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Over twenty channels of television can help pass away those long winter nights at the |
Huygen residence in.Cablecar.

Terrace Hospital rennovations planned —

With Mills Memorial § -
operating at a 68 per cent =
_ capacity It was felt that: e-

By BECKY RAGLON
The Mills Memorial -
Hospital Board agreed
ednesday to go abead with

alarm upgrading in the |
and

the air handling system in
the operating rooms.
Total price lag for the fire
alarm system is estimated
to be $130,000, Out of that

" aroqunt, $24,000 is needed to

upgrade the Nurse's

‘yesidence and is the board’s

ee aie,

While $106,000 is needed

“the” government, it was)

cinted out that the board is
still waiting to be re-

‘The Board was informed
that air tests taken in the
operating rooms showed
that analgesic agents were
above recognized limits.
Bocaire these agents have

adverse effecta on women of

child-bearing age it was felt
that some measure should

be taken to improve: ‘the cade le oat a
~ situation. wile air -
ie change ay Bole *

9% to 11 times an hour,
while the
standard is 2): times an
hour.

The cost to improve the
system would be $2,700.
Concern was expressed that
if the solution was only a
“band aid solution” it might
be more economical in the
long run to search for. a

‘The board also faced the

unpleasant surprise . of

learning that they would be
for a

The consultant was retained
by the architectural firm
which designed the air
circulation system, and he
found that there was no
design etror and the

Hydro appealing
Stikine decision

BC. "Hydro is appealing
the decision of the Skeena

regional office of the.

ministry of lands, parks and
housing which denied Hydro

fo construct a
“cat trail’ to Site Z on the
Stikine River.

‘The appeal was sent
Wednesday to the

Hydro applied in January
to contruct the trail to the
site located about 25
kilometres downstream
from the Highway 37
grossing of the Stikine
River. The trail, # kn
long, would begin at
Highway 37 about 15 km
south.of Dease Lake.

The trail would be used to

bring heavy soll exptoration

equipment into the site area
to help establish project
feasibility: ;

deslrable

architect -was not at fault.
* Administrator’ Robert

‘Finlayson told the board

nurses the. operating room, occur boeplial with’ the aim of

making recommendations
which would’ make the

facility more ‘energy ;
efficient... - -
9 des

proposed extended eo
beds, .

r

Delta King Days.
are on again

The on-again, off-again »
Kitimat Delta King. Days
are on-again. . :

The festivities, planned |

for the week of May 11-18

were cancelled when the
the most.

raft race,
traditional event of the
week, ran into trouble. .
Two access ramps at the
Kitimat River course had
been washed out before the
‘Department of Fisheries
finally ruled out the river as

" a possible Bite. .

The low evel of the river

this year prompted Fiseries |
‘ wban power boats, fearing
for the fate of salmon there.

‘This meant safety boats”
could not accompany the

rafte and effectively
cancelled the race. ;

The Kitimat Works Sports
Association managed to
come up with a new site,
allowing the race and the
festival to continue. ,

The new course starts at
Alcan Beach, and returns
there after rounding the
Eurocan buoys. Race

organizers Al Brown and

Roger Turner expect, five
teams from Kitimat as well.
an groups from Prince

Prince Rupert Kinsmen Club presents

$8,000 GIANT BI

‘FRIDAY APRIL 24th - Civic CENTRE ARENA - PRINCE RUPERT

Rupert aid Smithers to.
paticipdte.. The race will
startat t pin. Sumiay May
17.

sian Groen, chairman o
the Delta King Days, has
Hined up a number of other

. events for the week. These
include a pre-race pancake -

breakfast and-a post race
hamburger and hotdogs
roast sponsored by Hooks

put on by the German

Canadian. club and the
Eurocan Social Club. The
Kitimat Rod and Gun club

has expressed interest in

sponmoring an event...

The = City Centre
Merchants Association has
set anide three days in the

festivities, and

tentatively planned an.Old
Fashidned Dance

” and New York City.

-buy a dish, or for a cable

” removed his dish from atop

‘was

Chris and Edith Huygens

‘gt tired of watching the one

channel of television that Is-
now available in Cablecar,
and decided to do something

about it. _ ;

Now, thanks to their
$10,000 15 foot satellite earth |
receiving dish, they are
picking up over 20 stations
beamed direcily from the
United States. .

An American satellite
provides the Huygens. with
three all-sports, one all-
news, and two all-movies
channels as well as stations
originating from os .far
away as Atlanta, Georgla,.

“The. signal has a Iiitle
snow ‘and is . largely
unaffected by weather and
sunspot activity.

‘The Huygens had tried to
link the rest of Cablecar
with the dish, but ran into
legal and ‘expense
constraints. Adapting each
household to the. signal
wouldhave required each to

illegal pending the outcome’
da Vancouver test case. ’.
The Canadian Radio and
Television. Commission
(CRTC) is being sued by a
Vancouver man after they

an apartment building. .
The cable idea ‘is also

ata time. This means that

if one person wants to
station, &

change the

currently in. place .in- :

SAAS SRO id

Pitatatat

x

are

The Huygens ‘purchased

their dish in’ Lindsay, -
: Ontario, their electronica in

the United States, and had

the installation done -by -

Orbit .to Earth Ltd. of
Varicouver. However, the-.

eauipmient is becoming” " equipment, and remedy © "Bice.

“more 2 “and ‘more readily.

7 "available i in Canada,

The Huygens have had.
their dish’ set. up for one.
month, after about one
year’s effort to obtain.

installation problems. “They
‘are enthusiastic about the -
increased — viewing
possibilities.

direct, from Los Vegas 0,

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