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PUB LISH ED BY T H E DEP, RTf lENT OF HIGHWA 'S A D PUBLIC W OI KS

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Maintenance Management

In the last year the words "Maintenance Management" havebeen frequently heard and seen throughout the Department.From its beginnings a few years ago, the Maintenance Manage­ment program has grown to become a full comprehensive man­agement aide to assist all district and regional maintenance oper­ations.

The program employs a system of both manual and com­puterized cost and performance reports which compare actualwith planned work quantities to assist districts with planning,scheduling, and controlling their activities.

Work is planned by means of a "Performance Budget" whichallocates manpower, equipment, and materials to work activitiesbased on standards. Department policy, and available funds.

Headquarters Maintenance Management staff, left to right,seated, Debbie A . Haigh, Secretary; Earl A. Lund, MaintenanceManagement Engineer; Lori G . Bulmer, Computer Clerk ; stand­ing, John L. S. Buckle, Maintenance Standards Engineer; JohnReimer, Programmer Analyst; Mike J. McDonald, MaintenanceManagement Consultant.

Most districts now have a co-ordinator who is responsiblefor, among other things, the processing of management informa­tion in the district.

Each region has a Maintenance Management Engineer andTechnician who through the Assistant Regional Highway Engi­neer provide technical direction to the districts on the program.

The Maintenance Management Division of the MaintenanceBranch has its headquarters in Victoria headed by the Mainte­nance Management Engineer with his staff, including a ComputerProgrammer-Analyst, Maintenance Standards Engineer, Com­puter Clerk, and Secretary.

The management system expects to achieve a number ofbenefits. These include improved scheduling of work, betterutilization and control of resources, improved internal communi­cations via monthly management meetings, and the provision of abetter level of uniform service to the public.

To date all district and regional maintenance operations arcinvolved in the program as are the Dock District and ElectricalDistrict. Other branches and divisions are anticipating inclusionin the near future .

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Pavement P laner

In Ju ne a new mac hine was introduced to the Willia ms LakeDistrict, an asphalt planer, capable of planing off an asphal t sur­face to reduce slippery sections and rutted surfaces.

The machine is manufactured in Germany and is now beingintroduced to Canadian highways. It is capable of cuts I/i inchto 21h inches deep and 12 feet wide .

The surface is heated by a large propane, infra-red heater II)a temperature of 120 to 160°F. The material is then planed bya cylinder with hardened steel cutters and the planed materi al liesin a single windrow on the road. It is shown here in use onthe Cariboo Highway. The windrowed material was picked upby a front-end loader with a smooth edge bucket and hauledaway by a truck to a small paving project where the materialwas reused. Approximately 350 cubic yards of material weremoved from a 0.6-mile section per day.

The machine weighs about 62,000 pounds and is self-pro­pelled by a V-lO Deutz Diesel power plant. Three men operatethe machine. A pilot car and flag persons were used to controland regulate the flow of traffic . This operation was on Highway97 south of Williams Lake.

A grader was used to tight blade the finished surface afterthe loader was finished . A broom then removed loose materialand rocks before traffic was allowed to travel on the completedsection. The result was a fairly smooth surface with good ridingand anti-skid characteristics.

Ken Smith, Road Maintenance Foreman, keeping an eye onthe asphalt planer.

Material was loaded and hauled away to ano ther pav ing project.

THE ROAD RUNNER

Minister's Message Volume 13 Summer 1976 No . 3

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ALEX. V. FRASERMin ister

Communications Parley

COVER PHOTOR em oval o f a kin g-sized boulder containing 3,800 cubic yards

was undertak en by th e D epartment early in l uly near Saywardon Van coul 'er Island. The ma ssiv e rock , 70 feet long , 35 teetdeep, and 110 feet high , was tak en out in order to prevent pos­sible [uture damage to an env ironm entally sensitive part of th eSalmon R iver, where the new north island high way is being buil t.Th e job was acco mplished with a single blast using 3,375 poundsof powder wired in m illi-second dela ys. To p picture shows themoment o f detonation as the rock star ts to open up lik e a blos­sam . Bottom left, the huge boulder before the blast and , right,a neat pile of easily handled rubble af ter the smoke cleared .

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British Columbia Department of Highwaysand Public Works

Victoria, British Columbia

Ray Baines, Executive EditorArthur J. Schindel, Editor

* *Associate Field EditorsW. S. Boughey Victoria

Herb Gutteridge Regional Electrical CrewEr ic Eastick Centreline Marking, CloverdaleDou g Jones Burn abyGeorge Harp er __ Burn sideHector McLe od Nan aimoD . L. Olive r Co urtenayGeorge Cooper Patrol , North Van couverEllis Meads Dock Di stri ctLloyd Burgess New Westmin sterS. R. Young McBrideWhayne Chappell KamloopsKen E. Smith Williams Lake

M. D . Mu rr ay Ram say _ Salmon ArmM. J . Newlands RevelstokeLes Johnson VernonR. J. Martin KelownaJ . W . Zaporozan PentictonBrian Niehaus MerrittDave Roberts LillooetDorothy Wilkins Grand ForksJoy Mailey RosslandS. J. Dixey .. N elsonJack Prokopetz New DenverR. J ackman Cre stonN. K. Molander CranbrookSam Caravetta FernieMike Magli o GoldenW. R. Rowe .SmithersStan Gladysz Pouce CoupeHomer Good Fort St. JohnHarman DeIyea TerraceShirley Hrechka Prince GeorgeClyde SmaasIet Prince GeorgeDon Johnson QuesneIBrian Hunter VanderhoofL. M. Wag ar Burn s LakeW. R. Ball Prince Rupert

Our Department peopl ema intaining roads and deal­ing with th e inevitabl e com ­plaints and criticisms mu stget th e [eelin g sometim esthat th e number of cars illth e Pro vinc e is increasingmu ch fast er than th e popula­tion . They are right . It is.In 1965 th ere were 1,797,000people in British Co lum biaand 767,669 mot or- veh icles,a ratio o f 2.34 persons pervehicle . In 1975 th ere were2,457,000 people alon g with1,44 3,000 registered mot or-

vehicles, a ratio of 1.7 persons per vehicle . Populationhad increased 37 per cent in the 10 years and mot or­vehicles, 88 per cent. If there is only a slight incr ease inth e number o f complaints, therefore, we are still doin ga pretty good job because th ere are 37 per cent morepeople to make th em and th ey hav e 88 per cent more cars.

