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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-12-19, Page 29Page 6—Crossroads—Dec. 19, 1984 Decor Score By BARBARA HARTUNG light and bright is the new look Q. My home hasn't had much attention since we purchased it in the 1960s when it was new. I'd like to have an up-to-date, fresh look but I'm not sure bow to achieve that. When I go shopping I see such a variety of colors and materials that I only get confused. But when I look in magazines I see such dreamy room sett - Please give me some suggestions. I have had heavy Spanish furniture and dark colors and want a change. R.C. A. Wander through furni- ture stores and the furni- ture departments of major retailers to observe room settings. Then figure out why you like certain ones. Is it the furniture arrange- ment or furniture style? Is it the colors? Could you im- agine yourself reasonably copying the layout or the selection of fabrics and materials and furniture? If so, you have a fairly easy plan already established. Sometimes you can adapt a room setting to your own needs. If you feel you're on shaky ground, consider using a store inte- rior designer who might merely make suggestions and give you confidence in your ,own selections. A pro- fessional can sometimes save you money by sug- gesting ways to cut corners to achieve the results you desire. If you are not able to find pre -planned room ar- rangements, here are some observations on interior design trends of recent months. Designers and furnishing manufacturers are producing,. .lighter, more pastel fabrics, paint colors and upholstered pieces. There's more emphasis on 'the lavish use of fabric — not necessarily expen- sive types. A luxurious look can be created with billow- ing curtains and draperies — or even fabric swagged or applied directly to walls instead of wallpaper. Mill - end shops, sheet sales and creative use of common fabrics such as theatrical gauze or muslin can pro- vide large amounts of yardage at reasonable. prices. Lighten your dark Span- ish furniture with paint. Or strip the. finish and bleach the wood to a paler tone. Add materials that will catch the light and reflect it — mirrors, glass, brass, chrome or metallic papers. Lightly constructed piec- es of upholstered furniture and wood case goods will update your room. For ex- ample, a rattan table base topped with glass or a wicker pair of chairs with fresh, pale colored fabric cushions vastly change the look of a room. Q. We have a 19th centu- ry house with very old and badly marred wood panel- ing. I do not want to take the time, energy and money to remove the old paint on the wood paneling and repair it. I simply want to repaint. What color or colors would you suggest for the walls to go with lots of ma- hogany furniture, wood floors with two medium- sized Oriental rugs. The furniture needs reuphol- stering which I plan to do. — K.L. A. You have many choic- es because you are starting with neutral items — only your Oriental rugs for color guidance. And Orien- tals frequently can be used with most color schemes since they usually contain many colors. If your wood paneling is farily elaborate and .you have wood trim around the ceiling, a chair rail, or door and window moldings, you might like to emphasize those. If that is the case, `consider two contrasting paint colors - one, white TOP SHOPPING IN JAPAN. Japan Association for the In- ternational Exposition, Tsukuba, 1985. Distributed by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vt. 5-' by 10-1/4 in. 304'pp. Paper $15.00. Reviewed by PERCY MADDUX Here is a grand guide for the visitor to Japan, which expects many visitors for its world's fair at Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki Pre- fecture, 50 kilometres north- east of the centre of Tokyo from March .17 to September 16, 1985 — 20 million people are expected to come. "Top Shopping in Japan" is the name of the guide, 'which opens with maps of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe and Nara. There are many pictures in color of all of these cities. There is lots of information about facilities and Japanese customs. Then follows a list of various things for which one might shop and where to find them, including food, liquor and to- bacco. At the back are useful Japanese expressions. Even if you do not go to Japan, you will find this a very enlightening and enjoy- able book. for the base paneling, and two, a light teal blue or a dark mahogany brown for the trim. This will give the room the impression of a lower ceiling and accent the 19th century quality of the room. If, however, you want a more spacious feeling, you might paint everything a soft cream. Either could provide an excellent background for your reupholstered furni- ture and your fine rugs. AIRY TOUCH—Rose ribbed velvet chairs with chrome frames provide the deepest color in this dining area with its whimsical cloudlike walls in pale blue and white. A mini -print fabric at the windows provides a Tight, airy touch, complementing the pale tones in the contemporary area rug. Furniture is by Chrom- craft and room setting is by Patricia Gaylor. NO DANGER Accidentally frozen canned foods can be thawed and used as long as there are no signs of leakage or spoilage, says Monica Beaumont, foods and nutrition specialist with Ontario Ministry of Ag iculture and Food's'rural or anizations and services br hch. Thawed canned foods should be used as soon as possible. Christmas Gifts DECORATOR CLOCKS and MIRRORS from $7.95 - $34.95 StClair the paint and paper people WATERLOO TOWN CONESTOGA MALL SQUARE Waterloo (Near K -Mart) Waterloo (Near K -Mart) 886-3791 886-2789 i Dialogue on Law Reform Report 21 The Law Reform Commission of Canada recommends that peace officers be allowed to demand blood samples from those suspected of impaired driving or impaired operation of vessels and aircraft, but only under the most stringent safe- guards. Yea ▪ •1• Investigative Tests — Alcohol, Drugs and Driving Offences Under the Commision's pro- ges to the Criminal Code an t .he Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1983, blood