Calgary Herald from Calgary, Alberta, Canada • 13

Money B4 CALGARY, August 4, 1991 Editor: Ken Hull 235-7527 CO7 ci "nl Lyo) mBMttlttttfl Dl Hr yjmgP' AND ACCIDENT Paramedic dies in car crash after hitting deer City man wasn't wearing seatbelt when vehicle rolled By Wendy Dudley (Herald writer) A Calgary paramedic, who devoted the last 20 years of his life to the emergency medical service, died in a car crash in Michigan early Saturday 47 (a' 4. fe- itW'Hiti fcitlffiii LRT lament heard around Sunnyside as announcement blares By Wendy Dudley (Herald writer) About every ten minutes between sunup and sunset, Lillian Cannon is bombarded by the LRT safety warning. A rude awakening is the only way to describe it, she says. Cannon, 59, lives two homes away from the LRT tracks, and is at her wit's end as to how to deal with the system's taped announcement PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE TRAIN. "I'm fed up.

It's just terrible. I get headaches now. And it's not good for my heart. I had open-heart surgery two years ago. My doctor said I may have to move, but I don't think people should be forced to move," said Cannon who's lived in her Sunnyside home half her life.

"We went through the building of the LRT. That was enough. You think they'd be kind enough to realize these are our homes. We just want some peace and quiet. I don't think that's asking too much." So rather than pack her bags, Cannon added her name to a petition carrying signatures of about 250 residents who live near the Sunnyside, Lion's Park, Banff Trail, Whitehorn, University, Rundle, Anderson and downtown LRT stations.

The petition, recently delivered to the mayor's office, demands the announcement be eliminated. The petition will go before the city's nating agenda and personnel committee Aug. 27. "It's just ridiculous. Do you know how difficult it is to read Plato or Aristotle when every nine minutes you hear that announcement? I'm sure a rooster would be more pleasant to listen to," HEALTH tjrrrt as it can be for the (noisiest) station which is downtown but they're looking to see if they can lower it (more) for the Sunnyside station." But Dube isn't buying that.

"Do they think we're such hicks that we'll kill ourselves getting on and off the train? a low tone or gentle beep would be much less intrusive." ss Dave Olecko, Calgary Herald ALL DAY LONG AND INTO THE NIGHT: Cannon says LRT safety announcement is ruining her life Women eager for new Textbooks accused of wicked influence mMiiMIWIIIIMIIll -T it general manager Robert Irwin was aware of only two complaints about the announcement's volume. Irwin did not return Herald phone calls. Aid. Richard Magnus, chairman of the transportation, transit and parking committee, said the announcements are a safety measure, and are here to stay. "The volume is turned down as low operation Centre, want to come to Foothills to learn how to do the procedure.

"I guess from a business point of view these guys don't want to be left without the skills and maybe risk losing some patients," says Martyn. Patients have called from as far as Kamloops, even calling him at home at 6:30 a.m., eager for details. Women keen to avoid their scheduled hysterectomies have also been calling. And a lot of women who would not have been willing to have a hysterectomy are considering the new procedure, says Martyn. And some daughters have called in asking about the operation for their mothers, he says.

"We are channelling the patients into the clinic and seeing them as soon as we can." Dr. David Cenaiko at the Peter Lougheed Centre, who will also be doing the operation soon, says he has also been flooded with calls. The operation is done in day surgery with the woman going home the same day and back to work two days later. Joanne Hope arrived at Foothills at 8 a.m. Wednesday and was on her way home at 6 p.m.

"There is nothing to be frightened about at all. It went really smooth and well and I feel great," she says. Once the operation gets underway on a regular basis at Foothills Sept. 5, Martyn will be operating on two or more patients a week. "Whatever the demand is, we will fit them in." "It was built by a carpenter, and he tried to put in everything he knew how to do.

