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HERE TASTE THIS—BUT NOT MY FINGER! Jessica Sloan, 2, lets Harry the English Sheep Dog sample
some potato chips, but she's not letting Harry get a hold of her hand. Jessica also has some pet fish. But fortunately,
she left them behind when the photo was taken.
F r o m forest service
H e n n m g f a c e s l e g a l a c t i o n
A Quesnel company involved in a
proposed gold mining project in the
Wingdam area is facing legal action
by the B.C. Forest Service.
Henning Mining and Milling
Corp. has been assessed stumpage
fees and penalties for cutting timber
on a placer lease it holds on Lightning
Creek, Wayne Boudreau, operations
superintendent for the forest
service said Tuesday.
Boudreau told The Observer that
forestry regulations prohibit the cutting
of trees on placer leases without
prior approval of the forest service.
He explained that if a placer
lease-holder does cut any timber the
forest service proceeds under
trespass provisions of the Forest
Act.
He said the lease-holder is billed
for the stumpage as well as penalties
which can be up to three times the
normal stumpage. The lease-holder
has 30 days in which to make payment.
Boudreau would not pinpoint the
date on which the Henning company
was assessed the fees, but he
did say the 30-day deadline had
passed without response from the
company.
The forest service official would
not confirm or deny reports from
other sources that the fees and
penalties total about $7,000.
Boudreau said miners seeking approval
to cut timber in order to clear
a placer lease must submit a plan to
the forest service, which then
decides whether to issue a permit.
He said if there is "minimal
disturbance" to the area and if less
than one hectare is involved approval
would probably be given.
Miners may use tlie timber in construction
work on the site, but if
they do not the forest service usually
auctions it off, Boudreau explained.
The federal Fisheries Service also
has regulations prohibiting the cutting
of timber in the area of certain
creeks. Fisheries spokesman Franz
Lorenz told The Observer that
Lightning Creek is a "yellow-coded
creek," meaning it comes under a
regulation that states "forest cover
and vegetation adjacent to any
watercourse shall not be disturbed
or removed."
Henning Mining and Milling announced
plans a year ago to buy
several gold dredges in the U.S. and
use them to rework leases in the
area.
L e B r u n c h a r g e s B C R s t a l l e d
A spokesman for the B.C.
Railway denied Monday
that the company had failed for
more than 24 hours to inform the
Provincial Emergency Program
of a train derailment involving
tank cars loaded with chlorine
gas.
The accusation was made by
Aid. Alec LeBrun at Monday's
meeting of Quesnel city council,
which voted to write BCR asking
why it delayed notifying P.E.P.
LeBrun told council the
railway is required to immediate­
ly notify the disaster relief agency
of such a mishap. The B.C. Rail
freight train derailed near
Marguerite at 3:25 p.m. Oct. 14,
but LeBrun told council it did not
report the accident until after 6
p.m. the following day.
Ernest McLibbon Kitchemonia,
54, was killed in the
accident.
BCR spokesman Hugh Armstrong
said in a telephone interview
from the company's head
office in Vancouver that the company
"reported everywhere that
we have to report."
Armstrong said he had already
been questioned about the delay
and had "spent an hour running
all over North Vancouver to find
out about it."
"Why are you asking me about
this again?" he asked.
{The Observer had not
previously asked Armstrong
about the delay.)
"I won't comment further until
I get the letter (from city coun-cil),"
said Armstrong.
N o v e m b e r 2 1 ballot
Thursday, October 22.1981
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next few mornings. If
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though, and the
clear, cool blue sky will
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through. Lows near
minus 5, highs near 8.
B o t h r e f e r e n d a g e t
o k a y f r o m V i c t o r i a
A delegation from the Cariboo
Regional District returned from Victoria
Tuesday night with the news
they had worked toward for months—the
provincial government will
allow a referendum on a covered
swimming pool for the Quesnel area
to go on the Nov, 21 ballot.
There had been fears that the
municipal affairs ministry would
refuse approval for the referendum
because of a policy set out in a circular
sent to all municipalities warning
that only "essential" projects
would get consideration.
The circular, signed by inspector
of municipalities Chris Woodward,
blamed record interest rate levels for
the move.
CRD Area 'A' director Ted Armstrong
said he, CRD administrator
Glen Laubenstain and board chairman
Roy Crosina went to a meeting
with Woodward armed with facts
supplied by CRD staff.
"They were very receptive," said
Woodward. "We'd done our
homework, and we had a very
strong argument in that no other
community of our size in the pro-
S w i m m i n g p o o l
c o m p l e x
vince doesn't have a covered swimming
pool."
Armstrong said the accompanying
referendum on setting up a subregional
recreation area made up of
Quesnel and the four northern CRD
areas has also been approved.
He said the sub-regional recreation
committee, which is to meet
later today (Thursday), will probably
vote to proceed with a $4,200
advertising campaign aimed at convincing
voters to approve borrowing
to finance the pool project.
SEWER VOTE
The meeting with Woodward did
not produce immediate approval for
another referendum for a sewer project
in the Red Bluff area.
A r e a d r e d g e s c h e m e
a l m o s t i m p o s s i b l e
By D.

2-QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1981
THE PRIVATE RECREATION COMPLEX development continues at the corner of St. Laurent
Avenue and Kinchant Street in downtown Quesnel as workers busily build and lay forms for cement
to be poured.
A l b e r t a to m a p M a c k e n z i e trail
The province of
Alberta is finally
recognizing the
achicvcmcni of Alexander
Mackenzie.
While Ihc federal
government has effectively
sialled any progress
on the signing of
an agrcemeni with B.C.
10 develop the Mackenzie
Grease Trail wcsl of
Quesnel, Albcria has
now gone ahead lo map
and photograph the explorer's
trail in thai
province.
And doing ihc field
Hereford club set
The Cariboo
Chilcotin Hereford
Club is gearing up for
i (s I h i r d annual
Showland Sale to be
held on October 24 in
the Trailriders Arena
on the Stampede
grounds in Williams
Lake.
This y car's sal o
features 49 head of
quality registered
hercl'ords.
A tola! of 27 hcil'crs
and 22 bulls hasc all
been specially selected
for this auction.
In addition to the
cattle having been raised
in tlie Cariboo area,
there are also iiuesi
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contributors i' r o m
other B.C. regional
hereford clubs.
Further information
may be obtained from
Leonorc Schcek at
993-4574.
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PibytaoditkNi
General Meeting at
Child Development
Centre
Community Services Building
324 Hoy St.
November 3/81 at
8:00 p.m.
Coffee served.
Everyone welcome.
Guest Speaker: Nina
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Prince George Infant'
Program Supervisor
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work is Halle Flygarc, a
photographer, guide,
and former Banff park
warden, who was instrumental
in creating
interest in designating
the trail in B. C.
Speaking from his
home in Canmore,
Flygarc told the
Observe/iasi week he
has been asked to produce
a trail guide folder
ol' Mackenzie's route
Ihrou.^h Alberta.
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breaks off
Also being produced
is a historical trail guide
book of Mackenzie's
entire route beginning
from Lake Athabasca.
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month contract siarts
November 1, wilh the
field work beginning in
.lunc, 1982.
The gram was obtained
from the Alberta
Recreation, Parks and
Wildlife Foundation, a
crown corporation supported
by lottery funds.
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4-QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1981
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EDITORIALS
T h e h e l p t h a t c o u l d
h a v e b e e n , w a s n ' t
Now that the provincial
government has allowed
- Quesnel to go ahead with its
: pool and sub-regional recreation
referendum on November
21, one supposes the proper
: thing to do is to praise the
: government for its
magnanimity.
But no way.
Our city has had one
• helluva time with the provincial
government over recreation
facilities in the past.
before election day, claiming
not enough work on the financing
aspect with regards to
guarantees had been done.
And was there any real help
from the provincial government
at that time to put a plan
and a referendum on the plan
together so recreation
facilities might at all be a fact
in Quesnel in the 20th Century?
No way.
N o r r e p u g n a n t e n o u g h
T r a v e l n o
Before 1981. finishes off, we
should deal with this year's Travel
Stories, so we can prepare ourselves
without distraction for the
Christmas holiday season.
By presenting Travel Stories in an
autumn column, we can include
summer travel mishaps, as well as
the ones occurring in the fall, during
cheap fare times.
Travel Stories comprise those harrowing
or comical or bizarre tales
passed on to us by those fortunate
enough to have had enough money
to travel.
To qualify as a worthwhile Travel
Story, the tale should have a beginning,
middle and end. It need not be
spectacular, but should at least be
able to excite mild curiousity.
For instance, this story wouldn't
qualify: "I went to Slipping-on-
Peel, in Sussex, England, and 1
found the streets quite dirty, and a
duck bit me."
Not only does this story not
qualify because of its brevity and
wretched sentence structure. It is
also boring as hell except for the
duck bit and this doesn't ring true.
People will say almost anything to
qualify as a Travel Story supplier.
The first acceptable story took
place in Grenoble, France.
The narrator, S.P., testified that
during an European tour, her feet
and ankles were swollen because of
jet lag. A nurse she met on the tour
offered to give her a pill to relieve
the condition.
After taking a shower, washing
her hair and donning her
nightgown, S.G. stepped out of her
hotel room into the hail, intent on
going to the floor below to get the
pill from the nurse.
Hair dripping and nightgown
flopping, she pushed open a door
which closed behind her forever.
She found herself on the fire escape.
Below her were two French youths
observing her hesitant descent with
Gallic imperturbability.
