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Vol .8, No.30 TOWNSHIP OF TERRACE BAY PROCLAMATION 1965 CIVIC HOLIDAY The Council of The Corporation of The Township of Terrace Bay, at its meeting held on the 27th day of July, 1965, adopted a resolution as follows: "That Monday, August 2nd, 1965, be and the same is hereby fixed as the Civic Holiday for the current year, and that the Reeve be requested to publish the usual proclamation for this purpose." 'In compliance with the foregoing resolution, | do hereby proclaim Monday, August 2nd, 1965 as the Civic Holiday for the year, of which all persons are hereby requested to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. W.J.Adamo, Reeve GOD SAVE THE QUEEN KIWANIS FISH DERBY THIS WEEKEND Once again the Terrace Bay Kiwanis Club Inc., will sponsor their annual Fish Derby--Friday, Satur- day and Sunday this week. The committee in charge have been busy for weeks making all arrangements and now report everything in readiness for a bang-up weekend. A come~as-you-are dance is featured on Friday evening. To be held in the Moose Hall, starting at 9 P.M., dancing will continue until ??? We extend a welcome to out-of-town visitors who take part in the Derby and wish them and dis- trict entrants good fishing and a happy weekend in Terrace Bay. DEFINE AN ANARCHIST > Tuere are still people who play parlor games. Any of this group looking for something new might try "De- fine His Politics." Participants would be provided with pencils and ruled sheets with sections in which to write one-sentence defini- tions of Liberalism, liberalism, Conservatism, conserva- tism, NDPism, socialism, anarchism and so on. A couple of examples from the columnists and book reviewers are these: "The Liberals, philosophically and as a political strategy, are dedicated to further Government encroachment in every aspect of Canadian life," and "The conservative (note that small c) stands on custom sensibly changed for proved needs." Scoring still presents some problems. A games expert will have to take over at this point to say how many penalty points for "partisanship," how many bonus points for "clear-eyed sincerity," and whether to award bonus or penalty 'points for humor. Serving the District THE HIGH COST OF FOREST FIRES By B. Petman of the Dept.of Lands & Forests - Geraldton Office. To date, seventeen fires have occurred in the Geraldton Forest District. (This includes the dis- trict in which we live). Causes of these fires are Recreation - 6; Miscellaneous - 8 and Industrial - 3 Fires attributed to'Recreation" are fires started by persons using forest areas for recreational purposes * such as picnicking, fishing, hunting, tenting and berry picking, etcetera. Fires attributed to "Industrial" are all fires re- sulting from industrial operations of all types in- cluding logging, mining, construction, trapping or industrial or municipal dumps. "Miscellaneous fires are fires attributed to children playing with matches, trees falling across hydro lines and various other causes, most of which are attributed to human carelessness . The largest fire of the year starting in the Hutchi- son Lake area approximately five miles north of Geraldton was attributed to "Recreation". This fire reached 9,500 acres before it was brought under control. Conditions in the forest at the time of this fire were considered explosive. There had been no rain for about ten days previous and during this period the fire danger in the area remained high. Warm winds had dried out the fuels on the forest floor. One of the supervisory staff on the fire noted that walking on the moss in the spruce swamps was like walking on cornflakes. Such conditions lead to rapid spread of fire and when pushed by high winds, fire fighters can only watch and plan for a break. The Cost Of Carelessness Two water bombing Cansos were used along with the men, bulldozers, helicopters, Department air- craft and power pumps in fighting this fire. The Cansos dropped water on hot spots and jump fires attempting to hold or cool them until ground crews could move in and take over. This operation proved successful and during the period of time the Cansos were working, 279 water drops 'of approx- imately 800 gallons each were made on or around the perimeter of the fire. The cost of this operation alone was $24,875. Add to this the cost of opera- ting the bulldozers, the Departmental aircraft, helicopters, trucks, pumps, wages of the men and the tremendous amount of groceries required and you will find the cost of carelessness. Almost a month has passed since this fire was de- c lared out. Only the black scar remains as a re- minder . We hope that this will be a reminder to all who