NORMA KERBY, ‘Ra a native

of Terrace, and the daughter af:
pioneers Fred and Mamie
Kerby, has been,zelected from.
‘among 55 candidates submitted
by Rotary International-Clubs
f from 8,C, and Northern

Washington as: one ‘of twa
recipients of the much sought-.
after Graduate Fellowship
‘Educational Awards offered by
Rotary International. _ This is
the first time that a, scholar -
‘north of the Fraser Valley has:
been offered this honaur..

The Scholarship - allows
Norma to attend any University
in the world with all expenses .
paid for one year, She has
chosen to attend the Scott Polar
Research - Institute. “famed
Cambridge England one of the
World's only two such univer-.
sities giving this specialized
course on the artle. The other
University offering the course is
in Sweden. ;

“section Of st

. this segmen

-valee’ is .commanding.,.yet +
enchanting:..a woman's. voice.

Her . mannerisms, are sure,.
firm.cyet feminine...she is
amazing.she jacks a man's

. weight on the trail...ghe can live.

in. the : most rigorous

_ climates...she can piek*her way . |

slong the tundra and perma-

frost...she can face aloneness

and wilderness.:.a3 any
She will stoop to contemplate a
track along her path as a.

scientistandthenralse hereyes ;
to an incredible ' panorama with.

the eyes of a poet,

‘We must go aloig with the

“Women’s Lib.’’ factlon: in so

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news tinust be said. 9. -
ding eg 48 a-eredit.to: 9
tof humanity, sheis. 9...
beautiful, willowy, graceful, 3 -
blond with startling eyes, Her :

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SERVING TERRACE AND DISTRICT

Volume 68 ‘No, ~~

TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1972

tii ae

faras Norma isconcerned when “(203
we relate of her activities in the . =

field. Here, ‘to the eye she is a.

Norma, an ‘extraordinary ‘wotnan, but to the reason, she ig
person, and a member of an. a scientist, in full command of
extra-ordinary family,
graduated from what.was then, she is looking for, and-of her
Pkeena Secondary School in responsibility to:the’ thousands

967, She,then went to the who will read of her findings as

University of British Columbla - scholars of the future,

her team, "fully aware.of what.

find merited a Bachelor -of Arts
0 egree in Bontany in 1971. She
ona scholarship allowing her a
Master's Degree and entered
sito a Doctor's program at
riton University, Otlawa, in

ogy.
i Norma is the daughter of
red and Mamie Kerby, who.
ve been part of Terrace -
story from the times~ when
Tertace was not even named.
Fred Kerby recalls meeting
“Mamie” and stilt wonders
hether the lasting “love af-
air which has united . the
amily with an unshakable |
bond, is not due to the fact that

n the "long ago” he was a-

Norma Kerby, ina year of
‘twowill proudly and deservedly
bear the title of Doctor . of
Bilogy. Her specialty ia Nor-
thern Ecology and Climatology.
- To achieye this recognition she
-has spent. many months in
Canada’s north country, The.
Churchill area and most of all in
the’ Richardson Mountains of
‘the North West Territories,
the Yukon border.

’ She does not fly into this'area.

Surrounded by male attendants,
‘No- anfortunately, .

easy for It's aspiring genlous.
‘Norma is' in this desolate

country -- desolate. to: the.

high :
education does not make it too *

otorcycle. hound. ‘Mamie’ average citizen such‘as.I, but
Btill speaks of this motorcycle paradise to. her.;.alone with a
ith a “faraway look inher female research ‘assistant and
eyes” and recalls the thrill of good friend, Evelynne Wrangler _
er xides. long before the of Nelson, B.C. 'a graduate -
rrent rage of the “black- Forest Biologist, (of ‘all ‘things
eather jacket set." north of the tree line,) and her

“Mamie” has. always been. dog which she describes as a-
French-Canadian Husky which:

part of the. Terrace. scene,
ving been born -here, and he. acguired in the: ‘Fort.
Ving -always called this her - Region: ores

along with Fred, as parents. judt ‘compl
ave had an’ un-interrupted field ‘trip .in_ the “Richardson
pties. of successes “with: their Mountains with the base being

some &0 miles from Inuvik, Her -

beautiful,

ome. Jn a perfect match, she, Nera sand her team :have :
a: five month

geaus, in-
ectual..scientist ‘and yet
poe t, is in our opinion, the
* rowning glory of the “Kerby
tory”'. .
“Getting to know Norma
erby, is an adventure. which °
an never be duplicated. She is
woman, and this mus t be sald
lespite the “Woman's. Lib.”