So it's a mix of sandstone, brick and wood. The columns out front are Italian, and it has a rounded verandah, which is very rare. It also has turrets," says LaPorte. A half block away at 1036 8 Ave. S.E.

is the Night House, built in 1890, and believed to be the oldest wood-frame house in Calgary. Once a bunkhouse for cowboys, it also was used as an overnight stop for CPR workers. The neighborhood also includes historic livery stables, log shacks, churches, schools and firehalls. "If you can get past the peeling paint and boards falling off, there's often a hidden architectural structure," says Heddinger. Gosling hopes the Heritage Day celebration will help Calgarians rediscover and enjoy their First neighborhood.

"It's the forgotten area of town, and we want to revive it," she says. "We've been losing historic sites and buildings at an astonishing rate since the '50s. Enough is enough." morning. Rejean Denis, 46, and his 17-year-old daughter, Colette, were driving from Calgary to Quebec to visit relatives. Denis lost control of his car after hitting a deer on a "straight stretch" DENIS: Thrown of wilderness highway, said a state trooper.

Denis, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the car when it hit a ditch and rolled. He later died in hospital from head injuries. His daughter received minor injuries and was released. Promoted to field supervisor in 1974, Denis was a member of Calgary's first graduating class of paramedics. He joined EMS in 1971.

"His joie de vivre was his hallmark, along with his sense of humor," said EMS director Syd Cartwright, adding Denis was a dedicated worker. Denis is survived by his wife Lynne and two daughters Colette and Jacqueline, 20. The accident is still under investigation. education corporates elements of the occult. "Spells, magical chants, and charms (described in the Impressions books) are all part of witchcraft the same way Bible reading is part of Christianity," the former principal said.

A Calgary public school official, however, said he's never heard of New Age education. "This is certainly news to me," commented a'surprised Bill Dickson, deputy superintendent of schools. Dickson said he'd be seriously concerned if school children were involved in any of the activities the Calverts described. A parent-teacher committee studied the Impressions books about I12 years ago and determined that concerns about them were unfounded, he said. The Calverts said parents who disapprove of the books and other New Age curriculum material should pull their children from classes and do their best to create "an administrative nightmare." Teachers are being told during training workshops they are "mid-wives of the spirit" and their duty is to change the belief systems of their students, helping them get in touch with their inner selves, Don Calvert said.

Herald Graphic 'New Age' theories being taught in class, claim city educators By Lorraine Locherty (Herald writer) Witchcraft, spirit channelling and Eastern mysticism are being taught to unsuspecting Alberta school children, a pair of Calgary educators charged Saturday. Texts fille'd with "scary, violent and hideous stories" are also part of a New Age education program used in this and other provinces, Don and Joan Calvert told a cult conference sponsored by the Christian Research Institute of Canada. "New Age teaches that good and evil are opposite parts of the same coin that there's no difference," said Don Calvert, who spent 33 years in the Alberta school system before retiring several years ago. Christianity isn't allowed in the school system, yet Eastern religions and native spirituality are being taught, said Calvert, whose last job was principal of Victoria Community School. Both Calvert and his wife, a former teacher, said a controversial series of children's texts called Impressions in said Allison Dube, a political science lecturer at the University of Calgary.

Janine Ramsey, who lives in an apartment near the Sunnyside station added: "It's like having someone standing outside your window screaming at you. You feel like you're living in the middle of a subway station." A Calgary Transit spokesperson said HEALING: Hope went shopping different areas in the hospital," he says. As well, he's had physicians from Calgary, Saskatchewan and as far away as Ontario asking about the operation, known officially as an endometrial ablation. Some, including two doctors at Rock-yview and one at the Peter Lougheed roots," says Rosaleen Heddinger, president of the Alberta Historical Preservation and Re-Building Society, one of two historical societies involved in Monday's white-bow ceremony. The Old Town Calgary Society, a group of Inglewood residents and businesses dedicated to preserving the area's old buildings, has asked homeowners to tie white bows or ribbons to their homes if they're of historical significance.

