This week:

The sun sets on a

forester’s anguish

, > wilight had faded to
r total darkness. Herby
Squish groaned as he
climbed into his company truck.
His twilight | descent of Beetle
Mountain had. resulted in a few
tumbles. He ‘rubbed -a bruised
right shoulder and poked. at a
minor abrasion on his left knee.
"Dol really want to’ be a part

of this?" he-asked himself for a.

third time. He stuck-the key in
the ignition and stared into the
blackness ahead. "Sweden," he
mutiered. "Is it really all I
believe it to be?” *
Sweden, though, was not Her-
by’s immediate problem. Writing

a new five-year harvesting plan .

for Jovial Logging Inc. -was.
Squish started the engine,
winced as the brightness of the
headlights tunnelled into the
darkness, and swung into a near-
by landing to turn around,
"Sweden," he muttered again
as he rattled towards Highway
16. Preoccupied with inner con-
flict, Squish navigated the famil-
iar logging road as he drifted off

In' conjunction with the 27th
annual Terrace Science Fair
(with the theme, "Leaping into
Science") on Feb. 29, the
Science Fair committee has
invited Dr. Richard Williams,
assistant dean of the Faculty of

into subconscious reflection.
Sweden has devoted a full 58
percent of all their land to for-
estry, almost twice the commit-
ment here.in B.C. And the way
their land is allocated is. much

different too. The Swedes actual- |

ly own the land they work.

A state-owned operation. has |

title to only about.20 percent of
the forested land, private com-
panies have just under 30 per-
cent,
owned ‘and managed by individ-

-wals who operate small wood-
lots.

"It’s not, like Canada," Squish

mumbled as he swung cast onto |

the highway. "In Canada the
state owns the forest and the
companies lease the land... In
Sweden there is no land leasing
at all. It’s a very different con-
cept."

Squish chuckled to himself as
he recalled Sven Svenson’s
comment about B.C.’s “tenure

nightmare". It made him think

about his day wandering Plug
Nicholl’s. phase contracting

Yo aoh dabeyiv

Education at the University of
Victoria to be this year’s "Scien-
tist in the Schools".

"Dr, Williams was born at a
very young age, but without the
Dr. in front of his name", says

More on donation

To the Editor;

_ In regard to an article in your
paper of Feb. 5, 1992 about the
$10,000 donation to the R.E.M.
Lee Hospital Foundation CT scan-
ner fund by the Royal Purple, the
amount was correct, but the facts
are not and the following is the
correct version.

In December 1990 the Terrace
Elks Lodge No. 425 and the
Ladies of the Royal Purple Lodge
No. 216 committed themselves to
purchase for the hospital an iso-
lette, a pulse oximeter and a fetal
monitor at a cost of $23,100. This
is a five-year joint project.

On Dec. 14, 1991 the Elks
Lodge No. 425 and the Ladies of
the Royal Purple Lodge No. 216
presented the hospital the first
payment of $9,000 on this joint
project. There was a $500 dona-
tion to the hospital proper, and
$500 donated to the children's
ward, for a total of $10,000.

It is true that most of the funds
were raised by.a joint bingo under
the license of the Order of the
Royal Purple Lodge No. 216.

L. Baker,

Secretary,
Terrace.

~The Dr. R.E.M. Lee
Hospital Foundation
. 4720 Haugland Ave.

Terrace, B.C.

V8G 2W7

A THOUGHTFUL WAY TO REMEMBER
is with an In Memoriam gift to the Dr. R.E.M. Lee Hospital
Foundation. Donations are gratefully accepted at the above
address, the Terrace Fire Department on Eby, St, or by
contacting Mrs. Helene McRae at 635-5320, Income tax receipts

are available.

and more than half is

leptin ey

disaster... The devastation
caused. by. uneducated, uncaring,
cilt-rate tree planters further up
the valley... The peaceful illu-
sion of forest surrounding Gear-
box Lake.... The view of mis-
management he had been forced
to ponder from the top of Beetle
Mountain in spite of his best
efforts to ignore it.

Basically, he had decided, the
situation had reached a crisis
because people like Milton Jov-
ial were in conflict over corpor-
ate profits and management
requirements. That formula all
too often meant high grading the
forest and doing as little as
possible to replace it.

