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TERRACE —:As the construction continues,

ing forward to the 1987/88 season.

,

the Shames Mountain Ski Corporation is look- |

_ After operating Kitsumkalum Mountain this ; .
past winter, the corporation has great plans’ |.

for the move to the new. site,

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site will begin its’ migration over to Shames _

Mountain in May. Representatives of the cor-
poration feel that the upcoming season at the
Shames resort will yield positive results. * -_

‘Equipment from.the present Kitsumkalum |

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"rama Review — Wednesiy, April, 1987 18

“Shames Mountain Sk! Corporation was the focus of a recent television commercial videotaped on behalf of Farwast Fuels. The

large sign In the photo, airlifted to the 4700 ft. (1442 m) level by Okanagan Helicopters, was used as a “prop”; filling In-as “ex

_ tras” were (left to right) Jim Highe, Fraser Sutherland, Dennis Lissimore and Neil Sharp. A television commercial for the Ski

Corporation was also shot at the same time.

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After. unloading, the bridge structure was moved onto. prepared concrete plers using two crawler-tractors ~ one pushing and

Merchants of Fear” by James Fleming (Penguin:
$19.95) takes its title from the fear of death, fire, flood

va

companies.

_ by Andrea Deakin —
Terrace Book Reviewer

. ‘The author's survey of the insurance business stret-_

ches from the policies of ancient Babylon that protected
travellers to the present policies of the major firms. _
. He offers corporate histories. of companies and

discusses the difficulties of regulation and how the in-

vestment policies of some firms have affected the in-
terests of investors and policyholders.

James Fleming criticizes, but offers few solutions,
however his book is an interesting account of the Cana-
dian insurance industry. - |

The University of British Columbia: A Souvenir

In 1877, when the province's first high school had just
opened in Victoria, the idea of a university. was propos-
ed by John Jessop. cs | - 7

Jessop had virtually created British Columbia’s early
school system. This bold statement, the whole popula-
tion of the province was only about 50,000, showed con-

siderable foresight. However, it was not until 1890,”

when Vancouver had emerged as a community to rival
Victoria, that local politicians became interested in the
feasibility of a university. _ |
_ ‘There was not yet sufficient interest. By the turn of
the century, Vancouver School Board established Van-
couver College and affiliated it to McGill University.
A second University Act was passed in 1908, but the
funds promised were no longer available, they had been
used to subsidize a network of railways. There was no

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d disaster which send us scurrying off to insurance

one pulling = on opposite sides of the Shames River. Wood dacking and rub rails were added later to complete the bridge.

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money for education. British Columbia was the last of

ooks

the western provinces to establish a university.

The 1914 war. ruined the plans for its opening, money
was short and the university had to open in the aban-
doned buildings left from the McGill College. For 10
years, cramped shacks.on the Fairview site housed the
university. SS SO

“The University. of British Columbia: A Souvenir”

(George Woodcock: Oxford: $24.95) details the strug-

gles, trials and tribulations which attended the birth of
the university as we now know it, Here too are all the
photographs to bring a nostalgic lump to the throat of
past students plus a portrait as it is today which would

make this an attractive gift for out-of-province friends.

The Oxford Guide to Word Games

Families who enjoy manipulating words and playing
with the alphabet will rejoice in ‘‘The Oxford Guide to

Word Games” (Tony Augarde:Oxford: $9.95), -

Here are 25 word games with their origins, histories
and rules of play from puns and anagrams, crosswords
and Scrabble, to Twenty Questions and the games of

_ Lewis Carroll. It is entertaining reading in its own right,

and offers hours of challenging and imaginative game-

playing.

_ Also from Oxford, and an attractive traditional gift
for the season is a collection, ‘‘Christmas Carols’’
($12.95). Twenty-eight of the most popular carols have
been arranged in simple form for playing on piano, elec-
tric keyboard or guitar,

The illustrations and page decorations are bright and .

seasonable.

Chiropractors

by Dale Greenwood
Terrace Contributor
The Canadian Chiro-

« practic Association (CCA)
has issued a call for com-
pulsory physical education

in all schools, ‘‘There is a
strong correlation between

the passing of physical
fitness tests and academic

performance,”’. says CCA

president Dr. Paul Carey:

of Stratford, Ontario. - -

Carey says the 3,038
Canadian chiropractors
are alarmed that ‘‘from
crib to the television set to
the school bus, Canadian
children are raised as a se-
dentary, mechanized
race’,

Carey says tests of 4,000
North Ameiican school
children in the 70s showed
that: up to 58 percent fail-
ed to perform to the mini-
mum muscular fitness cri-
teria. By . comparison,

-European children never

exceeded eight or nine per-
. “We believe that school

children should have a

compulsory, minimum re-
gime for the sake of their

‘health, and because of the

ever-increasing burden of

cost to Canadian health.

care’, says Carey. The

4 compulsory _
yet) EXEFCISES —
-in schools |

minimum ‘regime’ should:

be:

@ One half-hour of ac>

tual physical exercise on a
compulsory, daily basis

for every student begin-—

ning at the kindergarten
level and continuing

through Grade 12 — the
half-hour should not ins

clude time for changing.
@ A comprehensive
education in concepts of
health and nutrition, =
@ A change. of em-
phasis from games. to

graded, increasingly stren-
uous activities such as .

mass calisthenics, gymnas-
tics, running and ‘swim-
ming laps. .

Dr. Carey says chiro-

practors are most concern-
ed that Canada should
adopt such a regime
because the most frequent
musculo-skeletal disorder
in -which weakness - of

muscles. plays an impor-

tant part is the ‘low back
pain syndrome’’.

He says that as more
than 80 percent of all Can-

adians will suffer from —

severe lower back pain in
their lives, and up to 30
percent are doing so at this
moment, the concern is
very real.

Kermode Knit Wits, a club for all persons Interested fn fur-
therlng machine knitting. Regular monthly meetings will
be héld on the 2nd Tuesday at noon and the 4th bier
at 7:30 p.m. For further information call Audrey 638-1338,
Jan 635-7517 or Nancy 635-5319. Evaryone welcome.

The Toastmasters Club meats on the first and third Tues
day of every month at Caledonia Sr. Secondary School,
room 3 at 7:30 p.m. Drop In and see what It's all about.

Do you need a break? Come to COFFEE BREAK, an In-
terdenominatlonal Bible study for women. FREE nureery
for infanta and toddlers. Children ages 3 to 5 will love
Storyhour. Every Wednesday, 9:45 a.m, to 11:00 a.m. at the
Christian Reformed Church, corner of Sparks and
Straume. No pravious knowledge expected. For more Inlar- ~
mation or transportation call Hilda at 636-7871 or Ruth at ©
635-2621. We look forward to seeing you! =