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January
$1.25
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OrisFating
t$
fanuary
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hlts the f,re, You vant to be
there, vatchlng and llrtenlng
ar 5O b llX) Yeare of coastllne
Thc Masthead
by
Jeanne Ferrlq oo-cdltor
ON TTRES AND FTREWOOD
January ls the month when Tom
neatty gets
to
'
know blr
hall
-rrood. :He gees lt flrst 8s a troe
bo msnY' then as a log U) trlm
end sa* lno aetlons, tben as a
plekrp 'load of rcc6ons, *ten- al
'io boat loads of cecdons' dten
as 50 wheelbarow loads uP to
the yard st hlgh tlde. From
theri he glver lt the are and
convertE the lectlons b cords
of flrewood, rtacked (hoPefullYl
above tlre htghest hlgh vater
mark. FlnatlY, iach ctlck of
vood lg carrled lnb the hotse,
lald tenderlY on the woo@lle'
and from thire nestled lno the
wood EtoYo. He caYa that wood
t! ktnd of ltke a frlend bY dte
'
tlme he rtacks tt on $e Ore;
hefs htndled lt so manY dlnea
he sort of. hctes !o see lt go.
Leslte feels that waY about
her wood toor although hcr
woodplle lr bullt ltke ourt'
logs Pulled off tlto
at htglr tlde. She tow:
them rlowlY home behlnd the
Lrnd ulng Uartner Power' b-bc
left htgb on tbc beach undl los
ilde. . Ttcn tleYrrc all chalneavcd' lnto Eectlont' glvcn the
are, and carrled, armload !Y
armioad, uP the hlll to the
stardng
wlft
beaches
woodptle--a thlng of evcr
dlmlnlshlng beautY.
WhCn that qulck bunlng
cedar or slov burnlng flr or
hemloQk
or alder or
unknorn
memorlee blaze and crackle.
There le nothlng qde llke a
hot vood tbve on 8 dark and
wtnry
day.
THANKS TO THE FOLI.OWING
t986 was a god Year for
the BartlcY Sonnder. We
etarted .out last JanuarY wldt
nev rubscrlber number 209
(Ntna Pearlmutterl and en&d
the year wlth rubscrlbers
number 241 (Eva Danulat and
Yet
Phllltp Adams|. We have^rnev
to !d vlro wlll become
cnbccrtber nurnber 212]
ln
1987.
I went baek and eorned
over 50 peoPle rrho contrlh$Bd
to the lbE6 cdldon, eltlrer by
wrldng or drawlng; and cver 4p
buslnerses who sdverd$d Ytdt
lr3. And lct us rct forget all
the chlldren 8t Erlc Godcon
school wlp conrtbued ln 1986.
Thank you' one and alll
Thankr to You readers,
too, whotve regularlY tent lrs
renewal orders and lncluded
everY
klnd vords about readlng iTheY
coverr
b
cover
lslue,
also serve, wlto onlY stand and
Talt.i
lVe look forvirrd
to lgET'
and to tThlngl unattemPted
yet, ln Pro€ or rhYme.r
(Thankr elgo to John
Mllton, 1606-1074.!
For a flne, fat Volune IV'
1986 'edltlon, thankr to the
follovlng:
Pete: .ianitis' Dave Hegstrorn'
'Lorne Mclntosh, Letth Boulter'
Flsv. Vern McEachern, R. Bnre
Scctt, Norble and Eva Brando
$irdl $chmldt, Ceclle LYner'
HoPwood tsernlce $tewartt
tr:ug
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Ebba Jennlngs, fiotl
4 F*rke, Sheils Chambers, Fr*d
and lda 'lVellandr Pat Garcla'
Bernadette WYbn, KtttY UoYdt
Barh' De*roeberl, Fui.J. Mathart
Jeihn Glsb*rne, John Ol*eno Y"l
?veltn Valerie Surger, Andre
lviartel, .Arrnand lerol, Grahsm
Elll*ton, RorY lYllson, Alan
Burger, Don Hslvard' Anne
Stewartn Llnda HaYlock' Merle
Or trom, Brooke Cameront
CrY*t*i ClaPPts, CareY Rcblns"
Ted Atstln, CindY Gretto, KerrY
Seilbn, Kelth WYton, Elalne and
Tom Christlan, Nora Flower'
Atsn Chambers, Bill Smlth, Psul
?ennant, hiiarY Patrlck, Zena
Robereon, and flnallY, Norm D'
Flume.
In Thls Issue
etan &rrger report* on tlee
first Chrlstmas Bird Count ever
held in Bamfleld' The Christmas
ls a tredttlon
to the turn of the cen$trY. It
began ln Nev forltr where--a
rtalurallst got tire ldea whlle
ttralling throtagh Central Fark,
t*;oking- at tii* ladlest feathered
hats. There were 7 other
Chrlstmes co*ntc ln the Lower
Count
dattng baek
GIauc$us-rtlnged Gslls. Tir*re
vere 47,088 blrds of 50 sPeclea
counted
Edmonton bY
reeord-settlng
blr&re"
gro:"lP
trYe welcome
of
a
415
a new ?rfi?*
wlth the new yearr s Perssll
malty of us know, who use$ tne
pen name Fat Grace. Thank
f or, slro for addlng to the
icope of ou torrnal wlth /our
flne and sensldve thoqghts erd
image*.
Tfe algo welcome & nes
reporter-phlloeoPher, J'P:
Ad'ams, vtld comes to Bamfleid
from Atllnr. ELC., where he was
edltor of fte Atlln newspaper'
Thank You t0 Dr, $-.*tlis
Dru*hl of $ims$ Fraser Ll" *nd
Bamfteld for contrlburi*g th*
C.anedlan l{tldlife Servles flyer
rhlch serve reProduecd 0n
24-27, And thsnk You^ ss
lul centerfold artlst tor
psge$
Mr. Nelson Duncan;
hls work $ras eonmibuteet bY
ht*ry
- Scholey. Pakula tosk the
$litrley'
plcnne of DYIan Rlbertson, ,;rrr
trsmlier
Jenuary,
of the
very first
Monthn.
At the O.I.C.r$ reque$tt
wetve included the first three
pases of R,egulations on
!#harves.
fuvernrnent
Matnland, !86 across Canada. In
Vancouver, 150 blrdwatchars
counted ebout 150,000 birds cf
120 sPeclee, lncludlng 7S'ggg
Eurogenn etarllngs and 10'000
'ln
p
Enl*Y.
fi
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THE BARI(LW SOIJhIDER
Vohne V
Jarnry
Mas&ead
Smller of the Month
Small Towus
Ciulstmas Bird -Cormt
Bamfleld Weather
Reglonal Dlst. Rpt.
l9E5-66 Ralnfall graphs
The Water Sy$Em
Coastrnen
The Canada G€ese
Do You Knosr'?
The Search
Church Neuns
The Banded Canade Coose
Cenerfold
Bargaln Hlrr$ng
Hldltfe Trees Need Your Help
leter to the Edhrs
Crovernment Wharves Reguladons
nre Desth of Llernory: i flcdon
Splcy Mexlcan Taco Salad
Cape Beale Weather
In My
Oplntore
l$nber
One
t9E7
Jeanne Ferrte
Dylan Robertson
JJP. Adams
Alan Burger
Peter Jantdr
Al Benton
K
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James Ferrls
Pat Grace
Graham Elllston
Dave Hegrtrom
Pat Grace
Rev. Vern McEachern
Atan hrger
Dttrcan l.lelson
Lelth Bouler
c.w.s.