ovement which has somehow. |

‘daily program waa to study the
migration habits, the feeding
habits, the hibernation abit
etc. of the animals in that region
as wellasthe recording the data
required in. her climatology
research,
months, ing material: for
her “Thesis”, and she hopes to
continve her research this
- winter, -

It. all started when John

“This over - five '

r other reached the ‘first Bastin, ‘Principal of the then

KALUI ST. TERRACE 1974 |

NORMA KERBY, daughter of Fred and Mamie Kerby ‘of 3724 ‘Thomas

. Street in Terrace,

‘Skeena Secondary High School,
anda’ Aotarian, became aware
of Norma’s __ superior
qualifications, He brought the
matter. up -at a Rotarian

‘meeting and the recom-—

mendations of the local Rotary |
Club, for the first time met the
‘approval> of the 55. clubs in
British Columbia, Alaska, the
Yukon, - the North West
Territories: and  part::

‘Washington State.:— ‘his.
decision also received the ap-
probation’ of Rotary. In- -
ternational with. . clubs’.
throughout the. western world.
Indeed an exceptional

biologists there. . Engineers. in.

that fleld know what ‘they: are

; doing but there is a crying need |

for ‘Specialists in biology in the
far‘north. This is where I would

like to work. * It is. the most -
fabulous country..,.the last |
‘behind in the. translation .of

There is-:no doubt that Norma *
Kerby is a scientist, a scholar —

world frontier,"

‘who must leave an impact on
students and researchers i in her

er

ition": Ha ily
: report. "and to- ik p ;ber 7

Lo -: questions, We are aware-of this

“Where does-'Norma Kerby’

want to go? Inher own words "I

want to work in the arfic. “There .

is. an extreme need, for

chosen Held. However, Norma
is also a poet. She is not
satisfied with technical data
alone. Her eyes, her soul an d
her. camera retain. : thé beauty
which must be’ less tha n the
selentific data amassed but
which appears to be the more
vivid in. the reflections. -
Norma speaks of “snow
patterns -- the delicate balance

* and fragility of vegetation so -

related to the perma-frost with
the expressed regret, that, eyen
her passage in the search’ -of
facta; disturbs the: “natural.”
stability of a Tegion, | ‘best left
untouc "

However eis air

responsibility to our readers so
we asked “How do we stand in
comparigon with the Russians?

: Norma replied ‘we are con-

siderably behind despite the
fact that therg ia considerable
scientific co-operation between
the two countries so’ far .as
material exchange 18 , con-
cerned. “Unfortunately” she
states” we are about ten years

Russian reports and texts: This’
is unfortunate and is delaying
our advance in a sclernce where
the | Russians, - along with

~ Terrace
re-visited

Charlie and Bernice. Adams
‘returned to Terrace this week
after an absence of thirty. years

. and expressed amazement at-
' what they saw. They produced

a photo of Kalum Street’ in 1942

Terrace Hotel where they'lived
at that time, :
Charlie and his wife: resided in

. Terrace for alittle over ‘a year .

from 1942, to, 1943 while-he was

military. camps. in the: town: at :

~ that times:

He. now lives in Hepviorih
Ontario (RRL), where” he -

suggests. a

- predictable change -i de

mig ation pattern of the hh
Norma is concerned: about.

what Impact’ of. arrival “en:

masse” of the white man will

have on the native population. ~
of people -
involved in oil and Gas ex: .

The great number of

BC. oe

this . is an. un

‘Hartley Dent called
to Victoria

ploration, the tourists are...

changing the way of life of the .
Eskimo and she fears that they:

_ will move further away -frain’
their traditional way of life.
The young especially are no

longer learning from their very -
youth the traditional ways of the ..

_ hunt and she is concerned that.

