PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Tuesday, October 18, 1977

Bang! Bang!

Shoot! Shoot!

BY JULIETTE PROOM
HERALD STAFF WRITER

“Pull” Kapow. “Hit”.

These are the sounds of a
turkey shoot. They are all
loud and sudden but the
order stays the same, unless
someone misses. Then the
last shout is “Miss”.

There are no gobbling
sounds or ground scartches
because there are no
turkeys. The Terrace Rod
and Gun Club kept a few on
hand at Sunday’s shoot, but
they were all frozen in case
an out-of-towner won and
didn’t want to stick around
until the stores opened to
case a gift certificate.

The targets at these
events are either clay
pigeons, round disc
resembling ash trays, or
targets. The pigeons are
most popular as the targets
are moving.

There's more than one
way to call a trap shoot, a
name for shooting cla
pigeons. The first event
saw was the 16-yard slide.
Everyone started 16 yards

away from the pigeon
thrower and moved back a

yard everytime he made a
it.

The next event was the
sneak shoot. This time the
marksman didn’t know
when the pigeon would be

..but the turkeys are already stiff

released. Ken Olson started -.*«

things off with a sneaky play

that was within the rules of 44°

the game. While everyone
was joking around, he snuck
up almost as far as the
throwing embankment.
Although this gave him a 15
yard lead, he missed his
mark,

The next event was the
buddy shoot. The
marksman were fared up
and if one missed the clay
pigeon,his buddy would try
it,

Meanwhile, in the
shooting shed a few yards
away, the black powder
enthusiasts were blowing
everyone's ear drums out.
Their muskets made a bang
so loud that the people in the
shed wore earmutis as a
matter of habit.

eorge Tee of Hazelton brings his shotgun up tofire in the sneak shoot.

The muskets didn’t havea
bell-shaped barrel, like in
Davy Crokett movies, but
they were filled with powder
from a horn. First black
powder was be measured
into a samm horn, then
poured down the barrel. A
small cloth was laid on top
of the barrel where the shot

was placed. Everything
was knocked down with a
packing rod.

With the gun ready for
firing, the marksman would
line up his sight as best he
could with such a crude gun.

Juliette Proom pho

Ocean Falls mill
to be upgraded

VITORIA CP-The British
Columbia government-
owned pulp mill at Ocean
Falis needs about $50
million to be brought up to
competitve standards, saiys
Ray Williston, president of
the B.C. Cellulose Corp.

Williston made the
statement while explaining
the approval last week by
cabinet of a $2 million loan
for upgrading the mill.

“They accepted the short-
term proposals, but the
government is not yet
willing to buy the long-term
plan," Williston said. ‘‘But
they’re given us en-
couragement and indicated
they'll listem to the next
stage.”

Williston, a minister for 18
years inthe _— former
gcucredit government, said
the $2 million loan will go to

upgrading some of the mill’s
machinery, which should
result in a better quality of
nwsprint.

He said the funds also will

go towards construction of a
new ferry dock and for road
work. —
_ The next stage would be to
improve production by
making such improvements
as speeding up machinery
and replacing driers at a
cost of $12 to $14 million,
Williston said.

Expanding the mill to
increase output even more
would cost an additional $35
million, he said.

But this compares to $90
million to $100 million just to
build a new plant, he said.

The 410 workers employed
in the mill bring in an an-
nual payrool of $9 million
and the company yearly

Meddling would
cause battles

VANCOUVER (CP)
More labor-management
confrontation would result if
the government interfered
with the autonomy of the
provincial Labor Relations
Board, Senator Ed Lawson,
a Teamsters union leader,
said Sunday.

He was commenting in an
interview on a statement
Saturday by Premier Bill
Bennett who said the board
should not be so independent
from government.

“The quickest way to
destroy the relatively
peaceful climate of labor-
management relations in
B.C. is to remove the inde-
pendence of the Labor
Relations Board, said
Lawson. ‘’Ulie LGB has been
independent ir: ihe past few
years and in that time it has
had a high success rate.”’

