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_ Terrace Bay-Schrelber News, Wednesday, November 5, 1986, page 7 Area MPP gets answers on caboose issue Lake Nipigon MPP Gilles Pouliot has received replies from both the federal and provincial Ministers of Transportation to his comments re- garding the proposed elimination of cabooses on freight trains. Both Ministers reminded Pouliot that the Canadian Transport Commis- sion (CTC) has already started a series of hearings across Canada to Terrace Bay Public School held a Block Parent Poster Contest last month, and the judging took place on Oct. 27. Four of the winners and their entries are shown here. From left to right are Kel- A Block Parent Poster Contest was held in Ter- race Bay for youngsters, and the winners were announced last week. At Terrace Bay Public School, the first division winners were, from left evaluate the End of Train Inform- ation System (ETIS). Pouliot has said he does not believe the ETIS can replace the standard, conventional caboose. "I appreciate receiving your com- ments on this matter and I share you concerns for rail safety," federal Minister of Transport John Crosbie said in his letter to the MPP. Four winners Ed Fulton, Minister of Transpor- tation and Communications in On- tario, echoed Crosbie's statement, and added "it is the view of this government that the railways should be encouraged to set in place opera- tional and technological improve- ments, provided that benefits can be _ realized without compromise to public safety."' ly Rennette, 9; Stacey Wallwin, 11; Josie Olave- son, 10; and Bev Hopper, 10. Missing are the other two winners in the group, Crystal Suther- land and Brienne McFarland. Poster contest to right: Kathie Tuhkanen, 13; Megan Phillips, 7; Sasha Oglanby, 5; Terry Mulligan, 6; Staci Metcalf, 4; and Jesse Black, 8. Towne Cinema passes went to all the winners. Watch for moose: OPP Next to excessive speed, animal- vehical crashes are the number two cause of accidents in Northern On- tario and remain a significant problem in all other areas of the province, a news release from the Community Services Branch of the Ontario Pro- . vincial Police noted. There were approximately 3,100 car crashes involving animals last year in Ontario, the release added. While many of these accidents in- volved smaller game, a significant number of larger animals were also struck. The release pointed out that a car hitting an 1,800 to 2,000 pound moose is colliding with an object that is two-thirds the size of a standard vehicle. ~ While deer and bear are also fre- quently struck, moose pose a par- ticular danger as they roam the forest edge. Highway right-of-ways create excellent moose habitat by providing a food supply adjacent to forest cover. Moose are also attracted to roadside pools where salt has coll- ected from winter road salting. The problem is further complicated by the fact that moose are most ac- tive at dawn and dusk. During these periods of the day, driving visibility is poor, and moose are often not seen by motorists until it is too late to avoid an accident, the release noted. The Ministry of Natural Resources is currently attempting to increase the size of the moose herd in Ontario. As the moose herd increases, the number of accidents involving animals can be expected to rise. Warning signs are erected by the Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications in areas where moose are known to cross the highway and at all locations where moose crashes are frequent. "'The best defense against striking an animal is an alert and careful driver," the release concluded. WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS? CALL BETTY ST. AMAND. 825-3747 Fulton reassured Pouliot that the provincial government would oppose cost-cutting or other measures likely to cause a reduction in the level of railway safety. However, Fulton also added "it would be premature at this time for the province to oppose caboose elimination before the CTC has had an opportunity to evaluate the test results and consider all other relevant matters.'" The Minister admitted that since it is impractical to hold hearings in all communities, "I assume that it will be necessary for interested persons and parties who cannot attend in per- son to direct their comments to the CTC in writing."' Drug Dialogue (This is the second in a series of articles prepared for the News by the Addiction Research Foundation, or ARF. The series is based on an in- terview with a typical Northern On- tario drug abuser.) . By Ken Moffatt (Thunder Bay) and Dennis Bernardi (Timmins) of ARF In the first column of this series on the addict's life, we gained some in- sight into a 12-year-old child's initia- tion into the street drug scene and his evolution to drug dealer. We continue the story this week, by way of an in- terview with "Bob" (not his real name): ARF: For the benefit of those of our readers who don't know, Bob, how did you take dope? Bob: Well, l injected it, snorted it (inhaled), swallowed it, or smoked it. You can do it just about anyway you want, but I'd do all of them. Most of the time I'd do one, two, or three dif- ferent drugs at the same time. Id like to mix up the feelings. ARF: How do you mean when you say mix up the feelings? Bob: Well, like acid.is not the same as speed, and mescaline isn't the same, so if you mix two of them to- gether, you get both reactions and it's a different buzz altogether, you get a different high. ' ARF: So the different drugs have a different effect on you and what you did was experiment.with combining the drugs in order to create maybe a total new kind of effect? Bob: That's right. ARF: We hear a lot about cocaine "in the news. What kind of effect does it have on your system? Bob: It stimulates you, it brings you up to another lovel but it will do that just for a certain time. A lot of people think it gives them more sex- ual power, and it does at the beginn- ing, but after a while it depresses you more than anything else. When you start running/out of it, well, then you don't fell all that hot. You need it to keep you going at a steady level all the time. The more you use it, the more you have to use it. It gets quite expensive after a while. ARF: In contract to cocaine, how would you describe the effect of can- nabis on your system? Bob: Well, it would mellow me out. I'd just sit down and relax by smoking some joints. I'd smoke all the time, but I was high on chemicals and I'd feel the weed (cannabis) most- ly when I was getting down on my chemicals. I'd be smoking the weed to help me get down and pass out. (Pause) Bob: Let's say you inject speed. When you come down, you don't feel all that good, you're sick to your stomach, you can't sleep, you can't eat. So if you smoke up it helps you fall asleep. It helps you got through that period. ARF: When you say you're com- ing down, you mean you are with- drawing from the drug? Bob: Yeah, that's right. ARF: Okay, let's try one more. How about LSD? What kind of effect would that have on you? Bob: Well, the acid I used to do when I first started was one you'd hallucinate on, you'd laugh a lot. It wasn't what we call good acid. As the years went by, the acid got weaker. I used a lot of acid. You really have a good time on it, until somebody gets _ you mad or something. Then you lose total control of yourself--like when you're drinking. : ARF: What happened when somebody got you mad? Bob: It happened to me a few times and I don't remember really what happened. I've thrown people through windows or I've been thrown through windows. I've had a gun pointed at my face and stuff like that. It's just because I lost my head. And then if everybody else there is on acid, it just takes one guy to go crazy and everybody else will just go nuts and can tear a house apart in no time. ARF: So somebody looking at you from the outside would say that you were very unpredictable while under the influence. You'd be very calm one minute and the next minute you'd be going crazy? Bob: That's it. If somebody wasn't using it, they would not understand what was going on. Next week: "An Addict's Typical Day." For more information, call ARF in Thunder Bay at 622-0607 or Narcotics Anonymous at 344-4357. imately $20,000.00. ed to: available. NOTICE A proposal has been made to develop 35 sum- mer camp lots at Gravel point, Lake Superior, within the next two years. The area consists of wide, sandy, west-facing beaches with a beautiful view of Nipigon Bay. Ac- cess will be by a 1% mile long gravel road off Highway 17, just east of the Gravel River Motel. Lot sizes will be approximately 150' frontage by 300' depth. Also planned is a completely sheltered boat launch/harbour for the common use of all camp owners. The projected price per lot is approx- In order to assess the feasibility of this proposal, ' we would ask that expressions of interest be mail- Kenrob Management Services Ltd. Box 3012 Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5G5 No legal obligation to purchase a lot will be created by an expression of interest: however, those who do write will be given the first oppor- 'tunity to purchase a lot as and when they become