. this way of life will soon be'lost.
An Eskimo must learn the hunt
very young or the ability to take
a whale or a polar bear will soon:
be lost she feels, thus depriving
the natives of a traditional: way

of life to which the native must
return once the high paying oil
and gas. exploration jobs: no
longer exist. Once a well is
brought into production, the
maintainance staff required is
far below thenumber of people
required in the exploration
phase,
many Eskimos who have been
accustomed ..to “Easy money”

Canada,’ must resolve the will suddenly find that they

problems and the future ox the
artic regions.?'
Another question which on
tered this layman's mind. i
whether we are moving away
trom bhe “Ice Age” or is there a
chane e that a second such

methods to. earn

their
livelyhood
The Norma Kerby Story was

This will mean -that .

must return to- traditional -

period is approaching. Norma
was of the opinion, shared .by
many. knowledgable people in
the field that the world is
cooling cif. Norma notes that

along the tree line which was for ©

some time advancing, there has
been no progress recorded
xecently, She says that trees

- aged front 150. to 300 years arp
nes longer: progressing, there: “ie

no,recent growth. + -

We put Norma od the spotbia
one of our pet inlérests, the:
Preservation of the. en--
vironment and of. the fauna, |

who in most of her 23 years hag
worked hard in classrooms and
in the most: rigorous fields of
her chosen profession.

However, hard work is not .

always, recognized and a good
deal- of credit must go to the
Terrace Rotarians, who were

able: to ebtaln the recognition .

‘Ahat Norma so richly deserves.
penne of the recipient mf
the, oulstanding scholarship, is

a Jvieasured - ju Ibe fact’ that a-

small community ‘such as °
Terrace was able to convince an -
‘entire province, us well as;

-Her comments: wére ‘not en: Alaska anda part of the State of

couraging, She noted than last Washington, that our scholar,

‘year a.count of 10,000 cariboo Norma ‘Kerby, was the most

was made while this year very qualified and deserving can- ;
‘few were seen. Perhaps. she didate. ;

Frank Howard ——
approves Kitwanga-

Telkwa decision |

Frank. Howard, NDP can-

_ didate for Skeena, expressed

pleasure today over ‘the decistori
‘of “the Railway ‘Transport
Committee .fo reject the ap-
plication by the C.N.R. to close
the Kitwanga, Telkwa and other
stations’ along: the. North Line,

‘Mr. Howard said “Eyer since
we got word of the application to

(see below). including. the : close the station many months

‘ago we: have ‘been : “Waging a

. Continual battle to maintain the
- services’: offered” by: those

stations’,

“T-wanl to. give,” sald Mr...

serving: in the army and. "ard, . “my most “sincere :

‘stationed: al. one of the .two- -:

Comermnien ag $ move a

wed td

operated a constriction firm’ .

“Mntil'd-year dr 80.ag0' when.he.°
sold out and ‘took,'a job. which,

would:allow him to take: little

, me off to see the country:
“Before jolning ‘the ‘a
. worked in the mines at Sudb
"This ig-the.firet tinie that the
_ Adams ‘have - returned’

‘he
ry.

*., Terrace .and. they. were i:

them tor “visit: the: ‘southern ~~
LBGio. ug

' eredulous as they, noted the -
’ changes in towris along what is
now the Yellowhead Highway.

’. He noted ‘that-.although: there

was a railway . -bridge .into the.”

‘town: over® the. ‘Skeana ‘the 37

e did not: See have not been.

‘vehicle. “bridg
exist.’ There were two: streata,

ott
“province on ‘this trip going
“fat as Prince Rapert.” On the
-rotura irlp to-Ontarlo they will -
\visit..the. Banff and:. Jasper :

Parks if the enow holds off. A’.
future trip is planned ‘allowing -

The: “eimpalgn af the.
Progressive | Consaervative

Party “in:.the ° Skeena © riding.

unig into high gear this week
behind thelr candidate Everette .:
‘Stevens of “Vanderhoof, Key
personnel are busy in ‘every
community across the riding .
preparing signs contacting -
dividuais and getting the -
message across that Everett is_
lhe’man to vote Far.
The: Progressive -

nti an: intensive. cam:
palgn to fill the sent. with their -
* candidate. It-is also related’ to .

the fact that oo P.C.5-have a
" » Candldste: in

cerned",

Con, :
that” but." it. must. be: ‘planned.

congratulations to all those in
Kitwanga and elsewhere who
participated in ‘raising the

\protests and who would have -

been greatly disadvantaged had
theC.N.R. been able to close out .
the stations ‘in question’, ~
"This is a good example of the —
value that can come ‘from a
Meinber or Parliament warking

-in close: cooperation with the
people in any. community. and I

am very pleased to have been

able to work in this capacity for

the: benefit of everyone ‘con-

Howard.

