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PUBLISHED BY THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPOK 'ATIO N. COMMUNICATIONSA '0 H IGHWAYS

WI TER 1978 VOLUME 15, NUMBER 3

Full Season Marked by Busy Schedule ofOfficial Bridge and Highway Openings

Han . Bill Bennett, Premier, officiates at ribbon culling for$8.7 million Blanshard Street extension at Victoria, October 25,assisted by John Guay, representing Labourer's Union local.

With flags snapping in a brisk wind Mr. Fraser opened the newPitt River Bridge on Highway 7, October 24, the same day as theopening of Stormont.

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Highways Minister Alex. Fraser and Geo rge Tranfie ld, fatherof Region 1 Design and Survey Superi ntendent A . G. Tranfield,and long-time resident of the area, cut ribbon to open the Craig'sCrossing to Highway 4 (Parksv ille Bypass) for public lise.

Part of large crowd of nearly 1,000 which turned alit forofficial opening October 2 of the Ilew Castlegar-Salmo section ofHighway 3. Premier Bennett did the honours and a motorcadethen moved over the new 40 km highway to Salmo. (Morephotographs all page 21.)

Published Quarterly by the

Ministry of Transportation, Communica tionsand Highways

Victoria, British Columbia

Ray Baines, Execut ive Ed itorArthur J . Schindel, Editor

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MINISTER'S MESSAGE

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Volume 15

THE ROAD RUNNER

Winter 1978

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It is not often that I have the opportunity to thankindividual members of this Ministry for the extra effortgiven in the line of their duties. We have so many ex­celle nt and dedicated people and far too often all theyhear about are maintenance problems and criticism fromthe general public.

We all realize that it is our duty to serve the publicneeds and I believe that over the past couple of years wehave indeed completed this task in I'ery fine fashion.

As you know, our Ministry is usually contacted by thegeneral pub lic when there is a request or complaint, butI would lik e to share with you the contents of a call­gratulatory letter that I recently received a copy of. Theletter was from a citizen who, while waiting for theN eedles ferry, noticed the activities of Dick Smith, Ma­chin e Operator and part-time [oreman, While waitingto board the ferry, Dick occupied his time by picking lipdebris left behind by travellers and depositing it ill thegarbage calls.

The citizen asked Dick his reasons for doin g this andthe immediate reply was "Well , this is wher e I live and

work and I lik e thin gs tidy and clean,I could be sitting in my truck andwaiting but what I do is 111m lip theradio so I can hear any messages andthen tidy up around the area ."

Dick has been with the Ministry forover 20 years and he is to be com-

Dick Smith mended for his extra effort as it indi-cates to the general public our sincere desire to do ourjobs well. I know that there are many members of ourstaff who think like Dick Smith and I would like to per­sonally thank and congratulate every single one of them.

ALEX. V. FRASERMinister

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R. G. HA RVEY, Deputy Minister, made the internationalpress recently when his name appeared in World Highways,official publication of the International Road Federation.

Mr. Harvey was mentioned as one of two vice-presidents ofthe Roads and Transportation Association of Canada which hasan affiliatio n with I .R.F. The pub lication World Highways ispublished in Was hington, D. c., and goes to a great manycoun tries of the wor ld.

SALMON ARM DISTRICT

Fred Stuart, associate field editor for the RR, wouldlike to pass on his personal thanks to Garry Sherbeck,working for Bob Orr on the Headquarter s paving crew .On Jun e 8, 1978, a lady on Blind Bay Road had the mis­fortune to have both her hands bitten by an injured dog.Garry stopped and administered first aid to her before shewas taken to the Salmon Arm hospital for treatment.The lady in question, unknown to Garry at the time wasFred's wife.

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W. S. Boughey .. .. .... VictoriaHerb Gutteridge Regional Elec trical CrewEric Eastick Cen tre line Marking, CloverdaleDoug Jones .. BurnabyS. B. Bergen Chi lliwackGeorge Harper .. ...... BurnsideEd Hemmingsen port AlberniHector McLeod .. .. NanaimoD. L. Oliver .. .. .. CourtenayPaul Connor North VancouverDavid T. Kao Dock DistrictGlyn Briscoe .. New WestminsterMaureen Recknagle .. McBrideDave Schleppe .. KamloopsKen E. Smith .. Williams LakeH. L. Popoff 100 Mile HouseFred L. Stuart Salmon ArmM. 1. Newlands .... RevelstokeLes Johnson .... VernonJ. T. Hallam .. KelownaW. R. Coates PentictonBrian Niehaus __.. MerrittDave Roberts .... .. .... LillooetR. Haworth __.. .... .. Grand ForksJoy Mailey .... RosslandS. J. Dixey .... __.._.... .. NelsonC. W. Smith .. .. New DenverFred Ryckman .._ CrestonN. K. Molander .._..__.._ _.. .. CranbrookAllan Edgar .. ....__ __ __ ..__ .... .. FernieC. M. Frank GoldenW. R. Rowe ....__...._.. .. SmithersStan Gladysz .. .... ..__Pouce CoupeWillie Smith _.. .. Fort 5t. JohnHarman Delyea .... .. ....TerraceShirley Hrechka .... .. __.. prince GeorgeClyde Smaaslet .. Prince GeorgeAl Hepp __.... .. ....__ .. .. .._.... QuesnelB. A. Cleary ..__.. .. ..__ ..__.. VanderhoofDave Foster .. Burns LakeW. R. Ball __.. .. .. p rince Ru pertWhay ne Chap pell __.. .. ..__.. Terrace

COVER PHOTO

Looking east all Highway 16 at the Chimd emasli bridge wash­alit and the Bail ey bridge whi ch was open to traffic all Frida y,November 10. Thi s scene is representative of the Ministr y'squick action in restorin g highway traffic ill the Terrace area.(More photos, story starting page 4.)

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TERRACE FLOODINGOctober 1978 was the wettest month for many years in the

Prince Rupert/Terrace-Smithers area. On Monday, October 30,heavy rain and winds combined, bringi ng dow n many treesthroughout the area. By the end of the week it was a genuine,full-scale disaster.

The rains continued throughout Tuesday, Wednesday, andThursday and by early Tuesday, some minor flooding started,but as this is not unusual for the area, there was no need forreal concern. By Wednesday morning the first major roadclosure occurred on Highway 16 east of Terrace, when a largediameter culvert became plugged with gravel and boulders. OnHighway 25 to Kitimat, water started to flow over the road atWilliams Creek, over a section approximately 200 metres long .By early afternoon, flooding and minor washouts were occurringin many areas. Around 6 p.m., word was received that Chirnde­mash Creek Bridge (187-foot-long concrete and steel structure)on Highway 16 eas t was washed out. Later the same evening,Little Oliver and Legate Bridges on Highway 16 east were alsogone. These are both permanent concrete and steel structures.In a few short hours, 25 bridges were lost or damaged beyondrepair and many major washouts occurred .

As soon as word of the first major bridge collapse was re­ceived, wheels were put into motion to organize the shipment ofBailey bridge materials and crews from all parts of the Province.The Minister, Alex Fraser, the Deputy Minister, Bob Harvey,along with the Executive Director of Construction, Ray Whiteand Director of Maintenance Services, Pat MacCarthy, were allin Terrace at the time and were able to give invaluable help inthe initial planning. Tom Johnson, Assistant Deputy Minister,organized the sea-lift part of the operation from his office inVictoria.

Materials were shipped by road from Creston, Karnloops,and Prince George and the Queen of Prince Rupert ferry was allbut taken over by materials and bridge crew personnel and ve­hicles from Cloverdale, Langford, and Courtenay. The nextPrince Rupert Rerry out of Vancouver was scheduled for 6 p.m.,Thursday. Cloverdale and Burnaby crews worked overnight col­Iccting Bailey bridging and equipment which were loaded on theferry . Reservations of regular passengers and vehicles were can­celled with the exception of the people living in Prince Rupert orTerrace returning home . Also loaded were quantities of culvertand pipe. Bridge crews from Courtenay and Burnside districtswere also recruited and they travelled to Kelsey Bay and joinedthe Queen of Prince R upert with more Bailey bridging.

En route, Russ Hazel, radio technician from Cloverdale, spentthe trip converting radio equipment on the Vancouver Island andLower Mainland trucks to match the frequency of the PrinceRupert and Terrace areas.

The ship and its load of emergency equipment and bridgecrews arrived on Saturday morning, the Bailey bridging andcrews were off-loaded and rushed to the various disaster areas.Meanwhile, Mr. Johnson and the beleaguered Terrace crewsrealized that even more equipment would be needed as the fullimpact of the storm became known from da mage reports.

Headquarters decided to charter a tug and ba rge in Vancouverto ship more Bailey bridging to the site. It left Vancouver onFriday night, November 3, and arrived in Kitimat on Saturdaymorning where it was unloaded and moved to various sites ofdamaged bridges and severed highways.

When the ferr y arrived at Pr ince Rupert, it was like to a reru nof the D-Day landings! The Cloverda le crew, und er Fo remanFrank Stirling, the Cour tenay cre~, unde r Fo rem an C~uekArn old and th e Langford crew, With Foreman Dave Wright ,all ar rived on the ferry on the Saturday morning and startedbuildi ng bridges at the west end of Highway 16 and KitamaatVillage. The Kamloops brid ge crew, unde r Forema n Dou gJones, the Prince Geor ge crew, with Foreman Dean Barlow (w hoac ted as over-all co-ordinator of the bridge crews ), and the Burn sLake and Smithers crews all worked on the washout s accessible

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from the east. The Terrace br idge crew concentra ted theirefforts on the many problems on the side roads.

The rains aba ted on Fri day and Saturday and the creeksstarted to recede although the Skeen a River west of Terrace wasvery high because flood waters combined with a number of hightides and this resulted in H ighway 16 flooding over 12 kilo metres.By Saturday morning, this had dropped sufficiently to allow thebridge crews to get through to Terrace.

A good deal of repair and bridge approach work was com­pleted during this time, but heavy rains again overnight on Satur­day resulted in the loss of portions of this and set back prospectsfor reopening various highways. However, the weather finallystarted to co-operate, with clear skies and lower temperatures.

A major problem was the difficulty in assessing what dam­age had actually occurred, beca use most areas were inaccess ibleby road. Consequently, several helicopters were obtained toviewing the damage, help rescue stranded peo ple and deliver sup­plies and equipment.

In addition to the heavy road and bridge destruction, a grea tdeal of damage occurred to private homes, particularly in theLakelse Lake and Remo areas. Also the natural gas pipelinethrough the Telkwa Pass washed out resulting in closure of manyschools and commercial businesses. A limited supply was main­tained to most private residences, but the stores experienced athriving business for portable heaters for several days!

Highway 16 between Terrace and Smithers was reopened onFriday, November 10, and all but a few minor side roads wereopen by Saturday, November II.

Rainfall for the period October 30 to 10 p.m., November I,was recorded at 8.4 inches (212.7 mm) with winds gusting to87 km/h. From November 1 to 10 p.rn. on November 6, a fur­ther 4Y2 inches (102 .8 mm) fell. The main storm is estimatedan average occurence time of once every hundred years.

Many people worked long and hard with little sleep to reopenthe roads as quickly as possible and all those involved have beencommended for their hard work and effort.

Top , sho wing the power of a rampa ging creek is this collap sedculvert; above, the Bail ey bridge in place and in lise at PriceCreek on Highway 16.

Flooding creek at Big Oliver bridge rose many feet to under­mine the retainin g wall which was shifted laterally by the eddyingwater. Dan Scoon es, Engineering Aide, Terrace Region, in thebackground taking another pictur e.

Typical of some of the larger washouts on Highway 16,this one is near Kitwanga .

Legate Creek bridge, the second major bridge east of Terra ceon Highway 16 to be washed alit by the recent floods whichshifted the main channel so far to the left that the new bridge willhave to be relocated in that direction .

Left to right, Doug Hume, Engineering Aide, Colin Lucas,Engineering Assistant, Steve Cross, Engineering A ide , and TonyMoors, Engineering Aide, pause to pose for the RR (editor) atLittle Oliver bridge. Drew Faris, a member of the crew whichwas involved in the rescue, was not available when the picturewas taken.

