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Thursday, May 19, 1993

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‘survives

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“Well, I survived the first
year,” quipped national
pen ow ae David.

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He” emerged from suk °

- three-day © conference of
Indian chiefs with their
endorsement’ of. his
Ieaderahip . and. of the
constitutional | ‘accord "he

signed in March with Tnult,

Metis and ~ territorial
leaders, Prime Minister

Trudeau and all provincial —

. premiers - but
- Levesque of Quebec.
“Ahenakew also got clear
support from the chiefs —

Rene

the governing members of -.

' the:Assembly of First
‘Nations, the national, Indian
association. - for his:
- decision - ‘not. “to: form a
common - front on - con-
stitutional issues with. Metis
-and: ‘Inuit.

‘Indians “must - resist
government attempts to
“lump us all together’

_ under auch bland banners
as “native’-or “aboriginal”
people,” . sald Ahenakew,
‘who was élected to a three-
_year'terin as national chief
a year ago.

Hesaid-Indians, who have

trenties:with the Crown or .

federal government dating .
back*a hundred years and.
+ more, have special rights
__ pot accorded Inuit or Meta,

who claim a distinct culture _

born of mixed Indian and
European ancestry,

. “Indian rights are.here,"
he sald at one point Monday,
his hand chest-high. 'Metls:
rights are there,” he said,
thoving his hand. between
knee and waist..

. Hila statement won him no :

friends among many Metis
and Inuit leaders who feel
co-operation’ 1s : ‘essential
during political conferences
to ‘define the aboriginal
rights that are guaranteed:
in the Constitution. .
“We are all fighting for

thé survival of Gir peoples, °

- whether. they be’ Inuit,
non-status
' Indian- or. Metis,” Charile
Wait, a key Inuit con-
“‘stitutlonal negotiator, ‘said
in‘a written statement read -
to the assembly Wednesday,
_ Later, Ahenakew softened
his stand somewhat; telling
- reporters there will be an

informal “linison’”’ between.

the groups but ne common
position.

The Thornhill Junior Secondary School
gymnasium was a dangerous piace
Wednesday afternoon as approximately 100°
students.were participating in the Jump Rope
“for Heart.program. Teams of six students |
each skipped for. three hours during: the:
afternoon: -to' raise money for Heart
Foundation research in the program. The:

‘students. gathered pledges -from:. the...

comimunity and their friends as: art of the.
program, with prizes: awarded ©

‘feaching certaln pledge fevels. Debbie Gyger, :

‘studéhis —

By KEITH ALFORD"
re, - Herald Staff Writer - 7
TERRACE—' : “On: May: : (1913. .
approximately 100: people: gathered. in

“Terrace to: organize the © town’s « Kriox -

Presbyterian, Church... This’ ‘Wednesday.

. ‘Gurdkia 100 peorle met at. ee

in1a93, and d George Li Lille arrived i in 1905.
‘In 1912 Rev, ; Thomas ‘Marsh built ‘the |
Anglican church: * pa.
During the early part of this cent ry,
churches hada gentlemen’s a

coast: ‘The Methodists served the native

_ villages and the- Presbyterians served the.”
white settlers,

The first presbyterian church building

cost a total of $1,560 including the cogt:of -_

both tand and building. “With -

. fhe =
population of the- aréa' about 150, each ar
the two churches had an average Sunday +
congregation of approximately 10. people. ...

AB post-World War I settlers. arrived, the.

Presbyterians, ‘were able to pay. their -

‘minister $520 per: year’ and the janitor $72,

Freda‘Mallory ‘travelled from Prince: 7
. Rupert toshare- her’ mitmories of the 1920's

. 'with’old friends: Then the'church was the-;. -
centre of all community activities other:

than school and shame. In 1925 the

Methodist, Congregational and most of the —
, Presbyterian. churches: in Canada joined: -
; together to form: the United Church’ of -

Canada, ‘the | nation's largest -protestant:

; body... Mallory, whose father was the son of...

a Methodist” tiinister, recalls the

Established 1908

the-student second from the right, gathered.