When S.P. reached the ground
and explained in her unacceptable
French what had happened, the
youths, in excellent English, gallantly
offered to escort her around to
the front door and through the lobby.
The trio entered the hotel where
S.P. was relieved to see the only
people around were two lovers
engaged in their own pursuits.
S.G. made her way to the nurse's
room, acquired the pill and the
swelling in her feet and ankles subsided
enough so that she was able to
go on to Yugoslavia, Austria and
Switzerland.
The next Travel Story concerns a
man who picked up the wrong luggage
by mistake at the Toronto International
Airport.
b y
e i l e e n w a t t
Hjs bag was a dark wine colour
with lighter wine handles. This isn't
important to me, but the narrator
made a big deal of it, so I'll pass it
on to you.
When the traveller, K.L., was
safely back in his home among the
tender fruit trees of Grimsby, Ontario,
he opened the bag to find very
small articles of clothing not belonging
to him.
After a brief examination of the
bag's contents, K.G. was able to
discern that by mistake he had seized
and carried off the luggage of a
midget.
He called his travel agency, the
airlines and his legislative representatives.
To date he has made no progress
in locating the midget, nor in
obtaining his own bag which contained
all his jogging equipment.
His friends suggest he lose a lot of
weight and try to shrink himself by
taking hot baths, so that he could at
least wear the clothes until he gets
his own back.
e t m a t t e r
This suggestion is so facetious
and small-minded that I hesitated to
include it as part of a Travel Story.
The narrator, however, seemed to
feel it was an integral part of his
tale, so I pass it on to you.
The editor of this newspaper has
the same Travel Story just about
every year. «
He reports that when he returns
from holidays to his rural retreat
outside Quesnel, he finds that cows
have invaded his garden, munching
a:nd trampling his carefully nurtured
vegetables.
He has considered various
remedies but none appear workable,
he writes.
It is painfully clear he is growing
the wrong crops—those attractive to
cattle.
A simple solution to his problem
involves foregoing carrots, potatoes
and so on and concentrating on
crops repugnant to cows.
Which ones are they? This column
would not presume to make
specific recommendations, and
hasn't the means at hand to conduct
a thorough horticultural research
program. We await the Travel Story
of the editor next year.
This concludes the best Travel
Stories of 1981. Mail yours in before
October 31 if you want to qualify
for next year's competition.
Looking Back.
F R O M O U R
F I L E S
In the past three or four
years, when the much larger
So why should anyone be
suckered into praising a decision
from a government
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
October 22, 1964
Quesnel Elementary School has.
been closed until further notice after
an explosion in the furnace room
: public recreation facility was which, in the final analysis,
that rocked the building shortly
; defeated at the polls, did the has thrown far more heat into
i" provincial government offer the matter than making its ex­
: to provide the local committee pertise available to a local
with some expertise, assuming committee consisting of or­
• the municipal affairs ministry dinary citizens, well-meaning
after 10 a.m. Tuesday, and brought
about a hurried evacuation of
pupils. No one was injured.
Classes were continued after the
wrecked furnace room had been inspected
and it was determined there
: had a little more knowledge in but green when it comes to
was no further damage.
•such matters than the (at that such things?
However, school board officials
•time) town of Quesnel?
One can only say, go to it,
ruled that afternoon that the
building would be closed until a full
No way.
folks, it's a beginning if it
passes the GO sign next
And when the city was
month.
' ready to put forth yet another
investigation has been made and
steps taken to eliminate any
possibility of further trouble.
School principal James Girvin
proposal to the voters, the If not, the body will un­
.provincial government was doubtedly remain cold for a
quick to veto the referendum long, long time.
stated it was fortunate the blast had
not occurred a few minutes earlier
when pupils of a primary grade were
passing near the furnace room door
on the way to the rest rooms.
For explanation
Unless immediate steps are taken,
erosion on the north bank of the
Quesnel River will shortly be endangering
the stockyards and access
S t a l k i n g t h e m i n i s
P r i c e p a i d f o r C a n a d i a n z e a l to the Swift River Lumber Company
planer operation will be cut
By John Gorman
off.
Australia is currently one of the
This was pointed out at a council
world's hot spots for oil and gas ex­
meeting Monday evening by Alder­
at Gillies C r o s s i n g
ploration.
C r u d e oil reserves d e c l i n e man J.H. Ritchie who made a recent
Canadian oilmen are comparing
survey of the area.
Australia's potential with the earlier
Ritchie stated that the current in
We continue to wonder where the facilities are more days in Alberta and the Leduc
the river is now cutting in on the
about things.
grand and expensive, and discovery of 1947.
And by the end of the 1960s they There are more than 700 active north bank and already 15 feet or
Such as, why hasn't the more in keeping with federal There are a number of similarities had also released Canada from its production and exploration com­ more of the shore line has been
federal government, through
with Western Canada's post-World dependence on foreign sources for panies in the Canadian industry.
.government spending habits.
swept away.
the Environment Ministry of
War Two oil boom, amd oilmen are crude oil, but that was to be a short­ The federal Petroleum Monitoring
Unfortunately, it would
The erosion area extends for a
calculating the political as well as lived phenomenon.
Agency estimated foreign ownership
John Roberts, given an ex­
distance of more than 500 feet along
take a leap of the imagination the geological risks in their Today, these same international of the industry at 74 per cent in the river bank. Top soil is steadily
planation to the citizens of to transport the spirit of the Australian ventures.
oil companies, which made the
1980.
caving in and the lower layer of
Quesnel through its city coun­ Mackenzie Grease Trail Oil exploration is a new ball game Canadian oil industry posssible, are
Of these companies there are gravel is swept away.
cil, why it has put the signing endeavour to the Four for Australians and they have very discriminated against in a variety of.
several large international com­ A town storm drain that once jut­
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little domestic technology, trained ways, with the result that Canada's
panies with the financial muscle and ted only a few feet out from the
of the agreement to develop Seasons at Georgia and Granthe
Mackenzie Grease Trail on
personnel, equipment, general crude oil reserves are on an irreversi­
ville. However, such things
technological knowhow to tackle bank is now completely exposed for
knowhow and not much high risk
ble decline, with the country is
indefinite hold?
the energy mega-projects which will more than 20 feet.
are minor irritants for aloof venture capital.
becoming more and more dependent
return this country to crude oil self- "Correcting the situation will be a
Why hasn't there been any federal cabinet ministers such For the time being at least, the
on the Arab countries, Venezuela
sufficiency.
big job," said Ritchie, "but will
explanation when the formal as Roberts.
Australian government is content to
and Mexico for its crude oil.
If you want to win the Olympic have to be done. Unless rip-rap is
signing was slated for Maybe the only way to get it allow foreign companies and capital Now, what about Australia? Will
high jump you look for an athlete put in, even the old power house
Quesnel, even though Roberts done would be to blindfold to come and do the job
the same thing happen there? Will
who can jump seven feet—you and town work yard may be en­
felt Quesnel wasn't a good
Australians see economic strength the oil finders be lured by attractive
him, set him backwards on a
don't look for seven athletes who dangered."
enough place for him to sign
flowing from the burgeoning oil in­ royalty and tax schemes, only to be
can jump a foot each. Canadianiza­
mule, and thus kick ass at
dustry which will filter throughout held at ransom when oil
tion is a valid goal, but energy self-
TEN YEARS AGO
it? He preferred Vancouver, Gillis Crossing.
the business life of the country.
developments begin to mature and
sufficiency is a more pressing need. October 20, 1971
Canadians behaved the same way
repay the investments?
The economy faces continued The problem of safety in the
back in 1947 when the Leduc These are the questions oilmen slow growth, high interest rates and vicinity of the intersection of
discovery was made and Canada are asking themselves as they unemployment and the massive Highway 97 and the North Star
became prime hunting ground for migrate from the fields in Canada to outflow of cash to purchase foreign Road came up again for discussion
Letters ujelcome...
the international oil industry. greener pastures in other lands. Will oil, in addition to the outflow for at Monday night's regular meeting
The Coriboo Observer oiekomes and encourages Letters-to-the-
At the time Canada was impor­ the goverment someday change its the purchase of foreign-owned of town council.
edltor OS o forum for opinion on contemporori,) issues. Hoaiever, lue
ting more than 90 per cent of its
attitude toward foreign-based com­ assets.
Among the things discussed was
reserve the right: to edit letters for reosons of poor teste, length, or
crude oil, motor fuels and heating
panies and demand greater
legol jeopordy. Though aie encourage correspondents to sign their
fuels from foreign sources.
Australian participation in explora­
More than a dozen acquisitions the possibility of a traffic circle or to
lett:ers, use of o nom-de-plume Is permitted. LUithout except:ion,
The world's major oil companies
tion vetures?
have thus far been made at a cost of use the old-English phrase "round-
more than S7 billion, and several a-bout".
hoLuever, no letter uuill be published unless Qccomponied by your
arrived here with their trained per­ In Canada the Canadianization of
other deals are in negotiation. How
nome, address and telephone number.
sonnel, their equipment and the oil industry commands broad
The "round-a-bout" was
much additional oil has that given
m-
... Thank i,jou
technology and their investment public support according to any
troduced by Aid. Jim Girvin.
Canadians? The answer is zero.
money, and soon had the oil patch measure and all "polls and surveys,
But following some serious
All that has been accomplished is
cooking on all burners, bringing and who could object to Canadians
discussion on the subject, council
to turn over existing assets at
prosperity to Western Canada.
running their own show?
agreed to discuss the possibilities
premium value, and this acquisition
B.C.