In April the Communications Di vision of the Servic es Branchheld a conference in Karnloops, the first t ime all the sta ff hadbeen assembled in on e place since 1973.

The conference was organized to acqua int the techni cians withnew regional administr ativ e procedures, and to give them anupgrad ing in solid-sta te serv icing. Guest lecturers includ ed TomYearsley , Garth She aring, Ro y Jarvi s, Ian Miller, Dav e Chura,and Lou Hansen of the Department, and Rei Fritsche of R. F.Electronics Ltd .

Top row, left 10 righ t, Headquarte rs Co m m unications En ei­nce r Ga rth Sh earing, Pat Ma hood, LOll Hansen, W ayne Nicho lls ,S teve Hu ghes, Dave Smith, R oy Jarvis, and Russ Ha zel. Centrerow, Berne Serne, Ian M iller, R ol f Mathie, Doug Pearce, andCraig Sco tt. Fron t row, Mike M cCooey, Pete M ethuen, G erryCar lson , Paul Lock e, and Dave Chura.

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PROMOTIONSEngineering Aide 3, Creston, to Engineer­ing Assistant; E . V. HEMMINGSEN,M.O. 3, Alberni, to Engineering Assistant;D . P. HANDLEY, Engineering Aide 3,Revelstoke, to Engineering Assistant ; B.E. MERRICK, Bridgeman 2, Cranbrook ,to Bridgeman 3; L. 1. VOTH, Bridgeman2, Willi ams Lake, to Bridgeman 3, PortAlberni; D. A. BUCKLEY, Sign Mainte­nance Man , North Vancouver, to Fore­man 1 (Road); I. S. ROBERTSON, M.O.4, Nelson, to Foreman I ; R. J. LAHNER,Mechanic 2, New Denver, to Mechanic3, Trout Lake; B. DOUCETTE, M.O. r.Cloverdale, to Centreline, M.O . 6; R.LOWE, M.O. 4, Kimberley, to Foreman3 (Road); L. D. TOWNSEND, Engineer­ing Aide 3, Quesnel , to Engineering Ass is­tant, Prince George; L. G. THATCHER,M.O. 7, Ucluelet, to Foreman 2 (Road) ,Blue River; J. HALE, Labourer, WilliamsLake, to M.O. 5, Cloverdale ; H. H. Mc­EACHERN, Engineering Aide 3, Fort si.John, to Engineering Assistant; D. A.BRENNAN, Engineering Aide 3, 100Mile House, to Engineering Assistant,Quesnel; F . G. PALMER, EngineeringAide 2, Col wood, to Engineering Aide , ;R. M. STORY, Engineering Aide 2, Col­wood, to Engineering Aide 3; 1. E.O'BRYAN , Engineering Aide 3, Mission,to Engineering Assistant, 100 Mile House.

H. L. DENTON, Engineering Aide 3,Mission , to Engineering Assistant, WestVancouver; M. E . T1NANT, Engineer­ing Aide 3, Duncan to Engineering Assis­tant ; L. W. MOFFATT, Engineering Aide3, Karnloops, to Engineering Assistant;R. M. NEALL, Engineering Aide 3, WestVancouver, to Engineering Assistant; P .J . WILSON, Engineering Aide 3, DeaseLake, to Engineering Assistant, Sayward ;C. H. Alger, Engineering Aide 2, Castle­gar, to Engineering Aide 3; R. M. SHI­MIZU, Engineering Aide 2, Delta, toEngineering Aide 3; T. R. PASETKA,Engineering Aide 2, Cloverdale, to Engi­neering Aide 3, Terrace; J. M. McNEE.Engineering Aide 2, Kamloops, to Engi­neering Aide 3; R. W. ELLIS, Engineer­ing Aide 2, Sayward, to EngineeringAide 3, Penticton; R. L. HOPPER, Engi­neering Aide 2, 100 Mile House, to En­gineering Aide 3, West Vancouver; K. W.PENNER, Engineering Aide 2, Pen ticton ,to Engineering Aide 3, Nimpkish; L. F.LARSEN, Engineering Aide 2, Kamloops,to Engineering Aide 3, West Vancouver:R. 1. HARLAND, Engineering Aide 2,West Vancouver, to Engineering Aide 3;O. M. NORDSTOKKE, Engineering AideI , Engen, to Engineering Aide 3, Vander­hoof; T. R. SKUBOVIUS, Bridgeman 2,Dease Lake, to Bridgeman 3; D. R.ROBERTS, M.O. 5, Burnaby, to Fore­man 2; M. J . FULTON, M.O . 3, Burn­aby, to M.O. 5; G . S. GEDDES, Engi­neering Aide 3, Victoria, to EngineeringAssistant; G. KASSA , Mechanic 2,Princeton, to Mechanic 3.

G . T . GALPIN was the successful ap­plicant for Engineering Aide Grade 3 inthe Rossland District. Greg is marriedwith two boys and he comes to us fromthe Vanderhoof Di strict.

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G . A. GERMAN was the successfulapplicant for the position of MachineOperator 3 in the Rossland District.George is married with three children.

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E. W. HONEYMAN was the success ­ful applicant for the position of Labourerin the Rossland District. Eric is marriedwith one son .

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J. D. MACDONALD from EngineeringAide 3, Rossland to Engineering Assis­tant, Rossland. Jim is married with oneson .

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C. D. McKERRACHER, Mechanic'sHelper, was reclassified to Yardman,Rossland . Dayle is married with twochildren .