' $153.In pledges to become top student In. the”
program, also earning herself a-irack sult
from the Jump Rope for ‘Heart people for
‘. golng. over the .$150 limit. Several other

_. Students got over $100, thereby earning a gym .

bag, a rope and a t-shirt, and all of. the
participants got to have. a ‘lot of fun for a
coupte'of hours at school: Others In the photo »
. above.are, from: left, Wanda Chay, -Tim Ven
-Genne and: ‘Lena Kilgren,..

overwhelming feeling that the union would .
fiever work; ‘but now ‘it-is “impossible bo
believe those early: feara.

Jennie Smith stressed’ the continuity ‘of ,

the. church ‘from the- 1930's: until. the -

present. She noted that four members of
the 1930's choir are still active in the Knox

ecngregation,

| jon
* dividing up the province. - The’ ‘Catholics 7
concentrated on thei interior, the Anglicans . -
on the upper Skeena and. the northern |

"Margaret Casey’ retold
tales: of the church as the centre’ of: town
that added. contentment’ and: security fo.

7 people's’ lives, She remembers the year’g
: big social évents, the ancora Pienle cages!
and. ne armies Leap ite in!

to hanpen when i a church burns down, and: a
the’ ‘original, structure: did... ‘While ‘a new:
building - “was: being ‘constructed, ‘the

- eorigregation: met in the Oddfellow's 8 Hall
for setvices:. :

‘Nellie McFadden ‘related the hisiory of

the’ United ° Church _Women, “the oldest

* church ‘group: in Terrace,, “Although its
“numbers have: ‘been as high: a8°100, today
only 40 belong, ‘but in many ways the UCW
_ ig still seen as backbone of the ‘church
tor some... :

-. Ed McFadden told the story’ of the period
“1950 7.1970. Anew ‘church was built next
hg where Twin city Meats now stands. °

+; Laie on a cold morning.a 4.3, m.,the church:

.. structure was ‘ moved. to its. current
location at 4907 Lazelle Avneue, Although
- that. building has. been extensively ‘added :
“to, it still forms ‘ai integral. part af the
~ church structure, =~ .

Ted (Gough took the’ congregation from’

“iso to. the present... ~In 1977, the current

inister David Martyn: arrived); sand now
‘antual events such as.a, Sunday School
-earnival “and Halloween . -bonfire and.
_ fireworks began. :

-, In 1979,. the mortgage was paid and the
church sponsored a refugee family,’ In
1980, a new organ was purchased and paid
” forin one year. In i98i;there was another
_ fire; this one atthe adjacent Scout Hall ..
“which allowed for extensive renovation to
that building for.greater use. On-May 30,.
1982 a new large Christian Education wing
had its, Geremonial sod turned and is now
near completion. - :

» Gough sees. the .scope of ‘the United
Church and Knox in particular as: ‘having
" ehahged over the years. Its sense of world ©
wide mission has: inereased along with
Service to others (non-members):, Gough-
‘Bays the church's future depends on that: :

~ weeks ago that no peralties
are warranted ‘'is not going

_ HeraldStaff Writer
TELEGRAPH CREEK— A forest fire burning since
Sunday and coming within two miles of this community is
expected to. be totally contained by laté today. :

Bill Haryey of the Dease Lake provincial forest service,

- says thé firé has consumed about 900 acres so far. The fire,
spotted on the afternoon of May 15, is contained oni, the
south, east,-and west sides. The north flank is expected to
be brought’ under control before nightfall.

With the fire lying only two miles to. the weal of ifelegtaph

Creek,’ thé evacualion plan: for. that ‘community WA

no sucti daigte ¢ existe, oe...

Sy ey

” this fire

discussed With the band council and members of the RCMP, -
However, ‘the comimiunily was not evacuated ad and currently. °

“ease Lake fire to be contained

fa Seventy-eight men are engaged in fighting the fire. As
-well, there are four’ tractors, four skidders complete with
self-tontained 500 gallon water tanks, and one helicopter
working the forest fire. ;

The old “water bomber” haa beeri replaced by “air
tankers,” These aircraft drop red-colored long-term fire

"retardant on ‘and around the fire,” Long after. water has

evaporated, the retardant is still working, However, during: .
the blaze has managed to jump auch restraints at
ba once,

To fight the fire, men camé. ‘trom Telegraph Creek,
‘Suhithers, ‘Houston and Terrace:';-Harvey says that even,
-with this latge amount of manpower needed, there wes no
trouble finding them:

‘Trade restrictions lifted?

