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ds Herald Staff Welter: . .
“TERRACE The, provincial roverninant appears.

ze ready to move. on selling | the question of Thérbhill Ba

_- political status

‘what plans the province had for solving the problems

from Thornhill residents, and.the areas tax base,
which is inadequate ‘to ‘Bupeert a _Reparate
municipality.
. Those plans include: :
O The possible formation of a water improvement
-~ district which would give- Thornhill an elected five
- man “council”, —

_ hill takeover. some government: functions while
sharing others with the Di Distriet of Terrace and the
Regional District...

. Which would’ provide for intermediate local govern-
ments to fill the current gap between incorporated

~~ and, unincorporated municipalities. '
"Jim Culp, . Thornhill’s representative’ on ‘the
’ Regional District of Kitimat Skine said he was very

pleased with the proposals. ©

sal ig The wipe key ls the
_, Brovines, ‘itahey are true to dele word, Ww i ean pul

; "ata meeting i Teriqce Tusa, (Chris Woodward, os 7 otf,
a the ‘deputy’ minister of ‘municipal affairs, outlined ~ .

:-O Working out a prograri ‘which would see Thar: oe

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whether Thornhill should Incorporate or amalgamate

+ “We are tryling to find a middle ground between
incorporation and amalgamation," Culp said. °~
- “Everybody recognizes that we ore not ready for

elther right now. -because of the horrendous costs 7

. _ involved,” ;
' “Thornhill wouldn’t be happy in amalgamating at

_ this time. Terrace’ people are reluctant to support

incorporation and Thornhill: wouldn't -be abie to i

financially support it.”

The Water ‘Improvement proposal would ‘ase athe
provincial government covering the cost of policing
and highway maintenance while Terrace and
Thornhill would work together to cover parks and.
recreation, some planning functions in district
development and water and sewage works. ;
_ ‘The regional district would retain cbntrol over land

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Culp said ihe ‘ministry appeared willing ‘to adapt. ~

. the Water improvement ‘District to fit the needs of: .
fae ‘Thoenhill.in an effort to end the 20 year debate over

. raised by demands for political. autonomy coming

with Terrace.

*: Terrace’ wilt be. working on-a counter ‘proposal to -

~~ ggid.the water improvement idea could go to - -
“yeferendum In Thornhill in March with the first .

2 municipal act which might make room for the con-
cept of a “rural municipality", falling between the

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. aanagénient and 1 planning but, would “gonitract out”
* some of those mae to Thornbil, giving résidents
: ‘the . de “their

opment .of

‘visory Planning. Coramission, andthe District of

present to the minister in July. Jf all goes: well, he

elections for. the five man -eouncil: held next
November if not sooner, .
: The province is also’ working on a revision of the

current classifications .as either incorporated or
unincorporated municipalities,

The new structure would be more socommodating
to situation like Thornbill, but probably wouldn't
come into law for at least a year Culp said. Oo

Whatever, the structure chosen, a review would be
held after five years in order to allow the residents of.
the area the possibility ta examine where the system
was taking them. .
_ Regional district‘chairman Lee Ellis was not as

“Ellig paid discussion: of ‘the eputyininiaiers
. suggestions were ata very early stage, and sald all of...
‘the. governments’ concerned. would be: meeting and co

Gail pays. : the ‘Sigionai ‘board, ‘the ‘Thora: ‘Ade

__ imposed on Thornhill residents.
"No type of political structure can be impooed ‘on
~ Thornhill,” Ellis said,

_ be approved by thé residents of Thornhill, But we’re
along way from that yet.”

- issue was involved in the restructuring proposal,

"designed to look at “‘how to go about it”.

- Fight now., ‘weirs pla Wt seed, b but its going to -
take some time,’’.

ati of Tuewiay't 5 F meeting.

discussing the:propotals inthe near, fiiture: :
She did stress that no political restructing. would be

“The deputy minister. made
that very clear. Anything we propose would have to

Ellis denied that the amalgamation incorporation

saying it would be unwise for anyone to presuppose ©
what the residents of Terrace and Thornhill will want _
10-15 years from now, .
Terrace mayor Helmut Giesbrecht « on the other
hand said amalgamation appeared as “‘kind of the -
ultimate goal, be it five, 10, or 20 years down the .
road.” The deputy ministers proposals, he said, were

“Ttg kind of a ‘unique situation,” Giesbrecht said.
“It's not going tobe solved by what's in the legialation

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Welneniay done ae June 16, 1982

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HAZELTON—The location of the North-

west Womens festival has been changed

aiter the planned festival grounds were

sprayed with the herbicide Tordon.:
The festival had been scheduled to take
place this weekend at the Kisplox Rodeo

Grounds. It had to be moved to a nearby

field after the Kispiox Community
Association voted te have the. grounds
sprayed to prevent the sprédd of thistle
into neighbouring farmer’s ‘fields.

