A8 Forestry Insights — conines ton’ sage a7 they*re too big everything comes to a halt. My chokerman has to reset the choker so I can haul it back, and then reset it again with a wrap or two of cable around the log so I can roll it away from the _ Stump or rock. “And another thing. With all those hang-ups... I should be get- ting 210 cubic meters of wood out of here each day and I’m only averaging about 40. That’s costing us both. - "Yes, all this has cost me plenty and everyone, except myself, is to blame... Including Squish here. If he had checked Rhodes’s work this would never have happened. Myself, I had no choice. Once I was here with my equipment I had to set up and go to work." This was something new for Jovial. He had never heard anyone accuse Squish of doing anything wrong before. "So what have you got :to say?” he asked Squish. "High Tower says this is partly your fault." Squish agreed that he should accept a part of the blame but added, "I didn’t think Rhodes would do anything like this, He had a map. All he had to do was follow it.” "So what do we do now?" Jovial asked Squish. "Well... Things can’t continue the way the are. The area up there is being destroyed.. The trees are being destroyed. The friction of the mainline on those moss covered rocks poses a fire hazard. "There’s only one thing we can = LIL TRAVELER INFANT: Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 5, 1991 . do," Squish responded. "Move High Tower to another cutblock down the road. The fallers should be. finished in there by now. And we'll get Rhodes back in here to do the job right... Build the other two landings and clean up the mess he caused by building this one." "And who's going to pay for all this?" High Tower asked. "It takes a half day to take this thing down and another half day to put it up again. That’s eight hours at about $280 or $290 and hour... Around $2,300. Who’s going to pay?" Jovial cringed. This. was the second time in a single day he had heard the word "pay" and like the first time he had a bad feeling it probably applied to him. "Let's not worry about that right now," Jovial told High Tower. "I’ll have to sort this out and someone, me if need be, will cover at least a portion of your losses. I don’t accept your argument that you’re totally blame- less here. You could have at least told someone before you started destroying these trees." High Tower didn’t look satisfied . with Jovial's offer of "a portion" of his losses but he had no other choice than to agree. "Okay guys," he said turning to his crew. "This day’s pretty much over anyway. Tomorrow we start the move... After Squish checks out the new site to. make sure it’s right." ““Herby," Jovial said to Squish as - he began to head back to the iruck. "That's a good idea. Why don’t we drive up there right now and have a look, Then tomorrow, after we have a little chat with Rhodes, you _ and I are going to look at the logs Wheeler has already hauled from this site to Cedarvale. We’ve got to sort out this bonus penalty thing before the situation gets any more confused. I think I should charge High Tower something. But what?" As they neared Herby’s truck, Jovial headed for the drivers door. A little confused, Squish said, "Uh..." To which Jovial responded, "I’m going to drive. I’ve been a passenger two times too many already today.” Stephanie Wiebe — continued from page 47 ings off your wall." She thrust the painting at me. "IE you really like it, take it now." The unspoken end of that sentence is before I’m dead and the vicious family war breaks out. Of course, being in a family that loves to tease, Mom has suffered considerably for this obsession. When she modeled a CAR SEAT/BED "69 95 $90% BABY FURNITURE - new dress, it was only natural for me to say, "Hey, that’s nice, Mom. Can I have that when you die?" Then her slippér came off and I got smacked. She was laughing, but as the slipper was raised for the kill, I could see the piece of masking tape attached underneath, It read, "Daughter Stephanie". ~blue~ with canopy = ee an os tets DOW Lives Tint INL } CoA as acarseat _ the birth of her daughter Janelle Desjardins on May 29, 1991 “aise t Uf you with to ennounce the birth of YOUR baby, please fill out the form ‘evailadle in the maternity ward at Mills Memorial - Hospital, We will pick up your forms, every week. DESJARDINS — Jaqueline Desjardins is proud to announce weighing 7 Ibs, 8 oz. ae PAULSON — Kim and Darrel are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Karli Margaret on May 31, 1991 weighing 7 Ibs. 4 oz. Little sister for Sheldon. STELLA — Carolyn Hamer and Dino Stella are proud to an- nounce the birth of their son Keenan Angelo Stella. on May 21, 1991 weighing 7 Ibs. I oz. AL TA CARTE © SKEENA MALL “EXPECT THE EXTRAORDINARY”