new applications of technology by offering grants and scholar- ships to B.C. people and com- panies with ideas, thinkers who have workable concepts but lack the financial backing to ‘put them into action. — , ‘The 15-member. council will visit Terrace and Kitimat Sept. 28 and 29, but public affairs of- ficer Jennifer Wolfe was in here last week to explain the reasons for the council’s visit. She said they want to take a first-hand look at the country, people and ideas that live up here, and they also want to demonstrate that -the grants dispensed by the Science Council aren’t restricted to white-coated, stooping, near- sighted professors and lab technicians in lower mainland universitiés and industrial research and development JENNIFER WOLFE: Hoping to expose the council to public awareness up here. The Science Council of B.C. is coming to Terrace. The Council is an advisory "body established and ‘ wholly ‘ funded. by the B.C, Ministry of ‘ Advanced Education and Job Training. Their purpose is to en- courage innovative develop- ments in scientific research ‘and. -Alie Toop — continued from page 17 million dollar annual budgets. Wolfe says the council. will has a good idea for a scientific or: technological concept that will benefit the long-term economic development picture ‘and, having come up here once. ‘in a while to visit their family, — they decided that Terrace was for them, and here they are, , laboratories, backed by multi- consider supporting anyone who for British Columbia. a Science Council of B.C. to check o “Bighty to 90 percent of our funding goes to the lower mainland,” Wolfe said. “We need a wider distribution. We're hoping to expose the Council to public awareness up here, to give our members a wider perspec- tive.”’.- ; During the past 10 years, she noted, the Science Council has evaluated and funded $30 -million in-research and develop- ment projects and scholarships. Part of their programs involves both scholarships for promising students in science disciplines and wage subsidies to companies who hire those post-graduate students. The Council’s figures show, she said, that for every $1 invested the return to the B.C. economy amounts to $16. Some of the projects of in- terest to.this part of the country, she noted, include the develop- ‘ment of traps for mountain pine ‘beetles and ambrosia moths, in- sects that cause localized and wide-spread destruction of com- mercial forest tree species. The Science Council has funded BLANKET CLASSIFI These Ads appear inthe more than 9ON research that resulted in cloning methods for what are considered genetically superior species of commercial . tree species. They also futided. initial technical research into underwater robotics, which has made B.C. a global leader in that field, A cur- rently funded project is examin- ing the feasibility of using hor- mones to strengthen. the survival rate of hatchery-raised salmonids. The Science Council funded a project that resulted in ees " Terrate'Review — Wednesday, August jo,1989 19. ut Terrace a new device to regulate arterial - blood pressure during surgery... They also like to fund school . science fairs and . educational projects, she said. we Terrace’s Dr. Val George is the Science Council member responsible for northern ‘ap-- plications and projects. H noted that the council now holds at least two meetings a year Out- side'the lower mainland in keep- ing with their mandate to be a resource for all of the province.. Course Time: 8:30 a.m. to Instructor: Roger Cloutier W.C.B. SURVIVAL W.C.8. INDUSTRIAL FIRST AID TRAINING mo in TERRACE . 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They have been everywhere and seen ital. It ‘was a very enjoyable life. But now that they have their choice, they choose Terrace. They both keep busy: Ken even took’ a woodworking course at -. the college and is putting his ‘skills to good use around the house. They are amazed at the things Terrace has to offer. - “Just look at the paper the Recreation Department puts - out,’? says Phillis. ‘‘There are so many things to do.’” She also finds our library very im- pressive. They have no regrets about moving north. 1 grew the very biggest tomato I have ever grown, I think. ~ When.I picked it the other day, I took it down to the grocery store and had it weigh- ed. One tomato, weighing ate Thanks for. tuning in and I’li _talk.to you all again next Wednesday: same time, same. place. If you have: anything of .. interest for this column, please phone 635-2723. AUTOMOTIVE EDUCATION PERSONAL | ‘No money down O:A.C. Lense/ buy any new/used car or truck. 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