Unfortunately, there is a price to
with the department of highways.
by johnny hart
binge has contributed to high in­
pay and the zeal for Canadianizaterest
rates and a devaluated dollar.
tion might better have been spent in
The Quesnel branch of SPEC
8. middle-east courixy
When the dollar reached a 50-year
the search for more beneficial
(Society for Pollution and En­
Situated .befcweer^
low and interest rates reached an all-
method of achieving the objective.
vironmental Control) should seek
time high. Finance Minister Allan
IRAQ and AHARDFIACE
assistance from the municipal and
The Canadianization plan outlin­ McEachen stepped in to slow the provincial governments to make reed
in the National Energy Program takeover pace.
cycling possible in the Quesnel area.
calls for centralized over decen­ Canadianization . and economic That is one of five recommendatralized
resource control; a nationalism are healthy aspirations tions made by two Vancouver
regulatory regime to interfere in the
mLBY's ,
and the direction is correct, but let's students, after a Quesnel pollution
marketing and management of take it easy, do it right and minimize and recycling study under the
resources and fast-paced reduction
'factthe
disruption of Canadian living government Opportunities For
of foreign control.
standards.
Youth program this summer.
IRONING MATERIAL at Maple Drive Junior Secondary is Jody Anderson,
15. She lives at Dragon Lake, and her hobbies include soccer and
horseback riding. At home, she enjoys cooking.
H u n g e r m e e t i n g t o d a y
Dear Sir:
You are no doubt
aware of the upcoming
Cancun Summit.
Heads of State from
22 countries, including
some of the richest and
poorest in the world,
will assemble in Cancun,
Mexico, on October
22 and 23 at a
summit meeting that
will focus on food.
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This meeting has extraordinary
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fight to eradicate the
, hunger and' poverty
-that so- dramatically
separate the developed,
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of the "North" from
the developing, impoverished
countries of
the "South".
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of our newspaper, A
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Hunger Project is launching
a nationwide
campaign to inform the
public about the summit
and to generate
grassroots support for
this important meeting.
Because of your
readership and your
ability to influence
public opinion, the
Hunger Project wants
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This edition was
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importance of the Cancun
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with the information
contained in this
report.
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newspaper gives a complete-briefing,
on the
summitand its origins,
pages four and five
contain background information
and
statements by world
leaders on the need for
discussion, as well as
suggestions as to how
individuals can support
the meeting.
We consider it an
honour to make this information
available to
you. Please contact us
if we can be of further
service and feel free to
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QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1981-5
I n n o c e n t s ' a s s a u l t e d ' b y s m o k e r s
Dear Sir:
This letter is about
something that adversely
affects everyone who
ventures out into the
public places of our
town and province...
Nowhere can this all
too prevalent menace
be avoided.
It has invaded stores,
schools, offices,
medical facilities,
government agencies
and restaurants to the
damage of all who
come in contact with it.
What is this ever pre-,
sent nuisance and real
danger? I am referring
to side stream smoke
from burning tobacco
products.
I am one of the ma­
those same symptoms,
in varying degrees of
severity.
How long do you
think the smokers
would put up with these
constant assaults each
time they were in
public? lean hear the
echoed screams of protest
ringing out!!!
What about the nonsmoker
who is not
allergic to the carcinogenic
smoke being
forced down his
respiratory system? Is
he really getting off
without being harmed?
HARDLY!!!
The Canadian Lung
Association warns all
non-smokers that
second-hand smoke is
an insidious poison that
is silently but permanently
damaging our
respiratory tract, lungs,
heart and brain.
Nicotine is the stuff
that hooks the
smokers, damages the
health of by-standers
and kills bugs outright.
Yes! It's an insecticide
we inhale, compliments
D O Y O U H A V E
T O V O T E ?
A R E Y O U S U R E ?
In order to vote in a provincial
election you have to meet
certain requirements (19 years
of age or older, a Canadian
citizen or British Subject, a
resident of Canada for 12
months and B.C. for 6 months).
And you have to be registered.
It's easy to do. Just contact
your nearest Registrar of
Voters or Government
Agent. Simple. But vital. Do it
today. And be sure you have a
choice in tomorrow.
R E G I S T E R
Province of Chief Electoral
British Columbia Office
it's your page
foul-smelling smoke
that it must be dry
cleaned or laundered
before being worn, is
an added expense on
top of the already high
price of garments.
Non-smokers are being
robbed of their
jority of non-smokers
right to enjoy life or
even the right to function
in our society.
So if smokers think
this letter is complain­
who is forced to smoke
ing over-much about
because the tobacco ad­
your habit, you might
dicts fill the air with
try asking yourselves
their foul fumes. All
how long you would be
too often a trip to a
willing to put up with
grocery store,
being assaulted by nox­
restaurant or social
ious, sickening fumes
event has become a
health-destroying and
traumatic experience
for me.
which inhibited your
ability to do necessary
tasks each time you
vetitured out in public.
It is a well- of the self-indulgent Or, picture yourself
documented FACT addicts who so at an expensive
that the side stream generously share their restaurant celebrating a
smoke inhaled by the poison with all. special occasion with
bystander is a real And nicotine is only that someone special.
health hazard and con­ one of the toxic You are about half-way
tains more toxic pro­ chemicals we are forced through your meal and
ducts than the smoke to inhale whenever we someone decides to sit
inhaled by the smoker! come in contact with next to you and spray
This is where we hear tobacco smoke. toxic chemicals all over
the smokers protest, Why should we be you.
"We have the right to forced to participate in You begin to feel
smoke!" How can they this self-destructive sick, your head aches,
justify their so-called vice? Should non- your stomach begins to
"rights" when they are smokers speak up for turn and you must hur­
using them to inflict their right to breath unriedly leave the table
poisonous health polluted air? Of because you have to
destroying chemicals course!
vomit!
on innocent victims? So, as the majority You then have to
Their addiction is not a we can INSIST that all leave the restaurant and
justification for wilfull food, clothing and rush home to a shower,
assault!
other stores, shampoo and laundry
Strong words, yes, restaurants, offices, session to rid yourself
but there is no other and most assuredly all of the noxious fumes
way to describe the medical facilities put up
smokers' flagrant and actively enforce iVo
clinging to you and
your clothes.
disregard for everyone Smoking signs.
What a lovely way to
around them.
We can ask the pro-
For the many non- vincial government; to
smokers who are enact a law prohibiting
allergic to tobacco smoking in all public
smoke, contact" with P'aces, as was recently
these foul fumes can done in Ontario, and
trigger a wide range of thus protect ourselves
reactions. These can be and our children from
mild discomfort or this health-destroying
severe pain.
menace.
Included in the wide Aesthetically, smok­
array of symptoms are: ing is most unsavory
sinus pain and conges- because it fouls the air
tion, post-nasal drip, and damages the qualibronchitis,
life ty of everyone's life,
threatening asthma at- People who incontacks,
itchy-red-watery siderately smoke in
eyes, raw-dry-sore food stores and drop
throats, headaches, their ashes and butts in
nausea and vomiting. the produce section, do
Now let's pretend for not make life pleasant
awhile that all non- for anyone who has to
smokers had the buy that "fresh" pro-
"right" to spray a toxic duce.
substance on smokers Clothing that is
that would produce burned or so full of
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end that special evening;
vomiting,
headachy and feeling
done in! Realize it or
not, your smoke does
cause that kind of problem
every time you
decide to light up in
public.
So, before you
smoke in public again,
please try to remember
that if you do, you will
be assaulting innocent
by-standers who, are
defenselss against your
toxic poisons.
Do you really think it
is your "right" to harm
everyone you come in
contact with?
As for the non­
smoking majority, you
have been a "silent majority"
long enough,
even if it is because
smoking chokes you
up. Your health and
that of your children is
being destroyed by
your apathy... so, defend
yourselves.
Y O U CAN'T
FOREST...IF
A N Y TREES
A
Let the Minister of
Health know you want
protection under the
Law, now! Remember
only YOU can prevent
your life from going up
in smoke!
Fed-up with being
choked-iip
THE
AREN'T
PREVENT WILDFIRES
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 28 (QUESNEL)
R U R A L Z O N E S N O S . 1 & 2
NOTICE O F ELECTION
Public notice Is hereby given to the electors of rural zones fvlos. 1 and 2 of School District
No. 28 (Quesnel) that I require the presence of the saitJ electors at the School District Administration
buildings situated on the Quesnel Junior Secondary School Grounds on the
26th day of October, 1981, at the hour of ten o'oclock in the forenoon for the purpose of
electing persons to represent them as Trustees. .
The mode of nomination of candidates shall be as follows:
Candidates shall be nominated on the approved form in writing by two duly qualified
electors of the appropriate zone. The nomination paper shall be delivered to the Returning
Officer at any time between the date of this notice and noon of the day of nomination.
The nomination paper shall be the prescribed form obtainable from the office of the
Secretary-Treasurer and shall state the name, residence and occupation of the person
nominated in such a manner as to sufficiently indentify such candidate. The nomination
paper shall be subscribed to by the candidate.
In the event of a poll being necessary, such poll will be opened at the following schools
on Saturday the 21st day of November, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., of
which every person is hereby required to take notice and govern himself accordingly:
ZONE 1 Alexandria Elemefitary School
Dragon Lake Elementary School
Kersley Elementary School
Lakeview ElemenUry School
Red Bhiff ElemenUry School
Rich Bar Elementary School
ZONE 2 Bouchie Lake Elementary School
Nazko Valley School
West Fraser Elementary School
Narcosli ElemenUry School
Counting of ballots will take place on Saturday, November 21st, 1981, commencing at
8:00 p.m. at the polling stations and declaration of the poll will be made as soon as possible
thereafter.
