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brings varied program

By BILL MARLES
’ For the Herald

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exhibits on the history and pre-
history of Northwest B.C. A large
file of clippings, photos, and other
materials on the region is als
‘maintained.

«Curator Gisela Mendel is now.

‘adding two new exhibits upstairs.
One is a selection of Indian basketry.
_ ‘The other new display contains
‘Indian artifacts. Mrs. Mendel is
‘particularly proud of a ceremonial
sledge hammer head from Kildala
‘Bay. There's also a stone hammer
taken from the Skeena River near
Kitwanga.:

-.fhe museum art gallery is
‘showing the photos of Millie Strom,
Fred Douglas and Ken Straiton.

_ Straiton, who has a university
‘background in Social Pychology and
‘Architecture, says, “My pictures
usually have human reference even
if many of them do not include
‘human figures. This may simply be
ithe time-worn, pattern of paint
{peeling on a: Sricke-wall! ‘T° study
‘details, observe the environment in
its elements of line, form, pattern,
texture, colour and light. I love the
‘jronic, ambiguous and surreal -
images that give the mind room to
‘move - evocative dream images that
‘touch the subconscious, but also

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‘ Douglas shows scenes of city life,
people and places on one wall. On

~ another wall, he has photos of corn,

onions, parsnips, blackberries, peas
and farm animals - things that
sustain human life. Strom is mainly
interested in people.

‘These displays will be on till the
end of May.

Mrs. Mendel once said a lot of
effort and money had gone into the -
gallery. But she explains the
museum is limited.as to what it can
show in the art gallery. Freight costs
are high, and the museum can’t
afford to bring in an exhibition from
Ontario. They have to wait till it
comes to the area.

Nevertheless the gauery does
Salvador _ Dali’s
“Homecoming, or Return to Israel”
is coming next month. It’s a series
of 25 lithographs. Also being shown
in June are paintings by Rebecca
Mailloux of Terrace. aa

Friday night if often lecture night
at the museum, Recently Elizabeth
Anderson-Varley spoke about turn-
of-the-century life in Kitimat. On
May 27 Wayne Campbell of the
Provincial Museum will talk about
collecting, preparing and eating

- certain forms of marine life.

Museum hours are Tuesday to
Thursday, 11 a.m. to3 p.m.; Friday,
3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, 11
a.m, to5p.m. The museum is closed
Sunday and Monday.

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DISPUTE OVER PURCHASE °°

B.C. Tel strike ending —

Local B.C. Tel employees
may not be going out again
on the’ round of rotating
work stoppages, according
to the union spokesman.
The Telecommunications
Workers: Union members
have been picketing B.C. Tel
offices in ‘a dispute over
equipment purchases.
“B.C. Tel-has been buying
distribution frames from the
Quebec-based Northern
Telecom company, instead

‘of the B.C. Tel subsidiary, —

Canadian Telephone and
Supply, because they are

Ssmithers’ residents will
be handed some hard
choices by their Forest
Advisory Committee at a
public meeting scheduled
‘or Thursday; May 19.

‘Research by the com-
mittee of local citizens,
formed last July to provide

’ well considered grass-roots

input to the B.C, Forest
Service planning process,
has found an unhealthy
trend in the timber har-
vesting in their area.

- Comparison of the quality of
the harvest and the quality
of the forest as a whole
shows that industry is

favouring the more valuable.
_ stands in its cut and leaving

the less economic trees.

sThis bias has not been
compensated for in the
Forest Service Allowable
Annual cut — (AAC)
calculations and the
Committee fears that before

Jong, the quality of the

being sold at a lower price.
Local employees went vut

last Thursday after iast.

minute notice from their
Vancouver office, Don
McRobb told the “erald
about 190-200 people from
Heuston to the Queen
Cl irlotte Islands were
involved in Thursday’s
walkout,

Close to half these people

were from the Terrace

office, he estimated.

He said it is impossible ta
say if the local employees
will go aout again'because of

FOREST USE

standing timber in the
Smithers Public Sustained

. Yield Unit (PSYU) will fall

to the point where economic
harvesting and milling will
pose serious difficulties for
the local forest industry. _

Put very simply, the
choice is between allowing
present logging strategies to
continue and facing an
uneconomic resource in. a
decade or two, or having
industry and the community
tighten its collective belt’a
few notches now in order to
provide a sustained timber
crop into the long-term
future.

The research effort arose.

out of an early Committee

decision to give itself a.

clearly defined set of goals
or objectives, It was agreed
the main goal would be “to
develop a planning process
that will ensure a viable

forest industry for the

Smithers PSYU.’’ The

the last minute instructions
they get from the Vancouver
offices.

The employees took an -

apparent weekend break
throughout the province in
the round of work stoppages
that have been staged
during the last week.
Picket actions were
staged at Prince George and
Quesne) Friday but ended at
midnight. Supervisory
personnel handled the
switchboards during the
walkout and service was not
seriously disrupted.

| Public to air views

Committee went on to define |

“viable”? not only with the

usual economic criteria but —

also-in much broader social

and ecological terms.
Important among these is

the management of the

forest for a sustained yield .

of ali resources including
recreation and aesthetics.

An earlier. public opinion
survey by the Committee
outline three © main
recreation areas in the
Smithers PSYU: The
Hudson’s Bay Mountain
area, the Babine Range and
the headwaters of the Telk-
wa River. The form and
extent of the logging the
Committee would like to see
in these areas will be
determined when the results:
of the 1976 forest inventory
of the Smithers PSYU are
available and the trade-offs
between the — various
resources are more
precisely known.

