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HEALTH UNIT.

Thom wants Terrace |

Members of city council
Monday night accused
Mayor George Thom of
Kitimat of creating a break
in the normally good
relations between the twa
cities.

Mayor T Thom has
suggested to the Regional
District Council that the
entire cast - less Provincial
grants - of the new District
Health Unit be assumed by
the District of Terrace.

“After our sincere ettorts
to cooperate with the
Regional District our
situation is changing as a

result of Mayor Thom trying
to load Terrace with the
entire cost of the Health
Unil,”’ Alderman Alan
Soutar complained.

‘The tirade by almost all
members of council against
Mayor Thom came up during
discussions concerning
Terrace’s share of the im-
provements to the marina in
Kitimat and to the Ski Hill,
The marina improvements
will cost $150,000, the Ski Hill
improvements $155,000.

“Let's not again give in to
the free spending of Kitimat
and the Regional Council,”
Alderman Soular added.

Tories want
House recall

OTTAWA (CP) — Op-

- position political critics

repeated their demands for
anearly recallof Parliament
Tuesday after the govern-
ment reldased statistics
showing a rising trend in na-
tional unemployment rates
during August.

. Statistics Canada said the
seasonally adjusted jobless
rate last. month increased to
8.5 per cent of the country’s
work force from 8.4 per cent
in July.-

Although the  unem-
ployment rate was higher,
35,000 fewer people—a total
of 692,000 compared with
927,00 in July— could not
find work. ,

James McGrath, a
Progressive Conservative
spokesman, said the August
figures demonstrate that
“nine per cent unem-
ployment next year and 9.5
per cent in 1930 could very
well become a cruel reality.”’

‘ McGrath, the PC soctal af-
fairs critic, wants the
government to introduce a
new budget that includes
personal income tax and
federa! sales tax cuts to
encourage more spending by
consumers. There should
also Be a tax credit aimed at
stimulating investment in
Canadianowned small
businesses, he said.

Bigamist fined

NANAIMO, B.C. (CP) --
Gerrit Getea Vos, 22, of
Courtenay, B.C. was fined
$700 or 30 days imprisonment
Tuesday after pleading

guilty toa charge of bigamy »

TO BE EXECUTED

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ---
Somalla’s national security
court imposed Tuesday the
death sentence on 17 army
officers convicted of staging
an abortive coup against
President Mohamed Siad
Barve last April 9. Somali
radio, in a broadcast

. monitored heré, said the 17
would be executed by firing
squad, It did not say when
the sentences would be
carried out.

in provincial court in this
Vancouver Island commu-
nity,

Judge Alfred Scow said the
fine was meant as a
deterrent since Vos could

have faced a maximum,

sentence of flve years in
prison. ;
Crown counsel Terry Ryan
said the second marriage
was no accident and
produced a police statement

in which Vos said he knew he
was “doing something
wrong.”

Testimony showed Vos
married Sabina Babeock in
May, 1976. He later tried
unsuecessfully to annull the
mafriage and married
Shelly , Jane Connor in
March, 1978. :

Alderman Helmut
Giesbrecht suggested that
the improvements to the

Marina would be a taxpayer —

subsidy for the four. percent
of the population lucky

- enough to own a boat. They

tell us the money will be
relurned out of increased
revenue, but will it,
Giesbrecht asked.

Alderman Bob Cooper
noted that the number of
users of both the marina and
ski hill is steadily increasing,
the entire situation revolves
around good faith between
the parties involved. He
suggested another meeting
with Regional members, to
clear the air,

Alderman Vic Jolliffe who
is not normally noted for his
quick cooperation when it
comes lo Spending money,
this time pointed out that
Kitmnat would be paying the
largest share of ski hill
improvements. The. hill is
located much’ closer to
Terrace than to Kitimat.

“We already have close to
a million dollars tied up in
the ski hill, if another
$150,000 will substantially
increase useage of the
facility we should go along .
with it,” Jolliffe suggested.

Atthe moment we have an
“expert’ hill, but 80 percent
of the skiers are at the in-
termediate level. These
improvements will give the.
majority of skiers a fairer

’ deal,” Jolliffe said.

.Affer more discussion,
during which Alderman
David Pease noted that he
still believes the facility was
built in the wrong’ area and
no more money should be
spent on it, the mation to
participate in both the
marina and. ski hill im-

‘provements was passed.

Maroney livid

Mayor C.D.

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H hamgigius

Maroney. of Terrace was

livid with rage at Monday night’s council .
| meeting when. Alderman Vic Jolliffe
questioned'a payment of $5,028 to Terrace

Equipment Sales.

The alderman asked what the money
_.Was for, and if public tenders had been

” called.

“lt may be my company,” the Mayor .
snapped, “but | have good sales people
-working there. | had nothing to do with
it,” the Mayor added.

No one at the meeting could clarity
whether or not tenders had been called,
however the Mayor asked city staff to
investigate and report back to council.

