Weathermen shipping out DECADES OF human con- tact with the weather office at the Terrace airport wraps up by the end of this month, The three weather officers there now are all headed onto different things with the closure of the office duc to = federal «= government budget cuts, They’re being replaced by automated systems, By next year there’ll be only three manned weather offices in B.C. and the Yukon — Whitehorse, Van- couver and Kelowna. The Terrace office was to close next spring but the departures of the three weather officers to other places accelerated the shut- down, says one of three, Dan Morrison, With nearly 29 years in the federal civil service, Morrison’s taking early Tetirement the end of Sep- tember. John How is off to fulfil existing Weather and avalan- che forecasting contracts the office has with the provin- cial highways and forestry ministries, He'll be in Terrace in the winters with the highways ministry and at the regional firefighting centre in Smithers in the summer. And Andy Schmeidel, who has already been through the closure of the Fort Nelson weather office, is going to Ontario to take flight services training. “With all that happening it just didn’t make any sense to bring somebody in wo keep the office open over the winter,’’ said Morrison. The weather office gave its last report over CBC Radio last week and will do its final one with Northern Native Broadcasting in mid- September. “Then it'll be a matter of packing up the boxes,”’ said Morrison. What's happening to En- vironment Canada’s staff is the same as what's taking place elsewhere as the fed- eral government cuts its spending. It has recently announced a merger of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the coast guard followed by deep cuts to those opera- tions, The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 4, 1996 - AQ Congratulations Credit Unions of British Columbia and Forest Renewal BC recently awarded 76 bursaries to graduating second- ary students and first-year and second-year post-second- ary students from various regions of the province. We're pleased to congratulate the bursary award winners including: _ NGS Christine Kamlah Northwest Community College LAY IoORD The $500 bursaries for graduating secondary students and $1,000 for first-year and second-year post-secondary students, are awarded to students who are continuing their education in forestry-related programs at any B.C. post-secondary institution, = a NORTHERN FOREST ZB RENEWAL BC Omineca-Peace Region Tel. 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