The simulated crash of a jumbo jet that fire on the runway will be Terrace Airport at1p.m. in conjunction with fire prevention week. The fire hal] will have an open house with coffee served after catches demonstrated at Satu iret}; ghters put out their blaze, a mock-up using a steel culvert as fuselage as seen in the snapshot above. Firefighters will stage the same demonstration for school kids on Friday, so anyone seeing the smoke has no cause for alarm. Police t Herald Staff ‘Terrace municipal . hall will be expanded at a coat of about $72,000, largely to accommodage additional RCMP space within the building. Terrace council boted Monday night to approve the cost of the expansion which will give the hall an ad- “ditional 1,360 square feet to be built onto the southwest corner of the building. The ground floor of the extension will house two ambulance bays and 7 storage facilities for the By Ann Dunsmuir Herald Staff Writer Aldermen elected in 1976 to Kitimat District Council have had their terms in office shortened by one month. Council voted Tuesday to ammend __ the Kitimat Municipal Code to bring it into accordance with the B.C. Municipal Act which states that inaugural council meetings must be held. in December instead of January, Under the new regulations, Alderman Fran Buschert, Laurie Leblanc and Max Patzelt will serve only 23 months of their two- year term. . Council also “- asked municipal clerk Ben de Kleine to prepare a bylaw which would change the terms of office for an aldermen elected in 1979 ta one year instead of the usual two. If the bylaw passes all members of council will end their terms of office in November, 1979 and the entire council elected in 1980 will sit until 1982. ; Mayor George Thom said he believes biennial elec- tions will generate more voter interest than the present system in which half of council stands for election annually. Council also passed the assessment bylaw for 1978. Members adopted Option A of the B.C, Assessment Act which means municipal assessment levels will be identical to thdse used by the province for school and hospital revenues. ere are assessment levels for 1978: residential is 15 per cent of market value; commercial is 25 per cent of market value; primary industry is 30 per cent of market value. Aldermen Fran Buschert asked council to authorize construction of two bars at Riverlodge Recreation Hall,. 654 West Columbia St....¢:..: _ She described the present “in ‘the . Snowbird Develop: - ‘bar facilities, consisting af two tables as “un- nacceptable. We charged will also be hel and close at 8 p.m, Civic election. dates set ; . Herald Staff ‘ ; Nominations for three Kitimat aldermen, three school trustees and one regional board member will be held in the conference room of the municipal offices, 270 City Centre, Oct. 31 from 10.a.m. to noon. The advance Poll for the Nov. 19 municipal election at the municipal offices. The poll wil] be open from noon to 5:30-p.m. Nov. 15 through 18. On election day polls will be located in the main lobby of Kitimat General Hospital, the Anglican” Church Hall on Kingfisher Avenue, the First Baptist Church Hall on Columbia Avenue, the Presbyterian Church Hall at Malabina Boulevard and council chambers, Kitimaat Village. Polls will open at 8 a.m. Explosion may be related to kidnap SHERBROOKE, Qu. CP) — Police are investigating the possibility that an ex- plosion that rocked a food store here is related to the Charles Marion kindapping case, which enters its 69t day today. anonymous call was received at the offices of the newspaper La Tribune at about 5 p.m, EDT Tuesday, provincial policeman Carol Gaudet said Wednesday. “In that which concerns the Marion afiair, reprisals will begin in a matter of, hours...Beware,”” Gaudet quoted the caller as saying. One hour later a half stick of dynamite exploded at a Steinberg Ltd. food store .in the Carrefour de |’Estrie shopping centre, causing an estimated $3,000 in damages. Although there were 21 employees in the store at the time, no injuries were reported. . st week, the kidnappers demanded that the two couriers who made attempts to drop off a ransom be replaced by Marion's son Pierre and family friend Jean-Paul Fouquet. “The kidnappers promised “blood, blood anti more blood” if the demand was not met. Pierre Marion told the kidnappers: in a television broadcast Monday he and Fouquet were willing to deliver the $500,000 ransom. _ A fire here early Wed- nesday which claimed two lives was also being in- vestigated for possible links with the Marion case, although a dlice spokesman said he ere is any connection. The kidnappers’ threats violence came shortly after . the third unsuccessful ransom drop attempt. Marion, a 57-year-old manager at the Caisse Populaire de Sherbrooke Est, was taken from his cottage in nearby Stoke by two hooded, armed men Aug. 6, EUGENE, Ore. (AP) ~ A second Knievel is on his way into the ranks of those willing to risk injury for money. ; Nic Knievel, 37, brother of Evel and formerly a car dealer, will try car leaping Sunday in Yakima, Wash. Evel Knievel has been known for jumping his motorcycle over various collections of buses. -The jump is in connection with a stock car race. loubts ~ Council election terms no longer staggered the going rental of $400 an evening and asked people to use a table for a bar.” Buschert said, ~ She pointed out that Riverledge was the only place large enough for some groups so that they had to put up with non-existant air conditioning and = un- satisfactory washrooms. Alderman Ron Burnett said the bar could be in- cluded in lanned renovations to the lodge if the bylaw is approved by referendum. inthe November election. Buschert’s motion to build the bars right away was defeated. Council approved a bylaw authorizing the im- provement and paving of Meldrum Street. Cost is estimated at $128,500 with half the expense to be borne by the property owners. Council also approved onstruction of paved roads ment at a cost of $133,000 under the same terms. A bylaw was passed to ammiend the fefinition of the word site in the municipal code restricting application of the therm to on registered lot. The definition now reads: “an area of land occupied, or capable of bein occuppied, by buildings or structures and consisting of one registered 0 Until now owners could build on one lot and use an adjoining lot to satisfy site and yard regulations. The second