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“The Interntional Year ‘of
Womey, is next year but: 1974
was the year women got the -
- opportunity to prove they can do
_,any job a man can in the
2*8ummer employment program
of. the - Department af
_» Recreation and - Conservation.

“: In a. variety. of projects

‘ranging from | the first
+. Provineial. Parks Branch
* summer youth camp for girls to
-_ wildlife habitat improvement .
"- -pregrams, women showed they
“were capable of handling most

‘any job a man can,” said
. Recreation and Conservation
~ Minister Jack Radford, himself
lhe father of four daughters.
Across the Province, hundreds
“ of students worked on new and
-imaginalive projecis submitted
‘by (the Department under
Career’s ‘74, the drive against
- Sludent unemployment,

“The -Marine Resources
-Branch employed a dozen‘
-;sludents on intensive research
. programs, © Fully .half were

women, who in the past had
- considerable difficulty _ in.
* palning’ summer. field work
“experience. Not this. year.

“Near Malcolm Island in. the
. Strait'of Georgia, and off. ihe
‘Queen. Charlotte . Islands,

sluden(s took part in a project
which is developing a slandard
method to be used in all future
kelp inventories. Two biology

sludents joined a research team
studying marine red algae in
-the Comox-Denman’ Island
area, including ‘the effects of
harvesting. this valuable
seaweed resource witha view to
ils widespread commercial use.

On .the -west coast of Van-
couver island they ‘conducted
wildlife Inventories recording

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vegetalion and topographical. .

features -thal. will ‘enable the
Fish ond Wildlife Branch to
better. manage ‘deer and: elk
populations. ; noe
On the . lower mainland,
students: worked on a nature’

awareness program being ..
developed for use in the schools.
On the Chilliwack River,
Veddar Canal, and the Capilano
- River, (hey surveyed visitors to.
‘determine | recreational
-prisrilies.. In the Kootenays, a
“communication program wat
sel up with farmers to improve
the survival ‘rate of. pheasanils,
Perhaps’ one of. the most

challetiging summer jobs went _

to a group of. students which

_ Spent six weeks.alja time.on ® major-role: { +, }

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benefit the public: —

their own, backpacking thé
wilderness of Knight Inlet,

observing coastal grizzly. bear. —

and mountaln goat, Their data
will help establish guidelines for
habitat requirements laking

“into -account the effects. of

human.” encroachment © and
logging. |

‘The Parks Branch initiated

on-sight’ work experience in .
park maintenance - projects.
Students were nol merely
shuffling paper, but instead
supplied fuel;. wood cam-
pgrounds and were involved in
general: clean-up. A large -
number were employed in. the
Park Naturalist Program,
exposing some. 250,000. visitors
lo'a variety of plant and animal
life, and generally trying to help
the: public’ gain. a better. un-
derstanding of the fragile en-
vironment of our parks. =~
Most students. gained areal
‘insight -inte the: difficully of
administering the huge parks
system of British Columbia.
- Al Maple Bank Park on the

-Songhees Indian Reserve, the

Provincial Museum sponsored a
group: of indian students . to
excavate the site of ‘a one-time

-important Indian village, With’

the assistance of archeological:
instructors, native people were

involved in the study ‘of their.
_ own culture.

Several students were hired
lo. organize childrens . and
family . programs -at.— the
Museum. For example, Nep-
tune Doorstep provided’ an
introduction tosea life along the
B.C, Coast. Séagull's Kitchen,

provided a fascinating e&x-

ploration of rocky shores,
floating docks, and tidal pools
for children 9-12 years of age.

Apart from the many projects
initiated by the Branches, the
Department was asked - and
provided advice on several

rojects organized by:
municipalities. “Al 100 Mile
House, students were hired to
develop 33 acres of marshland
into a wildlif@ sanctuary: At
Alert Bay; famous for its totem
poles, studenis scrubbed the
villages .small but . important
museum, cleared ‘beaches, and.
hacked onl the underbrush (o
improve a walking-trail.

Career's "74 provided new
challenges lo student em.
ployment and. women played as

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Golden Wedding Anniversary —

THE HERALD, Wednesday, December 4, 1974, PAGE B7

Ed and Eva Whalen of 5-4625 which was co-hosted by. the

Graham: Street: in -Terrace Catholic Women’s League and

2, celebrated .thelr..Golden .Wed- .... the. Knights of Columbus... ...

ding Anniversary, the first in —~ ’ a

the Whalen family, on Sunday, dauehie mn one included
November 3. The family met at Caventer Mrs. Roy Sande an

ape husband from Watson Lake
the Sacred Heart Church lo win their two sons, Ernie and
renew their vows In a special Allan, and daughter Pat from
service, This was followed by U.B.C., a son, Harold and wife
an Open House at Veritas Hall El Cajan, California. Also

‘Community Christmas cards

Beginning Monday, amount we would spend and
December?, willbe Community sign thé cards set up, So wish
Christmas Cards set up in the = all your aquaintances a Merry

Royal Bank and the Co-op Christmas al the same time
cafeteria, The purpose of these =~ :

36x36 cards is lo. eliminate the
heavy Christmas mailing load,

Medal Of Freedom
The Presidentia! Medal of

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Association for the Mentally by President Kennedy and firs
Retarded: The idea behind auarded on July : waa,
them is that instead of buying honor those “who contribute sig-
and mailing cards to friends nificantly to the quality of Am-
and relatives we can donate the . “rcan life"

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smission.. ;

Major -Applainces, Dept, 257

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_.Edmonten and family friends,

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- Retarded,

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altending were sisler of Ed:
Whalen, Mrs, Irene. Hall, from

Bruce Chapman of Vancouver,
Mr. and Mrs..Ted Johnston of

from Wabanam, Alberla and
Mrs. Mary Dumas from:
Whitehorse, Yukon.
_ Adinner party was later held
‘al the Terrace Holel.

donate toa very worthy cause. °
All proceeds will go to the local
Association for the Mentally ;

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