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Tonight was the debut
night for the bike riding.
About a. month ago we
bought bikes from a family
due to move to Bermuda in
June, and we were to have
gone for the ‘first ride
together three days ago.
However this was the first
sunny evening. since then
and the three grandchildren
from next door were only too
pleased to go out riding with
Grandma and Grandpa!
(This will be one night when
there will be no need to

edal on the exerciser

ike!)

So in one year I suddenly
have become the first owner
of two bikes. Never before
did 1 ever own even one, so
history is still in the making.
Bikes have changed since a
girl friend first showed me

ow to ride a bike around

grade 8 time, so it wili no

loubt be a little while before
any confidence has been
gained.

- Vic was going to go out
today on the B.C. Canuck
but couldn't see bucking the
waves, so decided to come
back into harbour. Some of
the old-time fishermen have
not even made the effort to
go out, owing to the steady
winds we have been ex-
periencing almost every day
and evening. —

The other day someone
told me that five years of
long hot dry summers have
been predicted for the
Charlottes, by a group of
people who ave so far been
true with their other
predictions. I am given to
understand the changes
have something to do with
the shifting of the earth's

axis. It might be interesting

to plant a few kernels of
corn ina sheltered spot just
to sée if the prediction does
come to pass.

Ed Woode has made a

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Letter from Masset,

Queen Charlottes

By Elvira Bryant

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start on the planned
greenhouse, and it could be
that will bé the best way to

plant some early seeds for _

outdoor planting later, or for
such things as tomatoes.

What with teh current
‘overall increase of 40 per-
cent on freight by Rivtow
Straits, we may be having to
plant as many vegetables as
we can, (That 40 percent is
an overall average - some
freight charges when up 78
percent and others around

20 percent. We are certainly

missing the former tran-
sportation company of
Northland these days.)
The first R.C.M.P.
Regimental Ball on the
Queen Charlotte Islands was
held in the Community Hali
at Masset on the evening of
April 29th. We felt quite
honoured to have been in-
vited toa ttend, since only
two hundred guests were
present, and sixty of these
came from other parts of the
Islands and Prince Rupert.
It was avery formal
evening and so the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police
wore scarlet uniforms for
the occasion, while the
ladies were all in long
Each lady was
presented with a carnation
corsage on arrival and
colours were chosen to blend
with one's gown. Supper

was served from 7 p.m. on
with a continuous line being

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formed as each particular
table’s guests were asked to
take their turns,

Once again the Ladie’s
Auxillary of the Canagian
Legion No, 244 provided
supper for a group; and the
food, which consisted of both
hot and cold foods, was
delicious. Master of
Ceremonies was Corporal
Thompson from Queen
Charlotte City. Grace was
said by Rev. lan MeKenzle.
The toast to the queen was
properly given as wine had
been provided.

Following the dinner, the
Sundog orchestra from
Prince Rupert played for
dancing. It was one of the
very best groups to have
been heard here, and
possibly part of the appeal
was due to the fact that
people could enjoy the
music, the dancing, and still
carry on with conversation.
Far too many groups are so
loudly amplified that a hail
becomes more of a disaster
area. (All the people who
have any kind of hearing
problem do not remain
where the music is overly
loud.)

Engraved wine glasses
were also given to those who
attended, and the R.C.M.P.
wooden centerpieces which
conlained two candles, were
there for the taking.
(Having accumulated quite
a number of ornaments and.

“dust catchers’ over a
pericd of time, I did not need
to bring home a large
candleholder!) All in all 1
am sure it was an evening
that was enjoyed by all who
attended, and that it will not
be soon forgetten.

An eagle has just flown
over the sanctuary hunting
for some supper. The birds
all know when the eagle is
looking for a meal and they
-immediately take to flight.
There must be some thought
transmission there, or the
birds have an extra sense
that enables them to know
whether an eagle is just
checking up on the supply or
not

ot.

It is a beautiful evening,
and before the bicycle
outing, I worked in the
garden for an hour. The
wind is drying out the soil in
many places and we are
beginning to use the hose.
Several people have stopped
by to take pictures of the
garden and we have
received many nice com-
pliments from others. Even
without this extra, just
being able to enjoy the sight
of flowers in bloom, is
compensation enough. For

a few weeks now I have’

taken two bouquets to school
each week - one for the of-
fice, and another for the
staff room. It has been a
surprise to have these last
for the whole week.

Last year the snails or
slugs, played havoe with
both the delphinium and
hollyhock plants. Recently
we were told that wood

ashes were a good protec: *

tion, so the ashes from the
smokehouse were put out
around all of these plants
this evening. beer in a
saucer issaid to be the othér
solution, but we will try the
ashes first.

The Seegay Inn, Masset’s
hotel, went into receivership
sometime ago. People do no
seem to be happy with the
food at.the hotel, and by far
the best place to eat at this
time, is down at Haida at
Mary’s Cafe. Learning
Assistant teachers and
administration | members
from both Tahaygen
Elementary and George M.
Dawson Secondary, had
lunch there in April when
Sol Ardis visited here from
the Department of

Education. We thoroughly”

enjoyed the luncheon, but
did not really fec] that we
were given enough time
with Mr. Ardis to really
have a good exchanging of
ideas, Very little in-
formation can be gleaned
‘rom short or hasty visits.

The new Cornucopia
Boutique has been open here
for several weeks, and now
there has been construction
started on a “take-out”
dining establishment.

(Someone in a grade 12 class |

today was commenting how
nice it would be to go there
for a pizza at midnight!)
For several months a
Friefdship Centre has been
open in a trailer building
near B.C. Packers. It is
sponsored by the Masset-
Haida Alcoholism Com-
mittee, and is staffed hy
volunteers from the com
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