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By D. H. OWEN
Protection Division,
Ministry of Forests

Any day now—and for
short period: will rise

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, September “A att

joke in

highly trained and well quall-
fied men.

Some people link. pres-
cribed burn smoke with the air

‘Slash Burning Underway

of snags, branches and other
suffocating debris,

There are other significant
values: the burning process
insect

ly just

from various Gane areas in
our province.

It will come from an
operation generally known as
“slash burning”. We prefer to
call it “prescribed. burning”—
for the good reason it is a
“prescription” designed to
serve two vital functions in our

y forest management program,

Most people know the
expressions, but many, I feel,
probably don't know how it is
done, and more important, why

~ it is done.

Prescribed burning is the
act of purposely setting fire to
debris left in the forest after a
logging operation. It is a
selence. It has to be done at
precisely the right time, with
wind, humidity,

And the job has to be done by

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because it can be seen. The
contribution of such smoke to
the overall problem Is almost
infinitesimal when compared to
the invisible fumes coming from
exhaust Pipes of vehicular
traffic.

Let's look’ at the “why?”
question.

Prescribed burning can be.

controlled—in both intensity
and ‘in area covered. Such
operations are conducted by
highly qualified personnel of
either the forest service and/or
industry.

If logged-over regions are
not subject to controlled burn-
ing, inevitably lightning, hu-
man carelessness .or other
causes will ignite the accumu-

and. other , lated slash. This, in turn, often

“weather conditions in mind.

results in far . larger fires
“endangering surrounding areas
and‘ creating tremendously
greater smoke problems.

The debris-burning action
paves the way for faster, more
efficient and more productive
reforestation measures. Seed-
lings can be planted easier and
faster. They will grow faster
and straighter not having to
fight their way through tangles

hazards which could be ex-
tremely harmful ‘to adjacent
timber. And ‘debris-clear
patches, once growth resumes,
are of value to many wildlife
species,

I suggest we be realistic in
this matter. One controversial
aspect of prescribed burning,
namely the mere creation of
smoke, is far outweighed by its
benefits. Research has proved
this,

It is hoped, of course, the
day will come when it will be
economically feasible to use all
material now classified as slash,
Significant strides are already.
being made in this direction, as
more and more material for-
merly regarded as ."waste” is
now being utilized,

And Live Just”
A Little Longer

A. University of North
Dakota professor of medicine
‘says people live longer when,
they continue: to work, are’
needed and are involved in vig-.
orous and interesting activities,

Dr. Theodore Reiss sald
the major reason why’ people
don't live as long as they might
has more to do with soclology
than medicine. He suggested
aging occurs when there is
atrophy of function,

The human life span could
be as high as 120 to 140 years, if
the human organism was not
limited by the way people live,
Dr. Reiss said in a talk to the
19th annual Institute on Aging.

People who have lived into
their 120s and 180s usually
have had important roles in
society, Dr. Reiss sald.

“They kept working and
were looked to for advice and
counsel,” he said,

TV Societies’. Licences
Renewed by the. CRTC

Kootenay West MP Bob
Brisco announced Tuesday that

the CRTC has: renewed the”

broadcast licences of the Arrow
Lakes TV Society and two
other community co-operative

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Speed In excess of the
a shifting

. recommending that the Game

of bt hs unfamiliarity of: the:

route ‘and possible fatigue have
been named as contributing
factors in the death of Leonard
Hubert Wicker, 36, in the Sept.

tractor-trailer accident on
Highway 3A just beyond the
Ootischenia overpass.

An inquiry was held Fri-
day with coroner Carl 'Loeblich

Area’ signs be
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replaced by identification other:
than the present numerical,

‘The report indicated’ that,
perhaps the metric converalon
and the.Game Management
sign showing a large 4-8 on a
yellow background had created
confusion.

Franchise Agreement
Could Set a Precedent

._ The outcome of the Oct. 4
B.C. Energy Commission hear-
ing on franchise agreements
with natural gas distributors in
the province could set a prece-
dent affecting other utilities,
Mayor ‘Audrey Moore said
Tuesday.

Moore told the Castlegar
News a commission decision
favoring City of Castlegar and
Union of B.C. ‘Municipalities
briefs recommending distribu-
tors be'required to pay fran-
chise fees to municipalities
‘would strengthen the case for
such utilities as B.C.

