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PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa.
(AP) — Punxsutawney
Phil, the famous weather
forecasting groundhog,
today poked his head out of
a burrow atop Gobbier’s
Koob, sew his shadow and
predicted six more weeks
of winter, said his in-

“Seo-co-colese; eeny
meeny miny mo,” Phil is

- Feported to have told

Charles Erhard, president
of the Punxsutawney

Groundhog Club, and the
only man who clalma the
ability to transite the

Powerful

their ‘expertise by ac-

. complishing thelr qwn

groundhog's predictions.
“At 7:27 a.m., the king of
all weather

prognosticators seemed.

temporarily confused by
the unpredictable nature of
the winter thus far,’” said

" ‘Ertard, after rapping on

the door of Phil's heated
burrow,

“But Phil definitely saw
his shadow," said Erhard,
wearing tails'and a top hat.
“There will be six more
weeks of mild winter
weather."

As Erhard made the pre-
diction, a crowd of a few

overseer

for newspapers
advocated |

REGINA (CP) — A

powerful new organization .
shouldbe - formed’ ‘in:

Canada -*to — regulate «

attended the. two-day
semingr, by the

‘University of Regina’s
journalism faculty, the ©

Centre for Investigative

Journalism, the Regina’

the Winnipeg Tribune by
Southam Inc. and the
Ottawa Journal by

" print and broadcasting

industry.
“We are trying to give

the commission a fine .

culting edge with this

resolution 10 preserve our .

freedom: as:

journalists,”
* The “edmiiisiion ‘would

"mest ‘of ‘members ap
pointed by the federal
government, the Canadian
Association of Broad-
casters, the Canadian
‘Newspaper Publishers’

Association and
‘Newspaper Guild,
Ancther resolution
‘ adopted — by a. slim
majority — calls on Ottawa
to break up monopolies tn
the newspaper industry.
\The journalists also
called for creation of media
councils in al] provinces or
specific regions to help .

- police the industry and give

readers a forum to forward
cumplainta and concerns,

One resolution urges
legislation to require six
months’ notice for closing a
newspaper with a cir-
culation above 16,000 and

Walkom, a
University of Toronto
‘economist, told the
seminar on Saturday that &
may have been a coin-
cidence that The Journal
and The Tribune were
closed on the aame diy.

(Left to Right) Robert Oldershaw, Bryan

Brikac, Nadia Stella, Carla Gillis, Marla

R.E.M. Lee Theatre,

stand in front of thelr art on ) display at the -

Raposa, Anni Sterner, and Elizabeth Nadon

MORE WIN TER PREDIC TED?

The groundhog saw his shadow —

bundred who braved wet -

snow and chilly: tem-
peratures, booed loudly.

‘That means, so the
legend goes, six more week
of winter weather. No
shadow would mean an

. early spring.

The groundhog, ac-
cording to tradition rooted
in Pennsylvania Dutch

scurry back into ‘the
barrow and hibernate for
six mere weeks if he spot
his shadow.

“A mortal man can

‘readity miss the shadow,
but Phi] never misses it,”
said Erhard, president of
the Punxsutawney
Groundhog Club. “He'l
whisper into my ear. He
doesn’t lie, He tells me the
exact truth.”

this town of 10,000 in 1636,

“It’s a holiday to enjoy ©

without = present or a

card,” said Elaine Light,
whose husband Samuel

was president of the club
for 25 years,

A pair of the marmots, -
Phil and bis mate Phyllis,
are kept in groundhog
comfort at the centre.
Their heated home is
complete with a burrow, a
tree and a running stream.

In ancient * Rome,
Groundhog Day was
celebrated as the Festival |
of Light, a symbolic occa-
sion to hail the coming of
spring. Roman Catholics

“changed ‘the holiday to

Candlemas, in observance
of the lengthening days.

