Poge 18, The Herald, Monday: March 9, 1981 Ice carries seals far off course - CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) — The Gulf of St. Lawrence seal hunt moves to Prince Edward Island today after winds and currenis moved ice floes carrying a herd of 50,000 seal pups to an area about 32 kilometres long just off the northern part of. P.E.1. W.A. Murphy, area manager for Fisheries Canada, said in an interview Sunday that 205 licences have been issued to 40 seal- hunting teams of five to 10 members each. The southern herd was spotted in an area from Rustico to French River. Murphy said some seals were seen an ice floes that have drifted ashore while moat are on Ice up to three kilometres offshore. The area includes Cavendish Na- tional Park where law prohibits hunting. However, Murphy said seals den’t fall under the law which prohibits hrunting in the park. He said en- forcement officers were brought in from the Mag- dalen islands to monitor the land-based bunt. Two large sealing ships working a herd of about 50,000 pups located off Miscou Island in northern New Brunswick took about 4,000 pelts each on Sunday. The ships are allowed to take a combined total of 19,400 pelts while the rest are allocated for the land-based hunt. Meanwhile, seal-hunt pro- tester Brian Davies, who was prohibited from en- tering the area of the hunt for three years umiil this year, challenged federal fisheries officials Sunday to prevent him from filming the bunt from a helicopter. A helicopter belonging to Davies, executive director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, was im- pounded during an earlier attempt this month because it passed too close to a seal, Davies said Prince Ed- ward Island’s tourism in- dustry will suffer if seals are killed off Cavendish National Park, He said protesters will picket ferries coming to P.E.1. this summer to bring . the issue to the attention of. tourists. Paul Watson, head of the Vancouver-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, said in an interview from Toronto on Saturday he had planned to disrupt the hunt but claimed RCMP surveillance prevented him and two associates from paddling their kayak to the herd and spraying seals with Back in the days when railways were the major thread linking Canada’s communities, CN Express had a special responsibility — providing pick-up and delivery service to some 3500 Canadian cities, towns and villages. - ‘The railway express services were the only express services then. Very good for business from our point of view. _ But Canada has progressed a lot since those days. Today, a modern all-weather highway network criss- crosses the country. Truckers have replaced railways as the primary movers. 0 of small parcels, and CN Express now handles less than five percent of the market. In this situation, offering such a catch-all range of services through so many terminals no longer makes good. business sense — to say the least. Last year CN Express lost $50 million. _. A REDEFINITION. All that is changing now. Today, our first priority is adapting our busi- ness into one our customers both need and want. We're redefining our services. We've decided to retire our Rapidex a dye to make their pelts unmarketable. Watson promised he would be back to disrupt the hunt again this season but did not reveal what he would do to interfere with it. He is under court order to stay away from the Maritime provinces during the hunt. Although Prince Edward - Islanders have hunted seals in the past, fickle winds that | blew a large ice patch and about 50,-000 seals in close to the park appeared to have changed the picture in the minds of Watson and Brian Davies, another antihunt leader. : Watson said associated antihunt organizations will sponsor a boycott of Prince Edward Island potatoes across Canada and set up information pickets at terminals of island ferries during the summer tourism season. Watson, 30, of Vancouver said his main ally Is the U.S.- based Fund for Animas, which has 300,000 members. With other organizations opposed to the seal bunt, the advertising and boycotts could count on the support of two million people, he said. Members would send information pickets to towns where the touring theatre company planned to present Anne of Green Gables. The hunt off northern P.E.I. .is about five to six kilometres away from the family home of Lucy Maude Montgomery, author of the Anne of Green Gables books. The home is a mecca for thousands ‘of tourists each year. ‘Watson said the seal hunt will bring no more than $100,000 ta the P.E.I. people who are daing the killing. He said that amount is less than the RCMP and federal fisheries authorities have spent in the last week ‘‘in getting after me and my crew." . Prince Edward Islanders do not have the same economic reasons that Newfoundlanders claim for participating in ‘the seal bunt, he added. Watson says fisheries — officials are irresponsible in allowing inexperienced hunters to become invelved an treacherous ice. He also said there are some hooded seals among those off P.E.1., something of a rarity in the gulf, and the males of this species could seriously injure hunters who do not know how to deal with them. Fisheries authorities issued 205 licences . small parcel service altogether. And we’re concentrating on that segment of the business which we handle best: heavy multi-piece shipments. . Our strengths in this area give us the edge — an existing network