PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Wednesday, March't, Wis
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With the generally pessimistic news of heavy
unemployment — and little sign of any im-
Peerage fren
power as red for employmen|
the Terrace office one would su the im-
mediate future for job seekers is bieak, indeed.

But not so!

As a matter of fact, Skeena MLA Cyril
rob shortage of “epeclalized help” In just
actual’ e of “s ip ust a

e—— this Summer, in fact, By
“ help’ Shelford means people like
carpenters, plumbers, bricklayers, drywallers
and constructilon industry.

And what does our MLA base this optimistic
belief upon?

There r first of all, ot course, ime new Skeena
Mall —a $9 million dollar project, preparation
the alte for which is already underway.

There is the City’s agreement to install sewer
lines for the project — a nice sum of money will
be spent there — that is labour intensive, too. -

There is the new courthouse to begin, as soon
as the weather permits (which it ought to soon).
This should amount to two or three million

Then — the Skeena Health Centre — also given
the green light, recently — another two or three
million dollars there, says Cyril.

Manuel’s restaurant — plans for that call, for
one thing, fora banquet room that will hold 350
people. You don’t built THAT for “peanuts”. .

And-speaking of restaurants, Gims’s has
completed plans to move out of the present
rented quarters into a shiny new two or three
story restaurant of his own, with a full basement
that he is having built as soon as weather per.
mits. This will run at least to $350,000 and Gim
hopes to move into it by August — so it is not just
a pipe dream.

And we haven't even touched on the massive
highway construction program! Three or four
bridges are already underway on Highway 16
between Terrace and Rupert.

There is the work for Highway 37. Two new

~ tenders are being called on the Cranberry River _

a and the Nass.
Completing the highway to Meziaden calls for
over $20 million dollars to be spent by the federal
and provincial governments during 1978.

That list, alone tots up to over 35 million
Gollars. It does not take into account private

try
input with major and minor projects.

There is the possibility of a new garage
going up. Additions to the library. Improvenients
to the recreation facilities (without being too
specifig); ‘Anew. wholesale food ‘eompany has

portion between Kitwang

market with big plans for the future.
We have not mentioned the federal and
provincial government's work projects

Wehave left one hig ‘‘goodie” to the last.

For sometime now, Cyril Shelford has been
promoting a government takeover of the
Skoglund Hotsprings. His plan calls for the
Parks Department to buy out one half of the land
— and, with the backing of B.C. Developmen
corporation — out of the total takeover would
arise a first class recreational project similar to
Banff, or Harrison Hot Springs, with top-of-the
line hotel accommodations.

With Canadian Pacific having taken over

Northland Navigation and turned its attention to
coastal shipping, “Why not” Shelford asks,
“have them do something about the coastal
passenger service?”

He forsees: cruise ships, laden with tourists,
pulling into Kitimat, and being bused to the new
Hotsprings resort. From there they would s
a couple of days exploring the beauties and the
3} Ities of the Northwest — K’San villag

and recreation, the. lava beds, riding,
boating, water , etc, . ;

Then, they would be bussed to Rupert,where
they could take in the breathtaking scenery.of a
hundred miles of the Skeena, and meet their
cruise ship there — or — return to the cruise shi
at ietimat and continue their voyage from that
point, : ;
At present, says Shelford (if I am interpreting

him correctly) the cruise ships only stop at
Prince Rupert for a few hours — just long enough
' tomake up the beds and more or Jess have a rest
stop — then they are off again — with very little
benefit to the general economy of the region.
If, somehow, it could be arranged for their
journey to be broken at Kitimat, and bring them
through the Northwest, not only would their
voyage be more interesting, but we would all
profit from it. It seems to make sense to us.

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— which is bound to have its steady —

taken on.12 empolyees and is eyeing the

e, RCMP stationed

FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL
CONFERENCE

Letter to Editor

“Loose” Editorial was unfair to ROMP

Dear Sir;

. Re: Your Editorial and I use
the term loosely in the Feb.
23 edition.

