A ski lesson on the heights of Vancouver Istand. B.C. Govt, Photy “Forbidden Plateau ha fun place to ski GENEVA (Reuter) — The World Meteorological Organizatio (WMO) said Monday con- tlnued use of fluorocarbons, which. are used mainly in spray cans, could destroy 15 per cent of the earth's ozone layer in 100 years and seriously affect health and weather, The United Nations agency said high-flying balloons above Canada and the United States have provided proof that fluorocarbons are destroying chlorine molecules at an alarming rate, diminishing protection from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation, Qzone depletion causes more heat in the stratosphere and this could increase ground. tem- peratures as well as alter re- gional weather. The U.S. has already aut- lawed the use of fluorocarbons as propellants in aerosol containers and for other non-essential pur- poses, while Canada and a number of European govern- ments are considering similar moves. Dr. Rumen Bojkov, chief WMO atmospheric scientist, told a news conference that chlorofiuoromethane lasts for about 60 yeara in the ozone layer and destroys up to 1,000 atoms of chlorine. He said that if the release of these molecules continues at the 1977 rate, the ozone layer will be reduced by 15 per cent in 100 years’ time, WMO experts = from Canada, the U.S,, Britain, the Soviet Union, Swit- zerland and Belgium decided at their meeting last month that supersonic aircraft have a negligible effect on the _ onemoleculeof ozone layer at pelgis below i7\4 kilometres. Ferry hijack ISTANBUL (AP) — Ar- med leftist youths hijacked a Europe-to-Asia ferry Monday and ordered the captain to cruise in the Bosporus Straits until Tur- kish authorities listened to thelr. demands. But they later ordered the ship into port here where police reported more than 40) arrests. Police’ said the hijackers gave up after police boats chased the ship as it criss- crossed the straits, "By Jean MacKenzie With the first snows of the season, Vancouver Island skiers head for winter fun on the heights of Forbidden Plateau. Less than halfway up the length Ea Island and just 23 mn tees west of Courtenay, the plateau is within easy driving reach of ferries arriving at Vic- The high point of the skisxeason ballet und o torchlight parade. at Forbidden Plateau isthe 10-day There's even a ‘slurtle' race, winter carnival. This event, be- which is open to anyone who can ginning the first weekend of ride up on a rope tow and slide February, brings local folks and down on the stomach. visitors together to practice in town are spoms events of — TCP— ‘Total Community Par- every type, plus a kid's yodelling ticipation’. On the slopes or down contest and a moccusin hop ° intown, there’s plenty goingon at (dancing on icc), The festival camival time. culminates with the Snowhall WH GIVE Vou A Torts arid Nanaimd. Though its official name is Wood Mountain Ski Park, most ; people know the region by its more intriguing title. The plateau became ‘forbidden’ long ago. «# Legend has it that the Indians of valley, under attack from the Cowichans to the south, sent their women and children to safety in the high country. When the pri was past, the tribesmen mbed up to the plateau to bring sit famities home. toweBut though they searched long in far, they found no trace ol their loved ones. The women and 2 children had vanished forever— i killed, it was feared, by hairy z giants of the mountain. t Nowadays this enchanted land too is a summer and winter play- " ground where hikers and Heading up Forbidden Plateau. brightly-clad skiers bring shouts Up on the ski hill are all the Frolic and the crowning of a snow usual competitions plus a ski queen, — i and laughter to the still mountain meadows. Skiing stati ap'ae coon as the snow flies and—weather permit- ting—can continue into April Since 1947, when serious skiing safirst began on the plaleau, two ledges and a hostel have been built. Upward-bound skiers can hitch a ride on the twin rope tows near the Ski Tac Hut or go via three T-bars or a chairlift. The downhill runs range from gentle slopes to the ominously named Corkscrew and Bone- shaker runs. Though the park is a small one—only 96 hectares—there's room for cross-country skiers, too. Trails lead out from the top of the chairlift and from both the overnight lodge und the day rlndge. {PSO eee SCORE EERSTE ER OR EERE THe PARIS (CP) — English- speaking residents here for the Christmas season can find an old-fashioned Pick- wickian atmosphere in an English tea ragm above a book shap on Rue de Rivoli. Each Christmas for 75 years, the Englsh Tea Shop has been importing tons of plum pudding and Christmas cake from Britain, and they appear on the daily luncheon menu from now until eoecfOU Can fent a complete ski Christmas. Patrons who ; miss the Christmas at- outfit on the hill or as you drive mosphere at home queue for through Courtenay, where sports lunch in the tea room shops Atay Open extra hours and decorated with garlands and where the motels offer group and Christmas bells. Ski package mates, The tea room, designed in Even school days are fun on Elizabethean style, is a cozy Eheisten slopes, A ski lesson, place to pause any time. But vipment and lift rides are ail when snowflakes twirl past included in a special rate for the dormer windows which student groups from §.C, overloak Tuilieres anda fire schouls. And families get a bar- blazes in its carved fireplace giin, too, because children under 4t one end of the room, it is seven ride the lifts free, eaccially inviting. Three years ago the Ski School aan addition to hundreds of Sgun a special progra daily luncheons, more than special program for the sy) rsons gather for af- i“atentally handicapped, and now Pel & 2 trained instructars ; ailabl ternoon tea in English Panes Wamuctors are Available tradition and freshly baked for disabled skiers—amputees, crumpets, tea biscuits and some cerebral palsy victims and seqnes are served dripping the blind. with butter. 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