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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. It lost
1;300 feet because of: the
. eruption, making it the 30th .

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(MAJESTIC MT. St.. Helens dominates the skyline in Washington State. 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.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - AY

Her . volunteer. position’

could expand to a paid sum-
“mer job next year.

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