Bennett's remarks al a
news conference followed a

controversy involving the
board in an agreement to
get government ferry
workers to end a week-long
Strike.

Len Guy president of the
B.C. Federation of Labor,
was critical of the premier
for speaking about the board
while mediation was under
way in the ferry dispute,

NDP labor critic Karen
Sanford said Sunday that
Labor Minister Allan
Williams should resign over
the stalements of Bennett,
since the provincial Labor
Code “is based on the in-
dependence of the LRB and
Mr. Williams is supposed to

be upholding the
legislation.”’

She said that either
Bennett had no un-

ders'anding of the Labor
Code or is “inviting chaos
into the labor scene in B.C.”'

exports $27 million of c
products, WILLISTON
SAID.

He added that the mill has
contracts which will keep it
in full production at least
until the end of this year and
the company has manged to

y off the interest on all it

cans and debts last year,

The Ocean Falls plant was
purchased by the former
New Demoncratic Party
government, B.C. Cellulose
is the holding com-
panymwhich manages the

rovincial government’s
orest industry investments.

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He‘sat on a wooden bench
and rested the musket on the
table top. Soon the gut-
wrenching roar would be
heard, and the air was filled
with a cloudy white smoke.

The muskets weren't as
accurate as the shotguns
used for trap shooting, but

they were shooting at target .

aboutl 50 yards away. The
more portable shotguns
were aiming at pigeons only
75 yards away.

Between events,the

marksman and their fans-

moved into the clubhouse.

Although it was rather
crude hall, it was inviting
place to get out of the col
wind. The smell of ham-
burgers and coffee from the
small kitchen fill ed the air
with a sumptuous aroma,
adding to the party-like
atmosphere. .

The top marksman of the
day was Vic Dean who went
home with four gift cer-
tificates and a beverage of
his choice.

Bill Watson won three
events while Steve Kuhar,
and ‘Bob Garrett president

he inflation rate in Canada has improved over the
past couple of years, thanks to the efforts of
Canadians whorecognized the dangers of spiralling
prices and wages. The moderation has helped

and it’s a good thing it happened, as we all know from the
fears we were experiencing back in 1974-75.We're

doing better, but we can’t be satisfied. Inflation still exists

Young Byren Bogalt shoots off an oldtime musket.

of the Rod and Gun Club,

each got two turkeys.
Brent Harrison won the

children's .22 shot. The aim

in this category was to get
all three shots as close
together as possible. Two of
Brent’s shots were touching.

| Man dies after crash

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.

CP-James McDonald of -

Keremeos, 5B.C., died
Saturday in Prince Goerge
Regional Hospital from
injuries suffered Aug. 18 in
a car accident near Red

and it hurts. Ask the poor, the pensioners, the Can-
adians who have worked hard for years
tobuild upsome retirement savings
-they know better than anyone
howtruly critical this problem can be.
Aserious part of the overall

problem isthe popular beliefthatthe

tate ofinflation can't be influenced

by individuals. That's just not true.
Inflation exists as a result of all

our actions; it will be beaten by all our

actions, including government, labour,

business, and yes—individuals.

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The accident also clairned
the life of John: Matheson,
also of Keremeos. He died
last month.

No.
deaths
‘since
belts

VANCOUVER (CP)—A
University of British
Columbia study shows that
there has not been a death in
a motor vehicle accident in
the Greater Vancouver area
in the last 18 months while
the victim was wearing
seatbelts or shoulderbelts.

The report from the
traffic accident research
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itself. The study shows,
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18 months there were no
cases where seatbelts

. caused serious abdominal]

injuries. Bruises or cracked
ribs did occur, but without
serious complications.

The use of seatbelts
became mandatory in B.C,
on Oct. 1.

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intentions that the worst
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