer. citing a “few days’ notice’ of the proposed field trip was “‘not sufficient enough notice to be able to make changes” in the schedules of alliance members Trustees of the. Robson-Raspberry Improvement District — the formally incorporated body responsible for suppying and distributing potable water to the 2.200 residents of Robson and Raspberry. — also declinec take part in the field trip Trustee Walter Evdokimoff told representatives of the Arrow Forest District and Atco Lumber, who had gathered at the RRID office in Robson prior to leaving on the field trip, that the improvement district trustees did ‘not want to go because their participation in the field trip would give the impression they approve of the logging currently taking place in the watérshed During the field trip, Young and Louwe disputed allegations by the alliance that Atco is-cutting too deep into the ground for skid trails along which logs are s critics’ complaints remoyed, is. leaving stumy i » the 3 centimetres on. the uphilt side spevifies and is using its I handle was marked with one-foot—increments— demonstrate the company’s skid traits and st within the measurements called for in the cor He offered to take the media representat y location within the watershed the company is g to demonstrate Ateois following its contract to th st. of its abilit Atco officials and their subcontractors were visibly upset Friday over the allegations against Atco, made primarily through letters to the editor in the Castlegar News and at a Jan. 16 public meeting in Robson the alliance called to discuss what the problems in the watershed Ne Vigne < in I gar, a subcontractor to Atco, was parti the alliance’s allegations, saying the allia da aging the reputation not only of Atco_but-of—al-the- gers working in the watershed These people (the alliance members) don't realize how much f effort we put in here to do a good job,” said an angry Vigue. who was especially upset at no one from the alliance participated field Vigue admitted that loggers will ‘on occasion identally exceed the contract's limitations, but he ssed that he and his workers try their Best to adhere contract. But, “I can't be holding their hands all Vigue said Atco officials also admitted they made a mistake by buildi one skid trail too close to the creek — which forestry officials openly criticized the company for However, the ministry representatives — Arrow Forest continued on page A2 can's untreated water for high bac teria levels found in tofu prepared by stopped making the tofu because of food avd drug inspector with But the high levels of bacteria “The health protection branch sus: water from a creek and the water is meet health standards for drinking been recommending that the village either disinfect its water at its source Adams, said she will be meeting with the village council next, week I'm hoping they'll do something the village applied for a grant last fall holes to test for an under said the plant has been in operation since the Secorié World War when a Japanese internment camp was es tablistied at Lemon Creek. The plant eventually moved to Slocan Adams has owned the plant since 1977 and worked there for four years before—buying- the—company——The plant is currently up for sale The company sells tofu and deep fried bean cakes in the local area as well as outside the West Kootenay The tofu product is shipped as far as Grand Forks in the west and Inver mere in the east. The deep-fried bean cakes are sént as far as Winni peg. The soya beans used to make the products come from Ontario The health protection branch has recommended that Adams try adding chlorine to the water to try to disin fect any bacteria present. Baird said Cast By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer The cold, ‘Arctic high-pressure ridge which has hit most of western North America is responsible for the coldest temperature ever recorded in the month of February in Castlegar Thursday's low of -19.8 C beat the previous record of -19.4 C set Feb. 2 1972, said Ron Lakeman of the Castlegar weather office What we've had here is a mas. sive Arctic high-pressure system cen tred over Yukon,"’ Lakeman told the Castlegar“ News. ‘'There is cold_air dipping as far south as Texas. Most of western North America is under this thing.’ Water gives tofu company problems By CHERYL CALDERBAN! only a minute amount of chlorine in the water — 10 parts per million would kill any organisms in the water He added that soya products are very susceptible to bacterial growth The deep-fried bean cakes are not a problem because any bacteria which may be present~id killed when the product is fried. Hbwever, when the tofu is made, cool water has to be poured over the product to help it set Baird said when the tofu was tested in 1986, no high bacteria counts were found. But when it was tested again last summer. bacteria had increased which led inspectors te test again in November. Baird said the counts were lower in November because the quality of the water is probably better in the winter Lakeman said Arctic cold fronts and high-pressure systems are not uncommon for the area at this time of year. But he added that the size and duration of the current Arctic high pressure air mass is unusual He said temperatures drop when wind accompanies the cold front but added he-hesitates-to put a temper ature value on the wind because it can be deceiving. Wind chill tem peratures are used basically to warn of how much faster the cold temper atures will freeze exposed skin Lakeman explained. Protectivg winter clothing cancels the effect of wind chill."" he said. adding that it will remain cold — no Task force hears pleas for disabled y CHERYL CALDERBANK Transportation for the disabled is inadequate in Castlegar and other areas of the Kootenays. a task force on transportation was told at a hearing Friday at the Castlegar Sandman Inn A number of people. including politicians and representatives from organizations for the disabled spoke of the lack of adequate transportation for the disabled The task force was initiated by the B.( Coalition of the Disabled to research and assess issues related to transportation for people with disabilities and to make recommendations for the resolution of problems. The task force is a nine month project partly funded by a Canadian Job Development Strategy grant Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore told the hearing city council has been working closely with the Castlegar Home Support group to acquire a para transit bus for Castlegar We have done what we can in trying to find y from the federal government she said working with some people in ar could get priority my firm belief |that all of us should have t access to life.” and ngged that proper transport is of tremendous importance to such access Kris Stanbra. a member of the city’s abilities awareness—advisory committee; —said—appropriate transportation for those in the community who are unable t us tk L transit syst established as a number one priority at th tee's first meeting two years ago Formeraiderman—Bob—MacBain—told—thetask accessibility to a building means more up to the door." 1 that a year ago disabled people t he didn't take much notice of them now is totally disabled, and I have very close to this and I think 1 understand what it's all about One factor that th what_a_handicapped_persor have to educate them,” he said. “It is an abso! necessity, not ‘a luxury."". MacBain said of trans portation for the disabled continued on page A3 legar weathers cold sna temperatures above 0 C — until early jump-starting frosted vehicles. Ady. said the only problems related to t next week Despite the recent big chill, the the British Colt hospital has not reported any wea- Association, said déad batteries have school and a failed furnace who does emergqncy road service for col weather so far have been a fals ia Automobile fire alarm at Twin Rivers elementar at Cas ther-related casualties been the main problem in the past gar Primary. But both problems were Elain Sloan, acting director of two days nursing. at Castlegar and. District Today 1 did caused an increase of frost bite or do about two a day other exposure-related ailments Ady said he’s also We haven't had any exposure or with frozen gas lines frost bites in to my knowledge directly pin my finger on tained While Sloan and the hospital Mesmehtle. Castlegarschools have haven't been busy with cold-related been” conducting quickly dealt with without any effect about 1S jump on classes, Wayling said hospital, said the weather has‘ not starts."’ Ady said Friday. ‘I usually There's been ‘no significant change since this cold snap begar seen problems he said. ‘‘The fire alarm went off a adding that the Twin Rivers early Thursday! morning vehicles suffering the worst effects but there was no fire we think Sloan. said. “There's nothing | can from the cold snap are poorly main- the cold weather is responsible for the alarm Wayting said Moor heaters Wer business as brought in to warm classrooms after casualties. _Stuart__Ady—at__Ernie’s usual." said -Castlegar—achoot district Casttegar Primary's furnace failed Towing in Castlegar has been busy superintendent Terry Wayfing. He continued on