\ Cone project success Cone collection In the Prince Rupert Forest Region ls proceeding well, ac- cording to B.C. Forest. Service officiale, as the collection period nears completion. : “T think we fared pretty well in the Prince Rupert Region,’’says Mike Whitehouse, a silviculture technician on regional headquarters staff, ° . By last week almost 3,000 sacks of spruce cones alone had been collected from various parts of the region, he said. An exact count is pot yet available since three Idnds of sacks and plain, old, garden-variely Idaho potato bags. , “The spruce collection is completed now, "says Whitehowe, ‘‘We'll be picking hemlock and cedar cones in the coastal areas for mother couple of weeks,”' In all,235 sasks of balsam cones had been collected as of last week, along with 58 sacks of hemlock, 150 of douglas fir and six con- taining cedar cones. “But you get a lot of tiny cedar cones in six sacks,” says Whitehouse.) Across the province, of- ficlals In Victoria have in . dicated, the cone collection haa gone very well with the exception of the southern interior, where a heavy crop was not expected, ' A geod cone crop had been predicted in much of the province this year because of hot, dry conditions in 1678, Experts believe drought region reques! new treea for collected, says Whitehouse, they are sent to the Foreat Service's Koksilah Nursery tear Duncan, B.C. where the seed is extracted and stored In a “seed Bark,” When foresters in this reforestation purposes, technicians at the nursery take seed which originated in the area to be planted out of storage, start seediings and, when ready for planting, deliver them nocth. Some seedlings are also started in northern nurseries. conditions produce a “stress — - crop” when the tree, ‘con- vineed’ by the lack of water that it Is dying, produces extra seed to ensure the survival of its species. A good cone year was. needed. Foresters were concerned about the possibility of seed shortages: in some species because of poor cone crops and insect and disease damage over the paat few years. The objective of the 1979 cone collection was to ac- aimulate a 10-year supply of seed. In most areas of the Prince Rupert Region this has been achieved, though insect and disease damage meant poor «collections sround Hazelton and Kit- wanga Port plugged ships still wait PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. (CP) — Questionable grain- grading practices at Prairie elevators have clogged the works at this British Columbia port. The port is hustling to try to meet a Russian contract for shipments of top No, 1 and No. 2 grade wheat. Meanwhile, the major elevator is awash with 14,000 tonnes of unneeded No. 3 red wheat while boxcars stuffed with the inferior. grade jam sidings at. the Canadian National Railway yard, Elevator manager Charlie Paul said Wednesday that the mixup in shipments would result in delays of two or three days in the icading of ships consigned to carry out the Russian contract. Paul speculated that country elevator operators had been labelling bor- derline No, 3 grade as No. 2 and ‘got caught.” A spokesman for the Cana- dian wheat board in Win- nipeg said that elevator Once the cones are Dadesbhc. aera! operators have been warned to tighten up thelr grading practices, The situation began to de- velop last week with the arrival from Prairie elevators of 150 boxcars carrying what was supposed . to be No. 2 wheat. But local grain inspectors determined that it was actually sprouted No. 3 grade. Nonetheless, it was unloaded and now tles wy one-quarter of the available Former Terrace Mayor Vie Jolliffe may be tossing his bat in the ring on Nov. 17. Three and mayor needed Three Terrace District Council seats, as well as the mayorally will be up for grabs on election day, Saturday, Nov. 17 and so far, the incumbents are being relatively secretive about their plans. Terrace Mayor Dave Maroney has been non- committal up to this point. Hesays he's been too busy to give the issue much thought lately and noted there is still a month left to submit nomination papers. Alderman Jack Talstra says he hasn't made a final decision, but at this moment “Is leaning towards running again, Another alderman up for re-elaction, Helmut Giesbrecht, is examining his role in future council. He saya he wants to be sure he is serving a weeful role before making up his mind. Council member, Alan Soutar was out of town on business and cauld not be reached for comment. He is also up for re-election. Former Terrace Mayor Vic Jolliffe said Wednesday he is seriously considering running for mayor in the Nov. 17 municipal elections. Jolliffe served 2 single term 68 mayor from 1970 -1971. ‘tr am looking at it seriously, whether I should run for mayor or alderman,’’ he said, “I have been testing the water this week.” Jolliffe said he has been approached by a number of partes on the possibility of his candidacy. He said if he decides to run, his campaign would be: “based on the issues." Jolifffe indicated that Maroney'’s decision would not affect his avn, While he declined to make a general comment on. Maroney's performance, he chided the mayor for not making proper we of the manpower on council. “Tf there is any criticism af Maroney, it is that he does rot use the talent on council because of personal vir- Gchiveucss. valltse suve a8 an example of alderman Helmut Giesbrecht, for- merly the chairman of the finance committee. Jolliffe ecid CictLrech: had done an “execllent”’ job in the Posi teah, yer was senivved by Maroney, “It was a total waste of talent,’ he con- duded, Aside from his term as NEW YORK (AP) — Sixtyfour per cent of American parents still want to be the main source of birth-control information for their teen-age children, This is among findings of the General Mills American Family Report 1978-79, The study showed that a small minority — seven per cent — are ready to see the schools take over responsibility for sex education. ’ mayor, Joliffe has served a mumber of terms as alder- man, and as the hoapital board chairman. He ia a Ucersed plumber. Cone collecting helicopter space in the elevator. As space dwindled, concerned officials approached the wheal board for advice and weretoldtolet the No, 3sit in its boxcars. That took the pressure off the elevator, but the cars of unwanted No. 3 continued to roll in and now 60 of them clog the lotal CNR yard, meaning extra switching and handling time there. Loca] CN manager John P - Kehoe said the yard was not designed for storage and that the situation “is rapidly approaching a crisis.” Paul said there was little chance of getting rid of the glut of No. 3 for the time being. The last ship calling for that grade was sent on its way weeks ngo and the next conract for.No. 3 doesn't come due for at least a The wheat board spokesman said efforts were being made to line up a vessel to take the No, 3 off the port's hands, a > They re Co-op's answer to the high cost of just about everytting. Each Co-op Super Saver gives Co-op Shoppers an exceptional saving on & quality preduct Watch for this symbol throughout your store Co-op Super Savers your guarantas of Top Value and Law, Low Pricest Watch for them! 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