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~- branches of government,

| been. received ' by: ‘the.. local

_ unemployment. problems in:

Non-Status ‘Indians

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| promises

In a° speech ta. the Terrace
branch of the B.C. Association
on Non-Status Indians, guest
speaker, Gloria Gabert, new
secretary treasurer of - the
Provincial group, stressed the ©
importance of the -Association
as a pressure organization able
tobring special'problems to the ©
attention of. the - various
She .
pointed out’ that Non-Status
Indians would not be right in
voicing . any claims: — of
discrimination ° until ’ they
themselves-had a clean slate in
matters pertaining not only to
the government, but to the -
bands of indians they often had.
to deal with.

Captain Bill ‘Young, Salvation

" Army, who'was a guest at the

meeting .said- that. he. felt °
Terrace had less discrimination ‘:
based on race-than any other of -
the, many communities he. had
lived in.

There were approximately 35°
memberr and guests at. the.
meeting held Wednesday night.
at the Salvation Army hall. .

Don ‘Walker, manager of the.
Canada. Manpower Terrace |
branch, Staff-sergeant Nelson,:
of the local RCMP, «Mayor. |
Jolliffe, Mrs. Lewis, teacher.
and wife of Reverend Lewis of -
the United: Church, and. Bill;

” Young made up" the party: of

guests which were presented -
with honorary memberships : ‘in 4
the Non-Status ©. Indian .
Association, Each’ gave, a talk:
dealing with particular areas of ©
problems concerning “native .

oe people © whg “hae” Ast thelr’

Status. «= -

Mayer Jolliffe
Walker handled. the winter
works situation. The native |
group had .approached « ithe -
mayor concerning “ ‘the
feasibility of maintaining
municipal parks as part‘of the
Local [niatives program.: But it
was decided by the group, that
since they were, newly

organized, they were not, as yet.

“prepared to handle’ the paper ..

work and accounts involved in

‘the program .and ‘would wait

until next year to ‘participate.

Staf f Sergeant Nelson dwelled
upon his experiences. with
Vancouver Indian ‘Center of

_ which he is a‘past director, and

‘also with policing problems.
Mrs. Wilson interestingly told
of problems concerned with
native students she taught in the
schools. The B. C. “Association
has among its major programs,

education, and last summer § ~

received, a. grant under : the
‘opportunities for - youth.
program to’ study the problem
of drop-outs, The -association
has been ‘instrumental in aiding
youths through their years in
- high school and vocational
school-and also with assisting
them in getting into and staying

"dn university,

- AS an example of what could

; be “done. by* an active branch,

‘Gloria Gabert cited the town of
Chetwyn-in the Peace River

‘area: where a program. of

building .was carried out in

_, cooperation. with “the munici-

“and Don'#

‘Oberling.

“Terrace chapter.’ was formed

Willard Seymour.

pality and especially. Mayor
Homes were
“gonstructed on the ‘outskirts of
the cityand: when construction
was complete ‘the sub-division
was incorporated into the city
limits so that residents could be -
‘provided’ with: _ essential

vservices,

The eae ociation ‘claims -
_that there. are. over as
satus naan ae

just this yearSunder. president.
The .new |
secretary of the: branch is‘ Vi-.
Gellenbeck. ‘One of the,

purposes of the group is to.

acquaint the public with the -
unique problems involved. in.
being ‘an Indian: who for one
reason or. another has lost,
status with bis band.

| Local. accepted

} for job progran

. The ‘second ‘approval . ‘in the.
Local Injatives - program . has’:

Manpower office. “Klemtu, a.
native community . south of
Terrace on the ‘coast has
received.a grant of $23,088 for -
the: construction * of : a
community | hall,“ The: lotal
programs -‘submitted=: for

Manpower estimates at about 10 -
Th: have. not“ heen. decided’
1 Many: rative :

Joral ‘areas is the On the, Job.”
“Training » Program.. ’ The.

-. program is just getting off the .

. ground but promises to be one of ©

Already:
“application under “the. new

for a. ‘Terrace “fi
‘employer. will, be:

‘the.;most effective long. term

solutions. to the lack’ of jobs, .”
one .*:: Terrace

program hasbeen approved. A,

_ mi will be: working as
approval, which: Don: Walker, » Young an Eg
manager of ‘Terrace. office: ‘Of -

‘an: apprentice: auto -mechanic
rms.3. His: «
imbursed B

~percent»-of.. the:'-wages ' for

me implementing’ the’ ‘program.
“recreation: “e

ps; * -loca’
organizations ‘and. service: elubs:. :

are’ anxiously, |

awaiting
approval: ”

Another federal “program =

designed. to “:alleviate.. ‘the |

‘active ‘part in: solvi
seat “2

“With. three: major: ‘operations *

‘underway. by? ‘two: :brariches: of |-

government, employers’ are.

