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"'Miock Disaster" scheduled for October The Municipality of Terrace Bay will be stag- ing a "Mock Disaster' on Thursday, October 6th, 1983, commencing at 1:00 p.m. The purpose of a "'mock" or "false" dis- aster is to create a scen- ario in which all agen- cies involved will test, in a setting ds realistic as possible, their individu- al Disaster Plans. A "'mock disaster" exer- cise will assist in identi- fying existing problems or oversights in the com- munity's Emergency Measures Organization Plan (E.M.O.) and other agencies' internal Dis- aster Plans: These iden- tified problems can then be solved and the com- munity will be far better prepared, should a real disaster unfortunately occur within the com- munity. The scenario for the "mock disaster" will be the collapsing of the Vol. 18, No. 36 arena roof with approxi- mately thirty-five (35) skaters and spectators inside the building, who will of course become "'victims". As you can appreciate, this type of accident will involve all available resources within the community; the Emergency Mea- sures Organization, the Hospital, the Fire and Police Departments, lo- cal physicians, the Pub- lic Works Department and Kimberly Clark of Canada, etc. To introduce as much realism as possible, the Ministry of Health was requested to participate and assist Terrace Bay in this endeavour. The Ministry of Health has a team which will create a disaster scene through the use of sophisticated make-up and the coach- ing of victims to create real life situations, to determine how the ner- Terrace POT 2Wo Public 13 sonnel involved in the "mock disaster' cope with given situations. The actors or victims will be thirty-five stud- ents recruited from the Lake Superior High School. To assist in the co- ordinating of this event a Committee was form- ed comprised of the fol- lowing agencies: Mr. D. Speer, Mr. L. Simons, Township of Terrace Bay; Mr. T. Tack, Police Department; Mr. R. MoQuin, Fire Depart- ment; Mr. T. Bryson, Recreation Complex; Mr. J. Chapman, Kim- berly Clark of Canada; Mrs. M. Sigurdson, Birchwood Terrace; Mr. P. Dingwell, Ambu- lance; Mr. D. Ross, Mr. J. Files, Mr. A. Piche, McCausland Hospital. This Committee is spending their time in working out details of how presently establish- Ha eams brary Bay Ontario « C.G, TF.N, ed Disaster Plans can be be interfaced and co- ordinated. An event of this size, whether "real" or "'mock", will cause cer- tain inconveniences and disruptions within the community. Normal traffic and services may be disrupted temporari- ly on Thursday, October 6th, but the value and information gained from this experience, will cer- tainly outweigh any in- conveniences. The members of the Co-Ordinating Com- mittee and the Munici- pal Council of Terrace Bay, feel that this is an important endeavour and ask for public un- derstanding and co- operation on October 6th. Further informa- tion will be provided through the Terrace Bay - Schreiber newspa- per in ensuing weeks. Terrace Bay Schr' Ne pak oat ee 21,1983 Terrace Bay Council Notes The regular monthly meeting of the Terrace Bay Council was held in the Council chambers on Monday, September 12th. Reeve Dave Speer was not in attendance. Council then appointed Bill Houston to act as Head of Council. Motions were made to' adopt the minutes of the August 22nd regular meeting; the August 22nd Special meeting and the September 2nd Special meeting. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES: From the August 22nd meeting regarding the Bicentennial Workshop which is scheduled to take place on September 17th, it was decided that Terry Bryson will attend on behalf of the coun- cil. Councillor Ramsey ' wished to move on the motion passed last month concerning a sur- vey to be conducted on the need for senior citi- zen housing. Council expressed a concern in regards to late payment from the Curling Club for last year's ice rentals. ---- From the special Sep- tember 2nd meeting it was discussed that pub- lic interest will be dis- closed for all council meetings at the begin- ning of said meeting. The Reeve may call a special meeting at any time and can be done so, verbally. Council mem- bers requesting special meetings must give ver- bal or written notice of such proposal 24 hours in advance of meeting. CORRESPONDENCE: Permission was grant- ed by Council for the Terrace Bay Arthritis Society to carry out a door-to-door canvass for funds during the month of September. The Regional Munici- pality of Sudbury re- quested support from Council regarding a resolution calling for re- duction of the required period for zoning by-law circulation in Northern Ontario. The reasons gi- ven were because of the shortness of the con- struction season for Northwestern Ontario. A motion was carried that the Terrace Bay Council support this re- quest for support. The Schreiber-Ter- race Bay Community Corrections Committee requested of Council, that a donation of $100.00 be given toward their planned Drug and Alcohol. Awareness Seminar which is sched- uled to take place at the Schreiber High School in the very near future and will involve all second- ary students. Council passed a motion to do- nate the requested sum of money stating that they felt this was a very worthwhile venture. The Faye Peterson Transition House re- © quested Council's com- ments on a_ proposed system of charge-backs for the unsubsidized , portion of their costs to the clients' home muni- cipality from the City of Thunder Bay. The cost for the use of their fa- cilities total $21.00 per day per person; 80 per _cent of which is covered under the General Wel- fare Assistance - 20 per cent remaining is picked up by the municipality. Council passed a mo- tion supporting the principal of charge- backs for the unsubsi- Twelve Heads are better than one! dized portion. Mayor T.S. Jones of Dryden proposed to Council, the sharing of costs for a study on policing costs in the north, to be 'used to influence provincial grants policy. Terrace Bay's share would be 10 per cent or approximate- ly $100.00. A motion was passed to share in the cost of this survey. The Ministry of Muni- cipal Affairs and Hous- ing requested Council's comments on a proposed severance of Lot 248 on East Grove Crescent, for sale to the adjacent land owners. The lot was to be split in two and each half sold to the neigh- bouring owners. The council after much dis- cussion, felt that the map which showed the property in question, did not have the correct lot size shown. Because of this fact, Council will send the information back to the Ministry so that the Ministry can make the necessary cor- 1ctions. continued on page 12 With the fantastic growing season that Northwestern Ontario has been ex- periencing this year, it's not surprising to hear of 14" cucumbers, 2 foot long zucchini or even one-pound tomatoes. But a sunflower with twelve heads? That's something else altogether. Rose Garriock of, Pine Crescent in Terrace Bay thought it was also a bit strange. That's why she called us! The sunflower stalk isn't of a tremendous height, but it's very strange to witness a dozen heads on the same plant. Rose was curious to know if anyone has any information on the different strains of sunflowers or if hers was just a freak plant. To top it all off... she never even'planted the thing. It just happened to grow among her strawberry patch. Fall Fair '83 - A Success! anecnwnsBiittttillt lll. Fall Fair "83 was indeed a success PMH c over 35 booths taking part in the event. Pictured above is Denise Duguay with her magnificent display of photographs; and by the looks of the SOLD signs, she did very well. Watch next week's "NEWS'"' for more photos on the Fall Fair. Tornado activity spotted over the Slates With the crazy weather that we have received over the summer months, we thought that we would add a little something to it. Last Thursday morning, we received a report that tornado activities had been spotted, moving around the vicinity of the Slate Islands. With camera in hand we dashed down to the beach in hopes of getting a few photos of this. Without a Zoom. lens on the camera, we were not that successful in doing so. Upon checking with Javier Martinez of the Terrace Bay Weather Station, we were told that there was no such activity registering on the weather radar. A report was made to the weather station (prior to our phone conversation) by a helicopter pilot who had witnessed the sighting of a tornado about the same time. Because no activity was reported via radar, the pilot was told that it was more than likely, an optical illusion. However, upon receiving a call from the "News" office, Javier intended to look into - the matter further. If anyone else has pictures of this tornado, please show them to us at the newspaper. We need some more proof!