500,000 North American‘s die of smoke related illness every year. WILL YOU BE NEXT YEAR‘S STATISTIC? Consult Dr. G.B. LAMB at the Sheddon Smoke Cessation Clinic Suite 206 331 Sheddon Avenue akville 8$44â€"3561 SATURDAY PARKING in all MUNICIPAL LOTS (excluding the parking garage) * 50¢ Hotdog Coke (Towne Square) (The above statistic is an estimate) ... and free parking throughout downtown . Sundays and evenings after 6:00 p.m. For More Information call §444520 Hoffman said it took oneâ€"hour to rescue the trapped worker because the fire department had to first set up the proper rescue equipment. The firefighters‘ backpack airbottles only contain enough oxygen for 30 minutes. Fearing this would not be enough, the firefighters set up air supply lines connected to larger Assistant deputy fire chief Mike Hoffman , the senior officer at the accident scene conâ€" curred. "He did the right thing. He knew someone would come down to get him." more smoke. Ted Guest, Deputy Fire Chief of the Oakville Fire Department, said that there would have been much more serious consequences if Fontenot "had not done what he had been trained to do." Workers followed proper safety procedures (Continued from page 1) eIMPAX Oldies Band 14 p.m. § (154 Lakeshore) Dibco Construction manager Mark Liddy said all three crew members followed proper proceâ€" dure according to training reguâ€" lations established by the Ontario Ministry of Labor. "The two nearest the explosion were prudent. The right thing to "They didn‘t know what to expect. At that point in time they had no contact with the man they were rescuing," said Hoffman. "They were going into the unknown. This is not the type of rescue we do everyday," said Hoffman. The rescuers were surprised to find Fontenot still alive. Once the air supply lines were set up the four rescuers were lowered into the mouth of the fiveâ€"foot wide tunnel at the botâ€" tom of the 100 foot deep shaft. three to fourâ€"hour air bottles for the four rescuers. No damage occurred to the tunnel and Liddy said work could resume as early as today once the Ministry of Labor comâ€" pletes its inspection. Liddy said the connecting plug, which was completely destroyed, was about 100 feet from the drilling machine. And, yes, Liddy said Fontenot is expected to return to the job. When completed the tunnel will be 480 feet long. Besides the 200 footâ€"long tunnel from the Oakville end, Dibco has drilled a 60â€"foot long tunnel on the Burlington end, said Liddy. Liddy said Ministry of Labor investigators were conducting an inspection Thursday: to deterâ€" mine the cause of the short cirâ€" cuit which has been traced to a connecting plug from a threeâ€" inch thick 440 volt cable from the power generator and the cable from the drilling machine. The project was expected to be finished by Nov. 1st, but problems unrelated to Wednesday‘s accident have delayed the completion date by a few weeks, said Kitchen. The connection will allow the region to continue supplying water if problems occur with either community‘s water supply. The accident was the first of its kind for Dibco, which speâ€" cializes in underground tunâ€" nelling and has recently completâ€" ed projects in Sarnia and Scarborough. The tunnel is part of a $1 milâ€" lion project to connect a Burlington watermain on New Street with an Oakville waterâ€" main on Rebecca Street, said Bruce Kitchen, director of design and construction, for the Halton Region Public Works Department. do was to get out of there," said Liddy. Liddy said all work crews receive safety training prior to the beginning of each job. FREDERICK KREMER GRADUATING ‘93 Photos not available: MEGHAN BURTON, AARON CONLIN SHERRIâ€"ANNE WILLIAMS GRANT CARTER ERIC SHAKESPEARE