36 ~ Friday, September 23, 1988 - North Shore News

is your home as
safe as it should be?

YOU HAVE just come off a busy
highway, nerves jangling and
you’re ready to settle down for the
rest of the night in the safety of
your own home.

Watch out! Your home is one of
the most dangerous places you can
be in.

One of the most frequent home
accidents is falling, after auto
crashes, which are the aumber one
accidental killer in Canada. In
fact, there is a disabling home ac-
cident in Canada every 90 seconds.

Falis are the main accidental
killer of people over 75. Falls kill-
ed 1,852 Canadians in 1980 (1,906
in 1979). About 17 per cent occur
on stairs, six per cent from ladders
and .nother three per cent from
buildings.

Women fal! more frequently on
stairs and on level surfaces; men
more often from ladders, buildings
and from bi-level surfaces. Each
year about 45,000 people spend an
average of 10 days in hospital re-

Orchids go

THE FRASER Valley Orchid
Society will be holding its fourth
international judged show. The
event is scheduled for Saturday,
Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Sunday, Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. at the White Rock Town
Centre Hall, 15150 Russell
Avenue, White Rock (near the
whaling wall).

There will be interesting and
unusual orchid plants on display
from all parts of the world. In ad-
dition to 3,500 square feet of

covering from falls.

Many victims of falls never re-
cover fully, spending the rest of
their lives in wheelchairs with
severe disability. An additional
concern is that a homeowner might
be held liable for injuries sustained
in a fall by a visitor.

Other major causes of serious
home accidents, often resulting in
fatal injuries, are faulty electrical
appliances and household electrical
circuits. Improper fusing — usual-
ly involving the replacement of a
15 amp fuse with a 20 or 30 amp
fuse — causes many of the 33,000
electricai fires annually in Canada
— some of them fatal.

Canadians also nave a penchant
for handling electrical appliances
around water. Such items as a
radio perched on the edge of the
bathtub, a toaster next to a sink,
have deadly potential.

Familiar appliances such as
vacuum cleaners, radios, electric
shavers, toasters, lamps, kettles,
television sets, dryers and the

on display

displays, there will be orchid paint-
ings, photographs, and an orchid
stamp collection.

There will also be a large sale
area with plants for sale by both
hobby growers and commercial
nurseries from the United States
and Canada.

This is an excellent opportunity
to see a great many award quality
flowers and to learn more about
the fascinating world of orchids.

Admission to the show is $2.

Thinking of upgrading the lighting in your
home? Well, don't throw away those old

fixtures, bring them in to The Li

ghting

Centre and well deduct 50% from the price
of any new fixtures purchased,

While sto

ck lasts

%

on your new fixtures

kitchen stove, can kill if improp-
erly maintained or if mishandled,
resulting in either a fire or a fethal
electric shock. Even appliances
turned off, but left plugged into
power outlets, can kill.

While most appliances are safe
when not plugged in, the family
radio and TV set contain high
voltage circuits which continue to
hold potentially lethal charges
after they have been unplugged.

This is a very special anniversary... 40 years Of
supplying metropolitan area with the finest
home furnishings from America’s most
prestigious manufacturers... that’s almost three
generations who have enjoyed selecting and
saving on classic and contemporary

furniture for every room in their homes...

come visit us during Seotember and discover

all over again that J. Collins has an almost
endless choice of bedrooms, den rooms,

dining rooms, living rooms, accessories and so much

more... and right now, we’re more affordable than ever!

Furniture to last a lifetime.
Made on the premises by the finest craftsmen.

* custom shelving & drawers fj
' e mirror closet doors ;

° wire storage systems
= @ wall bed

1093 Marine Dr., NV.

986-4263 qT

Offer ores Sept 30 Hardwood frames properly dowelled and

carner blocked. Webb and coil soring
construction all 8-way hand tied. All fabrics
pattern-matched and scotchyuarded. Only the
best materials used.

Hl Va THOMASVILLE GALLERY

4240 Manor Street,
Burnaby

(% block west of Villa Sherat
435-5566 on Hotel

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4700 E. HASTINGS
Cnr. of Hastings & Beta

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