Jecsle Logvlnoff
Armand lcrol
Eva &and
Norbls'Brand
James Ferrls
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OF THE
fie(Dl{TXili
Dylan Robertson - Mty, t9
I May 18, I 9gr
lte Food I Peanut butter & honey sandrlches
Favorite Muslcl Jlngle Bells
F.avor I te Booi<
R I chard Scarry I s ill{hat Do Peop I e
A I I Daytt
Hobby: Fishing
Favor Ite Toy r Tran sforners
Dylan ls an accompl lshed f raveller, esp€clally
between Bamf le I d and Port Al bern t. He recent I y
dlscovered the exlstence of the Tooth Falry.
Born
Favor
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4
Do
SMALL TOWNS
end road. They sre stuck here
$e trbOte tt t"k* -;
by
.J.P. Adams
becarse
Yes, lt ts tnE. There are
great places to llve ln thls
world. And Bamftetd ls no slorrh
l-n the ranklngs. But anyone who
drlves, floatg or flles lnto thts
gl,ace mrst have a good reasoni
The end of the ratnbow lc not
an exc..ise to suffer the lndtcnlw
of the Banifleld Road or a -suif
chop !n the Channel.
So whatrs the blg deal?
R?y are people here? And why
do they etay?
For go*,le the only reason
to
come here
T3:ey compleae
commerce
theyrre gone.
ls to
a
leave !t.
stngle task of
or recreatlon
and
Others corne here so thev
wontt hsve to be
somewherl
else. They left an tnhospltable
themselvee here, somettrneE
llte-rally, other tlmes flgura-
envlronment and slmply - found
dvely.
Some folks are here by
accldent" They eame for onl
season and after ten years end
100 feet of rain tlrey- are sHll
here. They didnrt chose Bam_
fleld; ogponunlsm retgned and
Bamfleld, maybe by rtefault,
cnose tnem.
It has a rlch habttat.
attractr people who rrsnt t0It
strdy it or harvest it. They flslr.
cultlvate, they rnveiUeae
lhuy
It
and that Is their Job. Tirey
make money at lt.
For others lt ts a dead5
leave lr greater than the
of ilvtng ln a raln
lnclemencles
foresL
Therc ere thooe who make
staytng here thelr polttlcs.
Some were born here;
gthers.want to dle here.
'Maitci ts a word *opri-rne
to degcrlbe
word.
here?
lL
Horne
ts ttre beet
But what keeps
them
--Quallty. For the most part
Emall
towns Ilke this func-tion
because people recogntze there
ls a guality of life liere that ts
rare throughout the world. Ncw
trqualltyn ts a very
big word
and beyond my scop€ to define.
That notwithsrandlng,- the
Judges at the country fatr
spurned my mothert$ rhubarb
ple but I never sav a Judge ln
our kltchen when she plrclied a
ple fro;n the oven.
It ls the web of lnterdependablllty rhar fuels small
tonrn surylyal. We depend Gn
each for mld-afternosn tea and
gosslp, for services, and even
for a confltctlnj
gomeone
optnt*nn
to argue wlth.
Those around us are all
we hgve. feoplq dontr say, isee
you laErri
ln si,lall tovms. It ls
redundant, Of course you
wllt
ree each other later - beeawevho elce are you golng to suu?
$o vhy do peopli teave?
_ Beats me. I suppose one
manrs floor ts anotti6r *"ili
.celllrrg. Or to ^brlng tr closer to
nome, one man'8 boat ts anotlter
mants camel.
dtdntt rnmple the forerta and
otlpr land areac adequarclY and
common fcrert' blrdc rucb at
Goldcn-crowned Klngleu and
tsamfleldts 1986 CltrFtmas Blrd
Cqrnt
by
Alan Brger
llVlnter lVrens strould have been
ln the top terr. It&ybe next
After reveral falsc startE
year we can tldst a few more
srms h sover all the habttstg
resulttng *om $onilq, BamllPldrr
flrgt ever Chrlrtmae" Blrd Gount
3l Decclrr
ber, lYe rnanaged b convlnce
ter peogrle t* glv* uP ' tbe
.;rosrr*th *f thetr honws to brwe
strons wlnde and f*equcnt
{CBC} took placn on
I
better.
Almgedrer se cowrted 6t
speclc* ln the c.st$'rt perl*d "urd
hed s tota! of 24,4$ blrds
stght*d on the csunt dsY.
Bemfteld wlll never rlval
*h*wer* snr* co$nt b|rds" Afl
had an lntersstlng tlmer filsnY
Victorla* Van*ouver 0r lsdner
for the top sgot ln Canadlan
CSfs" They all regrularlY get
I {lS- t 30 sp*eler s*d tenc of
t3-r**sands sf blrds" hievertlrel-
nsw birds were seen snd
l*lentt{ted end nsw hot-spo* for
t
I
birds *icc$vered,
I
The Gi*ucous-wlng*d f'stl
I
turned qrut tCI be she flDsst
abundant btrd in our sres! se
counted 453 of t&em s*d ther*
s{i5re $s d*ubt man} otlrer$ ln
sr*es wc dldnft vislL hlext !*
llne wa$ the Surf $ccter, rJre
bane of local rnussetr farrners.
We ceiun ted 3 S $ of the:rl.
Bufflehesds wsr* *drd' st ?EE.
Th**e ettractlYe Ilttle dr-rcks
s$sr E"s dtd ar$ up *orne good
numbert and $sise Intereatlng
*peeies,
X.athy Kleln and Andre
Martel had good vieq$ of a
Slpper Beat Frederlck Lake'
Thts wl*rd ltttle btrd, scarcelY
lnrger then a Roblnr makes a
Itvlng by catchlng lnsects on
thE bottom 'of nshing ttr'eatr!.q'
The Dlpp*r plungea lnto the
s.ere tlre rnost cse:npB btrCs af
the lnlet, eompledng the sP
t'&n mo$t ab*ndant sFre*ies w$re
c$ffent nnd emerges s
few *ecouds later *tth a beak
full of aquotlc lnsectt. Itrs
repo4ted to be able to waf k
al*:ig the bottom of stream
feia:rrtng
**rrowts Goldeneye {1?l},
Crctr { I fi?},
Pelagtc Cormorint {tssi'
ile*tern Grebe {?0}, RedNor th- ise$ lerE
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Breesced Merganser {52}' Mew
Gull (501 and Brandtrt Cormsr-
ant
{43}.
excePdon of the
the most conrnotr blrds
Wtth the
croqr,
all
Yere water-blrds,
dernonstreting
the local aguadc
the rlchness of
envlronments. Actually. lre
6
beds. See what ycu rnJs+*d bY
u.atchlng football lngtead of
golng birdlng!
Jeanne Ferrtr, laura (from
Edlnburgh, Seotlandl and I had
grsst vlevg of a Peregrlne
Falcoo. Tvlce lt eame
vhtstllng over our boat ln
Dodger Chsnnel" We also saY
'
l-e dilaarre coutn, tbe Merltn,
lytng oter ltimfteld Intet Jand
Watson and ?om Shletds chaiked
up an lmpresslve llst of aeablr&
from the Deer Islands and
Treyor Channef *trlle Cllff and
Llnda Haylock uced thelr canoe
to got cloee to ttre many dnks
at tbe top end of Bamfletd lnleA
$everql of rs cotrunented on tfie
ty of S tefi*rrs Jays.
Normally $e$e ral&out birds are
consplcuoue and ptenttful.
I91y
This mystery trss resolvld when
N-en 0strom phoned in her dayrs
slghtlngsr vlrtuslly alt fire
s_cnrci
We plan
to do
tt all
nert Chrlstmag and wlth arain
rfore
people and more co-operatlve
storm patterns ve ehoutd chalk
rp a longer, eyen mote lnterest_
lrF llst of blr& than rhts drne.
llrdlnq ta atrays unpredtctabte:
the llttle
Screch Ovl- wtrictr has
!!ke.n resldence at the Marlne
stadon vas abent on ow count
day, but a few niglits leer li
ya: - slttlng qutetly tn rlre *.sd
besld_e my howe, es lf to remlnd
me tnst It w"ss stlll around,
tagn-s Jays had been spendlng
tire da;r getdng hand-outs - at hei
feeder.
