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THURSOAY, DECEMBER 15. 1977

VOLUME 71 NO. 157

by Leon Prusko
An _ accident, —_ap-
parently caused by icy
road = conditions — in
Terrace, Wednesday,

In the ditch
occurred at Queensway
in front of the Skeena
Valley Trailer Court.

A truck loaded with
wood waste belonging to

Gibbs

and
collided with a tractor
vehicle belonging to
Dragon Lake Equipment.

McGillis

According to one

eyewitness, the McGillis
& Gibbs truck appeared

RCMP race to the scene

to have started into a spin °

approaching the curve

and despite the efforts of

the driver of the on-
coming vehicle to avoid it
by pulling over to the
right as far as possible,
clipped the approaching

tractor’s rear with its
front end, The skidding
vehicle conintued its slide
ending up in the ditch
having completed a 360

The oncoming vehicle

degree turnaround.
Charges have been laid
against the driver, RCMP
said. The police also said
a number of ‘fender

benders’ had occurred
by noon, Wednesday,
caused by the slippery
driving surfaces brought
on by rain falling onsnow.

CP Rail To Take

Canadian Pacifie Ltd.
will take over the tug

barge and = trucking
operations of the Nor-
land Group of

companies on Jan. 1,
under a lease agreemtnt
signed Dec. 13, 1977.
orthland currently
provides a twice weekly
tug and covered barge

freight service between C.P

Bancouver and Kitimat;
a barge service from
Kitimat to other ports in
the area and a highway
service to Terrace,
Prince Rupert, Stewart,
Burns Lake and . in-
termediate points from
Kitimat trhough its
subsidiary. Skeena Motor

Ihe agreefient-- 2
provides for the leasing of

City gets
According to Kitimat
secretary Jo Ham-
merquist, the District of
Kitimat has received a
preliminary proposal for
commercial development.
of -a. portion of the City
Centre expansion area E
of Wakashan Avenue
from Mr, C. McGowan of
Cloverlawn Investments

McGowan proposes the
development to be
carried out in two stages.

Hotsprings

Repeated. attempts b
Herald staff to rea
Skoglund Hotsprings

Hotel Resort for two days -

uncovered the’ fact that
hetel has been without.
telephone service since
early Tuesday morning.
A logging truck inad-
vertently tore down the
telephone cables leading
to the switchboard, an

the B.C. Tel strike action

Board of

BY Donna Vallieres
Herald .. Staff Reporter
Terrace board of
variance will become a
legal entity when council
passes a by-law officiall
establishing the board,
‘The board of varienace
is a three-man body set
up to hear complaints
from property owners
whoa disagree with a
municipal zoning by-law.
Mayor Dave Maroney
explained the board is not
a new concept, since
Terrace had had one set
up ‘for years.” but with
the passage of the by-law,
it will become official.
Boards of variance are
in keeping with provin-
cial Ministry of
Municipal Affairs

RIGHTNUMBER
WRONG PHONE!

The phone number to call
for donations to the
Salvation Army in
Terrace in 015-6446, An
incorrect number — close
fhut wrong) was Inad-
vertenly given on
Tueaday’s front page.

Northland facilities and
equipment by Canadian
Pacific.for up to 6 years
with an option to pur-
chase the
outright.
Cnaadian Pacific will
lace operations of
orthalnd tug, barge and
road trasnsport with a
coastal marine division of

Northainds current
fleet of tugs and barges
and its existing terminal
facilities at Vancouver
and Kitimat will be
continued in uses.
The actual

marine

proposal

Stage One would in-
clude a ‘food store, some
one storey retail stores
and a fast food outlet.

Stage . Two would

provide additional one-

storey retail space and a
department store,
Kitimat Council has. the
matter under close study.
No cost estimate of either
of the two stages was
available Wednesday,
and no date for start or
completion of the project
was given.

Phones Out

has delayed repair
service, a spokesman
said, Wednesday. The
hotel was still acceptin
bookings however an
hotel routine was
otherwise interrupted. A

i Tractor
Christmas party,
scheduled for Saturday,
had reserved all avaiable
hotel rooms.

Variance |
‘regulations to review
individual grievances
relating to zoning,m
whether it is residential,
industrial or commercial,
The by-law has already
gone through — two
‘yeadings, and Mayor
Maroney does not expect
‘there will be any major
‘changes before adoption.
Formal adoption is ex-
pected to come either this
‘month or next.
The board will be made
‘up of three people, one
appointed by council, one
appointed by the Minister
of Municiapl Affairs and
Housing, and one ap-
pointed by the other two
members.

_ Not only can property
owners who feel they
have been “aggrieved”
by a’ counci] decision
appeal to the board, but
also) owners of non-
confromin: property
which has hee damaged
or destroyed.

Mobile home parks and
structural alterations ure
also reviewed by the
board, '

service .

but marketing and sales,
claims, co puter services
and accounting for the
two will be consolidated.

