Terrace, B.C. ELREEN TOOVEY: A weekly paper published by Sterling Publications Ltd. Published every Wednesday at 3212 Kalam. St, A member of Varifjed circulation Authorized as second class mail. Registration number 1201. Postage paid in cash, return postage guaranteed. TESS BROUSSEAU ertisin Circulation . Ady GORDON W. HAMILTON § “SQUIRRELS, RATS AND CATS— HUMBUG! By Bill Smiley - Squirrels in the. attic and a cat at the door. Winter is on its way. * Yep, the squirrels, after 2 about five years of exile, *: have managed to chew their way back into the attic, and are happily holding their reg- ular family qu - weddings, bowling games and foot-races right over- head. There probably aren't more than three or four . hundred of them, to judge from the commotion. And I'm helpless. Once they get in, you might as well, wait until spring, when they emerge atid you can whack Pat O’Donaghy Editor. MARK HAMILTON # atte tance se! roe nie enn gata ta latats et Disolution of f orderly government bad for Canada TORONTO, November 27 - Conservative Party leader Robert Standfield says he feels it is his duty to’ “bring down the government”’ of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. But a United Church minister says such action would itself deserve to be defeated. Rev. W, Clarke MacDonald, Deputy Secretary of the United Church’s Division of Mission in Canada would, in fact, say this to all four national party leaders. ‘‘We cannot as a church stand idly by, prating about ‘good news’ when 5-million Canadians are living in poverty; when infant mortality among native people, © who have been a political football for 25 years, is 25 percent; when the heritage which is ours without price, is being sold ffor 4 mess o of money potage to interests which have iittle concern for our natuon’s future or that of our children”, said Dr. Mac- Commissioner disappointed The Editor: This letter is to advise the Parents, Group Committee members, Group Sponsors, and the interested Public that Iam very disappointed in the at- lendance of the publicly an- nounced General Meeting held on November 9th that was at- tended by 1 Scout, 4 Leaders, 1 Group Committee member, 2 District Council members, the Regional Commissioner from Kitimat and myself. This represents a grand tota] of 3 percent of the total boys par- ticipating in the Scout Movement in Terrace .and District (some 200 boys). This is aed a letdown to the boys, iders rand~the~ Movement. +e ee ‘Teereation and learning in- : stitute for the boys between the ages of 8 and 17 for many years. During the past year, the Business Firms, Leaders, In- terested People, Scouts and Cubs have made major ac- complishments which are a credil to those who supported the Movement in Terrace, as follows: _ a) All Cubs attended their individual Group weekend camps held during May- June, 1972 plus numerous other ac- tivities and weekly meetings and some 20 Cubs attended the one-week Regional Council Camp held at Camp Hughes in - the Prinee George area. b) Ail Scouts attended a number of individual group camps, the Area Camporee held’ at Prince Rupert and various activities which assist in _ preparing them to be good citizens. As well, 10 Scouts attended the Regional Council's Back Pack Trek held al Jasper, Alberta. e) One Scout was sponsored by District Council through funds donated by business firms and interested people to attend _ the Scottish Jamborette held at Edinburgh, Scotland: This was a first for Terrace and ours was “ the only boy sent from the Northern Region. d) Five Leaders achieved “their full qualifications -in "earning the Gilwell Awards ' which. were presented by the . Regional Commissioner at the . .November 8th meeting. ' _ u> As this is anew season, and a : ‘number of the original Cubs and » Scouta have returned to the "Movement plua many new (members, - assistance of '- Group Committee embers - (interested parents and adults), . Leaders (interested. adults and ' teenagers) and the support of . the residents of Terrace is required in order to carry out ; another active year. - The following statistics on the ‘ minimum time requirements _ for leaders of .the sections, ’ based ont‘a’‘survey completed by , the Vancouver Coast Region >. should: prove to be an eye-: ’ opener to parents and in- , terested members of the public: 40 hours are spent on Section _ .Meetings;.40 hours nights are spent on- Planning Section : Meetings; 9 mights are apent on, > Group Committee meetings; 9 - nights are apent on. Scouters’ . Training meetings; '7-days are ‘ spent on Camping and ‘outdoor hikes, etc. ; 6 nights are spent on “Other”, “such as fund-raising; : or. approximately one out: of “avery three days, con, Jt-should -be- noted ihat this Which*“has“been- a ‘major ete, A totalof11 days per year! year and shutting down for the two summer months. Based on these statistics, I sincerely hope that the Parents of the boys in the Movement do not think that . the Leaders are merely per- forming a baby-sitting service. If you would like to offer your assistance to the Movement in order to implement our Leaders’ efforts, please call me or my wife at 635-7011. As for those who feel they are not qualified to assist in the Movement or do not have any knowledge of the Movement, please be advised that evening training sessions will com- mence in the near future. The time and place