MY PIRSONAL-EM
ARY
I.'IY PERSIINRL SECRETRRY
rhe
,
:':-
*A:::"*.?:, *ru*:lr sou';r
Faper
clppg D i sks Frerms
Conrputen Sof tware end I'lanuer I s
Sreeretarieil Service:t
Fl
trRLL
TODRY
3A27 4th. Rwe. Port Rlberni
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BAMFIELD WEATHER
by
'
Peter Ja;ttls
December
ls the wettest
and the stormlest month of
lr
the
yearr wldr an aYersge ralnfatl of
16.8 lnches. Thls year Ye had
19"26 inches for the month. No
[Pr for
snos. So ve ended'lnches"
122.73
t986, rlth
doubll,ng I 985 162.2
inci:es). Average ralnfali for a
;near ls 108.?3 lnches.
A i rn*st
As for the hlgh ddes. l{ell, we
dld not get guib washed ewayl
For that ve can thank Mother
Nafire. The hlgh tlde of 13.0
feet sas b take place on the
3lrt. But, thanks to hlgher
prer$ure (30.10), leas raln gnd
no rlnds at that dme, dte dde
measured only 13.9 feet. The
hlghert Slde on my records ls
thEt of i5.t feet ln 1969,
December Ilth. Barornetrtc
pressl.re at thst tlrne vas 29,35.
TemPeratt"res
A hlgh of l3oC. on the 2lst.
A
leir of -3cC on th€ lOth.
Mean rnaxirxun 8.74oC
.\{enn Minlmr.rn 2.*SoC
:\{een Ternpera*re 5.4cC
ffinppg $[rw Srnr
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Fros thc
(trlilrg snb {llrnilg Snfr
Thrnt you for
your prtronegr
duriog thc pri Ycrr.
GoodFood
Reasobable Priccs
ion. The recomnendatlons
RECIONAL DISTRICT REPORT
by
Al Benon
the Inqdry are qule
The year ended rlth &€
Reglonal Board recetvlng two
repor* that wlll be of lntcrest
to many Bamflelders. The flrst
ls the flnal report from the
I{est Coast Flshery Semtnar/:
Workshop whtch the Reglonal
Dlstrict sponsored on OCtober
25, 1986. There aro 83 speclflc
recommendatlons ln this report
a$ well as a nunber of general
recommendatlons. As I donrt
have room to llst them all tn my
colu':rn, I will Just say ttrat lrll
of
comprehenslve and once mor€ much too
long for me !o lnclude ln thls
colt{rth but orrce'. ggaln vould
I
be happl' to lend .rny eopy b
anyone
who ti lnterected, or
'
you cao ottalfl:rlqln own @py
by vrltlng :to dre Mlnlsry of
Foresa and landi.
Sdll on the bplc of fish
farms, the A.P.C, received
copies of Sectlon t0 referrals
for posslble fish farms in $an
to lend my copy b
Mateo Bay. One of thern
covers 55 aeres. The A.p.C.
felt very srongly thar rying up
euch large areas seitoust!
the Reglonal Dtstrlct offlce.
For anyone wlth an interest tn
the ftshlng lndue try, ltf s yell
of commerclal fishlng and
- recredtliin. A Sec tion I 0
applicatlon'only *llows the
appllcant to evaluate a slre,
be happy
anyone who !s lntenected" or you
may obtain your own copy from
worth reading,
coveig 35 acres and the other
impacted
on the competing uses
but.l wtll be closely monirorlng
The second report we any future appllcatlons for
recelved wss that of the B.C.
tenure on tlese arsas.
Fi*ftsh Inqulry. As maqy of
you knov, a moratorlun on the
lssuance of flnflsh aquaculnne @Osrom's llachine $hop Ltd.
tenures wa{r lmpored by the
Flghcnnen'g gryplias . lhrfuarc
Provlnclal Government on
Cctober 31, 19E6. An lnqulry
lmperial Prcductt .
farln* Failway
was then instltured under Mrr "' ,.
llarlno Ftrcl.gFtron
David Gillesple lnto tlre lmpact
and lrnplicatlons of Ftnftsh
Atltornotlib Glr
marjculture on other lndrsales"
fleutlcd Chrtl . Tide Trbhr
and the foreshore udllzedon ln
B.C. The Regtonal Dlstrlct of E FELo.B.c. vffi tF /TEtGpi.mrE 7:tsg:rtt
Albernl-Clayoquot presented a
bri e f to the lnqulry whlch
emphasized the need for rnore
local tnput lnto declstons on
leases and llcenses of occrpat-
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by
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Jatrs F irytt
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promtred tome luggettlmprovtng
-waer dn marageHere
for
lytEm'
',I€llt of the
r$:ey are:
The satcr board snd the
Board are -respottstblc
'{eglonal
"rr- provldlng good' qleaq
Yltor
at
restdena of Bamlleld
'sEtle
lowost Prlce Posrtble and ln
:e most efflclent maffler.
tf there are exPosed Yater
ines, low Pressure PtPes' ald
chei problernsr, lt ts nCIt the
.espqnslbllltY
of
tho 'Publlc-m
,riorce tlie rule$-'" Publlc
iti!lties have ctandardE that
rust be met before You can
+nnect t0 them. &c. Hydro
,jll not sell Pcrrer tf wlrlng
:nd eervtce conneetiong do notls
,tre*t ttrelr standards' Therc
*o reason thst the necessery
bY
",randaf,ds cannot bc met
as
If,
,..iers of t}te water 8Ystem.
been
have
r/as lniSicated" there
any Problems wtth hookuPs
het- d; not meet these stsn*
'lards, it seems to me &at &aso
.rhs cause the Problems should
-;,s the ones *rat &re forced to
rpgrade to meet the etaldards
*et by
-- the syrtemr
The debt lncurred b build
the systern te Pald UY $e Parcel
tex iharged in the deslgnated
aresE. there tg ltttle thst can
done. therefore, to reduce
this amount. (t understsnd th*t
there ls re-flnanclng of thl$
debt belng consldered, and- lf
te
thlr lr tlre carer. the lnerest
ctrarger wtll be analler aod tre
cori rhould go down!. The
devaluatlon of our dollar
caused thls cost to become
largcr and that addttlonal
char:ce tc valtd and urderstendable-. If addltlonal Porcelr
become tncluded ln the
deslgnated area, and no firdPr
monly ls borrowed, then dlq
tal should
lndtvidual parcel
decrease. Thlr ls endrely
separate from oPeradng coEtst
*trtctr are Pald bY user fees.
We have not been
lnformed a$ .t0 the aetual cost
of rrnnlng dle eYscm on-1 {ef
!o day basls" 11'e are told that
the loss of vaer dtrolgh orr
lqnorance, lflck of consclence
eau$ed
oi poor
-cost Plumbtng haswe
Slnce
to escalete.
thls
costs
lt
do not know hos rnuch
fo n"El the sYsErh ve have no
waY of knowlng what uhe
lndivldual charge rhbuld be'
The fact that otre lndtvldual
rrsed sn excogslve emount of
trec*r te u$'ed a$ 8n ex*arPle of
the abuseg suffered bY the
system. If there hnve been
others* a8 tnferredr hov manY
were therg, q'here weFe tleyt
and what wag done about lt
How much ts tbe charge for
electrlclty? What are the
and how
othir eYriem cocts'&e
waer
r*uch are tlreY? If
we
dten
system ls ottr rYrem
lt
Yhat
hive a rlght to know
costs to operate.
