~ '• April 9, 1997 i; ~RESS Pages INDIGO ROAD ............... Home Accents, l'tJmi!Hngs. Glltwore Furnishing,, Real Russian Slqle lronwa,e Sorcshl Every Friday Textiles Exotic objets d'art Bathroom accessories $3?5 Lamps and candles Rugs ... and much more 358 BAKER ST., NELSON 352-2828 ............... 527 JOSEPHINE ST. NELSON 352-681 I Sprina Cleanina1 Come enjoy fresh & cleansing drinks from our organic juice bar Morning Zinger Fresh Carrot Juice and OrangeJuice Fruit Smoothies, Loonsin trouble add Blue Qreen Algae Bird Studies Canada for an extra zing! Human activities have cul the numbers and breed- ing range of loons in North America. Accounts of declining populations over the last century are support- ed by reports of reduced breeding success on acidi- fied or contaminated lakes, AWARMING RHEEM. TREND and on lakes subject to increased development and human use. But you can THAT LASTS. help: The Canadian Lakes Loon Survey needs vo)un- No matter which Rheem unit you teers who can visit lakes at choose to heat your home, you're in for years of comfort. least three times during the summer-in June to watch That's because we build • for resident adults, in July reliable systems designed I •• to fit your budget. to look for new chicks and Call your local Rheem in August to record num- dealer today. Relax. bers of surviving chicks. H's Rheem.'" Ethan Baron photo Surveyors must pay a $ I 2, SPRING OFFSPRING: Nakusp resident Novia Knihnicki holds her newborn, Rory, tax-creditable fee to offset survey costs. If interested, write to Canadian Lakes at Kootenay Lake Regional Hospital. Because Rory was the first Kootenay baby of April (born April 1), dental hygienist Joan Leakey, left, gave the Knihnickis a gift bas- Town Heating &,CoUlltry &,Sheet Metal Loon Survey, Bird Studies ket from the British Columbia Dental Hygienists' Association, as a kick-off to National SOUTH SLOGAN, B.C. TOLL FREE 1-888-778-6677 Canada, Box 160 Port Dental Health Month. The basket included tooth care products, soothers, baby bot- Rowan, Ontario, NOE IMO. tles, teething rings and information. music therapist, will be Crease Street in Nelson. Women:invest putting together an evening of music, movement and Tea and scones will be Burning Garbage Is NotTheAnswer in yourself served and there will be a here have been numerous reports of gases. These fine particulates are small Selkirk College Selkirk College is offer- ing an Employment Personal Development and discussion called "Music in Culture and Health." The event Wonderful is part of the Wednesday series, and happens at the bake table. The lads and lassies will entertain with their energetic dances. The bagpiper will be Mr. Allan T persons burning garbage in their enough to be breathed into the deepest backyards to avoid paying user fees reaches of your lungs. They are associated for waste disposal. with all sorts of health problems - from a MacLeod. This is not the way to respond to these runny nose and coughing, to bronchitis, Program for Women Women's Centre, 420 Mill fees. It is against the law asthma, emphysema, pneu- "Investing in Myself' start- Street, Nelson. ing on April 14. A wide range of topics will be cov- Starting Tuesday, April 15 at 7 p.m., Jackie will be Nominate teachers Kldsworld magazine and, perhaps more impor- tantly, endangers human ThreeRs monia, and even death. The harmful gases in ered in class including health. smoke - such as carbon facilitating a six-week Elementary school stu- business skills, public The BC Waste monoxide, nitrogen oxides, series called "Finding Our dents who want to honour a speaking, money manage- Voices". These evenings Management Act specifi- dioxins, furans, benzo-a- special teacher, can do so ment, healthy boundaries are for women who feel cally prohibits the burning pyrene, phenanthrene and and time and stress man- by nominating their teacher voiceless in their lives, and of garbage in a 'burn bar- acrolein - can trigger respi- agement with a strong for the Students' Choice is an exploration into self Top Teacher Award, a re!' in the backyard or in ratory illnesses, angina, emph'asis on self-worth and any domestic heating headaches and eye irritation. through singing, move- Canadian award program positive thinking. If you are equipment. Anyone found Some are known to cause a woman currently on UI ment, writing and more. designed to recognize the (now or within the past For more information, call critical role teachers play in guilty of this offence is Michael Jessen cancer. three years) or if you have 352-9916. their students' lives. To liable to a penalty not A 1995 BC received Ul Maternity sup- enter, students 13 years and exceeding $1,000,000. The severity of this Environment study prepared by Dr. Sverre port in the past 5 years you Highland dancingin younger must write 200 penalty is a reflection of the seriousness of Veda! of the University of BC's can contact E.P.D.P. words or less why their the crime. Backyard burners should be Department of Medicine conservatively instructor, Linda Walton at theKootenays teacher should win the reported and stopped. estimates that each year in our province 352-6601. Rosemont Elementary award. Entries must be Smoke from backyard burning, fine particulate pollution causes 82 deaths, If you are interested in received by April 11. whether garbage or wood waste, contains 146 hospitalizations and 354 emergency Musicand hearing the bagpipes and enjoying an afternoon of Students can obtain full tiny particles (called fine particulates) and room visits. Please, DON'T BURN! entry details from the inter- RECYCLING HELPLINE352-2412 • REDUCE• REUSE• RECYCLE movement fine Highland Dancing, net at www.kidsworld- THISFEATURE SPONSORED BY: Nelson & District Women's attend the Spring Fling Tea online.com, by calling 1- Centre on April 12 from I until 4 800-665-9428, or from the Nelson & District Credit Union On Wednesday, April 9 p.m. at the Rosemont winter and spring issues of "Being environmentally friendly in a friendly environment" at 7 p.m., Jackie Cole, local Elementary School, 1605 Kids World Magazine. Nelson 352-7207 East Shore 227-9221 singer/songwriter and