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Survival is the

They also learn the use

classroom, -

by Brian. ‘Gregg . - help students confront a and choking before they following
wide variety of outdoor set out for a weekend of of the: Silva compass, instruction on a compass
Getting Jost in Skeena’s skills and through: the: camping, taking bearing. In the coursa outside © the

wilderness is probably.
one of the easiest things
to do but students at.
Thornhill Jr. Secondary:
are. getting the op-
portunity to cope with life
in the Outdoors, ; par-

ticular] ‘mended requirements for _ :

eularly guile semua ae sa part csi :
— Seott "Corp, a Waterproof boots; “rain ‘woods. ‘the ma netic

mathematics teacher, 8¢ar; wool hat and socks; variation for the Terrace

says he hasinstructed the te willingness to devote area and the signals to

ceutdoor., survival . course
for two. years and has:
seen. it grow from one.
class to three: classes,
‘from 20 students to: 78
students, -
- The course is nat
strictly outdoors. About -
one-half-of the first-aid
section is done in . the
classroom. but some
things: like. map and
compass work can only

mastery of these. skills »

inspire” individual ‘con-
fidence for planning,
‘eadership and
evaluation.. _

 Ainong* the” “reconi-

some time after. school
for trip preparation and
three. to four’ free
weekends for overnight
trips. .
- The school provides the
students’ with camping
gear but the students |
Tnust bring. their own
boots, food, sleeping bags
and . ‘tents. . -
Students learn about
sprains, burns, blisters,

classroom, using a map
and ‘compass together,
reading topographical

maps, finding directions:
without a compass by the
stars, the sun and ‘a
watéh; estimating the .

‘use if lost, ff
The students - ‘learn | _£

what to do before’ they ..
leave on a camping trip,
what survival gear to |
pack, what ‘to wear for -
survival, what types of
shelter can be built, basic .
knots for lashing and
proper winter clothing .
and = gear.

The type of animal life
that is in the area, what:

be done outdoors. ’ frostbite, snow blindness, - signs to look for and the
Corp says the course is exposure to the elements, ‘ examination of -

designed to provide a diarrhea, bleeding 1 nose A rest period Vegetation . including

number of mi ‘ul . *. flowers and trees are also

and challenging activities: - studied..

which can carry-over into, - h “T's great in Thornhill

the students’ leisure time — because you are right in

suits,

pars
“Parents Beem to like :

the idea of ‘having their
children take the course.

It gives them some>

knowledge’ “when -the
family’ goes ‘camping or

hiking, * Bays,Corp. Copper. Mountain com-
“he “course. promotes plex, Oliver Trail, Coyote.’ ; ‘
co-operation, par- Creek - Trail, Bornite:.. They're growing fast - but it’s built

‘ticularly as it relates to
group cohesion and it
helps the student to un-
derstand how important
this is for group survival
in the outdoors, says
Corp.

It also provides op-
portunities to learn by
doing; to uncover the

the middle of everything

when it comes to outdoor .-

survival,” says Corp,
Excursions include
trips..to Ferry. Island, -
Thornhill Mountain plus
three lakes, Th

Mountain and “Maroo
Mountain. - ,
Students spend alk,
hours a week during the’
first three school months-
of the fall and the dast
three school months of
the spring taking the
course,

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Sees Silat gt Ogee
ve toa rrdoort oa mio ; . e studen grades ot ;

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, : thanks.to Bob Garrett. ; -_
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rien eering. . was. a succes Ss. valuable’ assistance, -

G: RIWOD Hynlw eke -uvierage” eh ane Hie Heh pa hy : ay

Ten people, under the up ‘te? fun >the-tlinie «on.

instruction of George
Kenney, ‘were taught
compass use, deviation,

aiming off, and use of |
topographical maps in the.
Childrens —

Asie held last
n 88

Saturday under sunny skies,
Becawe of the great success

of the course a more com-.

prehensive orienteering
course may be offered in the
fall...

Wednesday. They will be
giving clinics during the day,
free. of charge, to school
children in the schools, In the
evening a public clinic will
be given at a charge of §3 per

reon, Instruetion will be at

th the Kalum Street courts

and the courts next to the
R.E.M. Lee Theatre in.

beginners and intermediate
tennis in 14 hour sessions
starting at 6 p.m. and 7:30

‘Whitewater Association will
be cosponsoring. a Kayak
Clinic, Wednesday, July -25..
Three B.C. . Whitewater,
Association instructors will
be bringing 12. boats com-
pletely outfitted. There will
be three two-hour sessions

for beginners at 8:30 a.m., .

10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. and
one four-hour session, for
advanced people at 1:00 p.m,
The cost is $3 per hour for
adults and $2 per hour for

Fridays .
Registration is $15 and can ad

held. in the Kermode ,

Friendship Centre basement

June 6 through June 22, The ¢

classes are co-sponsored by |

the Terrace recreation

department and the Ker- |

mode Friendship Centre.
Classes are Wednesdays and
at. 6:00 . p.m.

be paid before June 6 at the
arena office or at the Ist
session. ‘

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On Friday June sth there 2. aera! Ree | a
will be a Sadie Hawkins Teen . : :
Disco in the arena banquet ro . t
room with music by Saul co on TA,
Soul, Tickets are $2.50 apiece
at the door. > oe ae / "

The organization of the ph i A
first annual Terrace Fun OO : R :
Fest, co-sponsored by,a ee ‘ OO '
Young Canada Works Grant, a a a We eel! B .
provincial recreation and’. ‘ en : vt FcR
fitness branch grant, andthe . ‘ ' }
Terrace lute depart. nde i 4 4 :
ment is well under way. . oo. , ARCA, ! f .
one-day festival will be held _ . Hl! wy ‘

Sunday June 4th, Donna : 1 nay an :
Forsberg. and Kathy: . iy isc .