0K, so what to do?
12
Flrst of all, set stendards
and enforce tfiem. The sysoem
@uld be zoned, rldr rneers ln
locatlonr that vould rnake tt
pocslble to find the ares of dre
water loE!. To laatatt lndlvldnl
meterg, at a qFt of
su$tomer, b a large
not rFce$ary.
$tq) to
pnnldve, they wodd be;
{t have heard drat rc-flnanclng
ls betng consldered. If to, the
boardg are to be comnpnded.
Asrumlng tlrat the savlngs rllt
be parsad oo to dre wers, that
the
lr exsctly the klnd of acdon.
&at should be taken b redrce:
the' coSt to the lndlvldual.
Thlr does Bot change thre
cst that lr
If these
rneters vsre lnrtallcd, there
rould be an addldonal charge of
$2.$0 per mo*tlr for servlce 0o
them, whlch lg another
unnecesrsry erpense. There
wsuld be an Edded charge for
nrater used ln exc?gs of an
amount
iet by the board" If
refi.nds
or redum t}e
ses$on
rl&8
)rou are golng to charge for
sater used on n gatlonage baals,
then I suppote you should glve
for thls
,nrtiqle,)
TFr{Tr.t.evsHuf,
??3-3894
lllnfrff&
charge to
the
arnornt of ryater allowed in the
baslc charge. If It costs more
those who use lem than
PAn{? CtHT*r rTs"
+
I l^ratt ix*lrrexg rgr.dto{utt
I tLooi covfatil4t
I Atrt <trrlt
. f*Ll*rc rr|*g . ril,'!.*G
*tfF^.cTmi.
to provlde the addltlona I
lt rmrst cst less to
provlde less"
It wsuld"helpn 'of cornse, to
gallonage,
stop looklng Bt the reladonshlp
bet$ee$ the ueer snd ttre board
It shoulcl not be.
The 'ffster beard, and the
Reglannl Dls*ict, Ere chosen by
the c$r$munlty to do what ls
best for the communlty.
Bemfleld ts not full of pmple
trying to ftnd woys to rlp off
the rvaer str$tem" ililost of us
work for ow money, try to pay
our bllle, and rtll cooperate
wlth sny reasoneble rulec for
efflclent operadon of the water
ss sdversarlal.
system. Whlle tt mlgbt not be
the lntentlon of the board to
make the additlonal charges
otoossQoe$secao00Qtosotseos
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COASTMEN
The
lald goel ou to reavardgrovt
*fr"ne dre-rasgpd morntalnsand hllh rwlng do*a'to vaueYt
*ttl* the lonelY rlYers flow'
And aye, the coastrnanra heart goe$ out
wlnd'
*tro"'t,itt btows on tfrecedars'
of
border-ftlnge
to *r"
to the land where ltfe ls thltuted
drlw
to quallty. futd tlre smoll-shtnsitioGt inus$ ln the psradox of rnen'
llke a thtn t}read of PwPore'
stttchlng tPtl to llfe agoln'
And all ttre tt&s conre ln heret
and all the ddes go out'
il
th; ;LuteO' [-e1r-str9Y.r shinsle
ehout
ts the nPon-left' debrlsed
of what lc teft of livlng'
of the'bones along th9 w-PY'
dre coasBnanre
-lYrtcs
"nO
to thls IaY'
write"Ye
flngers
The ses comes ln to landvard
whsre the rockY lslends 8r9w' .
;*J-d* song hio surf llke lgnelY
""::::.:::'ll"n
Pat Grace
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THE CANADA CEESE
by
Cireham Etllston
Ac I war crosslng the
echool yard oa my ray to vork
thlg mornlng t heard a famlllar
Eound. It vaE a fllght df
Canadh Geese wlnglng lul way
routh ln a beautlful iveei
formatlon, They yere flylng
Iow and I stopped to. gaze at
them undl tlrey dlsappeared, As
I wa tchedo rnemorles from
bygone years flooded lnto my
appearance at about 3 otctroek
on tlrc mrnlng of my blrthday,
Octobcr 23rd. Bf dre dme I
had rtaggercd home from the
horplul tte shy vas beglnnlng
b llgten ln dre eart It wss
too early to phone anyone, and
I was oo exsled to sleep and
too drcd to focrs' on anythlng.
Tlren addenly I heard t}e cry
of tbc Canada Gce*e and vent
outstde b rabh a* t}ley swspt
along, hlgh !n the eky. lVhat a
perfect greedng for a new llfe!
mtnd.
I ltke to thtnk that we
Geese drnlng
the early fortles, ln Bamfleld.
We certalnly dld see them there
and it tg dtfflcult to lmaglne.
DO YOU KNOW?
by
'Dave Heg*aom
flrst raw Canada
whEre we mlght have soen them
be&Ig that dms. lvfisn used to
$sy that tte hxnrnlngblrds rode
sonth an t&e backs of the geese.
I dontt knor rrhere she got thtr
tnforrnadon, but she belleved lt
was true and, of cour$e, ve
belleved lt too. Itve neYer
it out, perhaps beca$se
please* me to lmaglne etl
those hummlngblrde travelllng
sou& ln sucb style"
However, even wlthout tbe
checked
it
hunmlngbtrde,
the Canada Geerc
sre a comfordng elglrt and &e
sound of thelr honklng gtves me
such a thrlll that I have to
caeh my breatb. I hope lt stll
always be drat way.
Our son, Mlchael, vas born
t ! The worldts largest Bull
Elephant $eal rlas killed ln
Possecsten Bay, South frecrgla,
U.$.r{" on Feb. 28$, ISl3. It
was 22 U2 feet long (S.SS m)
and welghed 9000 lbs.
2I Tbe fastest sea lion ws$ a
Callfornla se& llon re*orded at
25 rnph. ({{l trn*1.
3) The despe t divlng real yas
a Weddell Seal. A depth g$tge
attached to the seal rec*rded
600 m (11968 ft.). The preasure
at that . depth would be 875
lMn2, (6033 kpa) of body area.
Tbe worldre heavlest hcrue
was 6rf, tall and welghed 3200
4l
lh.
5'
wae
The rorldte tallest horse
7t li tall.
Clydeedate.
lt was
a
ln 1972 after a long and 6)
Tte rorldrs oldest honse was
dlfftcult labor wbich lasted all iOld Blllyr. He was foaled ln
weekend. lle flnally put ln nfrr' t760 atrd dled on Nov. 2/, 1822,
BIRDS ON THE HILL
by
tda Welland
Hon'ever, back.
a
5 ll2
ln The
Tree. They procwded m
work thelr F&y from the top
do'ivn, quickty checklng out dte
llehen and moss for all sort$ of
lnsects, or seedq and then, llke
a gwlrl of autumn leeves
srddenly caught nF ln the wlnd,
the whole flock took off ln I
ffia$$ nsrlrmver of fltghq criy ts
reti;rn in a few mlnutes, thls
dn:e landing in the Aspen . trees.
Hardy ltttle blrdq they are
ghown as year*round restden$
from Callfornle clear up to
Alaska, ss well as out to the
Atlanttc coast. The Plne'SlEkln
ls a member of a large famlly
calleei 4r{nsllU{.q9.. which
4 U2 and
ln length, he ls
Between
lnches
lYell letts leave the Pine
for nowl
I{e heve a new plece of
equlpnent
-'or
rnaybe
I
sh**Jd
call tt outdoor furniture -
a
feeding statlon. The
blrde, seem b spprove of $ris
new,
birt'
lnnovatlon, flndlng the ehel*er
welcome wh*n the wlnd is
blowlng
ls
or tt ls ralnlng.
