Authoress promoting
books for children

By DON SCHAFFER
Herald Staff Writer -

Monica Hughes, author
of several books for
children, was in Terrace
recently to help promote
Children's Book Festival
Week.

Hughes, who was born
in England and spent her
childhood in Cairo,
Egypt, before returning
to England to attend
school, writes mostly
Science or historical
fiction for children in the
grades 5 to 7 range, but
she says that she feels her
books can be enjoyed by
people of all ages.

“I like to think that
there is enough in my
books so that older people
can get something out of
them as well,” she said.
. She has had six of her
books published, none by
Canadian publishers.

“None of the Canadian
publishing houses were
interested in my books,”
she. said, ‘‘so I have an
English publisher. I
would have liked to have
had them (her books)
published in Canada, but
the situation here with
the publishing business is
very strange.”

She echoed the concern
that many Canadian
authors voice about the
Canadian publishing
business.

“They seem to want to
have new authors spring
from the earth with the

talent and salability of a
and of

Pierre Berton,

course, that isn’t
possible.”

She said that Canadian
publishing houses are
unwilling to make ‘the
commitment to heln new
authors, to bring them
along and develop their
talent. .

“McClelland and
Stewart are about the

best for that,” she said,

- “and even they aren’t all
that willing to develop

new talent.”

Hughes said that many
Canadian writers are
forced to turn to the
“vanity press,’’ private
publishers whom the
author pays to publish his
work, rather than the
other way around.

“Writing is different
from other art forms,"
she said. “If you paint a
picture, even if you don't
Sell it you can still hang it
on the wall and ap-
preciate it yourself.

“But if you write a book
and no-one reads it, then
it doesn't really exist. If
no-one hears what you
have to say, if no-one
reads your book, it’s very
frustrating. This is why
so many authors do turn
to the ‘“‘vanity press.”

Hughes feels that her
books are written on
three levels; an ad-
venture level, reading
just for the story; a
thematic level and a
symbolic level.

She says her themes
are ecological in nature,
although that may not

MONICA HUGHES

TERRACE

COUNCIL BRIEFS}

There will be a public
meeting held prior to the
Terrace districl council
meeting of Dec, 10 te gauge
public opinion on the
feasibility of granting a
liquor license to a group
seeking lo construcl a neigh-
hourhood pub on Keilh near
Hampton.

Kelly Williams and Blake
Davis are seeking approval
of the project before actual
construction begins.

In other council news, the
Terrace mayor, Dave
Maroney, congratulated
Helmut Giesbrecht and Jack
Talstra for their re-election
victories an Noy. 17. He also
thanked the outgoing
alderman, Alan Soutar, for
his service as both an active
participant on council and

his key role as chairman
of the parks and recreation
committee.

The municipality will
prepare an overall policy for
the protection of the bench
escarpment. The policy is
being prepared in con-
aideration of a proposed
residential development on
the edge of the bench.

A proposal to locale a new
garbage dump on Kalum
Lake Drive has been
rejected by the ministry of
lands, parks and housing.
The sile was found un-
suitable for numerous
technicat reasons, one of
which Is ils proximily lo
residents. Municipal ad-
ministrator Bob Hallsor said
the rejection wasn'l of greal
significance in thal ‘‘there is
no immediate need" for such

a dump site. A committee
has been formed t  in-

vestigate a more feasible,

location.

Council received an angry
letter fram a_ resident
complaining of dust
prablems on the unpaved
section of Graham avenue.
Diana Elkins noled she had
never lived on a paved street
in Terrace despite paying
property taxes for 25 years.
She added that “I have hadit
with Terrace dust.”

In considering the matter,
council members noled a
policy to pave that secion of

-Graham had already been

made a priority item.
Alderman Alan Soutar said
Elkins was “obviously ill-
informed" and suggested a
copy of the policy be mailed
to her.

WEATHER

Forecasts for Yukon and
Northwestern B.C issued by
Environment Canada at 6:30
a.m, PST Thursday Nov. 20
for pasa and Friday.

opsls: Strong south-
easterly. winds continued te
deliver exceptionaly mild air
to the Yukon overnight.
Early this morning, Dawson
surpassed the 1945 record

maximum of plus 2 by over §
legrees,
Winds will = diminish

somewhat with the passage
of a weak upper level
disturbance later today,

-come out of them in a

brief reading.

Her books are on
various topics, and not all
of them are science
fiction.

Although Earthdark,
The Tomorrow City and
Crisis on Conshelf Ten
are well known, she has
also written books about
more’ down-to-earth

‘topies, such as her book

The Ghost-Dance Caper,
about an Indian boy who
“steals back’’ his.
prandfather’s property:
from a museum.

