eee _provinelal government. \ Justice during must of the rés\_ > Vancouver-Island. :..‘ noe + The legislature's property tax --gtidy ,commitlee was lold thal there are about’ 150,000 people belween- Prince Rupert -and Dawson Creek who are paying taxes too low in rélation to the services they gel: from the The statement. was made by Prince George Mayor Harold Moffatt referring {o revidents of the unorganized territories in the north. : ‘The tax haven exists because of lorig-standing policy of B.C. Governments to levy general purpose taxes on land and improvements in unorganized territory at a flat 10 mils based on property assessment of about 30 percent of actual value, . and improvements on 75 per-— cent of actual value. This compares with a Rotary & Conventional Engines by i MAZDA New & Used Vehicles | SKEENA AUTO Metal Shop Ltd. DEALER LIC, De-27/3 “Volume 68 No. 41 | ’ The report.of the : Mills “.Memorial Hospital Board of Trusiees Finance Cammittec shows Ihal efficiency and in-’ flation are. keeping the hospital administration facing an aver-’ . “ride in expenses, The efficiency is reflected in ithe number: of patient . days ‘recorded / at « (he.-hospital this ear, This is. the number ‘of -.. ays @ patient remains under 635-6572 | . Mills : Memorial Fights Inflation August is considered. The chairman reports that further losses are explained by -an over-expendilure on Medical and: Surgical. Supplies of ap- proximately $6,000, This figure could: be revised - downward when checked with the. in- ventory on hand as of the end af ‘the month of. September. Patient care was up $10,000 in August, with most of this being attributed ‘to the “Regional -. Laboratory. There- will be 4 “$6,000 refund from. the Kitimat . Regional Hospital as an’ ad- jusiment. se: - “General service costs were Up . $4,000 - during “August -for the - :' most part for- items over which -.. “the administration has’ no control such as Canada Pension payments, Superannuation and Unemployment. Insurance "¢°- payments which. account for $3,758.00, oe ~ Skeona ALLA. Hartley. chant Standing:Committee of the B.C.. ; Legislaiyre:.ans-Labour and of October... First liearings.b this ‘Gommillee' are’ scheduled for Wednesday in Vieloria and. Thursday ‘in -Parksville « ‘This’ Cammitiee - of ‘which - » will. be travelling with the Select ~ homeowner in Terrace who pays (axes ai 47.6 mils based on the same land ‘and im- provement assessment, This means thal B.C.’s urban tax- payer has been subsidizing the rural resident whose taxes don't come anywhere near paying for _ police, road and other services supplied. by the B.C, Govern: “men = Mayor Moifat told commit Lee member Rosemary: Brown -thal” che submits that. the residential taxpayer in the city should be paying less, nol more, for the same-services received by the residential taxpayers in unincorporated areas.. ~ - Jack: Hardy, administrator for the District of Terrace * stated during the hearing that 6pm. on Friday, October i8lh. | - -©- The -Cominitieeis.holding the: hearings ‘as. part’ ‘of ils in- - vesligalionto.determine ways - and means for Agrieultural.and Domestic: employeés ‘to: be. in “gluded under provisions’of (he: Labour Code of B: ~The Northern Woods Division (Twin River) and the Notthern.-Lumber Division. (Pohle) "of Canadian - Cellulose Company, jointly : presented the Terrace ° -" Swimming Pool. Construction Fund a cheque in an a - «4i¢ ig our belies that the prin-. ciple that should be adhered to _{fs one wherein local govern- ments are responsible for services to property ard senior ‘levels of government - are responsible for people.” : ; oth Mr. Hardy and Mayor Gordon’ Rowland argued that based on this. philosophy onee again ‘Swimming | Pool. - resentation from services to municipalities should not be responsible for.schcol, hospital or wellare costa, particularly in communities with fast growlng populations, ; They staled that had it not been for the change in com- mercial. and -industrial assessment levels last year Terrace would have had to file bankruptcy. , seh 1974 Election Dates esr ener catea ieee | Civie - School Board | Nomination October 28 — ne Election Date pat Ke fo _Nove mber 16 J sean eete TRUCKS O0e-1S PRICE 15 CENTS