"WASHINGTON (cP) =

US, trade ruling early vert

‘worth about! $2 billion
year. ot
Thousands of jobs’: in
Canada are dependent on
the ovtcome. About two-
thirds of the business at

- stake Is baged in. British

Columbia.

‘The case has cost com-
peting U.S. and Canadian
interests and the U.S.

. Commerce Department an

estimated $5 million’ ‘in. -
legal, lobbying * and ~ in:
vestigative expenses during
the last seven months,”

The decision is due by
midnight Monday’ night but -
a’ department spokesman

‘said the announcement may

be delayed until - Tuesday
morning. — es
It would be "a sie it
anything: more |
nominal import. ates | it
that;"'were to bé- recom-
mended in the ruling by the .
departiient's International
Trade Administration, says
an ‘official. close to the
agency's operations.

A preliminary finding, 10

~,

lo change significantly,”
the official sald Wednesday
night: 2.

The — “elaim ‘for © coun-,

~ tervailing ‘duties that’ would”

add up to 65 per cent to the

“Import. price of . various ,
_#oftwood products, brought ©

by agroupof U.S. ‘producers
last Oct. 7, pivots on '
whether the Canadian
lumber ‘gains an unfair
price advantage from

’ governmental subsidies in

Canada. “1

The U.S. companiés, the _

‘Coalition for Fair.Canadian
_ Lumber Imports, - based

their main argument on ‘the .

Canadian
dtumpage * -

_Syatem of”
Alloéating

Umber-cutting rights in >"

forests owned by ‘the
provinces.

The stumpage arqumént .
was thrown out in the
preliminary finding March -
8. That decision is not going
to change in the final ruling;
said the official, who did not _.
want tobe identified.

Other - [ederal and
provincial - subsidies were

~ found: in. March. to. be’ 30

minor, when applied a6 an’

average | - ACrOsS Canada,
that |;

company, were fo’
provide an average rice
advantage of less than one-
half.of one percent. _

Any import penalty would
be ‘recommended. only IE
that figure has been found to
be higher by U.S; in-
vestigatora who carried out
on-the-spot °. checks —in
Canada this spring, :

Even. a “nominal , penalty
‘could be waived by Com-
merce. Secretary Malcolm
Baldrige, who makes the.
‘final decialon.

The .coalltion .of us ‘
companies, which accounts
for. about 20 per cent of the
American domestic lumber -
business, challenged the

‘team
‘ formation collected, from

ruling in ‘court. but the ap: -

Caric
the, U.S, coalition ‘expressed

io . 0 interest in attending.

J

The “verification —
reporta" of the 11-member
Commerce investigative
‘— based on in-
authorities in. British
Columbia, © Alberta,
Saskatchewan, Ontario,
Quebec and Newfoundland
— were made avallable
privately to lawyers in the
case,

The Vencouver based

‘Canddian Softwood Lumber.

Committee, a “group | of
Jumber companies sup-

‘ported by federal’. and -

provincial ents,

. Says it haa spent more than’

$2 - million ‘to. fight the’

prelianinary” Commerce countervail case.

Meeting planning

_ TERRACE— Betty Green, president of the Vancouver - -
Right4o-Life Society, is touring the northwest and will
speak at the Terrace Public Library basementroom tonight —
at 8 p.m. Topical issues include a showing of the
“Morgentaler-Nathanson TV abortion debate.

"_Mrs. Green has been active in the pro-life movement for:
“nearly. 15 years; she is a, founding member of the Pro-Life
Society of B.C. and was president of, that organization from
1974-1979. Her purposein coming to this area is to update
local pro-life groups in Prince Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat,
Hazelton and Smithers on the current abortion situation in
Canada,

Topics include the Joe Borowski challenge to the abortion.”
“law, the pending court case against the Lions Gate Hospital,
and the attempt by Morgentaler to establish illegal aboetiad.
facilities throughout Canada,. ~":'

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