tests could also be .taken where an accident victim is unconscious. But such blood test would require judicial approval in the form of a telephone warrant and would be subject to the approv I of the doctor in charge of t'reatig the injured person. Those are the chief proposals among 16 recommendations in Report 21: Investigative Tests — Alcohol, Drugs and Driving Offences, which was tabled re- cently in Parliament by Justice Minister Mark MacGuigan. A further proposal would allow a peace officer to demand a blood sample where a person was suspected of impaired oper- ation of vehicles, vessels or aircraft caused by the use f drugs other than alcohol. "These proposals represent the maximum extent to which, in our opinion, expansion of the breath- alyzer provisions of the Criminal Code would be justifiable," Com- missioner Joseph Maingot, Q.C., responsible for the Commission's Criminal Procedure Project, para- phrasing the report, said: "We recognize that to some degree new provisions for blood tests are intrusive and for this reason we have built into our recommendations a series of safeguards." The report recommends that current provisions in the Criminal Code allowing for the breath- alyzer tests of those reasonably suspected of impairment be maintained. But it also recom- mends, among other things, that where a suspect has been asked'. for/a breathalyzer test he can also demand that the peace officer grant him a blood test. And the peace officer would be required to inform the suspect that he has a right to such blood test. - Similarly, a person from whom a blood sample has been taken would be statutorily entitled to have half the sample sent to an 'independent analyst. A peace officer would also be required to inform him of this right. Other provisions would require that the blood test be done in such a fashion as to ensure minimum discomfort. The report takes special care to recommend that where a sus- pect is judged by a physician to be unable to provide a blood sample, the blood sample cannot be required. Even where a warrant has been obtained, the phy- sician's decision is overriding. Highlights and details * * * Recommendation 1 essen- tially retains sections 235(1) and 240.1(1) of the Criminal Code relating to breath sample demands incorporating the gist of those amendments set out in the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1983. * * * Recommendation 2 would permit demands for a blood sample "where the reasonably believed (total or partial) cause of im- pairment is a drug other than alcohol." Law Reform Commission Commission de reforme du droit of Canada du Canada *** Recommendation 3 re- quires that a person judged unable by reason of injury or illness to provide a breath sample, be required to.. provide "as soon thereafter as is practicable to having a sample ofhis,or her blood taken frohis or her body as in the opinion of a qualified medical practitioner is neces- sary. . * * * Recommendation 4 would allow a peace officer authorized by warrant to have a blood sample taken. * * * Recommendation 5 ensures that those people covered by the first three recom- mendations would be re- quired neither to submit to a breathalyzer test nor to a blood test unless "the attending physician has been asked whether he or she objects to such a requirement on the ground that it would be prejudicial to the proper care or treatment of the person; and the attending physician has not objected on this ground. - *** round.'"*** Recommendation 6 pro- vides the physician the same powers but applies them specifically to an unconscious susp.;ct. *** Recommendation 7 is designed to ensure that the suspect complies with the demand for samples. It proposes "that where a person, without a reasonable excuse, fails or refuses to comply with a lawful demand requiring him or her to supply breath sam- ples or to submit to having a blood sample taken from his or her body, such unteasonable failure or refusal should con- ' stitute an offence of"the same gravity as the offence with respect to which the demand was made." * * * Recommendation 8 would ensure that•a suspect be warned of the penalty for refusing to take the • tests. ***. Recommendation 9 and 10 ' guarantee a person the right to a. blood test as well as a breath- . alyzer test and the right to be told about the option. * * * Recommendations 11 and 12 provide a person the right to have his blood sample independently ana- lyzed and the right to be told of that option. * * * Recommendation 13 re- quires that only someone professionally qualified be allowed to administer • the blood test. * * * Recommendation 14 would specify that "a person from whom it is proposed that a blood sample be taken should be statutorily entitled to have such sam- ple taken in such a manner as to ensure minimum discomfort to that per- son." * * * Recommendation 15 limits the admissibility of evi- dence obtained " where there has been a sub- staptial violation of any of the procedures outlined in the above recommen- dations." * * * Recommendation 16 en- sures "that no medical practitioner or regis- tered nurse should be liable for failure or refusal to take a blood sample from any person." d NE wveenoerm neo alcohol, drugs and driving offences Canada To obtain a free copy of this bilingual Report, entitled Inves- tigative Tests — Alcohol, Drugs and Driving Offences, write to the Law Reform Commission of Canada, 130 Albert St., 7th Floor, Ottawa, Canada KIA 0L6. The Commission's report goes into considerable detail on the question of whether its recom- mendations violate, . or are in danger of violating, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Various aspects are discussed and the over-all assessment is that they do not. With respect to the exclusionary rule prohibiting, under certain conditions, evidence obtained using procedures in violation of the procedures . set out in the regulations, the Commission seeks to enhance certain guaran- tees provided for by the Charter. The principle discussion on the relationship between the pro- posals and the Charter occurs on Pages 20, 24 and 25 of the report. oda