Times-Advocate, 1978-11-30, Page 17imcs
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Times-Advocate, November 30, 1978 Rage 17
An Arctic Circle born idea becomes reality as
young Centralia man completes log house
An idea originated near
the Arctic Circle several
years ago will become a
reality for a young Centralia
man next summer.
Bruce Hicks is completing
construction of a log house
on property he owns with his
father, Frank Hicks, just
west of the Cook’s Mill plant
on the Mount Carmel road,
west of Centralia.
Outside construction of
the 1,000 square foot living
quarters is being completed conceived the idea of
this week and work will con- sometime building his own
tinue on the interior during log house.
the winter.
The 28 year-old Hicks
spent the summers of 1973-
74 and 75 in the Mackenzie
Mountains in the Northwest
Territories as a big game
hunter guide.
While in the northern loca
tion only about 200 miles .
south of the Arctic Circle,
the young Centralia native
IN THE GROOVE — Each log used In the construction of
Bruce Hicks' house was peeled and grooved by the owner
himself. T-A photo
pilot friend of mine lived in
a log house and I also visited
in another two-storey
He told the T-A, “In the
north you see lots of log
trapper shacks. But, a bush log
Outside construction of the log house being built by Bruce Hicks nears completion.
Last day for gun return
By BILL McNUTT
Today> Thursday, is the
last day of November. It is
also the last day of . Amnesty
Month under the Criminal
Law Amendment Act (also
known as bill C51). After
tonight at midnight, anyone
found with prohibited or
unregistered restricted
weapons, will be facing
criminal charges.
Prohibited weapons are
defined under the act as
firearms having no
legitimate sporting or
recreational use and are
therefore considered to be
dangerous to personal
safety. Private individuals
are not allowed to have in
their possession any
prohibited weapon.
These include sawed-off or
any other rifle or shotgun
with barrels less than 18
inches in length or an overall
length of less than 26 inches.
Firearms which have been
altered to be used with one
hand and fully automatic
weapons.
Fully automatic weapons
are firearms which are
capable of firing bullets in
rapid succession with a
single pull of the trigger. Do
not confuse these with semi
automatic rifles and
shotguns.
Semi-automatics ar.e most
common in .22 rifles and
shotguns. They produce one
shot for each trigger pull and
need not be registered.
Therefore there is no need to
bother police departments
with them.
Fully automatic weapons
which are now registered to
a bona fide collector
currently possessing a
permit to keep then will be
allowed to retain their
weapons.
They will also be allowed
to trade or sell these
weapons to other permit
holders byt no one else.
Other than the above
exception all prohibited
weapons must be turned
over to your local police by
midnight tonight. There will
be no charges laid against
people turning them in
because of the Amnesty
provided by the Federal
Government.
Restricted weapons in
clude rifles and shotguns
having a muzzle velocity of
more than 500 feet per
second which have a barrel
length of less than 18 Vs in
ches and are capable of
firing centre-fire am
munition semi-
A GOOD COVERING — Bruce Hicks shows how the roof fits over the walls in his log house
nearing completion, just south of Centralia. T-A photo
Officials proud
residence in the NWT. I’ve
lived in them and I like
them”.
The logs used in building
the Hicks house are white
cedar and were purchased in
Napanee. Most of the logs
used are 18 feet in length.
Hicks peeled all the logs
and took the knots out. An
added chore was notching
the logs to make them fit
snugly.
He says, “I feel this house
will be as easy or possibly
easier to heat than a conven
tional house. A six inch
cedar log is equivalent to
R12 insulation.”
Hicks estimates the cost
of his log house will be about
half of a normal residence.
When Bruce Hicks moves
into his house probably next
summer, one of the features
will be a big game collection
from the north.
This includes a caribou,
grizzly bear, timber wolf
and doll sheep.
The big game hunting took
place 200 miles from the
nearest road and guides
would take horses in. This
would take 14 days. Hicks
added, “Six of us would take
in 30 horses to be used by the
hunters who were all from
the United States.”
automatic manner and
handguns.
These guns may now be
taken to your police station
and they can be. disposed of
by them if you wish or you
may apply to have them
registered. This must also be
done by midnight tonight.
Next week I will try to
inform you on the new
firearms acquisition cer
tificate system.
Huron Cancer receipts up
Ross McDaniels, treasurer
for the Huron County Unit of
the Canadian Cancer Society
said this week that residents
of Huron County have at
tained an enviable record of
$1.02 per capita donated in
the fight to control and cure
cancer.
“We show donations of
$56,000 at the end of the fiscal
year,” said McDaniels.
“With a population of about
55,000 in Huron County, that
puts our per capita record
slightly over the $1 per
capita mark. We’re very
proud of that figure.”
The divisional figures are
only a little better at '$1.06
per capita.
The money was realized
through the annual door-to-
door campaign for funds, the
special events in Huron such
as the snowmobile rally, the
Daffodil Tea and the bike-a-
thon, and national grants.
The donations made
through the In Memoriam
cards are a separate account
and money from that
segment goes directly to the
divisional treasury
research.
“I’m told the figures are
quite substantial in that
account,” reported
McDaniels who said he has
no financial record of the
memorial fund.
The provincial Cancer
Society enjoyed a year of
unprecedented financial
success, too. The
organization has announced
that in Ontario, campaign
receipts for 1978 were in
creased by 10.5 per cent to
the highest amount raised to
date - $8,328,000.
Commemoration funds
also increased substantially
to bring the total income of
the Cancer Society in
Ontario to $14,189,754.
“Another major ac
complishment that stands
out from the past year was
the production and in
troduction to the schools of
The Kit - A Guide to Decision
Making and Health for
Grades 7 and 8, created by
our education committee,”
said George A. Irvine,
president of the Ontario
Division.
Irvine believes the young
people of Ontario will be the
beneficiaries of this special
program. Every child in the
Ontario school system will
now receive some form of
education on the subject of
cancer from Kindergarten
right through to Grade 8.
Irvine spoke of the
establishment of the “Coping
With Cancer” program as a
third milestone in what
amounted to a fruitful year.
“The Coping With Cancer
program started in the
Toronto Unit and spread
from there to the
Metropolitan Toronto
District and thence to the
province of Ontario,” said
Irvine. “We had no idea that
there were so many
volunteers interested in this
vital subject.”
The rapid growth which
occurred has resulted in
hiring a new staff coor
dinator to provide leadership
and assistance.
“The Society is well and
prospering throughout the
entire province,” said
Irvine,” and will continue in
this manner until the day
comes when cancer will be
beaten.”
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