Green thumbs recently earned three Thornhill Jr. Secondary students a bird’s-eye view of local forests and logging operations. - Mark Fjaagesund, Heather Albright and An- drea Roth are members of the school’s grade 8 . Science class which, under the guidance of teacher ~ Daryl Anaka, has been studying forestry this year. “One project —~ it got underway in mid-February ndertaken by the group was the planting of spruce and pine seeds.. These were sown in -styroblock containers provided by Thornhill’s ‘Pacific: Regeneration nursery and each student was given one to take home and tend. -SLast: month the results of their silvicultural -endeayours were measured and the above trio - ¢ame.out on top with seven centimetres growth. That achievement earned them a 30 minute helicopter ride provided by Skeena Cellulose dur- FUTURE FORESTERS? Grade 8 students at Thornhill Jr, Secondary spent the past academic year lear- ning much about the industry that is the community's major industrial component. The above photo was taken during a field trip to a site off the West Kalum Road which was replanted two years ago. tudents fly — Creek watershed and Copper Mountain, ’ Apart from checking the mountainside for goats, the threesome also got an aerial view of a logging site along the route, ‘They | were thrilled with their ride,’* Anaka said later. He said this year’s forestry course had been a first for a local j junior secondary school and he described it as “good experience’ for the students, .It had included several field trips to allow students to see at first hand some of the things they had been discussing i in the classroom. Anaka said the course had given students an op- portunity to learn a lot about forest management and silviculture, knowledge which had “a lot of practical applications around here.” Given that and the enthusiasm of the students themselves, he said he hoped to repeat the course next year and would ultimately like to see it adopted info the prescribed science curriculum. ing. which they overflew Terrace, the Williams Coming to a library near you next week is the Biggest, Greatest, Most Amazing Reading Club featuring, with the help of the club’s young participants, the biggest and most amazing bookworm ever seen, . Children’s librarian ‘Gillian Campbell said the summer . reading program is open to anyone aged six years and up who enjoys books. To become a club member, youngsters drop i in- to the library anytime after July 10 where they will receive a club button, bookmark and booklet. They are then ready to help make the bookworm — it’s called Wormsworth — grow. And how do they do that? Hither by reading a book themselves or getting their parents, brother or sister to read it to them, Campbeil explained. Each time a book is read, the . member records it in their booklet and the library adds another segment to Wormsworth. So as long as everyone keeps reading, the bookworm keeps growing. She said members can also take a break from the books each Thursday to take part in any or all of a series of activities __| the library has planned. ier, First pis. hat. ing weeks there will bea poetry workshop and sessions ; where participants will make fans, wind socks, a chocolate cake and posters/placards for the Riverboat Days parade.: Riverboat Days will also bring a special visitor to Terrace —~ the original Wormsworth. Campbell said the library has booked the world’s longest bookworm for the Aug.4 parade and they are looking for lots of kids to march with him. For further information on the club or any of its planned activities, phone the library at 638-8177. ‘Book worm just ‘grows: "and grows Service noted - At a recent ‘Appreciation ‘Evening,’? School district 88 presented pins and gifts to long- ’ “time employees. ~. Marking 20 years service were Marilyn Earl, Mags Gingles, - Edward Harrison, Lois Long, - Neal ‘Nordstrom, Brian Proc- tor, Bonnie Shaw, Donna .Thomson and Garry Underhill, .» Receiving 25 year pins were Skip. Bergsma, John Chen- “Wing, Walter McIntyre, ..Ehizabeth Metzmeier and Richard - Olson while Hugh Power was recognized for 30 “TERRACE SPEEDWAY presents: Racing July 7.~ 6 o'clock Time Trials _ duly 8 — Regular races and | Bump and Pass if you are interested in entering the Bump and Pass, rules are avallable at SKB Auto Wreckers and Riverside Wrecking or call: 638-0609 The R.E.M. Lee Founda- tion last week received another boost in its relentless march towards the $600,000 needed io purchase’ a CT scanner for Mills Memorial hospital. The donor this time was Canada Post, . in handing over a $5,000 cheque to Foundation com- mittee member Elinore Muehle, local postal Superintendent Dale Walker said the donation was in keeping with the corpora- tion's policy of supporting selected community projects, He also pointed out the donation was particularly ap- propriate given Dulcie Lee — wife of the retired Mills Memorial doctor for: whom the foundation is named — worked at the local post of- fice for approximately a dozen years, Donation] | Terrace Standard, Webnstay, duly 4, 1990 - eltay B3 KITSUMKALUM 7 ECONOMIC | DEVELOPMENT CORP. 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