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: = "The Science Council of British
, Columbia made history recently

by meeting for the first time ever
in Northwestern British Colum-
bia. The Science Council meets
at least once every three months
but the Lower Mainland, Van-
couver Island and the Okanagan
have -been traditional mecting
places. ;

In a move to change this
several council members, includ-

ing Northwest council director

Dr. .Val George, met with sever-
al area educators and industrial

representatives at Mt. Layton |

Hot Springs on the evening of
Sept. 26 and toured several local
places of interest, including the

- Kitimat River fish hatchery and
the Alcan aluminum smelter the

following day,
As explained by council mem-
ber Dr, James McEwan, the

_. director of biomedical engineer-
. ing at Vancouver General. Hos- -

pital, the council wants to look

at how their existing programs.
' relate to the Northwest and how

they might be adapted to meet .
specific needs here. The forest

: and aluminum industries’ are

two obvious employers but there

_are also the fishing and mining’

industries, manufacturing, the
ecological con-
cerns; - medicine, communica-
tions, transportation, infra-

' structure, and many more areas

of concern. ‘that need to be met in
the north.
The. mission of the Science

~~ Council. of B.C. is to encourage

economic development: in the
proviiice thi'diigh tlie promotion”

. of creative applications of sci-

DR. JAMES McEWAN: We
have to take control of: the
future.

ence and technology. This ‘was
established. in the mid-1970’s
when the government, business

and industry realized that B.C.

needed to broaden its economic
base. The key was to meet the
challenge of technological

growth in California, Japan and |

central Canada, and in 1978 the
Science Council was formed

-with funding from the Ministry

of Advanced Education.
- The goal today is to build on

this beginning and encourage

the growth of science-based i in-
-dustries in B.C; and encourag-
ing government investment in
post-secondary institutions and

scientific research. The ‘greatest. § 7
challeiige, however, says McEw-"
al, is to bring newly established

_ News from Branch 13

Contributed by

' - Peter Crompton
The Terrace open darts tour-
nament held at the Legion Hall

Sept. 29; 30 and Oct. 1 was a

roaring SUCCESS. ‘Annette Hall of
Kitimat, Wayne Basso of Prince.
Rupert and Pat Campbell of
Terrace fired 180's.

- Thirty couples completed in
Friday night’s mixed doubles,
with Pat Campbell-and Annette
Hall, coming. out winners and
Paul de Jong and Tina Clifford
in second place.

The men’s singles winner was
Brian McCabe of Kitimat, with
Rupert's Paul de Jong run-
nerup. Ladies’ singles was won
by Rupert’s Darlene Wilson with
Rosemary Krevenchuk second.
Ladies’ doubles was an all-
Kitimat affair with Mary Saul-
nier and Betty Scheimann com-
ing out winners and Heather
Barkhouse and Rosemary
Krevenchuk second.

The men’s doubles was an all-
Terrace final with Bob Bennett
and Bill Robinson winners and

_yunnersup Pat Campbell and

Tony Sousa.

The team event on Sunday
was won by Terrace with Prince
Rupert trailing.

- There are a number of events.
coming up that all members
should be aware of. On Oct. 14
we are holding another dinner
arid dance at the branch. Tickets
are $25 per couple and the food

- will be supplied by our always- -
‘: hardworking Ladies’ Auxiliary.

Our spring dinner and dance was

a success, and I am sure we will

repeat on Oct, 14. .
Nov. 11 is closing i in fast, and

we need all the volunteers we can .
muster to help with our biggest —
project of the year. We will be..

looking for new faces for our.
color-guard, so if you have a
Legion uniform please come for-

-ward. We need all the help possi-
ble for our poppy campaign; this

is the one-way we have to ac-
cumulate funds to -help. our
veterans and their dependents
who may be in need of
assistance.

We will be holding a Grey
Cup stag on Nov. 24.

Our steak dinners on the first

Friday of each month are gong

well. Hopefully, more of you
will take the opportuaity to sam-
ple this fine meal as-winter ap-

proaches — for the price; you -|-

cannot eat any better at home.