will be publicized, It should also be noted that there are still. a few vacancies for boys between the ages of 8 and 11 (Cubs) and boys between the ages of 12 and 15 (Scouts) in the Movement... As..well,.. the... boys between 15 and 17.whoare.., " intereste d in the Venturers! should call my home (635-7011) and leave their name and phone number, as this organization is in the process of beginning another year’s activities. In closing, I would like to thank the Elks for the use of the Hall and urge the parents and general public to consider of- fering their assistance if they want the Scout Movement to be continued in Terrace. Remember, the number is 635-7011. Yours truly Al Bishop, District Commissioner, Terrace and District Boys Scouts of Canada phone “Dung” Mining people here should not let the biologists attack on mining exploration go unan- swered, although it warrants only brief reply. | Here, in simplest terms is our reply, the four letter word; -DUNG For those who wish to go further we offer the following; a) Newspaper sales strengthened momentarily, by Announcers and copywriters were busy. c) The authors of the attack have ‘arrived ‘in “the news miedia, . d) Goat, Bear, and Moose are rolling with laughter. e) Mining people are rolling with laughter, . -: f) Markets in wooden spears; crystal bails, and slingshots are ‘up’. g&) Unoecupied caves are becoming hard to find, h) Biologists are in good upply, -and bulldozers are cheap.. Inciosing, we'd like to remind’ our bugologist friends that the last operating ‘hydraulic’ . mining operation must have close in the late 30's or early 40's. The only: place ‘you'll find one of these today is on the pages ates : Truck loggers. : Dear Me. Premier: ; As. you will be aware, , wildcat : attikes in the early part of 1972' z , "pre logging industry ls ot carting at 70 per cent of capacity due, . ‘survey was based on a Sectlon — operating for. ten months. of the --, ‘prevented felling and bucking. ~ After..labour disputes. were. settled;* a’. serious” labour - aliortage. has curtailed Jog. - othe in major part, to job vacancies tnd eve absentecism . of Pd Donald. : “In this situation we ought to say to all four national political leaders that any person who would deliberately bring about the dissolution of orderly government in Canada for anything less than the highest principle of national integrity, when urgent problems are erying out for immediate action, would deserve to go down to ignominious Gefeat,”’ uarrels, wakes, - Letters “The Directors, + _ Regional Board, . impossibility... “Never before did our leaders have such an opportunity to demonstrate to their fellow-Canadians what real statesmanship _ ts; and how thes e four men might be prepared to put the in- terest of country above party, people above power, and prin- ciple befor e personal aggrandizement,” Dr. MacDonald, who did not vote liberal in the last election, said. historically atable work ¢ crews. Whatever the cause, B.C. has the unique situation of nearly 8.0 per cent of the work force, a large number of whom are young, able-bodied men, out of work at a time when our in- dustry has the highest level of unfilled jobs in more than three decades. The log shortage is of such magnitude that manufacturing plants, notably _ plywood, lumber and shingle producers will be forced to curtail this winter and thereby lay off their workmen. The loss of em- ployment could be as high as 10 to 12 thousand jobs for upwards of six weeks. The Forest Service is in a position to initiate immediate plans that will assist in main- tenance of employment throughout the winter months, Thé cutting: permits for the 1972- 78 -senson~can-be modified: to make available’ for“harvest to ‘the maximum extent possible winter logging areas — that is to say, areas that are normally free of snow. In our view, effective plan- ning of 1972-73 and 1973-74 cutting permits will allow winter areas to be approved and processed for logging in the period of present crisis and allow a return to normal scheduling of timber harvest by the end of 1973. We are not proposing an acceleration of cut in which the annual allowable cut budget will be ignored, we are only proposing a change in priorities. Such flexibility is essential if there is to be minimum cur- tailment of employment from January through April. We request that your office initiate an instruction, inviting individual logging operators to present proposals for winter logging dreas for harvest in the period January through April, 1973. Yours truly, THE TRUCK ~“LOGGERS ASSOCIATION, V.T. Williams, President. Mining report depends too muchon _s. ‘scientific aspects’ Kitimat-Stikine Dear Sirs - We understand you are about to receive a report on mineral . deposits of this area. To be included with the. report, we, also understand is ‘an evaluation. of potential -for,. discovery of mineral deposits, ° Although we dre in favour of 4 planned development. of all “. resources, we certainly: know that. planned, discovery, i is an. ‘3 . ‘The ingérrnation ¢ on n which any report. dealing with possibility’: of discovery of mineral can be based only on Uiscovery which. has been already..made. This © ‘includes the geological map-_. ping which bas been done inthe © “* dintrict, for it too, isa process of ‘discovery, - . We wish to bring to your. at- ‘tention, . the fact: that’ .most ° -, Beological mapping to, date in’, hoe . taining “sedimentary rock (as far as. -. stirface indications are .con- “-eerméd) probably is underlain “by ‘intrusive or ‘voleanic rock this district has been in the form of scientific studies of various rock types particularly intrusives, which have a bearing on mineral deposits. Economie geclogy has been lacking, particularly in recent mapping. Too much stress is being . placed on scientific aspects of mineral discovery. With this idea, several persons active in mineral exploration here in- cluding geologists and those ° Doctorate degrees agree. It is dangerous to assume that any one group can produce a map or report claiming to know where areas of .