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For Preston high student, Jody Bender, the workshop was encouragement for pursuing her Florence Rossmajer tests her "experimental"‘ Seeâ€"Through Hot Air Balloon. Rossmajer was one of two student organizers of the Teen Inventor Workshop, which was designed to encourage girls to pursue careers in science and technology. Melodee Martinuk photos Rather, said Lisa Avedon, coâ€"director of the federallyâ€"sponsored Women‘s Inventor‘s Projâ€" ect, the goal "was to encourage high school girls of this age to become interested in turning their creative ideas into inventions ... to encourage them into science and technical careers. We wanted to let them see there are fun and creative elements to this." The Teen Inventor Workshop is a first for the Women‘s Inventors Project, and Avedon hopes it will just be the first of many. The project, which is aimed at directing women to nonâ€"tradiâ€" tional careers in science and technology, has already helid similar workshops for adult women. The fruits of their efforts were colorful, unique, intriguing, and for the most part, totally impractical. You‘ll probably never seen Preston high student Jody Bender‘s Bendermabob, St Mary‘s student Florence Rossmajer‘s Seeâ€" Through Hot Air Balloon, or Diana Losereit‘s Mothering Station in the stores. That doesn‘t matter. Turning out practical or marketable products was not the object of the assignment, or the purpose of the special oneâ€"day ‘"inventor‘s workshop" Saturday at the University of Waterloo. Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staff Their tools were basic, to say the very least. Paper, glue, transparent food wrap, drinking straws, plasticene and anything else they could get their hands on. But it was all 25 Waterioo region Grade 10 giris needed Saturday to fulfil their mission â€" to create an invention of their own. Inventor Workshop encourages girls in creative ways For a Preston high Grade 10 student Jody Bender, Saturday‘s Teen Inventor Workâ€" shop offer encouragement for her to pursue &A career in computer engineering. intended career as a computer engineer. "I love science, love inventing and love being creative. This was great because it showed me that if they can do it, 1 can do it." she said. Chief Administrative Officer Donald Roughley noted that the report of the appraisers will be available to council members Friday to allow them the weekend to consider it before voting on the proposed land deal next Monday. The appraisers were recently hired by the city to determine whether the city offered land to CN Realty at a fair market price. Their report will be considered by council next week. An angry Coun. Mary Jane Mewhinney deciared, "If Coun. Turnbull believes he can manipulate independent appraisers by giving direction, then 1 give up on this discussion." Turnbuil argued that ‘"it is very evident that the principle is accepted that this kind of input is very valid in seeking an appraisal. What is still to be settled is the logistics in having appraisers get information on these listings. "I think we should do our best to ensure that appraisers are able to get access to this important informaâ€" tion." Councillors Turnbull, Woolstencroft and Telegdi voted for the motion. Opposed were councilliors Schnarr, Shortreed, Erb, Henry, Mewhinney and Mayor Carroll. Coun. John Shortreed disagreed. "I don‘t think we‘re in the business of going out to private citizens and asking them to give out confidential information. Therefore, I am afraid I can‘t support this motion." Mewhinney constantly interrupted Turnbull prompting Coun Andrew Telegdi, who chaired the meeting, to call her to order. ‘‘*We are looking at soil contaminated with some levels of coal tar. If it is not giving off benzo(a)pyrene in a vapor form, it is not dangerous to inhale. If it is not in a form that can be transferred through skin contact, then it presents no hazard (to touch). What I want to find out is whether any hazard will be presented to staff from either of these routes." lan Kirkby Chronicle Staff A motion by Coun. Turnbull Monday to ask two private companies to release to appraisers the negotiated price of their conditional sale to CN of land in the vicinity of the new Waterloo Civic Centre was rejected in a recorded 6â€"3 vote. According to Stan Chapman, Waterloo Region‘s safety officer, there is very litle chance of the soil being improperly routed. "I doubt that very, very much. Any material that was classified at the site was subject to tracking mechanisms of the Ministry of the Environment under the ‘Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act. There‘s a lot of paper work involved." Chapman also downplays the hazardous nature of the residues. ‘"The fact that these chemicals are in this waste does not necessarily mean it poses a threat to the worker. It‘s like asbestos in a brake lining. It presents no hazard as long as no one inhales or ingests the material. ‘‘We‘re waiting to see if it will be safe to work with ffrotective clothing. We just want everybody to be safe, that‘s all," he added. Pflug also questions whether all material destined for Sarnia was properly routed. ‘‘We don‘t believe there was control on the material once it left the CN site," he said. â€" Safety clothing used at the Regina St. and William St. excavation site included fullâ€"face breathing apparatus, and disposable clothing and footwear. *‘Soils containing above one part per | (were) hazardous and had to go to Tricil in Brian Whiffin, a project engineer for C conducted the soil study for CN. Other soils were transported to the Erb : posal. samples taken from the excavations are being analysed by the University of Waterloo. Results are expected by next week. A February analysis of leachate in soils from the CN lands identified, amongstâ€"other chemicals in the coal tar, two known carcinogens â€" benzo(a)pyrene and chrysene. Coal tar is formed when coal is burned to produce gas and often contains carcinogenic chemiâ€" cals. The soil transported to the landfill site contains lower levels of benzo(a)pyrene along with other chemicals. We want to know how much gnd hoy.strong (fl\q‘concethfations) are," said Pflug. lan Kirkbg Chronicle Staff Fearing health hazards from identified carcinogenic chemicals in coal tar residues taken from the Waterioo City Centre site, workers at the Erb Street landfil) site are refusing to handle the wastes. ‘‘We had two operators complaining of strong odors and nausea when they worked on the stuff," said Dave Pflug, who chairs a health and safety committee for the region‘s outside workers. ‘‘We feel there was something brought to the landfill site that shouldn‘t. Until we know the contents chemically, we don‘t want to touch anything," he said. Samples taken from the excavations are being analysed by the University of Waterloo. Results are expected by next week. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30. 1987 â€" PAGE 3 Workers at landfill site waiting for waste analysis Turnbull motion draws fire from other councillors e SEE ANALYSIS, PAGE 9. Erb Street landfill site for dis billion of benzo(a)pyrene n Sarnia for disposal," said Canviro Consultants, who