We have had a number of —

changes on our executive due to
resignations. Cmde. Crompton
is now your president until at
least the end of the year, Cmde.
Cromarty is first vice, and
Cmde. Wilson is second vice.
Cmde. Hales has-been appointd

scmnologial” ‘industries ‘and
trained workers and scientists

together. by the turn of the’

century.
“In 10 years traditional jobs
are going to disaprear,”’ says

i McEwan. “At this point we’re

really interested in supporting
science teachers. and younger
students.”” To emphasize his
point, he describes how even

traditional..jobs in the logging:

industry . will disappear. Mills
are becoming computerized, re-
search is changing siliviculture
techniques, the industry is look-

|. ing for ways of getting more.
. value out of the same amount of

timber. In short, the loggers of
tomorrow -will be engineers,
technicians and scientists,

In order to fill the demand for -

these . types of workers, the
council is beginning to place a

‘ new empahsis on students up to
the Grade 8 level. These are the

students who will be graduating
when the demand’ for profes-
sional people is predicted to be

‘at its peak. This means a re-
newed support for science teach-’.

ers and science fairs in an at-

tempt to excite these students |
about the future in professional

jobs. These students, and those
graduating in the current school
year, have the opportunity to

work towards secondary grad-

wate scholarships sponsored by

the council.

As well, there are several pro-
grams administered by the Sci-
ence Council of B.C. and gov-
ernment agencies: which are de-
signed to help bring tomorrow’s
work world and professional
people together.
Grants for Applied Research
(AGAR) provides financial as-
sistance for research and devel-
opment. Graduate Research,
Engineering and Technology
(GREAT) provides scholarships
for qualified B.C. students en-
gaged in graduate studies, In-
dustrial Postdoctoral Fellow-
ships (IPDF) offers financial
assistance to companies employ-
ing men and women who have
recently completed their PhD’s.

‘Science and Technology A- -
wards--for Returning Students

(STARS) offers those in the
workforce an opportunity to re-

. turn to their graduate studies in

science and technology...
There are barriers, however,
that need to be overcome and
the responsibility of solutions to.
these -belongs to everyone, ac-

cording to the council. More

provincial government funding
needs to be encouraged. Cur-

rently, Japan and West Ger-

Assistance |

many invest 2.5 to 3 percent, of
their gross national product ‘in

technological advancement.. 4 oa
Canada, on the other hand, ie a

vests only 1.6 to 1.7 percent —

Terrace Review — Weinesdty, October 11, made oe

‘We're falling behind , Science. Council says

about half that of Japan and

West Germany. The province of

B.C., though, invests only 0. Bto “ye

0.9 percent.

ing enough scientists at the pres-
ent time to meet future needs.

Canada is a country of extraor- .

dinary wealth, explains
McEwan. A country where
everyone leads a relatively com-.

Secondly, Canada is not train-

fortable life. Because of this, we . _

are starting to fall behind ag-.

gressive Third World countries .

who are developing scientists

-and technology at a rate equal or

greater to ours.

“We can’t turn back time,” =

says McEwan. ‘‘We have to take.

more control over our future.’ -
And this is the challenge of the .

next generation that the Science

Council is trying to meet. To
make sure that the technological

infrastructure and resources are

their when they’re needed. The
greatest question, which only —
time can answer is: ‘‘From an

international perspective, is

Canada going to be competitive

or not?”

‘SCHOOL DISTRICT. #88 (T ERRACE) |

NOTICE

ALL THORNHILL AREA PLAYING FIELDS WILL
BE SPREAD WITH GRASS FERTILIZER ON:

OCTOBER 6

ALL L TERRACE AREA PLAYING FIELDS. WILL
BE SPREAD WITH GRASS FERTILIZER: ON:

OCTOBER § 5

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‘Dollar

as a director for the remaining [3

term, and is also the new chair-

man of the Legion’s sponsoring |

committee to 747. Squadron.
We are all saddened by the

passing. away. of Cmde, Roy

‘Greening, a past vicé president -

and a good friend of Branch 13. |

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