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R. A. MARTIN was the successfulapplicant for the position of BridgemanI in the Rossland District. "Porky" ismarried with three children.

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N. PECTIN was the successful appli­cant for the position of Labourer in theRossland District, Castlegar Area. Nickis single .

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J. V. PETERSON was the successfulapplicant fo r the position of Deckhandon the Castlegar Ferry, Rossland District.John is married with four children.

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Other recent promotions include D. W.LESYK, Mechanic 3, Aldergrove, to Me­chanic 4, Chilliwack; D . F. REJMAN,

MOLLY PYSTRA­SHUK recently wonthrough competitionthe position of Dis­trict Office Manager inSmithers. Molly be­gan with the Depart­ment as Clerk-Recep­

tionist in 1971 and was promoted toTimekeeper in 1974. Molly is married .

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ALBERT (RED) EVANS, Road Fore­man, has won through competition theposition of Road Foreman 3, Cassidy.Albert served as Foreman for a time atNanaimo and Duncan before receivinghis present position.

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E. G. DAVIS was the successful appli­cant for the position of Machine Operator3 in the Rossland District.

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VIC DREW hasbeen promoted to theposition of Chief Prop­erty Negotiator byPublic Service compe­tition. Vic is in his30th year of continu­ous service in the De­

partment, 24 of which have been in theProperty Negotiations Branch. When theregional districts were formed in 1956,Vic was appointed Regional PropertyNegotiator in Region 1 and served inthat capacity up until his appointment 10Victoria in 1971 as Assistant Chief Prop­ert y Negotiator. Vic is an accreditedmember of the Appraisal Institute ofCanada and is a Charter member ofChapter 54 of the American Right-of­Way Association.

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MACKENZIE S.WITZEL has won theposition of Road Fore­man , 4 in the Courte­nay D istrict through arecent competition .Mac started with theDepartment in 1950.Mac is married and has seven children,all active in competitive sports. His in­terests are recreation or the wise use ofleisure time . His main interest at presentis golf. He is also very active in churchwork and is the Knights of ColumbusYouth Director for the Province.

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A. L. PRODEAHL,District Technician ,Fernie. Art recentlywon the above positionthrough competition.Prior to his move toFernie he worked forthe Prince George

District survey crew since 1968. Pre­viously he had worked for the Construc­tion Branch in Prince Rupert. Art ismarried with one son and one daughter ,and enjoys poking through old ruinslooking for old bottles, etc., in his sparetime .

LAING SHIMMINrecently won throughcompetition the OfficeManager's position atLillooet. Laing issingle, and enjoys golf­ing and outdoorssports. He has beenwith the Department since 1974 and wasan Office Manager trainee in PrinceGeorge prior to his transfer to Lillooet.

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CHUCK HUNTER, Mechanic, Na­naimo shop, has recently been promotedto Mechanic 2.

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T. J. COOPER, Engineering Aide I,Quesnel, to Engineering Aide 3; J. M.CULLINANE, Engineering Aide 2,Prince George, to Engineering Aide 3;G. G. FRANK, Engineering Aide 3,Ymir, to Engineering Assistant, Nelson;G. G. BEST, Engineering Aide 3, Trail,to Engineering Assistant; D. L. ALL­WOOD, Engineering Aide 3, New Den­ver, to Engineering Assistant, Trail ; H.W. STROESSIGER, M.O. I, Delta, toM.O. 6, Cloverdale; E. D. RELKEY,Engineering Aide 2, Prince George, toEngineering Assistant; B. V. RIKLEY,Engineering Aide 2, Paving, Terrace, toEngineering Aide 3, Paving, PrinceGeorge; G. E. McNUTT, EngineeringAide 2, Design and Surveys, Nanairno, toEngineering Aide 3; B. KIMBLE, Bridge­man 2, Williams Lake, to Bridgeman 3;D. L. VANTINE, Road Foreman 2,Courtenay, to Road Forman 3, .Vernon ;R. D . DYER, Labourer, Vanderhoof, toRoad Foreman 2; E . A . LAUE, BridgeForeman 3, New Denver, to Bridge Fore­man 4, North Vancouver; P. MORGAN,Bridgeman 2, Saanich, to Bridgeman 3;1. BATEMAN, Bridge Labourer, Lang­dale Ferry, to Bridgeman I; J. G.PARKER, Mechanic 6, Fort St. John,to Mechanic 7, Dawson Creek; R. C.WHITE, Engineering Aide 3, Burnaby,to Engineering Ass istant, North Van­couver.

CONYALESCENTSC. R. EVANS, Machine Operator J,

Vanderhoof District, has been off worksince March following his third operation .Cliff expects to be back to work byAugust.

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A. ANTOINE, Machine Operator 7 atFort St. James, returned to work in Julyafter an operation in April 1976.

25 YEARSERVICE AWARD

RAYMOND E .MEEKS, Road Fore­man 3, Salmon Arm

I , District (Chase crew),was presented with acertificate for 25 years

,. of continuous serviceby W. A. Budden, Dis­

tric t Highways Manager. Ray and hiswife, Janet, also attended a reception atGovernment House in Victoria, December4,1975.

Francois Lake Ferries - 60 Years

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Inauguration of a lIew Francois Lake Ferry, June 13, was the culm illation of 60 yearsof ferry service all the lake . Top picture shows new $2.7 million Omineca Princess whichcarries 34 cars and 200 passengers. She is 192 feet long and weighs 765 gross tons.Centre, the immediate predecessor, Ja cob Henkel, shown at the time of its launching ill1949 and below, the Francois Lake Ferry which star ted service ill 1922. From 1916 ser­vice was provided by a small launch and barge.

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HECTOR CO-LUMBO recently re­tired after 13 years ofservice with the De­partment at Courte­nay. Hector startedwith the Departmentin 1963 and for thebetter part of his service worked with theCourtenay sign maintenance crew. Hewas presented with a gift at a recent fare­well gathering of co-workers and wisheda happy retirement by R. G. Mulcaster,District Highways Manager.

