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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1990
Vol. 6, Issue No. Me

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The seven-member. Caledo-
nia Science Club’ team
returned to Terrace Sunday -
victorious!

by Betty Barton

The students had competed in
the University of British Cotum-
bia 14th annual Physics Olym-
pics and finished in first place,
beating 56 schools from across
the province. The seven team
members included Grade 12
students Brian Anderson, Linda
Cuddeford; ‘Nathan Wilkerson,
Amritpal Gill and Grade 11 stu-
dent David George. . Alternates

were Grade'11 students Wayne =. ~~?
Weidner. and David Wolfe. | : -4
Teacher-sponsor Allen Wootton
proudly explained that the
students had competed in seven ase
events and did well in all of
them.

This was Wootton’s second
year as a teacher-sponsor. He
had been involved with the UBC
Physics Olympics during its in-
ception in 1977, when he was in-
structing in the Physics Depart-
ment at UBC.

This year, the students an-
swered Fermi questions like
“how many quills are found on
a porcupine?” and ‘chow many 7
water droplets are there in Bur- >
rard Inlet?”’. Fermi questions,
based on prize mind twisted con-
templated by the famed physicist
Enrico Fermi, require a rough
estimate of a quantity that is dif- 4
ficult or impossible to measure. a

They competed in an optical *
target practise using laser beams | a
instead of firearms. a

They had an egg drop with a N
twist, literally, Unlike many of
the other competitors, the
Caledonia students designed a —.
propellor-elevated structure with i
which to lower an egg from a
four-story ‘height, without
breaking the egg. Wootton ex-
plained, ‘'The students could
have taken an easier way out,

_- SURROUNDED BY SOME OF THE arcane devices they used to win the UBC Physica Olympics, teacher Allen
Wootton’s team of sclence whiz kida was honored at a special assembly at Caledonia schoo! Monday.

_ -_ We'll ski this year, Shames rep says.

because of the high annual
snowfall at Shames they won’t
have to clear to the same depth as
other ski hills. This will have an
added advantage, Grabowskd said,
because the surface of the
mountain’s slopes won't have to

The: "Shame - Mountain ski
"developments new project
" panager, Mark Grabowski, says

there is no reason, why there
‘shouldn't be skiing . at Shames
‘Mountain iby. November or
December of this year.

meantime, things are beginning to
happen.

The first of several consultants
will be here soon. Rich Morton, a
former vice-president of the
Blackcombe ski development will
be taking a look at the T-bar and

Trail development will aiso begin
soon at Shames. Grabowski says
they will be doing some ski trail
layout work in the next few weeks
while waiting for bids on the
Clearing of ski trails and the base
and parking areas. He says

the process of getting quotes: for
- Phase I engincering .and lift
installation .and he. expects a‘ probably be disassembled and
complete Phase I budget’ and
~ “@onstruction schedule will-be ready
Jin about two weeks. In. the Installation. at Shames.

chair lift at Kitsumkalum Mountain
as a preliminary to moving these
lifts to Shames “Mountain.
Grabowski says the lifts will

_ At a press conference Monday,
Grabowski sald they are now in

stored in the Kitsumkalum parking
lot where they will be prepared for

contracts should be awarded soon
and clearing and trail construction
will begin in about a month.
Compared to other developments,
he says, this work will be

Telatively inexpensive. He explains:
that many existing trees are.

already "naturally". spaced and

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be altered and soil crosion will be
minimal. |

Road work is to be completed by
August and this will lead to
another milestone in the
development of Shames: the

‘relocation of the Kitsumkalum

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but they decided to put more ef-
fort into it. This is characteristic
of the dedication of these
students." The main restriction to
to the construction was that the
device had to be less than one
meter across. Points were

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