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The Herald, Monday, May 28, 1979, Page +

W omens Uentre move
The Terrace Women's discussing. cancer and share ideas and express
Growth Centre has recently women - getting the facta themselves. :

relocated and established a straight and dispelling some. |The women at the centre:
" drop-in centre at 4711 Lazelle of the myths. offer some counselling and a:
Avenue, behind the theatres, ‘The Women’s Centre lot of encouragement and:

moral support. FH
In-home visits can bg:
arranged by calling 625-5145,

The’ centre is open from -
8:20 a.m. to 4 p.m. week- .
days, and will be open some

‘spohsors workshops, film
series and rap groups. The
drop-in centre also provides

' evenings and possibly a comfortable, relaxed at-. or just drop by the Women's
peckends as wellinthe near mosphere for women to Centre at 4711 Lazelle. ba
future, - mos

Information on community

services, activities, coming
events and various other
areas af concern for women
ure available at the Women’s
Centre. : ing
Four women,’ operat
under a Canada Works
grant, are providing a
Support service for women: |
“Women Helping Women."
The Centre promotes per-
sonal growth, encourages
self-esteem ' through the
effective use of personal
energy, and provides ‘ op-
portunities to meet other
women. . °
The regular ‘‘Women’s
Night Out’’ on alternate
Thursdays is becoming very
popular. The next Women's
Night Gut will be on Thur-
Bday, May 31st at 7:30 p.m.
j at the new dropin centre. .
- The guest speaker that night
‘will be Dr. Koblerski,

WEATHER

Cloudy skies with the

_ possibility of sunny periods
and showers are expected
today, , ‘

Who got caught?

The fish were biting too the limit of eight fish in:

- well May 10 at MK Bay one day for two people...
for the good.of Robert When MacHutechon:
Miller and Arto Paivio. returned to the boat only:
They appeared in eight salmon remained.:
Kitimat Provincial Court Charges of obstruction:
Thursday charged with were dropped when the i
catching more than the youths explained they’
legal limit of four salmon © didn’t know the fish were H
each in one day and to be confiscated and:
obstructing a fisheries gave two away to af
guardian. friend. i
The charge of ob- - The charge of catching :
struction arose when more than the limit!
fisheries guardian Grant against Paivio was also:

’ MacHutchon went to his dropped. ;
truck for a sack to con- Miller was fined $50!
fiscate the 10 Chinook and had his catch con-i
salmontwo more than fiseated. .  . Y

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Photo by Brian Grego

Aupert. civic strike over _

Mministrater Peter Patullo
and Howie's duties as a.

“i

good service” for their There were several picket several. aldermen -crossing“”

7 j money," wit Gallam. line incidents during the lines to get {nto aly hall had. th i ' rT
watchmanand sewage pump “There really. wasn't at dispute — at one point to wa ough garbage ;
inspector. « much inconvenience, except : _ thrown Gn the steps. ; 1e routine Says t al,

Their paycheques will be
thinner, but they say the end
of the strike is. more im-
portant than the extra
money they were paid to help
keep the city going during

the dispute,

Patullo and Howie were
among 23 city staff members
who dug graves, cut grass
and tried to maintain
essential services to this city
of 18,000 residents, They
were paid §25 an hour for
their" overtime efforts,
compensation which union
representatives - -criticized
doing ths final days‘ of -the
strik mt oi yOu 5) Sater:
“One “tinion' ‘member ‘ie:
cused city staff of prolonging

the labor dispute to fatten
their Income,

“Why would they seriously '

negotiate if they're collec-

ting that kind of money?" he
" asked oe

However, Gord Gallam,
acting for Mayor Peter
Lester, who was out of the
city when the union voted 81
per cent in favor of accepting
the new twoyear agreement,

said services had to go on.

despite the strike,
“The people got a pretty

Senior

‘citizens

e Ll
invited

The Royal Purple Day Tea
for senior citizens in the
Greater Terrace area will be
held on Wednesday, June 6 at
the Elks’ Hall on Sparks
Street from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Sponsored by the Ladies of
the Royal Purple, the tea is
an antiual event and if there
are any seniors who have not
been contacted in the past

. they should telehpone 635-

2415, 635-2927, 635-5121,

for the garbage."

He said such,.payments.
have been miadée-in‘other::

civic: strikes In British
Columbia ‘and "did : not:

:

Brolong this’ strike: “Rather, *,

he said, management: is
happy to give up the extra
hours and ‘extra. jobs to
regular. union employees,
The payments were appar-
ently suggested by Lester
and Patulio, the city’s
negotlating team, and were
approved by~- council
members, although no
formal vote was ever taken.
Lester said the payments
Cost the city up to $38,000 a
week early in the dispute,
_ but ecreased as
management streamlined
operations, “
While ‘city staff made the
extra §25 an hour, a figure
reached after calculating a
double-hourly rate ‘for
middle management
‘aalaries, union workers
received $65 a week in strike

pay. .

- Several union members,
who did not.want to he
named, said anger about the
payments will ease with
relief from the end of a strike
which many members did

favor of a walkout. .
Despite city staffs’ rush to
file the void, many services
were cut or closed down
‘completely. Some people
took their own garbage to a
temporary dump, and karate

‘ not think would happen de- °
- ‘spite an 65 per cent vote in

Some

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MaGe 7 _ .
money —

“ The “Prince Rupert city
management staff have been
receiving an across board
flat rate of $25 an hour for
work over and above their
normal working hours, sinc
ethey began doing work
normally undertaken by the

a

began six weeks ago.

Prince Rupert Mayor
Peter Lester said that the
extra. pay for the 23
management personnel was
costing the city
proximately $38,000 a month’
at the beginning of the strike
but that the figure has
declined considerably since
the management staff have
now streamlined their
operations.