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HERB BARTHEL.regional Driller andBlaster in PrinceGeorge since 1961 hasrecently retired. Priorto his service in PrinceGeorge he was aPowderman on the

North Thompson Project in 1957 andConstruction Foreman in the Bridge Riverarea in 1959. Herb is married and hasthree children. He will be living inChilliwack. His hobbies are fishing.gardening, and old-time dancing.

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CAPT. CLARENCEA. CALLOW, SeniorCaptain on the Gabri­ola Island Ferry, re­tired recently. Hebegan with the Depart­ment in 1962. A pres­entation was made toClarence and his wife at the NanaimoDistrict office. His fellow workers wishedhim well on his retirement. Horses andgardening are his hobbies.

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CARL W. NOWAT­ZEK, Mechanic 3, Sal­mon Arm District, re­tired April 30, 1976,after 25 years of ser­vice with the Depart­ments of Agricultureand Highways. Carl

was honoured at a dance in Salmon Armand attended by a large crowd of friendsand fellow employees on March 19, 1976.

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CHESTER LLOYD retired after 28years of service with the Department.Chester was Loader Operator at Duncan,Nanaimo District. A widower for a time,he was recently married and plans totravel in his retirement. Chester farmedon the prairie and worked in a Youbousawmill before joining the Department atDuncan. His friends in Duncan and Na­naimo wish him the very best for hisretirement.

Approximately 100 members of theDepartment attended a retirement dinner

for- DON McCOR­MICK and NORMWHARF of the Head­quarter Bridge Branchat the Victoria Rac­quet Club. W. A.(Bill) Bowman, Senior

Wharf Bridge Engineer, gavea resume of their service. R. G. (Bob)Harvey, Associate Deputy Minister, pre­sented service award certificates to Donand Norm and expressed the Depart­ment's appreciation for their many yearsof service . Norm joined the Departmentin November 1956 as Administrative Of­fice Manager with the Bridge Branch.Prior to this heworked for the De­partment of Lands,Forests, and WaterRights, commencing inOctober 1938. Hislong years of servicewere interrupted only McCormick

during the war years when he servedoverseas with the RCAF in BomberCommand. Don joined the Departmentin October 1945, and has served con­tinuously in the Bridge Branch since thattime. Don and Norm received presen­tations from their many friends in theBranch and the Department.

W. C. (BILL)GAZE,Road Foreman 4, re­cently retired after 28years with the Depart­ment as Senior Fore­man in the CourtenayDistrict. Bill startedwith the Department

April 12, 1948, and had previous experi­ence with heavy equipment and five yearswith the RCAF in charge of runways androads maintenance throughout northwestCanada. Bill developed expertise in mul­tiplate culvert and was called upon tosupervise various installations in BritishColumbia for the Department. He alsotook part in the development of asphaltpatching techniques and travelled through­out the Province conducting in-servicetraining. Bill plans his retirement in theComox Valley with his wife, Dorothea.

local district office and a public banquetattended by the Mayor and other towndignitaries. Presentations were made byJ. P. O'Toole, District Highways Mana­ger. Hilda is an accomplished artist,mainly in oils, and an avid rock-hounder.She comes from a pioneer Lillooet family.Her father was a well-known mining engi­neer and prospector.

NEIL C. TATIRIE,Chief Property Nego­tiator, recently retired.He was honoured at abanquet in Victoriaattended by approxi­mately 100 fellowworkers and associates.

Deputy Minister Howard Sturrock madea presentation to Neil on behalf of hisfellow employees. He began with theDepartment of Public Works in 1936 asChainman in New Denver and remainedwith the Location and ConstructionBranches until 1939. He was ResidentEngineer in New Denver in 1941 priorto his entry into the armed forces . Hereturned to the Department in 1946 asan Instrument Man with the Locationand Construction Branches in Kamloops.In March 1947 he became Resident En ­gineer in Kamloops and, in 1949, movedto Creston as General Foreman. In 1951,he moved to Victoria as Right-of-wayAgent and in due course became ChiefProperty Negotiator. He has 36 yearswith the Department and will receive agold watch at Government House thisDecember. His hobby is gardening andtravelling in his recreational vehicle. Hewas born in the Kootenays and plans tospend some time there .

MISS HILDAHA YLMORE, LillooetDistrict Office Mana­ger, recently retiredafter 35 years of ser­vice. She began as aClerk in 1941. Tworetirement parties were

held to honour her retirement; one at the

D. R. FISK, has re­tired after 27 yearswith the Department.Doug was an Engi­neering Technician 3with the Design andSurveys Branch head­quarters staff. Bornand educated in England he emigratedto Canada after serving eight years in theRoyal Artillery both in Europe and theMiddle East. He started with the De­partment as a Chainman in the Nelson­Creston area and after working in Yaleand Nanaimo he was transferred to Vic­toria where he was steadily promoteduntil he reached the position of DesignCrew Chief, Technician 3. He will begreatly missed because he was well knownfor his thoroughness and patience. Golfis his number one hobby with electronicsand gardening a close second. His manyfriends in the Branch wish him a happyretirement.

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EXTRACURRICULARACTIVITIES

GEORGE A. STILL, Road Foreman2, in Fernie, died Wednesday, June 30.1976. after suffering a heart attack .George started with the Highways De­partment at Chetwynd in August 1964,and moved to Sparwood in March 1973.and then to Fernie in June J974 . Hewas 57 years old and is survived by hiswife and four children.

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JOHN P. D'ANDREA, Labourer,Cranbrook road crew, died suddenly June10. He is survived by his wife, Donna.John had been employed by the Highwayssince 1973 and will be missed by hisfellow workers.

OBITUARIES

Scotty Freebairn, right, former DistrictHighways M a II ag e r , K a m l o o p s , wasroasted by friends and co-workers as theywished him and his wife, Peggy; the bestof luck on his new appointment asAssistant Regional Highway Engineer,Region 4, Prince George. A set of Rolfclubs was presented to Scotty on behalfof the Kamloops and regional crews b»Whayne Chappell, Kamloops District Of­fice Manager.

