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Rosswood has been to
school.

His ‘mother, Mrs. Joe
Keeler, refuses’ to make
him walk tothe school
bus shed in the area
because she says it’s too
far and too dangerous,
Skeena-Cassiar School
District 88 officials,
however, disagree.
Assistant Secretary-treasurer
Fred Locke wants Joey in

school or he fears the hoy will
lose a year.

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An eight--com_ intermediate
school for Stewart has been
given the green light.

Schoo! District 88 Secretary.
treasurer Ted Wells made the
announcement Monday on the
heels of an approval made in an
order-in-council in Victoria.

Wells said if all goes well, the
£600,000 school will be ready for
occupancy by .Seplember.

It will house students fro.
grades 4 to 8..

initially, it is expected some

So far, Locke saic he's written
Mr. and Mrs. Keeler, ‘who
cannot be reached by telephone,
and told them they have two
alternatives, oT

One is somehow get him te the
school bus shed and the other, a
correspondence course through
the Department of Education in
Victoria.

.Locke would not speculate on
further action, However, by
Keeping Joey from school, his
parents could be prosecuted
under the B.C. Education Act
and forced
school. ..:

THREE MILES?

Mrs. Keeler began keeping
Joey home'in early January.
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a New school
1 for Stewart ..

120: students ‘would be ac- ,

comodated by the school,
Stewart's third.

At present there is an
elementary school and a
secondary school. |

Rapid growth of. the com-
munity of about 2,200 in the
Nass was cited by Wells as. the.
main reason for the school’s
okay.

Without it; he said, over-

crowding conditions. would:

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Roadrunners ask

for $1,000 grant

Beep, beep... .

That's what Terrace
“Municipal Council was told at
its meeting Monday night,

Translation? A Terrace
Roadrunner" seeking $1,000
from council to help finance the
1,080-mile ran this centennial
‘summer from Terrace to
Vancouver,

B.C. ‘‘Centennial , Terrace
Road Runners” chairman, Al
Cameron, beeped before council
Monday. ;

: FORMALITY ;

And council said it would beep
the request to the recreation
committee for study. .

Council did, however, ap-
prove the grant in principal.

‘Approval of the marathon’
was given two weeks ago by the
attorney-general’s department.
With it, camea centennial grant
of $1,500 towards the relay run.

Cameron explained to ceuncil
that 70 boys would take part in
two groups of 35 and operate’
independently of each ather,. A
bus and-cars would be used to ©

passes the relay stick after
running one mile. -

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Inside
‘scoop’

There’s something for

everyonein your twlee-weekl
Terrace Herald. - -
- Basketball and curling are
highlighted on our sports
page, page 8 while those with
stars in their eyes can find
their horoscope on page 7,

- There's tax tips, as well as a
snow-weary editor on page 5,
For the gals, we're ft
featuring a recipe page on
page 11 while prospector
buggs can enjoy the
prospector’s corner on page 7.

Local editorials, letters-to
‘the-editor - and’ the lovable
Andy Capp appear on page 4.

pick up each runner when he

by law to get him to

*

’ ANEW MOTHER

for this kitten and six others is Karen Dodds.

The kittens’ mother “Twink” disappeared soon after their birth
and Karen and others have been feeding them with eye drappers

{belong to Mr. and Mrs,
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cleans the kittens. The animals
Gene Satherlie on Olsen Street. TWINK

> ~ since. And “Sandy”, the dog,

‘Town seeks: loan

to create jobs

. A $600,000 low-interest Ioan

. which would aid municipal

projects and at the same time
creale jobs in being applied for
by Terrace Municipal Council.
«Aldermen agreed to bid for
the loan under the = revised
federal-provincial Special,
Development Loan Program,

Now repayment would be made

Johnstone would be to help
finance municipal projects and
at the same time create jobs.

“We should avail ourselves of
this opportunity,” Mayor Victor
Jalliffe told council. Johnstone

‘said after the meeting that the -

loan isnot definite. He said

council: will simply make an .

application for the money and!
outline projects to be com-

pleted. .

. Priority on projects, John-
stone added,. would — be
established later.

Among. suggested public
‘works are a storm drainage’

In 20 years Instead of the
previous 15-year maximum. |

». If successful, couneil was told
its mill rate on the project's .

~ would fall to one mill from

three. . :

Clerk-administrator Jack
Hardy ‘informed the meeting
Monday that the interest would
be six-and-three-quarters

percent.