B.D. Margetts, general

Over

manager of CP Rails
coastal marine
operations said
mediate changes —
service to shippers are

im-

in: be

Northland Navigation

not contemplated,

“However, during the
next few months we will
examining the
possibility of increasing

the frequence of services
as well as improving
overall efficiency. We
recognize tthere is steady
growth potential for

School Tax Mill Rate Increase

C. Minister of
Education Pat McGeer
announced recently he
was advising school
districts that the 1978
Basic Mill Rate for
education has been set at
42.5 mills — an increase
o£ 5 mills over 1977.

“This means,’’ ac:
croding to B.C. Schjool
Trustees _ Association
resdent Cliff Adkins

milli

quirre
' from local taxpayers for-

the basic _ education
program. This is an in-
crease of 19 per cent over

“the 1977 figure of $422

million.

Meeting Was Important But Turnout Poor

Altendance was poor:
only 15 attended the
regular dinner and
business meeting of the
Terrace Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday night
at the Skeena Room of the
Terrace Hotel. It was
preceeded by the usual
cocktail hour.

A simultaneous
meeting of the Justice
Council, in the adjoining
banquet room at which a
resentation on the
(CMP “Batmobile” was
given could haye con-
tributed to the meagre
turnout, it was suggested.
Guest speaker, Nancy
Canary, Zone supervisor
witht eh Terrace Post
Office gave a soft-spoken
interpretation of the
Canada Postal Code and
distributed information
and presskits for in-
dividual use.

Following her talk, Ms.
Canary fielded a.number
of strongly worded, hotly

16500" fart,
ed

“We figure,” he con-
tinued, “‘that in view of
this large increase in
local taxation _—sthe
proportion of school
district operation costs
paid by the Province -will
decrease from 42 per cent
in 1977 to 37 per cent in
1978. :

“IT am asking — the
mInister of Education to
explain the Govern-
ment'g reasons for this

‘BMR? . Since
Government: came to
wer two years, ago it
s increased the B.M.R.
for educaiton purposes
from 26.5 mills to 42.5
mills.”’ we,

delivered questions and
complaints regarding the

ostal serrvice from

usinessmen and women
attending the meeting.

A more detailed ac-
count of the meeting will
appear in later issues of
the Herald.

- Among resolutions
passed at the meeting
were the following:

That the amber
retate meetings and
times and Terrace,
Lakelse, and Sandman's
hotels and Gom’s
restaurant be considered
for future luncheon and
dinner meetings of the
Chamber. Another
resolution approved
hiring Ted Tay or on a
contractual bais for
duties including
secretary-manager and
membership solicitation
at a rate of $500 per
month. These duties
would be handled on a
part. time basis.

fnéreage™ in the

_Fevruary 15,1978.

Information

EFFECT ON TERRACE
And how does this
‘affect Terrace?
According to Jack
Cook, chairman of the
‘Terrace (Skeena-Cassiar
School District No. 88)
region, the 1978 budget
be . carefully
reviewed as and when
additional information
becomes available prior
to the deadline date of

LUA peracber miata EEL apes

assured - the Herald
Wednesday, will reflect
no reduction in the
quality of education or
-the services offered to the
student. It will reflect the

« Committees struck
included a Canada Works
Project-communit:
entre
‘committee which would
also administer govern-
ment grants for 5 em-
ployees at the Tourist-
information centre. The 5
would include project
supervisor, clerk steno
and 3 aides.

Further information on
this project will also
appear in later issues of
the Herlad.

Other
struck
Transportation Com-
mittee to prepare a brief
on Highway 37, Kitimat
ferries and other tran-
sportation and com-
munication needs of the
north; a Forestry
Commietee. to prepare
information on the state
of that. ind;ustry as it
affects Terrace area; an
Industrial Development
Committee to attend

committees

Bebe RE EMRE te oe :howeyer;- that- Ww.
‘ephe final budge, Cook m

included as

concerns of my Board to
keep expenditures within
reasonable limits.”

“To answer your
question, I would aay that
on data available at this
time and based upon the
Minister's an- .
nouncement, this district
may be faced with a 3
mill increase over last
year’s 45.2 mills.

"Tl - would redict,
general ‘adjustment to
homeowners
assessments, - many
people will, in fact, pay
substantially less in
school taxes in the
coming year.”

regular meetings of the
Regional District and
report to the Chamber on
developments; a

Publication Commiettee
to produce a new Terrace
tourist and informational
brochure. (The present
brochure is in need of
updating and copies are

-in short supply), a travel

industry Commietiee
was also struck to in-
vestigate new per capita
grants for promotion and
to administer the tourist
portion of the new
(tourist) building from
May to September: also

‘to meet with council and

the minister of Tourism
and the YELLOWHEAD

Wa TRAVEL
REPRESENTATIVE,
The statement of

receipts and disubr-
sements by the Chamber
for the period ending
Noy. 30 was also
presenteand discussed.
The meeting adjourned
shortly after 10 p.m.

Terrace V.O.LC.E. Coordinator Report

‘The fellowing press
release was phoned in to
The Herald by Bill
Horswill, research co-
ordinator for the Labor
advisory — V.0.LC.E., In
Terrace. Horswill called
from Vancouver where
he is attending a labor
conference.

