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‘Downtown Lions host

Senior Citizens

The Terrace Downtown Lions
will once again hold its annual
Christmas party and Christmas
Light Tour for senior citizens.
The feature of this year’s event
will be a-wine aud cheese party
in the “banquet. room of. the
Terrace Arena Complex. . |

The event will take place on
Monday December 30. .A bus
lour of.jthe’ community's.

Christmas: Lighting «will. get ..

under way with buses leaving.
_ the’ arena. al 7:00: p.m.” The:

Cheese'and Wine Party will pet

under way al 8:00 p.m.”
. The party will feature an. old

sab pie t

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'

vironmental {mpact Study -of
Phase | (Mile”.0-75)' of the
proposed CN-Meziadin Railway
north of- Terrace is scheduled
for distribution next month.

The sociological slidies are:
still in progress. The cultural

component is expected to be --

completed shortly. However,

The Herald has learned that

the butchers and butcher shop’

workers employed al the
Terrace Co-op have been cer-
tified by the Department of

“tour and

way study:complete

~The‘ final report on’ the En-

. this, a

time fiddler arid Joan Spencer
will have some of her students .
present lo entertain the guests.
Transportation “is available
and several automobiles will be
al the .disposal of senior

“gilizens wishing lo'attend, It is

not necessary-to go an the bus
senior citizens can
forego: this ‘section of the

festivities if they so desire.

-The organizers ask [hat
cliizens wishing transportallon:
on thal evening call either Mrs.
Dave. Maroney at 635-2192 ‘or

“Mrs. Gordon Elliot al 635-6859 to ~
make arrangements. vt os
stitch ft ipsaen o

7 MSephjemry "ara at gett

parallel. economic’ studies. dre
now being carried aut by B.C.
Research, They are not ex-
pected to compieie. their work
until Mareh 1973. Following

sociciogical report ‘will be
published. Mr, David Wright of

B.C. Research is ‘now in town”

collecting data forthe ‘socio-—
economic study. . .

Co-op butchers certified»

Labour with their bargaining,

agent being The Amalgamatea

Meal Cutters and Butchery. -

Workers Union Local 212.

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comprehensive .

_. December 24th,

Due to Christmas, next week's Herald
will be dellvered,. Tuesday,

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635-6572

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1974

TERRACE,

Rail line.

~ ment in Canada. _

Christmas Eve.

Six’ members of the Mills
Memorial Hospital .Board “ of
Trustees met with the Kitimat:
Stikine ‘Regional’ District-
Hospital Board, al 11:00 a.m.
Saturday: December. 14 ‘in. a
perfect example of futility,

The Haspita! Board had
requested the meeting in a
letler. over the signature of
Construction Committee
Chairman Vie — Joliffe's
signature. In this letter Mr,
Joliffe had expressed the hope
that this joint meeting will clear
up any misunderstandings that
may haye occured in the past so
thal a joint agreement will be
reached, whereby both boards
can make a joint representation
tothe Deputy Minister of Health
that the Mills Memorial
Hospital Expansion Program
proceed: in a° progressive
manner and that the Hegional
District Hospital Board wil
carry oul the regulatory ad-
justment necessary to update
the monetary bylaws that effect
the three hospitals currently in
various stages of construcllon
or planning In Kitimat, Terrace’
and Hazelton and are also
severally and jointly uffected
by the inadequate funds in the
referendum by-law, ~

In compliance wilh a
Regional District Board in-

Serie as

sistance that it would not take

any,action ‘until. the quantily

* surveyor report. is. available.

wo such reports were made
available: to the
District Board, The first was in
an amount of $7,596,000 and a
later revised report which is
dated December 10 feducing the
expected cast to $7,069,201.

The question asked by Mr.
Joliffe at the onset of this joint
meeting was “Are you as a
Board prepared ta. allow us to
build & hospital.” To this
Chairman Ev Clift replied “We
still: have to have ‘more in-
formation hefore we can accept:
that the original cost ‘of
$2,100,000 has now become

$7,500,000," :
Mr, ‘Joliffe retorted “The
provinelal government puls up
sixty percent of (hecost and itis
prepared to go uhead while your
Board which puts up 40 percent
needs more information.”
Chairman Clift then said that
an in camera meeling must be
held io go ino the details of
construction without jeapar-
dizing the eventual compelitive
bidding by revealing detailed
prices, He added thal his Buard
had had only one day to sludy

~ the quality surveyors costing.