Vanderhoof District has a new Engi ­neering Assistant in the person of D. G .ELLIOTT. Doug worked for the De­partment briefly in 1974. He is nowmarried and has a son.

KEN CORRIGAN,District Office Mana­ger Trainee, WilliamsLake District office.Ken was employed inPrince George as aYardman and Time­keeper prior to his

transfer to Williams Lake. Ken is mar­ried and enjoys judo and karate in hisspare time. He also holds a privatepilot's licence and has his own plane.

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S. R. DAVIES, Me­chanical Foreman,Dawson Creek High­way District, has trans­ferred to Vernon Dis­trict. Stan startedservice in Quesnel thenmoved to Prince

George, Good Hope Lake, and, in 1968,to Dawson Creek . The Dawson Creekcrews and associates gathered at a fare­well dinner to wish Stan and his wife,Helen, well in the new location.

VIC RUPITZ trans­ferred from WilliamsLake to Penticton totake over the post asDistrict Office Man­ager. His hobbies arechess, hunting, andfishing. He 'is marriedand has a boy of 16 who plays hockeyand a girl (14) who loves horses.

TRANSFERS

JOSEK GACH of the Rossland bridgecrew, retired in July 1976 after 30 yearsof service. He began with the Depart­ment in 1946 as a Labourer and trans­ferred to the bridge crew in 1947.

DAVID HENRYNICOL, Salmon ArmDistrict, Chase crew,retired October 31,1975, after 38 yearsof service with High­ways. Dave was hon­oured at a farewellparty held in Chase and presented withgifts by his friends and co-workers.

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PAT DICKSON, Clerk 3. VanderhoofDistrict office, recently retired and re­ceived a presentation from her fellowworkers. Membership on the Vander­hoof Golf and Curling Clubs will occupyher free time .

MICHAEL J.FERRO, MachineOperator 3, SalmonArm District. Sica­mous crew, retiredMay 31, 1976, with32 years of servicewith Highways. Mike

was honoured at a dance in Salmon Armon March 19, 1976, and attended by alarge crowd of friends and fellow em­ployees.

Recently, the Langley maintenancecrew gathered at the Cloverdale yardwhen service awards were presented to,left, Edward Weiss, Machine Operator 4,who is retiring early, and J. E. McCotter,Machine Operator 3, who is taking aleave of absence. Ed began with theDepartment in 1959 and John in 1969.Both men spent all their service time illthe New Westminster District.

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A farewell party was held in the Na­naimo District office for BILL PLEAS­ANTS, who was Foreman at Duncan atthe time of his retirement. Bill, a verycapable man, served with the Departmentfor 18 years. He loves hunting and fish­ing and plans to do extensive travellingin the future.

A. H. BERT DlB­BEN, HeadquartersDriver Trainer, Train­ing and Safety Branch.has retired after 17years with the Depart­ment of Highways.Bert started as a Fore­

man in Lillooet, then was Mechanic Fore­man at Cloverdale. In 1963 he trans­ferred to Kamloops as MechanicalSuperintendent and later District Super­intendent. In August 1970 he transferredto Pouce Coupe and in 1974 moved toVictoria as a Training Officer. He andhis wife, Jean. were honoured at a ban­quet at the Racquet Club in Victoria.where he was presented with gifts anda slide presentation of his life. Bert andJean are retiring to Clinton where theywill spend their retirement years.

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GORDON HOW­ARD. Assistant Me­chanic, HeadquartersStores, North Vancou­ver District, retiredMay 1976 after 13years with the Depart­ment. He previouslyworked for the Public Works Department.His fellow employees honoured him at afarewell banquet and presentation.Gordon is married and has four children.His hobbies are fishing and golf.

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PEEK INTO THE PAST

Th e Bellos Bru sh Cutting Ma chin e hired ill 1930 by th e Princ e George Di strictEng ineer, J. C. Brady, for clearin g right-of-way betw een Prince Ge orge and SummitLak e. Th e ma chine was a ll adaptation of a Model 60 Cat erpill ar tractor . /11 areport on th e ma chin e's performance Brady said cost of wid enin g 4 .7 miles or / 8acres was $624.50 and cost of clearing and grubbing 2.6 miles of Ilew road involv­ing 23.25 acres was $2,288.

W orking for relief on th e Wells-Barkerville Road about 1934. Art Gagnonwith the horses and scraper.

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Take or leave it in the "good old days."The following notice was placed in a numberof Interior British Columbia newspaperscirculated 1932-33 .

Snow Removal ;1932- 33

Cariboo and LillooetElectoral Districts

The Public will please take notice .No snow ploughing will be don e on

any of the following ro ads:Likely Road .Horsefly Road .Canim Lake Road .93 Mile-Lone Butte-Brid ge Lake.Springhouse Road .Chilcotin Main Ro ad.All persons who are compelled to use

these roads should make arrangementsnow to have team s and sleighs availablefor winter travel.

H. L. Hayne,PUBLI C WORKS ENG INE ER

Wonder wh at would happen if the Depart­ment did that today?

Eye-ball and high-ball construction ofHart Highway, Pille Pass, 1946.

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Top, modem shop, Hart Highway, Pine Pass,1946. Chap with hand on hip sticking out histongue at the photographer is Mickey Thal­heimer, 11011' Road Foreman at Barriere. Above,the Pouce Coupe Public Works (now the Daw­.1'011 Creek Highway District) construction crewsshown operating all old No. 60 gas cat andsteel wheel-pull grader constructing a sectionof farm access road on the East Pine Hill. Thissection is now paved and is the Hart Highway,Rowe 97. Picture was probably in late 30's orearly 40's. Right, Model 20 gas tractor andpull-grader on road constructton from Vale­mount to Tete Jaune, the original YellowheadHighway, in 1938. Mall on the grader is StanJ. Carr of Mount Robson. who supplied thepicture.

