Legis lative | Library FarLiment Bulldings - Paopte ‘you. should now Audrey Metin knit picker - - BYPAM WHITAKER Heald Columnist: - . “Andrey MacKinnon was knitting her own sweaters by the time she was 12 years of age. When she was in’” " Brade three she learned to play the violin. These two " netivities have sparked interests that are woven into . ' the fabric of her Ilfe, She’ ‘creates beautiful. things. ~ with her : ‘hands and has a Heep: appreciation for. - music, | ; MacKinnon is from the prairies,” “born in” Saskatchewan and raised in Winnipeg: ‘Her’ father © died of a heart condition when she was five years old © on a farm ‘at Arcola, in the. southeast corner of -,Saakatchewan.-"It was:during ‘the wat afd: when}. “cwlthin’a month; her. grandmother. algo: dled, her: - “grandfather: and her. mother Joined: forces: to ralse . Audrey and:her two-sisters:.° -- (uid!We moved to. Winnipeg. aud my: mother became’ _ Smployed at Bristol Aircraft:factory,”’ she said. That ls. the factory’ that has Binée made the arm for. the space shuttle.” ‘The MacKinnon’s 19-year-ald son Richard, is presnetly training in Winnipeg lo become -/m pilot in the airforee, oa a “After léaving school ‘she’ “pecame ‘a ‘private | “y secretary for an optician, then moved to Thunder Bay Ontario to'be with her sister, It was there that she -" met her husband Don MacKinnon who was a forrester __ Working. with her brother-inJaw,:..°. : ae ‘They moved to Terrace. in November ‘{o7,: -by. this * time haying become a family of seven. The ‘youngest’ ‘of thelr five: children; Joaz, now 17 and. attending * Caledonia Senlor Secondary, was 18 ‘months, “and — | . thelr eldest; Greg, was seven years, “Greg Is now. a . and is the assistant manager at Safeway. _ + Don MacKinnon had accepted a. position asa Tegiatered professional fortester at Westar, . At that tine the company was known as Celgar and over the: _ years has changed {ta name to Columbia ‘Cellulose, - ““Pwin' River Timber, then B.C. Timber:. Don’ is. “presently forrester - administrater at Westar. - - Their second son, Dog, is’ attending BCIT, and ‘their ‘daughter Jane, Mrs, :Hubert Hacking,’ is a~ . partner in her mother's. knitting: business. - Knit : Pickings, .. - 5 _ Hubert and J an Hacking liver the home next to the ~ Audrey Mackin an L: emerged, with. varying patterns, Kilt Pickings: his “ ". produced hundreds of sweaters. for schools and-other. - Organizations, Presently zone sweaters are: belng i __ kaltted to be worn by. the figure. skaters. that will .. attend ‘the B.C, Winter games,“ 9. 2° ’ MacKinnon is-a, talented seninsiress & as ‘well: ‘an has made moat-of her own clothing. She’ has. hac a experience weaving, working with stained glass, an enjoys quiltiig in the prairie tradition, ae “That tradition, she explained, often - included: ‘thet. wre : gewing ofa legend into thé: pattern... Customs : that’. _* Woukt make'a quilt personal would be to have each: family.member embroider. one square, or make": "patterns from discarded. nécktles - of: relatives and: pecermiee demonstrated ty Pal Camas if an - anid Crafts show, me «When ..1 “first started. using in” she related, . Mev ‘everything [made was dark green. Lhad got a good. price ona big ball of forest green wooll” ‘ McKinnon ‘and Hacking can knit a- -sock -in 15. minutes on her machine, a finished sweater might © take ake four hours. All kinds of lovely creations have ane : were. activa in supporting’ ‘school ‘band programs; ae. presently enjoy being” part: of the: ‘Terrace. , Concert; Society of which Don is the treasérer, - Audrey. MacKinnon embraces all‘ of Ife: with “enthusiasm , but despite her activity likes to find time for 4 long walk, or to extend hospitality | to a friend... her market vvarden on.Old Remo Read. ~ Southwestern BC. mops up. VANCOUVER. (CP) - Htesidenta of rain-drenched south: : ~. «western British: Columbia: began. mopping up Thursday’: when ‘anotlier bout of heavy: rains forecast by Environment Canada failed to show. : * Ministry will be’ touring’ ‘the fload-ravaged areas today. te ‘aseess. damage." Earl Coatta of the: Vancouver weather office ‘said thatadi- that a representative ‘feom the, provincial: Environment “Established 1998 ~ KEITHALFORD Herold Staff Weiter .