During the night the crew cared for the injured man andchecked vital signs which they radioed to Margaret Kester,holder of an Industrial First Aid Certificate and Yardpersonfor Terrace District. Margaret evaluated the information andoffered suggestions for the care of the injured men un til they wereremoved by helicopter about 7 a.m. Jim Wallington and JoeJarsma were taken to Mills Memorial Hospital where their in­juries were diagnosed-one man had a broken neck, the othercuts and bruises. The crew was returned to Terrace by helicopterabout noon.

Colin Lucas, who was in cha rge of the crew and has takenthe survival first aid course offered by the Ministry, feels thatit was a great help in this emerge ncy. He also states tha t thehelp received fro m Margaret Kester by radio was invaluable andcontributed greatly to the success of the rescue .

Margaret and the crew were invited to Victoria where theywere entertained at a banq uet on December 8 when their actio nwas officially commended.

Terrace Survey Crew RescueInjured M oto rists

Two men probably owe their lives to the action of Highwayspersonnel during the recent floods when they were pulled from

their damaged truck after it went down intoLittle Oliver Creek, when the bridge collapsed.

On November I, 1978, a Regional Con­struction survey crew, Doug Hume, ColinLucas, Steve Cross, Tony Moors, and DrewFaris were stranded on Highway 16 east ofTerrace. Since they could not drive back to

Margaret Kester Terrace they turned around to go to Cedar­vale . At about 7.30 p.m. they were overtaken and passed by apick-up which remained about ISO metres in front of them asthey continued toward Cedarvale.

As the pick-up crossed Little Oliver Creek bridge it disap­peared from sight. The crew stopped on the bridge approachbut when they walked out onto the bridge it seemed to be on theverge of collapse so they returned to safer ground to assess thesituation.

At some risk to themselves they decided to go back to thepick-up and search for survivors. They found two men in thetruck, helped one of them out and removed the second who wasunconscious. He was placed on the back seat of the Ministrycrew cab and covered with coats and sweaters. As the crew wasdriving to safer ground the y commandeered some blankets to keepthe injured man as warm as possible. The damaged pick-uptruck was subsequently submerged and covered with fill when theBailey bridge was installed.

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The envelope and note, which accom­panied a cake given to the bridge crew atwork installing a Bailey bridge at theIndian village south of K itamaat, is self­explanatory.

Francis Martin, District Highway Ma n­ager, left, and Ralph Dupas, R oad Fore­man, centre, bot h of the Smithe rs D istrictmeet Regional Highway Engineer MikeO'Connor on the job to discuss problem s,progress, and prospects for reopening thehighway to traffic .

The bridge crew members who worked on the Bailey bridge at the Indian villageare, left to right, front row, Chuck Arnold, Bridge Foreman, Courtenay; Colin Lucas,Steve Cross, Paul Morgan, and Marcel Doulin, Second row, Ken Peters, Danny Wong,Mike Lee, David Wright, Frank Grant, Bill Mcliachern , Fred Fuller, and in the rear,Rob Munro.

Bailey bridge carrying traffic over the one collapsed span of the Little Oliver bridgeon Highway 16 east of Terrace .

"S tatus" meetings were held, as necessary , at the close of the working-day during theTerrace crisis to assess progress and discuss plans for the following day. Left to right.Frank Sterl ing, Bridge Foreman. Cloverdale; Chuck Arnold, Bridge Foreman, Courtenay ;Mike O'Connor, Regional Highway Engineer; Stan Paloposki, Terrace District HighwayManager; Neville Hope , Regional Maintenance Opera tions Manager; lim McDannel ,Property Negotiator serving as Flight Co-ordinator; W. I. Sunderwood, Regional Main­tenance Systems Tech nician; lim Wood, Construction Project Supervisor.

TERRACE FLOODING (cont.)

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Tight quarters are only part of the problems facing bridge­men, left to right, Marcel Daulin, Rob Munro, and Frank Grant,all of the Courtenay bridge crew, as they use {lIZ acetylene torchto cut off a section of Bailey bridging when they could not getat the pins to remove the section which was used in constructingthe replacement Bailey across the Waweltli River at the Indianvillage south of Kitimat, This task was aggravated by 2 incites ofrain which fell on Tuesday, November 7, and raised the levelof the river 5 feet.

Two shots, typ ical of damage to highways in th e flood stricke narea, top , Highway 16, above, th e road from Kitimat to th eIndian village.

The contribution of the outside bridge crews was recognizedby banquets given by the Ministry. One of the banquets involvedthe crew from New Westminster. They are, left to right, backrow. Bruce Bose, Doug Hansen. Wilf Schulz, and Russ Hazel,Communications Technician, middle row. Al Hadvick . FrankStirling, Bridge Foreman, and Fred Hammer; front row . GarryFouchon, Tom Johnson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Jim Graham,and Jack Graham, Assistant Bridge Foreman.

Left to right on top of the Bailey, David Wright, Rob Munro,and Marcel Daulin, identity of the other two bridgemen unknown.Work in progress at the Indian village bridge site ,

Left, David Wright, Bridge Foreman, Lan gford, and Fre dFuller, Bridge Labourer, Courtenay, on the front end o f the land­ing nos e whi ch had just reach ed the soutli side o f the river. Th ebridge is about 160 feet lon g.

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10-7 CLUB

GORDON MOREHOUSE, MachineOperator 3, Dawson Creek District, has

taken early retirementafter six years of ser­vice. Gordon and hiswife are now spendingtheir time farming,hunting, and fishing.

CORNIE SCHOCK recently retiredfrom the Vernon District bridge crew.

He began with High­ways at McBride in1967. He and his wifewill start their retire­ment years at theircountry home nearArmstrong.

LOUIS J. KUBOS received a farewellgift presented on behalf of his fellowemployees by DistrictHighways Manager G.K. Austin, to markhis retirement after 25years of service.Louis started in May1953 and served asLabourer for the full25 years in the Fernie District.

ROY HOOVER, Mechanic 5, NelsonDistrict, has retired after 25 years of ser­vice with the Ministry.His fellow workerspresented Roy with atennis racket, salmonfishing outfit, and acake shaped like a fish.

GORDON WATSON, Machine Oper­ator, Fort St. John District, was presented

with a complete fish­ing outfit by his fel­low-workers, whichthey hope he will havetime to enjoy. Gor­don, who has been aMachine Operator forHighways for the past

16 years, took an early retirement. Heplans to do a Jot of travelling and fishing.His co-workers say that he will be missed,especially in the winter, when he was themaintainer of a portion of the HudsonHope road.

FRANK PECK, Regional ConstructionForeman, Kamloops District, retired inAugust 1978 after 26years of service. Hestarted with Highwaysas a Cat Operator inCranbrook in 1951and worked there until1961. He was thentransferred to Fort St.John in 1964 and then to Prince Georgein 1965 as Construction Foreman. Frankthen became Road Maintenance Foremanfour years later and in 1972 he trans­ferred to Kamloops as Regional Con­struction Foreman. His hobby is search­ing for abandoned mines but he enjoysfishing and hopes to do some travelling inthe future.

VINCE FRANKLIN, Stockman in theDock District, retired recently. He began

,... with Highways in 1961, and transferred to

Dock District in 1967.> He was given a presen­

'II tation by T. A. Tasaka,Dock Engineer, and 1.J. Goundrey, Foremanof Works.

FLORENCE A. MOSS, Secretary tothe Regional Highway Engineer, Region

I, has retired after 39years in the Govern­ment service. Florencewas born in Nelson,B.C., and spent herearly life in Silverton,B.C., attending schoolsin Silverton and Nel ­

son. In March 1940, Florence began withthe then Public Works Department inNew Denver in a clerical position. In1952 she moved to Nelson to becomeSecretary to H . T. Miard, Divisional Engi­neer (who later was Deputy Minister),and subsequently Regional Engineersuntil 1961. For health reasons she thenmoved to the Coast and became Secretaryto Regional Engineer where she remaineduntil taking her pre-retirement leave inAugust 1978. Although less active dur­ing the past few years, Florence was in­volved with a number of community proj­ects and was a member of several volun­tary organizations. She spent 14 yearsworking with the Girl Guide Associationas Leader, District Commissioner, andDivision Commissioner. She was aCharter Member of the New Denverbranch of the BCGE Association, andcontinued her interest until it gave wayto the BCGEU, in which she served asshop steward.

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MAYNELL PATTERSON, Clerk 4,Nanaimo District, was honoured by Min­istry employees andfriends at a dinner­party in honour of herrecent retirement.Maynell began withthe Ministry on MayI, 1956. She was bornin Edmonton, andspent part of her earlier years in SanDiego, Calif. She moved back to Ed­monton, married, and lived in the FraserValley before coming to Nanaimo withher husband. They have two childrenand two grandchildren. All her friendswish her the best of everything for herretirement.

VERA M. HARRIS, Clerk-Stenogra­pher for the Director of Financial Ser­

vices and a 27-yearMinistry employee,was honoured byfriends at her retire­ment luncheon held atthe Empress Hotel,Victoria, on August31, 1978. Vera began

her Public Service career in 1952 in theoffice of the Bridge Engineer, then movedto the Divisional Engineer's office, re­ceived further promotion and was trans­ferred to the Minister's office as Clerk­Stenographer in May 1956. She finallytransferred to the office of the Comp­troller of Expenditures in July 1957where she remained until her retirement.Pleasant, co-operative, conscientious, Verawas praised by Assistant Deputy MinisterAl Rhodes, her supervisor for manyyears . She now plans to attend the Uni­versity of Victoria to pursue more aca­demic studies and, at the same time,travel, play golf, and hold what are nowrather famous bridge parties at her home.

LES ASHCRAFT, Machine Operator4, retired in September after almost 24

years of service withthe Parksville mainte­nance crew, Port Alb­berni District. Hisplans for the immedi­ate future are not yetsettled but he willeither sell his 42-acre

farm and move to the Okanagan or con­tinue to farm his land and raise his regis­tered Angus cattle. In any case, Les andhis wife of 43 years, will continue to en­joy camping, gardening, fishing, and rais­ing Boston Bull Terriers. All the crewat Parksville wish Les and Ivy manyyears of health and happiness.

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ARNOLD CORNISH, Road Foreman2 at Cherryville in the Vernon District,recently retired. Hebegan with Highwaysat Bridge Lake in 1952and became Foremanin 1964. He was pre­sented with fishingequipment as a retire­ment gift by his fel­low-workers. Arnold and his wife willcontinue to live in Cherryville.

n n nRENE BETEMPS, Burns Lake Dis­

trict, retired on March 25, 1978, as anOiler after 25 years on the Francois Lakeferry, first with the Jacob Henkel andthen the Omineca Princess. Rene and hiswife will continue at Southbank with hishobbies of fishing and prospecting.

EDWIN "ED" BRAATEN. MachineOperator 7, Burns Lake District, had his

last day at work onAugust I, 1978, after27 years of service.He started as a deck­hand on the FrancoisLake ferry, but hesoon moved to theSouthbank mainte­

nance yard as a Driver where he remaineduntil his retirement. He and his wife willremain at Southbank where he will enjoyconstruction work and fishing.

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DAVE ROBERTS, District Technicianin the Lillooet District, recently retired.

Dave began withHighways in 1947.His fellow-workersmade a presentationto him at a banquetand dance held tomark his retirement.Dave is a bachelor and

plans on spending considerable time work­ing on his home on Shuswap Lake nearSalmon Arm.

ERNIE ROBINSON, Labourer, NewWestminster District, Port CoquitlarnYard, worked his lastday before retiring onNovember 15, 1978.Born at Agassiz, hestarted working forHighways March1951. He travelled towork on his faithfulbicycle which he has owned since 1936.He and his family will continue to residein Port Coquitlam. His hobbies arehorseshoe pitching and stamp collecting.

