INSIDE COMMUNITY EVENTS B2 WHAT? CHARLYNN TOEWS A card says so much OKAY, I’VE GOT it straight now that I don’t need to send a Thank You card to someone for sending me a Thank You card. But if] did, it could say: “Your Thank You card meant so much to me, With wan feelings my heart did fill. How lovely to receive a special note from a friend like you 1 just love any mail that isn’t a bill.”’ I could also use a No Thank You card. I would keep a stack of them near the door. They could say: “Thank You but No, I am not interested in your product/service/religion right now, nor have [ been the last three/nine/172 times you in- © quired. If I-ever do have a sudden urge to receive your product/service/religion, I will look up your home address and drop down some day. Let’s say around suppertime when your toddler is really grumpy and you yourself have just slepped in a big yucky puddle of cat puke with your bare feet. Okay, good-bye for now.” Wouldn't that be handy? [ would buy lots of those, some with pictures of birds on them, some with bats. - me I could also use a Get Real card for people who are not = “So sory to hear about your ailment,” it could say. . ‘Hope you get real, real soon, yes ] do. Or else tell me what planet you come from If you think what you just said is true.” People who get these Get Real cards should also get flowers, chocolates and/or a fruit bas- ket. These things all help in the healing proccss, it’s been scientifically proven. You could look it up yourself in any library. I hope I wouldn’t need too many of those cards, although I should probably iry to hand out lots of Empathy cards. Passing a strollering ‘fellow mother who bas apparently overshopped with a wiggly baby, I could discreetly hand her an Empathy card as we bread-and-butter: around a puddle on the sidewalk, What could it say? ‘Been there Done that Feel for you Like you Keep on trucking Everything’s gonna be fine.”’ Or, no, maybe more like: “T know it isn’t always easy But hardly anything is ever always anything.”” Or no, that makes it worse. — Alright, I know what I could use for sure, are some Random Award Certificates. I should dis- tribute a lot of those, First on the list would be that house near the farmer’s market who planted poppies and other beautiful flowers along the al- Icy outside of their fence for the pleasure of pas- sersby. Award winning! That house would also get an Award for best wild rose hedge. Other Howse Beautiful awards I could band out would be for buying a fixer-upper and ac- tually fixing it up. There are several lovely ex- amples on my street, I really enjoyed watching other people working so hard all summer long. Other Award Certificates could be printed up for ‘‘Not yelling at me when I could see you really fell like it?! and ‘‘Playing nicely and being mostly good when I was talking on the phone long distance.’" " I think some‘of my friends might also like a Merry Bah Humbog card — those who find the holiday season so stressful, They could say: “So you're sick of shopping and worrying Take time out to read this little verse. And remember no matter how lousy you're feeling right now no In January you'll probably feel worse.”’ But they just don’t seem to make the cards and certificates 1 need. ] wish somcone would just print them up so I could vse them, Some- times, when words fail, a card says so much. THANKS TO the help of an unknown passerby, Kathy Corbett will be getting married in a week. Corbett and her fiance Lego Guerin were driving back from Prince Rupert on the evening of Remem- brance Day, after having ‘a dinner out. SC It wasn’t late, only about 7:15, and Guerin was driv- ing when the conple hit black ice and.the car started spinning out of control. © “Tt was like an arcade game,’? remembered . Cor- bett. - The car slid sideways into the oncoming. traffic lane, then went down a 15 foot embankment. “The next thing I know Lego is sitting in front of me, saying ‘Are you okay?’” Corbett thinks the car might have’ rolled, since Guerin’s front seat was pushed into the back seat Corbett’s seatbelt’ was choking her and later doc- tors told her she had a hang- man’s fracture. Once. Guerin freed Cor- beit, he ran back up to the highway to find their poodle Buttons, which had jumped out of the car after the acci- dent. A First Nations couple had spotied Butions onthe high- way and stopped to rescue the dog. ’ Fortunately the man, from Port Simpson and in his mid to late 40s, had just finished taking a first aid course with an emphasis on transporta- tion related injuries. He scrambled down the bank to the car, and made