‘barren' and ‘impossible’ ground exists, and also where minerai discovery is immanent. The criterial for determination of these must be - the result of work done in the past. The fact that discovery has not happened in a section of ‘roek type ‘and tectonic featurés may not be due to an abserice of mineral bodies or the possibility of discovery. Some of the factors which may have left any area devoid -of diseoery are; a) transportation - trails, miles from settlements, roads etc. b) topography, c) minerals in demand -.a certain rock type may be suspected by ex- plorationist to contain deposits of, for instance, Molybdenum. Prior to about 1950, Molyb- . denum had very little market and deposits containing molybdenum minerals were lying unclaimed and many had not been discovered. After a few years of demand for the mineral, exploration was being actively carried out across large area .of BC. It was. found, quite by accident that Molybdenite occured in Horn- fels rock types, an environment, ‘not favourable’ for Molyb- denum prior to that time. Thus, a new area of the country was now seen to ‘favour’ Molybdenum. This is but a very small example of what happens in mineral exploration. We believe you may b.e aware of this already, but wish to point out the dangers of declaring any section of country ‘out of bounds’ to explorationists. d) methods and technology of exploration - new methods and techniques. are being.. made available on a continuing basis, In the last severa} years, . peophysical methods have ao leaped’ ahead at a very rapid rate. Explorationists are barely ‘able to ‘keep up’ with new . developments, A‘‘section of ‘country con- , for instance, types, ‘a: prime target for geophysical » ‘exploration. Perhaps, techniques ‘equipment of today cannot ‘penetrate the’ overlying, rock. Perhaps tomorrow, equipment | is able to‘detect ‘mineralization at great depth. It is conceivable _ ~ thal areas thought: ‘barren’ and ‘hopeless’. today, -are prime and up some. tin patches over THE HERALD, TERRACE, BC aon their entries. I like to have black squir- rels around the place, butnot in the place. They're cute and picturesque hopping about on the lawn, picking up acorns in their dainty mitts and swivelling their little - bright, beady eyes about as they chew, But when you can't see them, and all you can do is hear, they're not so cute. The only Picture gf them 1 have in winter is of a couple of young buck squirrels gnawing away on the insula- tien covering my wiring, and chatting: “*Hey, Jack, this is better than that hole in the oak we lived in last winter, Right?" Right, George. it was kinda crowded with the One single, lousy rat had ei feen grown men in astate _ of nightly alarums and excur- sions.” At first, he'd wake some- body up with his gnawing. It was across between the sound ofa chain saw and that of asnowmobile. - — It was a welcome diver-- sion, in the beginning. Sort of company, as though some-. body cared, We named him Packy. and talked about him _ tgther fondly. For a while, But then‘the nerves started to wear thin. There's something nerve-wracking aboul a huge rat chomping away right in your ear, as it seemed. . It got to the point where nobody could. go to sleep. We'd lie there, nerves strum- ming, waiting for Packy's | love that electrician's. eighty-four of us. And no . central heating except our own. And down fo an acom a day by February. This is great. Lots of room for jog- ging to keep in shape. Lots of heat. And — mmmmm — evening performance to a weapon, a boot or a bed- board. The little devil seemed to know that‘he had us right where he wanted us. One night he'd start right after lights-out, and suddenly stop, just when we thought we'd located him. Neat night, he'd lie there chuckling - and we'd have City tape." They remind me of a rat who took-over nocturnally in ourroom in prison camp bar- racks in the winter of "44-45, Special meeting of Terrace Municipal Council held at City Hall; Monday November 2? ~ Mayor Lloyd Johnstone reminded the ‘citizens ‘af ‘the im portance of the Sunday Sports By-law referendum which will be included on the ballot on election day, Saturday December 9. The rreferendum must receive the approval of sixty percent of the voting population if the by-law is to become law ‘allowing activities for which entrance fee is charged to take place in the city after 1:30 p.m. on Sundays. + City Administrator Jack Hardy recelved the green Hight to go. ahead with a contract negotiation with B.C. Hydro allowing it to pass on city owned property between Brauns Island vicinity to the vicinity of the Sewage Disposal Plant for the purpose of erecting a power transmission line. .The matter of Regionallzed library participation was put off to - thenext meeting of council in order that Alderman Edna Cooper might report on her " meetings on ‘the matter with library of, wnficials. 