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New Westminster District, has retiredafter 15 years of ser­vice. Lyal was bornin Rocky Mountainfoothill country nearCalgary, Alta. Heserved in the CanadianArmy overseas duringthe war and finally

settled in Surrey, B.C. Lyal is the onlyremaining charter member of the LoyalOrder of Foresters with the Royal CityCourt. He and his wife will visit rela­tives and old friends in a short time butLyal plans to continue working part-time.

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man 2, Cranbrook District, retired August31, 1978, with over29 years of service.At a dinner in hishonour, District Tech­nician Al Kernaghanmade a presentationon behalf of Les' fel­low employees. Leshas many hobbies, hunting, fishing, gar­dening. and antique collection of bottlesand other old items. The first male childborn in Yahk, Les and his wife have sixchildren and seven grandchildren.

In July a party was held for BILLFOWLER. Lillooet District, who retired

after 42 years of ser­vice. Bill first startedwith the then PublicWorks Department onSeptember 1, 1936, asa part-time employeeand since 1947 hasbeen a full-time em­

ployee, all in the Lillooet District. Hisretirement years will be spent in Lillooet,with a considerable amount of time de­voted to fishing. The 1.illooet Highwaysemployees wish Bill the best of every­thing in his retirement years.

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J. H. TURNBULL, Mate MY I, waspresented with a retirement gift of a fineclock by Al Walisser,New Westminster Dis­trict Highways Mana­ger. Mr. Turnbullstarted with the Pro­vincial Government in1957 at Colony Farm.He then transferred toHighways and the Albion ferry in June22. 1965, and has been with Highwaysuntil his retirement in April 1978. Jimhas two daughters and one son . He andhis wife, Gladys, will retire to their newhome in Whonnock.

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EARL HINTZ, Creston Highways Dis­trict. retired in June 1978 after having

worked as a Labourerand on the blacktopcrew since he beganwith Highways in1960. A get-togetherwas held at the High­ways yard with R. A.Jackman, District

Highways Manager, presenting Earl witha wallet on behalf of his fellow-workers.Earl plans to remain in the Creston areawhere he has lived for many years. Heis an avid gardener and prospector andthese interests will take up most of histime in retirement.

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GORDON McKILLOP, Patrolmanwith the B.C. Highways Patrol, recentlyretired after 13 yearsof service. Gordonspent all his service at ,~

the ferry terminals and •.has made many last-.....2'ing friendships with =_...tourists travellingthrough the Province.He lives in Vancouver with his wife andhe was recently honoured at the patroldance with a presentation of a silver mugfrom Ron Winbow, District HighwaysManager, North Vancouver.

L. L. K. "DUDE" LINDSAY, New West­minster District Road Foreman for over

25 years, recently re­tired and was hon­oured at a gathering atCloverdale yard wherehe was presented witha beautiful Frenchmovement mantelpiececlock. Dude served

in the Second World War. He and hiswife, Lois. live in the White Rock areawhere Dude will pursue his hobbies,which include botany, ornithology, andsome beachcombing.

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On June 30, 1978, ARCHIE CAMP­BELL, Mechanic Foreman, Merritt Dis­trict, retired. Archiestarted with the High­ways in January 1951as a Truck Driver 1.In 1951 he won theposition of MechanicI in Kamloops, wentto Allison Pass in 1965as a Mechanic Foreman, and to Merrittin 1968. where he stayed and becameMechanic 6 in 1972. A dinner and dancewas held with 125 people in attendance.Archie was presented with an engravedcopper mug and a colour television set.

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PROMOTIONS

ART R. CALDWELL recently won theEngineering Aide 3 position in the Fernie

District. Art wasworking out of Ab­botsford for Designand Survey, and theFernie District has re­cruited Art in the sub­division and permitfield. Art is married

with one son and enjoys fishing, hunting,and camping.

DA VE FOSTER was recently pro­moted to Engineering Assistant Co-ordin­

ator at Burns Lake.He has been withHighways since 1973as an EngineeringAide. Golfing, fishing,soccer, and badmintonare Dave's favouritesports and he also has

an interest in community affairs, havingcompleted a term on Village SchoolBoard and Regional District Council andis still chairman of the Library Board.He is married with two teenage childrenand lives in Burns Lake. Dave is alsoassociate field editor for the RR in BurnsLake.

JOHN RYAN, Regional MaintenanceManagement Technician, Regions 1 and6, has won throughcompetition the Dis­trict Highway Man­ager position in PrinceRupert. John beganwith Highways in 1967in Squamish with theConstruction Branchand worked on the Patricia Bay Highwayon Vancouver Island, the Upper LevelsHighway in West Vancouver, and on daylabour in the North Vancouver Districtbefore becoming Regional MaintenanceManagement Technician in 1974. Johnis married with one child, a daughter.His hobbies are golf and gardening, inthat order.

DARCY BYERS, new District High­ways Manager at Merritt, joined B.C.

Highways in 1970after graduating fromthe California StateUniversity at LosAngeles. He went toPrince George and in1972 entered the Engi­neering-in-Tra in ing

Program, serving in Clearwater, Houston.Terrace, Rossland, and Saanich Districts.In 1974 he went to New Westminster andin 1975 was Acting District HighwaysManager at New Denver. He later servedas Regional Maintenance Systems Engi­neer and then went to North VancouverDistrict before being appointed to Mer­ritt. Darcy is married with one child andhe enjoys fishing, hunting, touring, andgardening.

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PATRICK 1. CARR has been ap­pointed Executive Director, Operational

Services Division, theposition previouslyheld by T. R. Johnson.Pat was born in Clair,Sask. He graduated in1955 with a B.Sc. inCivil Engineering fromthe University of Man­

itoba . Following graduation he joinedthe Saskatchewan Department of High­ways as Assistant District Engineer. Hebegan work with the B.C. Department ofHighways in July 1959 as District Engi­neer, Pouce Coupe. Since then he hasheld positions as District Engineer, Cour­tenay; Regional Maintenance Engineer,Prince George; Assistant Regional High­way Engineer, Burnaby, and most re­cently the position of Regional HighwayEngineer, Burnaby. Pat and his wife,Joyce, have two children . An avid cur­ler, Pat has now become a dedicatedgolfer.

NEVILLE HOPE, District HighwayManager in Merritt was recently pro­moted to be RegionalMaintenance Oper­ations Manager inTerrace. He is not astranger to the area ashe had previouslyworked in Prince Ru­pert. Neville, whocame from England originally, is marriedwith two children. He and his familyenjoy the recreational facilities whichTerrace offers.

WINBOW recently won ther;.;;=;;.;.w~for District Highways Manager

in North Vancouver.He has been withHighways for 25 years,for some time Resi­dent Engineer at theNew Westminster Dis­trict. Ron has con­tributed a lot of his

after-work hours to community service inSurrey and was responsible for settingup the first Parks and Recreation Com­mission in that municipality. He servedfor a time as the chairman of the com­mission and was responsible for, or in­volved in, upgrading, expanding, and im­proving all the parks in the municipality.He also helped 40 young boys in thesoap-box derbys and served as chairmanof the committee. Ron resides in Surreyand has three children. His hobby is re­pairing and collecting antique watchesand clocks.

HUGH P. HOLLINS recently wonthrough competition the Regional Safety

and Health Officerposition for Region 6,Nanaimo. He beganhis duties there inearly October. Hughbegan his career withHighways at Parksvillein 1956 as a Labourer.

During his II years in Parksville he wasa Grader Operator and ConstructionForeman. In 1967 he transferred toSalmon Arm as Road Foreman. In 1969he moved to Terrace, he was Construc­tion Foreman there and in the QueenCharlotte Islands. He then moved toKeremeos as Road Foreman in 1970 andto Nelson as Regional Construction Fore­ma n in 1974. Subsequently he was SeniorRoad Foreman in Revelstoke and Camp­bell R iver before his recent appointment.He is married with two grown children.His hobbies are fishing and rock-hound­ing.

ED BOOTHMAN was recently pro­moted to the Road Foreman I positionon Bowen Island. Edwas honoured at agoing-away party heldby the Grand ForksDistrict employees.Ed started with theHighways in April1972 as a MachineOperator 3 and up to the time of hispromotion was Machine Operator 7.

10-7 CLUB

ELLIS CH RISTIE, Burns Lake Dis ­trict, moved to the warmer climate ofVernon after his retirement on August31, 1978. He joined the Francois Lakeferry on March I, 1951, as a Deckhandand left as aMate.

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JOHN GILLIES won through competi­tion the regulatory position of Engineer­

ing Aide 3 in theGrand Forks District.John started withHighways in Slocan in1973 and before trans­ferring to Grand Forksworked in the Duncanarea. John and his

family are currently engaged in buildinga house in Grand Forks. Some of John'shobbies when not working on the houseare tennis, cars, and making stained glasswindows.

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CREIGHTON W. SMITH, joiningHighways as a Clerk 4 (Trainee) in Feb­ruary 1978 in the Nel-son District office, haswon through competi-tion the position ofDistrict Office Mana­ger in New Denver.Before starting withHighways, Creightonworked for Craigmont Mines in Merrittfor 13 years in several office positions.Along with his wife and son he enjoyscamping, fishing, cross-country ski-ing,hockey, and country living.

LES LINTICK, right , Mechanic 2,Penticton District, was recently presentedwith his Heavy-dutyMechanic Certificateby W. E. Sweeney,Mechanic Foreman,Princeton. Les startedwith Highways as anapprentice in Lang­ford, April 1974, andthen moved to Prince George, PouceCoupe, and Princeton where he com­pleted his apprenticeship contract in April1978. Les enjoys hunting, fishing, andhockey and is married with two children.

SHAUN SWEENEY started withHighways in Burns Lake as an Engineer­

ing Aide 3 after work­ing in the Yukon fortwo years in mining.Shaun was KamloopsDistrict Co-ordinatorand through competi­tion won the positionof Regional Mainte­

nance Systems Technician in Kamloops.He is presently taking college courses inbusiness administration and enjoys scubadiving. Shaun is married, has two child­ren, and has been with Highways forseven years.

Heavy-duty Mechanic JOHN GOLDIEwas the successful applicant for the posi­tion of Assistant Me­chanical Foreman atthe Vernon Districtgarage. John startedwith Highways in1963 at Salmon Armand worked at GrandForks for a time be- __fore settling in Vernon. His main past­time is gardening.

CLARK ABLE recently won throughcompetition the position of Road Fore­

man 2 in Winlaw. Afarewell party wasgiven for Clark andhis wife by the em­ployees of the GrandForks District and apresentation made byW. G. Helmsing, Dis­

trict Highways Manager. Clark startedwith the Bridge Construction Branch in1963 and worked throughout the Prov­ince until 1973 when he transferred toGrand Forks.

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CHARLIE C. HENDERSON recentlywon through competition the position ofRoad Foreman 4 inthe Golden area.Charlie previouslyheld the position ofRoad Foreman 2 atRolla, Dawson CreekDistrict. Charlie alsoworked on Q21crusher and drove a low-bed in the PouceCoupe District. He is active in minorhockey and likes the outdoors. Charlie,his wife, and their three children, will bemaking their new home in Golden.

JAMES MACK GURR was recentlypromoted from Road Foreman 3 in Ash­

croft to Road Fore­man 4 for the Rich­mond area, NewWestminster District.Jim has now moved tothe coast and takenup residence in WhiteRock. He plans to do

some ocean-fishing now that he is hereon the coast. Other hobbies include aninterest in music and cabinet-making.

CHARLIE FOISY was recently pro­moted to Rand Foreman 2 in Vernon.

He began with H igh­ways in 1953. Char­lie's hobbies includehunting, fishing, wild­life photography, andleading a country andwestern orchestra. Heis also a member of

the Vernon Search and Rescue Club.

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ERROL HICKS, Golden District, re­cently transferred to Prince George asRegional DriverTrainer. Errol wasgiven a presentation onbehalf of employeesby C. S. Shaw, GoldenDistrict HighwaysManager.

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EARL NYGAARD, Engineering Aide3 with the Geotechnical and MaterialsBranch in Nelson, hasrecently won throughcompetition the posi­tion of MaintenanceManagement Co-or­dinator in New Den­ver. Earl began withHighways as a sum­mer student in 1973 winning throughcompetition the positions of MachineOperator 3 in 1974, Machine Operator4 in August 1975, and Engineering Aide3 in 1977. He enjoys boating on SiocanLake with his wife and daughter, hiking,fishing, and gentlemanly hockey contestsas a participant.

