PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Thursday, April 6, 1978

EDITORIAL
_— Happy Anniversary -

Last Friday's front page of the Herald carried
a “ribbon” wishing Kitimat a Happy 25th
Birthday. Monday’s Herald coverea some of the’
birthday ‘celebrations in word and in pictures.
The celebrations were an expression, also, of
ingenuity on the part of those responsible for
them: The idea of the giant birthday cake being
wheeled in by Kitimat’s first and Kitimat's
present Pageant Queen, was one such example.
The anniversary hymn — or song — and the
rendition of it so beautifully by the Phoenix
Singers was another. ot _
Reports already coming in of the birthday.
ebrations are mixed. Undoubtedly “He who
pays the piper calls the tune’.
We have received hysterical-sounding phone
calls from at least one local resident of Kitimat
sereamingly opposed to the (according to him).
heavily censored version of a 2-part
on televison that was intended to mark Kitimat’s
“96th, So cutting and accusing were his sen-
timents other newspapers have refused to print
them (he claims). ;
' That the television depiction of life in Kitimat
has displeased others, too, is evident from the
host of other protests, including a strong letter:
from Skeena MP Iona Campagnolo. Having
taken part in programming and planning for a
few major anhiversaries, I can well sympathize
with the problem faced by those involved with|
preparations for Kitimat’s silver jubilee.
At the same time, too, I know how much easier
it is to be “wise after the event” — and having
seen the performance later tell those responsible
how it should have been done. How, for example,
does one manage to get a Native community that
has been around for thousands of years to wax
enthusiastic over another community that was
not even thought of when many of them were
youngsters? . .
How does a community (likewise) get par-
ticipation from local ‘‘Natives” when the very
existence of that community rests on occupation
of land that once belonged to it, and is a constant
reminder that their rights to roam at will and
occupy it when and wherever they choose has
been thereby extinguished.
_ To put it another way. Suppose you once lived
on an island that was exclusively your territory.
Later, without your express on, others
moved in alongside you and proceeded to build
homes and factories that made the air stink,
killed thousands of trees, polluted the water and
poisoned the fish. The land where you once used
‘to hunt and trap and fish became “theirs’’. If you
wanted to use it you had to pay them for it — if
they agreed to sell it to you. Then, 25 years later,
they had a big party to celebrate their “‘in-
vasion” — and invited a handfful of your friends
and you to help. them celebrate the ‘‘oc-
‘cupation”. Kind of tricky, isn’t it? .
_One must feel sympathy — not only for those:
living in Kitamaat Village (let’s be honest, many.
of them. have, indeed, done well from and
profited. by the arrival of Kittimat, AlCan and
Euracan) — but also for those who were faced.
with the unfortunate tagk of having to arrange
the: 25th ‘Anniversary celebrations.

“What did | tell you-
we are gaining speed!”

presentation | ended

| the
issued b'

Dear Sir;

I would’. like an op-
portunity to correct one
misstatement and to

some -

recent letter sent to
newspapers by nce
Miniater Evan Wolfe.
Mr. Wolfe
NDP government of
paying for budgetary
overruns by specia
warrants. ‘‘when cash
was dwindling and
face of a deficit.”
‘Presumably he was
referring to the year
ch 31, 1978
during which the NDP
‘government was In office
for almost nine months.
In the last three months
of that fiscal year, the
newly-elected Social
Credit government issued
some $325 million in
special warrants. That
year ended with a deficit
of $261 million, so it would
appear that $64 million of
t special warrants

y the
for out of cash
. when the
povernment changed
, and the remaining
$261 million was spent by
the Socreds
they didn’t have.

In the’ next fiscal
period, ended March 311,
1977, the government
finished the year with a
surplus of $2 million. Mr,
Wolfe does not mention
that in that year ee
ferries, bought an
for as a result of NDP

olicy out of current

were sold to
eastern trust companies.
Also, pee } built.
up by lous govern-
ments to the extent of $32
million . were in
that year. This sell-out of
punile assets accounted
for a net surplus of $2
| million. In { same
-year, special warrants to
teover overruns came to

some $90 million. . .

were
on

Clarkson-Gordon. Report
on provincial government
finances will recall, there
are many legitimate
devices available to
government to postpone

better
_ onty be exercisad after careful cosideration, and only with regret, when
Wt gppeers there Is no alternative.