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ON THE JOB

Two extended timber-pile pier construction bridges with pre­stressed-concrete stringers are under construction in the SmithersDistrict at Hynes and Canyall Creek. Left, deck covered with

polyethylene while high strength grout cures ill keyways. Otherpicture shows pocket ill corner of the stringer used for lateral tell­sion rods. Photos from the Rocky Creek site.

Cathy Santos, summer relief Deckhandon the Boston Bar aerial ferry, openingthe gate to let another car aboard. Dur­in~ the school term Cathy drives theNorth Bend school bus.

Ed M urdoch, Head Ferryman all th eBig Bar ferry all the Fraser River, Lil­looe t H ighway District, situated 50 mileswest of the Cariboo Highway. Ed hasoperated the ferry since 1963 .

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The regional paving crew, directed by Ken Power, putting MC~ asphalt into thewindrow 011 the Green Lake Road for the Penticton Highways District. First step illroadmix proiect.

Crushing aile-half-inch material and adding salt in the forestry pit at A llison Pass allthe Hope-Princeton Highway. Composite picture makes it look like two loaders arebeing used.

Fire Chief Andy Owells from Tranquille giving the Penticton, Oliver, and Keremeoscrews a demonstration of the use of all types of fire-exting uishers.

Heavy flood ing in M ay caused this 12-fool d eep , 60 -foo l lon gwasho ut on Ha wkins Cr eek Road, Yuhk , area, Cranbroo k Dis­trict:

Sam Reid, Bridge For eman, and "R ed" Arnold, For eman atLytton, M erritt District, inspect exca vation for m etal bill wall onTrans-Canada Highway soutli of Lytton ,

Soldier from "W ar of the Worlds"!No t quite. Bill DeVaysl, Bridgeman,witli th e regional brid ge paint crew, Kam­loops , is sandblasting th e OverlandersBridge ill Kamloops.

Th e Dawson Creek Highway Districtsign crew, Dick G ebhart and Joe Sch oen­stein, repairing signs destroyed by I'{II/­

dalism , Local vandals make th eir job[rustrating, espec ially ajter lon g week­ends.

Two members of the Dawson CreekHighway District bridge crew, J. NygaardPeter son , right, and J. Scho lz, in th e proc­ess of constructing a salt shed at th e M ile22 Alaska Highway area yard .

M cBride District bridge crew christen a new Wajax Mark 3pump. Mounted on the wat er-tank and pumping 16 gallons perminute at 230 psi, this recent acquisition has cut th e districtbridge washing-time by approximatcly 15 per cent , Left toright, J. Neale, Yardman; S. R. Young, District Highways Man­ager ; Helmut Hess , Bridgeman 2; Ron Goodell, Mechanic 2;Dave Mac l.ean, Bridgeman 3.

Left 10 right, Tom BIIIlCC, Me chanic. N elson ; Reo Peloso.Welder, N elson; Russ Browell, Low-bed operator; and Bill Kort e­guard, Shop Foreman, in [ront of a 1975 Louisville Ford tractorthat was filled up as a joint project by team,

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ABOUT PEOPLE

CATHIE TOM­KINS was appointedthe Regional PersonnelAssistant for Region1 in April 1976.Cathie has brought 10

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and experience which was gained throughseveral years of experience in all facetsof personnel administration within theFederal Government. She is presentlycompleting a certified course in PersonnelAdministration at BCIT. As well as ski­ing, tennis, and swimming, she spends herspare time welding.

ROCKY VANLER­BERG, Technician 2with Bridge Branch at­tached to SmithersDistrict at present issupervising and assist­ing with district bridgeconstruction. Rockyhas been a Project Supervisor for the pastfive years and worked with the PavingBranch in Dock District, ConstructionBranch, in Vanderhoof District, TestingBranch in Smithers District, and BridgeBranch in other areas. His hobbies arcrockhounding and photography and hefollows fishing, hunting, curling, and ski­ing in the sports. Rocky is married andhas one daughter.

Highway Employee HelpsSave Lives

DONATO GROSSI, Sign Man withthe Prince Rupert Highway District,and the assistance of two other mensaved the lives of eight youths from aburning automobile after it crashedncar Prince Rupert, June 26 .

Donato and the other two menpulled the occupants from the burn­ing vehicle that was discovered lyingon its roof after having careened downa steep embankment from Highway16. All the injured had been clearedfrom the wreckage when the gasolinetank exploded.

It is possible that the passengerswould have remained trapped withinthe vehicle and been engulfed by theflames were it not for the courageousand unselfish action of Donato andthe other two men .

KEITH McIN -TYRE, District OfficeManager, PrinceGeorge. He has beenwith the Departmentseven years and hasworked in Cloverdale,Prince George, and

Prince Rupert. He enjoys fishing andcollecting old cars.

BILL ROWE, Engi­neering Assistant withSmithers Highway Dis­trict since May 1974,is mainly involved withsubdivisions and per­mits. Bill started withRevelstoke District in

1950 and transferred to ConstructionBranch in 1954, where he worked onvarious projects at Revelstokc, Lytton,Aldergrove, Williams Lake, Clinton,Langley, Valemount, Kamloops, Hope.and Delta. Bill is married with twodaughters and a son. His wife , Belly , isa registered nurse employed by the Bulk­ley Valley District Hospital. They allenjoy the more leisurely life of the north ,including fishing. hunting. ski-ing, canoe­ing, and swimming. Bill is RR field edi­tor for Smithers .

KEN E. SMITH,Williams Lake High­way District, has beenin the area since 1973as a Trainer Operatorand is now a RoadForeman I. He ismarried and enjoysski-dooing and cross-country ski-ing . Heis a defensive driving course instructor, amember of the Royal Canadian Legion,and an instructor with the ProvincialEmergency Programme search and res­cue . Ken is RR field editor for the Wil ­liams Lake District.