T3rts
modern ehalneaw archltecturer at ltl best, Cerved Into I
hollowed secdon of a cedar iog
are three openlngs for comlng
and golng.
lncludes Grosbeaks, Flncher,
Sperrows and Brntingo. At least
there ls esreement on thlr polnt
ln all three books I uae fcrr
Iocated
to
,It l$r af course,
tn a hlghly
vlslble, spot
make blrd vatchlng most
coruf,*Etsble
at the breakfast
table * or e$i' tlme for that
mcrtt*r. To date, ctlstCIr$ers !0
re fe rence. There the ful !
a&reement ends. Roger Tory
Pelerson llsts fne Plne Slskin as
SPltilrs, Phr$ { t llke that one},
as does, W. Esrl Godfrey in nThe
Blrds 0f Canadan, However, the
Natlonal $eographtc Socletyrs
thle avlan faat food..: outlet
tnclude Varled Thr,ushes,
Stellarf s Jayc, Rufour-slded
Towheee, a few Fox Sparrows
and a couple of Amerlcan
Roblna $at have llngered thus
far lnto the wlnter.' I donrt
trFleld Gutde to the Birds of
North Arnerlca; calls tlrls llttle
fellow Carduells Dlnus. {lVlsh
me!]
ldenttfylng htm as he
qulte heavlly rtreaked on dre
breast and on the bach, and
also sporui I brlght yellow ln
the wlng bars, ae well ae a
patch o! &e tall base. Thts
yellor does'not alrrays show rp
very cleerly, dependlng on the
llghdng -at the ttme of slghttng.
-Siskin
Slshlns sddenty appeared
to
ln
flttc abq$"
Maple
w6i[tt
Flne
feanrree lc
decply notched tatl, r'hlch
helps
Welt, Irm havlng an earty
stsrt tftls nonth for grre. Here
It lr ,u$t the begtnnlng of
December and rpre blrdc have
&ppeared arourd The Htll.
Today I large flock of Plne
they
to orn
Slskln. ftre of hls
know lf the Roblne ari eatlng
the seedr but they seem to use
16
the ststlon for parklng
Frrposeg.
Maybe the Robtnc know
sornethtng wc donft about the
weatlrer. There Eoem to q[le a
fev of them sround l; the
nelghborhood. I ronder lf ttrlc
meanr that thls codnlng vlnter
,TI{E
SEARCH
In &e atr
of rlldenbro htllr,
ln the s€cret coves
vtll be a mlld one. Ahor tast
rlnter that yould be gutte e
welcome change"
In the meentlme . Folkc,
Happy Btrdlng - End HAppy
of upeopled.
there
coasq
lr a idll,
qdet feeltng
.as tlough the sowds
of tlrcse plases
have no known
facee -- no volees
lnterpretable by man,
NEW YEARIT'II
They are
shred$
of lnflnlty
earthed ln t&elr
ewn
sphere, drawn
to
another. plon.
ThI* ls s'hat we seek
when we go there *-
And, r
80
plid
yur
proreivr
in Carnda
a peek
at a posrible key
to the ancient peace'
b*kr w ep.
+proach to imorystiu.-producs
ghcr ur the fuarrel
of tlme caught
ln a wtld frarae --
the game of renu"nlng
wherrce we eame,
8e&chs
eer3|@
as
f*tTFCiSBc
. #q3bdc{tnl$t
Dolr'l*rc$cod
$ome hlnt llngerc
arraltlng. only
rc*grmrnldlftrrth
&e otrch
of reeklng
;d*nlilrco#Grtk.lSIFfThi Artsn.tlc Ocumcnt Ford hrndu rp to 50 alCnrlt
.lo''t rlt'l thr Auromrric ffrFilhnion Sd.crr rnd thr
Astofrutb Exporrrr Conrol m*n til Zl3olg
rn rxc$tiond grrlocrrr.
rnd
flngers.
Pat Grace
Crestetrrer lrrc
{tol} 382.5tEr
lf
ln paleolldrlc prlntt
Atbardsdeiddc"Nldrd
17
CHURCH NEWS
by
Rev. Yern McEachern
iere lc orr sehedule for
Barbara Buckler was saddened
December by dte dea& of
Barbaratg fathcr, Roberf:' iBobtt
Blundell of Salt Sprtng Island
where he sas a promlnent
buglnesr man snd communttY
rorker untll hlr redrement a
few yearu ago. Htc death wa$
ln
JanuarY
nd February:
,lo cerotces drrlng Janmry.
{o cervtce on FebruarY lrtI',*b.. Eth: Servlce at I l;0O aJtl.
''sbo I I thl Potluck supper f,t
.li} p.rn. followed b}t ttra fuirrual
ieedrlg.
eb. lSth and 32nd" Servlees au
i l:S0 ff.m.
No ssrvlces JanuarY lst
rough Februery lst' 8,$ I rrtll
:# sn vaeatisn. Ttrne to glve
the old van a re$t and have lts
nnual tune-lp and check over.
,!sa hope to avoid some of drc
vi*ter $torrn$ snd bad rsads.
$xpect ts be back on ths ,ob
'i'eb. 6th ln preparatlon for
on Dec. l0th, slth niemorlal
gervlce on Dec. 20ttt. Our
slncere eympathy to Barbarao
Dou, Candlce and Andren !n
thelr toss of a dear father and
grandfather"
?hat Just aborn wraps tt
up for another year. Many
thanks to orr edltors, Jlm end
Jeanne, fsr prlntlng thls
colurnn each.month" Hope
$anta wss good to e Il our
readere and wlsh you good
health,
blessing
in
peace ' and Godf
s
198?.
lrvice on Feb. 8tlt.
Our annual congregatlonal
noedng will be held on l{ednel-
d*y, Feb. I lth followlng the
U.C,W. Potluek $upper ln the
}"lall.
l-{ope your Chrlstmas and
w Yearfg celebrations were
frlends and
',rppy ones witlr''
you I am glad
,fl report that Torn and Joyce
rVEther were able t0 ret{rn. to
?amfield on Dec. l6th ln dme
-qladves around
Ch;istmas at home, after
reveral weeks ln Port Atbernt
,Jr medlcal attendon. We wtsh
.!rem good health ln the New
:or
Year.
The famlly of Don
"ndlg.
H$tRnH$ R8Sr.
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THE BANDED CANADA GOOSE
by
Alan &nger
Many peopla
ln
Bamfleld
law a yery tame
Canad-a Goole, wuatly found
ncar the yrcht ch$ or dre esst
dock. It had a rcd coltar otrr
tftls
wt
summer
th the number gZ7 .
It
renatned tn Banlteld for geverat
seeks tn May and Ine,
I reported the nurnber to
the Canadlan Wtldllfe Servlce
and thlg month recelved a
cerdflcae glvlrrg all the detafls
about &ls btrd. It was banded
ln Alarka, naar C;ordova, on ZA
MARINE
LTN.
July, 1965 by the Alaska Flsh
and Came Dept lt'war a malo
and at least tm oi nore yearg
old. Ittr mt clear *try ttn- blrd
remalned ln Bamfleld' thie
rummer lnstead of rtnglng lt8
?ey back to Alasha. It may
have been -lnJured or slckty,
whlch mllht alco exglaln wlry lr
was to tame.
. Reporte of 'banded or
collarcd blrds have helped to
routes of
many wlldfowl lpecles. Thls
plot the mlgratory
knowledge helps plan a management srsbgy for each populatlon, lrrolvlng wtldltfe euthorltles
at breedlng and rrlntering
grounds.
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pluron
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or Evim* orlord
rcryld h os A&rirttl 6E hTi(c
oqmfffi wit'tr FtIm 01f, Frsu.
