A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 9, 1996 Fi re dest roys ‘home JUST ONE day afer Darvin and Marjorie Haugen were at 2 vigil marking the first anniversary of the disappearance of their daughter, Lana Derrick, their house burned down. The Haugens live at Legate Creek, east of Terrace on Hwy 16, outside the boundaries of the nearest fire pro- tection area, They weren’t at home at the time of the Oct. 7 blaze. An investigation continues. Family members say they will be gathering items to help out the Hangens. The Oct. 6 vigil was well-attended by Lana’s relalives and friends, No trace has been found of Lana since she disappeared in Terrace last Thanksgiving. Giesbrecht gets a raise SKEENA NDP MLA Helmut Giesbrecht has a new job - and it comes with an increase in pay. In addition to his MLA duties, Giesbrecht is now the parliamentary secretary to small business, tourism and culture minister Jan Pullinger, Giesbrecht stands in for the minister on various offi- cial duties when required and assists with ministry busi- ness, The job comes with a pay packet of $6,000. That’s on top of the regular MLA salary of $50,000. Various appointments such as committee chairman- ships and parliamentary secretary jobs are regarded as one way for the government to reward its MLAs. Of the 39 New Democrats elected this spring, 29 of them have been given positions which carry pay hikes, Wolves kill cows A HUNGRY WOLF pack spent the weekend terroriz- ing residents and livestock just north of town, killing 1wo calves and a cow. Jean and Ted Hamer live off Kalum Lake Drive, close to the Terrace landfill. The Hamers say that a pack of about eight wolves are living close to their house. On Friday night, Ted Hamer took his dog and his gun out to make sure the wolves weren’t after his cows, but his dog ran ahead. “When Ted came around the comer,.there were four wolves on our dog, tearing at her,” says Jean Hamer. “Ted managed to get them off her by firing a couple of shots, but she already had two puncture wounds in her leg. There wouldn’t have been much left of her if Ted hadn't got those shots off.” There wasn’t much left of two of the Hamer’s calves that the wolves also attacked last weekend. A leg was all they could recover of one calf. The other calf and its mother were killed as the calf was being born, The ani- mais were found half-eaten in the Dutch Valley. The Hamers are no strangers to marauding wolves. A few years ago they lost nine sheep to a pack of them. “Don’t anybody tell me. they’re. sweet, lovable things,” Jean Hamer says. “P ye seen what they do.” Newspapers challenging government THE TERRACE STANDARD and other interior newspa- pers are laking a dispute with the provincial government agency responsible for elections to the B.C, Supreme Court. The newspapers, which belong to Cariboo Press, say they shouldn't be bound by certain provisions of the . provincial Election Act as administered by Elections B.C, During the provincial election in May the newspapers published ‘‘ads’’ objecting t provisions of the act which limit the amount of advertising that can be bought by inter- ested third parties during an election campaign. The “‘ads’” featured a man with tape over his mouth. In doing so, the Cariboo Press newspapers did not regis- ler as a sponsor and the volume of the space devoted to the age” exceeded the $5,000 limit imposed by the Election ct, That in turn lead to warning letters and phone calls from Elections B.C., telling the company to register or risk being fined $500 a day, Cariboo Press has now asked the B.C. Supreme Court to declare it docs not have to register as a sponsor and that Mmilations imposed under the Election Act are uncenstitu- tional. ‘We've said from the start that this is a freedom of ex- pression issue and it's one we're prepared to fight all the way,” said Cariboo Press president Bob Grainger. “Putting limits on spending during an election campaign hampers the ability of citizens to speak to one another dur- ing the campaign. It also infringes on the business end of newspapers, and that is to sell advertising,” he added. Grainger dismissed government suggestions that voters can be swayed by people who spend large amounts during election campaigns. “This train of thought docs not give individuals any credit for being able to think by themselves,’’ he said. Cariboo Press now expects Elections B.C. to respond to the B.C. Supreme Court filing at the earllest possible date and anticipates court dates will be set as soon as possible. “We wish for a speedy and logical conclusion to this matter,” said Grainger. Cariboo Press is joined in the court action with T North Shore News of North Vancouver which also pi - lished similar ‘‘ads’’. Late last week the B.C. Press Council, the provincial body which represents 127 provincial newspapers in vari- aus press issues came out in support of Cariboo Press. “This legislation is an oncrous testriction on press free- dom and the rights of people to freely express their opinions during election campsigns,'? said Andrew Holota, chairman of the council’s Freedom of the Press Com- mittee, “We feel these provisions of the act are unnecessary and prohibitive,’ said Holota in adding they effectively maze what people can say and what the press can pub- is The B.C. Press Council is the self-regulating body of the newspaper industry in B.C, It also hears complaints from the public against newspapers. More candidates _ Join in the race ONE OF the area’s better known political veterans is on the hunt for an elected seat. Les Watmough has filed his papers to represent the Thomhill rural area on the Kitimat-Stikine regional district board. Watmough has spent the better part of the last 20 years in regional district politics. But he was defeated last time out in 1993 by Peggy Julseth, Watmough is a critic of the plan by the federal government to sell off its air- ports, including the Terrace one. And he’s not a big fan of the move to draw Thornhill into the boundaries of Terrace, Three people have already filed for a city council position. Tim Down, an appraisal supervisor with the B.C. Assessment Authority, was the first. He’s since been joined by incumbent councillor Val George and newcomer Jim Fraser. George, a 20-year resident of Terrace and president of Northwest Community College for 12 of those years, is seeking a second, three-year New sound system for the arena A NEW SOUND sys- tem for the arena might be in place for the 1997 Northern B.C. Winter Games, taking place here next February. The cost of a new sound system is expected to be about $30,000 to $35,000. It would replace the current system with is about 25 years old, and is described eraser 29, has lived in Terrace for 17 years. He works on the food floor at the Terrace Co-op, is a shop steward with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1518, and sits on its advi- sory committee for the area. Fraser wants fewer closed door meet- ings and more communication with the public, Incumbent councillors David Hull and. Rich McDaniel have said they are running again but have yet to file papers. Prospective candidates have until this Friday at 4 p.m. to file completed nomi- nation papers. Candidates have to be at least 18 years of age, Canadian citizens and have lived in B.C. for six months. But they don’t have to live in the area they seek to represent. Candidates have to be nominated by two eligible voters and those people have to be residents or property owners in the community in question. James W. 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