DEEP CREEK ——— Voluntee TERRACE — They may not arrive . On white chargers, but the volunteers who appear daily at the Deep Creek hatchery wear shining armour in the eyes of the Terrace Salmonid Enhan- cement society. - “We owe them so much,” says. Jorma Jyrkkanen, hatchery manager. Describing the stream of helpers as a life saver for the facility, he adds, “We were desperately short of labour “and we just didn’t have the money to hire anyone.”’ The Deep Creek facility has been on the financial ropes since last summer when federal fisheries told its parent society there would be no more money. While Jyrkkanen lavishes well- earned praise, volunteer Sam Penman sits at a nearby table in the office area carefully hand-drawing posters for the society’s raffle. In the next room, her husband Brian, lhe newest hatchery helper, is being in- structed by fellow volunteer Debbie Cobbs on feeding the thousands of diminutive salmon now resident in the rs come to The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 24, 1993 - Page AS Stories/photos by MALCOLM BAXTER stainless steel Capilano troughs. And Terrace Volunteer Bureau co- ordinator Lovina Tyler and her as- sistant Mary Alice Neilly are going over the volunteer scheduling for the coming weeks, On other days, a visitor might find other volunteers . keeping the hatchery’s bookwork up to date, _. Spreading sand over. the. still. ice- covered access road or busy on myriad other’ general clean-up ~— and maintenance jobs. ““Most just like nature and want to the rescue see the hatchery survive,” says Jyrk- kanen, adding the work offers them a chance ta do something new as well. He also suggests it’s a useful experi- ence for anyone thinking of pursuing a career in a related ficld. “It gives them a chance to see if they Teally. like this kind of work,” he points out, - And, as he readily admits, they also help keep the hatchery going while the socicly wails to see if it has indeed heen abandoned by the federal govern- ment. Society still waits final federal word TERRACE — With only four » Weeks left before its contract with the federal Department of . Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) ex- . Pires, the Terrace Salmonid En- hancement society is ‘still hoping and waiting,’ says Deep Creek hatchery manager Jorma Jyrkkanen. The future of the society- operated hatchery has been in doubt since June 12 of last year, That’s when it was told the _DFO would not be renewing its *. $178,000 annual contracts. That decision came in a fax from David Griggs, director of “the Salmonid Enhancement Pro- gram (SEP), Pacific Region, As.a result the hatchery faced Closure June 30 with the loss of fourjobs, News of the threatened closure set off'a storm of public protest, -prompling petitions of support for the hatchery and a letter-writing campaign aimed at federal Fisherles minister John Crosbie. The DFO later relented to some extent, coming up with additional grants totalling $51,000. ~ However, Griggs’? wamed the socicty al that time there was no commitment from SEP to provide any.money beyond March 31 of this year, And, says Jyrkkanen, nothing’s changed since then. During a meeting with Matt Foy of the DFO earlier this month, he said the society had laid out a new plan which in- volved scaling down the hatchery operation. While the society would like to continue rearing Dry Creek coho, it had offered to drop that and concentrate on Kalum and Cedar Rivers chinook only. It had also. offered to run the hatchery with only one full-time permanent employee and another temporary full-time employee for the busiest part of its year. That’s a substantial reduction from the five people it had employed under previous con- tracts, ” "We realize the economic con- ' ditions mean we have to make do with less,’’ Jyrkkanen explained. **We’re prepared to do that,” However, he said the offer had not prompted any promise of the contracts being restored. Painting out the final decision would have to be made by federal fisheries minister John Crosbie, Jyrkkanen added, ‘‘He still has time to change his mind.” raffle is about, =. -- reat Cee rad television. _ Save our hatchery! -. ‘That's what it says on the posters and that’s exactly what the With no indication yet the federal. government will provide: -.-: any money to keep the hatchery golng, the raffle is one stop-gap the Terrace Salmonid Enhancement society is trying. It's being helped by the Skeena Valley Rotary Club which is using one of its lottery entitlements to sponsor this draw. The society hopes the raffle will raise $17,000 which would cover op- erational costs until the end of June, Only 2,000 tickets ($10 each) will be sold and the winner gets a five day fishing charter for four people with all food and tackle . provided. The draw will be made May 31 and televised on local TERRACE — The federal fisheries department may have dropped the Deep Creek hatchery, but the Terrace Sal- monid Enhancement socicty hopes another arm of the Ottawa octopus will help out. Jorma Jyrkkanen said the society has again applied to the federal. government’s Challenge program. That program subsidizes sum- mer employment of students and is one the ‘hatchery has used in the'past with marked success, If-the application is approved, on way? the society would hire three stu- dents, he said. And that trio would get to work on all aspects of the hatchery op- eration, Jyrkkanen added. Fish culture work, brood stock collection, fish tagging and gen- eral maintenance work around the facility would be part of their work load. Pointing out last year’s students got to