- CREATE JOBS"

The idea, said finance
committee chairman Ald, Lloyd .

‘Bylaw will watch
-hew subdivision

_ Stricter municipal control

over. ‘new subdivision . in-,

stallations ‘was agreed to by
Terrace municipal council

. Monday night.

Council’ paved the way in

OPENS-IN MAY

Terrace ‘tops’

adopting. a: bylaw giving Stan

Tough, axe-welding “loggers.
from acrogs Canada will’ con-
* verge-on Terrace May.29.. ©.
And, if you want to keep your.
head, give them spacé:to-hurl,
their deadly tool. of the trade.
_ They'll: be vying. for, top
honors. in the ‘second annual —
Loggexé Sports In-‘Terrace May.
2p and 30. PTE ee
“The Canadian championship.

‘contest-at Lion's. . I

. axe on’

k: will. beheld’ during’ the

Shorts in Terrace this Spring.
‘T -LOG-ROLLING ” .-.

usual. tree-climbing -races, log-

rolling contests and chain-saw.
> action, _

- Alderman
a member of.the BCF'S board
and local chairman said. this
year’s events will be the largest:
athletic
North America. “ 7

‘Mrs, Edaa Cooper,

event ever: staged in
“T "think | it'a ©». been

(the. , local. -- events.) /a<.
arger success;
ticipated,” ‘said: Mrs. Cooper, |
: And - larger’: than- expected...
An: fact,, Mrs. Cooper believes.”
; _. that Terrace'’s
And, of course, there'll be the: the province-wi

than: “an. *

participation in’
le festival Is the

’ ‘here are!

_ The tentative schedule

most active inB.
“The reason is that people.
interested: "in

--Sports..(they’ve-seen It as an...
opportunity to really sports and “ch

physical fitness,” she said...
she said. ey
'Mrs,-Cooper.:. sald much of."-
‘the’ success of last year's
program is because each grou
worked indepéndently ofeac

other and. ‘it:weally -

well!"

“Ita: 6 yrtamanship ‘ob the.
part. of. the commiltees,” ’ she.
added, 08) oe

Anitial

orked’  genlor golf in the Skeena Valley
Open." voles an .

in sports fest

this: year's. events. in: Terrace
begin '. with.the truck loggers
rodeo May 22. and 23 in
Lion's Park. ‘It will be the %C.
Championship, -. -.

_ Skydivers will waft down on
Frank's Field May 22 and 28 and
this event, algo, will be the B.C.
Championship . skydiving con-

Dates stillare not set for

‘The: B.C: Dirt ‘Track (stock
car) ehamhpionetipa wil beheld

 Contlinued on Paget

“Barton, . president of Say-Mor
, Builders,. Terrace, a clearly-
_ defined program which to
"follow in his new

* South Terrace,

| 4, Barton is proposing, initially,
(31: Low-cost, pre-fabricated
homes on property near Mills
Memorial’ Hospital. He is

“presently awaiting a Canadian

", Mortgage. and. Housing Cor

, boration approval and loan to go

- ahead with his project... 2
“-3Mhe-3i homes. would be the
first ‘of ia. multi-stage - project.

.” "Mayor Victor Jolliffe said the. :

sub-division. bylaw "gives
_ Council @ tight control on the
‘actual subdivision.”
"Further ‘subdivisions,

2.

- however}. would. have to RO.

“through ‘couricil, according: to.
the: mayor. * Each: one would: ok
:Pequire q- separate bylaws.

Under. terms ofthe “bylaw, -
Barton: is. required . to. install ‘.*

derground wiring, ‘sewage

“24. feat; ther
abe oaved

subdiviston in-

‘Water. connections and a |:
road,:60 feet'wide: Twenty ° |
ror added,

1971

1871 |
Thieves. steal

used car keys

An unlecked door made it
easy for thieves to enter Bob
Parker Ford overnight Friday.

Thieves stole keys to cars in
the parking lot, a cheque and an
old raincoat.

The theft was reported . to

RCMP about 9:20 am. Satur”

day. Police are investigating,
Also on Saturday morning, a
window was found broken at the
Lazelle Grocery near Bob
Parker's, . .
An attempt was made ‘to
unlock the door -- without
success, :

Roy Jaques of Vancouver.

Wants experts

Judge D.K. McAdam granted
an adjcurnment unti] March 30 member.
so that Jaques-can bring in.
“expert” witnesses to testify on

his client’s behalf.

Hambley for unlawful
of medicine.

the title ‘doctor.’

