_ particularly in

-number of man-cawsed fires

Oli’s beach.

Ron McColl, first place winner nears the finish at

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uthouse Race held on Saturday at

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Choppy waters and capsized boats

highlight 1978 outhouse races

With very little rain,
choppy waters and many
spectators, seven outhouse
boats left the starting line at
Saturday’s Lakelse Lions’
Outhouse races at Oll's
Beach.

Two of the outhouses

-capsized, drawing more

‘excitement from the
shoreline crowd made up of
local people, campers and a
number from the Airstream
Caravan,

Results of the race were as
follows:

ist + Marsh Equipment,
Ron McColl, driver

2nd - Lakelse Lions, Tom
Christie, driver

3rd - Steve Butler
~ 4th - Warren Dilley

Sth - Centennial Lions, Les‘

Dunstadt, driver

6th - Dave Petters
7th Wayne Muchowski
The sixth and seventh

entries were the two which

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Entire province sees fire activity

VANCOUVER (CV) —
Forest fires caused by
lightning storms Friday in
the southern half of British
Columbla have spread fire
fighters and equipment thin
as about 670 fires were
burning in the province,
forest service spokesmen
said Monday.

Don Owen, director of
forest protection, said three
intensive days of battling the
fires resulted in the majority
being located and controlled,

Similar storms several |

weeks ago started fires in the
north and some of them,
isolated
areas, were still burning,

“This is the first time in
memory that the whole of the
province has been the scene
of full-scale fire suppression
activities at one time,” said
Owen,

He said about 7.5 centri-

metres of rain fell on the. Trena

Terrace area and, combined
with cooler temperatures,
helped stop fires from
spreading in the Prince
Rupert forest district, |
Almost all of the 527 new
fires over the weekend here
caused by lightning.’ As a
result of the increased
hazard, campfires were
banned throughout the
vince.

“The public reaction to the

ban has been generally

good,””? Owen said. “The

Effective IMMEDIATELY yurther WATER restrictions are in

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since it came into effect has
heen minimal,”

He said 23 air tankers, 37
helicopters, 97 bulldozers
and about 2,000 men were
involved in fighting blazes
over the holiday weekend.

The largeat number of new
flres was in Kambops
district with 192 and Nelson
district with 137. ;

- Forecasts are for the hot
dry weather to continue with
the possibility of another
low-pressure storm coming
up from California late
Tuesday or Wednesday, said
Owen.

LIMITS PUSHED

“This could bring the same
kind of lightning acilvity we
had this weekend. The fire-
fighting organization is
being stretched to capacity,’
he added.

In the Prince George
district, spokesman Russ
man said good ca-
operation from the public
was aiding the forest sery-
ice’s task in locating and ex-
tinguishing fires,

He said 139 fires were
burning in the district but all
were under control.nThe
largest covered 20,000 acres,
about 300 kilometres north
ofnPrince George = in

Quadacha Park.

The forest service said the
Prinea George forest district
had overcast skies. Sunday
dnd air tankers in that area
were grounded. On Moan-

day,nall 25 water bombers,
including three on loan from
the Saskatchewan forest
service, were in action
throughout the province
against the fires.

. The Nelson and Kamloops
districts were the hardest hit
during the weekend,
reporting 320 new fires since
Friday. Virtually all the new
outbreaks were caused by
lightning. The largest is a
9,000-acre fire near Quesnel
which, due to high winds,
broke through some of the.
guards built around it.

New fires were also
reported at Dease Lake and
Telegraph Creek.

Hank Doerksen, forest
service fire suppression
manager, said that there
have been problems keeping

supplies moving to fire-
fighting bases. In one day at
Kamloops 250,000 gallons of
air tanker gasoline was used
along with hundreds of tons
of fire retardant. n:

In the Nelson forest
district, fuel for water
bombers ran out at
Revelstoke and Cranbrook
and was low at Castlegar,
but more was on the way.

The Neison area had 18
aircraft and 242 men battling
fires, 137 of which had
broken out since Friday.

In neighboring Washington
state, the department of
natural resources imposed
logging closures on 1.5
million acres of forest
because of the dry conditions
in the woods.

PG parachutist
breaks back

_ VANCOUVER (CP) —
David Gibson, 23, of Prince
George was in satisfactory
condition in hospital here
Monday following a
parachuting accident in the
Prince George area Sunday.

Gibson suffered a broken
back when the wind spilled

NOTICE

to the low water level for fire protection.