"Whether you work on your
own land or for a company,"
Svenson’s words echoed in his
mind, "each phase of forest

g scientist ©

his biography. He was educated |
in the U.S., receiving a Bachelor |

of Science from Minnesota, a

Masters of Physics at Cornell ]

and a Ph.D. in physics and edu-

cation from Washington State i

University.

In between his formal educa-

by Tod Strachan, in 1 consultation with Rod Arnold and Doug Davies

management — from cutting, to
thinning, to regeneration — is
heavily regulated and monitored
by the National Forest Board in
Sweden."

"We have laws. Regulations...
in B.C. too," Squish had argued
defensively.

"That’s right," Svenson shot
back. "But here the state has
firm control. And there is also

the long Swedish tradition. I

mean, this company has been in

business for 700 years...

*Modern’ forestry practices have

been in effect for 80, 90 years."
"Modern forestry?

"That’s right... The

*mechanical revolution’ if you
will. Somewhat like your forest
industry, but. unlike Canada we

can do a little bragging. It is a

tion stints, Dr. Williams was a i
Russian and German translator

involved with security work. He |
was a teacher in the public J
schools prior to joining the i
faculty of education at the Uni-

versity of Victoria, where he has § ae

taught in both the physics de-
partment and science education.

Helhas served in numerous ad-

Private donor shows.

ministrative positions at UVic.

Dr. Williams has done research
in both the sciences and educa-
tion, starting in the field of
thunderstorms. He is presently
working to unravel the mysteries
of how young people Icarn to
think logically and critically. His
works in science education have
been published widely and he
has presented over 150 addresses
and workshops to teachers. On
Wednesday, Feb. 26, beginning
at 5:30 p.m., Dr. Williams will
present a workshop for local
teachers, reflecting his curtent
interest, "Teaching for Thinking:
Cover Less to Learn More".

Dr. Williams is a school
trustee in the Sooke District on
Vancouver Island, He is also on
the intermediate steering com-
mitiee for the Ministry of Edu-
cation on the Year 2000 educa-
tion program, where he serves
with Edna Cooper, School Dis-
trict #88 school board chairman
and this district’s representative
on the intermediate steering
committee.

” ‘Terrace Review —— Wednesday, February 12, 1992.7

well established fact that at during
that 80 or 90 years we have
doubled the amount of forest
here."

Squish let out a long sigh.
"Doubled," he whispered loudly.
with some resolve.

their volume of timber in one
rotation is nothing more than a
pipe dream here.

"They manage their forests...
Farm them. Their trees are all
second, third and fourth growth
and their industry is flourish-

ing...

Squish surveyed “this las
thought and softened his stente
a little, The Swedish forest in-
dustry is certainly in better
health than. ours, but Sweden

— Continued on page 30

support for CT scanner

Experience is a hard teacher,
but it can sometimes be beneficial
to others.

It was a difficult experience for
Sawaran and Sarwan Sandhu of
Terrace that taught them the value

-of the CT scanner like the one pro-

posed for Mills Memorial Hospi-
tal. As a result, they recently made
a generous donation to the R.E.M.
Lee Foundation fund to bring a
scanner to Terrace.

"My wife is so grateful for her
recovery,” said Sandhu as he pre-
sented their personal donation to
treasurer Helene McRae. "We now
know the value of the CT scanner
and we would like to help other
people in Terrace to be able to
have the same treatment without
the difficulty and expense of trav-
elling to Vancouver.”

Last year Mrs. Sandhu had to
go to Vancouver for the diagnostic
service provided by the CT scan-

ner and spent more than two
months in Shaughnessy Hospital
undergoing surgery and treatment.

"Now she is completely recov-
ered and we are so grateful," said
Mr. Sandhu. "We can enjoy our
life again."

In 1972 the Sandhus came to
Canada from the Punjab, where
Sarwan served in the British Army
after his graduation from Punjab
University, In Terrace he worked
for Augie Geeraert at the Terrace
Hotel (now the Terrace Inn) and
still keeps in touch with him and
his family.

The Sandhus have recently
returned from an extended visit
with their son and family in
Britain. They are pleased to be
able to continue to enjoy their gar-
den and home on Haugland Ave.
and their family and grandchildren
here and in Kitimat, Vancouver
and elsewhere.

"I have to.
admire those people. To double

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