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WILDLIFETREES
NEED
YOUR HELP
lvold cuttlng tr€es inportant
to vt.l,dLtfe ln Brlrlsh
Colunbla. 01d, deeaytag rad
dead treeg are ueed foi:
- open neetlngt oepret,
bald eaglee, herone
cavity neatlng: goldeneyes,
woodpeckern, ovl.c,
chlckadeea, sarten
hunting perches: hswks,
f lycafcher*
feiad s*araser
squf"rrels. gray
.* shelter:
.Jats
chi.eksdees, bats
faod source!
j.nsect eating blrda
restlng and roostlngr
sl*al.lows, herkg
Spot
WILDLIFE TREES
Utldltfe trdes provldc hoiee
for lant ktnds of vttCttfc tn
Britlsh Colurbla.
rpeclee of
apecles of
7 epecles'of
23 apeeica of
7 epecles of
t8 rpeclee of
species of
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ll.
1.
blrde of pr€y
roodpeckerc
ducke
congblrds
furbearcre
auall lannals
salsaander
*ed Squtrrcl
TYPES OF CAVITY USERS
Friuary Cavitv Hesters
Thie group of vildlife
(voodpeckers end nuthatches)
excarateF holee ia soft,
decaying uood of trees. They
nake ner holee eacb tear,
leavlng thclr old holee to
ueed by bther ylldlife.
be
lloodpcctcr
lecondarv C.gryitr ltestqrs-
Thie group of vtldlife {onle,
kestrele, bluebirds, yood
duckg, flytng ogulrrels,
$arten). cannot ercavate thelr
o$n holes and so aske their
hoiree ln abandoned holes of
prlnary cavlty ncrtere and
natural cavltleg created by
broken tops, loet branchee and
llgbtenlng strlkse.
Blrcl-crppcd
Chlcladrc
25
lf{alrr*crren
tyrllot
LEFE STAGES OF TREES
ln vhlch to
Cavlty nestera requlre aultablc treeevtll
do'
buf lrt'their resta' Xot Just any tre€
to
useful
nost
Trecs
otf,ers.
than
better
are
"or" ne!tert are uaually ln decltnlng stagee of
cavlty
as brokeo
ifr"it"ltfe cycle. Old lnJurles,toEuch
fungi and
top" ot branthegr crgose trfee role
in
dtiuu"" uhlch la turn play the{r
ercavatlou and
uoiitofog the rood for- easyAt
each ltfc staget
creatlng-natural ceiltlaa.
of
iron" .ie habltat for dtfferent specles
fall'en' it
vlldllfe, Even rhen the tree has
eantinuee to provldc ahelter snd food for
*ildlife.
'
B4^1d
X*6lc
iialry lloadgrckcr
nsbure eull'-tree begins to die
tree dles
bark Loogene
bark falle
tree decaYa
tree breake
rsttsd stuEIP
Pilcrtrd
Soodpcckcr
(fccd1n3 or ratr)
MEETING NEEDS OF WILDLIFE
Ilecaying trcla greNttr then 25 cr (10 ln) ln
dlaneter 6rc gencrally ooie hportant to ulldltfc
than enaller.oncs. Thoge ulth brokcn topr and
dcad brancheg sre ltkely occupl.cd; Cavl.ty holec '
feedlng notcher and fresh chlpr et tht bere of
trcce irc clgnc that the trca-ll ured' llany
vlldltfe tre,eg .trc 'reaoved by logglng and
firevoo.d cuttlng, thc lltnletry of Forests hae a
pollct to help protect rtldltfc trecs. Avold
qutttng thesc treei and treea. identlfted vith
yellou vll.d1tfc Eree sf.gns'. If thege trees arc
Left etandlng they u111 contl.nse to provtde
shclter and food for the uany epcciea of vlldll.fe
that Live Ln the foregte of Brltlsh Coluubia.
Over the yearc' trees vtl.l. Pa83 into thelr
d*Eltni.ng ltfe stage and sustain orls,
roodpeckers gnd other anloale thst depend *n
utLdllfe trees.
tfatch for
these si.gns
WiHlife
Tlee
:.::;:
*,.o
ff
t ld i:i
lbodnC
Jt-r.
PlIf
dongt
*fi*t*'
For lore lnfornatton contact
' B.e
. Hlnietry of Envl.rotrtent,
lllldltfe Branch'
. Parlfuilcat Bulldlinga,
:Ytctorle' B.C. V8.Y lI5
Canadfan Tl.ldllfc Servl,ce,
P.0.'Bor 340r Deltar B.C. V4f, 3Y3
Departrent of Blologtcal Sciencbr*l
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of vt"'lt an.l
tit lTrirc tl.gulsqlcnt- rPPlt -ln t-"P'et
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th. wharf.
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rubblrh or dtryr rny ruclr th,lng tn thr vrttr fra a r*haff or
froo t nrrlrl aoorrd et a rrllarf.
12. !o lrr3roo rhall Lat,cifcro ultb flrc-fight3.ng rgulprarat on ,a
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The Dcath
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flghtlng agalnst the eonflnements of character, plot,
Arrnsnd Lerol
personaltty, sexellty. Wrltert
of my generadon are cxpecned
BOOK REVIEWED
Camboda, a boot frr &ose vto
flnd tctevklon noo dor, klen
Fawcett, Talonbooko, lgE6,
to engrge those thtngs and,
d
llttle elgc,,.t
A conversadon betreen I
deceared Malcolm lnvry End
Fawcstt;
excerpted fr*m
*S{alcolm l,orry and tlrc TroJan
Horeen, one of the thlrteen
ilnve*dgatlve flcticnsr &at are
Cailbedl*. It ie a conversatlon
iffi-*-iTlr$trare$, shtte ar$dnt
it, the p*ssihtlttl*a
af thJs $ew
fictlon - "lonS dea.d rvrlters
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s tories wlthout plots or
character development or any
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flctlon {a msdiicn I know ttttte
ni:+utl and !r Is qbq-*l flcr{on,
is
unclear
Eb**t ow tfiueu sur cixintryr
Gnf
$irr eomr*unlcsllon
rnedla enrJ i* a Frotest eg*tn*t
lhe ab*rve"
Let me begln wlrh the
forrn, As rnarly of you efll be
state and
s#are to *orne degroe or other,
f lctlon has, sver the !a*t l$
yslsf$, s$er the destru*ttos of
r:r0$t of the technlcal plllars
that it $tand$ on - the greatest.
of which belng-the
nov*l:
tl{ell, the novel
was a
necegsitle$ T'e strpsct. Ttiese
ar€ storles rrrltten ylth thelr
facrml content
-
thelr
mes$ag€
* very elose to f}te sufaee, to
the point that they tre less
storles then s$$sy$ on soclety.
In fae.L should fte message be
undeclpherable from the
st*rles, Faxrcett pravlder uf
wlth an anclllary essay whlch
occupfes, ln smallor tlpe, the
bottom thlrd of €very pagecuttlng ecross the storier'
themselvee *in whleh he
grest glft to hurnanlty, a
democr*tic inventlen of enormou$ lntellectual force. It
provided a $ens€ of lndtvtdual
complexlty to a clvl!izatlon
caught $p ln a class sfrrtureone tha r wanted to ciasslfy
people eccording to who thelr
ancestors were and how
me.
Itve ipent my artlrtlc llfe
by
much
weallh.they 'poseeesed. look at
Zola and Balzac.t
elucldates the premlsel, the
hlEtorlcal eventg whlch the
nl,etfs look at you, Atl
your characters were cultured
drunks who spoke ln too-long
storles lllustrate, .And drls is
a
sgntences.n
ner thlng , I ney tool, thb,
fuslng of ea*ay and flcdon, and,
It ls orae tltat works very rrell
yorJ.t
indeed.