Hundred Million — Goof Won't Hurt Terrace The $10,000,000 over-ride in the Ministry of . Human Resources.in welfare spending will not-be hurting Terrace according to ,Mayor Gordon Rowland. . : The mayor explains that the ~ gity budgeted for a per capita: * 4g still under the new amount by ~ figure. of $1.20 while the Ministry of Human Resources has only heen charging 85 cents. per capita. an o | Since the-aver spending has --eame ‘to: light. Ine. Minister, . Norman Levi has directed that . this levy be increased’ to $1.10 per capita (o make up the =: dificit, ‘This means thal the figure budgeted for by, Terrace: - den cents’ pericapila, ‘that it can participate in communily ef- forts such as the construction of the beautiful Terrace |. Conference of , the” British Noted above’ atthe cheque left: to right are ‘Fred Walde,’ ‘This new policy was outlined ~{o. Mayor. Rowland «in. th followiig letters" cae flocaeg! dives et * fast Dear: Mayor Rowland: 0/4: You will recall that during °: year the municipalitles: were. billed for social assistance casts al a per capita of $1.20 per month, This billing was carried _outon the equalization formula.” As you are aware, although (he ‘ costs exceeded the $1.20. per capiLa per month the Province - of British Columbia carried the - extra amount and left the per - eapita cost to the municipalities , the $1.20-figure. . - . As. al April 1, 1974,:the per ‘gapita charged = la the al wmunicipalities was reduced 'o.” 85 cents. per.capila’ per month ‘and’ billing ‘at the 85 cents per ‘apita. per month has taken, place - for the months of April, May and-June; 3° 8 “As from: July” 1, 1974, your -munietpality will be billed at the per. capita “rate of 7 Mills. ‘Memorial. . “Resolutions — to B. - Delegates ‘representing’ Mills Memorial Hospital will present - twa resolutions ai the Annual Columbia *: Association - of . Hospitals. and ~. -Hedlth -- of pressure Qroups.° og The resolution ‘asks. \hat the’ British Columbia Association of Hospital *,,. and <7" Health. -Organizalion on: behall of. the ““hospilals make: representation -to- the Goverriment. of. British of $i0-per oo | vesent fro y Organizatioa : to» be -held- on: Resident Manager Northern Woods Operations; Mr.” OB aoe _ amolint of $10,000. at a dinner at Gim’s Restaurant last "Resident : n! ! Columbia - 10. niake® provisions -, Davis, Vern Ferguton, Chairman: of. the.. Kinsmen’ é 3 Friday noon... In making: the official presentation Resident’ Manager R.E. “Bob: Davis. of. Northern The” first-involvés the .. for-the members of the Board of Swimming -Pool , Fund Committeé. and. Kinsmen’. ‘Payment for equipment pat by" ‘Trustees, “(a- obtain. “their ; Ta ge EI ihe British’ . Columbia ©: posillons.on the same basis as “ higher ground,” a A rep “savare unrest and threats of a ‘Alice Arm Flooded Almost:“nen-exisiant_ com- munications’ belween Terrace : and Alice Arm make it .im-.: possible to get accurate details. "> conterning flaad which «has, _-foreed- Une. residenis “of. this -7 ‘communily;to ‘evacuate 10) The Herald has learned thal a’ : dyke. which diverts he Kisault River has been-bréached. by, Ihe. high: water’ caused by -heavy . rains.” Atileast three homes in.” the village of 15,10 17 residences have Wealher:. conditions “are: such that an’ Emergency ‘Measures — Operalions helicopter has not.” been able to My to the scene; Flood Insurance People are also °° walling forthe weather lo break srt thal ‘there was’ general staff exodus proved ‘{o be. grossly. exagérated- during the course-of a slaff meeting of - - the employees of the District of. Terrace Recreation’Slalf. -'° "mhe, Herald had been alerled ': toa meeting, thal, was! to-lake.. place yesterday: .afternaan . during which - Arena’ Manager Tony Gillard was to quit to head for MacKenzie, John Gurban “was (oa gill-ete. ele. 9-2 2 “The: problem ' actually was that ‘the:.staff called for a. meeting (o seltlé a sore point of lack.of space for their meals. This: -was . setued with per: winlers;. / |, to gel ito the =communily. located at. the head of. Ob-_, servalory Inlet some 100 air - miles ‘north west af Terrace. , 7 Alice Arm hwas‘a lbriving mining 1own as-far back as the. ‘1920's bul the mine, operated by _ ..