Corbett a soft collar. for her injury by taking a jacket and rolling it up ta support her neck. His actions might have helped save her from a more serious spinal injury. The man then went back up to the highway, stopped traffic to find more helpers and someone wilh a cellular phone to call the ambulance. “Everything was ready - Corbett have three fractures PHYSICS STUDENTS fired a softbal this photo, Students had to make sure the for the ambulance paramedics when they ar- rived,’? said Corbett. She said the paramedics were very impressed with his ac- tions. Unfortunately, she never discovered the man’s name. ‘The paramedics want to know who he is so they can thank him,’’ she said. And she of course wants to let him know what a difference he made. “His instructor should be complimented,’’ said Cor- bett. She had the impression he had just finished the first aid course, and perhaps was just driving back. to Port Simp- son after completing it. After stabilizing in Mills Memorial hospital for a day or two, Corbett was sent to Vancouver with a fractured neck. She spent ten days at Vancouver General Hospi- tal, and while she ap- preciated the care given by the doctors, doesn’t have much else that was com- plimentary to say about the hospital. However she’s very happy with the red carpet teatment she was given at Mills. While in Vancouver Cor- bett was fitted with a head and body brace. Her head is bolted in place with pins at- tached to the brace. Her pelvis is also put together with three pins. Strangely, the dog Buttons also suffered similar in- juries. Both Buttons and in their pelvis, However Buttons is recuperating far quicker. Despite the prospect of being housebound for three months at least, Corbett is cheerful. ‘ve been in good spirits right from day one,’’ she says. She and Guerin had planned to be married on December 19, and despite the brace and halo, they’re going through with the wed- ding. | at a sheet of glass SECTION B CRIS LEYKAUF 638-7283 ‘Come forward mystery helper Passing driver made a big difference at accident scene — WEDDING PLANS NOT ALTERED — Despite having to make slight alterations to her wedding dress, Kathy Corbett and her fiance Lago Guerin will be getting married Dec. 19. The couple and their dog Buttons were in a serious car accidant on Remembrance Day. “PH be the only bride in history with stars on her halo,’’ she said. A friend decorated her halo with stars like school children use on a with a giant sling shot in order to flash would go off the instant the ball hit the glass. their papers. But Corbett just wants to The wedding dress will thank the mysterious man have to be allercd slightly from Port Simpson who — and the wedding photos helped make the wedding will be mem orable. capture possible. Pointy problem in physics calendar EVER WONDERED what a firecracker looks like the moment it ignites? You can find out if you pick up a copy of the third annual Caledonia Physics Club calendar. The calendar is full of spec- tacular pictures of every day events, taken by this year’s physics students, Three photos feature events that happen very quickly, such as the exploding fire- cracker. There’s also a shot of a golf club striking a golf ball, and the photo pictured to the left, that of a softball going through a shect of glass. The phatos were inspired by the work of physicist Harold Edgerton, who invented the electronic flash and pioneered its use to show the details of rapidly occurring events. Taking those photos was 8 challenging assignment, And not always just a mental challenge. For example, July features a student sit- ting on a bed of pointy nails, illustrating the theory that pressure is force divided by area, Of course getting on or off a bed of rails presents a few problems. “It’s amazing the lengths students will go to to discover the principals of physics,’ says physics teacher Allen Wootton, There are also two astronomical photos this year. One shows the Galilean moons of Jupiter as they appear on two successive nights, The changing position of the moons around Jupiter can be clearly seen. Spotting that movement was an impor- tant historical event, Galileo saw it in 1609-1610 and used it as cvicence to support his belief that heavenly bodies did not all revolve around the earth as was commonly accepted then. The Caledonia Physics Club 1998 calendar is now available from the school for $5. If you'd like to order a copy, con- tact the school at 635-6531. Money raised from the calendar will be used to help the Physics Club travel to the Physics Olympics at the University of B.C. in Vancouver,