Patershuk, who are working ae : i H :

on

ages 13-18, Registration fee
is $5 which may be paid at.
the arena office,

A third session of native
art carving classes will be

Terrace will’ be having
another tennis clinic this
year. Two representatives
from the B.C. Tennis
Association will be coming

eaves | POLICE NEWS

Committee expressed its
pleasure to Premier Bill

pm, Bring your own
rackets, Registration will be
at the Terrace arena office.
The Terrace Recreation -
Department and the B.C.

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en ed

John Erric Anderson commit an Indictable of-
appeared in Kitimat fense. -

provincial court on Thuraday ,
and pleaded guilty before .

i Bennett for. his govern-

ment’s recent takeover of
the Skoglund Hotsprings.

.“After many. years of

watching an excellent
natural
deteriorate into the
ground, we are pleased
that the provincial
government is finally in a
position to do something
constructive with it,”
says Barry English,
secretary for the com-
mittee.

English also says that
this is the type of clean,
non-polluting job creation
that labor has been
calling for on a steady
basis for many years.’

“Workers will be in-
volved in all phases of
construction, recon-
struction and operation of

. any facilities at the
hotsprings, ‘complex;
therefore the Labor
Advisory Committee has

resource:

Judge Darrell Collins on the
charge of breaking Into
Northern Drugs. He was
remanded in custody for one
week for sentencing.

A 26-year-old Kamloops
man was arrested at 1 a.m.
on Thursday and ‘charged
with breaking into Northern
Drugs in the Nechako Centre
in Kitimat with the intent to.

Terrace RCMP say the Big
River: Distributers was
broken into overnight.
Tuesday, An undetermined
amount of money was stolen,

A truck. owned by Larry
Renshaw of Thornhill caught
on fire on Thursday. The fire
was put out by the time
police arrived. Police are
investigating,

Kill defended

ANCHORAGE, . Alaska
(AP) — Aleut leaders have
defended the harvesting of
fur seals in the Pribilof
Islands, saying the hunting is
good for the herd and the
natives’ economy.

Aldut leaders will brush

shoulders with the en- -

vironmental organization
Greenpeace next month
during the annual hunt in
which the seals are clubbed
to death.

‘Greenpeace said in San
Francisco Tuesday the
organization plans to arrive
in Anchorage June 22 and fly
to the islands June 28 to film
the hunt, About 10 persons
will talk with the natives
about replacing the harvest

Greenpeace’ has asked
President Carter to stop the
federally-sponsored annual
harvest of about 26,000

animals. The total fur seal .
. population is about 1.5

million,
Aleut spokesman Agafon
Krukoff said Greenpeace

“and is

¥.C.W. grant -have been
metting on a regular basis
with project sponsors, Mike
Tindall, Phil Stewart and
Mary-Margaret Smith, co-

ordinating plans for the fest.

Posters are soon going up
around town, 50 watch for

em, . ,
The theme of the Fest is
“fitneas, fun and children”

oriented. The day begins
with'a children's parade at

9:15 a.m, which goes from K- -

mart parking lot to Skeena
Field. Opening ceremonies
are at 10 a.m. The 15-
kilometre — mini-marathon
Starts ‘at 10:15 a.m., and the

three-kilometre walk-jog at —
At lL a.m. -

10:45 a.m.
skydivers will land on the
field, Muiti-cultural food and
information booths will open
and the New Games will
begin. At the pool at 3:50
p.m.-there will be an aquatic
show,

Food booths will include
Portugeuse, natural food,
North American and Native
Indian food. Informatlon

asked Premier Bennett should worry about the booths are being putin by the
t a “ tem of the Kermede Friendship Centre,
for the right to selec WE ATH ER whole ecosystem of the p Centre,

representative from
labor to sit on the com-

mittee deciding what will ,

be done with the facility,"
~ gays English.

’ A copy of the letter has
also been sent to Frank
Howard, newly elected
member of the legislative
assembly.

An onshore flow is
.bringing mostly cloudy skies
in the morning which will
taper off to’sunny periods in
the afternoon.

The expected high today is
16 degrees Celstus and the
overnight low is 5 degrees,

Bering Sea, ‘rather than
worrying about. an un-
threatened herd of seals out
there in nature's world.”
Krukoff said only young
mates that don’t mate are
taken in the hunt.
Greenpeace, which haa its

. roots in Vancouver, has

challenged Canadian hun-
tera taking seal pups off thé
Labrador coast.

The Women's
Centre, the Child Minding:
Centre, Terrace In-
ternational Year of the
Child, Canada Week,
Terrace recteation depart-
ment and Community Work
Services.

’ For further information

phone 635-8809 and ask for
lary-Margaret, Donna or
Kathy. —

participaction -

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Tuesday 1 thru Priday
11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

For reservations call 635-3616

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