24 — THE CITIZEN, Prince George — Tuesday, May 10, 1983 FITNESS TESTS Surprise in survey Canadian men age 20 to 29 registered a surprisingly poor performance in the cardiovascular or aerobic fitness tests conducted •as part of the 1981 Canada Fitness Survey. That is the only age at which men’s performance level dipped below that of women of the same age. This information is included in the latest in a series of highlights released from the survey during which 16,000 fitness tests were conducted on a representative sample of Canadians aged seven to 69 in all provinces. The test to measure cardiovascular fitness required them to climb up and down two steps to a musical beat adjusted to age as established by earlier research. The heart rate was measured every three minutes and the recommended level is obtained if three sessions or a total of nine minutes was completed. For those age 60 to 69 only two stages were required to be completed to achieved the recommended level. Testing was carried out only after the subjects had passed a variety of medical screening procedures. Cardiovascular or aerobic fitness is based on the ability of the heart, blood vessels and lungs to move oxygen from the air we breath to the muscles which need the oxygen for energy. It is essential for many important physical activities and is built up by prolonged and demanding physical activity such as jogging or cycling. The declining level of cardiovascular fitness among Canadian men aged 20 to 29 marked the end of a steep decline which began for both sexes between age 12 and 13. Among the other findings of the cardiovascular fitness segment of the survey were: • Approximately 46 per cent of Canadians had achieved the recommended level of cardiovascular fitness. • Overall males achieved better cardiovascular fitness levels than females: 52 per cent compared with 39 per cent. • From age 40 through 69 an increasing number of people were screened out of the testing for medical reasons with the result that the average proportion passing the screening for these ages was only 64 per cent. RECREATION FAVORITES Walking tops the list Canadians prefer recreation activities that can be done close to home, have flexible schedules and don’t cost too much once the activity has started. That’s one of the recently-released findings of the recreation segment of the 1981 Canada Fitness Survey in which Canadians filled out 22,000 questionnaires designed to reveal information about their recreation and lifestyles’ habits. Walking was the recreation activity reported most frequently. Fifty-seven per of those responding to the survey reported they had walked at least three hours per week for a minimum of nine months during the year prior to the survey. Bicycling (38 per cent), swimming in a pool (36 per cent) and jogging or running (31 per cent) were the next most popular forms of recreation reported. Other activities appealing to a large segment of the population were gardening (30 per cent), home exercises (28 per cent), ice skating (21 per cent) cross-country skiing (18 per cent), tennis (15 per cent) and golf (13 per cent). The survey also found 11.5 million or 56 per cent of the total population age 10 and over can be classified as physically active during their recreational hours. Among those classified as not being physically active jogging and swimming were cited as the activities they would like to take up. The most common reason given for not being more physically active was lack of time. CITY FESTIVAL Actor-speaker to adjudicate Noted Canadian actor and speaker Walter Kaa-sa of Edmonton will adjudicate the Community Speech Arts and Drama Festival which begins Wednesday. He will view more than 125 entries in the festival which includes drama, spoken verse, choral speaking, mime, Bible reading, sight reading, public speaking, dramatic selections and Shakespeare classes. All classes except Thursday night’s senior events and the Saturday’s festival concert will take place in the auditorium at St. Mary’s School. Saturday’s concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in Hoorn 1-306 at CNC, will feature award-winning performances from the festival. Thursday night’s senior events will also take place at CNC. Kaasa, who recently retired as assistant deputy minister of Alberta Culture, has received many honors for his work in promoting drama and speech arts in Canada including the Donald Cameron Prize, an award for outstanding achievement in the arts awarded by the Banff Center School of Fine Arts. In 1980 he was named Speaker of the Year by the Canadian Speech Association. Former recipients of this award include John Diefenbaker, Joey Smallwood and William Hutt of Stratford. He has appeared frequently on television and radio, has narrated numerous Canadian documentary films and played more than 56 major roles on the stage in such productions as Hamlet, Death of a Salesman, Dance of Death, Murder in the Cathedral. A Man for All Seasons, Long Day’s Journey into Night and The Tempest. On his retirement the new theatre in Edmonton’s Jubilee Auditorium was named in his honor. The festival has been revived after an absence of five years. Highlights of the festival include performances of one-act plays by the Wonderland Players and John Mclnnis Secondary School Wednesday night and senior mime, adult spoken verse, Bible reading, dramatic and Shakespeare selections Thursday at CNC. Copies of the festival program will be available at the door. Officials quit NEW WESTMINSTER. B.C. (CP) - Two senior officials of the B.C. Vegetable Marketing Commission have resigned to protest what one of them calls a serious threat to small-scale vegetable farms in fie province. Ed Pratt, commission secrctary-manager for the last five years, said he resigned because the commission's overseers in Victoria have trampled on the democratic rights of vegetable farmers to suit the interests of big growers. Don Gilmore, part-time chairman, also resigned, but could not be reached for comment. The quarrel began April 21 when the cabinet-appointed B.C. Marketing Board ordered the grower-elected commission to allow one of Vancouver Island’s major potato growers, Hobin Woodrow, to operate his own packing plant, threatening a 30-year