wor. Local goes JANINE KRAFT wasn’t born yet when Mt. St. Helens blew. in 1980 but. a long- standing fascination with _- volcanoes has translated into ~ a one-of-a-kind experience. - For the next three months Kraft: will be a: volunteer ~ guide at the Washington State location which is now ° “under the management of » the United States Forest Ser-. vice. - ; __, She’s the first Canadian to undertake such a ‘ole, ‘a circumstance which . re- quired navigating through a. lot of paperwork and raising $3,000 in order to secure a ‘visa. , _ iatGe le! att “T really couldn’t have -done this without’ help: lo- cally,” she said... eT about Mt. St. Helens and when it became active again. in 2004, that peaked my in- terest again,” Kraft said last ‘week while’ preparing to leave. ~~ Ck Kraft spent ‘her last: va- cation at the volcano site’ where she made contact with’ grew: up listening - officials at what’s called the Mt. St. Helens National Vol- canic Monument. _ “They must really have “wanted me,” Kraft adds of the. American forest ser- vice. “Whenever there was a problem, they really helped out. I was astounded at what ‘they went through to get me there.” ~ She’ll receive $15 a day, © for gas and food and. will stay in a house with other volunteers, but she has to cover the remainder of ‘her expenses, _ Kraft credits her. radio . training (she has worked at ‘ Standard Radio here in Ter- race for the past three years) with helping her land her volunteer position. ‘Tl be responsible for . ‘assembling 15-minute talks, right from scratch,” she .adds. The: 1980 eruption began on May 18, beginning with an earthquake, "ultimately resulting in the north face of ‘Nearly 230 square miles’ of .forest was blown down ‘or buried beneath volcanic . deposits. At the same time a mushroom-shaped column. of ash rose. thousands of feet _ skyward and drifted down- — wind, turning day into. night: as dark, gray ash fell over . eastern Washington and be- yond. The eruption. lasted 9 hours and 57 people lost. their lives. “People may think’ it’s quiet there, but it’s. not,” said Kraft of recent volcanic activity. wt Before that 1980 erup- tion, Mt. St. Helens was the ninth highest volcano. 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It’s the new home of Terrace resident Janine Kraft who is a volunteer guide there this summer. © She hopes to make volcanology a career. 6 JANINE KRAFT PHOTO .. highest volcano. But is now building itself up again. Kraft will be working out of an interpretative centre at the edge of a five and a half © mile. exclusion zone around . the volcano, ‘Climbing is allowed by permit-but that can be can-- -celled depending upon on- going volcanic activity. Raised in Calgary, Kraft, 23, attended the Southern Alberta Institute of Technol- ogy before coming to Ter- race. © oe * Her interest in volcanos © has expanded to the point, she is pursuing an on-line - degree in geology. from the University of Washington in Seattle and has' just: finished her first year. . Kraft paid for her first se- mester, but received scholar- ships:for her second semes-~. . ter and her second year. —~ Her ultimate goal -is to achieve a doctorate in volca- . nology. 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