Given under my hand this 1st day of October, 1981.
B. G. Hirst
SecreUry-T reasurer
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Sun Rype Blue Label
APPLE JUICE
48 oz. tin
9 9
Lipton
CHICKEN
NOODLE
120 g. Box of 2 envs.
6 9
Kraft
Macaroni & Cheese
DINNERS
225 g. package
2 / 8 9
Money's Sliced
MUSHROOMS
10 oz. tin
Window cleaner
WINDEX
with trigger spray
600 ml. bottle
$ 1 . 5 9
Bick's
DILL PICKLES
With or without garlic
1 L. jar
$ 1 . 4 9
B.C. Grown
LONG ENGLISH
CUCUMBERS
B.C. Grown Hothouse
TOMATOES
ANTI-FREEZE $ 7 . 7 9
Budget Beaters
by the bushel!
Lb.
AUn Dodds
Returning Officer
ea.

, 6-QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, THURSDAy, OCTOBER 22, 1981
After l e n g t h y s e a r c h
B i r t h m o t h e r f i n a l l y l o c a t e d
By
RUTH SCOULLAR
After beingseparated
for 27 years,
adoptee , Leane
ScliimeH'inig started a
search for her birth
mother five years ago
in Quesnel. .
Her search was carried
on Ihrough f^arcnl
Finders which ended in
success last October.
For more than a year,
now, Leane has lived in
Kamloops but on a recent
Thanksgiving
weekend visit to
Quesnel, she told the
Observer how' it all
•came about.
She found her
mother and halfbrother,
Bob, living in
Vancouver and a halfsister,
Doreen, living
only two blocks from
her in Kamloops.
Her search started by
writing to Parent
Finders but dropped
the idea for a couple of
years when a letter was
returned, incorrectly
addressed.
"1 couldn't contact
anyone who knew
anything about the
organization," Leane
recalls.
A welfare worker
phoned,Parent Finders
in Vancouver who gave
her Lynn Worden's
name as a representative
for our area.
Worden had been in
Quesnel about three
•years and il was a year
later that she goi the
program going.
• Leane's search iiself
took only about six
months.
"We got into a lot of
dead ends at firsi."
Leane had her baptismal
cerlificaic with
her birih mother's and
father's name. This
should have been
destroyed. Usually,
when you are adopted,
all papers are destroyed
and no names of any
kind arc released.
: Having been advi.sed
to read the obituaries,
Leane discovered a
nolice which contained
ihe name of the godmother,
Yvonne. She
wrote 10 the doctor
mentioning the
obituary noiice, asking
that a Idler be forwarded
to Yvonne, asking if
she was the same person
on Leane's birth
cerlificaic.
"A couple of weeks
later we received a reply
asking if il could have
anylhing lo do wilh the
adopiion of a baby girl.
She enclosed her
number. Lalcr, Yvonne
told me all she could.
NEW LEADS
Leane wrote lo Victoria
and received the
basic run-down of her
b'a c k g r o u n d all
adoptees are eniiiled
to, which showed she
came from a small farming
communily in
Saskatchewan. The
search then ccniered in
Ihat area.
She wrote ihe iracing
and reunion branch of
ihe Red Cross bul
received no reply. I.eilers
wrillcn lo ihc archives
in Saskalchewan
and Victoria resulted in
only .Saskalchewan
replied, saying noihiiig
THE SIGN OF A
GOOD BUSINESS
NEIGHBOR . . .
THE SIGN OF
A MERCHANT
WHO CARES
ABOUT PEOPLE . . .
This Ofnblern identifies
the civic-minded
businessmen who sponsor
im
in the community
For infnrmijttrjn caH
Phone 992-6463
747-1453
could be found of what
she was looking for.
Although Leane had
Ihe name of her faiher,
mother and godmother
on the baptismal certificate
signed by the
priest, he , could
remember nothing. The
priest died short after.
Yvonne was ihe
church secretary and
recalled how she'had
been called in one night
lo witness her first baptism.
She did not know
Leane's mother. She
never forgot it although
she was only' 16 years
old at the time.
"What we didn'i
know was thai
mother's and father's
names had both been
switched. Not only
thai, mother's name
was misspelled," says
Leane.
Worden says thai
you go by whatever
variations of names
you can find. They had
about 20 combinations
of the name using every
Ukrainian last syllable
Ihey could think of.
A Parent Finder in
Saskatchewan said he
knew an older Ukrainian
fellow in a small
town, bul he changed
the names around again
and it happened lo be
the right way.
COINCIDENCES
"A year ago in June
the Saskalchewan
Parent Finder phoned
my mother's parents
asking for her. ll was a
coincidence thai she
had been visiiing ihere,
the first lime for 10-15
years."
He asked her if she
had ever been in Vancouver
and ai first she
said yes, I hen changed
her siory several limes.
Leane says, "I guess
in her own way she was
trying to drop a hint
bul noi to lei anyone
else know whal was
happening."
She did noi tell him
she had an adopted
daughler.
After he found oui
the lasi names were
wrong, we felt we were
back lo square one.
But Ihere were so
many coincidences ihal
Leane fell compelled to
track ihc woman down
and verify it once and
SCHIMELFENIG
...reunited
for all. The Parent
Finder's director in
Vancouver contacted
Yvonne who promised
to help with the search.
From the city directory,
they found
Leane's mother worked
for SuperValu. Yvonne
wcnl 10 all the Super­
Valu slores closest to
where Leane was born.
After many days of
searching, it was finally
discovered Leane's
mother worked in a
branch in North Van­
couver.
Yvonne was willing
lo meei face to face
with the mother, as she
was the only person
who would recognize
her. But she knew that
she must be very
careful to meet her
privately when the rest
of the family were not
around.
Finally, Yvonne
phone Leane lo say that
she was going lo make
one more at tempi to see
Leane's mother.
"If 1 can't gel hold
of her we might as well
forgel aboul il because
ii's jusi noi meant lo
be," she had said.
FOUND
Thai day, Leane's
mother was home, by
herself, and she said
she had been wailing
ever since lhal day back
in .lune when she
received ihe phone call
in Saskalchewan.
Leane recalls, "They
had a long lalk. Thai
evening my mother
phoned me. Another
coincidence, loo, as il
was my birthday, October
27."
Originally she had
said she and Leane
would correspond
through Yvonne but
phoned later to say she
would tell her husband.
She phoned later to
say she u-as going to sit
down and tell her husband
about Leane,
which she did, and he
was even more happy
about finding out than
anyone.
A couple of days
later she phoned Leane
to make arrangements
to meet but first she
wanted to talk to
Leane's half-brother.
They weren't sure
whether they were going
to tell her halfsister,
Doreen, because
she is very sick. They
didn't know how she
would accept it.
Another problem
was that Doreen has
always thought that her
mother's father was her
faiher. The sister is
older than Leane. With
three separate fathers
involved, trenhendous
complications arise
when the sister suddenly
realized he wasn't
her father after all.
"They talked it over
and decided to go to
Kamloops and talk to
Doreen. Eventually, I
found out she lived only
two blocks from me.
They were worried
about that, with the
kids going lo the same
school," says Leane.
"She took the news
very well. We are now
very close, she is over at
my place or I'm at hers
or we talk on the phone
every day."
Leane had not been
able lo meei her mother
until last New Year's.
Knowing her sister had
made it easier by this
lime.
COMING HOME
"When we got down
there, Dad came out
and gave me a big hug
and kiss. Mom was
talking on the phone
when 1 came in and she
said, well, I've got to
go, my brats are home.
1 felt like I was home.
The first time I had
seen her for 27 years."
Leane also ' got lo
meet her 22 aunts and
uncles.
"It's been like I've
alwys known them. I
don't feel like I lost all
D e v e l o p i n g
n e w J o b s
Nearly 3000 British Columbians are employed by B.C Rail.
They're members of a vital rail-system that's playing a key-role in the
development of our province.
Technicians, dispatchers, trainmen, line maintenance crews and those
who serve B.C Rail's customers...by helping to get B.C resources such
as lumber, plywood, pulp, mineral concentrate and sulphur from industry
to phme market destinations, they're helping to build our economy
All up and down the line thousands of other jobs develop as the payrolls
of B.C Rail and major industry are spent and invested in scores of
communities as far north as Fort Nelson. And that means strong
growing communities...good places in which to live and raise families.
B.C RAIL YOUR RESOURCE RAILWAY.
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C O L U M B I A
R A I L W A Y
those years. It's just as
if they had always been
my parents which is exceptional
to be put into
a family and treated as
all the rest."
Her mother said she
had wondered many
times what had happened.
There wasn't a birthday
went by that she
didn't think of her
daughter.
Parent Finders are
located across Canada
with contacts to several
different groups in the
States, such as Alma,
Orphanage Voyage, as
well as organizations in
England, Wales, New
Zealand, and
Australia.
Adoptees are legally
not allowed to be
reunited with their real
parents. There are
some provinces, but
not B.C., which are
quietly facilitating reunions.
Worden says that
one of the provinces,
Saskatchewan, she
thinks, was going ro
take 100 names and try
to see what happened
when reunions resulted.
Leane was lucky. She
had a name. There are
a lot of adoptees that
don't have anything to
start with. Leane was
aware that there was a
history of TB in her
background because
her doctor had told her
adoptive parents to
have a TB test done
every year. Even knowing
this didn't trace her
mother.
