OLUME I EDITION #7

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APRIL 22, 1983

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DON PHILLIPS - THE MAN BEHIND NORTH-
FAST COAL

Mr. Phillips started to work on the North
Fast Coal Project early in 1976. His
starting objectives were getting all nece-
ssary infrastructure in place and also
promoting the project by letting the
Japanese know that the government would be
playing a part in developing the project
to a point where it could supply a sub-
stantial part of the coking coal necess-
ary.

Mr. Phillips and the Social Credit Party
are also very interested in developing the
three main employment creating opportuni -
ties in B.C. These employment creating
opportunities are the high technology
industries, coal projects, and all other
resources British Columbia has to offer.

Mr. Phillips believes it is the job of the
government to start projects and offer
assistance in funding projects and getting
all necessary promotion that the private
sector is incapable of doing. It is also
his belief that contracts and other impor-
tant business considerations should be
left to the ingenuity of the private
sector.

It is Mr. Phillips' opinion that the
diversity of a Prince Rupert seaport is
one of the assets North East Coal has
going for them. Mr. Phillips believes
that the success of this project is due to
the foresight of the private sector and
the support of the Social Credit Party.

A special thanks to Mr. Don Phillips for
taking time out of his busy schedule and
making this article possible.

Derrick DeMelt

CURLING NEWS

Tumbler Ridge was represented in two bon-
spiels recently. -

The boys this past weekend travelled with
two teams down the forestry trunk road to
the Coal Miners Bonspiel in_ Hinton,
Alberta. Eleven coal mines were repre-
sented by a total of sixty-four teams with
curlers from three provinces. The teams
were: Denis Pope, Bill Draper, Len
DeMelt, Gene Wusaty and Jim Hendry, Rod
Ogilvie, Les Zoschke. The morning after
the bonspiel the representatives of the
Gregg River Mine gave the Tumbler Ridge
group a tour of their mine and plant. A
fun time was had by all. A special thanks
to the organizers.

Bonnie and Ellen Conn and Joyce Anderson
represented Tumbler Ridge at the McKenzie
Ladies Bonspiel on March 1/th.

Teams travelled from across Northern B.C.
for this spiel. However, the TR team was
certainly the best received by all teams
participating.

As well as having a very good time, we mana-
ged to take second in the C Event.
Many thanks to our McKenzie hosts. We'll be
back next year!

Donna DeMelt travelled to Edson to join a
group of the Grande Cache girls in the
ladies annual bonspiel.

COAL

Developing this nation's coal resources will
call for increased research into better methods
of production and utilization. Other chall-
enges include the provision of an adequate,
skilled labour force, the investment of huge
amounts of capital and the rationalization of
many of society's conflicting goals. However,
coal is the largest reservoir of raw energy in
Canada and my be the only feasible way of
bridging the energy gap during the decades
ahead until new techologies to harness solar
and other renewable forms of energy are fully
developed.

If it wasn't for the coal
where would you be now?
at Tumbler Times,
Ridge, B.C. VOC 2W0

in Tumbler Ridge -
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