Regional . District of
Kitimat-Stikine Board went
to third reading on its
$1,951,498 budget Saturday.
The budget is due March 31
and will be adopted at the
next board meeting.

The poard gut the
proposed budget $45,000
oa has shown 2 oes
decrease from last year.
Mayor Gordon Rowland
wanted the budget cut by
$100,000 but John Pousette,
administrator, said there
are no hidden reserves to
fall back on like the

Municipal budgets. Frank

Armitage, chairman of the
finance committee, said the
beard was looking at a very
conservative budget.
Several changes were
made in the budget. Ray
Parfitt, regional planner,

wanted $60,000 to convert |

the districts information
into a book of maps with
technical data listed on each
page. The board questioned
Parfitt’s presentation and
_ decided to spend $15,000 to
begin phasing the book into
existence.

Les Watmough of Thor-
nhill, asked for the $30,000
needed for the Thornhill

. water system to be included
in the budget. He said he
thinks the referendum will
go through and hw wanted
the money available when it
does.

The board decided to put
$15,000 toward the system
with the balance coming
from CMHC. If CMHC does
not make up. the balance the
board will take money from
its contingencies which is
$25,000.

The board instructed the
administration to learn why
the. federal: government
considers a $16.76 grant in
lieu of taxes on airports and
post offices outside
organized areas to be the
proper payment. According
to the district's figures the
total assessment on federal
properties and crown
corporations is $219,516.

The board will decide at
its next meeting whether it
will pay money toward a
study made by the District
of Kitimat on the Lakelse
Lake Hotsprings. ;

The secret study was not
even made public’ to the
District of Terrace alder-
men who were asked to pay
part of the cost but who
turned down Kitimat’s
request. .

None of the directors of
. the regional board have
seen the study but are
willing to examine its
contents before deciding if
the information is worth
part of the total $5,104.24
cost,

The regional hospital
beard approved a motion
from Mayor Gordon
Rowland to authorize the
development of a Health and
Human Resources Centre in
Terrace with the capital
cost of. the landscaping,
building and improvements
to be shared as follows: 20

.

‘percent of the cost of the
‘health services component
to be paid by the regional
district and the balance of
the cast to be paid for by the
province.

The regional district will
assist Kitimat in its
program to host the North
Central Municipal
Association aboard the
Princess Patricia from May
10 to 15. The board decided
to pay $2,000 to host a
banquet for 250 people. This
money cannot be given as a
grant but it can be spent asa
regional district expense.

John Sarich, of the
Terrace Airport Advisory
Committee said it would like
the following recom-
mendations to be made to
the airport manager. The
Ministry of Transport
(MOT) install some form of
heating to the baggage
collection area; to relieve
congestion at departure
times, MOT should install a
walk through type scanner
for security and to improve
safety and so carriers can
provide a more reliable
service, Mot should install
an Instrument Landing
System glide slope to run-
way 14.

He said this would give

ilots a better opportunity to
land in Terrace under poor
conditions. He did not know
the exact figures but they
would be substantially lower
than the present 1500 feet
cloud base and three mile
visibility.

Frank Armitage received
support in his committee’s
recommendation that the
administrative staff
salaries increase by eight
percent now and that this
increase be retroactive to
January 1. Eight percent is
the anti-inflation bogrd’s
ceiling for wage increases.

Pat Shannon was voted
confidential secretary to the

: chairman and the regional

board with the applicable
salary.

Armitage reported ski hill
estimates show an increase

over last year despite the .

poor snow conditions. This:

year’s gross: revenues to--

February 25 were $90,000
while last year's gross
revenues to the end of
February were $35,000.

The following is a report
by Bobby Ball of Telegraph
Creek to the board.

At the January 8 board
meeting a presentation was
made to the board by Mr.
Clint Everton of Northward
Communications. The
proposal was in regards to
an application submitted by
Everton to the federal
Department of Com-
munications for a public
common carrier telecom-
munications system to
service the Cassiar District
of northern B.C., and to
provide telephone service to
the communities of Dease
Lake, Telegraph Creek,

Iskut-Eddéntenajon. and

’ other outlying areas. —

The implementation of
this service would provide a
communication | service
sadly lacking in the north, It
is felt that such a service
could be operative by the
fail of 1977 if the approval of
the various agencies was
received. The application
was made to the federal
Department of Com-

‘munications on Janary 13.

At that meeting, the
board, by resolution, gave
its suppor’ e@ propos.
and directed its ad-
ministration to follow this
up with a past history of
regional. district in-
volvement in
munications with the
federal. and provincial
governments and sent this
information as support for
the proposal to the Adin and
Skeena MLA's. and the
federal MP for Skeena.

