ne Cie eth PERS tee eT YE idee a ST techie ae rr SR vt Rl ee De Screg atm: ean are ‘ g ( Pe ey The guest speaker at last woek’s luncheon mesting of the Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce was Walt Bar- dua (right), vice- -president of cla In Canada. aims for the Insurance Cor -. Chamber president Bruce Graydon (left), Bardua told the a poration of British Columbia, After being introduced by udience that | B.C. drivers have the worst accident record Terrace Legion sets up concert for Kettle Fund by Roy Greening Since we're nearing the end of our Diamond Jubilee Year at Branch 13, it was decided that something fitting should be done which would include the general public. Mr. Jim Ryan is putting ‘together a variety concert ex- pressly for the Legion’s Dia- . mond Jubilee, with the proceeds . ‘going to the Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Fund. The programme will include Jim’s Community Band which will perform a medley of war- year melodies. The band’ will play other popular pieces, too, | -and will play in harmony with the Terrace Pipe Band. These - songs and pieces should bring back some fond memories. Also, some well-known local people will be singing and danc- ing for the Legion members and anyone who wishes to hear and to see some nostalgic numbers. _ Tickets at $5 each will be on - sale soon, so don’t ‘miss this great programme taking place at the R.E.M. Lee. Theatre at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 29. From the Oct. 16 edition of The Omineca Herald in 1935: The Terrace Branch. of the Canadian Legion ordered a flag staff 40 to 45 feet long. The big pole will be put in the centre of _ the ‘soldiers’ plot at Mountain View Cemetery. It will be cap- _ped by a hardwood top donated. ‘by- a local’ returned man. Ar- rangements have béen made for the sale of poppies on Remem- brance Day. W.W. Olson is in charge of the committee and three prizes are to be awarded to _ the girls or boys who sell the largest number of poppies. A better quality of Remembrance Day wreaths are being bought and will be sold at cost. Prepara- tions . are . being made ‘for Remembrance Day services that will be held i in n the Orange Hall at The leaftess branches of this tree outside the Terrace Library are now scrib- ing a filigree against the low gray skies of Northwest winter. (10:45 a.m. Nov. ll, Any flowers or wreaths left by the citizens at the service will be taken to. the cemetery by members of. the Legion. In the evening the Ar-- mistice Ball will be held in the — Orange Hall. Poppies » will be on sale Oct. 19. Our present day poppy ‘cam- paign will be starting soon. Please give generously. the worst in Canada in terms of accidents. and fatalities per- kilometer driven, and according _to Insurance Corporation of B.C. statistics to date for 1987 it’s getting more and: more dangerous to be\.on the road here, After last week's stock market crash, Walt Bardua, ICBC’s vice-president of claims, passed along some investment advice to members of the Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon meeting Oct. 22: **Buy shares in tow truck com- panies, body shops, and am- bulance manufacturers.” Drivers in B.C.. this year are ‘ having a record number of smash-ups, he said. Bodily in- jury claims are up 15 percent this year after having increased 20 percent last year, ‘severity’? index of the claims ICBC is paying out has gone up. by 27. percent. Motorcycle fatalities -have increased 14.5 percent on top of an increase of “13. percent. in 1986. ‘‘And cars aren’t much better,’’ he added. The accident level is infact back up to its peak levels that- occurred. in 1981, Bardua said, a circumstance that can’t be blamed on numbers of vehicles on B.C. roads, which have re- mained relatively. constant. Although: alcohol consump- tion by drivers is still the biggest single factor in motor vehicle ac- cidents, Bardua said no -one . cause can be attributed to the in- - crease. He stated that ICBC’s analysis shows . four ‘major Draft finished for special waste laws Draft regulations to ensure ef- fective and safe handling of. special wastes in British Colum- bia are now complete, Environ- ment and Parks Minister Bruce Strachan announced recently.