lot could, later be sold making the building on the first lot a non- conforming structure over which the municipality had -not control. Employment and iv Canada Employment Centre - space within Emergency Health Services Program, freeing existing space used for the ambulances for conversion into an exhibit room for the RCMP. -Terrace police are currently crowded into two offices within the building. Inspection and permit services for _ municipality will be located in the second storey of the addition, leaving additional e existin building for other municip urpeses. Council has already set aside about $72,000 in a reserve fund and are hoping that public tender will be received within that range. The reserve fund will eventually be repaid in 10- years from rental of the emergency services. The question arose ag to whether RCMP could use the public health offices, also located on the lower floor of the existin building, because public health will be moving into the health and ‘human resources complex scheduled for completion in Council was told RCMP plan to use the entire floor of “Tt was also’ decided. to request more detailed in- - formation from local RCMP as to their operations beause the department is such 4 large expense to the municipality. It was suggested that lice report verbally to the hance committee on a. regular basis to keep council - posted on RCMP activities. Immigration Canada Came With Columbus Some observers believe ‘that eggs and chickens reached the Western, Hern: isphere with the second voyage of Columbus in 1493. They don’t say which got off the boat first—the chicken or the egg. . Emploi et ; Immigration Canada Centre d'Emptoi ‘du Canada ATTENTION EMPLOYERS the U.L.C. will present a FREE SEMINAR THE RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS On 18 Oct. at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. At 4630 Lazelle Ave. Terrace The seminar will fast approximately 2 hours, . The reason will be Ilmited ta 12 persons, space Is avaliable by Reser- | vation only. Please Phone Jim Parfrey at 635-7134 fo Reserve Space. the © . A zoning dispute between Mickey Johnson Recreations Ltd. and ‘Terrace council appears to be nearing resolution since the two sides met last week to discuss a land use con- tract. Johnson and the district have been involved in ac- tions and counter-actions pertaining to zoning of the 4700 block Lazelle Avenue and particularly involvin Johnson’s ski shop whic council has been insisting must conform with zoning regulations for that block. Terms and conditions: of the land use contract were discussed by the two sides, including square footage 872,000 addition o get more room regulations, construction commencement date of May 1, 1978, completion date of Setp. 30, 1978, and other physical conditions. There would also be a provision to place $10,000 in trust with an independent third party with written authority that the money would be forgeited to the district of commencemnt and completion dates are not adhered to. The land use contract will have to‘be signed no later than October 28. Terrace council may go ahead with a study to construct a veneer or plywood plant in town despite warnings that the establishment of such a plant may end up being a money-losing project. Council met with ‘local woods industry represen- tatives last week and also with Bill Stothert, . of Stothert Management Ltd., a firm which could conduct preliminary studies on the plant if given to go ahead by eouncil. Stothert discussed the feasibility of the plant, pointing out that veneer and plywood plants have generally been successful in B.C. Such a plant could create jobs, improve trade and improve the tax base, Stothert said. THE HERALD, Thursday, October 13, 1977, PAGE 3 ~ Rep esentatives of local woods’ oriented companies, however, stated that the plant could take the profits of log and pulp operatjons. Stothert replied that, all three operations could work harmoniously. Council voted to look into the availability of er grade logs, the effect of a plant on the supply of pulp, chips and logs, and the availability of rants through the federall DREE program for a study. If results of the in- vestigation are favorable, a prelimary study will be considered. roviding a training program earn new skills. BCTEL What is the main issue in the current labour dispute between . B.C. Tel and the Telecommunications Workers’ Union? . The report of Federal Conciliation Commissioner Dr. Noel Hall has been one of the major topics in the current negotiations. B.C. Tel has indicated that almost all of the Hall Report's recommendations are acceptable. However, the Report fails to provide satisfactory solutions to. -some areas of major concern to our customers, our employees and the Company. This is a brief explanation of the major issue: Wheat is at stake is the Companys ability to choose the most economical manner of providing services to its customers. The Company believes it must have the ability to purchase goods ard services at the lowest possible price consistent with quality. This policy will not, in any way, endanger employees’ jobs. - The Company’s proposal guarantees that no historical telephone work regularly performed by a B.C. Tel employee will be contracted out. In addition, the Company's proposal guarantees that no employee as of January 1, 1977 and future employees who attain two years continued service, would be laid off due to the introduction of new equipment, improved services, or systems. When new technology changes the job of an existing employee, the Company's proposal commits the Company to or that employee so that he or she can In connection with this issue, B.C. Tel does not believe it is entitled to enter irito an agreement which could result in _ increased rates for our customers. ROTEL) B.C. Tel is regulated by the CRTC and they have stated, “we can disallow for rate making purposes any unlawful, improper or . imprudent expenses.” The Company has been directed to “contribute - every possible effort to achieve economies wherever they can be ound...” B.C. Tel believes that further negotiations could settle the current differences between the Union and the Company and remains willing to review outstanding issues with the Union with a view to ’ + obtaining a contract that is fair to our employees and which will permit the Company to meet its obligations to its customers. are | Perg et