Although this unassuming chunk of concrete and pavement Is known as a traffic Island, that doesn’t mean traffic Is supposed to drive on It, as one Alberta resident found out last night. ‘suffered extensive damage as aresult of the accident. Both vehicle and Island ~ Expo chairman will sell his controversialcompany VANCOUVER (CP) — The chairman of Expo 36 will sell his controversial magazine distribution firm because of a feeling of public responsibility. . The controversy arose several weeks ago when local women's groups told | the Fraser Commission on pornography that Mainland Magazine Pattison distributing depicting incest and rape. Group, Jim Pattison, a highly- Vancouver businessman, is chairman of Expo 86, a world fair— organizations, transportation successful with a theme, and also heads B.C. Place Stadium. . “During the past week I have carried out an in-: Service, owned by the Jim. - tensive examination of the fitness”: . Spring is coming and with it many .people’s thoughts are turning to fitness and outdoor activities. Many towns and cities are par- ticipating in National Physical Activity Week, May 13 to 20. Terrace and Kitimat are par- ticipating by :holding a community fitness challenge. The idea is for both communities to have as many people as possible participate in 15 minutes of physical activity during this week. The activity can be anything from walking, cycling, hiking, participating in an exercise class. We will register everyone that participates and the community with the highest runout, based on the percentage of their population, wins! We feel, however, that if this inspires Terrace residents fo start being physically active on a regular basis, then we figures say. The District of Terrace parks and recreation department will coordinate the Terrace fitness challenge, We will visit schools, businesses, community organizations, ‘and programs to encourage people to participate as Terrace versus Kitimat in a 1g ple ee cha ilfenge | swimming, or jogging to. ‘our volunteer fitness win no matter what the. al =? National Physical Activity Week May 13-21, 1984 a group or as in- dividuals. All that is required i is that you complete 15 minutes of continuous physical ‘activity and register that you have done so. As en- couragement to par- ticipate again, we will give each person a free facility pass which can be used in either Terrace or Kitimat's recreation facilities. We want everyone to get into fitness. For those who need a little: extra’ encouragement, leaders will conduct 15- minute fitness classes which will be open to all at no charge during this week, ; If anyone in Terrace wants to get involved as a volunteer. fitness leader that week; or has ideas on how they want to participate, call Elaine or Betty Jean, at Terrace. parks & recreation, 638-1174. Our first event of the week will be a 15-minute mass walk organized by the Skeena Valley Runners of Terrace. Get ready to participate May 13-20th! Molybdenum . down but mine reopens KELOWNA, B.C. (CP) molybdenum - mine nearby Peachland even though world .prites for metal remain. low, president John Hall said Monday. Hall told the company’s annttal general meeting that no date has been set, but mines manager Gordon Harris said he hopes work will begin at the Okanagan Valley mine “tn weeks rather than months.” More than 300 members of the United Steelworkers of America were laid off Brenda Mines will - reopen its copper an ~ when the’ tine * ‘was "blosed ‘last September, because of ‘ low ore prices: iS Hall- said ow, “world “prices “for. (copper . ‘and ° molybdenum: continue to . plague the industry, but the board of directors - ‘decided to reopen the mine to keep a group of skilled. workers intact. The poor prices have resulted in the second consecutive year of losses for the company, Hall said, | Brenda Mines recorded a net Joss of $3.1 million or 73 cents a'sharé in 1983, compared with a loss af $7.1 milllon or $1.67 a share in 1882, he said. - was- operations of Mainland magazines Magazine Service,” Pattison told a - news conference Tuesday. have consulted = with church leaders, women's industry representatives and the top 17 senior executives of the Jim Pattison Group in_ the Vancouver area. “T have been troubled to learn that some of the publications handled by Mainland, which happen to represent a very small proportion of the com- pany's total product line, are offensive. In examining some of these _ pubjications, myself, i too “have heen. offended.” ah vee ETO React “Ina public situation such as Expo 86, I cannot own a company that i igina controversial issue like this,” he sald, ‘and in the interests of what T consider this province and our country, ‘and the: im- portance of Expo 86, this is a decision that I have had | to make.” | ere) cane VICTORIA (CP) — ‘The chief mechanic “at the company whose bus crashed on a mountain road Jan, 30,, killing two high school . students returning from ‘a day of-. skiing with classmates, . has never taken a mechanic’s course and hold no-trades papers. Kerry Griffith, 29, told a coroner's jury . Tuesday, that he once .wrote the British Columbia mechanic’s trades examination, but “have yet to complete the test.” That was four years ago... Adam Kerr, 17, and Scott Branson, :16,. students