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Page 2; News, Tuesday, July-24, 1990 * New nature trail at Jackfish By Monica Wenzlaff The News A new nature trail will soon be completed at Jackfish Lake. Several weeks ago, seven stu- dents began marking and clearing the path. The students then began their work on the north side of the lake. The trail will begin near the beach on the south side of the lake. From the highway, the trail is not easily seen, yet once it is completed, signs will be posted on the highway to direct tourists as well as local people to the trail. The trail-breakers were careful to stay as far away as they could from the houses along the lake. Once the trail. reaches the lake though, the water is almost always within view. Although the trail will bring hikers close to the highway occa- sionally, most of the trail is out of sight. The focus is on nature, so the trail will let people experience .it without having to walk too far to get there. The trail itself will be more than two kilometres in length, and approximately six feet wide. The students were hired by the Ministry of Natural Resources through the Environmental Youth Core program. The provincial government provides grants to several ministries, including the MNR to sponsor EYC. Residents and motel owners around Jackfish Lake have applied to have the nature trail cleared for several years. Finally, this year, the MNR responded and sent out students to complete Kyle Robinson are cutting the nature trail at Jackfish Lake. (missing is Mark Photo by Monica Wenzlaff Mannisto) Man cycling across Canada By Angie Saunders The News A man is cycling 6,700 km across Canada to raise funds and awareness to protect the Canadian wilderness. Martin Kastner, a 44 year-old man from Ottawa, started his cross-country cycling for "Endangered Spaces" on July 1st in Vancouver, B.C. He hopes to make it to Sydney, Nova Scotia by August 24. Kastner arrived in Schreiber at about 6:00 p.m. Thursday, July Martin Kastner is cycling 6,700 'km from Vancouver, B.C. to 19. He stayed overnight before heading out for another 12-hour day on the highway. The Endangered Spaces cam- paign seeks to ensure that each of Canada's 350 natural regions is represented by a park or other protected area by the year 2,000. To date, federal, provincial, and territorial governments have com- pleted less than half of the job. Human activity is quickly chip- ping away at the remaining wild places that once made up so much of the Canadian landscape. Sydney, Nova Scotia to raise money for Endangered Spaces. Photo by Angie Saunders Kastner is totally self-support- ive on the road. He checks in with the World Wildlife Fund (WWE) every morning at 8:00 a.m. to receive messages and to find where he can stop along the way to spread the word to help protect the nation's wilderness from being destroyed. "We have to protect spaces before we protect the species," said Kastner who is very con- cerned with the amount of log- ging that goes on in Canada, "Canada is only 1- 2% protected. We want it to be 15%." Kastner was amazed how dif- ferent the country seemed from the seat of a bicycle. "I like this country, it's beauti- ful. I've seen a lot," Kastner said, "It's different than sitting behind the seat of a car, you see so much more." "I prefer the hilly stuff, Kastner said of the cycling ter- rain, "The prairies were so straight and long and the wind comes from all over. You never know what direction it's coming from." Kastner was born in West _ Berlin, Germany. He moved to South Africa in 1969, then to Canada in 1985. His wife and two daughters are very supportive of his 6,700 km crusade. Kastner mentioned they were a little amazed at first, but now they support him in every way. Kastner is looking for 1,000,000 signatures to help his crusade across Canada to save our wilderness. "We should do something about it pretty soon," said Kastner, "This is the time now." the job. "I'm thrilled that it's going to -- be done," said Shirley Richards, owner of the Jackfish Lake Cottages. "We'd be happy with anything." Mrs. Richards said that she and her husband have been trying for years to have the nature trail cleared. They would also like the Jackfish public beach fixed up for tourists as well as local people. "People head straight to the water," said Mrs. Richards. She explained that many tourists who ' stop often don't realize that there is a lake so near-by because the brush is too thick along the high- way. Jon Ferguson, who lives on near-by Canoe Lake helped orga- nize the students and supply them with tools. Ferguson hopes that he, along with other residents in the Jackfish area will all help maintain the trail once it has been completed. "A lot of tourists stopping in the evening have nothing to do so . we thought they could walk this trail and enjoy some of our scenery," said Ferguson, who has - always been supportive of the project. Once the trail is finished signs will be erected along it pointing out different trees and flowers. The students are planning to complete the trail sometime in August. It will eventually hook- up with the C.P.R. Memorial Trail, which was made a few years ago. Yuk Yuk's| Comedy By Angie Saunders The News Comedians left dozens laugh- ing in Schreiber last Thursday night. Garrity's held a comedy night which had three comedians per- forming from Yuk Yuk's Comedy' Club. Comedians Bruce Clark and Mike Gotti from Winnipeg and Boyd Coons from Toronto per- formed to an appreciative local crowd for over two hours. When asked what they thought of the show, members of the audi- ence all had more or less the same reply- They loved it. 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