LEBBANY, ‘ Ebina, VICCRIy ri.t., Vov-L¥a COMP. 79 /7G a wai 7 aes I Carer Oi Tone | #61 YY (RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGE LTD.) ( TERRACE-KITIMAT yf COPPER we buy BRASS _ a Late score - ALL METALS _& BATTERIES uON.-SAT. | OPEN TIL 5 pit. . J a Losation Seal Cove Phone 624-5639) L VOLUME 72 NO. 158 Wednesday, August 16, 978 | Lions 24 Riders 23 | 20¢ Motion ends in Gommotion Wouldn’t Table By Donna Vallieres An apparently minor item caused chaos at Monday night’s Terrace council meeting which -broke up after two aldermen left their seats at - thetable, leaving the body short of members and unable to continue with the evening’s business. ‘Only four members were present at the- meeting, making up a quorum, and when Ald. © Vic Jolliffe left the table council could not con- _tinue. Jolliffe left his seat when a motion to table an item was not seconded, Instead, he took a chair . in the audience. 7 ‘The item Jolliffe had attempted to table was a recommendation from an eatlier committee meeting to appoint Craig Campbell, a planner for the regional district, as planner in charge of development of Terrace’s community plan. ‘The District of Terrace and the Kitimat-- Stikine Regional District had intended to enter into a joint agreement for planning services and the representatives from the two sides met to discuss the plan. Recommendations that came out of the meeting were for an additional planner to be employed by Terrace to assist in completion of the community plan for 2 year and a half and Gollege Gets $259,500 From School Board Loan By Chris Porter The Board of School Trustees School District 88, Terrace Monday night at its first regular meeting since June 2lst, approved a loan of $259,500 to the Northwest Community College in . & resolution passed at their regular monthly meeting. Section 212 of the Public Schools Act provides that “‘A Board may, by resolution with the approval of the Minister of Education, borrow money by way of temporary loan to meet capital expenditures pending the passage of a law.‘ authorizing..the. issue-.and: sale of. Sabestires es.” The Provincial Government had > already approved the loan, and only the approval of the local Board of Trustees was required. . Also passed was a resolution to remit the annual fee to the B.C, School Trustees Association. The fee is three dollars per student enrolled, and would amount to $15-16000 for this district. Some disapproval was expressed by Nan Harrison and Board Chairman Jack Cook, however they were outvoted by the rest of the Superintendent of Buildings Luther Heller reported that new roofing at Skeena Secondary and Parkside Schools was progressing well, and should be completed sometime next week. Heller also reported that the School District would be taking over three school buses formerly funded by Indian Affairs, The three bus routes involved are located in Moricetown, New Hazelton, and Kitwanga. 7 Six more Provincial Scholarships were awarded in 1978 than were given out in 1977, due to the increased number of students competing. Seven scholarships were awarded: this year, compared to only one in 1977, — Despite delays, the Rotary Club reported that construction of fences around the tennis courts at Caledonia should be completed by August 18, and an announcement concerning the opening date of the courts can be expected in the near future. ‘An election will probably be held in Stewart November 18 to replace Stewart School Board Trustee Terence Fright, who resigned from the Stewart Board August 1, due to the Grandue Mine closure, and has relocated in Port Hardy. November 18 coincides with Municipal Elections to be held in the northern community. In My Opinion Part Two of “In My Opinion" in which Terrace Alderman Vie Jolliffe gives his in- terpretation of the events leading to Mayor Thom, of Kitimats refusal to share the costs of the new Health Centre to be built at Terrace appears on Page Two, today, It was not stated yesterday that the article would run in two parts. ‘ outlined the cost sharing between Terrace and the regional district. The fourth recommendation was to make the services of Craig Campbell available to Terrace for the equivalent of one day a week for the duration of the contract on the basis that he would act in the capacity of “project planner-in- charge” for Terraces community plan. With little discussion, Jolliffe made his tabling motion, and when it was not seconded, he left his chair. Before it could be ascertained whether Jolliffe would rejoin the meeting, Ald. Jack Talstra announced his intentions of going home, then left the room. The meeting was concluded without a motion to adjourn. After the meeting Jolliffe defended his actions by stating that the district planner, John Mc- Nairnay, was on holidays and it was not fair to put another planner in charge of the project. He insisted he did not halt the meeting in an. attempt to hold up the land use contract by-law on the agenda which would have given Mickey Johnson the go ahead to construct his new building on Lazelle Avenue. (Johnson. and the district are apparentl ‘maring the end of a lengthy battle which has been in and out of the courts for several years. Greenpeace Successful a SEATTLE (AP) — A Breakin Wor MOSCOW (Keuter} — Greenpeace Foundation Greek shipping - heiress “save the whales” mission Christina) Onassis, ap- - has reported its first fuccess parently settling down to His Motion So Mover