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‘NELSON — Electronic weather stations are the closest ,
thing meteorological technician Jim Richards has seen to.

a crystal ball.

The man is always looking for perfect ways to forecast
weather and he's sure these monitors will do the trick,

The protection branch of the forest service he works
for during the forest fire season is sold on the
mechanisms and is using eight of them this year in
addition ‘to a fleet of one dozen mechanically operated
stations.

The stations are set up throughout the Nelson Forest if

Region to take the pulse of wind, speed, direction, |

precipitation, relative humidity, and temperature for the
planning. and scheduling of forestry operations,

Decisions on slash burning, forest closures and fire
fighting are difficult to make without knowledge’ of
on-location climate.

The electronic sensors built into each unit can measure

and store valuable data for up to $1 days and test the air
at the same time each day.

An anemometer records wind direction and wind -;

speed, a rain guage measures precipitation and an
electronic probe measures temperature and relative
humidity.

The information is ; patched by phone to protection
headquarters at Nelson and used to measure moisture
content of fuels.and soils and the fire and weather codes
of the Canadian Fire Weather Index System. .

The codes establish the daily fire rating of low to —

extreme and fire behavior.
“Obviously,” says Jim,

make for better forecasts.
“Forecasting is a young science. We know less.about

“accurate weather readings

the atmospheric changes and: what's involved in the’.

. climate than any science knows of its elements.
“Forecasts are a generalization, The forecaster picks a
spot and says what will happen at that point in a given
. time. It can never be absolutely accurate since the
atmosphere is in continual motion.
“The new instruments will improve the ‘spot forecasts
and that's what protection want
‘When fire suppression action heats up, Jim makes spot
forecasts to field staff planning a range or slash burn and
silviculture people may, request a long range outlook for
its tree planting operations.
Jim will deliver a daily weather briefing to the

ELECTRONIC WEATHERMAN .
weatherman Jim Richards ch

Castlegar Airport

of drought or moisture in the region, for example.

s out one of aight .

solar-powered electronic weather stations. ‘used-to™
monitor forest fire situations in the West Kootenay.

Field staff inspect the stations routinely and pass along °

The science of foretelling weather diminishes to guess
work when forecasts of a week in advanet are required
and‘as Jim jests, “I
T've predicted sun. The Lord knows this business better
than I do.”

‘The electronic and the mechanized stations have been .
planted at strategic areas near logging activity.

The sites, usually in exposed areas are fenced to keep
out animals,

the weather readings to Jim at home base.

He'll also glean copies of weather readings from field
staff trained to sample the local weather with hand held
weather instruments.

The electronic models are lighter and ‘more durable
than the mechanical dinosaurs, They are made by Forest
Technology Systems Ltd. in Victoria and retail for $3,500,
half the cost of the mechanical jobs. The new generation
is more accurate and rarely breaks down.

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protection staff and prepare detailed maps showing areas

‘Robson women
plan anniversary

The regular monthly meet-—

ing of the Robson Women’s
Institute was held May 12 at
the home of Mrs. J.S. Scott.
There were eight members
and one visitor present.

As president, Mrs. Nutter,

‘had a bad fall and was tem-

porarily “¢ohfined to bed,
vice-president, Mrs. Anna
Kitchin took ‘the chair.

Two donations were. made,
one to CUSO and one to the
Queen Alexandria Solarium
playground equipment fund.

It was also decided to make

§ a cover for the bird cage at

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the Extended Care Unit of
the Castlegar Hospital as at
present there isn’t one.

Various activities for the
fall were discussed and mem-
bers are asked ‘to start
thinking of ways to celebrate
our 70th anniversary. at the
district ‘conference which is
to be held. at Robson next. .
spring.

A very interesting report
ona new method of detecting
diabetes in children was
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-TOURIST CAMPAIGN

Hospital workers consider action

VICTORIA (CP) — Hos-
pital workers are considering
a campaign to drive tourists
away from B.C. by warning
them. that cuts in health ser-
vices have made the province
adangerous place to get sick.

Jack Gerow, secretary-

treasurer of the Hospital.

imployees Union,’ said Mon-

day the union executive. will...

decide later this week whe-
ther to launch a “Don't Get
Sick In B.C.” campaign.
Gerow said the HEU has
decided to step up its efforts
‘to oppose. Victoria's budget.
restraints, which . have
caused 2,081 layoffs and staff

’ reductions in B.C. hospitals

and have closed 1,114 hos-
pital beds.

