• 100% nylon • Scotchguard • Pull rang© ot colors • Ideal lor all areas ol your home sam Green as Grass HOME OF B.C.’s GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICES FREE STORAGE BRIDGEPORT SATISFACTION GUARANTEED BRING IN TOUR MEASUREMENTS 556 N. Nechako Rd. Prince George, B.C. 563-8338 ABBOTSFORD VICTORIA NANAIMO BELLINGHAM KAMLOOPS RICHMOND CALGARY OF PRINCE GEORGE Supported by The Prince George Citizen ACCIDENTS HURT |rDr EVERYBODY. U ILdL High school caters to teem moms MONTREAL (CP) — There were masses of pink hydrangea and the church bells chimed out of a tape recorder this week as four-month-old Emilie became the first baby baptized at Quebec’s only high school for teenage mothers. Emilie gawked'at the decorations fashioned by the school’s art class and made it good-naturedly through the traditional full-immer-sion baptism which her mother, Nicole, 15, had decided should replace the modem few-drops-on-the-head technique. But, by the time the school’s cooking class spread out a sumptuous buffet, she was fast asleep in the arms of her mother. “This school has been just great for me,” said Nicole, as family and friends crowded round with congratulations following the Roman Catholic service at Ecole Rosalie-Jette in Montreal’s east-end. The Montreal Catholic School Commission has run Rosalie-Jette for 26 years, helping pregnant teens and unwed mothers complete their high school education. There is space for about 65 girls at the school which is open to any Quebec student. They follow a regular school program but also have courses in child care, and there’s a day-care centre which looks after babies from the age of two months. “I thought I would have to give up on school altogether which I didn’t want to do,” Nicole said. “But here, time off can be easily arranged for doctor’s appointments during pregnancy and I can pick up my studies now — right where I : left them when Emilie was bom.” • Nicole’s decision to baptize Emi-- lie in the school auditorium was a first for everyone. Religion teacher Rose-Marie Sherwood said the baptism, celebrated by Rev. Gilbert Dube, turned into a project involving the entire school as part of the religious studies program. "I wanted to show that the sacrament of baptism could be very much a part of our daily life here at the school,” Sherwood said. "It involves the commitment and responsibility to bring up a child in the Christian faith.” Excited by the project, student groups turned the small auditorium into a lovely chapel, provided a spirited chorale and musical accompaniment to the ceremony and laid out a feast that would have done any caterer proud. Nicole, now in her fourth year of ; high school, will complete the school term at Rosalie-Jette while her mother looks after infant Emilie. Next fall, she plans to finish her studies at the high school — with Emilie nearby in the school’s daycare centre — before going to junior college and one day a career as a pediatrician or veterinarian. 8 — The Prince George Citizen — Friday, March 31,1989 DA YLIGHT SA VINGS TIME Renovation LIVINGRI SAXONY 100% Dupont Certified Stainmaster Decorator colors RUBBER BACK CARPET Full range of colors 100's of rolls LIVINGROOM SAXONY Scotchguard SALE Builder's SPECIAL $119? 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PROFESSIONAL GUARANTEED INSTALLATIONS AVAILABLE Spring forward Sunday by SUZANNE STEEL The Canadian Press ; Most Canadians will lose an - hour’s sleep Sunday but they’ll probably be in a better mood when the time change gives them an extra hour of evening daylight. “Most people will feel better,” “ * says Ralph Mistlberger, a psychologist at Simon Fraser University ' ; in British Columbia. “There’s nothing more awful than going to work in the morning when it’s dark and coming home 1 ‘ * when it’s dark.” By mid-June, daylight time will mean the first dawn approaches as early as 4:08 a.m., about three hours earlier than the average Newfoundlander gets out of bed. Studies have also shown that the * ' extra hour of daylight in the eve- ning reduces energy costs, cuts crime, reduces automobile accidents and allows commuters and tourists a better chance to ’ " reach their destinations before dark. In Ontario, the Ministry of Energy estimates that residents save „ ‘ _ more than $2 million a year on energy bills. Half a continent away, Saskatch-- . ewan is holding fast to its tradi-‘ tional stand and, no matter what Canada and the United States do, it stays on central time Newfoundland abandoned its experiment with double savings time ; this year and will set their clocks ahead by one hour along with the rest of the country instead of two. The change to daylight time has traditionally been on the third Sunday in April but most provinces decided two years ago to advance it three weeks following a similar move by the United States. The provinces wanted to avoid problems for banks, airlines, stock exchanges and television viewers if clocks in the provinces were out of sync with the U.S. The official time change occurs twice a year at 2 a.m. — robbing us of an hour’s sleep in April and taking away an hour of daylight in October. The date for returning to standard time for Canada and the U.S. is the.last Sunday in October, Oct. 29 this year. The idea of putting the clocks ahead in spring to take advantage of increased daylight hours is generally credited to American Benjamin Franklin. As he stared through his window in Paris in 1784, the patriot, author and diplomat figured families in that city would save more than $3 million in candles with an hour more of daylight. It wasn’t until more than 130 years later that the measure was brought in to stimulate war production in 1918. THE BRIDGEPORT Extra! Extra! t