ANNE LUNDY.Clerk-Typist in theSmithers District of­fice, began with theDepartment in May1976. Previously,Anne and her husbandoperated a sporting

goods shop in Smithers. In her sparetime she likes gardening; camping, andfishing with her husband and two child­ren.

BRUCE GOLD­SMITH joined theHeadquarters person­nel office in June 1976as a Personnel Officertrainee. Bruce, whohas his bachelor ofscience degree in psy­chology, was previously with the Depart­ment of Health. He is now busy studyingfor his master's degree in public adminis­tration at the University of Victoria.Bruce is married and his hobbies includebilliards. swimming, and hiking.

Most of the Francois Lake ferries crew, left to right, front row, Werner N. J. Harms,Shift Captain; T . E. Ashe. Senior Captain; W . H . Comer , Senior Engineer; Peter G . Gies­brecht. Shift Engineer; second row D . G. Murray. Mate; R. Maclronald, Auxiliary Mate;G. M . Alexander, Shift Engineer; G. K. Smith, Deckhand; J. Mussick, Auxiliary Oiler;J. M . Comeau , Shift Captain; Malcolm M . Coupland. Relief Captain; Patrick Edmonds,Deckhand; W. P. Turner, Deckhand; back row, Prithvirali Sen, Shift Engineer; Ken K,Millar. Shift Captain; Rene A. Betemps, Relief Engineer; D, S. Toth. Mate; F. Barlow,Auxiliary Mate; T, J. P. Scurr, Auxiliary Mate; D. W. Smith, Auxiliary Deckhand; J. K.Flemming. Oiler; Duncan A . Thomson. Shift Cap tain.

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Shown acceptingflowers is DOROTHYWHEATLEY whichwere presented to heras the "Secretary ofthe Day." Her daywas won April 29.1976. This is a con­

test run by a local radio station andDorothy's name was entered by her fel­low employees in the New Westminstermaintenance office . It was a good dayfor Dorothy with several gifts and awardspresented to her as well. Several em­ployees heard her name announced onthe radio and phoned in their congratula­tions. Dorothy is Department of High­ways Manager AI Walissers secretary.

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Clerk 3 Timekeeper.Prince George Districtoffice . Gladys is mar-ried with one son andone daughter. She hasbeen with the Depart­ment for one and a

half years and enjoys homemaking.

R. E . (BOB) STAN­DEN , Technician 3,Design and SurveyBranch. Prince George.Bob is single, has beenwith the Departmentof Highways for 19years, and enjoys coincollecting. golf, and curling.

MRS. B. HUGHESbegan with Highwaysin Salmon Arm onSeptember 4, 1975, totake over the VoucherClerk duties. Barb hasa large area aroundher home and spendsmost of her spare time pulling weeds .

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CLAUDIA WAT­SON, born in WestGermany and havingtravelled around theworld with her parentsto different job sites.settled in British Co-lumbia in May 1972.

Claudia began with the Smithers Districtin April 1974 as a Clerk-Typist, later shegained the position of Clerk-Stenographer2. Prior to her marriage on September27, 1974, she was Claudia Landrock.Her favourite sports are swimming anddownhill ski-ing. She is also interestedin collecting stamps.

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MARGARET LAR­SON, Clerk 3, Vou­cher Clerk, PrinceGeorge District Office,has been with the De­partment 21/2 years ,prior to which sheworked for the De­

partment of Public Works for one year.Marg is single and enjoys ceramics.

CAlVI ROWAN, En­gineering Aide, PrinceGeorge District surveycrew. Cam is marriedand enjoys fishing andhunting. He has beenwith the Department~for two years.

JIM RAMSAY, Me­chanic , Prince Georgeshop . Jim is marriedwith six children. Heenjoys hunting, fishing ,and farming in hisspare time. He hasbeen with the Depart­

ment for four years.

DOROTHY TUR·ICK, Stenographer,Prince George regionaloffice. Dot is marriedwith one son and en­joys gardening andlooking after hernew home in her spare

time. She has worked for the Depart­ment since December of 1970.

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JOE PETERSON,Engineering Aide ,Prince George Districtsurvey crew. Joe issingle and enjoyshockey, fishing, hunt­ing . and snowmobiling.He has worked for theDepartment for two years.

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SON (Prince GeorgeI). Radio Operator,Prince George regionaloffice . Donna is mar­ried and has onedaughter. She enjoysjudo and reading inher spare time. She has worked for theDepartment for three years.

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STU MILLER ar­rived in the SalmonArm District on No­vember 24, 1975, fromQuesnel to take overthe maintenance man­agement duties. Stuhas purchased a homein Salmon Arm and is all se tt led in fora long stay. He also bought a bo at andis apparently thinking of taking up fishin gseriously.

A. E. WILLEKES,Regional MaintenanceManagem ent Engineer,Prince G eo r g e re­gional office. Arnoldhas been with the De­partment since Decem-ber 1974. He is single

and enjoys golf and other outdoor sportsin his spare time.

CLYDE SMAAS-LET, Regional om«Manager, PrinceGeorge. Clyde hasworked for the De­partment since 1960and was originally anoffice manager trainee

in Prince George . He has worked invarious offices in the Province, includingRevelstoke and Pouce Coupe . He wasthe District Office Manager in PrinceGeorge for several years . He is singleand enjoys fishing and hunting. He ha sseveral vintage cars and is a member ofthe Antique Car Club. He is also amember of the Eagles Club.

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H. P. ERICKSON,District Technician.Prince George . Philhas been with the De­partment since 1956.He worked for the De­sign and SurveyBranch for 17 years

before transferring to the Prince GeorgeDistrict. Phil is married with two sonsand one daughter and coa ches a littleleague baseball team in his spare time.

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CECILIA PUGA,stenographer, PrinceGeorge regional office .Cec is married withone daughter, is anavid skier, and enjoyscamping in her sparetime. She has workedfor the Department since June 1966 , priorto which she was with the B.C. ForestService in Prince George.