CRESTON DONALD KETCHUMwas recently appointed Senior Captain of

the Ministry's Gabri­ola ferry MV Quinitsa,after 38 years of seaexperience. BornAugust 20, 1922, atCreston, he moved tothe West Coast withhis family in 1929 and

went to sen in 1940. At one time theconvoy he was in was attacked by theGerman pocket battleship VOII Scheer.In 1941, while returning from Australiafor the second time, Ketchum's ship nar­rowly missed destruction by the Japaneseplanes that destroyed Pearl H arbour.After the war , Ketchum entered a Bibleseminary to train as a mission boat cap­tain and later served with his wife, Flor­ence, for many years in the islands of thewestern Pacific. They have two sons.Chris and Curt.

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PROMOTIONSGERHARD (GARRY) HEMMER­

LING, newly promoted to Road Foreman2 at Southbank, BurnsLake District. Garryhas 10 years of pre­vious service at PortAlbemi. He is mar­ried with two childrenand is beginning to en­joy the hunting and

fishing, which is all part of the beautifullakes district.

ALLAN R. EDGAR recently acquiredthe position of Engineering Assistant

(Maintenance Man­agement Co-ordinator)for the Fernie District.AI is married with oneson. His hobbies in­clude hockey, fastball.gymnastics, and he isan active hang-glider

pilot. Al has currently accepted the RRfield editor responsibilities for the Ferniearea.

Patrolman JIM JOHNSTON of theHighways Patrol, recently won through

competition the posi­tion of Patrol Corpo­ral. Jim has been withthe Patrol since 1962and has served in allareas. Jim and his wifereside in North Delta

______ool and have two grand-children. Jim's hobby is photography,which he pursues actively.

PAT McLEAN won through competi­tion the position of Clerk-Stenographer 2in the Kamloops Dis­trict office. Pat hashad 11 years of secre­tarial experience withmajor companies andfor the last four yearswas in partnershipwith her husband in .their own company. She is married withfive children and this is her first year withthe Ministry. She enjoys curling, golf,tennis, writing, and painting in oils.

EARL LINDSAY started working full­time with the Highways Design and Sur ­veys Branch, Com­puter Section, Head­quarters in March1973. He recentlywon through competi­tion the position ofSystems Analyst withMaintenance Systems,Victoria. Earl is married with one childand he enjoys travelling, photography,model "tall" ship building, and mostsports.

B. D. McAVITY won a transferthrough competition to Technician 1 inVanderhoof District.Before coming toVanderhoof he wasProject Supervisorwith Dock District,New Westminster.Bruce spends his lei­sure hours ski-ing,hunting, and fishing. He is married andha s one daughter.

I·JEAN BONNEY has won through

competition the position of Secretary tothe Regional HighwayEngineer, Burnaby.Born in the FraserValley she wasbrought up there andin Vancouver. Sheworked for B.C. Tele­phone until her mar­riage to her husband, Harry, when formany years she devoted her time tohomemaking. She and Harry have twochildren. Jean joined the Departmentof Highways in 1968 as a radio and telexoperator in the Burnaby Regional office,where she remained until October of thisyear. Jean's hobbies are sewing andtravelling.

RON McNEIL of the Highways Patrolrecently won through competition the

position of Patrolman1. Ron has been em­ployed at HorseshoeBay as a patrolmanattached to the B.C.Ferry Corporation.At the present timehe is being trained in

all areas covered by the Patrol. Ron re­sides in Surrey with his wife and twochildren. His hobbies are his gardenand he enjoys soccer, baseball, and swim­ming.

B. A. CLEARY has recently been pro­moted to District Office Manager, Van­derhoof District. Bernie was previouslyin Cranbrook District as Office ManagerTrainee. His favourite pastime is en­joying the outdoors and spending timewith his wife, daughter, and new son.

AL YOUNG is now the MechanicForeman in Burns Lake, after being inSmithers for a numberof years. He soongot into the swing ofthings in the area. AIand his wife both wonmajor prizes in are·cent Lake Dabine fish­ing derby. Beginnersluck? We'll sec next year.

"GERRY" A. V. IRVING has trans­ferred to Fernie District from Design and

Surveys at Cranbrook.Gerry has been withthe Ministry 11 yearsand won the Engineer­ing Assistant (Engi­neering) in Fernie.Gerry is married andrecently became the

proud father of a boy. Gerry is a CBradio enthusiast and avid fisherman andhunter.

S. J. TARR recentlyreceived his appren­ticeship c e r t i ficat efrom District High­ways Manager G. K.Austin. Stewart is nowa Mechanic 2 andworks at the FernieShop.

HENRY 1. BESTER recently won theBridge Foreman 1 position in the Fernie

District. Henryworked for an over­load maintenance con­tractor, subcontractingfor Kaiser Resourcesin Sparwood. Base­ball, hockey, basket­ball, hunting, and fish­

arc the activities Henry enjoys most.

TERRY GOULET won through com­petition the position of Clerk 4 (OfficeManager Trainee),Kamloops District.He was a Clerk 4 withServices Branch inVictoria and has beenwith Highways for sixyears. Terry is singleand enjoys ski-ing,hiking, tennis, and camping.

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10-7 Club (cant) 25-year Service Awards

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FRANK OVINGTON received his 25­year service award in 1977. Frank hasbeen with the MerrittHighways Districtsince April 12, 1951.He started as Labourerand has worked up tohis present classifica­tion of Machine Oper­ator 4, Loader Oper­ator.

GEORGE EWINGS, Rossland DistrictGrader Operator, recently received his

25-year service award.He was first employedby the Department ofHighways in 1952 withthe Surfacing Branchand worked oncrushers for severalyears throughout the

southern part of the Province. In 1962he became Loader Operator in the Fruit­vale area and for several years has beenthe Senior Grader Operator there.George and his wife live in Fruitvale withtheir two daughters and two sons. Fish­ing, hunting, and a little golf keep Georgebusy in his off hours.

AI Stanyer, right, Mechanic 3, beingpresented with a 25-year certificate byTed Robinson, Regional MechanicalSuperintendent, Terrace.

Ross Bennett, Machine Operator 3, left ,and Alceo Sartor, Machine Operator 3,Cranbrook District, displaying their 25­year awards. Both employees startedwith the Ministry all April 2/, /952.

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ARTHUR JONES, Bridgeman 3 in theLillooet District, recently retired. A

presentation was madeto him by his fellow­workers at a banquetand dance. Art is abachelor and his re­tirement plans includetravel in northern Brit­ish Columbia and Al­berta.

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ROBERT H. PROUDLOCK beganwith Highways in 1953 as a Grader Oper­ator and when he reocently retired he wasRoad Foreman, withall his service onBowen Island. Bob'shome was always onBowen Island wherehe raised his familywho have now all grown and left home.He now plans to maintain his long-stand­ing interest in fishing and to develop agrowing interest in photography.

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Kelowna District employees recentlyhonoured O. A. "HEP" HEPNER and

his wife at a luncheonon the occasion of hisretirement from theMinistry after 25 yearsof service. Hep spentmost of his time withthe Kelowna Districtand at his retirement

was Engineer Assistant (Regulator) andresponsible for handling most of the sub­divisions in the Central Okanagan. Afishing tackle box was presented to Hepby fellow long-time employee R. 1. Mar­tin on behalf of the Kelowna Districtstaff . Hep will continue to reside inKelowna, but now will have more timefor his fishing, hunting, and travelling.

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B. J. SCHIPHORST, Design and Sur­veys Branch, Victoria, retired at the endof June 1978, after 22years of service withthe Branch. Born inRotterdam, Holland,which, incidentally, isthe largest port in theworld, Ben spent sometime in Ontario beforecoming to British Columbia. After aheart attack in 1974, he was assigned theless arduous position of Supply Clerkwith the Branch, where his off-beathumour and quaint terminology were asource of wonderment to his fellows.Headquarters staff held a retirementparty, and presented Ben with a gift, andbest wishes for a long and happy retire­ment.

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KIM THOMAS from Logan Lake wonthe competition in Merritt and startedworking August I, 1978, as Labourer.Kim's hobby is his aquarium which wasa challenge when it came to moving.

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KEN HRECHKA, who was a Me­chanic 2 in Langford, won the Mechanic3 competition and has been transferredto Lytton. One of Ken's hobbies is flyingradio-controlled aircraft models.

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ART L. PRODEAHL has won theTechnician 1 position for the Fernie Dis­trict. Art has been employed with theHighways for 13 years and comes fromthe Prince George District office. Art ismarried with a daughter and son. Heenjoys fishing, fly-tying, and renovatingold houses.

Other recent promotions include HAR­VEY EMERSON, Bridgeman 2 to Bridge­man 3, Bridge Branch; R. S. DUDLEY,Engineering Aide 2 to Engineering Aide3, Construction; DAVE WITZEL, Engi­neering Aide 2 to Engineering Aide 3,Construction; K. W. LUKOWESKY,Engineering Aide 3 to Engineering Assis­tant, Geotechnical and Materials Engi­neering; WILLY FREDERIKSEN, Ma­chine Operator 3 to Foreman 1, PrinceGeorge.

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DAVE J. MARTENS was the success­ful applicant for the Road Foreman 2position in the Fernie District. Dave hasspent 15 years with the Ministry and henow heads the Jaffray road crew. Davelikes socializing and playing electronicorgan.

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F. FAIRBROTHER, who commencedwork with Highways in Vanderhoof asa Truck Driver in 1964, has returned toVanderhoof District after an absence offour years, transferring from SalmonArm to Vanderhoof as a Bridgeman 3.Floyd is married with two children.

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D . STUTTERS has recently wonthrough competition the position of La­bourer, Fort St. James foreman area,Vanderhoof District. Don is marriedwith two daughters and one son.

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B. PHILPOTT, who has been withHighways since July 1973 won throughcompetition the position of Labourer,Vanderhoof foreman area. Bernie is anactive member of the Vanderhoof FlyersHockey Club.

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EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Long-time employee, Sam Chew, nowenjoying his retirement years, likes tokeep up to date all the activities of formerworkmates through the pages of the RR.Sam first started with the Highways illthe early 40's and spent all his timeworking ill the Vernon District. 1/e isall ardent fisherman and is looking for­ward to moving to Powell River and fish­illg for the big ones there.

JOHN MONTADOR, the new Re­gional Geotechnical and Materials Engi­

neer for Region 6,was honoured at adinner hosted by thestaff of Region 1, Geo­technical and Ma­terials Branch in June.The dinner was at­tended by some 45

people, including past and present staffof Geotechnical and Materials Branch.John started with the Department as aLevelman in 1947 with the Design andSurveys Branch. After having workedhis way up to the position of DivisionalEngineer in Christina Lake, he took twoyears off to complete his degree in engi­neering at UBC. John returned to theDepartment of Regional Geotechnicaland Materials Engineer, Region 1, in1959 and has held that position up to thisyear.

AL EIMER, Office Manager in theNanaimo District office, recently won abronze medal at theB.C. Summer Games,Penticton, for para­chuting in the MasterAccuracy Competi­tion. Al is marriedand has a two-year-olddaughter.

Patrolman Vic Taylor of the B.C. High­ways Patrol is shown with his prize will­ning scale model of a police motor-cycle.Harley Davidson FLH 1200. The modeltook first prize ill the 1977 PNE CreativeCrafts hobby show and wall a blue rib­bon, Vic then entered the model ill theHudson's Bay hobby crafts show andwall first prize, a gold cup and a l O-speedbicycle. He spends a great deal of histime building models and also prospectingwith a metal detector. Vic is a qualifiedmotor-cycle patrolman at First Narrows,and has been employed with the patrolsince 1971. He lives ill Surrey with hiswife and just recently became a proudgrandfather.

G. K. AUSTIN, District HighwaysManager, Fernie District, has been given

a charter presentationfor the Fernie K-40Club. George is serv­ing his second term ascharter president ofthe K-40 Club. Hehas been past presi­dent of two Kinsmen

Clubs, past deputy governor of two Kins­men zones, and is a lifetime Kinsmenmember.

