B4 The Terrace Standard. Wednesday, March 5, 1997 Students test out space seeds By CRIS LEYKAUF IT MAY NOT be Darth Vader, but it's the next best thing. Students in a grade 5/6 class at Uplands Elementary might not have the chance to swing a light saber, but they are gelting to participate in an outerspace experiment put on the federal govem- ment. The Canadian Space Agency and Agriculture Canada have given stu- dents at Uplands 25 canola seeds that were on the space shuttle Cofum- bia. The seeds were parl af a 17-day mission dedicated to life and microgravity science research that took place in June last year. Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk and six other astronauts from the U.S. and France took one thousand of the seeds on board with them as one of 44 experiments. The seeds made a jour- ney of 11 million kilo- metres. Then the gavern- ment distributed them to Family had homestead in Thornhill BERT GOULET and his family are well known to many people in Terrace. They were pioneers in the area, and some of the family still live here today. Bert's mother Antoinette Goulet moved to Terrace with her hus- band Leon in 1921, They travelled to Ter- race by train from Manitoba, where Bert was born. He was three years old when he moved lo Terrace. Apparently Antoinette’s father, Mr, Jacques, had purchased. 640 acres of land in Thornhill, sight unseen, threw the Win- nipeg Free Press. The land was located at the bottom end of Krumm Rd., near where Skeena Valley Packers used to be. Antoinette’s father split the land into four quarters, giving each son and his eldest daughter a quarter section. Her brothers had come only stayed there until young scientists across the country in grades 4-6, “Theyre pretty excited about taking part in the experiment,”* said Uplands teacher Dave Cater, He distributed the secds to his class along with 25 other earthbound canola seeds, Each student is growing one of cach type ofseed, — Caler built a mini-lab for the plants, complete with a light bar that can be raised as the plants grow. The class started the project in the beginning of February and so far it secms the space seeds are growing faster. ‘The space seeds got radiation,” said student Kyle Krupol, explaining the reason for the good growth. The class is keeping careful records, and has to forward its data back to the government, — said Cater. Students keep records on the numbers of sceds which germinated. They YOUNG SCIENTISTS Kyle Krupot and Brad Norwood are comparing the dif- ferent growth rates of canola seed which travelled through outerspace to earthbound seeds, They are part of a class of grade 5/6 students at Uplands, also measure the leaves and keep noles on width and height. ‘*We talked about what the seeds go through — weightlessness, radiation, g-forces,”’ said Caler. Antoinette Goulet 1923, when they returned to the prairies and settled in Saskatoon. The family lived in Sas- katoon until 1944, Then they moved back to B.C., this time settling in New Westminster. to Terrace a couple years earlier to claim their land, The Gaulet family built a house on the land, but Mr. Goulet died in 1972 there. Antoinetle moved several times over the f Discover Your Spiritual Gifts a twelve part Seminar that will help people discaver their gifts and how to use them in ministry. This Seminar is based on ihe book, “Your Spiritual Gifts” by Dr. Peter Wagner. Beginning on March 2 Time: Sunday Evenings at 6:30 pm Place: Terrace Pentecostal Assembly 3511 Eby St. - Phone 635-2434 Everyone Welcome Someone To 4711D KEITH AVE. Chg. — atch Over Youll They're all the rage; and we have them. Stunning porcelain Guardian Angels complete with prayer. We have new stock arriving daily! Including Amber Jewellery, T-Shirts, Hats and Purses. Plus so much more! HAIR GALLERY 35-3729 years, bul now lives at the Eagle Ridge Manor in Port Mocdy. As for Bert Goulet, he grew up in Saskatoon, then in 1941 went into the service. Bert and his father made a trip back to Ter- race in 1950, as his father wanted to come back and look at the homeslead — or as Bert said, ‘‘the shack up on the hill.” Bert remembers they. ‘The space seeds are stronger,” observed young Nathan Park. He said the other control canola plants seem to [lap over more easily. “It’s nice for them to used to haul their water from Thornhill creek, As a young bay he used to fish in the creck. During that visit to Ter- rice Bert saw an. old school chum from Sas- katoon — Bert Arhour, This might have had something to do with Bert Goulet’s decision lo move back to Terrace. He and his wife Pat moved here in 1951, and bought the property be- tween Tillicum Twin Theatre and the Slumber Lodge. They built Bert's Grocery in thal location, which ran for 16 years. Bert served as — the Reeve, or mayor as we call them today, fram 1965-67. He was in- strumental in the con- struction af Safeway and the Woclworth Mall. Bert and his. wife Pat have three children - daughter Cheryl who lives in Smithers, son “Gregory in Powell River and Bert Jr. in Dawson Creck. Bert's mother sce something grow, and to apply it to a real life situation,” said Cater. The experiment should wrap up by the end of March. 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