- TERRACE~ Sawmill expansion, a new ‘Hunting ‘lodge ‘and’ a possible gerden hotsprings are. just some of the ‘resulis of the recently announced Canada ‘Works Project Grants. a 2 The federal: government has. pumped” $869, 655. into the .'Skeena consituency via 34 projects that will create 165 jobs tor 2,477. work weeks, ‘An additional $405,000 is expected shortly’ that combined ee other funda, should create. approximately anolhier 1H. obs. 7; The largest amount granted ‘within the. area: ‘io ‘Ten Mile’ “ ‘lumber on the Kalum Lake Road; ‘The: $56,051 will, create. ' Bight jobs lasting -a- total -of 168, work weeks -to allow . - £ompletion of far. mill for. expanded: production. ability. . Four. other. ‘Projects jhave- bbeen- ‘approved . for the, Pre vacinity..” an payments. ' Thevery first grant, approved in October, was for Atlin to do some preliminary work and studies on the possibility of using its hotsprings to develop market gardening and become the ‘green grocer of the north. - . '. Prince Rupert as ‘well has an innovative program under the ruberic ‘of: Busy Fingers, A shop in the Pride 0’ the’ North Mall has been opened by Prince Rupert's Community Enrichment Society with its $52,922 award. The-shop. is helping train physically and mentally handicapped people / 4o work as retail clerks and sales people, In many cases, they. are selling items they themselyes made in sheltered workshops, Other merchants are so impressed with the | program. they have agreed lo offer the Busy Finger shop - graduates positions intheir stores for job try outs.” _ The Canada Works program‘ combines four previous . _ Boverriment make work plans under one name and criteria. ~The four earlier programs were NEED, EBAP,CCDP-and Art Goodwin will’ "use his #0502 to ‘employ. seven people, ” bn his Toad: Hollow. Game Farm on Old Lakelse' Lake Road. . -4 Terrace Recycling will use $9,841 to obtain three workers : se renovate thelr building and cor truct mare, Hepasit bins; for the community. ° pie “The Kitselas Band has been given $14; 4 for four people by engage in botix housing repair‘and construction-on the . “Reserve. The Smallest award of $7,166 went to the United.. Native Nations local df Good Hope Lake for three, Renovate: homes... people to renovate a ‘fish packing plant. including a | bee fréezer unit.’ In addition, some futuré programs are: . expected to be slotted in sich: & way that fishermen can’ : bain, enough, ‘weeks - “employment to Suality for ue OTTAWA (cP) — -Unemptoyment averaged a painful average 11 per cent in 1982 anid? 8 per cent in 1981, Statistics . Not. alnce 1986" “when . uiiemploymient. “averaged, an.: radtgh estimates. and -for- other: reasons “ay well are Mot ‘somparable with- today’s 8: figures: : Meanwhile, with . 1,321,000 ° people. out. ot: ‘work ‘in “December, 40,000 more than in November, and the jobless * “ rate stuck at 11:1 per cent for the third straight month, there |. ‘Was jittle sign of any improvement as'the year. ‘closed, “The: jobless rate is down from a peak 12,8 per cent a-year - ‘But as sppostion MBs noted. that's little solace for those be an economic recovery. . percent post: “Depression ‘high last year, up ‘from an... the summer student program. The regulations affecting _ ~ Canada Works projects are both broad enough and 3 -_ @noulgh tonow, enable it to encompass the former four plans. jore - “money is shortly expected,” the - Employment. Development Branch i’ not seeking-any ‘new ”. applications at this‘time.. It received enough good ‘ideas that couldn’t be funded with the first amount of money that there may stlli be some disappointed people even after the second