Nelson Highways District recently saidgood-bye to George Kent. Here, left toright, Bob Baker, Bridge Foreman; Mor­ley Hyatt, Senior Road Foreman; andBill Kortegaard, Mechanic Foreman, pre­sent him with a clock from the respectivecrews. George recently transferred toCourtenay as District Highways Manager.LORRAINE KRIESE has left the Fort

St. John District to take up a new post asSecretary with theMinistry of Forests inQueen Charlotte City.Lorraine had beenwith Highways in FortSt. John for almost 15years. She was veryinvolved in her church

and had been teaching Sunday school formost of this time, and she enjoys readingand needlework. About 20 peoplegathered at a dinner for Lorraine to wishher well in her new post.

Patrolman Terry Sammon of the B.C.Highways Patrol is in the pilot's seat ofa Cherokee Warrior. Terry in his sparetime has been taking flyillg lessons withSky Way Air in Langley since 1977 andnow holds a commercial pilot's licencewith endorsements, and is soon scheduledto qualify all the 737 jet aircraft. Terryhas been employed with the B.C. High­ways Patrol since 1971 and lives with hiswife and two children in Ladner. Hishobbies are restoring cars and boat build­ing,

Neville Hope, District Highways Mall­agel', Merritt District, has recently WOIl

the position of Regional MaintenanceOperations Manager in Terrace, Region5. Approximately 70 people attended thefarewell slipper held ill M erritt ill A ug­ust 1978, including guests from Hope andBoston Bar. Neville and his wife, l ean,were presented with a number of giftsand good wishes for himself, his wife,and family.

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The newly elected safety committeehad a meeting after the safety rally atBurns Lake District. At left, RandyHackett was elected chairman for thecurrent year. In the foreground isJack Turjord with Ted Lord, Region4 Safety Officer.

Highways PersonnelRescue Three People

Three people were rescued by High­ways personnel on the Lower ArrowLake last June 18, after a tragic boat­ing accident which left one man dead.

The accident occurred when apleasure craft overturned and put fourpeople into the water, all members ofone family.

The Highways ferry, MV Needles,was out of service for refit but theB.C. Hydro tug, Yellow Jacket, andcable barge was replacing it to servethe motoring public on the Needles­Fauquier route.

As the tug and barge reached theNeedles shore it received a report ofan overturned boat with people in thewater. Under Captain Dennis Siccotefrom B.C. Hydro, with K. G. Marsh­all, mate from MV Needles, the tugand barge returned to Fauquier andnotified local boaters. The barge wasreleased and the tug proceeded to thescene.

Three survivors were picked up:Christine Schmidt, 41; Curtis Schmidt,16; and Kent Schmidt, 12. ValentineSchmidt, husband and father, wasmissing and presumed drowned . Thesurvivors were then transferred to apower boat whose operator took themashore and notified the RCMP.Meanwhile Yellow Jacket continuedthe search for the missing man withthe assistance of Roy Pederson, off­duty mate from MV Needles, whojoined Captain Siccote and K. G.Marshall.

The search lasted two hours withoutsuccess and the tug took the over­turned boat in tow back to shore andturned the search over to the RCMPand a search and rescue team fromNakusp. The ferry service was thenresumed.

Fred Johnson, Foreman at Logan Lake,accepting the Silver Safety Award fromDarcy Byers, the new District HighwaysManager in Merrill. The Logan Lakecrew has had 72,060 safe hours fromJune 1,1975, to January 31,1978.

S. Westgate, left, Chairman of SajetyCommittee, presenting B. D. Mc Avity ,District Technician, Vanderhoof District,Silver Safety A ward for survey crew.

A . L. Freebairn, Regional MaintenanceOperations Manager, presenting GoodHousekeeping Award to R. Dyer. RoadForeman. Fort St. John.

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The Highway Technology Training Pro­gram reached a milestone recently when

Senior Bridge ProjectSupervisor ROYBUETTNER com­pleted the final draftof the course on BridgeMaintenance . Thiscourse is primarily foremployees working on

District bridge crews and others con­nected with this work. Roy has put intowords information he has gained frommany years of experience in bridge tech­nology.

Recently at Second Narrows office theB.C. Highway Patrol hosted members ofthe Vancouver City Police, who operatein the patrol areas, in a training sessionon the vehicle extraction equipment usedby the patrol to remove people trappedin vehicles at accidents. Assistant Cor­poral George Cooper pumping the hy­draulic power until Patrolman Vic Tayloroperates the wedge to open the jammedcar door.

T'-shirts were part of the presentationat the party given in Burns Lake.Modelling, left to right , are Bud Cottam,Machine Operator 7, and John Bergen,Road Foreman, South bank, both retiring,and M el Rundell, Stockman, transferringto Princeton.

TRAINING AND SAFETY

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PEEK INTO THE PAST

Now museum pieces, shovel and grader from the 30's arelocated at the entrance to the Squamish yard , North VancouverDistrict . The McCormick-Deering Grader L29 was in use in theWhistler area when it was administered by Lillooet prior to 1961.

Sign over the door of log cache built by reconnaissance crewin 1958 along the Stewart-Cassiar route shows names of peopleon the job. George Musselwhite, Resident Engineer at the time,now Design Technician in Victoria, is one of those still workingfor Highways. Photos were recently taken by Herb Wa lker , nowDesign and Surveys Projects Supervisor in Prince George, whoworked at the same site in 1959 while following the reconnais­sance to establish the highway cen tre lines . Sam Haizimsque, a

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A sim ilar machine (L2 7) was purchased by Merritt in 1930 for$4,933 . The sho vel had the name "W ilford" stamped on thecounter-weight and "Fordson" on the engine but little else iskn own about it .

local Native indian from a nearby village, was the boatman andpower-saw operated. J. E. Jackson and W. W . Kimball are de­ceased.

The cabin is 11011' occupied by squatters who have installed astove and chinked the walls. The cabin is one kilometre ormore from the highway and is accessible only by walking orflying . Cons/ruction of the road was carried out in the 1960'spast the site and the whole route completed and opened in 1972.

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THREE VALLEY FERRY

Before the Trans-Canada Highway was rebuilt around ThreeValley Lake, 15 miles west of Revelstoke, it was a very narrowroad situated at the base of a high rock cliff. During 1954 acontract was let for improvement of this section and eventuallyover 250,000 cubic yards of material were removed, 179,000cubic yards of it rock .

One of the provisions in the 1.94-mile project was for thecontractor to have the road open for traffic between noon and1 p.m , and 4.30 p.m, until 8 a.m. each working-day. Antici­pating a problem meeting this requirement the contractor sug­gested Highways install a ferry.

Through the District office at Revelstoke the Departmentchartered Arrow Lake Transportation Company's tug Pentagon.This tug along with two steel reaction ferry pontoons with a deckbridging them comprised the ferry. The ferry's usual load wasfour cars. Service began early in July 1955. The ferry operated

Past memories were brought to light by Salmon Arm Mechan­ical Foreman Harry Genschorek. He produced this picture takenin 1948 in the Merritt garage . From left to right are PercyCurrie, Stockman, now deceased; 101111 Richardson, shop foreman,/1011' deceased; Harry Genschorek, Mechanic, noll' Shop Foremanin Salmon Arm, and Ernie Stirling, Truck Driver, still with Mer­ritt Highways District. The total shop crew at the time was twoemployees and the building was heated with a 45-gallon drumfor wood burning. Behind Percy Currie on the left is a Hubergrader and beyond that is a Model 35 gas-driven Caterpillartractor.

during working-hours when the road was closed, and if the roadwas blocked after 4.30 p.m, it continued until dark .

For a time things went along as planned, but, toward the endof July a blast brought down much more material than expectedand completely blocked the highway. It was nine days beforethe road was opened for traffic. Ferry waits lasting up to 24hours were not uncommon for some motorists and patience worethin. Feelings also ran high at times when some drivers tried toget ahead of others in the long line-ups. Today a one-hourwait on a construction job has some motorists writing letters tothe editors.

The Three Valley Lake ferry was used for just over threemonths transporting around 10,000 vehicles in that time. Theoperator of Pentagon was Ken Millar, now a Captain in theOmineca Princess on Francois Lake.

-Picture and information by Frank A. Clapp

Public Works employees at Murphy Creek, in the RosslandDistrict, 1934-35. Left to right, Norman Wells, noll' DistrictHighway Manager in Chilliwack, Pete Lalonde and Bob Dunlop,who retired in 1963. There were no air compressors on the jobat this bridge site, so rock to be blasted had to be drilled by stardrill and hammer for which the workers were paid the princelysum of 50 cents per hour, top wages in those days, reports Norm.

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ABOUT PEOPLEJIM RAVEN, District Technician, Wil­

liams Lake D istrict, has worked for theMinistry for 26 years,the last 17 in Wi lliamsLake. Jim is marriedwith two children. Heand his family are ac­tive campers anahikers with interestsin rock-hounding and

photography. Other interests are stampcollecting and archreology. Jim and hiswife have recently travelled to New Zea­land in 1977, Mexico in 1978, and areplanning a trip to Europe.

RON STRATTON, Engineering Assist­ant, Williams Lake District, has been with

the Ministry for eightyears, starting withthe Paving Branch inKamloops. In 1976he obtained a positionin Prince Rupert, thenin February 1978 won

( his present position,through competition. Ron has purchaseda new home in Williams Lake, so he isspending much of his time landscaping,but really enjoys four-wheel l!riving, ten­nis, and most other outdoor sports.

GORDON LOVELL, District Stock­man , Williams Lake District, has beenwith the Governmentfor 13 years. Priorto coming to WilliamsLake in 1974 he wasa Stockman for B.C.Ferries. Gordon ismarried with twochildren and spendsmost of his spare time building his ownhouse on his farm. Gordon's main inter­ests are his two Arabian Pinto horses.He also enjoys camping and travelling.

WILLIAM (BILL) TELFORD, SeniorRoad Foreman, Williams Lake District,is a life-time citizenof the Cariboo andhas been with High­ways for 20 years.Bill worked through­out the Chilcotin-Cari­boo before getting theposition of SeniorRoad Foreman in 1966. He is interestedin such activities as hunting, fishing, boat­ing, photography, and carpentry. Knownfor his fatherly advice, his most famou ssaying is "Success is not free ."

MARCIA STAEHELI, Labourer, NewWestminster District, was on the Knight

Street Bridge weedingcrew during 1976 and1977 and substitutedas Driver on the Mas­sey Tunnel bicycleshuttle. Marcia wonpermanent Labourer'sposition in August last

year, out of Richmond maintenance yard.Coming in out of the rain and snow, shehas been assisting the District Co-ordina­tor for a few months but looks forwardto getting back out onto the roads.Marcia married last December. She ison the District softball team and enjoysski-ing, skating, and swimming.

C. MERV FRANK transferred to theGolden District as Co-ordinator fromMcBride in May 1978.Born and raised inWinnipeg, Merv livedin Vancouver prior tojoining the Ministry inMcBride. Merv, hiswife and two sons,spend week-ends ontheir 32-foot houseboat on Mara Lake.Besides water sports Merv is an avidsnowmobiler.

T. M. FORSYTH has been the DistrictHighways Manager in Gibsons since

1975. Prior to that,Gibsons was a subdis­trict of North Vancou­ver. He began withHighways in the BurnsLake District in 1956as an Instrument Man.In 1966. a transfer

to the positron of District Techni­cian put him in charge of the Gibsons­Powell River area. Tucker is marriedwith three children. He enjoys all sportsand travelling. Tucker was recently madea lifetime member of the Kinsmen Clubof Gibsons.

CARMEN DIXON began with Gib­sons Highway District in March 1974 asa Clerk-Typist 1. In1977 she was reclas­sified to a Clerk 3.Carmen has lived inGibsons for 19 yearsand her opinion is itis a wonderful placeto live. She has twoteenage children and her hobbies areexercises of all kind s. growing plants,macrame, and collecting antique plattersand china.