- Dolly’ Vardeni,.has been clased down: for anumber of years.” There has been some talk over” “the pasi few years of re-opening ; the mine.: Foard Bhs - Several pidneers still reside at Alice-Arm and he average age of the residentsis very high: The area ‘is also'noted as the’ habitat of the Canada Goose for 1Z-mouths of the year, the only. : prea’ in Canada, in which the Canada goose-bolh nests and out. mission to use the banquet room.” ckilehen for this purpose. Additional work at the swimming pool was also seltjed wheh Caesar Gianna informed the, meeting ‘thal employees working ducing the summer in parks would: now be available for this. work,» “In. all we guess lypes © were just mad al, ‘Team. Canada and allowed thelr fre to” become magnified. tn the ra- telling, In any case in so far as ~ we could find out in speaking to Mr. Gianna, Mr. Gillard, Mr. Gerban and union shop stewart John Donald, all Is quiet on the Recreation front. - , the athletic: . Lumber expressed the _ Schools Hav ‘Mi “Don’ Sniyth, “District”; Superintendant. of- Schools; * Skeena-Cassiar School District;:; ~ in aspeech delivered before the-.-- Terrace. -Ratary Club “iasl Monday, ° expressed some concern.as lo the direction. (hal the Department of Educationts ° ‘mation of students, in (he- ~ system, ‘io |... He depioted the lack af direct U nrest communication coming down «from the Deputy ‘Minister and: suggested. that -the people who. are actually dealing - with edueation are becoming more ‘and mare “simply people on the’ site carrying oul. directions ak > from above.” - He also expressed agreement . with erilics of the system that some students are.nol top-notch fn some of the basies,such as | spelling, addition and -cam- position but indicated thal -in “olher.dreas such as mathmatics , and’ sclence.the present day. sludent is. years beyond: his. _parenis at the same period of. - veducation, -° - i Another factor’ involved in . local employers not-gelting the best qualified “student. is: that . there is'a tendency for the latter _ to leave the area for jobs In the Vancouver or southern regions. » Mr. Smyth stated in his dd- dresses : E-ELECT ; “4s golng in the scholastic for-.. - would like to hear; then decided thal it would be just as wise to _ be frank and explain things the. . - way they. are:’: My: hesitation ° pleasure of both Terrace- operations that the fiseal position of the-firm is such: “WE tried 10 imagine ‘what you: slems from (he awareness thal. the schools are: the - object. of . much criticism’ some very. _ justified some’ in my: opinion’. nat.so. "However, it- seems. important for me to present my -’ ~ views on how we, are doing and not doing, -Generally;we are doing very well. lomiliar with’ the deficiencies I am -very -: (hose -of you employing - our " "the deficiencies the Universities constantly :bring {0 “our -al- tention, and there is no denying ~ ithe students often don't spell’ ° raduates encounler. and also - too. well,’ don't ‘add with ac- curacy and. prepare. com- positions which mutilate . lhe ; English language. ‘Bul. there are, areas ‘In. which they are miles ahead of their parents. For example questions: taken, ‘from a.math program al the . dementary Jevel;are not that - hard bul kids are ‘doing them with ease, and from my own memory of my education they. do them -four or five years earlier, than ‘we used 0. ‘Students today are also much: more articulate than we were - that could be good and bad - and are much more conversant with JUFFUS. iia BB 3 wl 4 re pba tmtin PrtT a eh. President Ian Flack... 5” @ Gone Beyond : ‘Don Smyth. developments in the sclence and humanilies ‘area... 2: : “Whether we like it or not and “can defend it or nol the schools have long «since gone beyond the three R- stage. . Somewhere, - along the way we have assumed. “a variety of roles which.con-' ' sume . 