pot is divided.: . sponsor gets $125 per person hired per week for overhead, . people tor oo . ame coastal fish industry may ‘get a ‘boost from Canada; re Works grants, as weil; : Port Clements’ will. get $14,100 for. i - ‘earlier and there are. 173,000 fewer unemployed ‘than ‘in 7 a ‘December: OBR. a “Ht ig: disturbing 'that for: ‘the. third Inonth’ ina row, the . overall, unemployment rate remains umchanged ‘at 11.1 per cent, while’ the United: States, Based on figures released this - “morning, “has: expérienced another" drop in ‘its “ unem- : MeGtath, Progressive Conservative employment critic. ployment rate from 8.4per ceiit lo 8.2 per cent,” said James Under other sections, the sponsor gets $525 per person hired per week, out of which he has to use $125 per week for — o overhead, Another section, thesponsor. canuse the full $335 or wages and pay his overhead by some other means: “The next program with details to be announced’ either in February or March will be Summer Canada, “This one is _, traditional and has been around for years. However, now there will be a new twist. This summer will see the private sector being. able to partiipate in that t program for the firet ; - Sime, - nemployment rate. holds. slightly “Virtually all thei increases. in employment were for peaple 25 years of age and over. ‘Men 15 to 4: years of age continued to bear the brunt of - the continuing unemptoyoment crisis with a jobless rate of ', 214. per cent, ‘down only fractionally. from; ‘November. estimated 12.8 per cent has the rate been higher although iaties |Canada cautiongd: that. Depression-era figures are. =. remiained ¢ at 16-per. ‘gent: ind far-women 25 and over st-rose > The: uriemployment: rate for women inthesame age group __ ilghtly ta: 9.2 pers cent, The jobless ‘rate ‘for men 25 years of. age and older . ‘ declined marginally. to 8.4 per. cent. ' The rate declined by 0.4 to 19.5 per cent in Newfoundland, *. by 0.8 to $8.4 in Quebec, by 0.2t0 8,9 in Ontario, by 0.1 to 8.5 * in Manitoba and by 0.30 13.6 in British Columbia. ‘The rate increased by 1.4 to 11.8 per cent in Prince .: Edward Island, by 0.4 to 15.1 in New. Brunswick, and by 0. 0. j : " toll in Alberta. . fil hunting for employment i a year into what. is supposed to : The rate remained at iz. B per cent in Nova Scotia and 7 4 ' in Saskatchewan, A breakdowrt by industry shovis employment rose by ‘: 99,000 in the services sector and by 7,000.in the finance, real -estate and insurance field but declined by 6,000 in con-' struction. There was little change in other areas. In many respects, overall gains in ‘employment since the oe ire pprrnnomme rereimaneunenamnTaintiger aun, Shh ae ST ee el “0 oe Uqder some sections of Canada Works. the workert get “* enhanced UIC payments: (ike “the old EBAP) “and .the But as the costs resuliing from wished-out highway and rail links and flooded homes-and farmland: were assessed, a Cariadian National Railways official said it will take crews" until Jan. 26 to repiace 4 damaged Smetre bridge over Hunter Creek west of Hope, : 0 kilometres east ot Van-" couver. Spokesman AiMenard said CNR trains will be rerouted along CP Rail: tracks between Mission and junction west of | Kamloops, Sixty metres af. CNR track “also washed away in the ‘ Fraser Canyon, 47 kilometres west of Boston Bar, but ° repairs were expected tobe completed before atemporary, - , trestle is built along Hunter: Creek: Menard sald tha’ CNR:.- }would be using the B:C. - Railway: ling between ‘Ptinice |. George and Vancouver, meaning that the. CNR will beable to run,"'pretty well” at full capacity. Sixty metres:of CNR. track: algo’: washed away ‘in the %, Fraser Canyon, 47: kilometres ‘West: Of. Boston Bar, but ° repairs were expected tobe compleléd before a temporary: millimetres. (six inches) of rain dumped on the. Hope .area ‘and “the. statistical probability of that much rain falling Ina, ‘24-hour period is. ‘about once.in every. 