Water sprinkling for lawns, gardens, etc. will be permitted from
Tp.m, to 9 p.m. for 2 HOURS OBLY, on alternate days.

Even numbered houses pempermitted on even numbored calendar
days, odd numbered houses on odd days as in previous restrictions. |

This water restriction will be in effect until further notice.
DISTRICT OF TERRACE

the air out of his parachute
at the Chief Lake drop zone
near this central British
Columbia city. He fell the
remaining 16 metres of his

lump.
Gibson was flown here

aboard an emergency flight:

Sunday night.

effect due

received no guara

CHILLIWACK, B.C. (CP)
— The charter flight cam-
pany which was to have
flown a 17-year-old male
cartier of polio virus back to
his home in the Netherlands
refused Tuesday to allow
him to board the plane.

An Amsterdam
spokesman for Marinair said
Monday the youth would not
be allowed on the flight
because the airliié had
tee that
there was no danger ‘of in-

He said the visitor, whose
name has not been releasc:d,
would be permitted to travel
on a Martinair flight later
this summer when he was no
longer infectious.

Dr. Tony Larsen, proven-
cial epidemiologist, said the
airline carrier does not have
to take a diseased person on
board.

The average person
becomes non-infectious a
few weeks afler recovery
from polio although some

fection to other pasgenwers.

take a few months, said

Workshops, courses

offered for Fall

Fall Courses!!! It seems like an impossibility
to have to start planning now for the fall with the
hot summer weather we are now having. .

Through the college and the school district we
will be offering a wide range cf workshops and
courses that could appeal to you. Every day
many new and exciting courses are being
planned. So, if you have always wanted to take a
particular course - please let us know, perhaps
others in Terrace would as _ well.

Some of the courses that have been confirmed
this week include the grade 12 equivalency
preparation courses; how to budget you money
effectively; several 3rd and 4th year U.B.C

courses, a power squadron course (brought in by q

popular demand by our boating enthusiasts - you
will learn the basics of navigation) and perhaps
on the lighter side are such courses as pottery,
silkscreen printing on fabric and soapmaking.

If you have a skill that you would like to share
with other members of the community - par-
ticularly in the home repair and cooking areas,
please Jet us know.

Don't forget! The college academic courses

begin September 11, and here in Terrace we are .

very fortunate:to have such an exciting variety
‘of first and second year level courses.

So, when you're out at the lake, in the hot sun -
.don’t forget about what you’re going to do this
fall - phone up the college at 635-0511 and ask
about courses you may be interested in.

. Or, if you’re interested in a community related
course or workshop, please contact me, Frances.
Long, 635-4931. ;

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THE HERALD, Wednesday, August 9, 1978, Page 3

Polio carrier refused flight

Larsen.

Medical health authorities.
in this Upper Fraser Valley
community last week
identifced the visitor as a
carrier of the disease.
STAYS WITH COUSIN :

They said he will remainin
quarantine at the home of his

. cousin, wake Van de Pol, an

area mushroom farmer who
remains in satisfactory
condition in hospital here
with paralytic polio.

Dr. William McInnes,
medica) health officer for the
Upper Fraser Valley, said
there was no doubt the
visitor passed the disease to
Van de Pol shortly after he
arrived from the Neth-
erlands where more than 100
persons have contracted the
disease.n

Van de Pol belongs to the
Reformed Congregation of
North America whose
members often refuse im-
Munization for religious

reasons but MclInfies said .

members of the Van de Pol
family have been immknized
and the t@-acre farm has
been closed.

Larsen also said the
chances ofncontagion from
eating mushrooms grown on

the farm were so remote as
to be impossible.
FEAR CONTAMINATION

No further cases of polio
have been reported, despite
earlier fears that the youth
contaminated passengers on
his July 11 flight to Canada,
said McInnes. n .

Meanwhile, more than
11,000 persons in the Fraser
Valley area have been im-
munized since Van de Pol's
disease was confirmed Last
week.

Larsen said there was a
block-long lineup for most of
the hours of operationnof
special clinics during the
holiday weekend as more
people than expected turned
out to receive booster shota.

He said there was no
reason for people living
outside the area to take extra
precautions although he
advised people who fear they
might not be adequately
immunized to avoid this
community for the time
being.

In Landen, Wash., local
health officials said more
than 150 persons have been
immunized after learning
that the Dutch youth visited ,
the area last week.

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tHe €p-your cash or borrewing power. ‘st an@ lest
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