float the Cedar River two to three times a week as part of the dead fish count, he said “People pay thousands of dollars to do the same thing. ey TO THE RESCUE,, Debbie,” Gobbs (above) is one ‘of about 20 local residents who have so far volunteered to work at the Deep Creek hatchery in & community ef- fort to save a facility threatened by the DFO's de- cision to cut off the flow of federal money. She's seen feeding the ‘minnows’ that will eventually grow into the largest salmon in the world. At left, the mass of dark specks in the Capilano troughs will, all being well, ‘one day be the trophy fish tourists from all over. North America come to stalk. Some supporters of the hatchery fear its demise will eventually have painful eco- nomic repereussions for Ter- race because reduced stocks would require fishing bans. That in tur would mean the visiting anglers . would have to go elsewhere. Tk TOTHE TERRACE STANDARD No to PCBs Dear Sir: As residents of Thomhill we -must express our amazement and disgust’ at Dairyland Foods’ application to store PCBs on their Kofoed drive property in a residential area, It should be obvious that a food handling and storage fa- cility is not a good place to store toxic waste, , An additional danger is that there is a watercourse which flows into the Skeena river next to the Dairyland property. To store such dangerous chemicals ia a place at which an accident or spill could so easily contaminate such an im- portant waterway docs not show any concem for public health and well-being. We urge all residents of Ter- race and Thornhill to write and or call their M.L.A,, the Waste Management Branch at 3726 Alfred Ave, Smithers B.C., VOJ SNO, and Dairyland Foods, P.O, Box 9100, Van B.C., V6B 464, Then must receive your ‘No’ to storing toxic waste in Thomhill before the March 10, 1993 deadline. See February 10, 1993 Terrace Standard, Page 12, section B. Milk is a wholesome, Eealthy away from PCBs. Dale Bertin, George Bell, Allen and Barbara Hov- land, Joseph Chay, and = Elfrieda George and Hagen, Rene and Ella Vien- neau, Kathy Christy, Clifford Stubbins, Terrace, B.C. _ Salute... to you Dear Sir: We have a pretty good transit system here in Terrace but I really think the people who ride the system are the ones to thank for having the faith and the perseverance to keep with it, for two years and am now fin- ished to go onto hopefully bet- thank all of those bus: patrons who made my days a lot easier, happier and pleasant just by a smile a word of thanks or greeting or just by sitting and you where aboard. You extended courtesies to one another by helping a senior with their bags, a mother with a carriage and by giving direc-. tions, Marlane Cervo, Terrace, B.C. product and we want to keep it Kaye I have been driving transit ter things, But I would. Iike to. chatting for the short time that - By CHARLYNN TOEWS International Women’s Day * (WD) is celebrated March 8 by women all over the world. For example, on March 8, 1936, 800,000 Spanish women .,, gathered in Madrid to demand progress and liberty. In 1942 women of the French — un- .. @erground _ chose IWD to , demonstrate. against Nazi oc- .. cupation, In the Hazeltons, hundreds of women come out for TWD events annually, and Terrace women celebrate March § with * a pot Juck dinner and local en- terlainment “by women for women’. — For those interested in start- ing an International Mer’s Day, here are -somie pointers from the women after nearly a century of celebrating TWD. First, select an appropriate date demonstrating your sirug- ‘gle for the vote. March 8, 1857 was our choice for the date, as it was that day when women lines around the world, We chose the general strike of 1909 where 30,000 | textile A subsequent fire in the plant where the strike originates helps provide continued inter- est in the cause! the 1910 fire textile workers marched protest low wages, long hours and poor working condilions in New York, as well as demand- ing equal pay and the right to vote, Second, to gain international massive demonstration to capture head- attention, stage a workers (80 per cent of whom were women} marched through the streets of New York, Bravery and solidarity are re- “quired; we had 723 - young - women arrested the first month of the strike, with wealthy women providing the moncy for the bail bill which averaged $2,500 a day. which killed 175 women, men and children. at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company did it for - Us. . Next, get an international mecting to approve a motion to Start commemorating the day. We used a 1910 meeting in Hints for an International Men’s Day Copenhagen where the women gathered represented 17 coun- tries, Then start using the day to celebrate achievements and press for demands. We relied. once again on women textile workers, this time in Petrograd (Leningrad), who, although urged by communist leaders not to. strike, stormed . the Streets on March 8, 1917, Joo The Start is for people - tearning how to read." Phyllis Wells. She is standing beside a totem pole. -It was carved at Kit- selas. | The pole is going to ‘Japan. It will go'to a city . ‘called Owase.. ‘Owase is a sister city to Prince Rupert.) Dempsey Bob. Four of his relatives did the carving. They are Stan Bevan, Ken McNeil, Wayne Carlick and Edgar Frank. The pole is going to Japan by ship. It will be erected next month, The carvers at Kitselas Party There is a new political party. It is called the National. Party of Canada. The party does not like the free trade deal with the United States. 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