SPORTS COMMENT Hypothermia an instant killer By Colin Herald Sport Editor Weather conditions at best can be described as Unpredictable Using this past week as an example we ve seen bitter cold snow squalls and even a period of relative mildness It Is at his time of the year that tragic accidents occur especially In the outofdoors and the layman a term for the phenomenon Is simply freezing to death v The medical term is hypothermia and last year around time I wrote a column that was extremely well received concerning the condition Recently I have received several requests for a rerun of column and now seems tho appropriate time Too often one hears reports of death through ex or shock The medical term used in describing these fatalities Is Hypothermia The term describes the lowering of the body a the core heat This condition occurs the moment the body begins losing heat faster than It produces It The frightening thing about this condition Is that it can happen anywhere In the water In a boat on a wind swept lake a car that runs out of gas or suffers some other breakdown In a house without heat and even In the woods where one would assume that ample protection Is available plainly speaking is that people foolishly t prepare properly for outdoor conditions and suffered the consequences A man hiking all day suddenly feels the temperature drop and his fatigue coupled with the weather change affects him dangerously A fisherman without adequate clothing finds himself capsized the mercy of Iheclements The examples can go on and on but tho crux of the matter Is the lowering of body heal There is hypothermia clanger even in mild weather Thirty to SO degrees Fahrenheit might seem pleasant enough but throw in and a wind chill be fatal There arc ways to combat hypothermia and the best way Is to realize when It occurs Hypothermia victims have been known to die within hour and similarly unless the condition is treated death will Inevitably occur within three hours The temperature of the hondsand feet can drop to or 30 degrees below their normal without any lasting harm but a person could succumb if his body temperature dropped as little as three degrees at which hypothermia develops on the amount of energy a person has available when struck by the condition but warming signs are apparent Intense of danger and from here unless treated It all downhill Poor coordination stumbling thickness of speech and loss of memory follow In rapid succession and in the later stages the victim will not even attempt to help himself If a victim has a mild case of hypothermia get him to shelter make him worm and feed him quarts of hot sugared water or broth If he victim Is in the field however be moved and the ministrations should be performed on the spot It cannot be emphasized enough however that in most cases hypothermia can be avoided If he proper clolhiitg Is worn Jeans are poor Tor outdoor trekking as they afford Hide or no protection at all In a sense duck down Is of no use at oil when wet The should be dressed in layers and the old standard wool still affords the best protection If one doesn t have the proper apparel and Is in danger of developing hypothermia dry gross cattail down and milkweed afford some relief Dry and adequate shelter are however the keys to survival It a a joy to take In the splendors of our outdoors but one must be aware that dangers arc perhaps surprisingly close Statistics mean little to anyone and provide little consolation to a bereaved family If taking to the woods don end up as a statistic use common sense and BE COLIN ON HOLIDAY THIS WEEK Minor schedule 1 lItfcfNS JOfcSt UP TRANbPOnT OLDS SMITH HILLS WIILIAMSrLECTniC ARMSTRONG INSURANCE II 1IONS CLUB IZ StNGA HOMES FRIDAY JANUARY 117 Team No 34 PM Team 13 la Team No SATURDAY JAN 177 MEMORIAL ARENA am Murray Motors vs Nell Centre 30 am Glenn en Mac s Milk a am Plumbing Ontario Electrical League a am Chicken Villa vi Mnckart 11 am North Hilton Motor Sales Robert Gougeon Furnish In 12 00 Doon Standard Products vs Bai Motors 3 15 pro Depco Metal Products Finance Varian Associates vs AV Tennanl Contractors Florists vs Gar butt Plumbing Chris IGA Plk Variety JAN ALCOTTABENA 7 am Criteron Carpels vs Elks Lodge Stevenson Men s Wear Auto Wreckers 10 am Real Estate vi Armbro Construction 11 30 am Esso vs Kings way pools II Georgetown Cbryilcr vs Johnson Carney Real Estate 4 15 I vs Adams Photo 5 Georgetown Industrial Gals vs OakvWe SUNDAY JAN 1077 MEMORIAL ARENA pm Cable TV Barn 15 Mb ton Motors vs Montego Construction Lane vs Scotia Bank Exchange Home 10 M Mister Steering vs Junior Raiders THE HERALD Wednesday January IIJ7 Page 15 GDMHA WEEKLY ROUNDUP Close scores highlight minor hockey games OF THE GEORGETOWN CHRYSLER Memorial Arena The Raiders walked all attempts to skirt by Georgetown Gemini opponents and posted an win defenders In last Thursday Benefit Game at the CHRYSLER PLAYfR NEIL COTTON for a shot on goal In last benefit game between the Haiders the Georgetown Sunny Acre The Raiders walked off with MIDGET Masson Motors tied Halton Cable terns In midget action Sunday Dove Taggart and Rick Donaldson notched mark era with Pat assisting on one of tho goals Terry Anderson and Mitch each allied one goal in the contest Scotia Bank dropped a lead to four quick goals by Bums Transport before winning on a goal by Perry Steel with only 25 seconds remaining Craig Wilson was the other Bank star of the cutest notching a to Mike Cannon and Steve Kesllchk Mark Kirley Fergus Barnes 2 Perry Steel Wade and Dan Macintosh all gained assists Dove Bell and Gord Miller each potted a pair to bring Burns within grasp of he game Kevin Harrison scored the single Assists come from Kevin Angus and John La vole A complete team effort highlighted seven simile goats scored Monteso Construction Bantam in Its 7 2 victory over Lane a Transport Don Thompson and Ron Tim pson notched he markers for Lanes with assists from John Peters and Jamie Frank Scoring for were Bill Wheeler Tom Simpson Terry Cull Bob Montagne