-——T TERRACE
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“REPORTERS...Donne Valiieres (Terrace-Thornhil) 1

payment of expenditures
or advanced recelpts of
revenue so that the
question of deficits or
supluses can be con-
trolled at the whim of the
politician.
What cannot be con-
trolled is the provincial
government’s share of
revenue from sonal
income tax. item

provide e. in
formation omitted in a

from money —

_ Letters
Is Thel
— Friend!

Debtors

will be substantially
lower than was forecast
by the Social. Credit
government i this
ear’s budget, simply
because unemplo: ent

B.C. than was ed oan
unemplo: le
e .

rewarded
support of Social Credit
governments, past and
present, to the extent that
they cannot afford not to
buy these leases. This
does bring cash in today,
but a more reasonable
price would -have spread
these payments over a
longer period of time and
would ave resulted in
moremoney/for thepeople
of British Columbia from
the sale of this natural
resource.

Mr. Wolfe boasts about

spending $167 million by

way of jal warrants
provide special ser-
vices and to create jobs.
At the same e,
department after

department has been
wi awing servies and
cutting back on programs
at the instructions of the
Minister of Fianence
because of the shortage of
cash. Programs ap
proved by the Cabinet in
closed ‘ meetings, .where
political implications
are the. main
sideration, are golng

ahead.

‘On top ot this, on
Friday, March 10, 1978,
the provincial govern-
ment transferred $151.5
million in ‘government
assets to the new British
Columbia Resources
Investment Corporation.
and pal assets were bought
ani ior by the people
of British Columbia cope

currentrevenue while the p08

NDP was in office.

Last year the ferries
were sold ‘and special
funds were closed out.
This year government
assets are be tran-
sferred ao a resources
corporation. ear
we have already been
warned by the Minsiter of
Highways and Public
Works that some $250
million worth of Crown
owned land will be of-
fered for sale... .

What, Mr. Wolfe, -will
you do when you have
sold off all of our assets?

_ Yours v ‘
David D. Stupich, NLA.
_ Nanaimo ~

The Honorable Iona

Campagnolo, ML.P.

Houses of Parliament,
Ottawa, Ontario

Dear Ms. Campagnolo;
It is with great regret
that I received a press

’ ‘yelease ‘dated March 28,
- 1978 today which stated

that the — Federal
Department: of Justice
has decided’ NOT to

advice under the Trades
Practices Act or False
Advertising. Act, were
able tosolve some of their
problems through the
service which is: now
being terminated.

Though I know exactly
what I can do to help my
clients: using .Provincial
Legislation, I am not a
lawyer and I know too

little of the Law to be able:

to answer many of their

renew its grant to the queri

Vancouver Community
Legal Assistance Society
te continue its free legal
advice to our area, thus
causing a serious in-
convenience to many of
our constituents who may
require such a servi

ice
’ and who cannot afford to

o to a local lawyer.
y of the clients who
come to me for help in my
capacity of Debt Coun-
or, or those who seek

es.
Would you please do all

’ that you can to have this

valuable service rein-
stated in Vancouver.

cc: Terrace-Kitimat
Daily Herald
News Ad-

The
vertis
Cyril Shelford: MLA

‘Protestors Write |
Canadian Embassy —

The Canadian Embassy
‘received between 3,000 and
4,000 letters during the
Easter weekend protesting
the annual East seal
hunt, an official said Mon-

day, .
The official said the deluge

of peotest mail apparently

resulted fromnan  In-
ternational Fund for Animal
Welfare advertisement a
week ago urging peoplei who
oppose the hunt to write to
the Canadian ambassador.
. Before the advertisement
was. placed in US.

newspapers, the embaagy
chad been receiving about 60

letters.a day protesting the .

bunt, ° ' .
- The! embassy likely will

hire a'temporary employee ©

to, open. the letters, the of-
said

“Opening them alone will
take hours,” he. said. “We paym
and not for interest.

really haven't even begun to
read them yet.”
TS
SUPERIOR I8 LARGEST
Lake Superior is the
est ie) of fresh
water in the world. |

“How about that! Mother told me they'd be days like
this. There I was,minding my own business, when all
lof a sudden this hydro pole pulls in front of without any

arning. Luckily, tho managed to slam on the
akes and stop-just in time to avoid hitting in. Then (-

‘ou won't believe this) I try to back up. Yeh! That’s
vight! The rear tires dig down and sink into the}
gravel.” Anyone got a chain saw? Scene in Terrace,

earlier this week.

con-.

