mp Me sit oss CO Bo ee tal a io ge eet ele Flint 5 Ses Be aa A po " st = = eat Ls ot a Se ? aaa ae ‘the planning, and once the ar- consist of estimating an -] | operating budget for the com- 4. - construction,’’ said Carelius. ‘Northwest trapper and artist John Gibson can work in both abstract and realist styles with carving tools and wood. This current work Is an image of a goat, and he Is preparing to begin a tive-foot by three-foot impression of two .Mountain sheep In battle. “Extended care 1 Northwe suits Trapper John Gibson says he prefers the lifestyle afforded by | the Northwest to the way of life he’s experienced in other parts of Canada. Getting most of his food from nature, Gibson. puts money secondary. by Brian Gregg Born 37 years ago on Van- couver Island, Gibson was at- tracted to nature at an early age when he made a ‘‘pet”’ out of a second-year bear cub with no mother, He would feed the bear sandwiches on his way to school, and thought it was just another dog until he saw a picture of a bear. A year and a half after he first met the bear it was shot bya hunter, a _ The hunter brought the bear over to the Gibson house after he’d shot ‘it, and young John was upset to discover his pet lying dead in the back of the truck. The hunter gave the fami- ly some bear meat for eating; but John had mysteriously lost his appetite the evening the family sat down to eat the hunter’s gift. ; = He was classified as an artistic genius in elementary school and _had other recognized talents, but. ‘Gibson had to leave school in Grade 8 ‘to help support his —CONSTrUCTION TO Bhmurener ins start TERRACE — The $i million. addition of an extended care unit at Terraceview Lodge is on schedule and progressing as - planned, according to Mills Memorial Hospital Executive Director Norm Carelius. Carelius said that the project is in the design phase at the pre-. sent time and blueprints are be- ing finalized and reviewed by ar- a . | ; 4 Faatgeelae elt ogres | A oe | ed construction of the extended. care unit will probably be under-. way. early next year, “You don’t want to start pouring foundations and that sort of thing in the winter time. So we probably won’t see the first shovel in the ground until the spring,” he said, . chitects at the. Ministry of Health. - - *“We've got the funds to do chitectural drawings are in place and we have pre-construction operating estimates, the con- Struction phase of the project. can proceed,’’ he said. | Carelius explained that pre- - construction operating estimates pleted project. “Once that’s all | in order the Ministry hopefully — will release the actual funds for : He said that by the time the budget is completed and approv- | S. HIGGINS — ENTERPRISES Licensed small engine technician 3963 Sande Avenue - — Terrace, B.C, The Golden _ Razor It’s time for. a change.... NOW OPEN FRIDAYS FROM 9 a.m. — 9 p.m. Starting Sept. 18, 1987 635-5727 635-4555 4646 Lakelse Ave., Terrace 638-8545 | ing oil paintings for a few years; ‘but he found:an. easier lifestyle in commercial arts and sign "painting. He supplemented ‘his living as a musician, playing Guitar, electric'piano, and drums as well as singing in the early to ‘about them eating other types‘of mid-sixties, He also worked as a telegraph delivery man and learned tattooing. Gibson developed hing prob- lems and could not continue . With sign painting and commer- cial art on a full time basis so he began carving rock, ivory and wood. From his mid to late 20’s, Gibson was most fascinated with human skin as a medium for art- work. He ran tattoo parlors on Vancouver Island, in Vancouver and in Nova Scotia, where he also owned his own parlor. Gib- son has fished commercially on both coasts: scallop on the east coast, crab on the west coast. He trapped: in a swamp one winter - in Nova Scotia, Working in. various provinces, he slowly moved westward, back to B.C. In 1984 Gibson came north to Terrace where he has been in- volved in sign painting, carving and trapping. Trapping was wide open back east, he says, There are many more restric- tions on-the B.C. trapper. . Gibson is quick to. defend | trapping when confronted by ig- norance. ‘‘If an area is properly harvested it -will yield larger. crops of game than an area left to nature. Man was put here to_ Manage’ the ‘wilderness. Most people who object to hunting and trapping are meat-cating hypocrites — getting someone else to do their killing for them. If they don’t complain about me killing game, I won't complain. food,’ he says. . _ In the Northwest Gibson traps wolf, fox, wolverine, coyote, PORTABLE B.B.Q.’ss st lifestyle this trapper beaver, martin, lynx, squirrels, weasels, muskrat, otter and skunk. He also hunts bear and | moose for a living and has the opportunity to hunt goat and sheep this year. Gibson is thinking of opening up a tottooing parlor in this area. The new fear with tattoos is of AIDS, but Gibson refutes such fears. Dermagraphologists (tattoo artists) must.have both the talent and skill'to open Up - ‘such parlors; and every tattooist uses disposable needles. Even if the needles were reusable, says Gibson, ultrasonic cleaners and - autoclaves (pressure cooking im- plements) would kill all - mic- robes in 45. minutes. “‘A tattoo. parlor is as sterile as a hospital operating room’’, he says. Gibson. issues a warning to people using homemade tattoos. Use of the wrong dyes can cause loss of a limb, severe infection or gangrene in the hands of an amateur. ‘You are either a'skilled -tattooist or you are a novice, Gibson cautions. A tattooist has to know sterilization; how to | make, rebuild and modify mach- ines; have artistic ability: have knowledge -of ‘diseases; -be able. to deal with people; be able to run a business; and keep the business absolutely clean from the front door to the back. A novice could never open a tattoo.“ - Shop, he says, © -' _ Gibson is still involved in custom wood carving. 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