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| Coal
miners
best
rescuers

Six teams came to Terrace Satur- id
_day to determine who has the most
expertise in coping. with mine ¢
disasters. It was the 1991 Northern. §
Zone Mine Rescue and First Aid |
Competition, sponsored by West-
min Resources’ Premier Gold
Project of Stewart.

The teams came from Fraser
Lake, Hudson Hope, Granisle,
Tumbler Ridge and Houston. In
the mine rescue competition, Quin-
tette Coal of Tumbler Ridge placed
first and Equity Silver Mines of | | - hia 8s a ee tae - a
Houston placed second. In the first _ moc nS - I .
aid competition, Bullmoose Oper- od oe ee a Be
ating (coal) of Tumbler Ridge
placed first and B.C. Hydro from
Hudson Hope placed second. <

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| The northern winners will go on

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kK; competitions on June 15. : an a “
| t ‘The northern competition con- The Northern Zone Mine Rescue Competition came to Terrace last weekend, and the six-man crew from Tumbler Ridge’s
y sisted of six simulated rescue  Quintette’ coal mine topped the rescue contest. Another coal crew from Tumbler Ridge, the Bullmocse bunch, came in first In the
y operations (with 30-minute time First Aid section.
a limits) set up in O’Boyle’s gravel

pit just west of Terrace. Each of a d . h b h d
the six-person teams, with captain,
he sixpenon ams wiheapain = SOCCer parkers invade nieghbournoo
bers, were judged, marked and With one-hour parking and a on both sides of McConnell and park, But they don’t necessarily fim
critiqued on paper during the tasks bylaw enforcement officer in place, Sparks and once, she says, her agree with Neilsen’s sign solution. -
by two judges at each venue. The downtown parking problems in driveway was even blocked off. They tumed the problem over the
team acquiring the most cumulat- Terrace have presumably been The solution? According to Neil- Planning and Public Works Com-
ive points in the six exercises won. solved. But now city council has a sen, the city should crect "Resident. mittee, with a few suggestions. fim
| - mew parking problem to be parking Only" signs in the area First, remove the lumps and

: The first aid competition, con- addressed. According to Mrs. L. and enforce those signs with atow hollows in the Christy Park
4 ducted by St. John Ambulance, Nielsen of 3734 Sparks St., when tuck, parking lot so the entire area can

consisted of one simulated situ- the soccer season starts, residential be used for parking cars. And

ation handled by three people. parking spaces in the area near the =a city alderman seem to agree second, encourage more uniform

explained that all the tasks relate disappear. season parking problem on Mc- that the parking lot can be used to
to real life situations in mine res- In an address to city council Connell and Sparks near Christy capacity.

cue and that all ihe teams are in Monday night, Nielsen pointed out
mine rescue at their own mine that she pays taxes, paid for and
sites. Jim, now semi-retired in maintains grass bordering her
Creston, was with the Ministry of property... Yet, when soccer season
Mines in Smithers for 13 years. He starts, "My parking space is viol- |
now consults on mine rescue and ated and ithe grass is destroyed."
first aid. Cars are parked bumper-to-bumper

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