‘You stated that Terrace is

paying to the tune of $14,500 -

week, for the services of

last

deplorable conditions and
. Quarters in which the
- Terrace R.C.MuPs have to
work, but you sure don't hear

about it.

Perhaps the reason. you
don’t receive every item on
quality put it, In bocawe
t it, 188

some of them are still being
investigated, or plainly none
of anyone's else's business.
How could you take {t upon
yourself to publish the
of some “poor

youth” who's

was, in fact, breaking the

. Firet — the number of
RCMP in Terrace. I was
exprised at the number —
wo I felt others might: be
istereeted, A check reveals
of the approximately 33-H
oned in Terrace,
17 are for the acutal policing
of Terrace, the ren are
either" “rural detachment’
for outside the town
boundaries, and for other:
purposes. Terrace pays
$22,000 towards the annual

P salary of each of this 17.

Terrace residents, also, of
course, through their
provincia] and federal in-

‘ come taxes do pay towards

the rest of the HM. Terrace's
annual budget includes
$530,000 towards saloriea for
tho 17, plus the total salaries
for the four stencs
(secretaries) amounting to
1,5. Terrace also pays a
contractual amount for the:
com sséf telegraph,
‘telephones, stationery
salaries of guards for
pelsoners (ihe guards are
municipal employees), ete.
‘The 1977 budget for, RCMP
services for Terrace (alone)
pald by Terrace amounted to
$463,000. The actual building
occupied as the RCMP
Terrace headquarters is

_ owned by the municipality of

Terrace. The complete
‘RCMP program is worked
out ona Federal-Provincial-
Municipal contract basis.
Terrace’a contract for
RCMP services is of 5 yeara
duration, The present
contract began’ April 1976
and runs to 1981,

» Incidentally, a report ts
handed in, monthly, by the
local detachment, to the
munleipality. This report
- ets. mets, the number
reported or wn to police,
the aumber unfounded, the
actual number, the number
ef offences cleared by
charge or otherwise, the
number of adult males and

law, by your own admission.
Perhaps six policement were

ed to undertake this
earch. So be it. At least you
know what six of them were
doing that« night. I would
imagine that the rest of the

_police force was either

“en sleeping or spending
: cane time with their

families, as human beings
are prone to do on occasion. I
id hope that you don’t
assume all 29 of them are on
the job all the time. :
Are you sure that the flag
pole in front of the Municipal
Hall, is the responsibility of
the R.C.MLP - Perhaps that
bears some looking into.
Also, the week that the flag -

Canada, “if you’ recall. T:
‘wasn’t “aware that ‘the’
R.C.MLP. werenot permitted
to fly at half mast in order to
honour their fallen
comraries. That isa the
generally a practice,
is it not? Maybe it isn’t in
Terrace. ; .

The fact is that becausa
the R.C.MP. are, by the
very nature of their work, a
very visible part of. our
community, they are easy
a ts for criti . It's too

adult females charged, the
numberof juvenile mates
and females charged, and
the pumber not charged.

..As to the “flag pole in-
eldent’'. Obviously, the
writer of the letter signed
“MLL. Whidden” (no eddress
was given and not listed in
the. Terrace-Kitimat

because you could put your
editorial space to much
better use. It’s also too bad
that you are quick to con-
demn he RC, Po without
stopping to think that when
something goes wrong, who
do you think of first? Where .
can youturn to help? number
do you dial when you need -

asalatance.

‘Who are Cub Scout leaders
for our sons? Who helps out
with Cadets that our. sons
and’ daughters belong to?
Who makes it possible for
your children’s bicycles to be
easily identified if they are
stolen? Who educates our ~
children about the dangers of
drug and alcohol abuse? Who
inspects achool buses our

looks fot:our children wh
they gét lost? Whosd. to"
keep them out of trouble?
‘The list goes on ad infinitum.
Conversely, who §
Femembers when th a
policemen, pro
with directions whey they -
get lost orhelpa them find-all -
night gas stations or fix flat
tires? Who remembers the
policemen: that got a black
eye ot broken nose or
jeeding head, trying to stop
a fight so no one else get

thootout, is a civilian man,
woman, or child, — ;

