A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 3, 1995 STOP ieleSS Terrace to get psych beds TERRACE will get seven psychiatric beds under a pro- vince-wide plan to improve ser- vice outside the jower mainland. The announcement, made last week, follows a recom- mendaticn made last year. Altogether, northern B.C, is to get 50 beds — the seven here, 33 in Prince George, four in Dawson Creek and six in Vancouver for highly special- izedservice. The beds became available two years ago when the provin- cial government decided to close down the 550-bed Riverview hospital on the lower mainland. Michael Leisinger of Mills Memorial Hospital says the expectation is that the beds will be located at the hospital. Knifepoint robbers jailed A MAN who robbed a local person at knifepoint March 1st has been sentenced to one year in prison. Cyril Falconbridge, 22, of Sayward B.C., was convicted of robbery last Friday in Terrace provincial court. ‘Two days earlier a Terrace young offender who also partic- ipated in the robbery was sen- tenced to nine months in jail. The incident happened at 11 a.m. Mar. 1 in the bush area of the 4700-block of Haugland Ave. The teenage male victim was left bound at the scene. Forest fire extinguished WATER BOMBERS and helicopters were called in to battle a small forest fire that sent smoke plumes up over the north end of Lakelse Lake last weekend. The fire started Saturday after a debris-buming operation gol away and ran up a hillside, according to regional fire con- trol officer Wayne Stucklberger. Nine forest service fire- fighters were called in to assist the crew already there. Stucklberger said 2 DC-6 air tanker contained two sides of the fire with a load of fire retardant. Three helicopters were dumping water on the fire as well. About one and a half hec- tares burned and the fire was mopped up by the end of Monday, “We're in a moderate to a high hazard for the areas that are in the valley bottoms,” Stucklberger said. “Te’s unseasonably dry right nov,” he said, adding the bush hasn°t greened up yet. “With any wind at all it makes for an explosive fire situation.” All 15 forest fires so far this year in the northwest region have been escaped man- caused fires, he added. UNBC board meets here THE RELATIONSHIP between UNBC and its affiliat- ed regional colleges will be on the agenda at a meeting here Saturday. The -UNBC Board of Governors is holding a public meeting at 11 am., Saturday, May 6, at room 328 in the Coast Inn of the West. Among the issues up for discussion {s a report on region- al policy and inter-institutional relations. Also here this weekend al NWCC is the May 4-6 annual conference of the Consortium of Post-Secondary Education in Northern B.C. Topics include non-traditional university pro- grams, natlve education, co- Orenda deal dead | THE PROVINCIAL govern- ment has dodged a potentially dan- gerous political situation now that a plan to ship Orenda Forest Products wood south is dead. The plan involved a proposed amalgamation between Orenda and a New York-based investment syndicate which has-a stake in a closed newsprint mill at Gold River on Vancouver Island, Gaining access to Orenda’s wood in the Meziadin area would have given OFP Acquisition Corp a good chunk of the pulp fibre it needed to re-open the mill. But the possibility of having northern wood shipped south drew criticism from area politicians and at least one company, Skeena Cellulose. That conipany, and local gov- emments, said northern wood should stay in the north. Their opposition came in the form of lettets and representations to the province. Inn bankruptcy case moves north A BANKRUPTCY hearing against Terrace Inn owner Amarjit Sidhu has been delayed again, but when it resumes it'll be a lot closer to home. A Vancouver Supreme Court agreed to an appli- cation by Sidhu’s lawyer— Paul Mancuso — to move the proceedings to Terrace because that’s where the hotel is located. But since there’s no bankruptcy registry at the Orenda and OFP formally announced the death of their $45 million deal late Monday. Although the amalgamation deal was never formally presented to forests minister Andrew Pelter, there were indications he probably wouldn’t have given his approval, “We were informed they (OFP Acquistion Corp) had a perception — where that came from I don’t know. It obviously had to, come ‘from some dialogue someplace. It would be more appropriate to come from them,” said Orenda vice president Frank Foster yesterday. _ “EF don’t think they wanted to proceed unless there was a goad chance it would be approved. I guess: they had to read the tea leaves,” he said. Foster acknowledged that the level of northwest opposition to the proposed deal was strong, The death of the amalgama- tion deal now means other suitors creditors. Terrace courthouse, the court instead agreed to shift _ the case to Prince Rupert on May 29. “That will probably be better for the ‘creditors i in said Andrew Bury, lawyer for John Georgilas, the former owner and one of the key Terrace,” “YOUR COLLEGE IN’ YOUR COMMUNITY. Customer Appreciation Day Watch this paper for complete details! Sidhu now owes Georgilas $28,000 since the May interest payment on the mortgage is also due. Sidhu last month also promised union officials he would pay all unpaid wages and benefit contribu- Last week il appeared Sidhu could be in a posi- tion to defeat the bankruptcy petition and retake con- trol of the hotel after he paid Georgilas all money owed on Apr. 21, But the $14,000 cheque bounced, said Bury, becausé it had been drawn on an account that no longer exists at a U.S. bank, will be lined up at Orenda’s door. Several companies made inquiries to Orenda after it signed the amalgamation agreement with OFP in February. “The agreement precluded us from. considering such approach- es,” he said. Foster added that the growing fibre shortage in B.C. makes Orenda very attraclive to potential buyers, The death of the amalgama- tion deal places into doubt plans to build a chipper in Stewart. That was a commitment from OFP Acquisition Corp. Putting in a-chipper would have met a condition in Orenda’s forest licence that required it to have in place some kind of wood processing facilily by November 1996. shed. Foster said it is still too early to say what Orenda will do now in regards to its licence requirement. a p IilE Terrace Crime Stoppers are asking your assistanud mi suivary a break, enter and theft which occurred June 20, 1994 at the House of Sim-Oi-Ghets store at Kitsumkalum. Terrace RCMP responded to an intruder alarm at the store. The investigation revealed that entry was gained by removing the siding on the north side of the building from the adjoining Once inside culprit(s) went te the twa glass jewelry cabinets, breaking the glass tops and sliding drawers. Stclen from the cabinets were 451 pieces of native-carved silver and beaded jewelry consisting of chokers, earrings, neck- laces, rings and bracelets with a retail value of $26,000. On March 27, 1995, many of these Items were recovered. They had been buried in a blue duffel bag alongside the highway by the raserve. There are no physical descriptions available of any persons Involved. However, a knife belonging to ane of the culpril(s) was left at the scene. To this date the owner has not been identified. ff you know the identity of the person or persons responsible for this break, enter and theft, Crime Stoppers would like to heer from you. Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward up to $1,000 dol- lars for information leading to an arrest and charges laid against an individual in this or any other unsolved crime. 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