WEDNESDAY, APBIL 10, 1974, -
ve ad

. sorting areas. | : Al the dump, the o we've eliminated the
The loggers” legend moved a pilot carefully lowera the logs 1 development costs for a road as “=o —
step closer (o reality this spring. the ground, releases the hock well ag the need for yarding and ne
For Top Quality

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PORT ALBE

UP AND

as a Sikorsky helicopter ascends with

AWAY - Ahook tender wat

and has been since the days
men tackled the gianl limber.

Saws. :
Generations of loggers have~-
been nurtered on the story: of
the mythical. ‘Skyhook’, a
miraculous logging system with
a yarding cable anchored In the -
sky which whisks logs into the
air and seta them gently into.

when MacMillan’ Bloedel
launched an axperimental.
program of hauling logs by

hitherto inaccessible areas at
its Carieron Division near this

program began March 130n the
shoulder of a ridge near the
Alberni Summit. MB engaged
the services of Okanagan
Helicopters of Richmond, B.C.
which supplied a twin-urbine
Sikorsky §-6iL with a listing
capacity of 8,000 pounds.
Since then, the big orange and
white helicopler .has been
hoisting Ings weighing as much

es
a load of logs. The helicopter

‘Helicop

on the British Columbia coast --

stands with axes. hand-held” &-po!

helicopter out of sensitive and

gg!

the logs,- As the helicopter-
hovers over the felled timber, a
umd hook suspended on 2
150 foot tong cable from the

belly of the ‘copter is clamped

on the choker, The helicopter
then ascends and heads toward
the dumping area In a: wide
circle, the logs swaying against
a backdrop of spectacular
mountain scenery." 2" *
helicopter

from the choker electronically,
then arcs ‘away for another
load. The helicopter lands only’
torefuel, every couple of hours,
‘and even then its 62-foot rotor

* blades . continue whirling,

‘one complete cycle in the log-
hauling endeavor - has been
running 3% to four . minutes,
meaning the helicopter can haul
about 60 Long of timber an hour.

MB's first utilization of the 8-
BIL - biggest machine every
used in B.C. for helicopter
logging - has been in & stand of

in

over-mature timber surrounded .

ae]

manager who .organized
-project, said the -helicopter, In
his Instance, was the. only
’ practical method of getting the
patch of old timbe r out without
damaging any “of the new

growth. .

“We would have had to build a
logging road through the second
growth to get totheolder timber
using conventional techniques,”
he said. ‘By using a helicopter

the extra equipment
operation involyes.”
_* Crawford sees’ the helicopter
as another too] to help the in-
dustry in managing the forest
with the least possible effect on

city on Vancouver Island. making the refuelling much like he environment. ; _
Nicknamed, appropriately a pitstop in an automobile race. MB has also mapped out a Vehicles
enough, Operation Skyhook, the “The “turn time” duratian of plan to run logs directly from oa

the stump to Alberni Inlet
water sorting from a second
setting during the curr#ht
experimental program.

However, the company will i

awail analygia of results ob-
Apined during the field traila at
both settings before reaching a
decision on jarge-scale in-
volvement in helicapler

- Jogging.

* Wetlands. - Wildlife week is

the:

that

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ildlife Week

ational W
Jack Kadford, Minister of
‘Recreationaand | Conservation,
announced today that the theme
for National: Wildlife Week this
year will be the Preservation of

‘demonstrate ‘our commitment
to'those Important arens.””
Through the cooperation’ of
-the- B.C, Department. cof
‘Education 12,000 educational
packages on this theme have

Port Alberni, © Be: ‘as four tons from the setting iy 38 year old sevond observed yearly across Canada ‘been distributed to classrooms
“Sky k ad ot ogge Sawin 2 loseing road and, : ane een MB Part vand is spear In B.C. by the = throughout the Pravince. ° “
‘sg A magic wo Ts. . soo : serni logging . development. Fish an iidlife Branch, the’ “The significance of watland -
Choker eabiea are preset on . habitat In sustaining the: wide

Canadian Wildlife Federation.

B.C; , Wildlife. variety of wildlife: is often .not

fully understood”, ‘said Rad- |
ford, "All too often in the past
we have tended to regard these
‘areas as little more than’ an.
Jnconvenlence, ‘We hope tliat
the Wildlife ‘Week theme ° will.
draw attention. to‘ the ‘im-
»portance of our ‘wetlands and
‘provide a betler wideratanding
‘of their valug,” To

and.” the
Federation. ;
_ “The wetlands theme is ex-
- tremely appropriate for wildlife
management activities in
B.C.”, said Radford. “This
Province contains some of the
most critical wetland habilat in
North America and recent land
acquisitions and protection
activilles have allowed us to