-urged., to ‘take *) advantage of

cmonies, available:

NEW) DELHI (AP)— ‘Prinie.
Minister Indira’ Gandhi said

today India and Pakistani should
“ing -hera raion {0

_ hold direct j peace talks—hut she

made clear they: ‘would have: to. .
be based: on’ recognition ‘of an B

‘Independent -Bangladesh® |
what use tobe East

~ talks sh a he a with ona...
purely bilateral ‘hasis, indicat:
or. ae at of:

~ such~,

+.
.

Mien‘: van “Heek (left) and Mrs. Bartlett, who-
completed -the Library training program which

TERRACE, B.C,, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1971

earned the Terrace Library. Association a $1,998, 00

grant from Vietoria.

| Library

-hours

PM sets furious

OTTAWA (cP) — Prime aie
‘ister Trudeau has been setting a
furious political pace lately.

He has been . making

-gpeeches, holding news. con-

ferences and individual in-

_terviews, appearing ‘on radio
and television shows, par-_
_: Hielpating in _question-and-an-

swer sessions with students and
others: and attending the Com-

‘riod.
Liberal tacticians say it’s all

; _ sBart of the game plan, Mr. Tru-

..deau’s current’ expression ‘for.
‘‘any kind of strategy, political,

‘ economic or what have you. .

And the game plan at the mo:
ment; they say.is, not necessar-

‘ily: election, though they con- -
cede it might well look that way,”

Liberal organizers had felt in
. -Yecent months that not enough
‘was being done to spell out what

the ‘Trudeau. government had -
done and-was doing in the way ©

of, progressive, . constructive
Jegistation?. "2.5,
_ GIVEN ‘THE. WORD’.

This message was nassed to
te ‘Trudeaw-and he has been
taking: every opportunity to ex-

mons regularly for question pe-

hibit the government's “wares, :
‘There has been some specula-
‘tion on Parliament Hill that Mr. .

Trudeau has been: working
hard ‘politically. that: he may

have peaked too soon for. the y'

next election.
Liberal:
dismiss : -this possibility, no
upnaturallly. ;

But some Liberal MPs

they feel Mr, Trudeau may be

making tob many appearances,
leading to: possible public bore-
dom, “

Liberal strategists foresee

some time before kny decision

on the timing of a general elec-

tion. -
ELECTION “WARMUP °
- .But the party is’ warming up

in the-meantime.. .
The ‘Liberal campaign com-

_ mittee is established and func-
‘tioning sd it can assure Mr..

Trudeau it will be-ready to go
when he gies the word,
* Senator - Richard ° Stanbury,

‘president of: the National Lib-

eral: Federation, says Liberals

- are asking a lot of ‘questions
across the country but . that.
-there has been no erosion of the

organization:

SO .

party’ workers’.

-P 0. recovers.

the busiest: time of the year at

all that remains area few lonely
strings and bits of wrappings to

‘be swept away by the energetic
postal service workers. This .

ear the local delivery service
handled 17,094 parcels: for. the

. Terrace’ ‘district, and. 260,000- .
| letters: “That's a lot of mail, but :
-ae¢ording to. Postmaster, . "Bob
Dumma all went smoothly and’ -
_¢itizens - were

operative. The overload . of

. Department of Municipalities,

“"Toan™
| approved

received at Municipal Hall for
the: $229,000 loan for the civic
centre. The loan which was
processed through the -B. C.

and. the “insurance monies
from’ the old civic centre will
make it possible for the
architects and builders to go
ahead with the planned and
mich disputed multi-purpose
socialathletic centre. © ~

. Christmas -.

quite. co-.

Approval has ‘been ‘officially ,

; packages caused’ ‘a’ bit aa |
the Post ‘Office ‘has ended and ~

storage problem. behind. the .
wickets,. but: workers spent |
Eve * phoning -
recipients to let them know that
there was a bundle waiting for
them, so most packages were
picked ‘up before the big day
except those for families, who
have spent the holiday out of

’ town who still have surprises in

store for them at the post office.
Letter, . Carriers | were

_ fortunate this year in being able.”
. to.spend a long four day holiday ~
with - their. families,

Au
employees | were. OFF
Christmas Day, but on the aath
and. 27th, staff was present ‘to
handle ingoing and ‘outgoing

_ mail.

