a ee RT eon we 10° Terrace Review —- Wednesday, September 25, 1991 See It... ‘by Stephanie Wiebe _. Each evening,.in the house down the street, my friends: . gather around the dinner table and discuss the day’s happenings. This family includes three. busy children and two working adulis, so the dinner conversation is as lively and hectic as their days. Well, at least it used to be that way. They were having meatballs with gravy the. night their 13- year-old ‘son told them about dissecting a sheep’s eyeball in science class. He reported that . when he first cut into the eyeball, it squirted him. This animated description brought an end to the nighily parental question, "So what did you do in school today?" Now, my friends and I have nothing against science. Actually, science is one of my favourite subjects. I like the way scientists figuratively dissect the world. A scientist examines the workings of life to discover the hows and whys of existence. Basically, science is just plain fascinating. But physical dissection does not thrill me, particularly at the din- ner table. And I hesitate to men- tion this, but, although | studied chemistry, biology, physics and something called "natural science", I somehow managed to graduate school without ever physically dissecting anything. I don’t know how this happened. Some fluke in the ever-changing curriculum, perhaps, or maybe an act of God, or did I just "block out" the entire experience? I can clearly remember the long-ago experiences of my friends and classmates. The popu- lar dissection discussions began around Grade 8, unearthing school legends about people fainting and throwing up as they eviscerated corpses of frogs and — bugs in a laboratory setting. Early science classroom moments” stirred up endless questions: why does life exist, what is the origin of the universe, and who would Centen The. Way I nial Christian School re operated by the ‘Terrace Calvin Christian Schoo! Society INVITES _ all present and former ~ STUDENTS AND TEACHERS So toa CELEBRATION Of its --TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY yo. October 3, 1991 Py 7:30 p.m. | at 3608 Sparks be the first to puke in class? Vomiting in science class was a major milestone to bypass in our educational process. The tension mounted quickly as each student moved closer to dissecting the eyeball of a sheep. My classmates reported that when you first cut into a sheep’s - eyeball, it invariably shoots a small geyser of eyeball juice at the dissector. This is the sheep's revenge, prompting more horrific science class legends than you could imagine. Apparently, the frog dissection involves some reflex nerve reaction, another exciting topic of discussion among young science students. By comparison, bug dissection is fairly dull. Remember, I have never personally witnessed any of this, hearing only the secondhand reports in the schoo! cafeteria. These descriptive tales were generally reported during lunch hour, punctuated with the expected crics of "Ruwwwwwwwww." Never have lunch with a budding scientist. That was as close as I came to science class surgery. By some whim of fate, I never experienced it for myself. After graduation, I quickly moved north and took on a new identity, living incognito ever since. For all I know, old science teachers from my home- town are hunting me down as you read this, prepared to revoke. my diploma unless I take a scal- pel to a sheep’s eyeball. I don’t sleep well at night. : Meanwhile, across the country, families of today’s science stu- dents are not enjoying their din- ner conversations. An expeciant silence settles over the roast beef. Parents quiver over their plates, as they search out "safe" subjects for supper discussion. An obnox- ious little sibling with a strong stomach can blow the entire family meal apart with the dreaded question: "What did you do in school today, Jimmy?" Don’t ask. St., Terrace — Forestry Insights — Continued from page 7 — 4 can always sell this operation for a big profit after | retire the debt.’ number three material in the aver- age export order, compared to 20 percent in the high grading scen- atio. At the same time, 20 percent of the annual harvest could be turned into value-added, finger jointed lumber. And none of the grade three material would be turned into chips. SO In the high grade harvestin scenario, only nine percent of the grade three material would be suitable for value-added material while six percent would go into the chipper. And Jovial hated chips. Hé lost a lot of money on the sale of every cubic metre. Milton was far from convinced, though. In fact he laughed at Squish. ° . "Herby. This is nothing more than a lot of imaginative guess work," Jovial chortled. "The differ- ‘ences you are describing are way too far apart to be believable." "Guess