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is being used by MacMillan Hioedel at its Cameron division lo
determine the economics of hauling logs out of the woods by air. °
The hook tender had just attached a hook suspeiided on a 15(-faol-
long cable from the helicopter belly to chokers on the logs.

i

’ friends.’ ‘Club projects carried

assist teachers, lwo ‘forestry 7 i
_ course outlines were prepared - ]. . volume demands the ‘cheapest construction for couple of years, anyway?) * mek
_ one at the elementary level and the briefest Interyal,.that ‘the buying ‘public -will,.S> “And the money: that's, saved” by not.re
‘the other for -disirmayen ° [al flere” ee Ne ooling for irivolous. new’ styles ‘each year. gel
senior secondary schodls. --{ncredible, isn't if? But, a reality. Just look oured right back Into the car”. rer
“Both. the Junior | Foren ‘ ‘ around. Se ek ur ~Sq-you'll find tatelligent and. desirable: "|
‘served. by. the en i wie . ae things on a: Super Beetle ‘thal’ you won't find “~*"
.. were “served. by: -§-. , ae ‘ more comforting Woy, 4% a car ‘on man sive rk er rrr
- vironmental | stds ialionat ; , _.Comfortabte Dining Lounga ‘ It starts veth the way.we painstakingly: i i. like: A sealed bottom. McPherson strut front
developed by te the ovine’. - EXCELLENT:-CHINESE GOOKING. moke'acan ee See suspension. 15” wheels for longer lire life, Neg:
yore 5 ard vb campers _ SS eee =F ~. From the moment Its first two parts come... give steering roll radius. (It causes the-Super
ee ccomnme sted at~ the’ - 10% «©... Mon.- Thur. together, It starts: to be:-paked, eagla-eyed, .. Beetle, to move ‘straight, ahead 'as you broke,,
Evans Lake “Camps, neat mate a i tested.and re-lested ‘by‘o.group of the, mos! ide of the. cor. Is‘riding once
fae “John! Discount for’ - RANE HOME: DELIVERY] § uicompfomistigy eeonle-n the Wor LT Pars
AS ni

ot

ae

Fo

J. M. Billin

the. Canadiin. Forestry :

*-Association of B.C.,. today: -
released the Annual Report of-. . Sane 7
“outdoor ethics publicity, ° fire, » demand was noted.

‘TERRACE DRUGS:

the Association for, 1973.

“The .report traces an in:
“Aensified focus on educational -

programs, which. Mr.

_ Billingsley ‘explains have been

restry Association i

sley, President of”

Bie bt gd paint ben teed! 4
Councils for’Wardeh Chis and

“other youth groups. ., ~

organized to give the public and .

many factors which must. be
considered if we are to arrive al
a proper. balance. between ‘line
environment: and a good life

cludes 91 Junior Forest Warden,

‘Girl. Forest’'Guard and Con-

servation Warden clubs

{membership nearly 3,000) with
. a further 2,000 in isolated

youngsters work on a program
-covering-three to four years of
environmental studies’ and ..f

includes instruction in. outdoor
skills and recreation, camping,
and ‘participation -in - various

which also involve parents and

students . outdoors far direct
studies in the forest. ‘Junior.
Skogdags", or forest field days,

enabled teachers to go ott on:

-two to three. . day field leips
which provided insights into
forest management and outdoor
_ teaching methods. To further

Warden and school programs

Muinnes Camp, near’ Prince] # f) -Take Out Orders|- (Terrace City Only) VW inspector
George, 990: at Silver: Lake} & . a —_ 7 yen }
Camp, near Peachland, and 85) § a BAbh me

at Rock .Lake” Camp in the 4 A

Kootenays.fo a total of 22,400 = , 4

_- grassroots communily projects, [ft

“+ Otherassociation programs a

embraced ‘fire: prevention “and

ntensifies education

-control courses tor industry,

' personnel: ... -

reparation © of .informational
“malerial “for:which increased

and’ ° the”

+

and

a EXPERIENCE-INTEGRITY-SERVICE

cae Something terrible ishappening in Conada,

faster, There are lighters you throw away when

you're finished with them, Furniture’just seems

to be nailed together. a -
Cralismanshio, it would appear, is fast be-

Filling your * doctor's

see you in fep health al-
_ ways. ‘ : .

7-9 p.m.