The B.C, Federation of
Labour has submitted a
written statement to the
West Coast Oil Ports
Enquiry urging the
Enquiry not be recessed
and that an exhaustive
Berger-style probe of the

oil ports issue continue.

In filing the submission
on behalf of
Federation and
Canadian Labour -
Congress, Secretarry-
‘Treasurer Len Guay was
sharply critical of
Enquiry = Cammissioner
Andrew ‘Thompson who
refused to atlow the

the
the

Federation and the CLC
to make a_ verbal
presentation.

“Qur Federation, the
Canadian Labour
Congress, and our af-
filiated unions are deeply
concerned about the
impact of a West Coast oil
port. We gave notice
when the formal hearings
began of our intent to
make a presentatiion
outlining the concerns of
the 2.4 million Canadian
workers were kpresent.

“When we learned
these hearings had heen
recessed we requested
ermission to appear
efore the summation
hearings lo argue for the
continuation of the
enquiry, :

“To find al the last
possible moment that we
are being denied an
oppartiinity to appear
before Dr. ‘Thompson's is
disturbing ta say the

least.

“There is just no valid
excuse for refusing to
hear our submission.”
Mr. Guay stated, “The
fFederation's CLC brief
argued the enquiry
should carry on with a
broad mandate to study
the issues relating to a
West Coast oi! port.

Specifically the
Federation proposes
that:

1, The question of an oil

rt be viewed in the

roader context of a
National Energy Policy.

2. The Enquiry — in-

vestigate statistics
supplied by the
multinational cor-

porations on oil supply
and demand to assess
their validity.

3% The Enquiry con-
time to place high
priorily oon the en
vironmental impact ona
port and super tanker

traffic, ,
4, The Enquiry
evaluate the impact on an

oil port on Native Land
Claims, :

5. The economic impact
of mass capital = in-
vestment in an oil port
should be considered:
specifically whether an
ol port would benefit
Canadians versus the
interests of the
multinationals and a U.S,
oriented continental
energy policy.

“To deny the BBC.
Federation of Labour and
the Canadian Labour
Congress an application
to appear before the
summation hearings
when the matler is of
such crilical importance
to the fulure of the nation
casts doubl on the entire
process oof fhe — in-
vestigations oof the
Inquiry’ Mr. Guay
goneluded,

freight moving to and
from B.C. communities.”’
he said. “By combining
the overall marketing
and operation expertise
within the Canadian
Pacific organization with
the experience of Nor-
thland personnel we are
confident we can build up
a more effective ser-
vice.” .

The Northland frieght
operation handles small

package and palletized
shipments, containerized
cargo, trailer-load lots
buil commodities and
industrial supplies and

equipment.
CP Rail's marine
operations provide

freight and passenger
service between down-
town Vancouver and
various points on Van-
couver Island.

the «i

Fred Won

Today, Fred Glover, of
Terrace is a very happy
man. Earlier this year he
was far from happt — in
fact he was quite worried. '

Back in April — about 8
months age, the Terrace
Herald printed a running
account of Fred’s battle
with Pacific Northern
Gas. The struggle was
also carried, Fred
remembers, on local
radio and television, at
that time.

However, the media,
Fred told the Herald,
Wednesday, has never
reported the outcome —
successful or otherwise.
Here is the story
briefly — including the
unreported conclusion as
Fred related it in our
hewspaper office this
week:

A Terrace resident for
23 years, Fred Glover had
been employed as an auto
mechanic for trucks and
heavy equipment
vehicles y Pacific
Northern Company. After
six years of service, he
and other employees:
noticed there was a
considerable discrepancy
in the wages they were
paid (hourly rates) and
those paid mechanics and
laborers who worked for
local Terrace garages.

Pacific Northern Gas
was paying $8.28 per hour
while loval garages were
piying $9.40. Getting
Howhere with PONG.
Glover (ried (a organize a

be

His Case
branch local of 1.B.E.W.,
but as soon as cer-
tification had been ap-
plied for, he was told that
as cost were too high, it
would be cheaper for
P.N.G. to contract
garage work out, and his
job was redundant...

Immediately the IBEW
union charged Pacific
Northern Gas with unfair
labor practices, Hearings
were held in June at
Terrace, followed by
another in Vancojuver in
August. The judge sitting
on the hearing was the
Vice-president of the
Labor Board, John
Gaigent.

The outcome was that
Pacfic Northern Gas was
found guilty of the charge
of unfair labour prac-
tices, and Fred Glover
was awarded $4,602
damages plus a further
$650 for two weeks wages
he had not had to work —
a total settlement of
$5,252. .

Glover could have had
his old job back with PNG
at higher union rates, but
thought under the = cir-
cumstances it would be
better to look elsewhere.

He appears to have
made a wise choice, as
the says he since been
employed hy B.C. Hydro
at the hourly rate of
Sita.

So that's the “Happy
Knding”. tor Fred
Gilaver, as be told it to us,
tus week