tradition of co-operative packing plants on the island. The commission, which represents 724 growers, did not follow the board’s orders. When the board sought a court order, Pratt and Gilmore resigned. Bentley vehicle duplicated KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CP) — RCMP are trying something new in their continuing investigation into the gruesome slaying last summer of six members of two families. Charred remains of the six — Bob Johnson of Kelowna, B.C., his wife Jackie and daughters Janet and Karen and Jackie’s parents George and Edith Bentley — were found Sept. 13 in the back seat of a burned-out car in Wells Gray provincial park in the B.C. Interior. Despite an exhaustive investigation that has included thousands of interviews and the checking of thousands of tips, police have few firm leads. RCMP have produced a replica of the Bentley’s pickup truck-camp-er that has been missing since the slayings and plan to drive it across the country. There have been reports of the vehicle being sighted on the Prairies, and in Ontario and Quebec. “We’ve tried to duplicate the vehicle just as close as we could, even to the murals in the front of the truck,” said RCMP Supt. Ralph Williams, who said the truck will leave today from Kamloops. “We hope to refresh the memory of citizens across the country about the murders and to publicize the fact that the Bentleys’ truck and camper is still outstanding.” HERE'S A RUNDOWN Hope mine Parcels: services vary As is the case with most commercial enterprises, when it comes to sending a parcel from place to place, you get the type of service you pay for. For example, you could send a one-kilogram parcel by ground to Vancouver by fourth-class parcel post for $1.38, by special delivery first-class parcel post for $3.34, by Greyhound Bus for $4.60 or by Loomis for $9.50. In each case the service you can expect will vary according to the price you pay for sending the parcel. As the weight of the parcel and the distance it will travel increases, Loomis prices drop below Greyhound’s without taking into account the extra cost of picking up and delivering parcels to the post office and the Greyhound depot. All Loomis prices include the cost of pickup and delivery. For example, if you were mailing a one-kilogram parcel from Prince George you would find the cost would include the following service: • FOURTH-CLASS PARCEL POST: You must mail your parcel at any of the 479 post offices n B.C. The business receiving the parcel may have it delivered in major centres and, in smaller communities, businesses and individuals will have to pick it up at a post office. There’s no guarantee ot delivery date and serv- ice is limited to parcels weighing 30 kilograms or less. All parcels must be prepaid. • FIRST-CLASS PARCEL POST SPECIAL DELIVERY: You must mail your parcel at a post office and the aim is to deliver it to the address within 24 hours in most major centres. To ensure 24-hour delivery the parcel must be deli-veed to the post office before the dispatch deadline, which varies according to the destination. To obtain dispatch deadlines for specific areas phone the post office on Fifteenth Avenue. This service is available only to addresses where letter-car-rier service is available and is limited to parcels weighing 30 kilograms or less. All parcels must be prepaid. • GREYHOUND: All parcels must be delivered and picked up or there’s an extra charge for that service. The cost of pickup and deliv-ery service varies according to the size of the community and the number of pieces in- cluded in the shipment. For example, in Prince George the cost of pickup and delivery for one parcel is $3.50 each or $7 for both and the cost of picking up and delivering a shipment of 10 parcels is $1 per piece for each service for shipments made to the same address at the same time. Their goal for depot to depot delivery to most points in B.C. is overnight. All parcels must be prepaid or there’s an additional charge of 50 cents per parcel. You’re limited to three parcels and 100 pounds per waybill. • LOOMIS: All charges include the cost of picking up and delivering parcels to and from a business address. There’s an additional charge of $1 to pick up and deliver parcels to and from a home address. There’s no charge for collect parcels. Rates may be subject to a fuel surcharge when fuel prices are increasing. Service is limited to cartons weighing no more than 50 pounds but there is no limit to the number of parcels in a shipment as long as the total weight on the waybill is no more than 100 pounds. Parcels are usually delivered to most points in B.C. in 24 hours, except for the Kootenays and Vancouver Island, where their goal is 48-hour service. • The post office insurance coverage costs 21 cents up to $10, 32 cents over $10 and up to $50, 37 cents over $50 and up to $100 and 32 cents of each additional $100 to a maximum of $1,000. • Greyhound automatically insures parcels on the same waybill for $50 regardless of whether they're sent collect or prepaid. Only prepaid parcels are eligible for extra insurance coverage which costs 75 cents for each additional $50 of declared value. • Loomis automatically insures all parcels to a value of $2 per pound. Additional insurance is available at a cost of 50 cents for every $100 of declared value to a maximum of $500. open again VANCOUVER (CP) -Carolin Mines Ltd. has reopened its Ladner Creek gold mine near Hope after a closure of more than a month due to pollution problems. A company statement issued Friday said the mine has resumed full production. The company said it has constructed a rock berm across the face of the mine’s tailings dam and has conducted pilot testing of an alternative method to treat effluent. The mine was closed in late March when work crews began pumping cvanide-laced effluent from the tailings pond. Government officials were concerned about the amount of effluent in the pond, which had increased due to heavy rainfall. The rock berm will allow for greater storage. Environment ministry spokesman Kelly Francis said Friday the company has tested a sulphur dioxide air treatment process for removing most of the iron cyanide from the efiluent. 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