‘most expensive’ purchase’ lafler a home) that

&.HOLIDAYS

most Canadians make,“ 4
it's a big decision. and it costs a lot af

- . Yethow many? or.8-
still see driving around thase days? In fact, how
“‘

EVE

SROE |

_ many 4 or 5 year ald.ones?,-.
Notioa many... 2 4 .
Unless they're Rolls-Royces or Volkswagens.

ald dad older driving around in Canada,
Atthirty orforty ‘thousand-dollars, it’s not
unreasonable. to, expect o Rolls to. last indef-

Sa thorough, thet the editor of:
wrote,

American motoring magazine’
pretend to understand the Woll

_ never understoad
- solence" as it relates: toa

author, omongothers, it states:

SEEEEEEE

Our reality is equally unreal. But‘

werent

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ren as peat tbe BIS Od

laf estboseacsgncpre tye Ye SEA AY Ea

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*

Take cors, for exainple. A car.is the second.

or. 8-year old cars do you.

(There: cre over 200,000 Nolkswagans 4 years”

a famous:
“| cannot.
shurg mentality.”
Which is understandable: Since we ‘have. '~
the mentality of “planned 'ab-
large part of the,auta.
industry, As phrased _by.anoled ‘businassman/
‘moximum sales

‘

ship a a Resi RPS TO Ba

_ things away. Except they're parts that can't meet

work in turn is inspected by over 500 inspectors ,

-on almost any other car in the world. Big or

Me . oe tao vy
in this throw-awoy society, we also dhrow

working on V

wrong with last year's?”

> “Le Bor the last 25 years, we've done something, °
else. nobody. else thought of doing. We didn't’
spend all’ of cur money working on looks. We've ~
‘worked on the works. (Who.wants to be driving .:.
a cor that'll look-a couple of years old ina 0"

more expensive cars.”

4

|. eommunities, served — by prescriptions Is aur {ob SUNDAYS ws oe P ae :
a : ice,” . oe , money, 50 you'd sure-like to think that i's one as long asit takes. *. :
carrespondence. ©. These dust Hike him, we want to tem that would last. os : The mechanics who: work*ont our:car
something else again, mo ‘nt

It takes al least th
They're factory trained, an
fo)
them.'Ab even more, VW Factor
we send them,!o
luther perfect their tachniq
Totally ot-our expense. (Wh
as we do on perlacting a co
os hard ot perfecting the men who work'’an the *

oul durliig the year embraced mt A -

tree-planting, the building . of RESTAU RANT. ve initely: But ofa mere.1/10th of the price, why os a : C

trails, park: improvements, . eps Ly Volkswagens of all the other cors'in the world? ihe entire shipment being tested is thrown out): tars.jo ou, mee i wh
_anti-litler © cainpaigns and! : _—Specializingin-.. 7: oo oe ‘..- And on and on it goes for every last part “They got alot when you bought it?
communily beautification. ” send 7 “Some people think we're crazy” =~. thot-goes into every last Super Beetle, —- Why should get eee
“ghz bromoling Sarthe a < FOO Pe * A little crazy maybe, but the only way we. \s YOU BGT on
education i ined Sens an : In spite oftihe fact.that faw, things: in life know to make somathing as close to perfect as’. so. tittle when yousell in? ts
Outdoor «Classroom re “The Home ofGood are mace the way they ascot be, we still make. oA hy do they keep bringirig out

programs which took ¢ . aste”” “Wi nd of | sorouc ne : Fable, oP : ae

rl With a kind of insane Ihoroughness, new cars each year Is something

ots

perme OE cal RRL a BTS

y

‘to year, Meterials and worksmanship thot are
-- the best money can buy. 7

. the coming gerieralion an idea a ' : J i lee forth Rod hing fi th '
.* of. the complexity: of forest Yoo... noe . , and everywhere else for hat matter: we're gel- who de nothing but inspect the inspectors.
1. isdues, offering at the same" ff LAKELSE PHARMACY ling more ond more accustomed to things not lasting When it gets done, it gets done right. ‘ Warranties and servize or
lime a basic knowledge of the . very long. We accept it asa factoflile. One reason why we're not afraid to lavish Wh eth
Shits seem fo rip easier. Shoes fall apart more hand-work on the Super Beetle thon exists ere ar: ey on
_now that I need them?

; for soclety. - wo
; Work with the future - ; . : . I juali os - a
: en . ; ming a corny, out-of-date idea. our almost inhuman duality standards. , a os
‘ generation centred mainly on TERRACE DRUGS conned doesn't look like things ore geting . “For example: Our shock absorbers are We call it the WW Owne’'s Security Blanket.
: eo vironmental ecuention in any better. See amas te absorb an actual 3,000,000 shocks. — one Saal, it gives y

the schools. The Association 126 p.m. “Qualitykeepsgoingdewn =“ they lose more ee “spring”, * other in he we

directed: youth ‘movement in- LAKELSE. PHARMACY yet prices keep going up.’ Be _ Eo gee — a 24 month, 24,000 mi

ree yemsto.become one.
di when’ theyre. not:

working-On
orycoutses Ihat .
reguloriy. so ‘they. con even’
ves and knowledge.”

kswagens, wer

f you work equally

en you work as hard