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Page 2, News, Wednesday, January 4, 1989 Figure skaters shine The Birchwood seniors were treated to a figure skating performance by the Terrace Bay Figure Skating Club. It was a chance for the 8 to 12 year olds to practise before a live crowd as they prepare for an inter- club competition to be held in Red Rock Jan. 19 to 21. The team has been practising for 2 1/2 months already and they are devoted, along with their parents, to the sport. They start practise at 6:45 every morn- ing and then go to school afterwards. Wednesdays and Fridays they also practise for 1/2 hour at lunch. Professional trainer Kerry Culhane said the club will also be competing in Thunder Bay in March and that there will be an Ice Show held in Terrace Bay April 1. There are 41 girls and 11 boys in the club. Sincere wishes for the holiday season, and much happiness in the new year to all of our friends in Terrace Bay and Schreiber. If you are travelling west on Highway #17, take Highway #641 just west of Keewatin for 5 miles to Fireroad #9, we will be happy to see you Edna & Floyd Penalty free hockey sweep- stakes starts The Hockey Development Centre for Ontario announced it will be running the second annual Esso Penalty Free Sweepstakes from January 6 to January 22. 1989. The program, sponsored by Esso Petroleum Canada and the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, was first introduced to Ontario's 300,000 amateur hockey players in January 1988 to help promote skills, safety, and sports- manship on the ice. Paul Henderson, former NHL star and program spokesman said, "Although everyone knew last year that the timing, the spirit, and the opportunity for a penalty-free ini- tiative in hockey was right on, no one predicted the high level of suc- cess that the Penalty Free Sweepstakes achieved in its first year. The more than 2,500 penalty- free games played during the 14 days of the contest was about dou- ble what we expected, but the most gratifying result was that over eighty per cent of the teams that played penalty free won or tied the game. The message to players, teams and coaches is very clear. Playing penalty free is not only good hockey, it is winning hockey." Chairman of the H.D.C.O., Fred Mantle, added, "We are looking forward to an even bigger success in this year's program as coaches and players are more familiar with the concept and its benefits. Winning prizes is a great incentive in itself, but we also know now that "penalty free" is a winning attitude that results in winning games." More than $50,000 worth of team prizes will be up for grabs in the 1989 Esso Penalty Free Sweepstakes and all amateur hock- ey teams across the province are eligible to enter. The grand prize this year will be CCM Custom Tacks supplied through Cupolo's Sports. Teams may submit a Sweepstakes entry form for every penalty-free game they play during this weekend the contest period. If the other team takes penalties, it does not destroy the eligibility of the penalty-free team. Each player on every team submitting a valid entry will receive an Esso Penalty Free Sweepstakes Certificate of Achievement and a crest. Entry forms are available from participating Esso retailers, your local hockey association, and arena managers. "The large number of entries from last year, confirms the groundswell of support for good, clean hockey," said Hugh O'Neil, Ontario Minister of Tourism and Recreation. "We all want to reduce the num- ber of sports related injuries in this province. .The Sweepstakes, by promoting clean hockey, is promot- ing safe hockey." In 1988, almost 4,000 individual prizes (250 team prizes) were won. Sweepstakes winners will be decid- ed February 10, 1989. Pouliot notifies minister of forest pro Lake Nipigon NDP, M.P.P. Gilles Pouliot has sent a letter to Vincent Kerrio, Minister of Natural Resources, bringing to light the waste of.forest..products...by Buchanan Forest Products. In the letter, Pouliot states, "I had occasion to be travelling the Dorion cut-off between Highways 11-17 and Highway 527. Along this forest access road, there has been extensive harvesting activities TO ALL SNOWMOBILE USERS The snowmobile season is here and we wish to emphasize the safety aspects of this sport. Many roads used by snowmobiles in our mill area have gates or cable barriers which could cause injury or death to careless snowmobile operators and damage to their vehicles. We wish to remind everyone of these potential hazards and emphasize the need for care and common sense in snowmobiling. Please help all of us who work at Kimberly-Clark ensure that safety is a way of life, on and off the job, throughout our entire community. € Kimberly-Clark of Canada Limited _ PULP AND FOREST PRODUCTS OPERATIONS by major licence holders and third party contractors. Buchanan Forest Products have been active along this access corridor in recent times, in their quest for saw. log smaterial.... as feed for their lumber operations in Thunder Bay. During these oper- ations, it is only natural and normal that a certain percentage of their harvest would not be suitable for their own needs, such as pulp wood and hardwoods." Pouliot believes proper, wise and efficient forest management is maximizing utilization and mini- mum waste. Pouliot adds that he took pictures, which he sent to Kerrio, which show an unaccept- able amount of waste. "The wastage of this fiber is just not acceptable to anyone who cares a dam about our most important duct waste renewable resource in Northwestern Ontario," said Pouliot. He adds that a pre-condition for the issuance of any licence or third _party agreement should be and is that all merchantable timber be removed and sold to a willing buyer and put to the best and maxi- mum possible use. Pouliot states that Buchanan Forest Products is not adhering to these practices and that Ministry of Natural Resources personnel are either not aware of it or are show- ing complete indifference to this waste and abuse. Pouliot concluded his letter by saying, "If your ministry is serious about wise use and sharing of these resources, there has to be more vig- ilance and better enforcement of our timber laws and regulations. Poem comes in second in national competition For a poem that she didn't think was very good, Mari Gemmill did pretty well. Mari came in second place, along with four others, in the Seal Books' Anne of Green Gables Poctry Contest. The contest was held to mark the 80th anniversary of the first publication of Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic. Over 1,000 entries were submit- ted and the first place winner received a one week vacation for her family to Prince Edward Island. For her efforts, Mari won a video of the movie and $50 of Seal Bantam Publishing Co. books. Mari has entered writing con- tests before, but this was the first time she won something. She attends grade 8 at Terrace Bay Public School and writes a lot. She says it's her hobby and that she also enjoys reading as well. Mari said her poem was entitled "Anne" and was a description of Anne's life. Mari entered the contest last 1 Angust and by the time October rolled around, and she hadn't heard anything, she threw out her rough copy of the poem, so we can't share it with you. Mari considers her writing a hobby, even though she says she has boxes full of stories and poetry, and wants to pursue a career in anthropology.