=) ae Castlegar News September 13, 1987 PICKING CONES . . . Mike Harris leans out of helicopter to cut top of fir tree during cone harvest near Nakusp earlier this month. Seeds from cones By RON NORMAN Editor Harvesting fir cones is not a job for the faint of heart — not when you're leaning out the side of a helicopter 100 metres off the ground. And that's just what foresters John Hamling, and Jim Shield did for six days while harvesting fir cones in the Halfway River area near Nakusp. “It's all approved by the WCB (Workers’ Compen- sation Board),” says Susan Harris, a forest technician with Westar Timber in Nakusp, who was in charge of the project. Harris said Hamling, and Shield were strapped into a harness before taking turns leaning out the rear seat of the helicopter. “A lot of (their) weight is on the skids of the heli. copter,” she explained. Hamling and Shiel were in radio contact with the pilot by headphone and directed the pilot as the heli- copter neared the top of the tree. When the helicopter was in position, the foresters would cut the top of the tree and throw the cone-laden branch behind them into the cockpit of the helicopter. “We're actually clipping the branches and the tops of the trees,” oe Harris. She said this é the first year Westar clipped the cones from the trees. In other years it used a helicopter are used to start tree seedlings for next year's planting. Photo for CosNews by Susan Harris Crew harvests cones down the tree. The rake would then be closed and the helicopter would lift up, raking off the cones into a basket as it went. Harris said the rake was unavailable this year, but the cone clipping worked just as well. She said about 50 hectalitres of cones were har- vested, which should produce between 1.5 million and three million seeds. Westar is harvesting the cones for use in next year's planting program when they hope to plant about two million trees. Harris said the five member crew harvested for six days from morning until night, though she would have like to have continued. However, the cones began to open. “If they're open, there's hardly any seeds,” she said. The trick, said Harris, is to harvest the cones just before they open, when the seeds have fully developed and have a better chance of germinating. The cones are then taken to a cone rack at the Westar’s Nakusp office where they are bagged and shipped to the seed centre in Surrey. The seed centre extracts the seeds from the cones and ships them back to Westar, which will then locate a nursery to start the seedlings for next year's planting. Harris says Westar attempts to use all its own seedlings for its restocking program. “Our goal is to try and get the seed from our tree No smoking rule a hit VANCOUVER (CP) — Canadian Airlines Interna: tinal started a trial non-amok- ing policy on most flights this week and flight attendants coming off flights from Mon- treal and Toronto said almost no one was unhappy with the policy. “We had a full load, about 90 passengers, and there were maybe three that wanted to smoke,” said pur- ser Fulvio Pasquali, just off a flight from Montreal. Greg Bilesky, a customer service agent, said he had not met one person opposed to the non-smoking regulations: smoker Rob Landrigan said although he flies frequently throughout Tourism survey planned this fall By CasNews Staff A new tourism perfor- mance monitor planned for this fall is expected to pro- vide better and faster infor- mation on current tourism trends. 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Golf Association in Vancouver said Fri- day. the course at 9.a.m. Tues: — Cashews Photo by Surj Ratidn Although a spokesman for the course has McDonald too old? Questions surround Calgary camp CALGARY (CP) — There are some big awaiting answers as the Calgary Flames apened the 1 NHL training camp Saturday. Those questions include: — Will earthy Terry Crisp be as successful a head coach as his predecessor, cerebral Bob Johnson? — Is Doug Dadswell, with just two NHL games, ready to replace Reggie Lemeljin as the team's backup goaltender? — Will Brad McCrimmon and Rick Nattress be able to revive a defence corps that looked woeful late last year and has since lost Jamie Macoun? — Is Lanny MeDonald as over- the-hill as he looked late last season, and if so, will he admit it? Crisp will start finding out the answers today, when 64 players begin workouts. He became head coach in May when Johnson resigned to become executive director of the U.S. Amateur Hockey Association. The new coach has a different personality from his pre- decessor. Johnson, whose background was in the U.S. college ranks, maintained a scholarly air as he scribbed con- stantly in ntoebooks. The jocular Crisp is from the old school. Raised in the Canadian minor-hockey system, he made his NHL repu- tation as a tough forward with the Philadelphia Flyers in their mid-70s championship years. The club he’s taking over has been one of the NHL's best during the last four regular seasons but has had only one significant playoff run. That was two years ago, when the Flames upset the Edmonton Oilers before losing to-the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup final. “The fact we exited so expeditiously from the playoffs last April is a challenge to the players,” says general manager Cliff Fletcher. It was a busy off-season for the Flames. After Johnson quit, injury-plagued centre Doug Risebrough retired to