Enough
iThatfs a trlfle cruel of
,
34
of technlque.
llre.
i
me$$sge,
the Protest ls
the Global Vlllage.
nilLem.lqr
.-
You
}larulrall Machhanrg
medla-unlted':rorld, and
the
francblzattotr of .rhe condrent,
rhere, no. matt"r on whlch
hlghray you drlve, ,ln rrhlchever
dlrecdon, yur vlll cncounter the
sAme 8tp-re8, the Eame foods,
talk, thoughtr and mrrch the
sams peopl*. Thlr hk ts a
varn!:lg again*t the medlo, the
mlevJgton rbich homcgentzes tlre
*'orld, strlpplns It of lscal and
indivldual ld*ntlry" A l*nnent for
the loes of memory and lmaglnadsil.
TherE ie a coherence to
t&ese tlilrmen $brles, and given
*r:ough s:rtflcal ensrgy I snspect
that a detailed and lnternally
conelstent protest could
be
derlved from them. I however
n'tll only Eltetsh for ysu the
mode
of orgsrnent. For lnst-
ance, $tory #l - t0n the
ellfflei:ltles of crowd con*oli
aaks {but does not ansver}
que$tlono about the role of the
rnedla ln our hlsrorlcql persepdon of what happened, Faweett
recalls the Kent Stste deaths of
l9?0, $e $nxalem rtog cf 50
AD {coused by a llghrhearted
Romu Cenrrrlon wh+ ltfed hls
unle snd fsrted inb a Passcrver
crovdl and th* Blue/Grsen
of the 6th Century, a
confllct
relatlve to the U.S. lteterhlch dlsrtpated an oppwlilon
movement lrlfr only 1 dca&rrernemberr that relponolblllty
for the desths val dlffirced
agalnrt
theologlcal disln$e whlch raged
'
ar qutckly ag the crov&
themselvec end aghs: tWhere
doeg televlslon ctand oq the
queEtlgn of crowd control?
I'lhlch crowd lr belng conrslled? Are ell of rp s.alktng inl*t
the stud€nts of Kent St*te ss
standlng e'rmed wirh the
Natlon al' Guarrtsrndn?,,.s1gy.6
almoct
rlll you be when rhe flring
begino? Can we allow sur
Utoplan dreanr of a Jtst v*rld
to be an *ncornfcrrtable m*nrory
we avo{d ss we sy tCI lta::g +r:
to our pers*nal possessio*s ln
a slo*ly shrlnklng et:onomy Snd
qulckly dlml.nirhlng publlc
reollqy.r
Other stories, nA Sma!l
Commltteetr sske how ls lt
that groups of ct*cent people.
csn arrlve ln commlttee, {$1y
commltteerand come io nsutreF
and even amr*ral deelsicrns *uch
a$ rpendlng half-s-bllllo$
thst wlll keep trayellers dry
doliars on a$ nlrport extenslon
between tarmsc and termtnal
whlle hslf the world rtarvea.
Or the care of *he
tHuxley
$are lllte Dlshn, a
blzarre chronlcle of change ln
a crrrsll pulp towrr ln B.C. afer
the arrlv*l of a conmunlty
ratelllte dlch - 70 chennels +
Detrolt prlme tlrne, It ls about
vlthln the vallg of C,onstandnople, ktlltng {01000 whtle the
ctty lay besleged by Bulgarlanl.
hor & town moyed 3 hours
[:le notes &at &e Rornarts knev
ahead'of the rest of B,C, as
ll ttle about crowd control
^-the populece collecsvely nmed
tts
lrito Deuelq several ilme aones
awfl.- About changee ln rpeech
nothlng new here.
It ls also true perhaos
thet the loss of tocal 'ldentl'w
may nor be a bad thtng; guely
these are peacefrrt, ev-en
tlmec relatlvely free-Sooa
of
confllct. Ae Fa*cett polnts
out, Jhe forces of conitltutlonal natlonallsm are belng
overwhetmed by other loyattles
-nsupra-natlonali
to the marketplace, to
eolporationsand tlris is pardcutarly tnn of
and hablts: Nattve Indlan and
whlte chlldren auddenly cal[ng
each
other thonkeysi and
ispadesi,
formlng btg-ilty type
gangs, and wearlng icolorci - ln
Huxley, B.C.t Whlch, by the
way, ls real.
It le lmportant to reallze
that Fawcett ts a Canadlan, a
Brldeh Coltsnrbtan tn fact. And
that le curlous, for he has
shouldered a great burden, tftat
of the Immorall
Canada. uirllke hlm, thor.gh, t
thlnk thls ts a good thtngOne planet snd att thet
I thlnk rhar lt ls the
great underlylng esse3,. rhst
clarlfles Fawcettrs ar$urnent
and offere whEt ls new and
stlmulatlns ln this bmk. In lt
he notes'that the Gtobel
Vlllage has betrayed us. There
foriCttl
whlch Amertcan$ are far more
t0 shoulder than R.*;
ble ricless, decent Canadlans.
prCIne
h a product of
the Glcbal Village - we also
notr shere sll the gullt end
Perhaps chis roo
$*rr$i+'
*f
decedeg
of
has been no redistrlb*rlan af
wealth among the nadons, tJte
poor countrleE are even more
impoverlshed thqn ever and the
Amerlcan
turmoll * the deaths at Kent
State, the Kennedys, Vle.u:crc,
Cambodia. Fawcett has tsken
on all of the above.
It ls of
course
ln
lndustrlallzed ttatlons
very examples that Fawcett
date6 hirqself. And that ls a
prob
lern
s'l
th thls book.
though cra f tsfuan-llke ln
executlo*, m*ch of tlre progs$t
we have heard before ls even
Al
comrnonplace, 14'e have alt
consirngr ltems as necesgldeg.
He looks at *e pow.er of
the mass meet!a, and sf
geen
governmeng.
t}re banallty of televlstsn and
have derlded lts superflciallty,
Its tawdrlness; we have alt
chomped through franehlsed
burgers and noted thelr taste
simllar to that of Canadtan
- lt ls the hosrlest Jtbe.
There ts, lt could be argued,
are
wealthler. Llfe condnues m be
violent, more starvel and t€,
the rlch of rlre world eeem to
iequlre more and more
these
.
two almost
anil he looks st
unk*own charnel
hoirses of thls Century-40
Leopoldrr Ccngo; where
mllllon dled, and &G Cambodta
of the Khmer fuuge, where a
slmllar number were kllled.
Fawcett noteE that ln borh
culture
36
mags medta and
macgacreg
abcolutc poycr
lc
b of thc Global Vtllage dpuld be
genoclde. Yet Favcett hes
rucceeded ln tncdlllng ln me-E'
travo new sense of caulon. He
has ghown I perhapg droughttess
opdmlst the borndle$ exrcnt of
Wertern World they (Ore Khmer amorallty ln human affalrr and
Rolge) rorrght b wtpe out dte the potendal for amorallty ln
medlurn vlthout any message, or
the technology of commmieetthe technlcal process- ihat lon.
And I hope ther thia
undermtnes or dortroys the rnessage does Rot proye
to be
ldentlry of thorc lr t$ inended too lrelevant ln Banrfleld,
a
b beneflLt
place a8 yet reladwly tmniune
I confeso myself to be to the plunder of rhe Global
{lshrly befiddted by ail ttrtr. Ir Vlltage. The rarntng tc worrl
t$,
cxcrclsed
mate peopte forget. rEach
palnted ovcr rlgn: ln phnom
Penh,..revealr a recret gnd
unacknowledged collurlon vlth
feclscly thre Endencler of the
efter
re-readlngc rtlll
not qutte"eeveral
apparent to oe whv
the almost tnevitable eonchston
DCI6
conslderlng,
the move,
yet the rorld ls
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on
FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE
by
Eva Brand
Solcv Mc*lcsn Taco Satad
I
head lcebert lethrce, coarsely
Drlzzle dresslng over salad.