Kootenays.

Brisco said the licence
renewals run from Oct. 1, 1977,
to March 31, 1981, and that
they allow on-air rebroddcast of
U.S. programming.

“We've won the battle but
not the war on this one," Brisco
said. “What I wanted was a
grandfather clause stating that ‘
the

Tel, and B.C. Hydro to pay
similar fees. °

Like a gas’ distributor, a
cablevision, power or television
company constitutes a mono-
poly in a municipality, she said.

“You don't have two tele-
phone companies in a munici-
pality,” she said.

Moore said if a sitiity

would be exempt from the
on-air broadcast restrictions.

“What we have here is a
renewal-of the licence, which
will be up for review again in
1981, At that time, we could get
into the same problem with the
Canadian Radio-Television
Commission.”

The two other community
co-operative TV: societies af-
fected are the New Denver-
Silverton Co-operative Televi-
sion Seeiety and the Mount
Sentinel TV Society Co-opera-
tive. :

Brisco credited community
and news media support for the
success of the campaign against
the CRTC ruling.

Brisco said he would con-.
tinue to press the CRTC for a
permanent exemption for the
three television co-operatives,
He said the co-operatives are
the only broadcast organiza-
tions of their kind in Canada.

Earlier’ this year, the
CRTC had ruled that rebroad-
cast of a U.S, channel on air
constituted broadcast of pro-
gramming containing no. Ca-
nadian content.

In reversing that decision,
the CRTC cited three factors:
the financial constraints in-
volved; the length of time the
co-operatives had been operat-

. ing; and the concerns expres-

sed-by residents of the areas
affected. °

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Good Pets
lf Kept Out
Of The Toilet

Snakes make good pets as
long as they stay out of the

*+ toilet, says Steve Legrady of
Mesa, Ariz., who keeps 40 of ©

them at home.
His children, Theresa, 3,

- and Brian, 5, play with 30 baby

boa constructors born in the
living.room. Besides those and
two adult boas, he has two
pythons, four king. snakes, a
coachwhip racer and a garter

out of their cages, one at a time, ,

“and even the neighbors’ chil-
dren have _ become brave
enough tq touch them.

“My chief worry is to lose
one in the house and have it get
in tlie toilet. Snakes have been
known to climb in the toilet of
one unit and appear in the toilet
of another unit in an apartment
complex.”

‘One of his pythons wan-
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_ not found until it'slithered into’
bed one night with Legrady and i

his ‘wife, Sharon. Legrady .a-
woke to find the snake “nipping
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automotive rental: service for
the budget-minded. 5

Minneapolis: businessmen
Spencer Segal and Jerry Olson
operate , Ole's Rent-A-Wreck,
where customers take their.
chances renting junkers for Mat:
fees of $10 a day or $55 a week.

“We even have air con-
ditioning in some of our cars,”
Segal brags. “It doesn’t work,
but it's air conditioning.”

The Rent-A-Wreck fleet
consists of about 35 junker cars,
or however many of them Segal
and Olson can coax into service
on any given day. The cara,
most of them purchased for less

than $100, are rented without
mileage charges.

Customers take the cars

with whatever. happens to be in
the fuel tank,
“Nobody, but nobody can
beat our prices,” boasts Segal.
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But Segal dismisses: the

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should be receiving some finan-
cial benefit for it,

“If the. municipality didn't
let them'use the streets, they'd

have to: fegotiate ‘their own

easements,” she said.

Castlegar receives $42,900
in franchise fees from Inland
Natural Gas Co. Ltd., the area's
gas distributor, Moore said.

“It is a fee we certainly do
not want to see removed,”

In addition to the UBCM
brief—supported unanimously
in. a resolution by member
municipalities at their confer-

ence last week—a separate -

brief will be presented to the
commission on ‘the City of
Castlegar's behalf by city solici-
tor Galt Wilson, Moore said.

Under the guidelines set -

down by the UBCM resolution,
the brief will. propose all
municipalities adopt’ the prin-
ciple of the payment of fran-

”--¢hise fees by gas distributors

and that each municipality be
free to negotiate its own
franchise fees independently.

The resolution also reques- .

ted the UBCM executive to
study the issue of franchise fees
for all utilities and report to the
next annual convention.