2 considerable amount of * our time.” Some of these new dulies have. been assumed by’ default, some upon request and _ same by actual design, We have family life education, driver. ‘educalion and’ the like, which arrived consumes considerable (ime. . Weperform a certain amount at whal.T term welfare work. We realize (hal: there “are some students wha'come to school in almost traumatic’ states which reyent any opportunity Lo earn, and we. try to help prepa specialized teachers and alds. ‘In ‘essence’ the schools” have become‘a great deal more than they -used- “lo. be ,.and = the distribulion “of {me results’ in leas Lime devoted Lo the basics," “There is a further problem, that ls the knowledge explosion. We live in a data rich civilization which expects each generalion to know can- : on our ‘doorstep. ‘ gomehow,. we have instruction «| in the fine. arts ‘which - also. re them 1o learn with: na or siderably more. than the “. previous generation. At some point: we will reach the point. where children ‘either have to ‘specialize very ‘early or make . _ attempts, to gain a superficial . familiarily with everything. In the process there is a danger that we willnot let kids be kids,-, A: ‘number ‘of, educational : psychologists subseribe to the idea - that. people .wiil learn -certaln things‘at certain limes in their development. Abstract ideas being.the most difficult to Master. and ‘the last. ‘to. ba “Jearned often Into the late teens for some-students." 0 2 5 “Ti seems to me that we have passed the. -alage : for much .., discussion and delay. ‘Therehas ‘lobesome concensus onselting . priorities. Getting’ back to the three Rs again that would seem to be ‘first. on everyones -list. From whera Lait ft is not,. Many peopleare. much. ‘more. con- ° cerned about “graduating knowledgeable - young people whose first concern Is tobe able to adjust. ta society. ‘The Hall . Dennis Report - stresaed ". the ability 10 recognize -“ones -abililies. and deficiencles and - most Important -to. accept, them.”* a ‘Therefore any priority setting will be, complicated task ‘and will require considerable. time. Hospitaland Insurance Service which is presently ‘set -al'.40 cents! per ‘patient: day. ig. ~ amount must cover two thirds’ of the cost ‘of ‘equipment replacement. In addition . this - ‘fund: does not provide for any additional... equipment || not presently being used by the. hospital. ,°. oe - The. resolution asks the. _ British Columbia «Hospital “ Association. to make representation to-B,C.H.1.S. on — behalf of the hospitals to. in- ‘grease (he equipment provision from 40 cents per patient day lo a. figure : more. in : line’ with current: costs.. my The.second resolution is one which has reteived support - -from both City. Hall and the Regional District Hospilal Board‘ and other. segments of the community and slates. that.- the present syatem of electing hospital trustees , by; hospital: societies is undemocratic,-with. swUh'soclety, under. lbs method, - being exposed ‘lo the Influence faa ;- School: Trustees’ as outlined in “the School Act...” Dn The Killmal General Hospital has submitted a resolution for ‘ consideration at this conference expressing. the concern of hospital Boards over the late _ Feceipt of budgets for huspitals. . This means-lhat il is unlikely that any hospital could retrench ~ sufficiently for the remainder of ‘the: year should. its proposed - budget be significantly cul. The resolution asks that B.C.H.A. make representation tothe B.C, Hospital Insurance Servica_ to have approved budgets>available lo all hospitals “hy -the ‘end of .February of each year. = . The, Prince Ruperi Regional : Hospltal.has submitted . a ~ sesolution asking thal the B.C, Hospital's Association agaln ~eall-upon the B.C, Government to accept a5 an insured service the transportation costs in- -eurred {a transferring patents -~between health care facilities ‘through: medical necessily. ’ "Qn Wednesday October 16th the Honourable Dave Barrett will. be visiting “Xitmat- and Terrace, =: - - ST ‘MLA, Hacltey Dent said that tie will: be hosting a. public reception for the Premler fram ~ 4pm. to's p.m, al the Riverside Recreation Centre. Lounge, formerly the Y.M.C.A. in Kitimat. All cillzens _ are FOR ALDERMAN | eo Co Jag Fp 3 pA ah i ah Pa ang pn pe a Premier here Se October. 16th welcome to come and meel Mr, Barret. ue oo ” Mr. Barrett will meel with the “Kitlmat council. earlier in the afternoon to discuss the matters -of concern to the District, Tn the evening the Premier will spenk at a public meeting in Skeena Junior Secondary ‘School Auditorium, Terrace at pam | :