Regional District Hospital
Board . Administrator : John

ate Nyt

Regional ©

Pouselie interjected at this
point that the Board must
discuss this project with the
regional Hospital Ad-
ministration Commission which
includes representalives from
Stewart and Prince Rupert.
Hospital ‘Trustee Fred Weber
entered the debate at this paint

and said “The planning was.

completed more than a year ago
and ‘approval was obtained for
whal should-be done,.. This is
just a matter of yes or no in s0
far as financing is concerned.’
He went on to say (hat it, was
Impossible to alter the financing
without’ ‘ailering . the - planning

and since the Regional Board -
has approved what (he hospital: -

should be, there is-no point. in
-altering the financing. «

Chairman Joliffe then said -

“We only ask thal you give us

the Same permission that you,

‘gave Kitimat and Hazelton.both
of which are under way and in
fact the Kitimal project: is
essentially completed. Prince.
Rupert should not be involved in

this decision,” he added. “I'm.

sure thal Victoria will not un-
derstand your mangeuvers'’ he
said. : :

Mr. Cll again repealed that
there must be an in camera

meeting belween the Regional: -
., District. Hospllal Board, the

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sac es te at eaeaatet igh: a pceacha ak

. | Field surveys and
lish an inventory of the physical,
biological environments:

JOINT HOSPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT MEETING

"EXERCISE IN FUTILITY —__

Hegional Hospital Adivsory
Board and the Hospital Board
before any decision can. be
made,

_ dJoliffe commented that all the

Regional District had to do was
lo “rubber stamp’ a provincial
government decision. .

Mr; Weber again taok up the

debate. saying Uhat?we. can't

‘change the. figures so what-you

are asking is thal we go back lo
the initial: planning. stages.

"Finally it was decided to set a
dale for a’. meeting with the,
. three Boards Involved, Kitimat
“Direclor George Thom-insisled .
~ that the meeting be held before
the end of the year so. be could -
participale.'~ Mr. ‘Thom was.’

defeated’ in the municipal
elections last month and will nat

be qualified to sitafter January:
firstof 1975.2 ; :
+. The Hospital Board members:

all argued that the‘date chosen

of December.29 was impossible’
- because of the holiday period’.
and that {t-would: be impossible

to get architects ‘and other

‘technical people up from
“Vancouver. and Victoria,

Fred Weber said that it is

‘{mpossible to make reservation.
Jon any alrline:as they are~

booked solid over the year.end,
-Kitimat Directors George

Thom and Joe Banyay insisted

“investigations ‘lo estib-
and:

a

environment):

‘

arca: - .

USC: .

- 2 the project:

‘the areas under study,

.

on the December 29 dale and
when the matler was put fo the
vole Thom and Banyay voted
for, and there were two nay
votes and lwo abstentions.
According to the rules as ab-
stention is counted as an of-
firmative vole and the
December 29 vote won.

“Members of the Board sald
that they could not be present
and this included chairman Vic

: Joli He,

The hassle was nol lo end
there however because when
new business: came up Kitimat
Direclor George Thom asked

. thal legal-advice be sought to

have. the. referendum

‘authorizing ihe expenditure of

$2,100,000 for the Hospital be
declared nul and void as the
Hazelton referendum had been
handed and for the same

, Teagan, incorrect publicity and
advertising.

Mr. Thom said that it is no
longer the intention of the
Hospital Board to provide the
facililies advertised and the

‘allocation of funds were no
-Tonger. these that the people

voted an, He said that the
money Involved was na longer
valid becarge of (he more than

300 percent increase in cost. He

‘Research and ficld s
~~ "any Sociological im

- An evaluation of the potenti

An evaluation ‘of the impact of the projet
on the ‘physical and biological environ-
ments, and their present and potential

usveys to determine
acl resulting from

An archwological reconnaissance.

_ » The recommendations of the study will apply
to planning and route lpeation; construction
scheduling; ‘construction methods; pemanent
“operation; restoration, miljgation, and gampen-- -
~sations and monitoring surveys.
Last spring, an interin’ report on the environ-
“mental studics was presented for review by
various Government departments.
~ nade copies available to interested residents of

,

these have? af sesame pein |
in the operation sind miniibenintics:
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has requested! iv compaltaiils Jot sate
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also added thal the Baard ne
longer intends to provide the

‘Thin seeadocen aot te ole Cain om gene oe
services advertised. caine’

“CC Detwetes Raetad Macrage = auenelliet

specu gragret stich ape Seis Sai
svat aad ae ote: Ql ae Ree

Mark Flaherty, Brent Flaherty and
Mike Beccroft (left to right abwe
represented the 25 members of the 131
Terrace Cub Pack last week when they
presented the Terrace Association for
the Mentally Retarded with a §1am
donation.

The Cubs raised the manay threagh