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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

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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

. ADDRESS:

5412 Hwy. 16

4625 Goulet Ave.
4708 Scott Ave.

#7 - 4714 Davis Ave.
4828 Hwy. 16 West
4324 Marsh Cres.
4445-4447 Park Ave.
4448-4450 Greig Ave.
4501-4503 Greig Ave.
2918 Braun St.

2801 Kenney St.
5120 Mills Ave.

5118 Mills Ave.

2711 Braun St.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION:
Lot 16 DL 360 PL 6602
‘Lot 17 DL 361 PL 7534
Lot 9 DL 361 PL 7681
Lot C DL 362 PL 1919

Lot B OL 611 PL 7940
Lot C DL 671 PL 11620
Lot D DL 615 PL 11620
Lot 8 DL615 PL 3904
Lot 3 DL 1745 PL 1016
BLK 7 DL 5760 PL 1440

Lot 3 BLK 1 DL 368 PL 3349

Lot 7 & 8 BLK 3 DL 369 PL 972

Lot 24 & 25 BLK 9 DL 369 PL 972
Lot 14.&15 BLK 11 DL 369 PL 972
Lot 21 BLK 2 DL 611 PL1992

UPSET PRICE:
_, 2,725.88 —
5,282.72 « -
9,206.08
115,991.47
1,510.50
1,626.80
" 11,692.61
23,683.32
5,567.65
46,828.75
- 3,610.20
1,857.03
3,962.67
6,269.12
1,279.74