' Sherry Saxon, an organizer’ ‘of the ,

festival, said the decision to move the
activities was taken ; because of the

“potential health hazards posed by Tardon.
' ‘Tests establishing the safety of Tordon. -

were faked by Industrial Bio-test

laboratories and the suspicion remains

that it can cause birth defects, Sazon said,

» “We- feel that ‘it's - too dangerous: «a.

chemical to: expose people to, especially

women,” she said. “There will be a lot of —

pregnant women there,’”
The Kispiox- Community Association,
which leases the grounds from the

provincial government, decided on a .

motion from -Hazelton-area regional
district director Marty Allen to go ahead
with the spraying.

The spray proposal was not on the ~

business at ‘the end of a poorly attended
‘meeting June 8. The spraying was then
carried out early in the morning after. the
meeting.

The spraying was. actually carried cut
by the Reglonal District of Kitimat-Stikine
although Saxon says a regional director

: official contacted Monday told her he was —

not aware the spraying had taken place as
the. board: was still investigating. the
legalities of spraying on Crown. land.

Private. landowners don’t need a
Pesticide Control permit. to undertake

" spraying, but permits must be issued for

any spraying on Crown land. °
_ Saxon said legal action is being con-

. gidered- against the applicators of the

‘spray since no permit was obtained. -
The gine chemical spray pr ram has] sbegn a
COMMPOVESNET IssUe in thé Hazeltona since
it was introduced several years ago.

Farmers and ranchers in the area have |
been successful in having highways and
other areas sprayed to prevent the spread

- of noxious weeds to their property. Spray
opponents have agrued that the chemicals
used are unsafe and have “advocated |
manual control techniques as a solution to”
the weed problem,

Happiness is warm sunshine and lots of flowers in bloom.

_ Alcan

. WINNIPEG. (CP)
_ Aluminum Co. ‘of Canada’s
plans to build 6 $800-million’

~-gmelter-in- Manitoba -have---

‘ been postponed’ because’ of
_the uncertain economy, ‘but
‘the news came ‘4s no sur-

prise. to the province's”

busitiess community. |:

. “Lexpected some sort. of.

_announcement like | that,"
said Bill Horner, chairman

of the Winnipeg branch of”
' the’ Canadian “Manufac-'

turers’ Association. “It's

* ‘unfortunate, but I.can un-
_ derstand why they would do.

ot at this time,”
“Manitoba ‘s:. political’. -
a ~ Ieaders, . ‘however, . ex-*

- pressed,’

‘Manitoba.

the...
_éither’:"dipap--.
’, polntinent. or- ‘indignation,

depending. on ‘Which: slde“of i
~‘ithe house they werd on...

‘conditions improve. :

postpones Manitoba smelter

Alcan. official ‘Jacques
Bougie_ said at a news
conference Tuesday |

economic.conditions'are too -: -B.C.,- smelter has been- -shut:---
; down and the opening of a: .

uncertain. to. make © firm

plans” on the- proposed

smelter; ‘which would have

employed about 760 people
and produced 200,000 tones’ ”
of aluminum ignots a year. ©

Bougie, * “the company’s
-_ development
director, ‘explained _the

- decision by-referring to a
series of graphs that-showed |

aluminum: ‘prices and World:
demand dropping’ steadily. -

* - slice 1980.

“Company - otticats.. ‘said
project . “may ‘be:
reconsidered if’: market’

—fwelve hundred «Alea
‘workers are’ on lnyatt out of

- projects
. deferred .or postponed a3,

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“negotiation!

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a Canadian ‘work force of
‘about 18,000. Part of the
‘niultinational's Kitimat,

sécond production line at its:

_ Plant in Grand Baie, Que.,
-has_been. postponed.

“The aluminum industry
‘is ‘probably’ going through
its worst year... we've
seen a number of potential —
‘in Australia

well, so the postponement is
not-totally surprising,”’ said
- Paul. , Brockington, mining
and* financial analyst at
* Richardson Securities: ‘of :
(Canada. ae

‘Alcan’: president, David:

~: Morton’ sald there is. little 5
“the governments. can do to...
“fevive the amelter. ;

can’t’ think “of any

=. course : of: action’ by ; the:
oa federal’ goverpiment ° or
“T. provincial;

"government.
which. would. dissuade us,”
"he sald.. ~~

This’ was . not “the | -con-

where Opposition Leader |

~ ‘Sterling : ‘Lyon “accused the
‘New. Democratic Party

government’ of bungling
B. Nis previous
Progresalve ©) Conservative

"Rear ‘
-soklnatnt: ~hat_lured_Wopdward. sald the care at

_ Alcan to the province in
- 1978,

“| ‘think the record is:
clear that negotiations. were ..