SANDRA HANSON came to theoffice of the Senior Information Officerin August 1977 froma similar position withthe B.C. FerryAuthority, where shebegan her Public Ser­vice career in Novem­ber 1976. She is thesenior Clerk-Stenog­rapher in the office and types, as well asdistributes, all of the hundreds of letterswhich pass through the Senior Informa­tion Officer's hands. Known as "Sandy"to her friends, she is an efficient workerand a valued member of the staff . Herhobbies include skating, swimming. read­ing, and sewing.

MAY FLEMING is the latest additionto the Public Information office of the

Ministry at Victoria.May began her careerwith the Public Ser­vice as a Clerk-Stenog­rapher and is a valuedworker in the office.She types the news re­leases, among other

jobs, and works with the Public Informa­tion Officer and the Administrative Offi­cer to the Assistant Deputy Minister(Finance and Administration). Her hob­bies are sailing, camping, hiking, reading,and gardening and she is active in all ofthem.

W. S. (BILL) ALLEN joined theMinistry staff as Administrative Officer

for the Assistant--- Deputy Minister (Fi­

nance and Administra­tion) in April 1977.Bill has had an inter­esting and variedcareer prior to joiningthe Public Service on

September 1, 1968, as AdministrativeAssistant to the Deputy Minister of Pub­lic Works. He was a sales manager fora radio station, a department managerfor HBC, and an ad manager for Wood­ward's Stores before joining the PublicService. He served in the Royal Cana­dian Navy during World War II. Billhas been deeply involved in sports, in­cluding minor hockey and Junior Bhockey for 17 years. He is a life mem­ber of the Anglican Young People's As­sociation and a life member of the Esqui­malt Minor Hockey Association. Heand his wife have three sons, one a highschool vice-principal, one a driver sales­man for a consumer company, and thethird attending the University of Victoria.

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JAMES LEE has recently joined theMaintenance Systems Division in Victoria

as an Engineer 2. Hewas previously an En­gineer with BridgeBranch for three yearsand four years withPublic Works. Jamesis married with twoyoung children and he

enjoys travelling and fishing.

GEORGE BOYCE, Mechanical Fore­man, Penticton District, has been with

Highways since May1957. George movedto Penticton from PortAlberni in 1971. Anavid fisherman, Georgeis a member of theToastmaster's Club inPenticton.

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RAY CAPNERHURST is presently aMachine Operator 4 in the Greenwood

foreman area. Beforecoming to the GrandForks District, Raystarted in Mission in1966 and transferredto Greenwood in 1970.Ray is kept busy byhis two sons and en­

joys tinkering with cars. He also likesto play golf when he can find the time.

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Ernie Stirling, Labourer, left, and WaltCaryk, Mechanic. Walt is a familiar facein the Merritt District as he worked inBoston Bar which was in the Merritt Dis­trict until April 1, 1978, when it becamepart of the Hope District. As of Septem­ber 1,1978, Walt became the Shop Fore­man at the Merritt garage.

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PHYLLIS FRANCIS has been with theGibsons District since May 1976 assisting

with general officed uti e s , subdivisions,and maintenance man­agement. She was re­cently appointed to theClerk 2 position . Sheis married with threechildren and her hob­

bies are sewing, knitting, fishing, andcamping.

MICKEY WATIS, Relief Foreman inthe Penticton District, started with theMinistry in April 1951as a Truck Driver.Mickey has sinceworked continuouslyin the Penticton areaand presently acts asDistrict DriverTrainer. Mick's hob­bies include fishing and camping.

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GERRY RUNNALLS became RoadForeman 3, Penticton District, in May of

this year after movingto the Okanagan fromRichmond in Region1. Gerry enjoys theoutdoors and is a dedi­cated fisherman as wellas a gardener.

BART DUTEAU, District Technician,joined the Ministry with the LocationBranch in PrinceGeorge in 1959 andworked for the Branchuntil transferring toGibsons in 1971. Heis married with threechildren and spendshis spare time pursu­ing the various anadromous fish native tothe Gibsons area.

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Members of the Penticton District garage crew include, left to right, R. Me­Cune, A. Sears, W . Richardson, K. Alexander, D. Cattee (road crew), M. Ferley,road crew; T. Turner, Assistant Mechanical Foreman; B. Bathgate, I. Christianson ,and G. Boyce, Mechanical Foreman.

PETER A. SAVISKOFF recently wonthe Engineering Aide 3 position in the

Fernie District. Peteis on the District sur­vey crew and camefrom B.C. Hydro CivicInspection Section(North Vancouver).Married with one son,Pete like music, fish­

ing, and hiking. He serves as the BC­GEU steward for the ETI component,Fernie area.

KAREN PARTINGTON is an OfficeAssistant 2 in the Burns Lake Districtoffice . and is usuallythe voice at the otherend of Burns Lake 1.Karen has been withHighways for two andone-half years. She ismarried with threechildren, and her hob­bies include camping, snowmobiling, andcurling.

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ABOUT PEOPLERAY DEGRAFFE, Engineering Assis­

tant in the Gibsons District, worked forthe Alberta Depart­ment of Highways forfive years before com­ing to British Colum­bia. He worked inN anaimo and Chilli­wack Districts beforegoing to Gibsons in

February of this year. Ray is married,has a three-year-old son, and spends mostof his spare time with his family .

LANCE ROSSITER, Yardman in theTerrace District, will be retired at the

end of August. Lancestarted with Highwaysin July 1958 and be­fore that he was withthe Department ofTransport Marine Ser­vices as a Storeman.He served what may

be a record number of years as a SafetyCommittee secretary, 19 years from 1959to 1978. Lance and his wife , May, aregoing to spend two months in Hawaiiwhere it is believed he is going to use hisham radio expertise to send strange mes­sages back over the B.C. Highways radionetwork.

MORRIS GIRARD recently transfer­red to Highways after working in PublicWorks as a Paintersince 1968. In therecent allocation ofPublic Works em­ployees , Morris wassent to the court staffas a Security Officerand then to Highways.He is now at the Second Narrows patroloffice and does the office work and looksafter stores. Morris lives in Port Co­quitlam with his wife and three children.His hobbies are camping and wood­working.

CLAYTON B. CARBY is an Engineer­ing Aide in the Gibsons District office.Clay come s from theSunshine Coast Re­gional District and hasbeen with Highwayssince March 1978. Heis married and livesin Gibsons. Clay is ~

activel y involved inboth the Kinsmen Club and the Gib sons'Volunteer Fi re Department.

GAIL S. SHORT, Clerk-Stenographer2 in the Golden District office, has been

with the Ministry sinceApril 1978. Born andraised in Chase, Gailhas lived in Goldensince the fall of 1975.Married with twochildren she enjoyssewing, snow ski-ing,

swimming, and is quite a pool player.

KATHI AQUINO, Clerk-Stenograph erin the N anaimo District office, has been

with the Ministry sinceOctober 1974. Herhobbies and sport s in­clude cooking, water­ski-ing, travel Ii n g ,four-wheel scrambleracing, and disco danc­ing. Her main ambi­

tion is planning a trip to Europe andGreat Britain next year.

KAREN SHEPHERD, Accounts Clerkin the N anaimo District office, startedwith the Ministry inJune 1963. Her mainareas of interest arereading, boating,swimming, travelling,and playing bridge.Her main ambition isto become a grand­mother.

FRANK JANAS, Machine Operator,Smithers District, began with Highways

in 1975. He is marriedwith two children andhis hobbies are snow­mobiling, photography.raising Cocker Span­iels, and is the kennelbreeder and managerof Frajan Cockers inKitwanga.

TERRY CHRISTIE, Engineering As­sistant for the Nanaimo District, has beenwith the Ministry sinceOctober 1974. Hismain hobbies are re­finishing old furniture,f 0 u r - wh eel driving,and sailing . Presently,Terry is planning tobuy a sailboat.

CLIFF DODGE, Mechanical Foreman,Williams Lake District, has been with theMinistry for 23 years,the last eight in Wil­liams Lake. Cliff'smain interest is carsand he spends con- .-.~_siderable spare timefixing, buying, andselling automobiles. ~

Other interests are hunting and fishing.Cliff and his family spend their vacationson Canim Lake where he has built hisown log cabin.

JOHN HENDERSON, EngineeringAide 2, left Kamloops District in August

to embark on a four­year training programin Toronto to qualifyas a doctor of chiro­practic. He previouslyworked on the surveycrew at the CypressBowl access project

and has been with Kamloops District forabout one and one-half years. John hasa B.Sc. in psychology from the Universityof Victoria and enjoys, ski-ing, flying,rugby, and badminton.

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LAWREN WAGER sta rted with theMinistry in June 1972 on the Engineer­in-Training programand subsequently spenttime with all thebranches. He trans­ferred to Burns Lakein December 1973 asthe District HighwaysManager and remainedthere until August 1976 when he wastransferred to Nel son as the Region alMainten ance Management Engineer. Healso spent two months in 1978 as the Re­gional Bridge Engineer there. Lawrenis currently the Maintenance Standardsand Quality Control Engin eer at Head ­quarters in Victoria. He enjoys ski-ing,hik ing, reading, and "bird" watching.

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R. L. (LAING) SHIMMIN, startedwith Highways in Prince George in Octo­

ber 1974, and movedto Lillooet in June1976 where he was aClerk 5. Laing is nowAdministrative Officer1 for Kamloops Dis­trict. He has a B.Sc.in mathematics and

economics from University of Victoriaand has been with Highways for threeand one-half years. Laing is single, en­joys softball, tennis, and has his own skiboat.

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Highways and Bridge Openings (continued)

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Premier Bennett formally opened the 5.5-km, $9 million sec­tion of the Trans-Canada Highway between Douglas Street andThetis Overpass on December 11. He was assisted at the cere­mony by Stan Wells, a worker on the project [rom the Labourer'sUnion Local 1093. Shown as the ribbon was cut are, left toright, Deregulation Minister Sam Bawl], Mr. Wells, and thePremier.

Highways Minister Alex. V. Fraser cuts ribbon of four-lane ,4-km section of Highway 6 within the boundaries of Vernon andthe Municipality of Coldstream. With Mr. Fraser are, left toright, Pat Dunn, Vernon District Highway Manager; Pat Jordan ,MLA, North Okanagan; and Fred Galowski, Leduc Paving Ltd.

The first vehicle across the nell' Kiskatinaw Bridge was this/927 Buick driven by Walter Wright (past Mayor of DawsonCreek), with George Brookbank as his passenger. The ncll'bridge was officially opened October 31,1978.

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The nell' Kiskatinaw Bridge and approaches which was officiallyopened October 30 of this year.

On November 7, the new four-lane, $3 million, 4-km sectionof Highway 19, between Norwell Drive and Hammond Bay Roadwas officially opened by the Minister at Nanaimo. FrankNey, Mayor of Nanaimo was in attendance. Bill Loudon,pioneer miner and Nanaimo District resident, was presented withthe official scissors from the occasion by the Minister and JohnMorris, Nanaimo Highway District Manager.

Highways Minister Alex. V. Fraser, centre, with, left to right,Al Walisser, Nell' Westminster District Highways Manager; Tour­ism Minister Elwood Veitch; Alderman Doreen Lawson represent­ing the Municipality of Burnaby; and Ray Loewen, MLA, Burn­aby-Edmonds, opens the Stormont Connector, October 24 inBurnaby.

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ON THE JOB

Installation of a huge multiplate culvert is near completionon the Bridge Lake Road (Highway 24) near Little Fort. JulesDramstad and Fred Haggard, members of the district bridgecrew, stand in culvert to show its relative size. The multiplateis approximately 13 feet MgT, by 20 feet wide and 172 feet long.There are about 140 plates to the culvert and some 5,000 boltshold it together. Eakin Creek will flow through the culvert,

Construction for the replacement of Campbell River Bridge011 Pacific Highway, New Westminster District, involves theinstallation of twin 5.28-metre by 3.52-metre multiplate pipe-archstructures to allow a wider road and gentle side slopes. This willproduce safer road conditions for this major truck route intoWashington State.

