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By GAIL DOTINGA’:
” Herald Statt Writer
thetdere bright hopes | for
the future of Smithers. -
- Inthe next y year, tl the. town.
in its”.
tries
* move ‘into athe
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2 Hudson nBay Mountain will .

* MACKENZIE, B.C, (CP).
#— An oversight .fn can-
fstruction of a dental Clinic in
this

oar ‘x-ray radiation for

“Bix years, alocal officialsald
cee

.»District administrator
Vern Ciccone said the.
building was s designed in 1974

according to’ specifications

of the B.C; College. af, Dental
Surgeons “whieh for some

reason did. not Include the -

Kad’ ‘shielding protection,”
’ jHe said council first heard
of the ‘engineering omission

in 1977 after a labor ministry

boilding inspection, ¢
“We nearly dropped dead
n'we got the inspectqr's

vas an. ‘administration
change ‘and the notice to
hange the building got lost

t. but.after that there .

inf the shuffle,” Ciccone said.
_ :He said further delays oc- .
. curred when council: could:

aitfind a contractor to make
necessary changes.

iWe required special tech-

nivians to install some sort of
shielding: and it ‘was, too

difficult to ‘find someone,” -

a

‘
hat

‘be’: adding: three: iew. runs

rea, and *.

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ay xaubstituts,,

est
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this year along with a triple
- lift: aki ‘chair.’ . Expert, in-
‘termediate, and gentle ‘runs
«will be added to attract more
skiers. wa,

eorge area how go
- ta to Jasper, where they may

the administraior ‘said.

He said it took still further

investigation , ‘to. discover
gyproc ‘woul

Aba tera from,,the

fi
re a

hav to wait 45 minites: in:
lineups. We would like to see"
some of those people here,”
said Bob Carter, municiapk.. .
administrator, for Smithers...
’ Budson Ba “Mountain ia
getting ready for one of its
biggest. ski.seasons yet. :

With the three new runs,
area “Ski 1" manager, John: '

Six years. of radiation

available shielding.

An. estimated $30,000 ‘al
$40,-000 willbe spent. to line
the walls “atid flodrs’ of lwo
‘partitions: in the’ clinic:

Along way back’

“TRENTON, N.S. (CP) —
Almost three. years Ago,

- Doug Craig ‘damaged: his -

spinal column in a diving
accidant and was paralysed .
from the neck down. .
After the accident, Cralg
Spent one. year at:
rehabilitation: ‘centre’ lear.
ning to. cope with his han-

dicap and: another year at

home suffering ‘from severe
muscle spasms. He then
decided to pick up his life
where he left ‘off before the
aceldent and returned to
school. < —

“I didn’t know how the stu-

dents: would react to my.

condition, especially my

former friends,” the 18-year .

old Craig says. ‘I really
shouldn’t have. ‘worrled

because’ the students ad-
_justed to me.as quickly as. I

adjusted. to.
surroundings:” .

During his time at home,
“Craig developed an interest -
in computers.

my" new

WEATHER ).
The weather should im:
-prove over the weekend.
Saturday will . .be mainly
cloudy, with a. few morning
showers. However, in the’
afternoon, we should see
some ‘cléaring’ with sunny
periods The high’ for’
Saturday’ will reach -16 and
the low will drop to. 8.
Sunday's: outlook is for,
mainly sunny “skies - with
early morning cloud and
more of the same for Mon-

‘Currie, is expecting up. ce ‘structed.’

“mm skiers {his winter. °

‘The how runs: “lll ‘be =
‘more tothe front of the

That. old ve vari in your driveway doesn’t have to took dull, Take. a tip from this fantasy van and you could be driving, in,

mountain and. all three will.
be fine ‘groomed before the.
: ‘building . their own homes. -

season starts."

Another-: three runs: are.

expected, to be completed in’

1991...

-An: access road: has been
“puilt 8300.
mountain: td the base of the
new triple chair lift. . ‘Work

feet up the:

Photo by Carta Wilton’.

will open in the spring: just
before the forestry. building
isfinished.. ©“

- Sub-division lots are being |
bought by private ‘owners

“Surprisingly, there’ are:
“very few SPEC homes on the

~ market or, being built,” said

' will begin next week on- the °

_steeP construction: of thé
towers for the lift.’

Currie. Bees ‘AL lot of

-potgntial forthe, Hudson Bay
‘Mountain ag.a. Ski; resort:

_ The second. planning phase,
which | wilt -
November, will look. at the
possibility of longer -runs,
condominium units _ and

summer recreational.

facilities on’ the ‘mountain.
The rates ‘for this year will

_be $10 for adults and $9 for

begin: in,

Carter. -

Visitors to the area will
have: two new, motel, com-
plexes to stay in: Brookwood
Limited ‘will build a 60-init ~
‘motel with: full: facilities

which - Includes both «a

‘restaurant:and a-laounge.