Most adoptees have
no idea who their
parents are, not even
their mother. Worden
suggests a
breakthrough may be
possible someday by ptting
pressure on
Members of Parliament.
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The operating rooms at G.R. Baker Memorial
Hospital are once again being used five days per
week, after a cutback during the summer to three
days per week, because, according to hospital
spokesmen, of a shortage of registered nurses
and because of holidays, being taken by those
who are available.
Still, the hospital can use eight more RNs right
now, says nursing director Sue Graf.
But there's both more good news and bad
news regarding the situation.
The good news is that two RNs are "on the
way", according to Graf.
And the bad news is that the hospital will lose
five more registered nurses between now and the
end of the year.
Advertising for the positions has resulted in
most of the 20 applications currently on hand
corning from England.
The problem, of course, is the time it takes to
check the credentials of the overseas applicants,
which could involve anywhere from three to six
months.
Closer to home, Graf anticipates that three
qualified RNs from the College of New
Caledoniia program will begin work at the
hospital after Christmas to partially reduce the
shortage.
* • * • •
ALONG THE TRAIL...if you didn't already
know, the fall issue of Beautiful B.C., a quarter­
ly puiDlication of the tourism ministry, features
18 pages of commentary and color photos on the
Mackenzie Grease Trail between Quesnel and
Bella Coola.
The magazine's feature on the trail is one of
the largest spreads ever done by the magazine,
which has a press run of about 600,000.
The text is by John Woodworth, an Okanagan
architect and well-known conservationist, and
also the current chairman of the Nature Conservancy
of Canada.
Woodworth has played a major role in having
the trail considered as a historic site by the
federal and provincial governments, having been
involved with the trail designation for the past
decade.
But the inspiration for the idea of preserving
the trail for the future, as Woodworth
acknowledges, came from Halle Flygare, who
until this summer has been on the trail with a
crew for the past few years doing a lot of mapping,
photographing and partial clearing on a
joint federal-provincial government contract
basis.
As it stands now, a total of $3 million has been
approved by the treasury boards of both levels of
government to establish a committee to determine
what should be the next step.
To make a long story short, politics are currently
holding up the actual signing of the joiiit
F r o m Q u e s n e l to M a r g u e r i t e
The last remaining
Fraser River ferry in
operation in the
Quesnel area is the
Marguerite ferry, 40
miles south of (he city
on Highway 97.
Before long,
however, the three shift
operators, Jim Rankin,
William Lee and Frank
Boyes, will be keeping a
watchful eye on the ice
conditions of the Fraser
when the feirry will be
pulled up until next spring
when conditions are
safer.
In the past, ferries
have had some real problems
with ice as noted
by Tracy Cooper, a
Highways Ministry
employee, o
Cooper has been doing
considerable
research in the history
of ferries in our- area
for the past five years.
Much of the information
was gleaned from
stories from the
Cariboo Observer.
From the notes he is
compiling. Cooper
hopes to publish the
history of the
numerous ferries that
once existed.
MARGUERITE
The Marguerite
ferry started up in spring
of 1917, as a boat
that was known as the
Macalister ferry. On
May 13 that same year,
the ferry boat went
down river after a sudden
rise.
In 1921, a canoe
ferry was being
operated, and by
August 1, the pontoon
ferry was first put into
operation at that point.
A r e a r i v e r
But on November 19,
ice punctured the port
pontoon during the
night, causing it to
sink.
The steamboat landing
at Milepost 184
was used and still is,
with 1 1/8-inch cable
between towers 868 feet
from shore to shore.
On June 7, 1922, the
ferry traveller (dolly)
broke, stranding the
ferry 200 feet out in the
water. Another incident
was the time in
1928 when a lady and
saddle horse were on
board, and the ferry
broke loose and was
swept 10 miles
downstream. The horse
managed to swim to
shore.
Tradgedy struck
again in 1959 when a
car drove off the ferry
through the barrier.
The driver was rescued
but his wife and child
were drowned.
Ice carried the ferry
down the Fraser to Big
Bar in the Fraser Canyon
in 1962.
The name of the
ferry was officially
changed from
Macalister to
Marguerite on
February 25, 1964, as
this is what it had been
named locally for some
N e w c o m e r s w e l c o m e d
time, and to avoid confusion
with the settlement
of Macalister.
Marguerite was the
Jiame of a settler in the
area.
QUESNEL FERRIES^
The first ferry was
put into operation at
Quesnel sometime between
1865-70 along
with the Cariboo
wagon road. In June,
1872, the ferry had a
course across the Fraser
River at
Quesnellemouth.
This was no longer
necessary when the
bridge was built in
1928.
It was recorded that
the ferry boats were not
supposed to carry more
than 12 pack animals at
a time.
Two other ferries
were chartered near
Quesnel for terms of
three years each.
The first one was installed
in March, 1873,
six miles downstream
from Quesnel. Another
ferry was in operation
five miles upstream in
March of 1898, giving
Quesnel residents service
of three ferries.
An example of the
The Quesnel Cariboo two daughters from Miss Lorraine Camp­
Observer welcomes the Halifax, N.S; Mr. and bell from Granisle;
following newcomers Mrs. Erwin Dyck from Mr. and Mrs. Santo
the.,Caciboo,and to. Winnipeg, Manitoba; , .tiago. Hernandez from
deveiopmentagreement. the Quesnel area: ,s. - - - • -- ' 'arid Mrs^ 'Vin­ Guatemalar' CenTral
In the meantime, Woodworth and Flygare
cent Davies and three America; Mr. and Mrs.
have jointly written, and have been sponsored by
Miss Judy Ellis from
sons: from Windsors- ,.,Tho.mas, P.etrie. and
the Nature Conservancy of Canada, a 106-page
Calgary, Alta.; Miss
Ontario; Mr. and Mrs. daughter and son from
Sherry Hofmann from
trail guide. In The Steps of Alexander Macken­
Russell McKay and two New Westminster; Mr.
Coquitlam; Miss
zie.
Marion Hannaford
sons and two daughters and Mrs. Thomas
The trail guide, with a first-edition press run of from Victoria; Miss
from Penticton; Mr. Petrie Jr. and daughter
2,000 copies, is crammed full of detailed maps, Anne Marie Gagnier
and Mrs. James Gor- from Surrey; Mr, and
step-by-step notes, historical references, and from Ottawa, Ontario;
dan from Pine Point, Mrs. Glen Carlson and
photos, and a steal at $11.95 (it's available at Mr. Steve Gallagher N.W.T.; Ms. Mary two daughters from
Quesnel book outlets).
from Vancouver; Miss Barltrap from Van­ Trail; and Miss
It's ideal for the outdoorsman, history buff, Dorothy Stein from couver; Mr. Jim Caroline West from
and the itinerant tourist. An unabashedly four- Vernon;
Sweeeney from Quebec Stafford, England. Cont'd page 20
star recommendation.
City, Quebec; Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Peter
In the meantime, until the politics of the situa­
Mrs. Robert Ward and
Drewcock and two sons
tion is cleared up, all official trail work is on
son and daughter from
and daughter from
hold.
Bella Coola;
Houston; Mr. and Mrs.
And what's Halle up to these days? Well, he's
Miss Caren Rennie
Wayne Pollard and son
still on the Mackenzie Trail, doing the
from Courtenay; Mr.
and daughter from
photography, and mapping of the trail_ for the
and Mrs. David Hen-
Prince George; Ms.
Alberta government (see story elsewhere in this
drixson from Hills; Ms.
Shelley Baumbrough
issue).
Shirley Nash and Terry
and Dave Doran from
*****
Paterson and two sons
Fort St. John; Mr. and
EARLY START...Pastor Rae Robinson tells us
and daughter from
Mrs. Mark Fraser from
that Good Cheer donations will once again be ac­
Penticton; Mr. Lyle
Vernon; Mr. Jack
cepted to help the needy in Quesnel at Chwstmas.
Orchison from Fort
Barclay and Sharon
Last year, the drive was sponsored by the
Nelson; Mr. Bruce
Bond from Fort
Good Cheer Fund, in co-operation'' with this
Wark from Vancouver;
Nelson; Mr. Greg Den­
newspaper, but time was a little short before the
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
nett from Vancouver;
start of the drive and Christmas.
McGregor and
Mr. Theo Mallinson daughter from Nazko;
ATTEND THE
Nevertheless, the response was just over­ from Vancouver; Mr. and Mrs. Roy
whelming and excellent.
Mr. and Mrs. Don No­ Davis and son from
CHURCH OF
With a little more lead time this year, the fund, ble and two sons from Medicine Hal, Alberta;
which helps about 100 needy families and in­ Camrose, Alberta; Mr. Ms. Elizabeth
YOUR CHOICE,
dividuals in the Quesnel area, hopes to exceed and Mrs. Alfred Siprcll Hamilton and Harry
last year's results.
and son from Kirkland
THIS WEEK...
Papadopoulos from
On Monday, by the way, city council officially Lake, Ontario; Miss Vancouver; Mr. and
kicked off this year's drive with a $100 donation. Lesley Gurney from
BETHEL PENTECOSTAL TASERNACLE
Mrs. Alan Miller and "Affiliated with tfie Pentecostal Assemblies ol Canada"
Pastor Robinson says cash gifts are really im­ Kamloops; Mr. and son from Invermere;
13J Cwch Hold, Soutilh
portant, since money is used to purchase all the
Quesnel's Charismatic Church
Mrs. Douglas Hacking Mr. and Mrs. SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:45 A,M, SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 A,M.
perishable goods at the last minule, such as meat and daughler from
7.00 P.M.
Charles Seaman from
and fresh vegetables.