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OOTENAY:: WEST. MP. Bob Briseo dlscusee: heavy-dat:
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iment sales, parts ‘and service centre in ‘Nelson. The Saturday.

opening of the: $1.3 million, 3.8-acre complex marked
n Nelson:

Finning’s_

ato by  Fiyon Cuntes

‘Their mean weapon has

MP ‘Bob Brisco, who:has -_ retransmit: the American. sig-

peared in:front of the CRTC. -- nals. If they are to re-broadcast -
be» the

‘Clevelai

“brewing: because” none’ of: the
‘three TV societies are willing to
stop sending out the’American
channel. They will only switch
* tothe’ Canadian channel,’ they
say, if the federal government
- pays the cost of changing their
equipment. This the CRTC has
‘no intention of doing.: ;

While the fight goes. oo

lew Denver television’ sor

freed on $100: bail’ in
cently. alter being .

49, and: ‘Robert Taylor, 30; said

Sect leaders Walter Hedio,

the He to, we Oba health

Pa esate pinnae APE

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They

“Av confrontation nay. be”

packing. season “under. way,:7
th

getting the
Canadian’ CTV. at least some-

. times in recent weeks,

» has been
eee anew, ‘transmitter to
handle the CTV signal: It will
be re-broadcast from a. major
transmitter at Rossland. .
“There have been

8 “Bquip:
ment Co, Ltd. opened ‘its ‘new, ‘al

Saturda;

Chmptetion: of ‘the new,

inventory‘ of moi

sales, parts and service centre ; Caterpillar and

on 3.8, acres in the new lake:
“font industrial park “ marks ©’
. Finning’s ‘fortieth’ anniversary | 5
in Nelson. The company estab-. Telex, and on-line data
Nshed-its firat branch’ outside

Vancouver here in 1937; in

"the communication Gua
“includes * telephon

ta proce:
sing, linking Nelson‘ with’ other

«| Finning and Caterpillar: opera-: :

rented store and moved :to. tions through’one of the largest
larger premises. on Railway eommunleation netwoeks Jn the

Street in 1948 with. a staff of |

four,

WwW. M. Young,
board chairman and. chief ex-

Finning

: province:

vice; shop; features the : Iatest
tdiagnostic and test equipment.

‘ecutive officer, told. company for repair and maintenance ‘of,
executives, elected officials and

press representatives attend:

ing the opening, Nelson was -
_ chosen as the site for the new
building. because. economic -
growth in the city has been
“stable but always on. the. UP

trend,” : .

cranes, and: a filter washing
system. |
~The sapacate welding shop:

fabrication and repairs. The 800
square foot paint shop features

‘The » new: Saaplex i com:

prises over 14,000 square feet

If Grade 8 school girls are’

‘lows ‘fast oa of coe

forced to} take: cooking» and ‘make hash: pipes and ‘the: girls
sewing,’ boys should: have -to “ge to cooking to n
learn how: to'thread a needles.

too,
of, boys | “must, sign up for

to. take both subjects.
Sawmill: workers ‘and _. log-

‘should have. jake. up °‘with 7 their.
board:

A’spokesman for the Brit- i

gers. got’ themselves into 6 ’ish Colum! Teachers Federa-"

bubbling stew over these issues

“last Thursday at a convention

of the International Woodwor.
_kers of America (IWA}.
2A. delegate © from ° Cran-*

:tion'said
smove:.

‘and ‘boys.

brook’s Local 1-405, sponsor of ~ free to enroll for either course.
“Pearl Roberts, the BCTF’s

the resolution ‘put before the

“with the installation, however.

‘The transmitter is being put in
beside the existing CBC trans:
‘mitter, and when both are run \
at:the same’ time ‘there is.a

one-channel-at-a-time reception:

“for those in New Denver. Major
“work will soon be done ‘to. fix: ~

> says increased use of | the

‘have a sense of false: ‘security.
because ‘of the remoteness or
“coldness of the water, says the
department of social and-health

re etth d ayjion officials: say
that, cold,’ clear. water - is:’no
protection against the disease,
officially called giardiasis.

“The, disease can ‘ brin:

re On

Their Way

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‘and hikers may.
the

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-“She: i thinks it's.
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status of women” nator,

said, however, that some school: -

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mean that‘ girls must. goto
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The 5,000-:quare-foot ser z

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