Page 18 May 1985 Cassiar Courier SAFETY DEFENSIVE DRIVING Defensive driving is driving to prevent accidents and prevention has little to do with who was to blame. It has everything to do with self protection and even survival. Don’t leave your own safety in traffic to the other driver. Do not depend’ on what you think the other driver will do. When you see a dangerous situation, be prepared to cope with whatever mistake or violation the other driver might commit. Defensive driving is your best chance to avoid auto collisions. THE VOICE I am the voice .... the voice behind the wheel. Most of the designers of new safety hardware for the automobile have given up on me. They come up with all sorts of seat belts. It’s up to me to buy it. They design anti-skid brakes as an optional feature. It’s up to me to buy them. In their frustration, they have even found a polite name to describe devices that I will have to use whether I want to or not...passive restraints. I welcome these...let’s have more of them. Because the dead and the injured on our highways last year are frightening figures. Bring on more safety, in whatever form, even if it costs a bit more. It will cost less in the long run. But let’s not lose complete sight of the fact that I’m still sitting behind the wheel and making conscious decisions. And by concentrating on my driving I can im- prove my chances of reaching my destination with my car and myself in one piece. PS or 4 CONFIDENCE 7 POLICE INVESTIGATE FALSE SATANISM RUMOR AGAINST PROCTER AND GAMBLE PROCTER AND GAMBLE ( Official Trademark ) Procter & Gamble Inc. confirms that a special unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has undertaken to in- vestigate the source of malicious and unfounded rumors concerning some alleged connection of the Company with satanism. The rumors are being circulated by persons as yet un- known in the form of anonymous leaflets calling for a boy- cott of the Company’s well known consumer products. The leaflets contain the totally untrue statement that the Company’s President was supposed to have appeared on the popular Donahue television talk show and included the ludicrous suggestion that there was a corporate con- nection with the “Church of Satan’’. A P & G spokesman stated that until these ridiculous rumors are completely eliminated, many innocent Can- adians with strong Teligious convictions will continue to be grossly misled by such malicious falsehoods. In addition to P & G’s denial of this alleged occur- rence, the rumor has been decried as a blatant falsehood by the Donahue Show’s producers, and by a number of eminent U.S. religious leaders, such as Billy Graham and Jerry Falwell. The Ontario Provincial Police are actively pursuing this matter, since anyone spreading a false rumor of this nature can be charged with an offence under the Criminal Code, and if convicted, can be punished by imprisonment. In its investigation, the OPP will be in touch with other Provincial law enforcement authorities, seeking inform- ation that may lead to arrests and prosecution. The P & G spokesman urged that any person having knowledge concerning the dissemination of the rumor leaflets should contact Mr. B. J. Pipes, P & G Manager of External Affairs, by telephoning collect (416) 924-4661. Ssx< SSX SSS ~ Sx S ean ee EAGT nes YUKON COLLEGE PARTICIPaction By Russ Kisby The 1985 Great Canadian PARTICI]Paction Challenge O n May 29, 1985, an estimated 2.5 million Canadians will take part in what might be the country’s largest mass participation event out- side of elections: The PARTICIPac- tion Challenge! The Challenge, you'll remember, is PARTICIPaction’s contribution to National Physical Activity Week. So, for the third year in a row, certain Canadian cities will ~‘challenge”’ others of the same population range, to turn out more citizens on Challenge Day to be physically active for fifteen consecutive minutes and report their achievement to the local Challenge committee. Winning cities will be declared a “Fittest City in Canada”! Taking on all comers as Challenge Host cities this year: City of Nelson in the population range of fewer than 10,000; Town of Labrador City, 10,000 — 29,999; City of Frederic- ton, 30,000 — 69,999; City of St. John’s, 70,000 — 249,999: and, Ci- ty of Toronto, 250,000 and above. We held a press conference at the end of January to announce this year’s Challenge. The Honourable Otto Jelinek, federal Minister of State for Fitness and Amateur Sport attended since his department contributes to The Challenge. Also on the dais: the Honourable Reuben C. Baetz, Ontario’s erstwhile Minister of Tourism and Recreation since this year, Sports and Fitness On- tario has climbed on the The Challenge Bandwagon. Robert A. Bandeen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Crown Life Insurance Company, whose generous support as exclusive cor- porate sponsor helped make The Challenge possible, also appeared as did His Worship Art Eggleton, Mayor of Toronto. I represented PARTICIPaction, of course. The press conference turned out to be as much fun as The Challenge itself! We had set out stationary exercise bicycles for each of the VIP’s — a kird of theme treatment for the up- coming event. Well, everybody good-naturedly took a turn pedalling for the photographers — then the ad-libbing began. I think it was Otto Jelinek who told Reuben Baetz to slow down because he didn’t like the idea of the provinces going faster than the feds. And I think Robert Bandeen of- fered the opinion to his elected col- leagues that their behaviour was quite typical of government: pedalling fast and getting nowhere! Naturally, the press ate it up — and you might have seen the coverage we got on television, radio and in the newspapers. At this writing, over 150 com- munities have accepted The Challenge and we expect that on Challenge Day more than 200 cities and towns will be cycling, walking, jogging, swimming, tossing balls of various sizes and having a good time. If your community hasn’t accepted The Challenge yet, tell your mayor to get involved. Maybe you'd like to volunteer for your local Challenge committee! In any case, contact Mrs. Parry LeDrew for more information at PARTICIPaction, 805 - 80 Rich- mond St. West, Toronto, ON, MSH 2A4. And then, on Challenge Day itself, show your commitment to an active lifestyle — as PARTICIPaction ads say: ““Let’s See You Do It!” Russ Kisby is President of PAR- TICIPaction, the Canadian move- ment for personal fitness. tet etl ce ee a ee Always be Careful If you take to the woods this summer, be careful with fire. a Cassiar Courier May 1985 Page 19 WHAT ELSE, MOM? Christopher Woodrow and his mother, Pauline, preparing for the Figure Skating Carnival held recently. TRINA -~ANNE RIVER EXCURSIONS Teegragl Creek B.C. 0 Wrangell, Alaska ’ On the Stikine River » Tourist & Commercial Trips Francis & Anne Gleason Box 96 Cassiar. B.C. (604) 778-7316 Go ES Telegraph Creek. B.C. (604) 235-3161 NOW ON SALE PLATES CUPS DINNER BELLS PLEASE CONTACT Sister Claire Murphy at 778-7483 or Joan Habjan at 778-7363 rete e ee oe oe eo oe oo — ~ © © © © © © © © oe © o oe oo © oo oe oo oe oe oe oe oe ae at /\ The Rod and Reel HARBER CRAFT ALUMINUM BOATS — aes a | 4 388 MCDame | 4 Cassiar, B.C. 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