PRAYER i BIBLE STUDY • TUESDAY 7:30 P.M.
Kitimat; Mr. and Mrs. Vancouver; Miss Karol Information Regarding Sunday School Bus Runs & Transportation,
In the meantime, non-perishable items such as Dagenais and son and Chrumka from Delta;
Phone
linned and packaged items, in addition to toys
PASTOR «. OELGAm, 747-3116 « 747-3362
for young children, might be put on your Good
Cheer shopping list in Ihc next few weeks.
For more informalion aboul donations and
volunteering, please call Pastor Robinson at
747-2233 or 992-9172.
FOREST INDUSTRY
TRADES ASSOCIATION
M E E T I N G
Thurs., Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in
the New Elks Hall
GUEST SPEAKER:
Bob Clayton, President, F.l.T.A.
• Election of Quesnel executive
•Province wide tradesmen vote on certification
BE SURE TO ATTEND
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The world's first traffic signal was installed outside
the British Houses of Parliament, London, in 1868,
decades before the automobile was invented.'
ACROSS 35 Rebuke m mm mm
I. Sphere 38 Bards QDIS DD SOEIEIB]
6. Ermine 40, Musical note
I 1, Rustit 41 Russian ElDEIBElilE] BISBS
12, Light hoired village SEKSBilD DB
13. Printing 42 Paid nolice
measure 43 Greek letter
14. Goddess of 45 Sun God BEISEI SDQIBIGOO
ecrlh 47, Italian river
15, Auricle 48 Clergymon em mam me.
16 Exclamotion 50, National pork
17 High card 52, Lamprey
19. Depart catcher
21 Urns 53, Coast
i-2-8| Solution
23, Wornings
26, In this ploce
DOWN 5. Luxurious
27 Loose cape 1. Large 6. Aryan
29 Note of scale 2. Noonday 7. Jewish
scripture
30. Jumbled type meol
31. Abounded 3. Either 8. Atop
33. Mole heirs 4. Sack
9. Stick to
10. Torment
TT
12 Exist
)8. Kind of weasel
20. Water onimal
22. Not often
24. Digroph
25. Frozen rain
28. Kingdonns
30 Type of dog
32. Comporotive
suffix
33. Area
34. Metric
measure
36 Snokc
37. Eoten awoy
39 Agitate
44, Current
46, Fire residue
49, ThcISp,)
51 Toword
maple park alliance cf)urct)
SUNDAY SCHOOL ' 9:45 a.m.
FAMILY WORSHIP ll:00a.m.
Meeting in Lakeview Elementary School Gym
FELLOWSHIP NIGHT IN
HOMES WEDNESDAY 7:00 P.M.
Pastor Jim Rilling Ph. 747-3248
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
375 Hartley St. West Quesnel
Sundijf School, 10:00 j.m. - ServicB. 11:00 i.m.
Arnold H. lufchcn, Pistor
Church 992-6112 oi Home 992-8265
EVEHrONE WELCOME!
ST ANN'S PARISH
100 Sutherland Avenue
Mass Schedule: Situidiy tvcnini > 7.30 p.m.
I Sunday - 9:00 1 11:00 a.m.; 7:30 p.m.
Conlessions: Saturday < 4:00 < 5:00 p.m. 1 6:30 - 7:15 p.m.
Baptisms < By Appointment
PARISH PRIEST: Fithet lohn Mclntyre
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Sislet losephine Neslman CND
PARISH WORKS: Sisler Loteta Watle CNO
PHONE; 992-2*22 l 992 5768
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QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1981-7
ALL ABOARD! But this time the ride isn't the train—It's the ferry. And,
specifically, it's the former ferry at Quesnel. This water-crosser traversed
the muddy Fraser River from the years 1910 to 1929.
I h e l o o k o f
r o m a n c e i s
w a i t i n g f o r
y o u . . .
ttl
F A S H I O N S
S CANAM'S CAMABA'S LJICEST LABCCST AND AHB •ESTKNOMHIJifCOID BEST ICIIOIini BEf ABB CTABB STOIE •
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JOURNEY
Escape
JOE JACKSON
"Jumpin' Jive" — Is You Is
Or Is You Ain't My Baby —
Tuxedo Junction — Much
More!
AT SAM'S
ONLY
BRUCE COCKBURN
"Inner Cify Front" — The
Strong One — Justice —
Loner — More!
aKTRICUGHT ORCHESTRA
"Time" — Hold On Tight —
Roin Is Foiling — Another
Heart breaks — More!
AT SAM'S
PNIt.Y
SATURDAY, OCT. 17, 9:30 A.M. ONLY
J O U R N E Y
"Escape" — Who's Crying Now —
Stone In Love — Don't Stop Believin'
r— Morel
BOB DYLAN
SHOT
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8-QUESNE'l cariboo observer, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1981
R o u n d
-tfP
By Graham Strachan
District Agriculturalist
October IS, 1981
Should I calve out in the early part of February
or wait until later in March?
This is a common topic of discussion with
many cow/calf producers in the Quesnel area.
Recently the research station at Melfort,
Saskatchewan, started a study to examine the effects
that different winter housing and feeding
, and breeding systisms have on cattle in a northern
climate.
For housing they are comparing two types of
shelters, one with slatted fences and bedded
moimts (minimal shelter) and the other being a
pole barn and calving barns with an outside paddock
(moderate shelter).
The feeding system is not one that would be
typical in Quesnel. They are using straw-fed freechoice
with either brome-alfalfa hay or silage
and a limited amount of grain just before the
cows calve and during the nursing period.
With breeding, one group of cows were bred to
calve between January 17 and March 22 and were
kept under moderate shelter. The other group
was bred to calve between March 7 and May 22
and were kept under minimal shelter conditions.
The following are some of the results found
after the first year:
* No major problems were encountered with
cold weather in the early calving group, even
when temperatures went down to -38 °C.
* An outbreak of Rotavirus calf scours affected
45 percent of the early and 53 percent of
the late-born calves.
* 97 percent of the early-calving cows and 95
percent of the late-calving cows were diagnosed
as pregnant when they were weaned after the first
pasture season.
* Winter costs were similar for both the hay
and silage fed groups.
* Wintering costs (1979-80) were $168 for the
early calving group and $150 for the late calving
group.
* Early-born calves weighed 585 pounds when
weaned in September while late-born calves
weighed 482 pounds.
The additional calf weights by early calving are
certainly significant and are expected since the
calf would be larger when going on pasture and
able to make much better use of it.
The only problem is if you are calving late now
it is not always easy to go back to an earlier calving
date.
DAYS GONE BY are brought back to life with this scenic setting of a
church and water pump near Red Bluff's Maple Drive.
C r o p a n c e s t o r s s o u g h t
The anccslors of
many of today's
cultivated crops may
hold ihc key to increased
food production in
the future.
grams to produce improved
grain varieties
and increase food production
in the world."
desirable
characteristics.
"We still have to test
Ihe wild species in
breeding experiments,
but it looks
promising," Dr. Fedak
says.
A f t e r h a r s h w i n t e r
A l f a l f a y i e l d d e c l i n e d
Cold temperatures
and sparse snowcover
last November may
have caused serious
winter injury to alfalfa
and other forage crops
in northern parts of the
prairie provinces.
"Air temperatures
down to -28 °C caused
soil temperatures to
drop to -10°C at the
level where the crowns
of the alfalfa plants
are," says Jim McKenzie,
a scientist at
Agriculture Canada's
Beaverlodge Research
Station in northern
Alberta.
"And this followed
on the heels of a wet,
late fall causing the
plants to continue to
grow later than usual
and making them more
vulnerable when the
cold snap hit."
To estimate the extent
of the injury to
alfalfa fields, researchers
at Beaverlodge
have taken plants from
plots at the station and
put them in growth
chambers.
Ten to 15 per cent
failed to grow at all and
the remainder showed
only one-tenth of nor-,
mal growth after three
weeks.
"The 10 to 15 per
cent loss is not normally
serious because the
surviving plants, if
healthy, will compensate
by increasing their
production. It's the loss
of vigor in the surviving
plants that poses the
greatest problem,"
McKenzie says.
The scientists collected
about 6,000
"When the plants^
That's u' h y plant samples on the
emerge in the spring,
Agriculture Canada two trips. These are be­
W i l l i a m s L a k e s t o c k
they may not be able to
scientists sometimes go ing multiplied and
October 8, 1981
Some of the collected compete with weeds
plant hunting in made available to plant
SLAUGHTER CATTLE
samples of land races and they would be
Europe and Asia. They scientists and breeders
Good Strs.
have al ready been susceptible to disease.
none on offer are looking for the across the coimlry for screened for disease
Grass Fat Hfrs. 54.00-60.30 family "roois" of
"There is a potential
tests and further study. resistance and other
•piDZCows 40.00-42.90 modern grain varieties
of serious losses in the
:B3 D4 Cows 36.50-40.00 and for cultivated races In the collection characteristics and are northern parts of the
Good Bulls 53.00-56.60 of these grains that frorn Spain is a wild now being used in prairie provinces this
pom.-Med. Bulls 47.50-53.00 have grown in isolation species of barley thai breeding experiments. winter."
FEEDER CATTLE
for ceiiiurics—uhai could shorten Mosi of the material In Alberta, the af­
Good Med. Com. scieniisis call "land dramaiically the lime it collected by the scienfected area is bounded
j-leavy Sirs, over 800
races".
takes.a barley breeder tists has been by a line from Stettler,
ibs.