Craig McLaughlin BUI Davis and Paul Mercer also racked up wo assists while singles went to McLaughlin Dorrel and Russ Hammer JUVENILE Malison with a triple goal game and Scott pair of assists paced the Junior Raiders a close well played win over the Exchange House Sunday Gory Agnew Bern Stoyles Lewis Humphries and Claire Stuart each notched assists in the win Ted Phillips Don dimming and Bob Bryant each tallied once with Alan Reed assisting for the Exchange House Crispy Crunchers Midget 4 town dropped Mister Steering goals by Bill Kent Jim Taggart Jamie Hansen Jeff Richardson and Curt Scott Wilson led the assists column with a pair while Larry Davis Alex Vlrag and Gary Johnston each notched a single Hogan scored he single for Mister Steering with assists going to Jeff Lockwood and Peter Slaplcton BANTAM Stevenson downed Georgetown Chrysler in a well ployed game Sunday Clint and Brad Tyndall each notched a single In the win while Holler added an assist Chrysler a Vernon Coles picked up one goal and an assist In the losing effort Kevin Phillips netted the other marker Elk Lodge romped to a win over Real Estate on two goals Rob and a single by Mike Roberta Sean scored the lone marker Johnson and Carney Real Estate fought Hal ton Auto Wreckers a draw Sunday In a hard hitting game Ron Mike Tfylor and Terry each potted a single for while Rick Jeffrey Brad Bludd and Mario hit the twine for the Auto Wreckers Paul Lesley Kevin Hughes Brad also notched assists M Kills drew three goals and an equal number of assists Sunday to pace Kingaway Pools to an win over Criterion Carpets Criterion Bob Patterson however most held the swimmers singlehandedly In five markers during the contest Jeff Parker added a pair of tallies to the Pool scoreboard while singles came from Scott Brush Mike Dine and Stacy Graham Adding assists to their point total were Kingaway players Mike Jeff Parker Scott Brush 2 Dave and Kevin Webster Paul Kirby and scored the other of markers for the while Carman Lorusso 2 and Juergen Hack tallied assists Construction and MacPtierson 2 is described as a rough game Jim and Tom Cull netted markers for while Pervis added on assist Glen Peer also earned an Sam Bell Bob Grasby each dented the Iwlne for MacPherson with help from Robert and Pole Robinson ATOMS Ai minor atoms trounced Preston in exhibition play Sunday Georgetown bombarded the opposition goal lender with shots while only allowing 19 shots to be made on its own net The hardchecking game saw many players from both teams come off the Ice injured coach Brian James said Georgetown led 20 at the end of the first period on by Shawn Coffey and Brent Smith Despite Preston scoring 50 seconds into the second frame Georgetown blasted four markers Into the net to take a second period lead Brent Smith notched twice to a while Mike and David Montagne rounded out period scoring Preston added lis second goal at the five minute mark of the third and five minutes later Georgetown responded with the first of a trio of goals by Wayne Morrow Mike and Mike Moore We hardly made a mistake In the whole game coach Brian James said adding that we skated and checked well Assists in the game were picked up by Brent Smith Stephen Turner 2 Shawn Corfcy Stephen Marcowni Todd Cull and Danny King Consolation championship lost at Dundas tournament LEASING A CAR OR TRUCK Georgetown Tops No Contact league The junior boys bask team suffered from in jury and illness last week to lose the consolation champion ship at the Green and White Tourney to T II Blake lock secondary school half In the first of three en count the boys lost to Don Mills Henry Carr secondary school in what wis described as a effort brought on by little rusty over hoi Norm Ibu was high scorer notching points Norm tallied for the winning basket in he team second encounter won In the last second of play again it Hamilton Scott Park col Jamie Hansen scored for 10 points while teammate Steve nine GIVE US A TRY GDHS BASKETBALL Long shot kills Rebels hopes of Bramalea win seniors hopes of win Its first of four encounters with as five seconds remained in an exhibition is game sank with a half court long shot The shot last Wcdne counted for two points to give a narrow 57 win over the Rebels wl have lost nil four encounters by a total margin of less than seven The Rebels were hampered in the well played game by Injuries Three members of the squad were off with ankle injuries an I fourth was off with a knee injury Only six members made the garni four of which sank better lhan po each One jun or was called up lo fill Paul led scoring with on 10 points while teammates Paul Krowchuk and Mike scored points Doug Lamb drop i points The Rebels begin iguc play in an aw game at ijuwn Elizabeth Park and then Friday again away it Brampton LEE TOCHER ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCE THEY WILL BE APPEARING AT Royal Canadian Legion Br 120 Auditorium JANUARY 8th DANCING PM AM WfiCOMf Georgetown Is still flying Last Tuesday Dec along at the top of the Georgetown defeated dings in the No Body Contact Country Gents 104 league- undefeated after nine Walter Arbuckle and Ed games each scored two goals singles went to Walter complete balanced lines has Bill Bingham John been a major factor in Howie Corafoot Brian Georgetown success to dote and Bill Wells they manage to wear down the Sunday Jan Georgetown opposition and start pop In travelled to Grand Valley to the goals during the later part play Tor one of their of the game toughest game this year STANDINGS JAN Team V town lrangevllle lllllsburgtiCG Milton Georgetown a win based on a solid gome effort from the team Special mention George Koestsg who played a standout gome In the net was especially brilliant in stopping two breakaways Ken Norman and John Packer each scored two goals for Georgetown followed by Mike Man ha 11 Brian Gunn with singles On Monday Georgetown was home to and beat them Scoring for Georgetown Bill Wells with goals Ken 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