A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 15, 1997 Former coach NS ere A LOCAL man has been charged with four sex-related offences of assault involving one youth from 1976 to 1985. The youth was involved in minor hockey. RCMP are also investigating similar reports involving oth- er males dating back to the same time frame. The man, now 66, lives in Terrace. He is to make his first court appearance Nov. 28. Money likely for student enrollment drop THE COAST Mountain Schocl District will probably get extra money from the education ministry for this year’s unex- pected drop in student numbers. District officials met with the deputy education minister last Friday to discuss the budget problems the drop has caused. MLA Helmut Giesbrecht says the ministry wants ta see how many of the missing sludents are directly linked to the Skeena Cellulose crisis. “A lot of places are reporting a reduction in enrollment,” said Giesbrecht. “Before the ministry does anything it wants 1o determine what the numbers are in relation to Skeena Cellulose.” Initial investigations indicate that perhaps two thirds of the drop of 235 students could be tied to Skeena Cellulose. Smelter prober hired ALCAN HAS hired Roger Bennett as its point man in plans to build a smelter at Kitimat. He’s to study the Feasibility of adding 225,000 tonnes a year of aluminum smelting capacity at a cost exceeding $1 billion. The planned smelter wouldn’t replace the existing one and stems from a deal reached between the company and the pro- vince earlier this year Bennett is a former manager of the Kitimat smeiter and has worked at Alcan operations in Quebec, Australia and Kentucky. He was most recently in charge of the company’s research and development arm. Kids set bed on fire THE COMBINATION of kids and fire made for another disastrous encounter this past Monday morning, October 13 at Huntington Place apartment complex on Walsh and Kenney. Two young children, one age two, the other four, were playing with a lighter that accidentally ignited a fire on their bed, The father heard the crackling from the fire and discav- ered the two children trying to put it out with water, The circumstances of this fire were similar to a fire on Kalum street earlier that week. Both involved young children playing with lighters and the absence of a working smoke detector. “All kids are interested in fire - parents have to ensure that they put lighters and matches away from them,” said Terrace Deputy Fire Chief Rick Owens. He also stressed the. j impor od richer hes A i ath ad : “The heat from the fire: melted ‘the disconnected smoke : detector inthe hallway, The. fire was effectively. put out by a fire extinguisher, but the smoke filled the whole second level of the apartment building, causing an estimated $10,000 in damage. FROM FRONT Garbage debated and checking into the prices of private contractors. That notice is required by the unicn contract. Buthe stresses that the city has not yet decided either way. Meanwhile, Terrace CUPE national representative Marylou Warren says the union has been informed of council's probing for private prices, but they haven’t yet had a chance to respond. “They are supposed to inform us in order to give us an oppor- tunity to lock at the figures and contest them,” Warren says. Warren says the union will be look into the situation and respond accordingly. “The local has ongoing concerns about private contractors doing work for taxpayers,” she says. “It means there will always be a profit margin built-in. And taxpayers are paying for that profit.” GRIME | a! STOPPERS Tarrace Crime Stoppers are asking for your assis- tance in solving the break, enter and theft from a resi- dence at 4427 Scotton St. in Terrace B.C. Sometime between August 6, and August 8, 1997, unknown culprit(s) broke into the residence by making thelr entrance through a rear window. Once inside, they proceeded to steal approximately $6700.00 worth of computer equipment and compact disks. The items stolen include: Syrix 686 pentium 166 - $1000 Cd rom 8x speed - $300 Racordable cd rom - $775 §6.6 US Robatics Fax/voice modem - $300 Mitsumi 2x/6x, 5.1 gigabyte hard drive - $683 ATI MATCH graphics accelerator - $200 Canon bubble jet color printer; madel BJC 4000 VIBRA 16 sound card - $250 video blaster card - $300 Sierra graphic accelerator - $200 ASI 15 inch video monitor - $800 mouse, keyboard, wiring, 80 cd rams, 60 audio cd's It you have nay information about any similar incid- ents; ar, if you know the identity of the person or persons responsible for this break, antar and theft ‘Crime Stoppers’ would like to hear from you. Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $1,000.00 for information leading to an arrest and charges being laid against an individual in this or other unsolved crime. If you have any information call Crime Stoppers at 635-Tips that’s 635-8477. Callers will not be required to reveal their identity nor testify in court. Call 635-TIPS MLA wants Alcan cash NDP SKEENA MLA Helmut Giesbrecht has laid claim ta a chunk of a $15 million bank account established as part of the provincial government's deal with Alcan announced earlier this year, The money is to be used to buffer long-lerm impacts caused by the Alcan’s Kemano hydro-electric facility and smelter. Giesbrecht’s claim follows a statement made last week by edu- cation minister Pau] Ramsey who said the money should be spent in the Vanderhoof area, That stems from Aican’s diversion of Nechako River flows (the river runs through the Vanderhcof area) to generate power at Kemano. Residents of that area have long claimed reductions in flows have affected them. “We have impacts here,” said Giesbrecht. “The Haisla have an interest from unemployment and environmental impacts.” Giesbrecht said he wasn’t disagreeing with Ramsey’s position that the money be spent around Vanderhoof. “He’s stating his opinion and'I’m stating mine,” Giesbrecht said. “I’m sympathetic to his cause and I expect him to be sympa- thetic to mine.” Alcan and the province are to make equal contributions to the $15 million account. The deal between the two parties will see the province provide enough power to Alcan to power a new smelter in the Kitimat area, It does away with a threat by Alcan to sue the province for the more than $500 million it spent in the 1980s on new hydro-elec- tric generating facilities al Kemano. That project was quashed by the province after il said it would be too environmentally risky. Mills running on a tight budget MILLS MEMORIAL Hospital is sitting on a surplus - at least for naw - af $70,000, reports its chief executive officer. But it is expected to dwindle quickly now that winter’s heat- ing bills are approaching, the second operating room is opening after its summer closure, and the flu season beckons, says Michael Leisinger. “We're still projecting a deficit of $178,000 by the time our fiscal year ends (next March),” Leisinger said last week. The projected deficit is less than it has been in previous years and fits a plan approved by the province of balancing the hospi- tal budget over the next two years. Mills has been hard-pressed for most of the decade, suffering from frozen budgets which has caused it to clase beds and trim casts, Leisinger said hospital departments have been asked to cut costs by 1.25 per cent this year and by a similar amount the fol- lowing year. A new food preparation system is being installed that will J saye,money and Mills will join a regional supplies purchasing plan run by Prince George Regional Hospital, :\: ‘fWe hape to.save a minimum $34,000 by having our purchas- es done by Prince George and that at least might save one job along the way,” said Leisinger. The deficit reduction plan assumes the hospital won't be receiving any budget increase next year, meaning that any new money will speed the move to a balanced budget. Absorbing a wage increase for Hospital Employees’ Union members next month of nearly $40,000 is part of the $178,000 deficit plan. But should the province pay for the increase, as it did for one in April, Mills will be all that closer to a balanced budget, said Leisinger. “We've budgeted very conservatively and will be checking expenditures at the end of each (reporting) period. Our orders from the community health council are to keep on track,” he said. One piece of good news is the approval of $300,000 in capital expenditure from the province for a new roof over a section of the hospital. Approval came too late for this year but work will start as saon as possible next spring. = EPILEPSY | BPILEPSY.* EPILEPSY * EPILEPSY * EPILEPSY » EPILEPSY The cause of epilepsy in 50% of adults ts unknown. erileesy SOCIETY 1-B8B-223-3366 For More (uformation FA Salute bb Enjoy the comfort and relaxing atmosphere along with Oktoberfest Specials at the Bavarian Inn. Book Now For Your Christmas Party Or Special Event! { Premier's Summit on Northern Jobs and Development " October 27-28, 1997 Prince George Civic Centre Public Submissions Invited Individuals, organizations, industry and non- provincial government agencies are invited to submit papers focused on northern economic development, job creation and investment. 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