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More than ever, CBC has
been "listening to the beat",
and making sure its every -
growing share of viewers are
looking and listening as well.
Thirty Canadian .groups
and artists, nominated for a
total of 39 Juno Awards, have
been showcased on CBC
Television's Light Enter-
tainment programs' this past
season.
"We're delighted," says
Stan Colbert, CBC head of
Light Entertainment, "at
our fabulous record as sup-
porters of the Canadian
music industry and we'll
continue to provide as much
national exposure as we can
for the musical talent that
exists in this i'nuntry."
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THE ICEFIELD PARKWAY
tinuous stretch of awe-inspiring
Tourism Photo)
of
Alberta, between
panoramas.
Banff and Jasper, is one con -
(Canadian Government Office of
The Athabaska Glacier
By Claude R. Lemieux
Standing on ice 300 m
(1,000 feet) thick is not your
every day experience but, on
Canada's Athabaska
Glacier, hundreds of people
each day walk or ride giant
snowmobiles on such a sea of
ice.
The glacier is nearly six
miles long and is the most
easily accessible anywhere.
The no -less spectacular Ice -
fields Parkway is right at its
toe.
Athatbaska is a tongue of
the massive Columbia ice -
field, the largest accumula-
tion of ice in the Rockies and
one of the largest south of the
Arctic Circle. It covers an
area of nearly 150 square
miles with ice as thick as
3,000 feet in places. An inter-
pretive centre on the high-
way has interesting displays
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about glaciers.
The icfif`ld straddles the
Continental Divide. Its
waters flow to the Pacific,
Atlantic and Arctic. Oceans.
It separates Banff and Jas-
per National Parks as well
as Alberta from British
Columbia.
This amazing sea cif ice is
about half way between Jas-
per and Lake Louise along
one of the world's truly
scenic highways, the Ice -
fields Parkway.
From Lake Louise to Jas-
per, the Icefields Parkway is
a continuous series of awe-
inspiring sights. There are
snow-capped mountains all
the way on both sides of the
paved road. Rushing
streams, high waterfalls and
wildlife just beg to be photo-
graphed.
Parks Canada has estab-
lished about 20 viewpoints at
particularly striking spots
along the highway. Bighorn
sheep, moutain goats, elks
and bears are often seen at
these spots but the wise
traveller does not feed wild
animals. It is against the law
and can be dangerous,
especially with bears.
Although the Lake Louise -
Jasper distance can be
covered easily in three
hours, the average tourist
should take the whole day.
Even then, it's not enough
time to take in all that is
offered.
At the north end of the Ice -
fields Parkway lies Jasper, a
pretty town that offers about
the same tourist amenities
as Banff.
The 20 campgrounds
between Banff and Jasper
have a total of nearly 4,000
tent or trailer sites. All
campgrounds have kitchen
shelters and most have piped
water. It's first come, first
served at campgrounds and
campers must set up camp
at a designated spot, even on
wilderness trails.
AJOURNEY
OF THE MiND
He was the foremost paint-
er in Italy at age 28 and be-
fore his life was over he
would journey through a uni-
verse of science and art un-
paralleled in the history of
thought. Leonardo d Vinci,
artist, philosopher and
scientist, is the subject of I,
Leonardo, to be aired on
TVOntario Tuesday, April 26
at 10 p.rn. and repeated Fri-
day. April 29 at 9 p.m.
This revealing exploration
of da Vinci's innermost
thoughts and aspirations is
based largely on his own
words,,, translated `from the
artist's extensive notebooks.
Frank Langella plays Leo-
nardo. Narrated by Richard
Burton. the hour-long pro-
gram was produced by Vi-
sion Associates and made
available to TVOntario by
iBM Canada Ltd.
Crossroads—April 13, 1983—Page 5
ew • - sticide s..rayer
uses static electnci
Researchers at the
University of Western On-
tario are developing a
pesticide sprayer that will
use static electricity to spray
crops more effectively.
The device is a refinement
of their original electrostatic
sprayer, patented in 1981 and
designed to spray objects
directly overhead, such as
trees in an orchard.
Spraying a tree directly
overhead, however, is much
easior than spraying a row of
field crops 60 feet long, so the
two men, Professors Ion
Inculet and Peter Castle of
the Faculty of Engineering
Science, currently are
developing a new aero-
dynamic spray nozzle to be
used with the original
electrostatic charging
device.
The specially -designed
spray nozzle will use air
pressure to propel the
pesticide at speeds of more
than 300 kilometres an hour
over the row of crops.
"During the last 80 years,
the business of agriculture
has seen great advances in
the use of chemicals, seed
development and new
tractor designs — but very
little in the spraying of
crops," said Prof. Castle.
"We've improved the
basic crop sprayer by
utilizing a simple electrical
principle."
The principle is that op-
posite electrical charges
attract. The electrostatic
device puts an electrical
charge on pesticide droplets
as they leave the spray
nozzle. Electrically -charged
particles then are attracted
to any electricity -conducting
surface which is grounded,
such as plants, crops- and --.
trees firmly rooted to the
earth.
Not—only are charged
particles more attracted to
the crop being sprayed, but
the pesticide also sticks
better because of the elec-
trical charge, the research-
ers said.
The row and field crop
device being developed by
Professors Inculet and
Castle is portable enough
that it can be hauled behind
an ordinary farm tractor.
The sprayer uses an air
turbine and 12 -volt battery
connected to the tractor to
propel and charge the
pesticide.
The apparatus is "fail-
safe", so that if there is an
electrical malfunction
preventing the pesticide
from being electrically
charged, the sprayer itself
will continue to function
similar to a conventiop^pl
sprayer.
Prof. Castle said the
benefits of the sprayer in-
clude cost savings in the
amount of chemicals used,
improved crop coverage and
reduced environmental
contamination due to less
overspray and drift. The
amount of wasted chemicals
resulting from use of con-
ventional, sprayers and
aerial spraying "is quite
staggering", said the
researchers.
Testing of the prototype
electrostatic orchard
sprayer built by Western's
coordinated shops, indicates
that pesticide use can be cut
by up to 30 per cent because
of the efficiency of charged
particles.
The researchers said that
orchard farmers were
spending about $150 annually
per acre in 1981 on pesticides
to protect an orchard.
Testing of the electrostatic
orchard sprayer at a 300 -
acre orchard indicated
savings of about $12,000 were
possible over the course of a
'year. Field testing has not
been conducted yet with the
row and field crop sprayer,
but the researchers expect
similar savings will be
realized.
Money saved through
reduced pesticide use will
more than pay for the new
technology, according to the
researchers. Many con-
ventional sprayers can be
converted to the elec-
trostatic system for about
$3,000, while a brand new
electrostatic orchard
sprayer sells for about
$9,000.
Professors Inculet and
Castle said their new row
and field crop sprayer could
be on the market as early as
1984, but no marketing
details are available yet.
Comedian born
Comedian Charlie Chaplin
was born on April 16, 1889, at
London, England,
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