. Thecity management staff
is normally paid strictly ona
Salaried basis,  .

Mayor Lester said that the
sum was one. that was
“agreed upoh by council,”
and would not elaborate on
how the decision was arrived
at. Council agrees that the
supervisory staff should be
paid for any work done over
and above the normal
working hours,"’ Lester

‘stated.

and fitness classes moved on —

to a lawn when people
couldn't get into the Civic’
"Centre,

Ferry service to nearby
Digby Island was shut down,
forcing CP Alr to cancel
flights to and from the island
airport and to bus
passengers 260 kilometres to
the airport at Terrace.

Forest fires few
but care needed

Five fires occurred this
past week in the Prince
‘Rupert forest region. All
were small and quickly
suppressed by Forest Ser-
vice forces,

Although the coo] showery
weather has helped in
keeping fire occurrence
down, this weather pattern
has also slowed down the
spring growth in some areas.
Areturn to warm sunny days
could bring some parts of the
Eastern region back to
extreme very rapidly.
Caution is still being
maintained and all fire use
must receive utmost at-
tention. ; :

The region reports thi
fires to date compared wi

thirty-three at this {ime last

year.

If you plan to use the
forests this weekend, please
remember the following

conditions must be met when °

you light a campfire.
1. The fire shall be not less
than three metres from any

_ log stump, snag or standing
tree.

' 2, The fire shall be-not less

than 15 metres from’ any
slash or other inflammable
debris or from a wood
structure. ‘

3, A pail contalning not less
than eight letres of water, or
a shovel, shall. be kept near
the fire at all times.

4, All inflammable
material shall be removed
down to mineral soil for not
less than one metre in every
direction fram the perimeter
of the fire.

5. The fire shall not be :

more than one metre in
dameter or one metre in
height. :

6. The fire shall be com-
pletely extinguished before
leaving.

7. Na fires may be lit or
fueled during periods of
strong winds. :

These seven points are
exerpts from the British
Columbia Forest Service's
campfire regulations. For
further information, contact
your local forest ranger.

Several council :members,
however, disagreed with the
Mayor's summation of the
situation. =

Council member ‘Evelyn
Basso said that she felt that
the city counci) had no input
in the decision, She em-
phasized that she expected
people who are doing extra
work to receive additional
compensation, but’ that she
wished to take part in the.
decision, mo,

“Couneil did not agree on
that figure,’ Basso stated.
“We were simply told.” .

City Administrator Peter
Pattullo said that it was his
recollection that the
proposal was presented to
Council by the ad.
ministration at the v
onset of the strike, but that
he could not recall whether
the “recommendation” was,
ever put to a formal vote.

Pattullo sald that he felt
the $25 an hour figure was
“fair” and that it was based
on extrapolation’ from an
average middle
Management salary. He said
that the figure was based on
a monthly salary of $1,045,
which was reduced to an
hourly basis, doubled to an
overtime rate, and then
rounded down to $25 an hour.

A spokesman for the
striking Canadian Union of
Public Employees said that
the union was “‘angered" by
the rate and said that the city
staff may be “prolonging the
strike to fatten their pay-
cheques.” ‘Why would they
seriously negotiate if they're
collecting that kind of
money?” the spokesman for
the Union -execulive
questioned,

the -cénts next..Jan. 1,
clty workers until the strike’. ‘outside workers getting an

‘additional 15 cents an hour»

Spokesmen for both side
said, however, that there will
be little animosity left over.

"Generally, behavior was

pretty” reasonable,’ said
CUPE..- president
Movold, a foreman in the
roads division.

‘He said he is pleased and
relieved toget the settlement
which will put his members

among the highest paid civic

workers: in the province.
‘There will be a general 90-
cents-an-hour increase
retroactive to Jan. 1, 1979,
and another increase of 90
with

July 1. ;

The city also will pay 100
per cent of health care costs,
instead of half, beginning

July 1, 1980, and will pay 80

per cent of dental care costs.

There were 186 inside-
outside workers when. the
strike began April 17, Base
rate was $6.61 an hour for

laborers and $835 a month’ ~

for clerical workers. The
former .agreement expired
Dec. 31,

Provincial mediator Jack

Chapelas was involved in

reaching an agreement,

Whitehorse |

“mayor made

an example
WHITEHORSE, Yukon

.(CP) — Whitehorse Mayor

Dr. Don Branigan has been
suspended from his practice
at the Whitehorse General |
Hospital. —-

Branigan's hospital
privileges were withdrawn
last Thursday after an in-:
vestigation by B.C. medical
officials requested by the
hospital's staff.

Dr, B. A. Beaton, president
of the hospital's medical

staff, and Dick Avison, °

regional director of medical
health services, said the
withdrawal of Branigan's
privileges involved his
practice there and not his.
private one,

They did not elaborate.

Branigan, however, said in
a prepared statement that

/ withdrawal of his privileges

was brought on by his in-
terest - in
medicine, including psychic
surgery and acupuncture.

His statement said: ‘Dr.
Branigan feels that this rap
on the knuckles delivered by
the investigating board ig
actually the basis for a teat
caseon the subject of holistic
medicine, which may go a5
far as the Supreme Court of
Canada,”’

Branigan declined further
comment. ‘

in the statement, he said if
conventional healing
methods do not help his
patients, he tries to arrange
or apply ‘innovative’
methods.

The statement also quotes
an unnamed patient as
saying a trip to the Philip-
pines led to a normal
lifestyle after conventional
medical techniques failed.

Vern

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‘holistic’.

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across the door and
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undisturbed
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