become Crisp’s assistant. Macoun was fined $1,000 for dangerous driving after he rolled his sports car on a Calgary expressway. He suffered nerve damage to his left arm and may miss the season. The Flames obtained McCrimmon from the Philadelphia Flyers and Nattress from the St. Louis Blues, They joined all-star Al MacInnis, Paul Reinhart, Gary Suter and Neil Sheehy om’ defence that Fletcher says “is a lot better than it was at the end of May.” ? Lemelin, the acrobatic goalie who lost his starting job to young Mike Vernon, wag released and signed with the Boston Bruins. Dadswell is Vernon's likely backup. STOPS SHOTS Crisp says Dadswell matured in his rookie season at Moncton, especially after a late-season recalls for a game against Edmonton. The teams tied 4-4 and Dadswell was spectacular in stopping 43 shots. As forward, the Flames have 12 veterans in camp. Youngsters Gary Roberts, Brett Hull and Joe Nieuwendyk also appear ready to stay in Calgary. Crisp says if McDonald can't do the job any more, he'll have no hesitation telling the right winger it's time to go. Because of the Calgary Winter Olympics, the Flames Sill bo. ch hs Tone for a oF F obrwasy, They will be bolstered by three O! Rick Kosti and centre Calgary moved up to third overall in the NHL standi last year, but lost to the Winnipeg Jets in the first playoff round. Brian Bradley of Canada, and forward Jiri Hrdina of Czechoslovakia — immediately after the Games. Toronto stings Yanks TORONTO (CP) — Ernie Whitt hit two homers and drove in six runs and Jimmy Key cruised to a 13-1 win as the Toronto Blue Jays handed the New York ‘Yankees their fourth straight loss in A League action Saturday event will be coming to both x Castlegar and Birchbank courses, a spokesman for the Castlegar Golf Course said it was the first she had heard of the plan. The B.C. Amateur Golf Tourna- ment was held in Kamloops last year it attracted 120 golfers. This year’s tournament will be held on the Lower Mainland. afternoon. The Jays hit five home runs in the game, including three consecutive homers in the eighth inning. Rance Mulliniks hit a solo homer in the second off Rick Rhoden, 16-10, to Key, 16-4, gave up six hits, struck out one and walked one. Tony Fernandez extended his hitting streak to a career-high 18 Perez repays Expos in winning fashion games int he first with an RBI double. 70,000 AT TAMPA BAY NFL season opens By The The Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots, running of Tony Dorsett and Herschel Walker. The St. Louis offence is built on the passing of Neil Lomax to Roy put the Jays ahead 2-0. Whitt followed George Bell's triple in the fourth by pulling a two-run homer inside the right-field foul pole. Whitt hit a three-run homer, his 14th, off Bill Fulton in the eighth. Jesse Barfield and Kelly Gruber followed with solo shots. Key, pitching before 45,648 at Exhibition Stadium, lowered his league-leading earned run average to 2.85. CHICAGO (AP) — Pascual Perez, appreciative of what the Montreal Expos have done for him, is repaying them with pitehing victories, Perez, backed by home runs by Hubie Brooks and Mitch Webster, threw a five-hitter and struck out a career-high 11 Saturday, leading the Expos to a 7-1 National League triumph over the Chicago Cubs. It was his third straight victory in the Super Bowl losers of the last two years, open the strike-threatened National Football League season with tough home games. The highlight of the weekend will be a Monday night matchup at Chicago's Soldier Field between the New York Giants, who beat Denver in the 1987 Super Bowl, and the Bears, who whipped New England in the 1986 Super Bowl. A strike deadline has been set by the NFL Players Associations for after the Monday night game of Sept. 21. So under the clouds of labor unrest, the Broncos will reen. LA Raiders at Green Bay Wide receiver Jamez Lofton, long a major offensive weapon for the Packers, returns to Green Bay in the silver and black of the Raiders, who will start Rusty Hilger at quarterback. Randy Wright will start at quarterback for Green Bay. at W. The Redskins will open to their 159th consecutive sellout at 55,750-seat RFK Stadium. Washington appears to have a big edge at quarterback with ay Schroeder. open defence of the American C against the Seattle Seahawks before the 130th con- secutive sellout crowd of 76,274 at Mile High Stadium. The Patriots, the AFC East champion last season, will play host to the Miami Dolphins, who are coming off their third non-winning season since 1976. No. 1 draft pick Ricky Nattiel from Florida should improve Denver quarterback John Elway's receiving corps, while one of the Seattle defenders trying to stop Elway will be ballyhooed linebacker Brian Bosworth from Oklahoma. Seattle's offence is keyed to the passing tandem of Dave Kreig to Steve Largent and the running of Curt Warner. Steve Grogan, who will start at quarterback in place of ailing Tony Eason for New England, will be operating behind what: should be an improved offensive line. Miami's defence will be without injured linebackers John Offerdahl and Hugh Green. Once again the Dolphin's offence will be geared to the passing of Dan marino. Atlanta st Tampa Bay A crowd of 70,000 is expected for the pro debut of Tampa Bay quarterback Vinnie Testaverde, but veteran Steve DeBerg is expected to start over the 1966 Heisman Trophy winner. Detroit at Minnesota Chuck Long, the Lion's No. 1 pick in 