. A final word — about the
apelling In the editorials. I
hope the writer is not foolish
enough to belleve they are
thé mistakes of the editor.
Just as every member of the
force ‘‘suffers''’ when a
single member makes a.

directory) has not read‘the -mistake, so the editor also

editorial ‘of [act month, in
which I commented: on the
mourning for the killed
RCMP. I also ran a photo on
page one showing the flag at
half mast. A member of the
force in response to my
query had told me. the flag
was in thet position for that
reason. What he did not. tell
me however, was that it had
come off its pulley — had -
been that way for several
days —'and remained that
way for several days after
burial of the tast victim. The
writer also overlooked the .
fact stated In last week's
editorial, that I would not
wish éo live under a. different
system of policing than that

ofthe RCMP. Onething M.L. ~

Whidden should not forget Is
that when an vidual
member of the@pblic Is

has not, to my knowledge)
when the innocent and
defenceless victim killed ina

hostage taking Incident or

assumes responsibility for

TODAY IN HISTORY

policemen that got them to
the hospital when they
needed emergency
treatement? Who remem-
bers the policemen © who
came to break the news of
some tragic event affecting
them, because no onecise had
the guts to do it, and it’s
of his job? Who remembers
‘the policemen who searched
for days or weeks to find a
hit-and-run. driver?
Who remembers policemen
who tracked down a lost hiker
or volunteered 'to help when
disaster struck? This List
also goes on ad infinitum.

I think you would do well to
find another target for your
crititicism: besides the

wonder they have “nothing

to report.
Also, before you next take

sean through

Webster's Collegiate Dic.
tlonary and check your-
spelling, grammar and
punctuation. Ags usual,
you're batting zero.

Your truly

that's the way it is, hurt? Who remembers the M.L Whidden.

- The Editor Replies...

everything published fh th.
paper — mistakes and all. In
that sense, the editor ls
guilty,.of course. Keep
reading, Thank your for your

eviticismas. Two other letters,

both far more critical than
yours, were received. They
would have been published in
full — had they contained
signatures. -

_ By THE CANADIAN PRESS

1807—Poet Henry Wad-
sworth Longfellow was born.

-100—England's . Labor .

Party wes founded.
190z—Novelist John:

Steinbeck novelist, was born.
1832—Acircss Elizabeth
Taylor was born...
tte lvan Pavlov Poy.
ol ‘who ent
nee

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‘Whaddyer mean, ‘I'll be late for work’? it's six
ee o'clock in the evening.”

_| Herald gave

Terrace Job
Opportunities

INSTRUCTORS, open
‘yacancies, $9.00 P

(D.0.E 4 for instructing
courses auch a5 crafts,

er hr.

business, vocational and

academic general.

SENIOR AR-
CHITECTURAL
_§MAN, 1 DOE ,
1 et be experienced
oe
ec

crawings, assisting
specification writing general
office work.

MANAGER BOOKSTORE, 1
vacancy $5-$7-hour, (D.0.E.

Must be expereinced, -
mantmum of 2 years should
have some buying,
budgeting, planning &x-
perience.

COOKS, various openings,
$3.25 hour and up.
Speciality cooking.

REGISTERED NUREE, 2
$7.90 per hour.

Oreeaaiced in medical-

surgical abift work; 8-4, 4-12,

DRAFT-

12-8;00.

WFITTER, 1 vacancy, No
reket, $9.60 % hr. to $9:00 %
for Cert. LW.A, rate,

Must be certified.

AUTO MECHANICS,
various openings, $9.00-hour
to $9.90 (D.0.E.)

Must be fourneyperson.

WAITER-WAITRESS,
various openings with
various salaries.

Should have experlenice,

In serving of Liquor.

SPEECH Petrelli
vacancy, $1 “month.

Completion of Grad work
in speech pathology
essential. Experience -in
Educational t
an asset.

PUBLISHER'S ASSISTANT,
1 opening, $4.00 (D.0.E.).