The equipment purchased was a new
lawn mower for the Park’s Department.
The purchase had been included in the

annual budget, tut

of course not who

would be providing the equipment.

“| was away, and didn’t even sign that
cheque,” the Mayor.concluded.

“All purchases of this size should
require public tender,” Alderman Jotlitfe

shot back,

Booze reaches
new high

VICTORIA (CP) -- About

17 percent of the products on
liquor store shelves in
British Columbia will in-
crease in price Oct. 1, 4
spokesman for the Liquor
Distribution Branch said
Tuesday. - *
’ John Usher, LDB commu-
nications manager, said in-
creases will probably affect
hit imported: wines and
liquors the most because of
the devalued Canadian
dollar.

[tis unlikely that all prices
would increase al any one

review date, Usher said, but
some changes will be
necessary next month in
view of the struggling dollar,

Tex Enemark, deputy con-
sumer and corporate affairs
minister, said some drinkers
have acquired a taste for
wine and United States beer
as a result of the recent labor
dispute in the brewing in-
dustry. It will be several
months before the breweries

- can judge whether sales of

the local product have been
permanently damaged.

Gas users “brutally _
victimized” by strike

Residents of ap-
proximately 118 new homes
in West-Central B.C. are
being “harshly victimized”
by the strike of local 213,
International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, against
Pacific Northern Gas Ltd., a
company spokesman said

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“Natural gas furnaces
have been installed in ap-
proximately 118 new

' residences in the company’s

service area and the Union
has refused to connect the
houses to gas mains,” said
Bob O'Shaughnessy, Vice
President and General
Manager of Pacifte Northern
Gas. “The labour relations
board has been asked to
assist us in getting these
homes served but indicated
itis powerless to interfere.”
A union spokesman in
Terrace commenting on the
company release said the
company is trying to use its
customers as pawns in a
three month fight with the
union over certification.
“We certainly don't want
the customers to suffer, but
if we connected all the gas
mains to residences and
businesses, the company
would simply. ignore us for

Premier

CRANBROOK, B.C. (CP)
— Rumors of .an impending
provincial election are just
speculation without any
basis, Premier Bill Bennett
said Tuesday in this
southeastern British Co-
lumbia city. .

“I'm not feeding any

., @leetion, ramors,,” he said.
7 >oBepnettsqid “ins an ~ ine.
: terview that he has read that
~ elections are fought on the

basis of issues. There are
“many of importance today
where a government would

_need a strong mandate,” he

- said

the rest of the winter,” the
spokesman said.

LACK HEAT

Mr. O'Shaughnessy added,
“Some communities we
serve already are ex-
periencing freezing tem-
peratures at night and we
are receiving calls from
families pleading with us to
do something abaut the lack
of heat and hot water in their
homes,"” PNG services the
area west of Prince George,
including Prince Rupert,
Kitimat, Terrace, Van-
derhoof, Fort St. James,
Fort Fraser, Fraser Lake,
Burns Lake, Houston, Telk-
wa and Smithers.

About 38 members of
IBEW have been on strike
against PNG since early
June in the course of
negotiations for a first
contract,

Union spokesmen claim
they have made con-
siderable concessions since
their first demands, and
have been through three
different arbitrators and
have asked for an Industrial
Inquiry Commissioner which
the company has refused.

“We, the union, are also
concerned over the fact that

said. .

Rafe Mair, | provincial
Minister of Consumer .and
Corporate Affairs said in
Kamloops Saturday he
thinks an election will be
held in the spring. He also
he is ready for an
election when it is called and

‘7 Ls confidgnt.the Social Credit “* he
: in it: " Fesent: first - mintetars’

Mth Social Credit govern-
ment -was elected — in
December .1075,. defeating
the former New Democratic
Party government.

While the Premier set no

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the company does not have
sufficient staff to operate:
safely over a proloned period
of time. This becomes more’
crucial as the weather gets
colder,” the IBEW
spokesman added. .

Other than residences the
moet seriously effected site
in Terrace will probably be
the new Skeena Shopping
Centre which has not yet
been connected to natural:
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Two other businesses in

town are also awaiting gas
connections before opening
new businesses.

_The company has asked,
through the LAB that the
striking workers make the
connections, ‘‘as an
emergency measure” at the
current rate of pay and this
would be adjusted when the
strike ended and negotiated
pay rates were finally set-

The IBEW refused to do
the work and LRB refused to
prevent picketting of others
who would do the work.

IBEW have continually
stated that other trades
would respect their picket
lines if non-union employees
attempt to install gas con-
nections.

discounts rumors

time for a provincial elec-
tion, he said that one is
needed at the federal level.
“Federally, I think we
should have an election to
clear the air,” he said.
“We have a lame duck
government,” he said, which
is not carrying out the
pocals agreed to at the

conference, . ny
. Bennett, on a. tour of the
city, met for discussions with
: Mayor Ty Colgur and council
and a local senior citizens
group. . :

Electoral area residents
object to recreation levy

The Regional District of
Kitimat-Stikine wants to
reduce the share they pay
toward recreation and
cemetery facilities located
within Terrace.