of modem terminals in many Canadian cities; a brand new computer-based | traffic information system; and, most © important of all, determination to do the job well. WE'VE REDESIGNED. We've redesigned ourentire operation to make it efficient for today. By associating ourselves with local trucking companies, we’re now able to close about half of our 70 terminals — but continue to provide service on a local level. We'll still be serving all our existing terminal points, but in a way which makes more sense in today’s market. OUR NEW SIGNATURE. We've changed our product, our service, our outlook. And we're changing our signature also, To CNX.. Watch for us. — the responsive, efficient, Lo reliable specialist in handling heavy ~' ; multi-piece shipments. x | L ALL ABOUT ‘PEOPLE —_ _ re Now that's dedication. Los Angeles Kings’ forward Charlie Sim- mer, in a Toronto hospital recovering from a broken right leg. was visited Wednesday by his fiance, Terrl Welles, Playboy's Playmate far ‘December, and Lorraine Mi-chaels, the magazine’s Miss April. Nevertheless, Sim- mer, who is lo marry Welles on July 27, said he'd rather be with Marcel Dionne and Dave Taylor, the two other members of the National Hockey League club's Triple Crown line, and the rest of his team-mates. Welles rushed to Toronto after seeing Simmer break his leg in televised game. She was introduced to Simmer by his teammate Glen Goldup, a friend of Michaels. Goalie Dan Bouchard of Quebec Nordiques has shown one VYan- eouver hockey fan that there still are nice guys in professional sports. In a game against the Canucks last month, Bouchard cleared the puck over the glass at the Pacific Coliseum and it struck Darlyne Porer in the face. The woman suffered a broken nose and had to be taken to hospital for additional treatment, but when she got home, the phone rang. The voice said: “This is Dan Bouchard. Are you all right?" ‘Bouchard had been so concerned that as soon as the game ended, he got her name and ad- dress from ambulance attendants and called. The following day he sent her a dozen roses with a handwritten note. Canadian rock star Randy Bachman has put his 30-acre estate in Lynden, Wash., up for sale, but only the well- heeled need inquire. ‘ Bachman, former member of the Guess Who and Bachman- Turner Overdrive and now, a member of Tronhorse, wants $1.5 - million for the house, says an advertisement in the real estate section of The Wall Street Journal. The sale is being handled by a Seattle real estate company, and only people actually interested in buying the house will get to see it, since Bachman has vetoed any tours. Jazz bassist Mirvalay Vitons nearly missed his eurreat weeklong engagement at Le Transit in Old Montreal. Vitous's tour of Venezuela came to a wudden halt last month when be found out the local promoter had failed to advertise the concerts. “There we were, stuck in Cafacas without enough money to pay the plane fare home," said the 33-year- old Czech-born leader of the modern jazz quartet known as the Miroslav ’ Vitous Group. “We also lacked an all-important § govern- ment form that stated we had paid the enter- taimment tax, so we couldn't have left anyway.” But, with a bit of luck. he managed to set UP three soldout concerts in an BG0-seat theatre in Caracas. “we gave half the money from those shows ta the govern: ment, waved the {ax form at the immigration people. and caught the next t flight out.” When Bob Smith of Brooklyn, S.¥.. decided on a career in rock ‘NV’ roll, he knew he'dneeda new name. Smith chose Wolfman Jack, the name caught on and now the Wolfman is leaving NBC television's | Midnight Special after eight years because of dis- agreements with the producers over the show's format. The raspy-voiced, bearded Walfman gave his resignation to producer Burt Sugar- man last Friday tut ill appear on three or four more shows before leav- ing, said partner Don Kelly. “The Wolfman feels that an attempt by producers to make the show appeal to a broader audience has caused the show ty lose its loyal audience — and that he just doesn't fitin any more, it just isn't in keeping with his image and his love for rock ‘n’ roli.”’ Kelly said. Paul McCartney says the new album he just recorded on the Caribbean island of Monserrat will not be a tribute to fellow ex- Beatle John Lennon. who was murdered Dec. 8 in New York. The elusive = Me- Cartney told reporters Wednesday that “there was never any question of this being a tribute to John. or a Beate reunion." The aloum. in the works for a month. features Stevie Wonder and ex-Beatle drummer Ringo Starr. “Ringo came down and we did «ork together, which was lovely. but George (Harrison) was never booked to come,” McCartaew said. “It annoys me when the press print these Stories without checking with me to see if they are true. I've read that this was an album of John’s songs by the Beatles, Elton John, Rod Stew-art and God knows who else." Edith C.Jarvig, a Z@reatgraat- Granddaughter of Francis Scott Key. xho wrote The StarSpangled Banner, says she'd feo} very sad if the U5, anthem ever “had to take a back seat’ to other patriotic songs Jarvis attended a ceremony this week Marking the 50th an- niversary of the song's designation by President Herbert Hoo ver aS the national anthem. Other inspirational U.S. songs, such as America The Beautiful, and God Bless America “are Very lovely, Jarvis conceded, - ‘but | think this is much more of an emotional ax. perience."