Left Table Says Liberals The land use contract by-law which both sides are in agreement with, will bring Johnson's ski shop into line with future plans of the 4700 block Lazelle.) ; The by-law was one of a number of items which council did not deal with at Monday's meeting because of the interruption, but council did have the opportunity to welcome a number of ex- change students from Canada World Youth program which is operating in Terrace this summer with youths from across Canada and El Salvador, . Mayor Dave Maroney, however, described Jolliffe's walkout as “‘a stall tactic” and stated that Jolliffe did not argue the issue when it was discussed at the earlier joint meeting, “The reason for making Campbell in charge of the project is that the district planner is overloaded with other projects at the present time, Maroney stated. Jolliffe said in a later. interview Tuesday morning the neither Campbell nor the regional district would consent to having Campbell in charge of Terrace’s community plan because of the possibility of criticism when the plan is complete, Campbell was not available for comment. Christina Sottling after confronting a Russian whaling vessel about 900 miles north of Honolulu. The Greenpeace vessel MLV. Peacock sent word in radio dispacthes that it had’ thrwarted Russian attempts Saturday to kill at least three whales. Small inflatable rafts carrying Greenpeace crew. members stayed: be- * tween the Russianf and the whales, preventing whalers from firing harpoons. Radio communications be- tween the ship and the San Francisco headquarters in- dicated the group sighted “several dead whales and three Russian harpoon ships,” Campbell Plowden, Seattle media coordinator for Greenpeace, said Monday.’ BEDFORD, Mass. (AP} — Three New Mexico men drifted into freezing rain Tuesday in their quest to become the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a balloon— the Double Eagle II. “They're heading into,rain and that will freeze, but the ice will add ballast that they need,” said Sue Bernard, a member of the baliconists’ ground crew monitoring the flight from a commercial weather statlon here. The freezing rain, ex- pected to be accompanied by Mr. Jim Fulton, federal NDP candidate for Skeena, says the Liberals have once again demonstrated an inability to keep their word and to help Canadian business. Loto Canada was set up in 1976 with a mandate to operate until 1979. “This was to help recover the enormous losses of the Montreal Olympics,” said Fulton. ‘Now, with no consideration given to the-many small worthy lotteries, the Liberals have opened war with a national computerized rip-off.”’ “Without even going through the normal tendering process the Liberals have awarded a multi-million dollar contract for computer terminals,” said Fulton, “This demonstrates to the public the callous attitude taken by the government, to both our tax dollars and the in- terests of Canadian business.” ‘The best deal cannot be obtained without asking the prices available in Canada.” married life with her Russian husband, Sergei Kauzov, went out shopping for groceries Tuesday at a supermarket run specially for foreigners. ° - . She 2nd Rauzoy were recognized by shoppers a the Beryozka Food Shop, just offnMoscow’s busy. Gorky __Sliget; after they drove-up in. Kauzov's car. The shop sells quality Soviet f and imported Western products for foreign currency. Ordinary Russians with roubles are barred from entering. Miss Onassis, 27, one ofn- the world’s richest women, was reunited with her 37- year-old husband Monday night after flying back unexpectedly from Athens. - Balloonists Encounter Freezing Rain jostling winds, was the first _ Inclement weather the three adventurers have ex- perienced in their flight, which started Friday night at Presque Isle, Me. The three—Max Anderson, 43; Ben Abruzzo,. 47, and - Lawrence Newman, 31, all of Albuquerque—were _ last reported flying at about 6,500 metres over the sea, located 1,600 kilometres west of Treland. “Everyone is en- couraged,” Miss SBernar said. Jim Mitchell, another member of the ground crew, said the flight team still hopes for a landfall in Europe sometime Thursday, Byearly Tuesday, about 77 hours after liftoff, the balloon had travelled about 2,400 kilometres. Two of Double Eagle II's pilots—Anderson and Abruzzo— travelled 4,720 kilometres in 66 hours in their unsuccessful attempt last year to cross the At- lantic in Double Eagle 1. They were blown north af their course and ditched eight kilometres off the northwest coast of Iceland. Early Tuesday, the balloon. was about 1,100 miles nor- theast of St. John’s, Nfid., travelling about 40 kilometres an hour. . Seventeen unsuccessful transatlantic balloon at- tempta have been made. The moat recent failure was also the closest to success, Don Cameron and Christopher Davies of Britain were forced to ditch their balloon 187 kilometres off the French coast, Emperor Hirohito Remembers WW Il Dead TOKYO (Reuter) — Emperor Hirohito ted Japanese in a minute of silent’ prayer Tuesday to mark the 33rd anniversary of the end of the Second World War and said his heart still aches when he thinks about the war dead. The frail, 77-year-old em- eror, now in the Sard year of s reign, stood before a wooden pillar dedicated to Japan's three million casualties, At an air base near Tokyo, hundreds of kamikaze pilots who survived because the war ended before they could fly their suicide missionf watched the last functioning Zero fighter plane soar inte the sky near holy Mount ji. Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda visited Yasukuni shrine in central Tokyo, where the ashes of more than 2,500,000 soldiers are in- terred. The vesit to the Shinto shrine annoyed Christian groups which said wartime defeat, A document published Tuesday says Emperor Hirohito never believed Japan could win the war in the Pacific. The diary of his wartime adviser, Koichi Kido, says the emperor had tried ug to the last minute to avoid war and had intended to end it when he thought the odds were even, Kido was detained as an alieged war criminal by the Allied forces in 1945. it gave the false impression that Shinto is Japan's national religion. Tsutomu Shoji, leader of the Christian Association, said the shrine is dedicated to the war dead—but not to dead opponents of the government of the time— and Fukuda’s presence would encourage a return to militarism. The _military-dominated government of the 1930s and early 1940s was repressive at home and led the country to FIRES COMMITTEEMAN Terrace Mayor Dave Maroney Terrace’s Mayor ‘Under Pressure’ Ald, Vic Jolliffe was relieved of his respon- -, Bibilities as chairman. of.the..counctl. planning committea Tuesday morning, according to an announcement made by Mayor Dave Maroney. “It is my observation that Ald. Jolliffe is in- capable of co-operating with the majority of council members,’’ the mayor said in a prepared statement. ‘Therefore his chairmanship of the planning committee has hampered productive conclusions to important planning matters.” Monday night’s stormy council meeting when Jolliffe left his seat to halt voting on a planning issue stimulated his decision, Maroney said, but added that ‘this has been breweing” for some weeks, ’ Relieving Jolliffe of his chairmanship was “not an easy decision to make,’” Maroney said, “but will be for the beterment of council.” Maroney said he had been “under pressure” to take Jolliffe out-of this position because of conflicts within the planning committee. “It’s been acase of one man wanting to run the show,” he said. . The mayor said he did not anticipate any greater conflict because of his decision, stating that “things won't be any worse,” The planning committee is the only council committee which Jolliffe chairs, although he will still continue to sit as a member of the other council committees. A special council meeting has been called-for Thursday night at 7:30 to appoint a new chair- man of the planning committee and to mak: other committee changes. so, Chain Not Sold VANCOUVER (CP) — _ deal had been completed in David Radler, president of inciple. Sterling Newspapers Ltd, “As of 2 p.m, (Pacific day- said Tuesday that light lime) there continues to agreement has not been be nodeal with anyone," he reached to sell the = said. newspaper group to Sterling is made up of nine Maclean-Hunter Ltd. of dailles and nine weeklies or Toronto. biweeklies, all in British He was commenting on a published report that the Columbia except one daily in Summerside, P.E.1, No Applicants So Terrace Native Indian Teacher Education Program Forced To Close news that the Terrace NITEP Centre has closed down, after four years of operation locally. Despite an extremely active recruitment campaign, no applicants had been registered by early July. It had been expected that the Centre would continue to operate for at least one more year. NITEP is a teacher training program which began in September of 1974 in response to needs expressed by Indian people throughout B.C. for a more. effective and relevant teacher training program for native Indians, In past years, normal university entrance standards were waived in order to attract the student who had been out of school a number of years. This year, however, admittance stan- dards were raised to the same level as university entrance, This is thought to be a factor in the declining number of applicants for the Terrace ntre, An extremely active recruitment campaign had spanned a four month period (April 1 - June 30). This campaign covered the entire region west of Prince George. It included mailings, telephone contacts and personal visitations to agencies, individuals, and native Indian organizations. In these efforts Ms. Pamela Straker and Mr. Bert McKay, NITEP Advisory ‘Members from this region. The campaign was the most active and most thorough since NITEP'’s inception in 1974. The recruitment efforts identified a total of only ten potential students. Four were identified as future NITEP admissions. They were en- couraged to up-grade their academic standing at Northwest or another community college. Two candidates were admitted to U.B.C. and the prokram; one decided not to enroll at the North Vancouver NTIEP Centre. The remaining six applicants did not meet the qualifications for admission to NITEP. Since 1974, a total of approximately forty students have successfully completed year one of the program in Terrace. Provincially, this September, 15 students are expected to begin year one, 25 students are slated for year two, and a total of 70 students are enrolled in years three and four, for a total of 110 students, First year classes were scheduled for Terrace and Kamloops this fall, until the untimely closure of the Terrace Centre. Ms. Pamela Straker, co-ordinator of the Terrace Centre, is in Vancouver and unavailable for comment at this time.