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The Boulder Creek Bridge on the Nanaimo River Road isreplaced with a 4.57-metre multiplate pipe. The installation androad realignment was carried 011/ by the Nanaimo District on II

day-labour basis. The old bridge was built ill 1950 and is 22.9metres above the creek bed. The new culvert and fill will carrytraffic to large logging operations, the Green Mountain ski resort,and recreational traffic to the Nanaimo Lakes area. Bert Mels­ness, Construction Foreman, Nanaimo District, with crew whichassembled this multiplate pipe at Boulder Creek in 10 days.They are, left to right, back row, ROil Gaffery , Dave McKay,Sig Sigurdson, and Vern Hunter and, front row, Bert Melsness,lae McGeachy, Crystal Belanger, Jim Bertram, and Brian Mead­more.

Terrace District bridge crew assembling a multiplate pipe-archculvert at Gitzyon Creek on the New Aiyanislt Road in the NassValley. Pipe installation was part of a day-labour project. Pipedimensions are 4.72 metres by 3.07 metres by 45.7 metres long.

Part of major reconstruction of Highway 6 east of Vemoll;old wooden cattle underpass was replaced with the Ilew steelculvert.

Construction Foreman O. V. Arndt and Labourer GeorgeWaldie installing culverts all the North East Coal access, FlatbedRoad. This additional culvert will help reduce winter ice prob­lems caused by springs,

Replacing obsolete bridges is part of a bridge crew's responsi­bility. Here Dick Vessey is swung over the Bulkley River whilereplacing the Clark Bridge. Watching are Garry French andStall Thiessen, all of the Bums Lake District bridge crew. Thecradle in which Dick is riding is a welcome new addition to theequipment and the design was approved hy the Workers' Campen­sation Board after months of safety checks and improvements.

The Salmon Arm bridge crew constructed a Ilew bridge , 28feet by 120 feet, over the Salmon River 011 the Silver Creek Roadill September 1978. The old bridge was constructed in 1965 andthe replacement had concrete stringers and a top. Four exteriorstringers weighing 34,660 pounds each and 10 interior stringersweighing 34,090 pounds were lifted into place by a 65-toll crane .Concrete (32.2 m 3) was poured on the deck and trowelled witha deck machine on a JIh·illch camber.

Corbin Road ill the Fernie District received a major [acelijt­ing with the opening of Byron Creek Collieries at Corbin tOWIl­site. Here is aile of many pile-driving operations undertaken.Woodland Bridge is constructed to support seven 45-foot-lellgthprecast bridge girders.

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ON THE JOB

Nanaimo River Road Underpass, N anaim o Dis trict, has re­cently been completed at th e Tra ns-Canada Highway junction,The underpass will speed up heavy traffic flow at that point andwill greatly improve traffic movements and safety.

Flood? Not really. Looking west from Highway 3, part ofthe townsite of Wardner and the old Wardner Bridge are sub­merged in Lake Koocanusa. The Libby Dam agree ment closedthe section of highway ami bridge leading to Wardner. The re­vised route saw the construction of a new bridge and the reloca­tion of the highway district bou ndary between Cranbrook andFernie.

Tr affic flow was greatly improv ed west of Kaleden Junctionwith the com pletion this sum mer of three- and [our-lane con­struction. Th e construction is part of th e Penticton Hi ghwayDistrict day-labou r program from Kaleden Iun ction west ofPrinceton.

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Bridgemen, Jim Laforge and Tony Bieganski, Dawson CreekDistrict. putting the filial touches on the Old A rras Bridge. Thisbridge just received new stringers, deck, and a lIew fence . TheA rras Bridge over the Kiskatinaw River at aile time was one ofthe major links on the John Hart Hig hway. It flOW carries onlylocal traffic,

Pictured above is the old wooden bridge spanning the K iskat­inaw River along the Alaska Highway. This bridge was built inOctober 1942 by the U.S. Army.

N aramata R oad in Penticton D istr ict is being realigned andconstructed. The winding section of road has a large traffi cvolum e and th e heavily built-up area makes construction workdifficult at times.

In Fernie

This unique tunnel is located 19.5 km south of Fernie onHighway 3. Only 60 m in length and on a curve, it is noted asa geographic weather control as the areas at each end of thetunnel seem unaccountably to have widely different climates.A more arid type of weather exists south of the tunnel while thenorth has more humid conditions.

Glen Bossio, Machine Operator 4, Fernie District, operatesthe newly acquired Warner-Swazey ditching machine. Work isbeing performed on the Mount Fernie Provincial Park Road, 3.2km west of Fernie.

Alan Peterson, Fernie District, clearing debris from Highway3, 22 km west of Fernie. Bill Tymchuk is supervising the oper­ation while Richard Hutchinson flags traffic. Looks as if theyneed more than a loader for that nugget in the foreground.

The Fairy Creek Bridge just north of Fernie was replaced bya new spacious structure in October 1978. Preparing the ap­proaches involved some blasting of a shale bank and shown here,left to right, Marian Motloch, Bill Tymchuk, Tony Puppin, John"Nick" Ewanick, and Richard Hutchinson, all from the FernieDistrict road crew , standing uncomfortably close to planted andwired charge just before they shot it.

Looking west, this "coal tipple" is an old conveyor still inlise as part of Kaiser Resources mining production on Highway3, 4.8 km east of Fernie. The westbound lane is 24 feet inheight. The eastbound lane was revised to increase the verticalheight from 10 feet to 16 feet 3 inches. Previous truck-trailerunits had to detour via a dirt road on the right of the northsupport.

Bill McKay from the Jaffray road crew is the operator of thisnewly acquired distributor in the Fernie District. Long, hotsummers prove that such a unit can be useful in dust control andlaying an inverted prime to improve various district roads.

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TRANSFERS About PeopleSTEVE J. SVIATKO has recently

joined Kamloops District as DistrictH ighways Manager.Before coming toKamloops he was Dis­trict Highways Mana­ger in Cranbrook, Sal­mon Arm, and Smith­ers and a ResidentEngineer in New West­

minster, Chilliwack, and Burnside. Stevehas been with Highways for 27 years.He is married, has three children, andenjoys photography, golf, and curling.

JOHN Mc LEAN, Road Fore man 2 inthe Verno n Distri ct, was recently tr ans­

.. _ .:- ferr ed to Langford ," ..... Saanich Di str ict. John

_. .. .~ . was orig inally fro m~ . " the coas t and has spentr-" the last five years in

\ Vernon.

GO RDON G RAMS is now working asApprentice Mechanic at the Merritt gar­age. Gordon previously was an Appren­tice Mechanic in Vernon.

Charles Col ville, Ferryman at IslePierre, on the ferry which he has oper­ated for the past three years. He own s afarm on the north side of N echako Riverat the ferry site and worked as a casualemployee before beginnin g on the ferry.

T. J. P. (Pat) Scarr, left, Relief Mate,and J. M. (Joe) Comeau, Shift Captain,in the whee/house of Omineca Princess.Pat began his service with Highways in1969 after spending a number of yearswith the Canadian Coast Guard. Joealso began his service in 1969 starting asa deckhand in Jacob Henkel and sincerising to master's position.

Jim Murphy, Mec hanic 2, right, andKevin Wilson, Mechanic Apprentice, Sal­mon Arm District garage, stop for a RRsmile during their busy week-end shift.Jim moved to Salmon Arm from theQueen Charlotte Islands and started withthe Salmon A rm Highways in 1977 . Jimspends his spare time fishing and hunting.Kevin worked for the Highways in GrandForks as an auxiliary employee beforecoming to the Salmon A rm garage in1977. He likes to spend his spare timescuba diving and works for the volunteerfire department in Salmon Arm.

"Grizzly" installed in dump box toprevent lum ps of sand from jammingtail-gate sander chain, Vanderhoo fDistrict , Standing on the installed"Grizz ly," which proved successfullast winter in Vanderhoof, is its inven­tor, Ray Fullerton, who left the Min­istery this year. Blu eprint s will beissued from the Director of Equip­ment Services, Victor ia, for oth erdistricts.

BILL F. SMITH, Engineering Aide 3,has transferred from the Saanich DistrictOffice to Cranbrook District as Engineer­ing Assistant. Bill has been with theMinistry since September 1972. He andhis wife enjoy curling and fishing in theirspare time.

WAYNE E. LACEY, Engineering Aide2, has transferred from the Highway De­sign and Surveys Branch to CranbrookDistrict, May 1, 1978. Wayne startedwith the Ministry, April 20, 1972. He ismarried with one child and enjoysbowling.

The Fort St. John District Highwayscrew welcomes R. G. (BOB) STRAINto its office as the newDistrict Co-ordinator.Bob co mes fromGo lden , and is busywith his new duties.Bob's pastimes includecamping, fishing, hunt­ing, a n d co ach in gminor baseball. Bob is married with twosons.

ROD HOPPER, Engineering Aide 3·4,has joined the Karnloops District survey

crew. Rod transferredfrom Dawson Creekwhere he was with theConstruction Branch.He is married, hasthree children, and en­joys hunting and scubadiving. Rod has

worked for the Ministry for six years andpreviously spent over a year in Karn­loops surveying for Construction Branch.

H. F. POPOFF, District HighwaysManager, Cranbrook District, transferredfrom 100 Mile Houseto Cranbrook in July1978. Harvey startedwith the Ministry, Sep­tember 6, 1956. Whileat 100 Mile House hewas active in severalcommunity organiza­tions. He was a past president of theLions Club, served on the executive ofthe Cariboo Ambulance Society, in whichhe was also a volunteer driver, and wasvice-president of the 100 Mile House SkiClub. Harvey is married with threechildren. He enjoys hunting, golfing,fishing, and he is an avid downhill skier.

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MISCELLANY

So me who have travelled the Crows Nest H ighway 3 routethrough Spar wood may have seen this enormous vehicle but theyare not likely to see it on a pub lic highway: This is the TerexTi tan, the biggest rear dump truck in the wor ld, 66 feet long, 25feet wide, and 22 feet high from the ground to the top of thecanopy over the cab. Each of its tires is 11 feet in diameter.To reach the cab requires a 13-foot climb from ground level.This truck weighs 520, 400 pounds empty. With a maximum loadof 350 tons, the Titan weights almost 610 tons. Each tire aloneweights almost 8,000 pounds. A 3,300 hp. diesel engine is teamedwith a generator to deliver electric power to traction motorslocated in the Titan's wheels. With a full load , the Titan cantravel at speeds of 30 mph. This truck was shipped in severalpieces and assembled on the mine-site. 1t will be put to use atthe Open Coal Mine at Kaiser Resources.

Crew fro m Vemon Dis trict No.3 Yard just completing theirmetric course , They are. left to right, George Martinsen, BobGertsmeyer, Bob Cowley, lim Simpson, and Tally O'Keefe.This division produces concrete guardrail, picnic tables, and otheritems for the roadside development program.

Use of a heated plastic tent enables the concrete guardraildivision of Vemon District to operate throughout the winter.Concrete readymix trucks can drive right inside the tent to fill theforms.

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Monu mental task involved in transporting two 220-tonrunners. wheel mechanisms for turbines at the Site 1 Dam on thePeace River is shown in these pictures taken on Highway 16 nearVanderhoof . Apex Industrial Movers have the contract to movethe Russian-made runners from Vancoul'er to the Hudson Hopedam-site. Tra nsportation from R ussia to Vancouver was byfreighter. Th e trip fro m Va nco ul'er was over a long and tortuousrout e. The truck and trailer transport ing each runner was bargedto Ke mano, then over the Euroca n logging-road to Tahtsu Lake,and barged via several lakes to K enn ey Da m on K newstubb Lake.Fro m there by logging-roads to Engen (19.2 km west o f Va nde r­hoof) , Vanderhoof to Fort St . l am es on H igh ways 16 and 27,and then north to Williston Lake via the Om ineca M ine Road ,from this point once again put on barge do wn Williston Lak e toPeace River Dam, then truck ed to Sit e 1 Dam . T wo runn ers arein transp ort at th is tim e with the remaining two scheduled for1979. Each runn er weighs 441 ,000 pounds, total weight o frunn er and tractor trail er was 684 ,000 pounds. Wh en crossinghighwa y structures each tractor trail er was equipped with 160whe els, The Highw ays Ministry, Ministry of En ergy, Tran sportand Communication s, and the RCMP worked closely togeth erduring the moves.