War continues?

. 15,000 Argentine prisoners:

Britain today put new
pressure on. Argentina ‘to

deciare.a permanent peace.
~ inthe South Adlantic, saying
- captured —
Argentine troops: on the |
Falkland. Islands: could’ dle.
‘of exposure and illness If

hundreds of

there is more delay.

The _warning - came. from
_the commander ‘of. ithe -
‘British, task. force after
“Argentine ‘ President. Gen:
', Leopoldo: Galtieri “and” hi
“two junta partners were. the’ -
‘targets of violent demon: °
trations Tuesday night -by
+ thousands of “Argentinians’

‘angered at -the | ‘Argentine

. defeat in the. Falklands.
' "The junta-has said that, if. io
Britain. reinstatea’ British -

-rule over the islands there
will not be peace in the
South. Atlantic. ;

. In a press™ “gtatenient oo
released by the British

government in London,
Admiral.

changed. They've Bone
; ‘badly. “since.” a Boye

_major
‘ problem.”

, Woodward. said.

John ¢

going extremely well up -

until -the government

on the- Falklands poses ‘“‘a »
disaster relief

“The Argentines must
appreciate that I cannot
keep their troops dry ‘and,

‘warm “and fed while we are’

still. subject -to’ attack,"
. oUThey
must face the facts and call -

“A halt ‘to: all, repeal all,
‘hostilities; on

_ “Hex: “said” ‘the. -prigéners,”
some of whoni have been on |

~ Wie “Falklands, in - wintry .
> coriditions | ,
“Argentine inyadion: April 2, aor
 are-already suffering from -
_. malnutrition, exposure — jin

. sothe_icases__ hypothermia

‘since -

(subnormal body tem-

_ berature}) — trench foot,

scables and diarrhea.”
Galtier: forced to cancel”

See
" ‘Argentina’

the’ *!

: Beirut

Israeli . commandos,

. advancing~ under covering

shellfire. “from their

. Lebanese’ Christian allies,

stormed and captured a
Palestinian guerrilla
stronghold near
paralysed Belrut airport |
today, the > state-run —
Lebanese radio. reported.
The. report said. the
Israelis’ took the science |
faculty campus of the
Lebanese University, along
the main runway of Beirut’ .
International Airport. --
It, said the action was.
aimed ‘at eliminating a
major Palestinian
stronghold controlling

_... £ecess to. the airport and |
_ Some of -the | Palestine.
’ Liberation

Organization's.
‘enclaves in Moslem weal -
‘ Beirut. .

- There © were: conflicting .

reports’ on ‘which forces

were involved in the new.
outbreak of shelling . and
fighting today, - which .
shattered a few hours of

‘relative ~ calm in war- |

devastated Beirut, the

Lebanese capital. __ a

Qn Tuesday, Israeli and

“Syrian: tanks ‘battled near .

_ the! airport. for four ‘hours.
. The ‘Syrian - ‘regular’ army. -

“tervening ‘in. the baittle for
the seience: ‘faculty. ae
Israeli commanders: aid
their’ gunners. did ‘not take.
part: in- the. two’ hours af
heavy- “shelling . _ that.
preceded ithe reported)
assault on the PLO camp on -
the sclence campus.
Associated Press
correspondents sald most of
-the .. fire. seemed:.-to - come

from Christian artillery —

entrenched in the hills

' above the airport.

the -

which - has’ 1,000 ~me a 4
“stationéd ih the Beirut 3 area, i
"was “nots -observed. ine) -

braces for war
Members of the Christian seeing Phalangist lalson
Phalangist militia Kataeb officers in _olive-drab

were ‘fighting -openly uniforms with Israeli units
alongside the Israelis positioned all over Beirut's
against their common mountainous hinterland.
Palestinian enemies for the An Israell commander,
first time since ‘Israel's Who identified himself only
army: reached the Beirut. - ‘
area in a’ liday. thrust See
northward to- wipe out ‘ ay
Palestinian guerrillas in Israel
Lebanon.. ; a
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_ Correspondents reported

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‘Plea postponed

, _ Herald Staff Writer

KITIMAT— No plea was antered.in the assault case in-.. -
‘volving ex-Daily Herald ‘editor Greg Middleton and d Kitimat _

city clerk Adrian Jones... ane
The first appearance in the case was bound i over Tuesday
“to June 22 in order. ta allow Middleton time: bo consult his
lawyer. «
The case concerns an assault allegedly committed during ° .
an'incident ina Kitimat bar several months 880. A

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