In addition, Hambley is
charged under the Optometry
Act with failing to con-

“optometrist” at his office.
Jacques, in court Wednesday
morning, pleaded “guilty” to
the third count on behalf of his
absent client. .
Hambley is accused of
treating cress dominance and
dyslexia--two eye ailments.

Last minute

Optomatrists in the Van-
cauver area are said to also be
treating the ailments. The
outcome of Hambley’s trial is

- expected to have far-reaching’

effects on the optometrists role,

Judge McAdam, termeu
Jaques request for an ad-
journment ‘‘somewhat of an
éleventh hour decision.”

Jaques said ‘the: Board of
Examiners in Optometry has
offered to pay expenses for
“expert” witnesses to come

from Waterloo University in

Ontaria and. the University of
Washington to testify in Ham-
.bley’s behalf. . .
Until Tuesday ‘night Jacque.
said, he did not know that
financial assistance from the
board would be available,
Jaques said the defence
previously could not afford to
bring ‘the experts to Terrace..
The. adjournment: was

- granted over the protest of B.D. -

“Plommer, prosecuting attorney
for the College of Physicians
and Surgeons. vos
Hambley’s collapse came as
the defense was to begin its |
testimony in the three day-old

Defense
adjourns —

The College of Physicians and
. Surgeons of British Columbia...
“Drousht-the ‘Suit agaist 6"
practice
He is charged with two counts —

under the Medical Act-unlawful
practice of medicine and using

spicuously display the title

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test case”

Scott K. Hambley, a Terrace optometrist on trial |
here for alleged unlawful practice of medicine, -
collapsed at his home Tuesday night. -

He-is said to be under medical care.

Hambley’s trial is. 3
optomertrists. It is expected to clarify
an optemetrist can go in eye care. %

a test-case for B.C.
just how far

Word of Hambley’s collapse trial. oe
was brought to court. Wed-
nesday morning by his lawyer,

Thé prosecution closed its
case Tuesday after calling four .

witnesses:

On the starid as the trial

opened .Monday morning was
Dr. John . Pratt-Johnson, an
opthalmologist and UBC faculty
“The tregtment of cross
dominance“and dyslexia is the
field ofan opthalmologist, he
Said-:;-Hambley is
toptptrist.- ms. eo, -

‘Whose. field?

an. op-

Pratt-Johnson termed
dyslexia as “difficulty in
learning to read”, the cause of

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.dyslexia, he said, “‘is not known

precisely.”
He said, “it is a perse

ptual
problem which relates to higher
brain signals.” :

Cross dominance, he
described, as showing
-preference for a_ particular
eye..."‘if is a different eye than
the dominant limb.” ;

“Cross dominance and
dyslexia are not related, Pratt-
Johnson -told the court. —

“There is no treatment of
primary dyslexia per ‘se other
than. remedial reading,” * he
said,

Also called by the prosecution
Monday and Tuesday was
Hambley's receptonist Mrs,
Nan Harrison.

‘Dedicated’

She described Hambley as
“dedicated"’ and said--she
respected him. — ot

_ Hambley, she: added, | is
interested in the welfare of
children.” a

She said Hambley instructed
her to,answer the telephone
with ~ “Dr. Hambley,
optometrist.” . -
And Mrs. Harrison: said she

used the term “‘doctor’’ in front
of patients. pos :

. Hambley, she added, never. *:

administered eye drops. or
prescribed ...medicine to
patients... 7

Mrs. | Harrison. ‘added that -

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Hambley referred patients with . < £

,eye diseases to a physician or, |
: Arthur gl
Smitchell,. took the . stand:

“opthalmologist:” - ;.
' A Terrace man,

"Terrace Centenniat: dollars
. ore now on sale.

$1 and con be spent ag a dollar
‘for merchandise within the

’ Dick ‘Green, chairman of the
Centennial Dollars committee
of the sponsoring .Downtown

‘Lions Club...But the idea, he

coin as a Collector's. item: and

: centennial. dollar y

that’:

~ Centenn
". ‘They're going for, naturally, |

municipal’ boundaries. says’.

sald, is to save the metal-alloy

3; On the obverse side is a
scene of . mountalns, trees,

tracks and ‘a: truck’ and our. 7"
: wer the
Dogwood.’ It reads “B.C, |

provincial: flower,

. “Terrace Dollar’. :

“On the.

Centennial, 1871-1971" and” |

souvenir, And, for~ every ~".

peers

’ “Werrace .C

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