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Gerry Dere recently returned

- to Terrace, having worked her

“many years ago for CFTK when
TV first went on the air. Gerry
installed TV transmitters, work-
ed as switcher, film editor,
cameraman and ‘‘Man Friday’’
for the Terrace station.

by Betty Barton

Gerry visited Terrace again to
share his knowledge of record-
ing music’ and vocals and the
equipment required to do it. As
part of the Canada Employment

Centre’s Skill Shortage Pro-

gram, Gerry offered a one-week
workshop to the staff of Nor-
thern Native Broadcasters to
familiarize them with sound
recording technology. ‘Native
people in this area are being ex-
posed to broadcast technology
for the first time,” he said.

A B.C. Lottery grant approv-
ed six months ago for the Native
Music. Heritage Society has
enabled Northern Native Broad-
casters to acquire a studio quali-
ty music recorder, capable of
producing industry - quality
Tecordings, Until last week, only

Terrence Armstrong of NNB
had experimented with the
system.

When this reporter -visited
NNB, Tirso Morales and Gerry
Dere were recording the vocals
to La Bamba, with the music
track already laid by the NNB
staff under the direction of Mr.
Dere. The system has already
been modified so that it can
operate on simplified electrical
systems. It can thus record
music, vocals or conferences in
remote communities which use
diesel generators, Even when
power brown-outs or surges oc-
cur, it won’t affect the quality of
the recording. —

Dere began his career in
broadcasting and recording 25
years ago, at a small station in
Alberta, He is a classically train-
ed pianist, who also plays flute,
guitar and numerous other in-
struments, He has toured with
Canadian bands from Van-

couver, Calgary and Toronto.

He’s also spent 10 years as a
recording engineer in Edmon-
ton, recording such groups as

Trooper, Leo: Sayer and The.

Modds. He has since moved out .

of engineering, into production
in his own 8-track studio in Ed-
monton.

NNB executive producer
David French explains, ‘‘Most
broadcasters come to know what
sounds good, with time, but they
don’t know how it got that way,
or how to correct it if it doesn’t
sound right.’’ Dere’s workshop
taught the staff of NNB how to
use the equipment, build up
music, track by track, and mix it
down for:a finished product.

-Dere is more than willing to
come back and actually set up a
recording studio when the rest of
the pieces are in place to broad-
cast by satellite. The economic
and ‘social benefits of this link-
up will be substantial to the
Pacific Northwest. Better com-
munication to outlying areas, a
sharing of native cultures and
employment opportunities will
result from this technological
step forward.

The system is expected to be
available to 14 native com-
munities by December 1988.

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Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 13, 1988 13

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Ken Bedard (ett) and Willlam | Wesley (center) take a run at using the
recording equipment at Northern Native Broadcasters, as instructor Gerry

Dere looks on.

Black bear gaining popularity as game animal

by Peter Martinson

The black bear (Ursus
Americanus) is one of the most
familiar wild animals in North
America today. Contrary to
what some people believe, they
are not related to the pig family
but are members of the family

‘ Ursidae, Adult males generally
. weigh 200 to 500 pounds, and

females 150 to 450 pounds. The
heaviest black bear ever weighed
and recorded was a 605 pounder
captured alive at a garbage
dump near Tupper Lake in the
New York Adirondacks.

Bears may live up to 25-30
years, but most animals in. the
wild would be less than 10 years
old, Contrary to popular belief,
bears do not truly hibernate,
During a warm spell, a bear may
move around a bit and then
return to his den, They can move
with amazing speed if necessary.
For short distances they have
been clocked at speeds of up to
55 km/hr. Mating takes place in
June or early July, and the cubs

are usually: born the following.

January or February while the
mother is still in her winter den.
Cubs orphaned during their first
summer have about a 30 percent
chance of surviving to in-
dependence, compared to about

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an 80 percent chance for those
with mothers.

- Approximately six people are
hospitalized due to attacks by
bears each year in B.C. In addi-
tion, six people have been killed
by bears since 1978 — four by
black bears and two by grizzlies.
The Wildlife Branch states that
none of these attacks involved

the defence of cubs, the miost-

commonly stated hazard in bear
encounters. Records may be in-
complete for the years prior to
1978, but the existing data show

. there were 17 non-fatal attacks

between 1951 and 1977, and
three fatal attacks between 1961
and 1967.

There are an estimated 63,000
black bears in the province and,
according to the Wildlife
Branch, there were about 9,000
in the Skeena Valley region in
1986.

To avoid any decline in bear

populations, wildlife officials —

have set an annual harvest limit
of 6-7 percent of the total
population. This represents
about 4,000 bears. Within that
number there are going to be
some big ones.

The Trophy Wildlife Records
Club of B.C. published a book

that lists 126 trophy black bears _

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A trophy is defined as any skull
that scores 19 or better. When
you look closer at B.C.’s records
though, you will notice that 10
of the top 21 bears came from
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of those 10 came from the
Queen Charlotte Islands. In
many instances bagging a trophy
bear is nothing more than pure
luck. .

According to the Fish and
Wildlife Branch, in 1985 there
were estimated to be 404 resident

black bear hunters for the
Skeena Valley region who
harvested 174 bears (43 percent
success rate).

Black bears are rapidly gain-
ing popularity as a prized game
animal. A spring bear hunt is
especially appealing to the many

sportsmen who prefer larger:

animals, as it provides them with

‘the opportunity to hunt big

game at a time when other
animals are protected.

The black bear is one of the

more difficult animals to bag in
fair chase. That means without
dogs, bait, vehicles or any other
devices except gun, camera, or
bow. A hunter alone is no match
for Ursus Americanus.

Good-luck with the spring
hunt.

Peter Martinson is the pro-
prietor of Bornite Mountain
Taxidermy and a frequent con-
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