50- -years,!! hoa Transport Minister Alex Fraser said Thursday: ihe cost of clearing highways and’ repairing: bridges damaged by’ the floods will reach: about’ $5 million. Py of _ WATERS RECEDE | oS vo in the US., -flood “waters receded i in. “most sbestern "Washington ‘ rivers, Thursday .and some of the several. ‘hundred people forced from their Jow-land homies began returning to survey. the damage, ‘But more rain. and “ungeasonably’ warm, temperatures - predicted, for Friday ‘a ‘eater ‘Washington meant rivers | which would promote production. ir ‘Canada. rather: than - could be'on the rise’ again, especially‘in'the Bellingham. ° Brea north of - Seattle: and. ‘on the -northwest Olympic — Peninsula, the National Weather. Service. said. “We're keeping our‘eye on those areas," said Freeman - ‘Stickney, a weathér. service ‘meterdlogical: technician. - Localized flooding and some ‘evacuations’ were reported ployment. | * ufiemployed.” _-end of the recession a year earlier have been marginal, the > figures show. At is time to consider further ways: to reduce “high * 1” ublémployment, the St: John's East MP. said; ‘Suggesting - .. Ottawa: offer refundable. jax credita ot: direct wage sub- | _. sidies' to employers as one means of boosting youth em- “New Democratic Patty MP Lorne Nystrom pointed to the | * jobless figures as a report card. On me , Trudeau govern. ‘ment: They" ve-really failed. Thege’ Ss ‘bean ne recovery for the ’ cent. And those working part-time because they can’t ‘find full: time work increased by 16 per cent, to 443, o00r a ‘quarter of- all part-time workers, Although the jobless rate, is. down from the post! —- Depression record of 12.8 per cent set In December 1982; the’ - recovery has also really ony made’ a small dent i in unem. ‘Nystom called for an economic and. industrial: strategy outside the country and in- turn -boost ‘employment... ” “And: ‘that Jeft the country with an~ annual: average "ployment. unemployment rate of 11.9 percent last year, upfrom 11 per ‘The number of jobless was down only 173,000 from the - eént in 1992 and 7.6 per cent in 198t and the highest level 1,321,000 seeking work In December, 1982, mn sirice the Depression in.the 1930s. . ‘Statistics Canada sald that in December the. labor force The figures exclude 103,000 s0-called hidden unemployed: : While 69. per ‘cent of jobs | lost during the recession have been recovered and employment grew by 378, 000 during the = year, the increase i in employment only works out to 3.8 Per: : — people who have given up looking for work because. they _ _ trestle is built: atross: Hunter Creek’ <° CP. Rail's main line also was’ ‘dlosed. Wednesday when it. | was cut in four spots betweei: Chilliwack. and Mission, but” repairs were completed quickly abd) the line was s reopened early Thursday. " ; a . STILL CLOSED 8 Ha The only major highway that rétidined closed Sveinight’ was a portion of the Trans-Canada. Highway between Hope. ; "and Chilliwack. It was not expected t ta: feopen: until tater wes today; The | BEIRUT (lap). = “ Lebanese. army’ troops ‘and. anti- But traffic’ between the Coast ind the southern ‘Interior * “government ‘Drusé. inilitiamen’ traded afitllery and ‘rocket ' resumed Thursday with the reopening of. Highway’ k) bet: “fire south of the..U.S. marine base’ today as inediators ween Hope and Princeton and Highway 7 from - Hope’ to _ worked to wrap up a. plan to separate’ Lebanon's civil war Vancouver along the, Fraser. River’ north shore. © |, combatants.” ’ Meanwhile; dozens of people evacuated from low: ying: - The. state radio, said at’ least. ‘six. - areas In the Fraser Valley’ Wednesday returned to their ;ahiapnel. woiinds -as “shells “hit “army-held’ Khaide:: in: homes Thursday after the downpour ented. tergection on the coastal. ‘highway: liniein Ray Green, Provincial Emergency Program co-ordinator Israéll-occupled southern Lebanon,” | . in Hope, said a few families had net yet