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My 02° Worth | BY JUDY VANDERGUCHT

Did you read the earth shattering news in the paper
this week? Canada is going to produce it's own... da da
.» wait for it ... SOAP OP . Canada is going in for
the big time to try and capture that sacred time in the
afterncon presently designated to the overworked
housewife who wants to put her feet up for a second
and ends up watching three hours of wall to wall sonp

as, and when the old man ge’s home he wonders
ere hig su is. He must realize that nothing, and
I mean, nothing, gets done until we find out if Aunt
Harriet is going to have the World Year Book
salesman’s baby and what will Uncle George say — he
doesn’t even READ the World Book! ;

I understand the plot of ‘High Hopes’ is very in-
triguing — aren't they all — with seventy two key
characters— all related to the local postmistress. The
plot begins in the town.of Scandal somewhere in East
Saskatchewan. Barbara Kyle (of. Woolco fame. I

understand Woolco have an interest in this opera and
Babs has to wear only

Wooleo clothes) will play the
damsel in distress. She is in love with the local doctor
who is married to the wife of her third cousing which
makes him her ninth cousing twice removed. This

terrible truth they will find out after the twenty ninth

episode on their first date. The doctor loves'the post-
mistress ¢.who else) and has threatened to send out
chain letters by the thousand if she doesn’t return his
love, She tells him ‘to. go ahead as she could use the
business — the Postmaster General has threatened to

- @lose down the’ post” office-sdfter. she sent a dirty:

teard to him one day when business was slow...

Lam 50 excited I can hardly type this. Shall 1 go on?
Ihave to tell you a little more. The dector’s former
mother, Mabel. Snodgrass, .whose filth husband is the
President. of the town’s only industry — making

rubber YO Y0’s, Incidentaly the four evious
‘husband of Mrs. Snodgrass tripped over a ma at head:
of stairs and all deaths were ruled accidental by the
coroner. Who is Mrs. Snodrass’s secret lover. Mrs.

Sn has twelve children by her previous
paren: om — all dentists — and she has been able to
find out from her children which of the leading citizens
have false teeth. This information she use for
blackmail when someone Guestions the demise of
husband number five who fell accidently (you guessed
it) by tripping over the mat at the head of the stairs.

I won’t tell you anymore of this gripping drama. I
understand the director of Edge of Night will be the
director of this Ali Canadian Production. How this
production will compete with the existing shows that
ve already been able to infatuate their audiences, I
don't know. Presumably the show will be run at a
different time to the others — how about 4:00a.m.?

We are being encouraged te watch Canadian Shows
which has been really hard on the average Canadian,
as the Producers here do not have the money nor the
imagination to put on shows that appeal to the hard
core TV watcher. Canadian documentaries, wild-life
shows, and The National compare very nicely with
American equivalents. However most Canadians
when faced with a John Allen Cameron Special and a’
Glen Campbell Special, will opt for Glen. As long as
the, Government deprives our--youth. athletes of
necessary fihds:to enable them’‘to spend: more time

actising and are skimpy with the funds to Canadian

lucers, we are going to have to put up with
mediocre talent. .

Do you think we will be able to do anything about

this latest Canadian Production — HIGH HOPES!

‘comes under the

. ov. . ™ cies
ms ct . “e on on . - .