Another Ahunit-motel: wien |.
‘ginkeh'lounge dnd‘fireplace °'

“will be contructed by “FGM —
Holdings ‘:company,.-- ‘The
Capri Motor: Inn- hag also

appli? to add 31 units to its

existing complex. «

- Although - ‘the deal is: not

finalized, a. national retail ..
outlet’ has’ applied. ‘for a

- development ‘permit in the-

’ children on weekends and $9:

and $3 respectively on week
days. -
One © of -the bigger

developments to move into-

the area’ is a. $13 million
particlé . board plant.
However, the plant is fairly
automated and. will employ
only 25 to 30 people.

A new forestry’ building

downtown ‘area. ° Municipal
officials will be meeting with

-‘the company to see whether
«the design of the store will

which’ the ministry of en-.

vironment will also occupy,
will provide approximately
200 jobs. Most: of the em-
* ‘ployees , will be transferring
into Smithers: from ‘other
areas of the province.

. To house all’ of the new
workers, three ‘apartment
buildings. are: being con-

a

conform to the alpine setting
‘of Main Street,

~ In the valley, the farmers
are also doing well. . The:
dairy farms there ‘are the’

- anly ones expanding in the

province, says Carter.

: The airport has been busy’
in the pist months with th
construction of the gold and

silver.mine at' Black ‘Lake,

#0 miles north of Smithers,
There are no roads to the

|, site, so everything is being

flown in. Production -is
expected 1g’ begin in the
latter part of this year,

i a \
New houses seem to be popping up everywhere, but on Braun Istand, there are still peaceful farms fo be found.

pe ae cou .

Mills Memorial.

ier:

Two willl be
“a completed soon andthe third *:

~ By GAIL, DOTINGA. ‘
Herald Staff Writer !
A nation-wide ‘shortage. of

nurses has not. yet affected

’ northwest area hospitals,»
Directors on nurses in both;
Kitimat, ‘and. — Terrace

hospitals say they are able to.

‘fil ‘the positions. now. but. '
foresee’ problems : in’ the
future.

Two years ago, . Ontario -

produced miore nurses than’ :

. it needed anda lot came out
"here for jobs, said Shirley
"Bentley; director of nurses at:
"The ©
- hospital’ is. still - receiving
some of. those’ ‘students, but
with. more “jobs to choase
from, . the: situation” will.”
change. coe

' phere’ ll” be:

of more”

problemi in ‘the’ futore--

because B.C. ‘schools are not:
filling. ‘thelr : -quothi *  dalid
Bentley. |

It's been: ‘estimated. ‘that. -
BC. alone needs 500 nurses.

Evening and weekend shifts:

have been blamed as part of “~
 the.problem for, the national,
shorlage..: -

‘+ 4 Moat of the’ younger ones

look ‘at that. and think why .
should they work a5 nurses
~- when they ‘can_make'miore
money ° ‘working in the:
‘supermarkets ”" said Ben-

“Because of the. two large
companies, ‘the siluation is —
different in Kitimat.

The majority of the nurses
-have come to Kitimat with
“their. husbands, ‘said Joan

. Lawrence, director of nurses ~

at Kitimat General. ;

. The-only hospital - with -
"problems. is Stewart °
General, ‘Which has ‘been
“shut down ‘since August 19
becaae of. a shortage of

The ‘hospital’ will take in

" people on emergency: calls, .

. but. is sending all of the in-
patients to other hospitals.
Nursing. director Betty

Heritage

gathers —

confererice of of the heritage
conservation branch of B.C.
held: last. weekend was ‘a
suceess. we

. Regional - advisors -from
‘Burns Lake to the Queen
Charlotte Islands arrived in

- Kitimat, for ‘the conference. .

The nine advisors went on

_a miniature .expedition to

-Kitselas. Canyon Saturday
_and went over Its hiatory.. It

is one of the native Indian -

fortress sites from ancient
times, said Kitimat advisor
Joanne Monaghan, * It is also
the site of Whitetown which
was concelved during . the

riverboat days in the late

’ 1800's. Whitetown was once
a huge town. bit now only.

remnants are left.. +

“This is one good example

of why beritage conservation

' people.are important,” sald

Monaghan. -

A banquet and “general

discussion was

held
Saturday. evening. .

Paul Sneed gave alecture  j :

on the history of the Pacific

northwest area and Steve.

Acheson spoke on Heritage
conger ation.

The conference was ¢o-
_ordinated by Monaghan in
‘Kitimat ‘and by Brian
Seymour of Victoria.

~Weiame ion

Its time ty eall your
Welrome Wagon hostess.

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“gréup™ * ht oe ; .

The, regional advisor's:

Fvelyn Anweilor 6259 5571

i Malloy b has been ‘able to fill
some of the positions and
‘hopes to have the hospital re- -

_ opened within the next.few
weeks. ;

But she also anticipates ;

"problems with hiring nurses
in the future and like other
‘northern communities, says

‘she will advertisd outside the
~ country if necessary.

All three directors agreed

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‘Ahigh turnover rate is also
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hospitals and adds to the
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