1986, will start at quarterback for Detroit, while Wade Wilson will be at quarterback for the Vikings in piace * of Tommy Kramer, who has a pinched nerve in his neck. Dallas at St. Louis Dallas will try to begin the road back from its. first losing season in 22 years with a receiver corps riddled with injuries. The Cowboys will depend heavily on the _ hia’s Randall still prove he's a better passer than a runner. LA Rams at Houston Second-year quarterback Jim Everett begins his first year as‘a starter for the Rams, who also have the running of Eric Dickerson. Quarterback Warren Moon, who passed for a club-record 3,489 yards last season, will guide the Oilers. NY Jets at Buffalo Quarterback Ken O’Brien and the Jets hope to make their fans forget their staggering finish last year, while the Bills, led by quarterback Jim Kelly, hope to take a first step toward their first winning season since 1981. Cincinnati at Indianapolis Cincinnati, with the passing of Boomer Esiason, the catching of Oris Collinsworth and Eddie Brown and the running of James Brooks, should snap a four-game opening-day losing streak. Colts quarterback Gary Hoge- boom is out with'an injured left thumb. Cleveland jew Orleans New Orleans, looking for a first winning seasen in 21 years, will face quarterback Bernie Kosar, who passed for 3,854 yards as the Browns scored 391 in 1986, the most for the club since 1968. Sani Francisco at Pittsburgh The 119th straight sellout crowd at Pittsburgh's 59,000-seat Three Rivers Stadium could be in for unen- joyable afternoon watching quarterback Joe Montana lead the 49ers against the Steelers, who were 0-4 in exhibition aad at Kansas City The Chet coming off their first winning season since 1961, will try to extend their winning streak in season openers to five when they meet San Diego, whose quarterback Dan Fouts will be starting his 15th season. Did you know that if you look up the word baby in the dictionary you will see a picture of Carl Lewis? Did you also know that if you look up the word fool in the dietionary that you will see another picture of Carl Lewis? It's true. Not only is Carl Lewis a baby and a fool, he is also immature and a very bad sport. eral raguied isa saint compared to Le’ Oh, by the way, I don’ t like Carl Lewis. As we all know, Canada’s Ben Johnson fed Lewis the smoke from his sneakers in a 100-metre race in Rome a couple of weeks ago and in the process set a new world record by finishing the little jog in 9.83 seconds. Lewis, who just might be a tad bit cocky, has now implied that Johnson took drugs prior to the race. It's obvious that the C in*Carl doesn't stand for class. Cocky yes, class no. Sure, Lewis didn’t mention John- son by name when he made the drug allegation but he might as well have. Lewis came in second in that race, well ahead of all the other racers, except for Johnson of course. So what's he saying? Those sprinters who lagged behind him were on drugs? If you think Lewis is cocky now, you should have seen him after he won a gold at the 1984 Olympics. It was like Lewis thought the whole month, prior to the race in Rome, Lewis fielded questions at a news conference and be admitted that he might have been.a little cocky after the Los Angeles games. Then he went on to aay that he has “matured” since 1984. You're jok- ing, right Carl? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word mature as “to become fully developed or ripe, age, develop, grow, grow up, mellow, ripen, blossom, flower.” Because of the fact that “grow up” is one definition of being mature it goes without saying that Lewis is not mature, On the other hand, the dictionary defines the word immature as “childish, child like, boyish, green, juvenile.” Eg. Carl Lewis. oe 8 6 What is it about the Vancouver Canucks that they've become so in- fatuated with hockey players from the Kootenays? Their latest acquisition from this area is Nelson native Greg Adams, a 24-year-old centre who along with goaltender Kirk McLean went to the Canucks on Thursday from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for slick Swedish centre Patrick Sund- strom. Before that the Canucks manson. five starts since the Expos brought him up from Indianapolis Aug. 19. “T'm feeling better this year than I have ever felt,” the 30-year-old pitcher said. “I appreciate everything Mon- treal has done for me. I want to pitch in the big leagues. I think I have seven or eight good years left.” Perez, who has had drug-related problems, was released by the Atlanta Braves April 1, 1986. to land Creston native Darren Jen- sen, 2 hot goaltender with the Phil- Flyers. And of course Trail's Steve Tam- bellini has been on the Canuck’s roster for a while. the Canucks should start to do some wheeling and dealing with the Calgary Flames in an attempt to pick up Castlegar’s Steve Bozek. Speaking of Creston's Darren Jensen, Canucks president and gen- eral manager Patt Quinn apparently likes what he sees. Quinn was on CBC's Sportsline am recently and mentioned how he thinks Jensen has the potential to be one of the best goal- tenders in the National Hockey League. Philadelphia certainly thougtit highly of Jensen. They even started him in several games. Then Ron Instead of wasting Jensen's talents on the bench as the back-up goal- tender, the Flyers sent him down to the minors to keep him in shape and put Chico Resch on the bench. It's a good bet the Creston kid won't be warming the bench for the