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TERRACE —In drawing
up a “cancer map’’ of
B.C. staff at the
province’s largest cancer
treatment facility have
discovered an_ extraor-
dinarily high rate of
stomach cancer
Terrace-Prince Rupert
area.

‘John Spinelli, a re-
searcher and statistician
for the Cancer Control
Agency in Vancouver,
took information from
death certificates filed at
the Ministry of Health’s
division of vital statistics
since 1956 to pinpoint the
incidence of specific types
of cancer
regions of B.C. Spinelli’s
study indicates death from

in the’

in different .

stomach cancer in Terrace

and Prince Rupert among:
‘men is'70 percent higher -

than the provincial

average and 150 percent -

higher among women.

In a recent interview |

Spinelli said the cause of
the high rates here will
have to be the subject of
further research. ‘“‘One
problem is that there are a

lot of different factors in- °

volved,’’ he said, ‘Part of
the statistics from the
local hospital could be in-
fluenced by people -who

‘moved there from another

area and people admitted
from the region rather
than the immediate vicini-
ty. It could be a chance oc-.
currance, but we have to

' Jim Davis, production manager for the Skeena Cellulose
sawmill in Terrace, recently unvelled a scale model of the
* madern high-tech sawmill the company will build on the old

| . Pohle site. Davis said the new mill is designed to keep the

company competitive through greater efficiency and produc-

tivity.

y ‘fly-by-night’

r

assume there’s something
there causing it.”

Spinelli said stomach
cancer is primarily related
to diet, especially food
and water ‘supplies con-
taining high: levels of
nitrates. He suggested an
investigation of water sup-
plics in the area may be
justified.

Two other areas in
B.C., greater Vancouver
and Grand Forks-Castie-
gar, showed up in the
study as having stomach
cancer rates similar to the
Terrace rates. The in-
cidence of cancer in urban
areas, Spinelli said, is

generally higher -than in.

smaller communities but

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start at the bottom in both
work classification and
seniority. Malhotra dis-
missed the prospect of
moving mill workers into
logging jobs, saying con-
ditions in many of the
woods operations are in-
comparable to those in the
sawmill due to numerous
contrac-
tors in the area. |

Alternative
| proposed”
Les  Watmough is a

long-time Terrace. area
resident and veteran log-

_ ger who worked for the

mill’s previous owners,
Westar Timber. During

' 1983 after a protracted

~ Electronic monitoring
to be introduced

by Premier Bill
Vander Zalm

Asa government mak-

; ‘ing a new start, we’re open.
innovative and

“to new,
“cost-effective programs in
every area of. our opera-
tions, including our justice
system. — :

One such project, to be
tested by thé Corrections
Branch on a pilot basis,
involves the use of elec-
. tronic monitoring devices
‘to supervise offenders in
- coramunity settings.

Thie system, used exten-
sively and with a reported
average Success rate of 98
percent in the United
States, involves a
transmitter worn by the
offender, a receiver plugg-
ed into the home
telephone and a computer
which monitors the of-
fender’s requirement to
stay home.

Right now, the pilot
project will concentrate on
individuals sentenced to
terms that are served inter-

mittently.

The experience ‘in the

U.S. where the system is in
effect ina wide number ©
jurisdictions, is that it’s

not only a humane and

safe way to handle non-—

violent criminal offenders
but one that’s highly cost-
effective.

Instead of sitting in jail
seven days a week and be-
ing supported, housed and.
fed at the taxpayer’s ex-
pense, the offender can go:
to work five days a week

to support his family and

himself, serving the
sentence on weekends.
It’s a new way to punish
criminal behavior and
simultaneously, avoid the
expense of housing an of-

fender in-prison and look-
ing after the needs of the

offender’s family.

The money aspect is im-
portant. The cost of main-
taining our prison system

is tremendously high when _

you consider the opera-
tional costs and the staff-
ing and security aspects.

to

Because it’s new

-Canada -- British Colum-

bia is the first province to
try it out - I anticipate
there are those who will
say offenders belong in
jail while others will argue

f. that electronic monitoring

‘somehow is an intrusion

by the state into people’ S
lives.
I don’t buy either argu-

ment, And after all, what —
,could be more intrusive to

an individual’s rights than
aterm in jail? -
Electronic monitoring,
in fact, is'a fair punish-
ment for. non-violent of-

fenders who already spend
‘most of their time in the

community with the added

- plus . that they’ re. under

close supervision seven
days a week, not just on
weekends.

During the nine month
duration of the pilot pro-
ject, we intend to seek the

_ support of the judiciary to

identify individuals who
would be appropriate par-
ticipants. In addition, an
advisory group of profes-
sionals in the - justice
system and representatives

- of community groups will '

evaluate the program.

If it’s a success, there’s
the expectation that other,
carefully-screened of-
fenders who are sentenced
to conventional jail terms,

‘may also be safely released

on electronic monitoring
to serve their terms while
confined to their homes.

ris

that ‘fact doesn't explain
the Grands Forks-Castle-
gar phenomenon. Spinelli
Stated future research will
attempt to uncover some

common link among. all

the communities — that
show unusual: frequencies
of specific types of cancer..