0, A recommendation made by the Public Works and Utilities Committee that no remuneration be made to Mr, T. McDonagh of 2406 Pear Street for a period: of time during which a fire hydrant was located on his property ,as the location of Pear Street Roadway, which was in existance prior to the surroun- ding area being annexed into the District of Terrace made it necessary to locate the fire hydrant on private property and * regardless .of these circumstances the District should not be required to pay rental for the fire hydrant location, as the hydrant’s sole function is to provide fire protection for Mr. McDonagh’s property and other private properties in the im- mediate area was adopted by Council. In reply to a petition tabled earlier from the Uplands Home and Association the P.W.&U. Committee recommended tha t Administrator Jack Hardy write ta the Association advising that improvements to the Halliwell Avenue sidewalk will: probably be indluded in:the 1973 Municipal Budget and that it would be impratical to contemplate or attempt to undertake the installation of storm sewers and a road improvement program Halliwell until such time as an overall'plan for sanitary sewarge and storm drainage has been adopted for the bench area. . It was also recommendéd that a request be forwarded to the Association regarding suggestions as to how the Council can be assured that pedestrian traffic will use the sidewalks if they are improved and maintained, as thls appears to be one of the major problems in the Halliwell area at present. mendations were endorsed and adopted by Council. The P.W.&U. Committee recommended that the Department of Highways be advised that the District of Terrace is not in favour of another access to Lakelse Avenue anywhere in the vicinity of the Dairy Queen, and . that the Department of Pulbic Works prepare an alternate. proposal regarding traffic ‘access to the Dairy Queen Parking lot, for presentation to the Committee and Department of Highways. Council went along with these recommendations. in connection: with the provision of storm drainage for the proposed Cloverlawn Development it was recommended that the Mayor and Administrator investigate the possibility of Federal artd-or. Provincial Governments monies being’ made . available to Municipal Governments for Capital, Projects 1 in the year 1973. . @ The Clty Fathers accepted a recommendation submitted: -by the city’s Municipal Planning, Zoning and Traffic Committee that Mr, Fred Weber, . Managing Director of C.F.T.K. T.V. be allowed ‘to Install cablevision lines on Goulet Avenue and Weber Avenue requiring the installation of three power poles on the * west side of Pear Street and burried cable along Goulet and Weber Avenues providing unanimous approval is obtained from |: begin, each of us clutching . These recom- | - pense until it was almost . Stop. comes out of the north. she sworn we could hea the. chuckle - ‘keeping | us in ‘stis- unbearable. Then he'd‘ give: a couple of zooms. And-. inafew minutes he'd start again, gnawing steadily and’ contemptuously. At last, 9. somebody's nerves would break, there'd be the flare’ of a-match and eighteen of us: would leap out of our bunks, “ : flailing at the spot we: were. sure he was in. He never was. and it’s a wonder somebody wasn't — killed in the confusion. Because we all had a differ- ent spot. , Well, that’s enough about squirrels and rats. But | know exactly why people use the term “‘squirrelly’’ as a > “Unlovely. cat, - ) be partially’ or completely below grade... » Brealdent. °°" > eurblig’ and-sidewatks. |. - minimum average was 35 degrees.. The overall average during than last year. he ee ao Mr. during October was 60 degrees on October first B.J. Steele reports that the maximum temperature, nd ‘tle degrees. The average maximum was 49 degrees" while the’ - the month was 42 degrees.. 6.42 inches of rain fell during the © month bringing the precipitation for the year up to 37.92 inches. There were 19 days with measurable precipitation during Oc- “a Hartley! Dent, M.L.A. Skeena ina letter addressed | tothe city, | advised that he proposed discussing the problem of slash bur- ning with the Minister of Lands and Forests in the near future... . He reported that a number of M.L.A.s in. the government caucus have discussed this ‘matter ‘with, the’: Honourable. Robert Williams on a.previous occasion and the Minister has. promised ; to press for alternate means of disposing of lash. aa ‘week in WEEK 1973 on the ice surface during, Min Canada which. takes Blace in: February ; A request made by Mr. H. -Nieze. who.” @ the $172,000 renovation project at the Skeena: View foettatte place a House trailer on the Skeena View property for seven months to ‘Horm sewer. ‘yates on: Goulet Avenue to replace the open ditches now exposed (b) Installation of a storm sewer as above to include extending ‘exlating pavement, to allow a wider street allowance. (c) Items (a) and tb) plus ‘construction of cament -The petition, was curmed over 4 to, the Pubile Works Cominiee tor further somislderation‘and recommendation CP pies the: Elks Hall in. Terrace “on Sanday, December 3