It is advisable to send off your

thankyou’ notes ‘and seasonal |:
_ correspondance by five. tonight
as tomorrow the eight cent rate -
for ‘first class: rail -goes: into ©
“The weight limit’.for |
. parcels has gorie up in‘Canada

effect. -

from 25 to 35 pounds, ‘also
effective January 1st. -

January third: will ‘be. a

holiday for the Post Office - No
wicket service will be available
on that day. and there will ber no
deliveries, :

Te errace

library

receives. ‘grant

A cheque’ ‘for $1,998 was
received by the Terrace
Library association: from the.
Develo pment .
Commission in Victoria for a
personnel grant earned through
the completion of =H
Commission’s training ntegeam
completed by the Community .
Librarian, Mien Van Heek and -.
her assistant Mrs. Bartlett. The
grant was the highest. amount
any library in B.C. has received -
for a personnel grant, A third
worker, . part- -time- assistant
Ruth Shannon is also taking the
Library program. Mrs. Van
Heek took her training through
correspondance and working
seminars in Vancouver and
Prince George, in 1968-1969 Mrs.
Bartlett participated:.in the

‘ _ course in 69-70,

The program .is designed to
give training to community.
librarians who have — not’:
completed a university course.
in library work.|.,The grant is

based on the number. of. people-:

employed and the number of
the facilities . are .
available each week. Though -
the community and the library
are both comparatively small, .
library services are offered to
the public 36 hours a week. .
Since the new building was,
completed in 1987 the stock of
books had doubled, and
according to Mrs.. Van Heek .
circulation of books has more -
than doubled, That is why the |

_ dibrary,. association presented .
‘thé brief to council asking for gn..
extension -éf. the present.
-. facilities, .Mrs. Van Heek said
‘that the original plan called for

An, extension, and since - the.

plans “have already ‘been
. allowed for the extension should

not. be . too costly... The
asscciation. is: hoping that
council. -will allow for the

-'addition in‘ their 72 budget so

_ that a program of construction
‘can -be-started: -

Expansion of. the: childrens’
- section. has become necessary -
since many children are using.’

the library to a-greater extent.

for study and enjoyment. . A

story hour is ‘presently held.
each week but with more funds,

visual aids could-be purchased.
and the library could become a

rea] centre, of learning. .
“The basement space is now

being put to good use by the art no

‘and music - societies. “: Ef the ..
library gets the ‘addition. they -
hope for perhaps a cultural.
complex”.would result thereby |

_ helping -to resolve — the
difference. that’ has arisen

‘among the arts council and the
‘athletic - groups. over . the
proposed multi- “purpose | a
community centre.

. Though | the: museum is not an

“actual part of the library, it is

housed there, and could also be

“put to. better. community

service, said Mrs. Van Heek, if
money is made available hy.the

council, The museum. was open

séveral hours a day in: the
“summer.

practically useless as far as the
‘townspeople are concerned. .,

Mrs, Van Heek- proposes . ‘that
‘the? muséum - be “reopened jon

‘Sunday when the library staff -
. are not too

: busy vand- ‘could —
_jberbaps: show Buests around, |

‘and was quite.
successful, It is closed now and |

“of skating, -

ne

and_ Andy’ Ty flood it

Os Ina ‘box. on yesterday's front. ‘page. we:
‘questioned “Why noice?’ Since the kids have no
indoor arena we further suggested that perhaps”
an outdoor area could be flooded. We. mentioned .:.
the vacant lof behind the library as a. good place. |
.In‘a-phone call this morning Fire Chief Andy.;.

- Owens made it clear that the Fire Department is‘ —
100 percent behind the idea‘as long as Mother -
‘Nature permits it.. The problems of such a rink *:
in‘the past has been, inconsistent weather. . ‘J.

_ Nonetheless the Fire Department is willing to’: |
assist anyone with the flooding if they will first -
take the time to insure that: the site is properly.

- levelled, banked and cleared. A.one foot drop ‘in -
‘100 foot rink can mean the loss of thousan
gallons of water and a probable leak. In the paat,
two hours of flooding has provided only one: ‘hour:

-So what the kids need now if they want. to have.

‘a skating rink is someone witha bulldozer. to.
donate a morning's work. ‘If the land is properly’
prepared and within 200 feet of-a fire hydrant,’.
Chief Owens said his department will be happy to.
-assist in the flooding. ‘Any bulldozer owners in:
the.area‘anxious to get the kids out ot the; house”
_on_a Saturday morning? , ©:

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