Gerow said the campaign
would tell tourists about hos-
pitals stich as’ Royal Col-
‘umbian in New Westminster
and Royal Jubilee in Victoria
which have turned away am-
bulances because of.a short-

- age of staff or beds.

He said tourists also would
be told about B.C. ‘Medical
Association president Dr.
Ray March's warning that

‘ some people are going to die

as a result of the closures of

, hospital beds and cuts in staff
and services. — -

cular

Gerow said obvious places
the union would consider to
spread its campaign would be
ferry: terminals and border
crossings. The HEU also is
considering getting its warn-
ings printed in publications in

“California, Washington, Ore:

gon, Saskatchewan and Al-
berta, Gerow aald.vbie “

It is not the first time a
union has threatened to at-
tack B.C.'s tourism industry,
the province's third-largest
industry. A year ago, muni-
cipal workers in Vancouver
printed a draft of a brochure
telling tourists that a 12-

‘The brochure was never dis-
tributed.

Meanwhile, about 100
placard-waving hospital
workers demonstrated out-
side a city hotel Monday
night before attending a
meeting of an ad-hoe commit-

tee hearing betel on the Pro: i
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RCMP. flown into (own:
to quell drunken spree

" BROCHET, MAN. (CP) —
Residents of this remote In-
dian village are without pro-
fessional medical aid or
school ‘teachers and a major
retail store is closed after a
weekend spree by drunks led ©
tothe departure of 21 whites,
afraid for their safety.

A specially-recruited
squad of 11 RCMP officers
was airlifted 100 kilometres
from Lynn Lake :to restore
calm to the village and near-
by reserve; about 1,000 kil-
ometres north of Winnipeg.
About 600 people live in the
village and reserve. *-

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214) Columbia Ave.,

East Trail —

Just a few blocks downstream from the Old Trail Bridge

nities have long been plagued
with violence and vandalism
caused by liquor problema,
RCMP Staff Sgt. Denny
Stewart said the weekend
spree was helped by the fact
many .residents were flush
with cash from income tax
refund cheques, newly-arriv-
ed from Ottawa.

Fourteen teachers, two
nurses, a hun,. and the
two-man staff. of the Hud-
son's Bay Co. store flew to
Lynn Lake on a scheduled
Calm Air Ltd. flight Monday
on the advice of community
officials.

As a result of the spree,
Stewart said 10 males were
arrested and flown to Lynn
Lake. They were to appear.
later. in Thompson, 320 kil-

-ometres southeast of Lynn
Lake, charged with firearm

offenses, assault’on a male

teacher and breaking and en-

tering. =). =.

A NOBODY INSURED
Although shots were heard

through the night, nobody

was injured during the spree:

when drunks roamed the
streets searching for more
liquor.

Stewart said the first two
constables on the scene from
Lynn Lake had difficulty
coping .with the problem
which prompted officials to
airlift nine other officers to
the scene.

“I would say the liquor
problem is common and from
time to time it flares up,”
Stewart said in an interview.

Philip Bighetty, chief of
the local Indian band, said he

encouraged the white resi-
_ dents to leave.

He said closing the town
school, store and nursing
station would make
community think.”

Bighetty said the whites
will be asked tareturn after a
community meeting to dis-
cuss the drinking problem.

One teacher, who asked
not to be identified, said the
violence started when. sev-
eral drunken men broke into
another teacher’s home look-
ing for liquor. ».

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Population trends lecel poster wins

provincial first

WASHINGTON (AB):
The proportion of the World's
population living in ‘less _de-
veloped countries is higher
than ever before and. still
growing, the Population Ref-
erence Bureau reported
Tuesday.

Increasing at 2.1 per cent
annually, the populations: of
less developed countries’ are’

tries, the ‘report said.
In many developed coun-:

tries, the populations have.

more developed countries is
0.6 per cent.
‘The bureau is a non-profit

group that studies population
issues, said spokesman Carl
Haub. The group published
its findings after recently
completing the study.

