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‘Motorcycle
Calendonia Senior’.

| Crown counsel Jett
‘Arndt told the court the
‘chatge was laid after
Boake was seen riding
through the-halls of: the
school by a ane

§S ancouver (CP)-
British Colemnbia Resources

freah. speculation ‘that the”

ly teas
nots

of tha silliest. I’ve
heard,’ "Collins said

A of betore passing sentence.

‘In other matters before,
bourt,. John Bruce
Birbeck, 2

pleaded
re g. charge “of
alcoho

with a blood
| limit and another
tiorgé it failure .to

remain at the scerie of an:
aceldent, contrary t¢ the

- motor vehicles act. |

The court was told. by
Arndt the charges
the result of an incident

, June 27, when a green

Velvo driven by Birbeck.
hit another ear, then left

' Meanwhile | ‘in Victoria,
Premier Bill Bennett tried
to dampen rumors that

the investment corporation -

ia about to purchase Mac
Blo, Canada’s largest forest

wge holding company will ‘products com

‘uy MacMillan Bloedel.

The consolidated net

‘earnings ‘wera ‘on $151.8
-, thillion
~ -Cimulated between Jan. 1

in .revenua ac-

and June 90, The revenues
‘wad ‘reflect 81 per
- gent of the’ results of

Calhilose Co. Lid.

‘Canadian
. ‘end 100 per cent of Kootenay
Forest Products Lid. and

Plateau Mills Ltd.

| Also reflected in the
are dividends from

"> glfering.
’ The provincial govern-
naento five free shares. .

in the corporation this
mummer to every eligible
_ British Columbian, with an
‘eption to purchase up to §,000

. (more. A total of 81,250,000
: aharep.-ware purchased

‘ylelding- the corporation —

edits

Lat (S487 Gi

pany.
' He cautioned
legislature . against
Mac Blo takeover
speculation, and accused the
New Democrat opposition of
having done 60 before.
‘The only..people it can
hurt, and did hurt at that
time when they. fueled
speculation, - .is the un-
suspecting investor in this
province. no
He said’ the “rumor bas
been transmitted to me and]

the

- content over: the

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PRANKS TERS FINED

the scene, Arndt said four
motoreyclists © then
stopped the Volvo tntil
police arrived.

Collins ordered Birbeck

to pay a $200 fine or spend
14. days in jail in default of
payment on the over .08
charge. Birbeck was
fined $100 on the second
charge.

Gerald Howard
Seymour pleaded guilty
to an impaired . driving

charg

Arai told the court the
charges were laid after
an accident July 7 near
the -corner of Lakelse
Avenue and Ottawa
Street. Arndt also said
_ Seymour admitted he did

would say members of this
house wouldnt unwittingly
once again | the un-
sophisticated atest in 3
very speculative venture
upon rumor.”
. Asked by. Charles Barber
(NDP ~~ Victoria) if he had
given specific instructions to

BCRIC not to buy Mac Blo,

the premier said Barber
shows ‘‘once again an
alarming Jack. of un-
derstanding of the private
sector.”

“BCRIC is not a Crown
corporation or a govern-
ment-controlled company
but in fact a public company

_operating within the public

sector.

Rock throwers

FRASER LAKE, B.C,
A. rock-throwing

oA nine-truck « “ COMVOY,

man picket: lines

dawn and was met by

several rock-throwing strik- .

members of the

"nobody was injured,

weit ‘placer “Developments: Lid ,
PALO énecurity: penx: Placer Of
seed he 5 igncorted: By ‘ming before't rent sane Pes Feb. 14.

Children impressed
by alcoholic parents

. ‘WIGTORIA (CP) — The old
that kids follow by ex-
is holding true in the

See eleabol, Says a report

commissioned by the

cent last year, with more
than 4,000 charges laid, says
the report.

Ht says nine of 10 adults in
British Columbia drink alco-
bolic beverages and one out
of three problem drinkers
admit to supplying alcohol to
their under-age children.

Jim Nielsen, consumer

Bridge reconstruction]

and corporate - affairs
minister responsible . for
Hquor control and ad-
ministration, sald minors
are causing problems in
licensed establishments,
He said the majority of
drinkers started imbibing at
age 16 and those currently in
their late teens or early 206
had their first taste of
alcohol at age 14. Legal
Grinking age in B.C, is 1

The study found that young
@rinkers are considered to be
the second moat serious
achool problem after drug

adults consider alcohol-re-
lated problems third after
inflation and unemployment
and ahead of pollution,
smoking and mental illness.