70.40
I o dc\'e 1 op new multiplied in north of Beaverlodge
66.00 59.60
Hvy Strs. 700-800 lbs.
Last year, George varieties.
greenhouses to produce and the British Colum­
69.10 65.50 58.90
Light Strs. 600-700
Fedak of the deparl- Normally il lakes seed. Samples of the bia border, north-east
lbs.
m c n r s Ottawa five to si.x generaiions seeds are then put into to Manning, east to
69.10 64.00 ^7. 50
S'trs. & S/C 450-600
Research Station, and of crossing barley lines permanent storage at Cold Lake, south to
Ibs.
.lohn Martens of the to produce a pure line Agriculture Canada's
71.40 67.00 59.00
Che. Lt. S/C 250-460
Winnipeg Research that can be tested for gene bank in Ottawa.
Ibs.
Station, visited Spain, desirable
"When scientists in Brighten tarnished
73.00 67.50 58.00
Choice Hfrs. 500-750
Portugal, Morocco and characterisiics. the future need a plant silverware by putting it
lbs. 64.00 59.50
the Canary Islands in The wild specie.', with particular in an aluminum pan
55.50
Iheir quest for ancestral
Che. H/C 250-550 Ibs. 64.25 58.25
foimd in Spain is uni­ characteristics for filled with water and a
54.00
cereal varieties.
•- A total of 2558 head of cattle were
que. When crossed with breeding, they will be little bicarbonate of
sold
In 1978, a similar trip a domestic variety, it.s able to obtain it from soda, and bringing the
through the Williams Lake Yards on Thursday,
was made to Iran, chromosomes are lost, the gene bank," Dr. water to a boil.
October 8th. Slaughter cows and bulls traded
Turkey and Greece. leaving an offsping Fedak savs.
firm with earlier sales this week with sales of the
"Many of these old with only half the
Chezacul Ranch butcher cows to 42.90 followed
\'arielies contain chromosomes—t hose
SAFETY FIRST
by sales of the Beaver Creek Ranch butcher bulls
characteristics such as of the domestic parent
ON
from Horsefly to 56.60.
disease resistance, high plant.
TNE FARM
Feeder cattle continued under pressure with
protein content and This results in a pure
most sales a cent lower with further discounts
unusual genetic make­ line w h i c h , w h e n
.seen on the poor conditioned and plainer quality
up that are lacking in treated with a special
kinds.
today's commercial drug, doubles its
The Stirrup Ranch 759 lb. steers from Quesnel
varieties," Dr. Fedak chromosomes back to
sold to 69.10 and A. Knoll's 768 lb. heifers from
says.
normal.
Ihe Chezacut Ranch sold to 64.60. Stock S/C
"We can add these li is then possible to
and H/C traded sluggish on a very selective local
characteristics in our test I his first generation
trade with most sales of S/C steady •
plant breeding pro- plant 10 see if it has the
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10-QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1981
R e d B l u f f n e w s
Lvnne H'onlen
747-2323 -
"Hug someone you
love today" is the
slogan on Ihc teddy
bear T-shirls the Crisis
Line Volunteers were
selling al ihc Maple
Park Mall on Oclober
16-17.
Hixon news
V o l u n t e e r s s e l l T - s h i r t s
The money raised
will go towards supplies
for the Activity center
which opened March 2,
1981.
Operaling in the
basement of the Crisis
Line building at 324
Hoy Street, the activity
Center provides a
warm social atmosphere
for participants.
There are group activities,
outings,' crafts
and discussions all
under ihe supervision
of Crisis Line Program
Director Dorothy
Wheeler and her
assistants. ,
If you would like to
pick up a T-shirt and
help the volunteers help
your community, give
Dorothy a call at
992-5658.
Better still, call and
become involved in a
most worthwhile
A r e a s t u d e n t s start l o n g r u n
By t'atricia Ball
The students of
Siralhnaver Elcmenlary
School have
siaricd a cross-Canada
run.
Principal Ron Allen
explained ihai each day
all 54 siudenls, from
grades one lo seven,
run for five minutes in
Ihe gymnasium.
The sum of all the
laps is calculated in
kilometers and then
recorded on a handdrawn
map of Canada
located on the wall outside
the principal's office,
where the students
can visualize the progress
Ihey are making.
Starting in
Strathnaver, ihey headed
north along
Highway 97 towards
2 5 % O F F
Edmonion. They have
run 372 kilometers to
dale.
' Another in the series
of soccer games between
Strathnaver
Elcmcniary School and
ihe Hixon Elementary
School Tigercats was
held Ociober 7 at the
Siralhnaver School.
Siralhnaver won by a
score of 4-2.
O U T E R W E A R
Forward George
Newman scored three
of the goals for
Strathnaver.
In goal was Melanie
King, with Jaimie
Peterson, Darren
Minder, Marvin
McKenzie, Rob
Hesselgrave and Allen
Paulson on defence.
Cont'd page 14
F O R Y O U R K I D S
The Bay does it again, Just when you need
it most, we're reducing our prices on
selected winterwear for your kids. Choose
trom coats, vests, ski jackets, snow suits and
pram suits. The styles shown here may not be
available in the Bay near you. Each store
has its own selection. Better hurry, though,
while styles are available.
J
FOR INFANTS
Up to 24 months. Our reg. 29.00 & up
sale 21.75 & up
FOR TODDLERS
Sizes 2 to 3x. Our reg. 22.00 & up
Sale 16-50 & up
volunteer activity that
you can do from your
home. They need you.
DISTRICT CHAMPS
The Red Bluff girls^
soccer team downed
Bouchie Lake 4-0 on
October 17 at Correlieu
and took home the title
of District Champions.
Colleen Podolski
scored three goals and
Valerie Hanson scored
one.
BONFIRE
Bulletins were circulated
tp parents to
see how much response
there would be to a
repeat, of last year's
Hallowe'en bonfire on
Red Bluff school
grounds.
As Hallowe'en falls
on a Saturday this year,
organizers are concerned
that parents may be
at celebrations of their
own.
YELLOW ON BLUE SEARCH AND RESCUE SIGN is held by Cec Milner to help others know
what to look for when members are tracking or a search is,being held In the area
t h e
FOR LITTLE GIRLS FOR LITTLE BOYS
Sizes 4 to 6x, Our reg. 23.00 & up Sizes 4 to 6x. Our reg. 20.00 & up
Sale 17.25 & up Sale 15,00 & Up
FOR BIG GIRLS
Sizes 7 to 14. Our reg. 28.00 & up
Sale 21.00 & up
FOR BIG BOYS
Sizes 8 to 14, Our reg. 24.00 & up
Sale 18.00 & up
Prices in effect till Saturday, October 24, while quantities last. Baby Shop/Children's Wear
STORE HOURS:
Mon.-Thurs. - 9:30-6:00
Friday - 9:30-9:00
Saturday - 9:30-6:00
Quesnel, 747-3663
l ^ u b s o n s l ^ a H , €bmpani)
Q u e s n e l M i n o r F o o t b a l l
OUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1981-11
L o c a l 8 f o r s c o r i n g p u n c h
GANG TACKLING proves effective as Tim Kenney (34) and Kevin Weremy (42) lead a host of the Quesnel
Lions midget football team in downing this Prince George ball carrier in a game Sunday at Quesnel Junior
Secondary School. Rob Biller (behind 33), Glen Miller (71) and Larry Graham (25) move in to assist. Lions
played well defensively but Prince George still came up with a tough 20-0 victory.
T w o w e e k e n d losses
F i r s t p e r i o d h a u n t s M ' s
The Quesnel Millionaires should
start lobbying for an end to the first
period in Junior hockey if they hope
to win any hockey games this
season.
Millionaires first-period jinx continued
during the weekend as
lacklustre opening frames cost the
local club two games.
Saturday night in Dawson Creek
Millionaires were bombed 10-2 after
falhng behind 5-0 in the first period,
and Sunday in Grande Prairie
Quesnel went down 7-4 after the
North Stars had taken a 4-1 firstperiod
advantage.
"It seems we play two good
periods of hockey," said M's assistant
coach Steve Frankson. "One
period is always the one that sinks
us. And it's usually the first."
Millionaires were eventually
down 7-0 against Dawson Creek
before they could get on the board.
George Fay tallied at 7:30 of the
second period on assists from
Roland Soucie and Mike Enemark
to give Quesnel the first of its two
goals.
Gerald Gagnon brought Quesnel
a little closer when he scored at
17:15 after a pass from Todd Joyal,
but Dawson Creek added another
At Williams Lake
before the period was over and two
more in the third to put the game
away.
Quesnel had several chances get
back into the game with power play
opportunities, but the Millionaires
simply couldn't capitalize.
Millionaires did not score once in
20 power play opportunities.
Brent Weech, Ward Phillips and
Laine Jeannette led Dawson Creek
with two goals each.
M's 7 G. PRAIRIE 4.
Once again it was the first period
which killed Quesnel in Grande
Prairie.
Millionaires were down by three
after the opening frame and they
could get no closer.
They played better in the next two
periods, however, shutting out the
North Stars in the second period
and matching Grande Prairie goal
for goal in the third.
"The last two periods were the
best periods of hockey we've
played," said Frankson. "Dave
McMillan (in goal) and Jim Scott
(on defence) played very steadily.
"Again, it was the first period
which killed us."
Fay notched his second goal of
the weekend to help pace Quesnel, a
shorthanded effort on a breakaway.