In a letter addressed to the
Mayor and Council and
signed by Mrs, Alice Chen-
Wing, Director, Electoral
Area C, and Mr. Les Wat-
mough, Director, Electoral
Area E, ‘they said, “As
directors from the specified
area that is involved in the
cost, sharing for the Terrace
atend- and swimming pool
operations and the Terrace
cemetery operations we
have received many ob-
jections from taxpayers who
are concerned with the fact
that a higher mill rate is
levied upon them than upon
Terrace taxpayers.”

Based upon these protests,
the following resolution was
adopted by the August
meeting. of the Regional
District of Kitimat-Stikine:

asa that because of the

continuing discontent of
taxpayers in Electoral Areas
Cand E, that Administration
prepare a proposal for
amending the special benefit
area bylaw on cost sharing of
the arena-swimming pool
and cemetery.
. The two directors asked
that a meeting be arranged
during which their proposals
could be discussed.

Who is interfering with whom

Who was interferring with
whom, and why, and who
should offer advice, was the
main question of an
argument between aldermen
at Monday night's council
meeting.

Commenting on a four part
resolution which would in
effect turn ovér the
responsibility for Terrace’s
aificial plan to Regional
Pianner Craig Campbell,
alderman Helmut

Giesbrecht remarked, “We
have apparently gone into a
new area in municipal
spending. H you want lo
build an outhouse you must
have an expert design it, and
then an expert to build it.
Why can’t our own staff do
the job?” he asked.

“The Regional District
planner will get our staff but
he will not be responsible to
us,’’ Giesbrecht complained.

Alderman Soutar whois an

architect by profession said
the Regional planner is the
right man for the job and,
‘Gnterference by some
members of council into
highly technical matters
kept our planner busy,"’

Giesbrecht asked Soutar if
he had any proof of in-
terference, if not, “don't
make allegations,” :

Alderman Vic Jolliffe
entered the fray to suggest it

was more likely that a man
who was an architect and a
planner would Interfere with
the local planner. ,
David Pease noted that if a
member of councll has a
particular expertise and is
willing to donate it to the
city, ‘“we should be
grateful". '
“E's people who claim
special knowledge but have
none. that we have to wo
about,” Pease concluded.

Commenting on the
proposal Alderman. Vic
Jolliffe noted that Thornhill
and Lakelse area may well:
have a beef about ‘their
share. Jolliffe pointed out
that the cost sharing scheme
could be amended by the
Regional District, however
the District of Terrace could
simply ot ae and that
would be the end of any cost
sharing arrangements.

City staff was instructed to
prepare a report on the
actual cost of operating the
facilities under discussion ag
soon as possible. Mayor
Maroney noted that a
meeting with the Thornhill
Lakelse representatives
should be held before the”

next regular Regional
District meeting scheduled
for September 29.

Alderman Helmut
Giesbrecht asked if any
thought had been given to
renting the arena to Thor-
nhill ona regular basis since
residents from Thornhill use
the arena about 50 percent of
the time anyway.

Alderman Jack Talstra
pointed out that many other
facilities such as parks dre
used by area résidents for
which Terrace receives no
cost sharing at all. °

Mayor Maroney pointed
out that either district could
call a referendum and opt
out of any cost sharing
scheme completely.

Food prices

decline .

VICTORIA (CP) — The
Vancouver average food
basket price declined .13 per
cent during the four-week
period ended Aug. 23, the
British Columbia agriculture
ministry reports.

In its monthly Food
Markets report, the ministry
said Tuesday there was a
large decline in the fresh
vegetable component which
offset small increases in the
other components.

The report said the latest
price is 12.07 per cent higher
than one year ago, but only
16.64 per cent higher than
two years ago at this time.

It said the fresh vegetable
component declined 19.4 per
cent from the previous four
weeks. Largest drop was 45
per cent by potatoes,

“Increasing supplies of
B.C. potatoes and heavy
competition from
Washington during the first
two weeks of August de-
pressed prices
dramatically," the report
said.

Tomato prices dropped 10
to 3) per cent a pound

13%

because of Increased sup-
plies from central Califor-
nia, and retail turnip prices
dropped four to 10 cents aA
pound, following a producer
price reduction.

The report said extra
heavy supplies of field
cucumbers from the Fraser
Valley and B.C, Interior
Jowered retail cucumber
prices 15 to 20 per cent,

It sald banana prices are
at an all-time low, dropping
by nine to 15 cents a pound in
moet retail stores. '

“These lower prices are a
result of reduced demand, a
traditional occurrence
during the sammer months
as a larger variety of fruits
are available."

The agriculture ministry
said another factor is the
entrance of Del Monte into
the West Coast market,
causing strong competition
for Dole and Chiquita.

The price for bananas is
expected to rise about 29
cents a pound within the next
two or three weeks, however,
the report said, and remain
steady untll the end of the
year,

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