District and participated’ in the.
formation, of. the Northern:
Development. Council. He is
well aware of problems which--
‘attest ea each person inthe riding. -

‘One of the keynote reasons tor.
‘the: ‘candidate to’ run was his
' personal feeling that the riding
has not had effective’ ’
_ Fepresentation’ ‘over the: past
“f = Everett “Stevens™

‘We. need. development,

‘Concluded * Mr. 7

Hartley Dent, N DP, M. L. A. :
for Skeena is now in Victeria, he -

was summoned there by ‘the

' new government -to assist

Gordon Dowding speaker elect
of the 30th legistature in
preparing for. the special
session of the legislature called

~ for Oct, 17th:

Dent will be flying to Prince
George on Saturday, Sept: 30th
to meet- with other:
N.D,P, M.L.A.'s and to attend a
Special ‘convention of _ Barty

jorthern.

members of the eight norihern
ridings, The convention'of the
New. Democrates’ ‘North | will
discuss. resolutions to be sub-
mitted by ‘the ‘northern: con-
stituancy association to the
Provincial N.D.P. convention
scheduled for late November.

"Anyone in the-Skeena riding
wishing to contact Mr. Dent can
do so by simply. addressing a
letter to the Legislative Bldg.
Victoria, B.C, ony. phoning Se
4434,

Northern R es ources
should move over
northern. lines

“There are too many things
that are hot known” John E,
Mitchell says, “a bout the
proposal of former Premier
Benett to ship Bremeda coal
south via.the P.G.E.”

“Common ‘sense’: Liberal . | -
candidate for Skeena,- John’
“dictates .
‘that northern resources should’

Mitchell ‘continued,.

be transported on northern lines

for’ export: ‘through Horthern ;
ee POREB I wh

The. Bremeda “question, he
feels, - ‘may. ‘well ‘tie . into :the
problem of high freight rates on’

the C.N: northline and this is a

Certainly. any industry must

guided by economic faclors.:
while complying with the |
. growth « and: , expansion in

. tequiréments, of resource:

°: protection and environment

"| protection legislation: = -

_. etif the decision ‘to shi seath

,/ Can‘ be changed and

>. every likelihood it .can, this

- would be, beneficial to_ the
_ People of-Skeena,

ere is

» of the north,

“In faet,
Barrett ‘and his new: govern-
ment in Victoria: to make | La

1 call upon Mr.

public committment. now, :-to. -

investigate this matter, and.to
inform the people. of the: true
situation." Mitchell: paid.

MT “realize : this - matter:

first announcement was ‘made
during “Mr. ‘Bennett's’ ‘electon

‘has /
"been. bandied ‘about: since the -

‘campaign, bit it.s facts arid | -

‘figures: that. are: ‘needed. and:

Bennett may have —
*Tallway for more _
-than purely economic reabans," eo

matter which Greatly” concerns ° Milshell cf reed.

: John E. Mitchell. is a-man
concerned about ‘development
. to eneate
jobs in an orderly, program ‘of

Skeena.

“phere are a ¥ lot of questions ;

-being asked”: Mitchell .con-: .

cluded;". and the answers wil]. . - |

be. had, even though it takes.
time and research ‘oget them. u .

Frank Howard. ao
“The Middle And.

Lower Income
Groups Must.
Combine Voti

Frank ‘Howard, ‘NDP. gan:

didate for Skeens, said today in. the *.
Fort S& James: that: the middle * :div. [

‘Teaving’ faany

> pad lower

voting gi trength in. this election .
“losing”. money and’ this

@ themselves against
“futher erosion of their pur.

chasing power... ~ |
Mr. Howard, said, “In this:

election campaign, I- ‘think that

at
Canada - in . Tike: sposition
paying taxes to'-the Canadian’

_ farmers and fishermen - wage: 2

eamers and small businessmen *
rhust-all realize they are at the’.
— absolute mercy of a toplevel

alliance ‘that has been

lormied

. between multi-national; multl-

‘years ‘this. ons, has siiffered |

and suffered badly -because. of
the lack of this reyiresentation: f
will-‘not allow that to happen,
fee] ‘that: the job of
Member of y anament carr
“a a deep res ty not only to
thocountry Bb avwhole bu! to the
‘tealden of the individual.

- the

billion dollar corporations and
tional” off {he

a have mak
Gifferenc © in higher taxes &

this is nothing, mi a

Subsidy | to.rieh’ rf de thon

sal