"That means anything prior to 1939, with an emphasis on buildings prior to 1915," says the society's founder Melady Gosling. Inglewood was built east of the Elbow River in anticipation of construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, but was left behind when the CPR decided to build its central station west of the river in 1883. "The area is full of historic gems," says Patti Laporte, a board member with the preservation and rebuilding society. One such home is the Robert Suitor House at 1004 8 Ave. S.E., built in 1907.

1 11 i i 1 1 A Rolier ball surgery has patients begging for more information By Robert Walker (Herald writer) Calgary women are clamoring to have a new operation which promises to allow many of them to avoid major surgery. And one of the first two women to have the procedure here this week was ecstatic about it. "I'm really excited," said 35-year-old Joanne Hope, who had the 45-minute "roller ball" operation in Foothills day surgery Wednesday. The operation, performed on women with heavy menstrual bleeding, uses a heated roller ball to cauterize the lining of the uterus, saving them a hysterectomy. "I didn't have any pain.

I was quite surprised," said Hope, who was out shopping Friday less than 48 hours after the procedure. Normally, a woman recovering from a hysterectomy would require five days hospital care and another five weeks off work. "The phones have been ringing off the wall. The response has been phenomenal," says Foothills specialist Dr. Paul Martyn, who carried out the first "roller ball" procedures on women.

"We've had at least 50 calls at three HERITAGE DAY Area's history and homes celebrated as our first neighborhood By Wendy Dudley (Herald writer) Calgary's oldest community is getting gussied up for Heritage Day. White bows dozens of them will adorn many of Inglewood's historic homes and commercial buildings on Monday, in celebration of the area's history and as a kickoff to Historic Calgary Week, Aug. 5-12. A video and photo exhibit of Inglewood's old homes will be displayed in city hall's atrium throughout the week. More than 200 residences and commercial buildings in the southeast Calgary community were built prior to 1914, and in January, the city declared Inglewood a special character area.

"Since Victorian times, bows have been used to mark celebrations. Wre chose a white bow because it represents purity, or a return to original INGLEWOOD HERITAGE SITES Deane House (1906): Built lor Richard Burton Deane, a commanding officer of the North West Mounted Police Calgary division. 806 9th Ave. S.E.. Hunt Log Cabin (1876): Believed to be a squatter's house.

Located behind the Deane House. Suitor House (1907): Built by Robert Suitor, a Calgary alderman in 1907 and 1 908. Suitor, a carpenter, practised his skills while building the house, explaining its mixture of sandstone, brick and wood. The home's rounded wrap-around verandah is also unique. 1004 8th BurnsNight House (1890): Owned and used by Thomas Burns (Pat's brother) of Burns Company Limited meat packers.

Formerly a cowboy bunkhouse, it was later used by CPR employees required to stay overnight in Calgary, hence the name Night House. Recently privately purchased, to be restored. 1036 8th Ave. S.E. A.E.

Cross House (1891): Owned by A.E. Cross, one of Alberta's largest ranchers, and founder of the Calgary Brewing and Malting Company and, in 1912, of the Calgary Stampede. 1240 8th Ave. S.E. Major Stewart House (1884): One of Alberta's oldest homes.

Built by John Stewart, a former Canadian Militia officer who came west in 1 881 to set up the Stewart Ranche Company near Pincher Creek. One of two Calgary riverside homes with property rights to the middle of the river. Now is privately owned. 26 New Street. Fraser Seabloom Block (1912): Carson Block (1912); Victory Block (1908); Blow Block (1910); Dougall Block (1910).

Retail buildings with offices above, until the '30s, when they were converted to apartments, in the vt 1300 block of 9th Avenue S.E. White Barn (1906): One of two barns in the area. Was used as a livery stable to store buggies and carriages. Now privately owned. 9th Avenue and 14th Street S.E..