Mike Enemark, who was taken to
hospital later in the game with what
was thought "to be a separated
shoulder, added another Quesnel
marker.
X-rays showed Enemark's
shoulder to be badly bruised, not
separated.
Quesnel had only thirteen players
for the Saturday contest (not counting
goaltenders) and just 14 for
Sunday's.
Not only did the club lose
Enemark for part of Sunday's
game, but Norm Vekved, the team's
rookie defenceman, is hurting with
a sore wrist.
If Millionaires lose both
Jefencemen they'll be down to just
.hree rearguards. '
The losses dropped Quesnel's
record to 1-8, worst in the six-team
Peace-Cariboo Junior Hockey
League.
Williams Lake moved ahead of
Quesnel into fifth place with a pair
of wins during the weekend.
Quesnel's next home games are
this Wednesday against Williams
Lake and next weekend against
Dawson Creek and Grande Prairie.
L o c a l s r e a p s o c c e r s u c c e s s
Quesnel Junior Secondary School
was rolling along quite nicely in a
Grade 9-10 girls soccer tournament
during the weekend, until it ran into
arch-nemesis Williams Lake.
QJS swept its first three games in
the A division to reach the final of
the event, only to be felled by the
Laketown's Scarlet Fever 3-0.
Scarlet Fever scored three times in
the first half and was able to sit on
the lead for the duration of the contest.
The loss gave Quesnel second
place in the A level of the event.
QJS started off with a 1-1 tie
against Anne Stevenson Junior
Secondary.
Judy Filbey, who finished with
four goals in the tournament, notched
the lone Quesnel goal.
The QJS juniors then went up
against a senior team from Prince
George and came out with a 3-2 victory.
Filbey had one in that contest,
Gillian Brown another and Malou
Alalayan the third.
QJS trailed 1-0 early in the game
but came back to tie it before the
half. The locals then scored twice in
the second to win.
"They started to break through a
little bit (in the second halQ said
David. "We really had a lot of offensive
drive in that game."
Quesnel then bombed Anne
Stevenson's B team 5-0 to reach the
final of the event.
Filbey and Alalayan each had a
pair of goals while Brown added the
other.
MAPLE DRIVE
Maple Drive, playing in the B
division of the tournament, lost its
final game of the event but still
came out on top to take the championship.
Raiders, made up of primarily
Grade 8's and 9's, were tied with the
Williams Lake B team going into the
final and the winner was to be decided
on a goal for-against basis.
Maple Drive had to keep its goalsagainst
below 4 against the favoured
Anne Stevenson senior squad, and it
did in taking a 3-0 loss.
"Our goalies (Christine Plamondon
and Wendy Chanin) did an
outstanding job to keep us at that
level," said Raiders coach Judy
Specht.
Maple Drive lost its first game 1-0
to Williams Lake B but bounced
back for a 2-0 victory over
Blackburn.
Patti Kwiatkowski and Gina Purmal
on a penalty kick had the Maple
Drive goals.
Raiders then downed Anne
Stevenson B 1-0 on a goal by Lisa
Shettell.
Bishops gets
second win
Bishops won its second in two
starts Sunday night and moved into
first place in the Quesnel Fun
Hockey League.
Bishops drubbed Finning 12-5 for
its second straight win in the second
week of the regular season.
In another corftest, Shirley's
Helicopters and Outlaw Pant
Parlour tied 8-8.
_ The coaches of two of Quesnel's
'^iSf''/ three minor football league teams
^'^-^^^ had similar tasks after their
weekend games.
Find some way to put points on
the board against the stingy
defences of their Prince George opponents.
Two of the local squads went
scoreless through 60 minutes of
football Sunday, while the other
earned a 6-6 tie.
LIONS
The Lions' defence played its best
game of the season against Prince
George Rams, but the club's offence
sputtered as the locals fell 20-0.
Lions picked off two Prince
George passes during the contest,
one by Larry Graham and the other
by Bob Melnyk, and the team forced
Rams into kicking situations
throughout the game. But the offense
was shut down.
"I thought the defence played a
hell of a game," said Quesnel cocoach
Tim O'Doherty. "It was probably
our best game on defense all
season.
"We just seem to be hitting a wall
on our offense. And we can't figure
out what."
" It was the second game in a row
Quesnel has been shut out by the
Rams.
Rams turned adversity into ad­
H i g h s c h o o l v o l l e y b a l l
If Correlieu Senior Secondary
School's senior boys volleyball team
needed a confidence booster going
into this weekend's tournament at
Prince George, it received one in
Burns Lake.
Correlieu swept . through that
school's six-team tournament this
past weekend, losing just one game
on its way to the championship.
Correlieu came out of the opening
round with a 10-1 record and went
on to sweep its semi-final and final
matches for the win.
"It builds confidence," said Correlieu
coach Carmen Gamache of
the tournament victory.
"And it gave us a really good
chance to try some new offensive
plays that we had."
Correlieu dumped Burns Lake
M a p l e D r i v e
g i r h ^ b o y s
g r a b first
Glen Richards may have been
disappointed when his team lost in
the semi-finals of the recent UBC
junior boys high school volleyball
tournament, but he couldn't help
but be pleased with the outcome of
his own tournament this past
weekend at Maple Drive.
The Maple Drive coach watched
his team lose just one game as it
swept to first place in the nine-team
event, that one against John McGinnis
in the final.
After coming out of its side of the
round-robin with a perfect 9-0
mark. Raiders breezed by Frank
Ross of Dawson Creek in the semifinal
15-8, 13-15 and 15-6.
John McGinnis gave Maple Drive
a scare by winning the opening game
of the final 13-15, but Raiders went
on to take the championship with
15-9 and 15-13 victories in the final
two games of the match.
GIRLS
The Maple Drive girls team matched
its male counterpart by winning
the female portion of the same
tournament.
Raiders swept through the roundrobin
portion of the event with a 7-2
record in the nine-team event, giving
the club first place and a berth in the
semi-finals against Dr. Kearney.
Maple Drive downed Kearney
13-15, 15-6, 15-9, putting Raiders
into the' final against Central of
Dawson Creek.
Central had defeated Burt Bowes
of Fort St. John 8-15, 15-8, 15-5 in
the other sem-final match.
Raiders then downed Central
15-5, 6-15, 17-15, giving them the
tournament championship.
vantage on two occasions during the
contest, plays which virtually turned
the game in their favor.
With Quesnel behind 14-0 and
still in the contest, Lions' Darrell
Tehnant was on his way into the end
zone on a 60-yard pass and run play
when he had the ball stripped away
at the 4 yard-line.
Then late in the third quarter,
after the Quesnel defence had held
Prince George deep in Rams territory.
Lions blocked the ensuing
punt — only to have a Prince
George player pick it up and run for
the first down.
Four plays later Rams connected
on a 60-yard pass and run play to
put the game out of reach.
REBELS
The Lions and Rebels could have
switched plots and still come up
with the same story.
The defence played well, but the
offence couldn't come up with the
points in a 32-0 setback against
Prince George Colts.
"On defence, we shut them down
pretty well," said Rebels co-coach
Denny White. "Even though they
gave up 32 points, they didn't have
that bad of a game.
"Offensively, we just can't get
untracked."
Rebels were burned twice early in
the game with long-bomb strikes for
b u m s
15-7, 15-2 in the semi-final before
going on to down Vanderhoof
15-13, 15-8 in the final.
Correlieu's Steven Letoria was
named to the tournament first allstar
team and capped that by being
selected the event's Most Valuable
Player.
Bill Hazard was also named to the
first team, while Terry Kohlhauser
was selected to the second all-star
squad.
Correlieu is now gearing up for
the Prince George tournament this
weekend.
"There's a lot more competition
there," said Gamache. "There
should be a lot more better teams
there."
GIRLS
Correlieu's senior girls volleyball
team didn't fare quite as well as the
touchdowns and it put Quesnel
behind to stay.
Prince George added another
first-half major and put two more
on the board in the second lo complete
the damage.
"It was one of the few games we
didn't block well," said White.
"That's the whole key to it.
White said there were a couple of
bright spots during the game, in particular
the play of defensive ends
Sarge More and Shawn Redden and
running back Rick Gagnon.
The game was the last regular
season contest of the year for Rebels
and the loss left them in second
place going into the playoffs two
weeks from now.
Ironically, Rebels earn a bye into
the playoff final because of the
withdrawal of the last place team.
Prince George Rams.
The first-place Colts will play the
third-place Bombers in the opening"
round of the playoffs, with the winner
facing Quesnel in the final.
HUSKIES
Clint Honour went over the middle
on a quarterback sneak on the last
play of the game to give Huskies the
tie in Prince George.
Honour, who had an earlier major
called back, set up the
touchdown with a 15-yard run the
play before.
boys, winning two of its games and
losing four.
Correlieu defeated Prince Geroge
and D.P. Todd in the event, but fell
to D.P, Todd in another match and
lost to Prince George Senior Secondary,
College of New Caledonia and
Columneetza of Williams Lake.
Columneetza eventually won the
tournament.
"We played really well," said
Correlieu coach Tammi
Schellenberg. "The games were eally
close,
"Prince George Senior Secondary
was one of the best team and we
were quite close against them," said
Schellenberg. "So we're quite pleased."
Correlieu's next tournament is
this weekend, when the team plays
in Vanderhoof.
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VOLLEYBALL ACTION was fierce at Correlieu Senior Secondary School
during (he weekend as eighteen teams battled for (op spot in Maple Drive's
annual boys and girls volleyball (ournament. Maple Drive won bo(h (he
girls and boys divisions of the event.