Her latest book is
another sci-fi novel
tentatively titled The
Keeper of the Isis Light.

“My books can spring
from anywhere, and
ustally the finished
product is only indirectly
related to the in-
spiration.”

She doesn’t exist from
day today on government
grants as many authors
in Canada are forced to.
“T don't have a grant, I
have a husband,” she
said,

“Tf he didn't support
me there would be no way
1 could continue writing
without a grant.”

Her trip was sponsored
by the Canada Council,
who promoted the
Children's Bock Festival
Week. Hughes lives in
Edmonton, and she feels
that the Council wanted
to bring out-of-province
authors to ‘B.C, for the
trips rather ‘than B.C.
authors becatise they felt
that local writers could
make an impression in
the areas they lived
without aid, where out-of-
area writers could
provide a different
perspective.

She visited the northern
part of the province,
while Dennis Lee, author
of books like Alligator,
Pig, .,visited,,,squthern;

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~ Hughes was surprised
at the level of cultural
development in the small
northern towns she has
visited. She said that the
opportunities for cultural
activity are present in
every northern com-
munity she has visited on
her tour, and that she was
also pleased to see that,
the regional library!
concept has caught on so
well here.

“In Valemount the
library had books that my
local library in Edmonton
doesn’t even have yet,”
Hughes said,

Two of Hughes’ books
are available in the
Terrace Public Library,
The Tomorrow City and

-The Ghost-Dance Caper.

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CONTEST
WINNERS

Martha Berky and Annette Clift of Terrace
were the co-winners of the Colour the Mountain
contest sponsored by the Regional District of

There were well in excess of 500 entries to the
contest tocolour a poster of the Kitsumkalum ski
hill, The two winners each received a day and
season Ski pass

Inga Davis and Donna Bentham were awarded
night skiing season passes for finishing insecond |
place. In addition 20 other youngsters received
honorable mention and will receive a night ski
pass. Prizes can be picked up at the regional
office on 4644 Lazelle Avenue. The winning and
runner up entries are on display in the office.

to the hill.

Meeting

for the Hazeltons

Two public meetings in
New and South Hazelton this
week will be a determining
factor in the future of the
communities.

Marty Allen, the regionai
district director for the
Hazelions, says the meeting
in New Hazelton takes place
Thursday night, The first
meeting occured Wednesday
evening in South Hazelton.
’ “After the oulcome of
those meetings we will know
where we stand,” he said.
“Whether we amalgamaled
southtown with newiown or
incorporate newtown,”

He indicated a decision is
also pending for Kitwanga
which he says is leaning
tpwards incorporalion, Once
the community incorporates,
il will receive additional
provincial funding.

Allen also gave his support
for a separate school disirict
for the Hazeltons.

"There are quite a few
complaints from some of the
people abvut the school

Howard

crucial

district,” he said. “We got
problems with the Two Mile
Schvuol, 1, myself don't know
why it was closed down, I
think it is going to come Lo a
head one of these days,”

Allen, however daubis a
school buard for the area will
be created in the foreseeable
future.

MARTY ALLEN

calling

for Kempf’s job

MLA Frank Howard
(NDP-Skeena) said Wed-
nesday that Omineca MLA
Jack Kempf should be
replaced.as chairman of the

Legislature’s Crown eor-
committee.
cause of his seeming pre-—

po orations

occupation with the so-called
dirty tricks affair, Howard
charged Kempf with
neggtecting his legislative
responsibilities at the ex-
pense of the dirty tricks
investigation.

“Either Kempf has been
too wrapped up in dealing
with the so-called dirty
tricks fiasco to pay attention
to his public responsibilities
he has deliberately
refused tocall the committee
into session in order to

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provide B.C. Hydro with a .

clear run at getting National
Energy Board approval to
export power from B.C."
Howard, who Is the NDP
house leaser, says the Crown
corporations committee
should meet before B.C.
Hydro’s hearing with the
NEB on Der, 11. B.C. Hydro
will be applying for a license

to export power. Howard
claimed he wrote Kempf on
Sept. 17 asking when the
committee would meet. He
says Kempf wrote him back

saying it would do so shortly, ©

but Howard ‘says that
meeting has still not taken
place. Howard concluded
that Kempf should be
replaced

KITIMAT CUPE

The Herald, Thursday, November 29, 1979 Page 3

Contract deal reached

The District of Kitimat and
the Canadian Union of Public
Employees, Local 707 have
reached agreement on a
revised contract,

CUPE and the district
entered into negotiations ta
revise the current collective
agreement Nov. 21. The
current agreement would
have expired Dec, 41, 1980.