The regional district staff
also contacted the
provincial and federal
Departments of Com-
munication to make them
aware of their concerns in
this matter, And also, the
CN Telecommunications
people in Edmonton. to
advise them of the regional
district support.

To date, the application
for communication into the
north has been received by
the federal Department of
Communications and is
under active consideration.
There has been support
from provincial MLA’s,
Frank Calder (Atlin) and
Cyril Shelford (Skeena) and
Member of Parliament,
Iona Campagnolo, all of who
are aware of the long range
benefits which the
telecommunications service
would provide to their
constituencies.

Frank Armitage received
support for his motion to
give Ball the funds to go to

Victoria and start putting’

pressure on the province to

get action on this ongoing ©

problem of bad com-
munieations to the nor-
thwest. His motion also
included funds to -go to
Ottawa to pursue the ap-
plications that have been

sent to the federal govern- -

ment. Armitage -said all

written requests have been ©

laced in “File 13” and
orgotten. Ail replies read
like a standard form
telegram, he added.

CBC Radio plans tohavea
radio broadcast service into

-the Aiyansh, Nass Camp |

area by the end of 1977. The
plans are the result of a
request to the regional
board from teachers in the
Nass.

According to the CBC

letter, B.C. Tel presently .

routes CBC programming
around the province and
they have no circuits
available between Aiyansh
and Greenville. Service will
therefore be considered to

- Greenville after CBC's

Aiyansh installation is
completed and dependant

upon providing a means of |

com- |

VEIKKO PAAVALI
PARVIAINEN, Age 64,
passed away suddenly
February 21 after a short
illness.

He was born in Sodankyla,
Finland, January 25, 1913.

_ As a young men he worked
in the logging industry in
northern Finland where in
1932 he met his future wife,
Fanny. Karppa who had
come to work there as a
practical nurse. They were
married in 1987 and moved
to Petsamo (Pechenga) by
the Arctic Ocean where he
worked as a power house
operating engineer.

Their first child, Antero
(Andy), was born there just
before the outbreak of the
Winter War in 1939. Veikko
served in the Winter War
and the succeeding World
War ILin the Finnish Army.
After the war he worked in
trucking, carpentry and asa
mechanic for a number of
years, Their second child,

ee.
Obituary
Liisa, was born in 1947.
- ‘The family immigrated to
Edmonton, Alberta in 1955,
The following year they
moved to Houston, B.C.
where they stayed for three
years. Veikko was working
in logging, sawmilling and
trucking while there.

The family moved .to
Terrace in 1959 and built
their permanent home on

- Lazelle Avenue. Veikko

worked for Price-Skeena

Forest Products for nine’

ears until ill health forced
‘him into semi-retirement
and work as a part time
carpenter.

Left te mourn are Fanny,
Liisa, Andy, Vicki, grand-
children Tania and Jason,
three brothers,. five sisters
and other relatives. in
Finland as well as numerous
friends in Finland and
Canada, especially in
Terrace and Kitimat. Man

ople knew Veikko throug
is love of the outdoors.

Funeral ‘services were
held February 25 at the
Christ Lutheran Church and
internment in the New

Kitsumkalum § Cemetery,
Pastor Rolf Nosterud of-
ficiating.

..around the Regional District

“obtaining the network

service to’a suitable tran-
smitter site.

The regional board has
been placed on the National
Energy Board’s Hearing
order list when it is issued
on the Kitimat-Edmonton
Pipeline. :

ccording to NEB the
location of the hearing
should be held in part of a
location as convenient as
possible to the residences of
persons in the areas af:
ected who have indicated
that they wish to intervene
in the proceedings. NEB
says it will give serious
consideration to hold
meetings in Kitimat.

Mayor Gordon Rowland
would not support the
Regional District of
Nanaimo in its resolution to
support the B.C. Land
Commission in its role as
adjudicator ior applications
pursuant to the Land
Commission Act.

He argued the regional
districts and - the
municipalities are con-
tinually hammering the
provincial government for
more input into its decisions
and by supporting the
Nanaimo resolution they are
suddenly saying they don’t
want to get involved.

He said the local levels
are better able to determine
what decisions should be
made regarding local land.
The rest of the board,
however, disagreed with
Rowland and voted to
support the commission.

- : oo y
The regional beard is-

preparing to go to

referendum and study the
costs of such a move with

regard to street lighting in |

the Thornhill Properties
Lid. subdivision in Thor-
ill.

The street lights will be
turned off in this subdivision
after September 30 unless
the regional district enters
into an agreement.

Tax Payments
Tax payments to federal, _
state and local governments

have been among the most”

rapidly rising items in the
typical American family
budget. According to a
recent study, while the
overall cost of living rose by
about 40 per cent since 1963,
total taxes increased 65 per
cent.

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