at.. Claremont secondary school in Victoria, were killed when thelr over- crowded chartered bus crashed Inte a ditch on the isteep, winding road down ‘Mount Washington, outside ‘Courtenay, A total of 64 passengers were in the bus, chartered from Cenmac Stage Lines Ltd. The bus had a seating capacity of 45, Griffith told the inquest that he was driving the ill- fated bus. He said he obtained his ‘Class 1 driver's licence, which covers .all com: mercial vehictes through 18-wheelers, about 10 years ‘ago, and a year later, completed an air brake course, He said he had driven, or been a mechanic, on trucks, buses and = con- struction equipment for about 11 years. NO LOGS © Griffith . said the “mechanical shop did not keep separate logs on the buses, but said each bus had a trouble book for drivers to note Problems. Report cites cuts in. sexual abuse help VANCOUVER (CP) — The British Columbia is cutting back on services to sexually abused children at a time when the number of abused children is in- creasing at an alarming rate, says the chairman of a federal advisory com- mittee studying the Brokers 5 port prepared for the vated ¥ ‘Way ‘says that “a ‘usual statement is that one in four girls and one in 10 or 11 boys will be sexually -molested before the age of 13) But Dr: Carol Herbert | says that recent studies have plt-the incident among girls as high as one in three. Provincial . government cuts In programs that used to lead the way in Canada are a tragedy, sald Her- bert, an assistant professor oof family practice at the University : of B.C. and head of the child sexual abuse project: study advisory committee, which produced the report. - The government recently dismantled. the two Human Resources Ministry teams that monitored child abuse and trained social workers, police, teachers and Crown ' counsel in how to identify _and treat the problem. Elimination of the teams “has set back progress and goes against everything that has been learned here and in every centre in North America where the problem is- addressed," Herbert said in an in-.- “terview Monday. The United Way report examines the role. of police, the -courts and government departments and looks at treatment, prevention © and © public education. - - Herbert said the report deficiencies in is excellent as a blueprint for uncovering and countering child sexual abuse. HAS WEAKNESSES But she sald its recommendations are - “very bland indeed.” The recommendations call for an integrated response to the problem ~ and for ‘ta commitment to more than mere main- tenance of existing ser- vices.” The. description of legal procedures given in the report is accurate, Herbert said, present “The requirement _ for corroborative evidence and the fact that most , victims are children of tender years and therefore not viewed as reliable witnesses mitigates against proceeding with charges," she said. : . , B s Image-maker resigns: job VICTORIA (CP).— Doug Heal, the if he was rejoining his old firm of Harris British Coloumbia government's. con- Heal Ltd. of Toronto, although it is un- troversial image-maker, has resigned to derstood Heal will be doing consultant work in Vancouver and Toronto. return to the private sector. Heal said today he is voluntarily leaving A firm ‘of mManagethent consultants his $70,000-4 ABM Jo “Job, oy alayed i an. A, currently, is Seeking a Feplacement for ‘year’ ‘longer. thant * pequest of aoe ear ‘Bennett. He said that when hired in 1981, he agreed to stay on for two years, or until the: general next ~ provinelal whichever came first. Alter the election a year ago, Heal said, planhed:at; he Heale,- the provincial election, m anager. he agreed to stay another year to make . changes and improvements to government which Bennett information services wanted. Heal said his contract expires this month andhe will leave in June. He refused to say ‘NO CHANGE weet Heal ‘said the Government Information " services, which he set up in the ministry of secretary, will continue to operate in its present form, although there maybe minor changes imder the new He said there was no consideration given to splitting the division and going back to the old metho d of individual information - divisions for each mnistry. The Herald, Wednesday, May 2, 1984, Page a and give duplicate notices’ to the “shop for repairs required, But a driver would not know If the repairs were done unless he asked or leoked, he said. Griffith said the com- _pany had ‘no set policy for determining . roadworth- iness of its vehicles. He said he would assess this along with the company's two other mechanics — one ‘of them an apprentice. Teacher William Wilkie testified that the drive from Victoria = was uneventful until they neared Courtenay, when a palm-sized chunk of rubber peeled offone of the _ Terrace? Recently?.. eighteen months? affairs? to provide naftives...Phone Concerned Parents Has your child’s education been disrupted by suspension or expulsion, from schools within the District of | soe during the past Are you unhappy with this state of For information on what can be done meaningful 638-1366 o 638-1772 “Jury ‘told mechanic had no papers tires, forcing Griffith to stop in Courtenay for repairs. 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