Must be fast, accurate
typist (40 W.p.m.) some
booking, reception work,
phone. .

Uniess otherwise stated
Jobopportuniiles exist within
Terrace Township.

Ottawa Offbeat

by Richard Jackson

Ottawa — Perhaps

the ultimate idlocy of
Premier Rene Levesque's ‘French only" law has

paratint
faced in

the use by Alr France of flight simulators made to Engilsh

specifications.

The sophisticated technology firm that fabricates these

made-In-English

devices for Air France works in Montreal.

And, warns Reginald Groome, president of the Montreal

sete a ts
Queen Eliza will move to
is denied it under Levesque's language

following 4 trail

This unique engineering firm, when it moves, will be
the Royal Bank, the of
Aiewaye, Birks, oF number of |

Montreal, British Airways, Birks, an enormous
and likely

engineering establishments,

laws.

— unless

the CNR Hilton-operated
to Toronto If the use of

Levesque
backs off his “French Only" law — the Sun ‘Life, Canada’s
largest insurance company and the very foundation of
Montreal's rapidly shrinking corporate world.

Says

Mr. Groome of the Levesque government:

‘There is no way they can destroy or ignore the existence
of the English language in Quebec because international

business works in thet Language.
“And if they want to sell to the

‘reat of the world, they will

have to sell on the world’s terms and not Quebec's because
the world is the buyer and Quebec the vendor.

“But E don’t think that the Levesque

accepted the reality af this fact of business life.”
Tough on Rusher, you say?

When,
downto
a compenent:

So whettRttfie

his federal face, he'a wounding you, too.

In the pocketbook.

Government has yet

ebec loses. business -and tax revenuey:{t draws
froat.ts credit With We National Treadiity as still

cae ae thi thguage iad to apie

His managers brought Sam Wakim, the new underkind
Tory candidate for Don Valley East to Ottawa to sit at the

fest of the Old Master.

And from Dief, who remains the party's
derused asset, to learn some of the basic treks ofthe

trade.
Especially how to warm up the crowd.
Warm ‘em, counsels Dief, and you've got thelr attention.
Scores of Tory MPs have learned their basics, in

_ even Party President Robert Coates, from the Ol

test un-
political

i Warrior.

So how does he massage the crowd to get not ite at
tention but ite sympathy and support? 8 ad

o.
_ He's got a million of them. Having listened to them since
1840, it can be said that Diei's bares of tat een is

bottomless.
To wit:

During the 1057 camagin-when he first broke

Liberal

of

rule — Dief saw a chap running up and down the
main stem of Maple Creak showing “Not Ne No! No!” over

and over agaln

The local limb of the law stopped him and asked what in

tarnation he was up to,

“I'm ane of C.D, Howe's ‘yea-men’ on holiday,"
back, and trotted along the street "noing’ itall sewer, tt

Then there was the the John
the a leadership and atten

Ap

nothing like this ed in
- Premier of Mentone

Up spoke Robert “Silent Bob’
lamented Troy from one of the Ta

Bracken.took over,

made a speech in all his years In the Commons.

“John,” he counselled Mr, Bracken, “obviously you don't

ded his first Commons caucus,
ed at the uproar of the infighting, he allowed as how
his caucus when he was

McGregor, the late
ronto ridings who never

know the difference betweena cactus anda caucus, In the

caucws the pricks are on the inal
When Dief tells it, it isn’

warming belly laugh.

CORRECTION

An account of a statement by

an earlier edition of the Terrace

1 rd to |
ssigned to predator .

control,
- According to Bob
stated that onl
allotment of 4
be actually

earing this

a false im
Mr. Ball's views on money aut ned

by
-, What he said) at that meetiog
uly about $3,000
0 ra
ed for the poiso
|. the. rest would be used up in condu

Bobby. Ball

t naughty, just a big heart:

toler
J at the meeting, Ball ig studies.
merely expressed h . Mall gays he —
did not originate or make the nie fects. He

fé, all racial and religi
r

their |

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letters in ety newspaper
jegal action If they are libellous, sian ber ous oF Fraudulent, ondwould

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