Sr ee ee ee f RUPERT STEEL a salve LTD. TERRACE-K]TIMAT ‘OPPER BRASS | ALL METALS _ & BATTERIES 1 MOK. - SAT. ra | . . - OPEN TIL 5 p.m. ; [Location Seal Cove Yhone 624-5638 my VOLUME 72 No. 121 THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1978 by Scott Browes .An accldent at the Earocan Pulp and Paper dock on the Douglas Channel in = Kitimat Ruesday night . sent Raymond Thiffault, of Kitimat, to hospital where js dled at 11:30 p.m. - RCMP are investigating the death which ap occurred after Thiffault was hit by a fork-lift truck, -- Worker's Compensation T Death at Eurocan dock Board of British Columbia and RCMP officials held back Eurocan In- vestigators for about two. hours before the com- Pany's central safety committee engaged on the investigation of the case. - Industrial relations supervisor at the mill, Larry Belts, sald “We were up ail night working on the accident. The central . safety committee and vice- president fn charge of the dock area started a meeting at 2 a.m. to review the accident, attempt to out a cause and contributing factora, in] order that . recom- mendations be made -to prevent thie happening again.” The meeting lasted untll 6:30 a.m. . Investigation by RCMP, WCB and Eurocan con- tinues. . Family violence committee — organized in Terrace very successful workshop was held at the Northwest Community College last week in Terrace: attended by elghty delegates from as far afidd Telegraph Creek and iskut, A task force from the United Way were in town to conduct the workshop which has been funded by the non alcoholic use of drugs ‘branch. The task force spent two days' in the Queen Charlottes - conducting the same workshop. Workshop coordinator Lil Farkvam said she was ex- tromely onaney with the success warkahep, both with ine” number 0 peopis who attended and: the “tone” of ‘the sessions. “Everyone was very positive and T fee] a lot of good things workshop.’ The main ‘subjects discussed were in regard to the other seasion. wife battering and child abuse. Resource people were on hand to answer questions, Donni Patterson from Burns Lake, a battered wife herself, set a very emotional atmosphere for the participants. Cathy Kerr gave an account of life at ‘Ishtar, a transition house in Langley, which Is working very successfully to provide emergency shelter to women and children who have been beaten, Averil Hare and Jode Macharen from the Child Abuse team, conducted AD ex- cellent film was shown:— other resource persons in- cluded Joann Robertson from f cowwelling anf Lon Bristol from Com-. munity Law Services in ‘Smithers, will come from the two days - At the plenary sessions, many participants ex- ir deep concerns for the number of cases of "Roger Dut Duty New ‘superintendent of parks and “Tf Gon't know what ever happened to the slogan Terrace is because it is terrific." That seems to sum up © Roger Dufty's enthuslagm for Terrace which be has rejoined as district - recently superintendent of patks, recreation and touriam, Dulty, who took over the position from Bill Casey, was recreation and acquati¢ director in town before’ and involving. people in all involved with people in an effort to get them to enjoy thelr Ieisure tlme to a far greater extent than they do,” Dufty believes Terrace has as good a. recreation program as any nada, but there is a BRO ting people to clpate fully in the activities, ¢ - Acco to figures from asurvey taken last year, the top fen summer and winter activities were catered to in Terrace. | slammer the nunber ee was 8 camping, in a close second, while in winter skiing and skating rated first with snow ‘question because lem get+ recreation iling rating igh. mepalle added that “‘doing nothing’’ finished quite highly as a winter activity.) The survey was un dertaken last year by the district as a prelude to drawing up a five-year recreation plan and although Putty did inet want to > BO inte on the survey findings because it 15 still before the recreation commission, he did say a number of concerns ‘were evident, by the survey rents far as recreation facilities go, Dufty sald Terrace has ev needs right now with ihe exception of a community centre which there is a definite noed for, “But whether = it’s alatable and “Pye always wanted to be politically ‘ je at this time is in of the economic situation,” Dufty said. Dufty, who is married and has four children, predic- tably spends much of his spare time in keep-fit ac- tivities such? as cycling, and weightlifting. rane ub Ww feels has’ developed into ‘one says he is building a recreation department which serves the. needs of the people in Terrace. teams in the wife battering and child abuse in this area. In the evening, three films were shown which covered educating the teacher to recognize the abused child, interviews with battered wives and a film on the steps being taken in the States to help the abuser and the . abused, Also in the evening, ap- proximately thirty people attended a publie meeting. A film was shown on child abuse and a panel of resource people answered questions from -the -con- cerned public. As a result of that meeting the Family Violence Com- weitere ey on Tuesday, June 20 at the Kermede Friendship Society, (Coverage on this meeting will be tomorrow's paper.) Hunger ‘Strike... ih P.G. pon. PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. (CP) — Prisoners at the Prince George Regional Correction Centre were refusing to eat today, con tlhulng a hunger strike which began Tuesday following complaints that had been seen near‘a kitchen sink, ‘ Centre director Harry . Rafuse said he has asked a health inspector to visit the centre and that anything contrary to regulations will be corrected immediately. Prisoners complained that maggots were found in spme meat. Rafuse said a side of beef was cut up in the butcher shop and the trailing . pan which . catches “waste products was not cleaned, so that after a few days maggots were found. : cover: cedar animal is on one of the totem poles to be erected in front of the new recreation complex in the Village. The ‘pole includes the frog, a Halibut and man-like head atop. This frog Is not a Uny one as found in the swamps - it’s over four feet long, More on the new centre on page two, eu EE EEE MILLION DOLLAR LOTO MYSTERY! Rumours that a Terrace resident. won $1 million in the June Loto Canada draw remain unconfirmed because of the-reluctance of the winners to have their names published. . When The Herald telephoned one of the alledged winners, Ray Flaherty, he denied _having won the lottery. Flaherty did say he knew oné of the winners, but would not reveal the person’s hame,. A telephone call to Loto Canada failed to un-- | :% -- the. winners’ : identities since the -cor-. [isa ~~