by Daniele Berquist
‘TERRACE — If you
visited the arts and crafts
fair at the Skeena Mall
you may have noticed
Lena Chapplow knitting
a sweater from wool she
procured from her sheep
herd here in the com-
munity.

From shearing to
cleaning to spinning,
then knitting, Chapplow

taught herself the craft
of. spinning wool
through trial and error.

‘When I first started
out 10 years ago, said
Chapplow, a spinning
wheel could not be
bought except in the
lower mainland. I had
someone buy one in
Kelowna and bring it
back to Terrace. We
started off with a dairy
goat (which was used for
milking purposes only)
that an individual didn’t
want anymore. Then we
bought our first sheep.

I thought to myself,
why not use the wool and

make something. I tried.

it and liked it, Chapplow
said,

Sheep herd _
produces wool

From the sheep to a
sweater or a rug, Chap-
plow explained what the
process entails:

First of all, the sheep
is ‘shorn with hand
shears. The wool is then
washed three times and
loaded on a rack to dry.
After the wool is dried, it
is pulled apart; this ‘is
called teasing, noted
Chapplow.

The wool is then spun
and washed again; then
wound onto a yarn
blocker that Chapplow’s
husband’ Ed made. This
process takes place while
the wool is still damp, so
there are no kinks left in
the material. It is left to
dry, then wound into
balls and used for knit-
ting, rug hooking and
crocheting. “I’m hoping
to be weaving in the near
future,” said Chapplow.

The sheep herd is
located 15 miles east of

Terrace at Chimdimash,

attracting quite a few

visitors in the spring.
time. The main drawing-

Lena Chapplow taught
herself the art of spinning
wool through trial and error.

card, Chapplow said, is
“Gladys’’, the angora
goat. She gives mohair
and is the only animal of
its kind in the area. ‘“‘The
kids just love her.’’

The lambs, Chapplow
noted, are sold locally in
the spring, at Easter, for
example; and strictly for
the meat. The sheep herd
consists of 12 ewes and
one ram plus Gladys, the
angora goat. The wool is
sold from her home and
also at the farmers
market. |

ICEA rep elected

TERRACE Local
childbirth educator
Marianne’ Brorup-
Weston has been elected
to the Board of Directors
of the International
Childbirth Education
Association (ICEA).

ICEA is the largest
childbirth education
organization in the world
and counts among its
consultants such
renowned leaders in
childbirth as Michel
Odent (France), Sheila
Kitzinger (England),
Roberto Caldeyro-
Barcia (Uruguay) and
Marshall Kiaus/John
Kennell (USA).

ICEA celebrated its
25th anniversary last
year and is responsible

To clarify

In the May 14 issue of
the Review it was er-
roneously reported that
George Furmanek and
James Harrop were fined
in Terrace provincial
court for violating sec-
tion 68a of the Criminal
Code of Canada, refusal
to disperse on the orders
of a peace officer.

Mr. Furmanek and
Mr. Harrop were in fact
found guilty of violating
section 68a of a provin-
cial statute which forbids
sport fishermen from
leaving their fishing rods
unattended while angl-
ing. The Review
apologizes for any con-
fusion or inconvenience
the error may have caus-

not only for coining the
term, “family centered
maternity care’’, but for
bringing together profes-
sionals and parents in
working towards im-
provements in childbirth
for over a quarter cen-
tury.

Brorup-Weston, who
will be Director-at-Large
for the 1986-88 term, has
been involved in

‘childbirth education

since 1979, when she and
Margaret Dediluke
founded the Terrace

Childbirth Education.

Association. This suc-
cessful organization
started the Terrace
Breastfeeding Group,
cesarean support outlet,
sponsored a major con-
ference in 1982 and
helped raise funds for
the birthing beds at Mills
Memorial Hospital.
Since 1983, Weston
has been the provincial
coordinator for ICEA
and has written exten-
sively on childbirth for
several publications.
Trained as a graphic ar-
tist, Weston’s illustra-
tions are featured in
numerous birth-oriented

newsletters and leaflets

across North America.
She presently teaches
private prenatal classes,
conducts workshops and
is active in the  mid-
wifery movement, the
cesarean prevention field
and as a trained labour
companion. She has liv-
ed in Terrace with her
husband Alan since
1978; they have four
children,

Weston’s goals for her
term include bringing the
needs of ‘Canadian
parents to the forefront
of childbirth reform and
to ‘ensure that quality
childbirth education is
made available to
everyone. She will be
working on the ICEA
Cesarean Options Com-
mittee and the new ICEA
publication, ‘‘The Inter-
national Journal of
Childbirth Education’’
as staff artist.

ICEA recently issued a
statement in support of
legalized midwifery in
Canada and made
presentations to the Na-

a- tional Consensus Con-

ference on Aspects of
Cesarean Birth, which
faciliated the progressive
guidelines adopted by
Canada’s Society of
Ob/Gyn’s on reduction
of the cesarean section
rate. ICEA has 11,000
active members
worldwide.

Forests

The forest industry is
the most important sec-
tor of B.C.’s economy.
It directly employs about
10 percent of the provin-
cial labour force and ac-
counts for approximate-
ly half of B.C.’s total
manufacturing ship-
ments by value.

Evergreen

The arbutus tree is the
only native broadleaf
evergreen in Canada.

“Terrace Review — Wednesday, N May 1, 1986 1

Local boaters to get
improved marine forecasts

Terrace residents who
travel the waterways of
Douglas Channel will
soon be provided with
information to make
boating excursions safer
ventures. .

On Tuesday, May 13
representatives for En-
vironment Canada plac-
ed ‘the first
meteorological buoy on
the West Coast in
Douglas Channel. The
buoy will provide im-
proved marine weather

forecasts for boaters in.

the channel.

Gary Wells, chief
forecast operations for
the Atmospheric En-
vironment Service, was
on board the Canadian
Coast Guard vessel,
CCGS Martha Black,
when the five metre high
buoy was deployed off
Nana Kwa Shoal in the
Kitimat Arm. He was ac-
companied by John
Lurkett, -Environment
Canada _ representative.
and .Dave Watson.
Thomas Yuhasz,
representing the com-
pany -which developed
mooring for the buoy,
was also on board. Wells
said the three metre
E-buoy discus is the first
of it kind to be deployed
in Canadian waters. The

buoy will give boaters in- =

formation which . will

-help mariners determine

whether it is safe to ven-
ture out to sea. ‘‘It’s- the
final step we needed to
produce marine forecasts

for Douglas Channel,” —

Wells noted.

By the first week in Ju-
ly boaters should be get-
ting regular marine
forecasts which will be

issued four times.a day
for the channel, The inlet
frequently has gale force
winds. and is an impor-
tant seaway for deep sea
vessels, fishing fleets and
pleasure. boaters.
meteorological buoy will
provide weather infor-
mation representative of
the channel’s rapidly
changing conditions.
The buoy, equipped

_with meteorological sen-

sors, solar panels,
navigation light and
radar reflectors, will
transmit data on air and
water temperatures,
wind speed and direc-
tion, wind gusts and at-

mospheric pressure. The - ~~

hourly reports will be
transmitted by a com-
munications ° satellite to
the Pacific Weather Cen-
tre in Vancouver.

The .

Wells said strong
outflow ‘‘squamish
winds’? from the north
are a primary concern
during winter months.
Summer inflow winds
can also be. unpredic-
table,

Wells asks boaters not
to anchor up to the buoy
as sensitive solar panels
can be damaged. He ex-
plained that the project
is part of an overall plan
to improve services up
and down the west coast.

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