The Office of the Debt
Counsellor for this area,
including Kitimat and
parts of the Nass Valley,
was opened early
September 1976 at 4603 D
‘Park Avenue, Terrace,
‘opposite ‘the Public
brary. It is funded by
the Department — of

Consumer Services of:
‘ BC. and

is under the
jurisdiction of the
Terrace © Community
Services Society. ‘.
am . Godden, the
Debt. Counsellor.
normally in his office
from 2:30 pam., to 5:30
pm; daily, Monday thru:
iday, and from $ a.m.
to Noon on Saturday,
except on those days
when he has to visit other
communities. or. |
organizations in the area.
Godden’s main operation
btor’s
Assistance Act of B,C,,
-and it enables him to
assist those having debt
problems in THRE
main ways: a
1) A Pool Account in his

office, mainly for the

debtor with very limited
funds who can make: one
ay.

ment monthly into.

This office for dis bution
to the client's creditors.

2) Orderly Payment of
Debt -- a ‘government

‘debt ‘consolidation plan

under which the debot-
one monthly
ent to the .Van-
couver - office’ of the
Debtor’s . Assistance
Division for -dl
creditors. Often this one

yment is lower than he:
had ‘heen ©: paying

eviously, and also the.

terest rates on his loans
and unpaid charge ac-
counts are lower so that
most of the money paid is
ents on principal,

There are three things
NOT covered by OPD:
debts to the government
existing mortgages, an
business debts.

Orderly Payment of

- ministered through

sbur- -.
sement pro-rated -to ‘his. ’.

“Debt: must “he - ad.
main office in Vancouver
or the Regional office in
Prince George and the

fee to the Supreme Court |

of B.C. for this‘service is
$10. .

iB tcy — through

‘the Federal Trustee.

Bankruptcy in Van-
couver. To take ad-
vantage of this scheme
the debtor's indebtedness
must. exceed $1,000; a
single person’s net in-
come must be less than
$4,000; a married per-
son's net income must be
less than $6,500 with an
_ allowance of $750 for each
dependant. Th

e cost of
this scheme to the debtor
is .a flat $50 ‘which is

- consideralby - less - than
the $700°+ charged by a

. public trustee. Only those
clients who are com-
pletely unable to pay
their debis and are

E illegible for OPD may
‘take advantage of this

scheme. ..
"The debt counsellor
. normally sees clients by
SO esis who can.
phone 685-5195 or 638-1256

to set-up an appointment. |.
-A-- ‘dient Ppe

, seeking:
assistance for debt
- problems has to furnish 3
‘main things at the first
‘appointment or —
previously by mail: .
‘4) Proof of the income
“going ‘to. the : household
_ on
the past three months or
UIC:

and family allowance and
compensation,

2) 4 COMPLETE list of -

debts with proof-such as
contracts for loans. from
banks or finance com-

nies, the last statement

om the other creditors,
etc,

3) An estimate of the

NORMAL ~

ly — paystubbs for .
or Welfare cheques

who

; household changes,

Then legislation against a
client in. Small Claims
Court or bounty Court hag
already been started this
must also be stated.

In addition to the work
normally covered in his
office the debt counsellor
gives a talk to the
students at the grade 10,

11, and 12 level in most of
the High Schools of the -
- area. This talk covers a 2

iod time and iz split
Pito 2 sections — p

1) the. wise and the

unwise use of credit and

2) family budgeting. A
question and answer
period is allowed at the
conclusion of each talk.

The debt counsellor
also runs workshops on
similar lines for any
organizations who may
require his services,
Workshops held this year |
include Greenville ‘and
Kitwanga. 7

s

HERAAN

_ “ls that your final answer?"

The crowns of England
and Scotland were joined 375
years ago todayIN %4%?%-
under James V1 of Scotland,
began his reign’ over.
Great Britain and Scotland
as James I, His reign as
James VI of Scotland was a-
good one for that country, He
made many. healthy
but when :he

expenses monthly — tO became James I of Great

include rent, food utilities
(hydro, phone and
water), clothing, in-
surances and others.

Britain and Ireland, his
personality clashed with
those of his subjects, Hig
reign from 1603 to 2625 may,

i TODAY IN HISTORY |
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be regarded as one of thé
essential preliminary caues

for the outbreak of civil war
in 1642 under Charles I,

1952—Queen Ma .
Mother of Queen "Bidabenh
i, died at Marlborough
House, London, at the age of

1965—Senator Robert
Kerinedy reached the top of
Mount Kennedy. in -. the
Yukon—it was the
Uunclimbed
North Amerlea. n-.

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mountain in

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