The study predicts the
population of Africa will

reach 1.5 billion by the year -

2050, double the number of,

growth for the - continent,
contending it needs more

‘people: to exploit. untapped ¢

resources’ such ‘as. agricul--
: tural land, the’study says.

overall growth rate for the. -

‘The overall growth rate for
Africa was listed as 2.9 per
cent, with Kenya topping the
list of countries with a 3.9-

Investment firms
merge operations

“TORONTO (CP) — Two of
Canada's top investment
firms, Richardson Securities
Ltd. of Winnipeg and Green-
shields Inc. of Toronto, have
merged thelr operations to
form a new giant national
brokerage house. ~

Murray Howe, vice-presi-

The Canadian Press Tuesday

told”

the two firms, each with
more than 1,000 employees
across the country,
merge to form the “No. 1 firm
in Canada.”

He said there would be
some “rationalization” * but
few employees of either firm
would lose their jobs:

‘The new firm will be called
Richardson-Greenshields.

struggling to’. cut

per-cent etwth rate, follow- ©

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MIXED PICTURE.

The picture is mixed in
Asia, -.with some. countries
their’
growth : rates, Bangladesh's, }
population, however, is listed
ion; people ‘and is

‘expected to top 300 million in
the next centr

4.i. The study says s the overall -
‘ growth rate for Asis is 19

countries in Latin= America, :

which has an overall growth

rate of 2.8 per cent, have

reported problems finding

jobs for millions of young
people now reaching working
age, Haub said.

These countries. now are
working to achieve Jower
growth rates, Haub said, to
ease the pressure on social
and economic development.

Europe's overall rate of
growth was 0.2 per cent, with
West Germany posting a
small decline. At 2.2 per cent,
Albania had. Buope's fastest .

will growth rate.

The United States and the
Soviet Union both were esti-
mated ‘to: have .0.8-per-cent
growth rates,

The study, did. not. cite
specific _reasons for. the

canes in. population fig-

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Stanley Humphries Second-
ary School has won first place
in the provincial level of the
‘Knights of Pythias poster
contest on “The Evils of Al-
cohol and Drugs with Our
Youth Today.” Kim Terekoff,
who was also first place win-

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Canada and the United
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Other winners were: .sec-
ond — Janet West, sponsored
by Penticton: Lodge. No. 49;
and. third. —. Bard Onnes,
sponsored by Comox-Court-
enay Lodge No. 64. The con-

test was held May 13.in New.
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Westminster Police and Mrs.
H. Pothorn, art director of
Coquitlam School District
No. 43.

LUXEMBOURG (AP) —
U.S. State Secretary Alex-
ander Haig Tuesday rejected
a Soviet request for a freeze
‘on nuclear weapons, but said
some Soviet arms-control
proposals have “compatibil-
ity” with the U.S. approach,

A freeze would “codify
‘existing Soviet advantages,
especially the nuclear threat
facing our alies in-Europe,”
Haig said.

He ‘said U.S. ‘President

Reagan's recent proposal for -

a‘one-third cut-in’ strategic
nuclear-tipped missiles on
both sides was still the most
“effective approach.”

However, Haig said some
Soviet views have “compat-
ibility with work that has
taken place.”

He was referring to the
Soviet view that previous
arms-control negotiations
should be the basis for new
agreements.

In a televised address in
the Soviet Union, President
Leonid Brezhnev welcomed
Reagan's offer to open talks
on limiting strategic ‘nuclear
weapons but rejected Rea-

CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 19, 1982

- Rejects freeze
on nuclear arms

gan’s proposal for a one-third
cut in ballistic missile war-
heads as “one-sided.”

Brezhnev also said the So- §
viets were ready for a freeze

on nuclear weapons deploy-
ment as soon as negotiations

begin.
AGREES ON THE NEED

Haig said the Soviet Union
clearly agrees on the need for
meaningful arms reduction as
well as a freeze.

He said he interpreted
Brezhnev's latest arms prop-
osals to mean there is a need
to “take into account the sec-
urity needs of each. side.”

Haig made the remarks
after a two-day meeting of
NATO foreign ministers. He
said the other delegates
reaffirmed their support for
the U.S. negotiating posi-
tions and expressed the hope
the Soviet Union would “res-
pond positively.”

He warned however, that
Solviet good conduct and an
easing of Soviet involvement
in Afghanistan and Poland
were still viewed as “neces-
sary conditions for construc-
tive East-West co-operation.”

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