In order to monitor
trends in the occurrance of
cancers, Spinelli. said, the
Cancer Control. Agency
would like to make the

map-drawing exercise a

periodic undertaking. This
first study will be pub-
lished as An Atlas: of
Cancer Mortality by

Statistics Canada. It will |
be available sometime

next year.

sawmill .

series of shutdowns and
production disruptions the

company’s logging divi- -

‘sion, B.C. Timber, was

dissolved and Watmough
was one of 300 loggers

thrown out of work.

As a result of the ensu-
ing settlement many of the
laid-off workers took ear-
ly retirement while some

- still remain unemployed.
‘Watmough and a_ few
others with high seniority

- were re-employed at the

“sawmill but. lost. all
seniority. and benefits.
Those loggers who were
moved to the sawmill,
Watmough said, are
among the workers now
facing another lay-off.

In an open letter to
Skeena Cellulose manage-
ment, .Watmough pro-
poses a method. for the

. company to avoid further
“The .

loss of workers.
need for extensive
silviculture on the Kalum.
block of Tree Farm

‘License (TFL) 41 is well. .
_ known and very obvious.

The workers in the mill are
experienced, dependable
and willing. Skeena

Cellulose, who now own:

TFL #1, should take all
mill personnel who will be
laid off,
Silviculture Division and
put those people to -work
on the TFL.’’..

in an interview that the
company would gain addi-
tional benefits. from the
plan by keeping a pool of
skilled forest and mill
workers in the area rather
than having them leave the

-Tegion seeking jobs in .

other areas.

Watmough concluded
by acknowledging that the
company may not be able

to compete. with the low .

reforestation rates cur-
rently offered by contrac-
tors, but he suggested the
company would agree that
something is owed to their
long-term employees.
‘Some of the workers
who expect to be affected
by the workforce reduc-

tion have work histories in.
- excess of 20 years with the -

various owners of the mill

and its associated logging ©

pperations.

form: a.

Watmough pointed out -

|) 4923 Agar Avenue -

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The Salvation Army — tT. | |

7 Ditectory of - ; 4
Terrace
Churches}

_ Catholic Church

. Pastor:. «© - a,
Saturday:; . 7:30 p.m. Fr. Allan F. Noonan, i
Sunday: 10:00 a.m. O.MLI. tt
11:30 a.m. ee
-4830 Straume Avenue . ea52319
St. Matthew’s Anglican = |
Episcopal Church. _ a
‘Sunday services: Rector Rev.: - |
9:00 a.m. Canon Lance.Stephens
; 11:00 am. | Tel. 635-5855 ry
4726 Lazelle Avenue 835-9019

‘Sunday School Pastor Rev:- :
_and Adult Class: ‘Michael Ri Bergman
— * $45 am. ,
Sunday Worship: ns
11:00 a.m a
3229 Sparks Street 635-5520"
a — RN — Bec Was” eT pa eee
Terrace Seventh-Day Adventist ©
_. Church —
Sabbath School: Pastor:

Saturday 9:30 am.

Divine Service:
Saturday: 11:00. a.m.

Ed Sukow — 635- 7642

Prayer Meeting:
Wednesday 7:00 p.m. f

|

Christ Lutheran ‘Church | ’

Sees

3306 Griffiths 635-3232
Evangelical Free Church |.
Sunday School: Pastors: | E
(for all ages) Jim Westman - oy i
. 9:45 a.m. Bob Shatford fF 4
Sunday Services:. ae
11:00 a.m. _ Prayer Meeting: — | i
6:30 p.m. Wednesdays 7:00 p.m.
3302 Sparks Street _ - 635-5115.
‘Knox United Church
_ Sunday Worship: Minister
10:30 a.m. | ‘Stan Bailey
Sunday School: ; Adult study throughout the
Call Church office for I
; 10: 30 a.m. detalls, EF lurch Oice a
Youth Group: ts _
6:30 p.m.

4907 Lazelle Ave_
Terrace Pentecostal Assembly ~j -

Early Service: .  _——~Pastor:

- $:30'a.m. John Caplin
Sunday School: Assoc. Pastor:
. 10:00..a.m. Len Froese -.
"Morning Service: - Evening Service:.
a WAB am. 6:00 p.m..

3511 Eby Street

| The Alliance Church

Family Bible School: Pastors: oY
9:45 a.m. S. Coutts

Divine Worship: J.T. McNair (interim)
11:00 a.m. oo . |
Fellowship Service: — All are cordially Invited
6:30 p.m. | ‘

‘Youth Ministries & Home Bible Studies * Visitation

635-7727

Sunday Services:
- 9:45 a.m. Christian Education (all ages)
11:00 a.m. Holiness Meeting
7:00 p.m. Salvation Meeting

4643 Walsh Avenue

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635-6480 |

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