- The regulations, made public Oct. 16, call for a system for registering the type and quantity -of wastes, their location, the method used to treat or dispose ‘of them, and the licensing of . - special waste transporters. They include revisions to regulations . issued in draft this spring, gover- ning the location and opera- tional ‘safety of special waste storage, treatment, and disposal facilities, . ‘The registration system will be the cornerstone of special waste management within the province,’’ Strachan said. “‘It will enable the Ministry to iden- tify and keep track of what is out there, and it will give engineers, experts, and special waste companies the kind of in- _ formation they need to design. the right kind of treatment and storage facilities.’’ “Industry and all those in- terested in special waste manage- ment in British Columbia are in- vited to comment on these regu- lations,’’ Strachan said. With Cabinet approval, the regulations will be made effec- tive on January 1, 1988, ‘Anyone who contravenes a re- quirement of the Special Waste regulations would be subject to a fine of up to $50,000, as well as additional cleanup orders from the Ministry, Strachan noted. The regulations will play an important part in the delibera- tions of the Special Waste Ad- visory Committee. The Commit- tee was established this spring to examine proposals for special waste facilities and to subject the most, promising to public review, *‘Once these regulations are in place, we can be sure that from generating source to final dis-. posal or treatment, ‘Special wastes will be dealt with in ‘the safest ‘possible manner,”’ ‘said Strachan. Copies of the regulations are available from the Ministry’s In- formation Services Branch, Ministry of Environment and Parks, 810 Blanshard Street, Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X5, (387-9422). and .the. categories that contribute to wie | cidents are human. actions ‘or conditions (80 percent), en- - vironmental conditions: (17 -per- cent)" and _ velticte:. condition. tegen (three percent). ' Human actions, he explaitied, a - Terrace Review — - Wednesday, October 28, 1987 15 : —_ ‘Drivers? Canada’s s worst live here TERRACE — B.C. drivers: are - are the hundreds of decisions driving, decisions that are -af- fected by physical and mental | conditions such. as fatigue; anger, alertness, degrees of in-. _ toxication and other factors. "In. : order of prominence ‘the. - -each of us make in every mile of negative actions that cause -ac: - cidents are driving without due care and attention, -failure ‘to- yield the right-of-way, improper backing up, and excessive speed. The vehicle conditions. most responsible for accidents ‘are defective brakes, tires and steer- ing. "You should not: ‘be. pleased by the volume of ‘claims . this. . Bardua told: the -au- ° in ‘this © year,” dience. ‘‘We’re -all ° together, and we (ICBC) have way to go.”’ . ‘Bardua said ICBC. largest auto insurance company in Canada, ‘and ‘he pointed out . that the organization’ is. profit- free, with all proceeds being returned ‘to policy holdess in the insurance companies, ICBC can’t -be selective. about it’s _customers,’’ he: said. “and right now the operation. is as lean as it can get.” - With regard to _prevention, Bardua: said B.C. now has the | highest rate of seat belt usage in North America at 75 percent. Statistics indicate that for every one percent increase in belt use ICBC’s payout for hospital and medical costs on claims. drops $1.5 million. . The company’s current lobby projects for safety devices in-.. clude mandatory installation of daytime running lights and rear seat shoulder harnesses for all new cars sold in B.C., and. the marketing of retrofit rear seat — shoulder harnesses for older models, - In response to a question from the audience, Bardua said despite’ the high accident rate — among young drivers ICBC does not assess higher premiums on the ‘basis of age, but rather by driving record, He added that a company study has shown that if the drinking age was increased, traffic deaths in the province could be cut by 21 percent. — Radio Production — Broadcast Journalism L__ V8G 4V1, 638-8137 Northern Native Broadcasting Media Training Institute Radio Production Training Program _ Applications are still being received for - January 1988 enrollment Training Content — Writing for Broadcasters — Native Studies — Industry (Broadcasting) Organization This is an exciting career opportunity for people of Native ancestry interested in broadcasting. 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