Sprlnkle wlth corn chlps. Top
wlth hot meat mtrhne. Toss
vell.
Garnlsh
wlth avocado, lf
deslred. Serve lmmedlaely.
chopped
ll2 c. chopped green onloni
It? e, chopped gre€n pepper
UZ c. copped celery
4 dlced toflratoes
UZ c shredded cheddar cheese
c coarss$.crushed cornchlps
avocsfo (opdonal)
I
I
I
2 T.
ttleat
Mlrtne
seladTi-
I onion, chopped.
I clove garllc, mlnced
I lb. lean grotrrd beef
I can red kldney beans
I lfT tsp. chill powder
ll2 rip. pepper
prc$dEs
CAPS BEALE WEATI{ER
by
Norble Bransl
Temperanne extreneg
Mulmr.un 12.(P C on Dec. 22nd
Mintmuo l.0oC on Dec. 8dt
2 T. ketchrp2 T. vinegar
I
Temperatrrres for the month
Mean marlm.rn 9.39
Mean nrlnlrnr.sn 5.C0C
tsp. Fror@sershlre sauce
l/2 ep. brown sugar
l/4 ep. dry mwterd
of hot pepper sauce
l/3 c. vegetable oll
l{hlsk together all lngredlents
ercept oll. Gradually vhlsk ln
oll. Cover and pfrlgerae
dash
Topolng
Preclpitatlon
We had 431.7 mm {t7 inches} of
measurable preclpltation, a very
wet mondt!
Compared to Decernber, 19E5,
the maxlmum ternperature s'ag
Saute onlon and garltc ln otl
untll soft. Add beef, cook undl
sllghtly brow'm. thaln off fat
Sdr ln beans and splces. . Heat
It.5oC on Dec. 26th and the
mlnlmun war -5.00C on Doc. lrL
Preclptatlon raE 148.1 mm {5.8
through.
but I
To gGrrl
In a large bowl, tos! toge$er
lettece, onlon, pepper, celery,
]fiiato s and cheese.
lnchesl.
Thls December was
btt wetter,
laat year.
38
a lot
v8rmer
compared to
TF.I
MY {)PtHiON
by
James Ferrls, co-erfltor
$tartlng a il$w. year ls
alwayr a hopei*l thlng. We
wlsh for ti:e b*st, hope for
chang*s ln the na$re of tlrlngs
thet prlli Ineprovr: *e say we
llve and our *itploech to llfe.
Ii.ea.,ity sridom ilv*s ry to our
exper-:ta{*ns, but *'e conderm to
try. I;:t!: liojie that l9E7 brlngs
changea
fcr dre be*er;(it
be a nlce ld*a b do our
try to make them better.l
mtght
blt to
;*tt,.lilt{**
The main reason
fcr
an)r
th-rt thle Psper haE ls
tire guallty of our n'rlters. I
wss reading a book by Wtlllam
Zinrser, edltcr of ttre Book of
succ€$s
the hlonth Club, and would llke
to $s*te from lt,
tGood wrttlng csn sppear
anywlrere, even tn the lowly
newspaper, and yhat mstt€rs fs
the wrltlng ltseif* not the
rnediurn in s.hlch lt is prbllehod.
Therefore lrve alwnya aled to
write as well as I could by my
own standards, Itve never
chenged my style to flt tlre slze
0r the preourned educatlon of
the aldlence I ras wridng for.i
I feel rhet Jeanne and t
are blessed by the dedicatlon
and talent of those wtro rrrlte
for r$ end I w&nt to il'.uk them
for thetr great contrlbuticn. We
are proud to be able to provlde
an outlet for talent that might
otherwlse go EraBpreclated.
*********l.****r
I'
39
LEst nlght sas Ner Yesrs
Eve and Jeanne and I went b
the dance at the Communlty
Hall, It was a good darce, and
a flne vsy b wher !n the New
Year, Good food, end plenry
of le Clood Mrslc, and plenty
of tt, Good Fellowshlp, anrl
plenty of lt Ttre very t*lst of
198? o you all.
t*tn**'ti*.it.i?
'poet.We u+ive a :iew sr:'!ter. A
I ftnd.hls Fems Sreaq
and hope that all of you bnjoy
them. There is $r? nnrh flne
tslent hldden ln tlre comrnunlty,
It ls such a pleasure m be able
to brtag lt to you
1f***r*'r{$f*
trs there Enyone who ls
surprlsed by the fetl ln Brlan
Mulroneyts popdarlry? I have
never been ab!* to mderstend
how polittclans can really
belleve that ttrey can do tlrlngs
that are blatantly unfair and
polltlcal, and then tS ewprlced
thet the people see through
them. Of cour$e, tlrey al*e
hnow how shqrt the rnemorles
are smcng the voters. I heve
a feeilng, thougho that thlr loss
of ppularlry is not beceus* of
hls actlonsr. but because tire
voterr percetve hlm to be s
llttle
le.es
I.lf*ttqfr*
ti:an
h,-:nest.
Bob Skelly seems to be
keeptng a very lorv proflle. I
undergtand that he ls probably
smartlng frcm hls defeat ln the
electlon. {He did rln hls os{n
rldlng). Even though he is
gtvlng up the leadershtp, lt
to me thEt he ghould
seems
carry on untll the
leadershlP
convendon. Mlke Harcourt maY
be the helr aPParent, but SkellY
ls sdll leader of tlre oPPosldon'
and should act llke lt.
i}*ilt*'l*lt*
The. road har been a
horror. They dtd eventuallY
grade lt, but ln tfte meantlme,
tlrer,
culpenslous' rnrlfflers
and
other vltal parts were shaken
off vehlcles uslng the road. I
realtze drbt lt ls a Prlvate road,
but there ls some agreement
between the govt and the forest
companles to malntaln the road
for publlc txte. If anYone ln a
posttlon of Power has any
inflr.ence wlth M & B, tt would
be ntce lf they uged lt to get
a
llttle better road malntenanee.
* t';
*
*
*
t
Look
*
*'l'*
at the brlght stde.
The equlnox has Paosed, and the
day-s start to get longer? _ (I
have never belleved that the
days really are longer. Therg
are stll I 24 hours In them.l
Anyway, there tr rnore daYltght'
and that lr pleasant. At least
you have the feellng thet the
gotng tg downhlll.
iatt*']riri*
Speaklng of quotatlons'
who ias lt gha iThe raln she
ratn, rhe raln llke hell, and bY-e
and bye rhe raln some nore.i?
I dontt knov, but whoever lt
was must have llved on
the
West CoatE
tt*l.i*t*tl'l
And rPcahlng agaln- of
ouotatlont. Hov do You llke
the saylngc of Chalrman
Malcolm? Here ls another of
hlc germ.
- tThere are no ercePtlons
thst
to the rule
'an
Ukes
rule.r
everYbodY
excePtlon to the
to be
More of hts words of
wlsdom next month.
*,ft+tl***l'
Thts ls the flrst lssue of
lgE?, and I would agaln rrge
anyone vlro has ronrethlng ttt"!
ttriy vould :ltke to gay to send
It io us. Barrtng bad language'
plaglarlsm
or
absoluta vlclouswould welcome the
ireei, Ye
contrlbutlons. lYe do reserve
the rlght to edlt, but do lt
wlth care.
rr't*tt*'itt
Hc=l(av l"lanire
Elebtnb
ard
All
of
Ptrone 7?8*3e55
Qnerni Gurtom QubBodg hd.
a?80 Sabo Avenue
p.o. tor 1250 pom AtgDRlrr.
l. Dancllnk, Prarldcnt
Phone: 729-EAl2
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