The revised contract will
expire Dec, 31, 1881,

Under the terms of the
revised contract ratified by

the union Nov. 22 and by the
district Nov.26, outside
workers will receive an
increase of $1.07 per hour
across the board effective
January 1, 1980,

Inside workers will receive
an increase of $,61 per hour
across the board effective
Jan. 1, 1980.

The tradesman premium
will be raised to §.49 per hour
and meal allowances will be

increased to $4 for breakfast
and $5,50 for dinner.

In January, 1981, em-
polyees will receive a 9.5 per
cent increase plug a cost of
living allowance triggered at
B per cent over the base
month and paid quarterly
Starting in the quarter
following the date triggering
took place.

The COLA will provide an
increase of one cent per hour
for each .30 point rise in the
Consumer Price Index.

Postal strike is seen

By ED YUDIN
Herald Staff Writer
There will aimogt cer-
tainly be a national postal
strike in the new year ac-
cording to Paul Johnson, the

secretary of Kitimat-
Terrace and District Labour
Council.

Johnson said Monday that
delegates at the recent B.C,
Federation of Labour con-
vention in Vancouver had
expressed complete support
for the plight of Jean-Claude
Parrot, the jailed leader of
the Union of Canadian Postal
Workers. Parrot was jailed
for defying last October's
back-lo-work legislation,

“There will be a postal

strike in the new year and
labour will back the strike in
this province,” he predicted,
noting the union can legally
strike as of Jan, 1, 1960. Last
week delegates at the con-
vention sent a telegram to
Solicitor-General Allan
Lawrence demanding Parrot
be released and a!] charges
drapped.

On another matter,
Johnson noted the con-
vention had expressed
complete support for the
rights of native people in the
province. He said Jabour
supports the land claims of
male people

“It important that
native people recognize who

their allies are and that
labour is sensitive to their
problems,” he added.

Johnson noted the general
tone of the labour movement
in British Columbia ap-
peared to be moving left. He
said ‘the more progressive
Strain of labour appears to
be preponderant.”

He also added that the
local labour council received
a fair amount of attention
from the executive, noting it
was one of only two local
councils mentioned in the
executive report. He says the
executive report mentioned
that the Terrace-Kitimat
council was the only one to
invite B.C, Fed, leader Jira
Kinnaird to speak.

Labor blames cutback

The federal government
policy of prosecuting cases
of unemployment insurance
abuse is an attempt to make
scapegoats out of the victims
of unemployment says Paul
Johnson, the secretary of the
Terrace-Kitimat and
District Labour Council.

“It’s an indication of the
Clark government mentallty
that in cutting back rather
than meeting the needs of
people, they are blaming the
victim of unemployment,”
he sald, “They are trying to
shift the problem of
unemployment onto the
people that are unem-
ployed."

Last week, Bob Haines, the
manager of the Canada
Employment Centre in
Terrace, had confirmed that
people who had nat reported

_ earnings while collecting UI
‘benefits ‘Would be progecuted |
in’ 1980, Haines said an in-,.

vestigator has been ap-
pointed to look into an
estimated 715 cases of UI
abuse between April and

Knights of Columbus
“GIANT BINGO’

September of this year
alone,

Ron Atkey, the minister of
employment and im-
migration, has termed the
situation ‘‘unacceptable'’
and said he is committed to
clearing it up.

Johnson thinks the
problem doesn't lie In the
number of abuses, but rather
in the budgetary cutbacks.
He suggested the govern-
ment efforts would be more
properly directed towards
achieving full employment,
a goal which he said has been
reaffirmed at last week's
annual convention of the
B.C. Federation of Labour.

Johnson also said the
problem of local access to
the hoard of referees was a
problem discussed at the
convention. If a person in
Terrace and Kitimat wishes
to appeal a decision by ‘thé
[Ul commission, they have to
travel to Prince George at
their own expense. Johnson
says there should be a board
of referees in Terrace or

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Kitimat to deal with such
cases, and the convention
passed a recommendation to
that effect.

Rezoning
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criticized

VERNON, B.C. (CP) —
The British Columbia
Federation of Agriculture
wanls to stop restrictive
zoning of land in the
agricultural land reserve.

Delegates to the
federation’s annual con-
vention passed a resolution
Wednesday asking the
provincial government to
take necessary measures to
prohibit interference by
regional and municipal
governments with ag-
ricultural land use.

At present, land com-

mission decisions ‘on -ap-

plications. to: remove land
fronr’ the redervé‘ can bé
appealed to the environment
and land use committee of
cabinet.

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