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The Highways Ministrywould like to see British Co­lumbia's roads free of litterwhich, despite the law, seemsto find its way along manyroutes. Latest encourage­ment to eliminate roadsidelitt er is attractive disposalunit similar to the earlier"garbage-gobblers," some ofwhich are still in place atview points. This newer ver­sion is made from an old oildrum with a fibreg lass,locked-on toad head, and itasks the public to "FeedMe ." Fifty of the units havebeen placed at strategic lo­cations along British Co lum­bia highw ays, with more tocome in 1979. Can youthink of a name for the seunits? If so, drop a line tothe Senior Landscape Super­visor, Mini stry of Transpor­tation, Communications andHighway s , WaddingtonBuilding, Broughton Street,Victoria.

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Bob Chapman and bridge crew from North VancOllI'er District are busy clean­ing up after finishing the expansion joints at the south end of the Second NarrowsBridge. The crew's efforts resulted in a I'ery smooth joint and an end to the noisefor the neighbours of the bridge.

Sgt. Harry Cunnin gham , N .C.O. in charge of the B.C. Highways Patrol, is seenchatting with Frank Rideout , Foreman of the regional bridge crew based at NorthVancouv er District yards. Harry like to keep a good relationship with all branchesof highwa ys and is interested in providin g adequate protection for the work crewswhen required . He tokes every opportunity to talk to the men who keep thebridges and highways in good repair.

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Pat Doodson, Mac hine Operator 4, NorthVancouver District Yard, is operating the newlyacquired lnternational sweeper. The truck hasthe capability of cleaning out drains with suc­tion . Pat's operations on the highway are vitalto the safety of the motorist. Many times hehas assisted with stalls and accidents in theareas where he was working. Pat has been em­ployed with the Highways Ministry since 1972.

Paul Jelic, Highwa ys Patrol wrecker operator,on the Second Narrows Bridge, is seen spread­ing sand on an oil spill which could have re­sulted in an accident . Paul's activities includeattending stalled vehicles, rem oval of debris,and assisting maintenance operations on thebridge. He emigrated from Yu goslavia andworked in various parts of Canada before join­ing the Ministry in 1967.

The beavers have come back with characteristic persistencein the Bums Lake District. Here George Barton and DennisMenhinick of the Houston road crew have cleared away anotherof the pesky critter's' dams. They'll be back though!

Bob Grose, Harvey Fu nk, Art Grasser, Ralph Gardner, andForeman Garry Hem m erling loading a small packer onto apick-up on completion of Dog Creek culvert installation.

Th e Bums Lake District crack-sealing crew in action alongY ello whead Highwa y J6. Th e Houston crew were observing,Wi elding the tar holders are John Buhler and Randy Hackett,with sm iling Jan Carn ie completing the crew.

Rossland District personnel, left to right, J. Wi lliams, Ma­chine Opera tor; R . Broughton, Shop Foreman; and T. Williams ,Machine Operator, standing beside the new tandem diesel truck :All facilities, including the Hiab winch and deck, were installedby Rossland shop crew.

Left to right, Tom Gabara, Machine Operator; Al Murdock,Fencing Foreman; and Richard Harry, Labourer, Merritt Dis­trict, taking a break from fencing on the Mamit Lake Road.

Sand y Murray, Machine Operator 7, 'Sm ithers District, withthe new tractor complete with Hiab crane for self-loading thatarriv ed recent/yo This tractor like the old one sho uld do man ykilometres throughout the Pro vince in Sandy's capable hands.

ON THE JOB

Whoops! Vemon District truck with a decided list getsdragged back 10 the road with a shovel bucket and winch after ithad been swept 00 by a mud slide during reconstruction of theLumby-Mabel Lake Road.

Larry English and Jim Murphy, mechanics in the SalmonArm District garage, had the task of repairing and cleaning theNikropul Dust Collector (a vacuum cleaner is what it is) usedby the mixing plant crew. This portable machine is the only oneof its kind in British Columbia, and removes the sand and dustfrom the mix plant. Jim and Larry looked like two coal minerswhen they emerged from the inside.

New shop in Kitwanga yard, Smithers District, with offic etrailer on the right . Th e yard also has a Ilew oil shed and Ilewsalt shed.

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Road Foreman Norm MeRae, New Denver Highways Dis­trict, surveys a tank dri ll buried by a slide during the reconstruc­tion of the Nakusp-Hot Springs Road. Fort unately 110 one washurt and no serious damage was done 10 the machine.

Ken Screen started with the Salmon A rm District as an aux­iliary employee in 1976 and became a regular employee in No­vember 1977. Ken does all the yard maintenance, equipmentservicing, and gardening in the Sa lmon Arm yard. Here Kenis servicing one of the Sa lmon Arm units.

Highways testin g crew , B . Lintott, D . Norstrom, and P. Mor­rison drilling test holes in the Shuswap River bed from a barge.This is preliminary work being done before the building of a newbridge at Enderby. The old bridge was built in 1942 .

Situated on Underpass Road at the south approach to Pattu lloBridge, this rock retaining wall, nearing completion, was con­structed by New Westminster District personnel, left to right,A. Trottier. G. Kristoff, and B. Bose. When completed the wallwill give a neat but rustic look 10 this formerly untidy southabutment area.

Ken Rolin, Machine Operator 4, started with the Salmon ArmDistrict in 1954 as a Labourer and worked his way up to LowbedOperator and Driver Trainer . Here Ken is trying out a newFord loader in Salmon Arm yard.

John Biorno y, Forem an on construc tion o f the BoundaryRoad , access, to th e N orth East Coal and Grizzly Valley gas field .John has put a great amount of effort into this project. The jobsite is 80 km from his home which means that he must rise at4.30 a.m, each day to be on the job at 7 a.m , starting tim e. Th eproject is 40 km lon g and will tak e two construction seasons tocom plete .

Frank Mounsey, Foreman 2 in the Mount Lcmoray area illthe Pine Pass section of Highway 97, shows 00 his new officeand assembly room. This is a great improvement over his pre­vious shack office.

Iohn Gray, Machine Operator 3, operating roller on one ofMerritt Highways District projects.

L ew Donovan , Senior For eman, lejt, and Bob Sh earer, For e­man at Ch etwynd, Dawson Cr eek D istri ct , view a section of farmaccess road reconstruction in the Lone Prairie area south ofChetwynd,

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TRUCK ROADEOS

Some of the participants in the first truck roadco in PortAlberni, left to right, back row, ROil Kirk, Marcel Cyr, RoyStewart, Al Nesting; middle row, Allen Beck, DOli Brittarn, Den­nis Rasmussen; [rant row, Elaine Wells, Phil Bayne, Frank Slo­cum, and Lori Goons.

Willllers of the first regional truck roadeo at Cassidy in Region6, left to right, Chris McCall, second in -t-ton; Graham Graves,first in crew-cab; Bruce Robertson , accepted award on behalf ofbest team score, Saanich District; Lome Cook, first in -t-ton, andKeith Banfield, second ill crew-cab.

OBITUARIES

Assoc iates and friends of HENRYBULLER at Burns Lake were saddenedby his sudden death on October 3.Henry, 51, had worked with the Ministrysince 1968 in various locations in theLakes District.

ED MAURICE, 41, Technician 3 withthe Design and Surveys Branch in NorthVancouver, died suddenly October 24,1978. He is survived by his wife andfour children. Ed, who had 22 years ofservice with Highways, began with High­ways on the North Thompson projectson the Yellowhead route and subse­quently moved into the Design office inNorth Vancouver.

* * *REGINALD BAILEY, 50, EngineeringAide with the Design and Surveys Branchin North Vancouver, died on October11, 1978, Reg had been with the Branchfor 24 years,

The Ministry has a new headquarters in Victoria-a $26 million office buildingshared with the Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and later, with the GreaterVictoria Public Library.

It took a month to move all the divisions of the Ministry into the building with theirequipment, files, machines, and drawing boards. The moving began on August 28, andby September 27 the last of about 540 Highways personnel were into new offices. Thebuilding is fondly called PGOB 2 (Provincial Government Office Building No.2). Themove went comparatively smooth, with only a few complaints of a major nature beingfunnelled to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation building management peoplewho oversaw the transition.

Many of the Highways people in the new building moved from substandard accom­modations to a new air-conditioned, plush, and ultra modern facility with new furniture.Taking the positive approach, the settling-down period should be over by Christmas.Things such as air -conditioning problems, small coffee break and rest facilities, the newWhite sound system, and the lighting, have been difficult for some staff to adjust to,but generally, the complaints pass with time.

The Ministry occupies space on the third, fourth, and fifth floors of the building.

Eight district truck "roadeos" and the first-ever regionallJ VI' II I wen' ~\It;~'~~~fu!!y <:i;1l1lP]i:li:J In vsrtous jlrln~ fIr 11I1\ l'I'flv ­ince over the past eight months.

The Region (j roadeo at Nanaimo produced the followingwinners: Lorne Cooke, Saanich District, first, 4-ton ; Chris Me­Call , Nanaimo District, second, 4-ton; Graham Graves, Centre­line crew, first, crew-cab; Keith Banfield, Saanich District, second,crew-cab. Over-all award winner was the Saanich District.Regional Highway Engineer B. A. L'Hirondelle, at the conclu­sion of the event , issued a challenge to other regions to holdsimilar competitions and compete with his winners for a BritishColumbia grand championship.

Because of the large number of district roadeos it was im­possible to cover them all with full stories and pictures. Somerepresentative pictures and the various winners are shownfor the roadeos held at Vanderhoof, Golden, Dease Lake, Cran­brook, Saanich, Courtenay, Port Alberni, and Dawson Creek.

At Vanderhoof the roadeo was on May 12, 1978, and thewinners were John Gusbrecht, first, 4-ton; Henry Krause, second ,4-ton; Doug Elliott, first, crew-cab; Oddie Nordstokke, second,crew-cab; Survey crew, over-all winners.

Golden District held its roadeo on June 14, 1978, and thewinners were Doug Mitchell, first, 4-ton; Gerry Kaski, second,4-ton; Al Kinsey, first , crew-cab; Mike Maglio, second, crew-cab.Over-all winners were the Inverrnere wad crew.

Dease Lake District roadeo was June 29, 1978, and the win­ners were Glen Laepky, first, 4-ton; John McPhee, second, 4-ton;Joe McNabb, District Highways Manager, first, crew-cab; DaleNordstrom, second, crew-cab.

The Cranbrook District roadeo was held August 25, 1978.The winners were Hank Friesen, first, 4-ton; Ed Wonnacott, sec­ond, 4-ton; Karin Tkackuk, first, crew-cab; Orben Steinwandt,second, crew-cab. The over-all best score was achieved by theCranbrook shop.

Saanich District had its event September 6. Winners wereDave Stacey, first, 4-ton; Lorne Cook, second, 4-ton; GrahamGraves, first, crew-cab; Chris Blaney, second, crew-cab.

The Courtenay roadeo was September 14, 1978, and winnerswere Graham McMonnies. first, crew-cab; K. Niemi, second,crew-cab; S. Hudak, first, 4-ton; D. Price, second, 4-ton.

Port Alberni had its roadeo on September 20 and the follow­ing winners were registered: Dennis Rasmussen, first, 4-ton; DonBrittain, second, 4-ton; Ray Stewart, third, 4-ton; Marcel Cyr,first crew-cab; Ron Kirk, second , crew-cab; Al Nesting, third,crew-cab. Over-all winners were the Mechanical Branch.

Dawson Creek's roadeo was on September 21, 1978, withthe following winners: Ross Robertson, first, 4-ton; Al Berg,second, 4-ton; William Hall, first, crew-cab; Wayne Fontaine,second, crew-cab,

32 L1THOGRAPHEPIN CA NA DA BY K . M . Mu()l) NA LD , QUEEN'"" PRI NT!':R, VICTO R IA, BRITI SH CO LUMBIA