The emtom spread to -

other parts of Europe. In
Germany, people used the
badger as a barometer of
spring. The American

‘ autom was started by

Dutch and Germans who
seitied in Pennsylvania,

. The groundhog, also
known as the woodchuck, is |
a member of the rodent
family, related to ‘the
porcupine and beaver.
Groundhegs live an

. average three to five years

“and are found from -
Georgia, to Nova Scotia.

Goa lle Don Leblond was kept busy Saturday
playing road hockey with Alan Finlayson, —
Jan Finlayson, Chris Kerr, Donald Mitchelt.

_ The young people usually play hockey on
skates on ponds Guring this time of year,

they say.

No more disaster funds for Italy

“the emergency phase is was wrong in saying’ the

TORONTO (CP} —
About $8 million raised in
Canada for earthquake
victims in southern Italy
will not be sent there on an
emergency basis, a
Toronte Italian community
leader sayz.

Angelo Delfino, district
president of the National
Congress of Italian
Canadians and chairman of
.the earthyuake fund, asid
during the weekend his

- recent visit to Italy showed

POLICE NEWS:

oth Terrace and
Kitimat detachments of the
RCMP report a busy
weekend.

In Kitimat on Friday at
‘e vehicle

$1,200 to $1,400 damage.

, _ Pricebusters

The Kitimat detachment

of the RCMP requests

anyone who saw a hit-and-
run accident 3 p.m. Sunday
on Haisla Blvd. across

from the Legion to please

te their office. Two
eles both eastbound

In Terrace, early
Saturday morning on
Lakelse Ave. in front of the
store 8
vehicle driven by Jobh Biz
and that of Mary Lambert
collided, Biz's vehicle
mustsined §1,000 damage,

"Also Friday morning at
_ approximately 9 am.,

soineone broke into the
Terrace Library and made

olf with an undetermined
amount of money. So far - F

there are no suspects.
Police are continuing their

lavestigation al

Ghaslain Therrien of
Terrace is being charged
with both impatred driving .

and driving over 06. .

Seven area residents
enjoyed the hospitality of
the local cella due to.
previously enjoying the
boapltality of various

. Gbtlilery products,

well over.” -

The victims are “well fed |

and not living in tents,” he
said. The need now is one of
“midterm and long-term
reconstruction.”

Delfino said a study
group will go to Italy in
about two weeks to prepare
recommendations on how
the Canadian felief funds
should be spent. .

money is needed im-
mediately.

_ “The Red Cross has been
saying the money is needed

"fom the beginning,” he

sald. “But you have to
remember that they are
specialists in only one
field.”

“The people are not
but they need help

He said the Red Cross rebuilding for the future.”

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The Herald, Monday, February 2, Wei. Pope 3

Family B Brown

sentiments of many of
those who did attend Ae
performance of...
Pemily Eeoen at the HEM
Lee Theatreon Saturday,
January 31.._

The seven member
“Yamily’:. (five of whom

actually do belong to the
_ same nuclear. family)
’ performed 3 numbers in’

ballad, gospel, comedy,

blue grass, rock, of in-

-atrumental number, -

"THe instruments varied

» along with the styles: Gary:
displayed - his

Swilier -

_ their singing and his award

winning. -composing

abilities in a couple of --

numbers. - Dave, . yet
another brother, stramed

_ bis guitar and performed
most .of the comedy |
. timbers. Fhe father or ‘ol:
man acted as MLC. and-

accompanied his sous and
daughtera on an electric

- base guitar. Ron Spaulding

performed the wun} and

~ $ob.of drummer and even

got his feature number.

From their opening.

“We'll Have Big Fun on the

Bayou” to their closing
“We've Been Everywhere” .
they gave those who came.

to see ‘and hear them jost
what they wanted —a great
evenings

Right from the opening
number, the Family Brown

did not have to encourage

entertainment.

the first half of the show

“there for anyone who cared —

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Cwearaer )

The forecast for today is
for flearing. skies‘: this °

- aflernoon . with clouds

- disappearing. High today
zero degrees Celsius, low -6

degrees. The outlook for .

Tuesday is a
clear and suiny day with a

high of -2 degrees.

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