work?" Squish said with a raised brow. "Perhaps. But edu- cated guess work based on a lot of experience." Jovial was a little shaken. He knew he couldn’t debate technical forest issues with Squish, so instead he asked him to explain. Squish advised Jovial that only 25 percent of his forest contained top quality stands of timber and that meant a maximum of a five year harvest. After that, the quality of stands would be of a lesser quality each year and become ‘increasingly: more- difficult~-to~ ACCESS. - But even in the first five years, there were. problems, Squish explained that the larger, older trees in the good stands of timber contained more heart wood defects and that meant a bigger percentage of short pieces of lumber. And because of this, there would be more grade three lumber and many of the pieces that were too short to go to market were unsuitable for turning into value-added material as well. They were either too short or defective. "Now," Squish continued, "Look at the second table. ‘The: one that gives you an idea of the average year in the last 15 years of your licence.. How do you like that bottom Line? There is practically no high grade lumber. A little bit more than half is number two. And at the same time your harvesting and hauling costs would skyrocket." “ "I can do well in the value- added, though," cut in Jovial. "That’s only because you have to," shot back Squish. "You'll have to tum everything you can into value-added just to keep your head above the water. "And look at the third table. Th one that shows you will realize a 20-year profit of over $53 million if you cut the timber profile, and only $40.4 million if you high grade. ; "In the long run. You lose.” "Well... Maybe," conceded Jov- jal. "But I see things differently." Jovial mulled over the three tables for a moment before point- ing out to Squish that the tables indicated a net profit of $17.8 million in the first five years of high grading. "That’s enough to retire my debt," Jovial explained. "But what about the next 15 years?" Squish asked. _"Well,.. Its not all that bad," Jovial returned. "I owe nothing, and I still- clear $1.5 million a year. What’s wrong with that?" Squish couldn’t believe his cars. What did he have to do to get this man to understand the simple truth? Fall a tree on his head? "Milton," Squish half pleaded, half warned. "These tables are based on a lot of experience. But it’s not possible that they can reflect the full picture. Everything is done in 1991 dollars, Inflation is ‘ignored for the sake of compari- son. . , "And the bottom line of $376,164 for each quarter of the last 15 years is only an average of a downward spiral. In reality, you would begin losing money after about seven or eight years of oper- . ation." "Hog wash," Jovial scoffed. "Look," returned Squish. "I’m going to work outa spread sheet for you that more closely reflects the true bottom line of high grade logging. This will produce a table that will clearly demonstrate the downfall of the high grade indus- try. It will show you what happens as the quality of timber declines each year, which means. higher production costs and lumber of less value. "And it will show you what happens as you have to build longer, more difficult roads which will also result in higher construc- tion costs. A table that will predict, quite accurately, just when you can expect to start fosing money." "Herby," Jovial scoffed. "Give it up. I like the bottom line for the first five years.. And like I told ‘you. I] can always sell this oper- ation for a big profit after I retire the debt. That means the fifth or sixth year... The year before you say I'll start losing money." "What if nobody wants to buy it, Milton?" Squish warmed. "People .. are getting smarter. First it was the Edsel... Now it’s people like you. And with each corporate disaster, ihe general public gets much wiser. "Every one will know what you're doing, Milton. And it’s very possible that no one will want to buy a business that’s certain to Fail." Next week. The forecasted demise of Milton Jovial’s logging adven- ture. Will he listen and learn? ~The Business Guid - A Pursuant to Section 457 of the Municipal Act, on the goth d Council Chambers of the City CITY OF TERRACE 1991 TAX SALE ay of September 1991 in the of Terrace, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, there shall -be offered for sale by public auction each and every parcel improvements, upon which any of the taxes are delinquent. of the real property including © The following properties have delinquent taxes as of September 12, 1991: FOLIO #: 323,000 1721.000 1733.000 2525.000 5038.000 5303.000° 5411.000 5434.000 6045.000 6423.000 6528.000 6529.000 8014.000° 16503.000 17504,000 . 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