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TRAINING AND SAFETY

D. W . Grant, R egion 2 Saf ety Officer, presented B.e. SafetyCo uncil Si lve r on Gold Cert ificate A ward of M erit to K clownaoffice staff fo r 300, 488 man-h ou rs witho ut a time-loss accidentfro m 1948 to 1975. L eft to righ t , R . M. M cMillan , Distr ictHi gh ways Ma nager; Mr. G ran t; Joyce Calhoun , Clerk; BernardMilledge, Clerk; Betty Cameron, Clerk-Stenog rapher; Ste wartPik e, Clerk.

Th e Dawson Creek Hi ghway District, R olla area road cre,,' .are con gratulated for winning th e G old Safety A ward . Left toright, Forem an , W . Sh earer, C. H end erson, R . Green, fl . Qu erin,J . Heat on , M . Mattson, C. M eunier, R . Wal die, and J. Degasso ,

R egion 2 Safety Officer Dove Grant presented th e [ollowi tu:safe ty awards; A bron ze award for 40 ,484 acc ident-free mall­hours to A Ian Ta ylor , wh o accept ed th e award 011 behal] of theM erritt Hi ghway Di strict ; a silve r on go ld certificate for 233,000accident-free man-hours to Art Turner, He ad Fcrryntan , wh oaccepted the award on behalf of the North Bend Ferry Cre,,'(/ 2 m en); a silver award for 85 ,320 accident -fr ee man-hours tothe Hope Road Cr ew, accepted by Foreman Berni e Bergstr om;four awards, silver, gold , bronze on go ld , and silver on go ld for203 ,300 accident-fr ee m an-h our s to Road For em an John Bla ck,who accept ed th e award on behalf of th e Boston Bar R oad Cre,,';a sil ver certificate for 113,300 accid ent-free man-hours to GaryWatson , Safety Chairman at M erritt , wh o accept ed the award onbehalf o f th e M err itt R oad Cre w; a bron ze cer tificate for 41 ,165accid ent-free man-hou rs to Safety R epresentative Kim Th omas,who received the award a ll behal] of th e Logan Lak e R oad Cr ew .

It was a pro ud m oment fo r the Fort St. John surrey crewwhen the» received a Go ld Certifica te of M erit for working111,893 consec utive m an-hours witho ut a lost-time accident.L eft to right, John Clark , M aint enan ce M anagem ent Technician;Bert D ibben, Safe ty Officer; H arold M cliachcrn , En gineeringAssistan t; Brent D on is, Engineering A ide : Mick ey Hulin , En gi­neering Aide; K erin A rnold, En gin eering A ide; and Don Hutton ,D istri ct Technician .

M. I. "Red" Arnold , Lytton Foremanwith three awards-Bra nZ(' on Gold,Si lver on G old, and A ward of Merit fo rhaving work ed 244, 000 ma n-ho urs. Thisrecord is still growing and the Lyttonroad crew are to be commended for th isfine achievement.

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Cranbrook District method study design ed this m on orail fo r installing and re­m oving ploughs. It was fabr icated by the garage crew exc ept for th e upright pos ts,Th ese were installed by Orb en St einwandt , Sign Maintenan ce Mall, and Mik e Sen er­chia, Labourer. Th e two-to n hoist and carriage travels co nt inuously arou nd th em onorail. Th e pulley lifts plough int o place on tru ck enab ling one man to liand lrinstallation.

Salmon Arm District

TRUCK ROADEOSalmon Arm District held its first truck roadeo in April and

it proved to be a big success. The High-average Trophy wentto the Falkland crew with 293 points. Salmon Arm had 278 ,Chase 263 , Celista 258. and Sicamous 247. GEORGE A.BAILEY. Falkland, placed first in the 4-ton competition with350 points. Mart Sandaker had 336. Jacob Bosshardt. 326, andTom Clark, 325 .

HERBERT D. YOUNG, survey crew, placed first in thecrewcab with 341 points. Earl Tennant had 339, Steve Husband,334. and Ron Freed , 320 .

Left to right, W . A. Budden, District Highways Manager,presenting Cam Wilson, Falkland Foreman, with the High­average Trophy, and Ed Rozander, Regional Driver Trainer l n­structor, looks on.

A roadeo gets foremen together . A t the Salmon A rm Districtevent were, left 10 right, Cam Wilson , Falkland; Ray Meeks,Chase; Vern Flockhart, Sicamous; Harold Downer, Celista; andA I Rhodes, Foreman 2, Salmon Arm.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Winners of the fifth annual Kamloops Regional Bonspiel, left10 right , Sandy Teleiord, lead; A lex Gordon, skip; A lbert Proulx,second; Sterling Mel.cod, third. Winners of the B event werelake Surline, lead; Lawrence Thalheimer, second; Ron Rccchi,skip; Jim Dcnomy, third; Tom Van Dyke, lead; Paul Witzer , skip;Bob Cassidy, second, and Larry Strohmaier , third, were the will­ners of the C event, and Wally Pldskalny, skip; Bob Da voren,second; SCally Frecbuirn, third, and Bill Stanley, lead, 1I'0n thenovelty dress event.

ON THE JOB

The Salmon Arm bridge crew had the task of rerouting thestream on Hummingbird Creek, Highway 97A, south of Sicamous,removing the old bridge and installing a new culvert, The pic­tures show the old bridge before being removed, top , the culvertunder con struction , centre, the old creek bed 10 the left, and thenell' on e on the right, above.

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The Department's 25-car Comox Queen, top right, is dwarfed by 320-car Queen of Cowie han, one of the latest additions to theB.C. Ferries fleet, shown in this aerial photo at Esquimalt Harbou I' near Vi ctoria. The big, 111'11' 6,650-ton, 457-foot 10nR ferry wasreceiving finishing touches before RoinR into service. Gill' quarter its length and aile tenth its tonnage, the Comox Queen was in [orannual refit. By coincidence the Canadian Armed Forces minesweeper, bottom right, is also named Cowiehan.

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