returned because °°. The aréa is 300 metres from the oui arin Position at Beirué alrport;” . ees their homes were tao severely damaged by: the flooding ° _ :._1,; Boltee’sald shelts crashed into the highway. fa creeks and rivers. “We're back in control jmore or lens,” said Green, ad Q ‘Bett 2 as the batile with artillery. and mialiple § rocket me oe pages 486. , where blocks of jammed ice backed: rivers. .Up over banks. or-Washington. Sports an quality used parts from , crete pony ' 635- 2333 or 635-9095 Comics ° ‘across the..Cascade mountging’ ‘in, Eastern’ Washington,” Nodeaths or serious injuries were Feported in either B, C. . ‘a: “aufiered, ng Beirut, with the state-run power company announced ney rationing that |. “Sirta, which inioved in to put down the 1978-76 Mostem- 7 Ohrtatidin civil war, controls eastern and northern Lebanon. Classifieds... pba | ‘ont 340 Duan (lustont Hwy, 14 =) grew by 48,000 people and there was a ‘modest increase in - employment levels and little change in’ ‘unemployment, " (Once seasonal factors are taken into account-there were $3.000n new w Jota created during the month, the agency said. - Yaunchers’ broke out at dawn and raged into’ midmorning, "Police said Druse and rightist Christian militiamen ‘battled with mortars, rockets and machine-guns throughout the night in the hills of the Kharroub region that overlooks: the Israeli line at the. Awali river in southern Lebanon. “The. Jiye power plant that supplies Beirut’s electricity took direct mortar and rocket hits during the fighting and would give the capital electricity for only six hours a day. _ NEEDS APPROVAL . “Lebanese officials have said the Saudi-mediated security plan to disengage Lebanon’s warring factions needs ap- proval: of a few. unresolved details before it will be an- nounced, ‘Syria did [stadt have agreed to the plan, Lebanese don’t believe it’s available. That number, adjusted for "seasonal variations, is down from 134,000 a year earlier but’ - well up from the 48,000 recorded in June 1981 Just prior te. _ the onset of the recession. ‘ They said President Amin Gemayel will ask the four - . countries to keep their forces in Lebanon as an expression, of support for the plan, which will not affect Lebanese: territory controlled by Syria or Israel. Walid Jumblatt, the leftist leader of the Druse,. stressed: ' that the pian doesnot mean a final peace. It ‘will represent a military de-escalation, but not a settlement, " he said, government and military officials said Thursday, elthough © ficials. Iktael, which: invaded in June .1982,, occupies: southern hon up to the Awali river, 32 kilometres routh of ‘Lebinese officials stressed that implementation of the will not be seen by them as grounds for ahy reduction - inthe multinational force supplied by the United. States, France, Italy and Britain, . there has been no ebnfirmation from Syrian or Israeli of. ’ WANT SETTLEMENT: “We insist on a comprehensive political setilement before. the army. will be allowed into our (Druse) areas.” : However, published reports of the plan indicated it doesn’t call for the Lebanese army to move into Druse areas. One official close to the negotiations said on condition he not be identified that the Syrians exerted pressure on Druse' and Shiite Moslem leaders to accept the plan. ; The Lebanese news media has said the plan calls for: | ~~ Establishment of 700-metre-wide buffer zones between “combatants in Beirut's southem suburbs and the nearby Chouf mountains, The government plans later to seek 200 - -Halian and-Greek observers to patrol the zones. — Withdrawal of Christian militiamen to areas north of ‘Belrut from: positions they’ took after Israel's invasion, including positions in the Chouf mountaina.: ; 7 — Lebanese army control of the cpastal highway linking Beirut with the Israell-cceupied south and of posittons it. currently maintains in the mountains; populated by Druse.. Fe ranch ee ER te peg; inte