The study found that 11 per
cent of adult drinkers in the
province have a problem
with alcohol, Those people
tend to be males, aged 18 to
2 years, and they spend
more than $50 a month on
aleohol. ;

Nielsen said the study
found the majority of people
favor neighborhood pubs.

expected to be soon

A Ministry of Highways
spokesman has con-
firmedthat tenders have
‘been: received for con-
tracts to replace two
bridges; at Legate Creek

and St. Croix Creek, both
ated out in last ‘tall’s

kesman said
the pe stry received
bids, all over one

‘tuition bids fare, when
tenders were called July

*orimwood Con-
struction Co, Ltd. of
Vancouver bid $1,254,400,
Dura Construction of
Saanichton, 8.C. bid
$1,088,664, and Kingston
Construction of Burnaby
bid $1,244,104,

The ministry is con-
sidering the bids, said the
spokesman, and

a
’ decision is expected in

early August. The con-

CRTC to hear
NSF request

A news release from
B.C. Telephone Company
announced the’ company
has asked the Canadian
Radio-Television and
Telecommunications
, Commission to approve a
“ga charge to. customers
. for every NSF cheque the

*\campany receives for
e bills.
“andro from B.C.

ait Sat

Ll over 13,000 cheques
poturned for lack of funda
every and said the
estimated cost of han-

dling each of those
cheques totalled $5.05.
The amounts involved
last year alone are
estimated by B.C, Tel to
total over $1. 4 million.

The company also bald
a ruling eral cour’
and an Y earlier CRTC
Tuling stated the com-
pany had to apply for
permission to make
charge as an approved
tariff. If the tariff ap-
plication is approved,
B.C. Tel will issue public
notices .

tract calls for completion
of the two new bridges
within six months of the
contract award.

POLICE
NEWS

Late Monday night,
Terrace RCMP report a
high speed chase in-
volving a juvenile riding
a motorcycle from near
Kiti K’Shan School to
Craig Street, where the
juvenile apparently lost
control of the motorcycle
and went into a ditch,
Police said the incident is
still under investigation.

A fire near Copper
Mountain School early

Tuesday was ‘brought

under control by the
Thornhill Fire Depart-
ment, according to
RCMP. The fire is
believed to have been
caused by an abandoned

the campfire.

Police also report a
fight broke out near the
Lakelse Hotel and was
resolved by RCMP
without incident.

‘can’t

ts Lid),

not. have a driver's
license at the time of the
accident,

“Your driver’s license
be suspended
because you don't have a
license,” Collins told
Seymour, “but your right
to obtain a Neonoa
suspended.”

Seymour was ordered

to pay a $350 fine or spend

30 days in jail.

Garvin Lee English
pleaded guilty to an
impaired driving charge
dating from March 30
when he was involved ine a

_three-yehicle accident at
. the ‘intersectiun of the
Sande overpass and Keith -

Avenue. -.

“This ‘government ‘has
given no direction to the
oe eg” Bennett

BCRIC shares will begin
next week and again urged
shareholders te hang on to

Arndt: stated a pickup
driven by English failed
to stop, then rear-ended a
green Pinto, which. in
turn hit a motorcycle,

Arndt also said English
attempted to leave the
scene of the accident
after speaking to an

attending police officer, .

but == prevented from

a aeaish was tined $350,
or given 30 days in
default. .

Carl Lenard Radford,

. 17, pleaded guilty to an

impaired driving charge.

The court was told the
charge was laid after an
incident June 31, when a
vehicle driven by Rad-

BCRIC may buy MacMillan Bloedel

their shares.
The coming nctwre revenue:
cture presented.
Tuesday by the resources
corporation cannot be
compared with the same
last year because

period
BCRIC was not incorporated
until February of 1978.

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ford was found in a ditch
on the 5000 block Keith

- Judge frowns on bikers trip into:

After Radford told the

court he had a
learner's license, Collins

replied: “‘It’s unlikely -

you'll be able to get a
‘river's license for some
time.”
wit So dave. malt

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default.

In court Monday, Brian
Ross Gibson pleaded
guilty to a charge of
causing a disturbance. in

a public place by being ©

WEATHER

The Terrace weather
office predicts a few
clouds and. isolated

‘showers this morning,
sunny

turning into
periods in the afternoon.

Highs are expected to |

reach 21 degrees Celcius,
with lows reaching about
14 degrees.

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charges followed an

Incident June 8, when’
police were called to the

B.C, Telephone office at

3228 Kalum Street.
Bishop sald Gibson

threatened to smash a

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phones displayed im- to pay a $60 fine with 3 “eke:
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Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine
"BY-LAW NO. 115

Notice to the taxpayers of the Thornhill, Lakelse Lake,
New Remo, Old Remo, Usk, Jackpine Flats, Copperside,
Spring Creek, Deep Creek, Dutch valley, Kleanza Creek

and Gossan Creok areas.

over the specified area and the District of Terrace. The
present cost sharing arrangement Is on the basis of
population and requires a. one-third contribution from the

Specified Area and twa-thirds contribution from -the

District of Terrace. ~ i

This Is to inform the residents of the area outlined on the
map, that the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine Intends

to amend the cost sharing by-law, with the District of
Terrace, for the Terrace-Arena-Swimming Pool Complex,
in order that the net operational costs of the aforemen-
tloned facllities be apportioned on the basis of assessment

:

The new cost sharing arrangement will allow participation
on the basis of assessment ta a maximum mili rate to be
specified when the contract for service is entered Into. The
contract for service will be renewable every three years.

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