TERRACE — Forest companies
and others with woods interests in
the Nisga’a land claim area mect
in Vaticouver today with provin-
cial negotiators working on the
settlement of the claim,

‘It’s the second meeting in as
many weeks as they try to find a

way to have a say in the negotia-

tions.

They’ve formed a commillee to
represent their interests and arc
unhappy because. they haven't
been involved in the talks,

“We're starting to feel our way

into how we can participate in the
overall process and we're getting
that cleared up,” said Skeena
Cellulose’s Pat Ogawa last week.
OF particular worry to the forest
sector and other resource users is
what is called the interim pro-
tection measures agreement being

negotiated between the federal .

and provincial governments and
the Nisga'a Tribal Council.

The agreement will give’ the -

Nisga’a a say in logging and min-
ing development within their

claim area leading up-to a final

agreement.

The content” of the interim
agreement fs expected . lo give

clues as to how: the final deal will.

be negotiated, ©

“It was already done before we: -

got there;’’ said Ogawa of the in-

terim agreement. We. didn’t Hike ;
., But those third party interests

| a

Release of that agrecinent wis

expected’ in the spring and again
“several weeks figo.  ~ “= ,

~ Government officials: now “say”

the agreement will be relensed

_far- rejected

‘Boon but have: declined lo give
Teasons about the delay.

The Nisga'’a and the federat and
provincial governments have so
sugecstions thal
resource usérs and others ‘billed
as third ,party interests. have a
presénce at (he negotiations.

want. .to: be asked for their
opinions and to give suggestions.

~ “Well use every ‘angle we can

to.get our opinions across,” said
Ogawa who-is the chairman of
_

JOIN
the
clubs |

TERRACE -- The autumnal nip in the
air signals the changing of the seasons
and that means it’s time for numerous
local clubs to gear up for their 792-93
season.

IVs therefore also time for another
Clubs’ Day in the Skeena Mall.

Many organizations will be setting up
tables for the event, taking registrations
and just answering any questions people
might have about their group.

Future Pavel. Bures or Cliff Ronnings
can sign up for an icy season al the Ter-
race Minor Hockey table while those in-
terested in. gymnastics wil! find the
Peaks club is offering a number of new
programs this year (see story on page
C1

The Terrace Concert Saciety will also
be there, offering season tickets for an-
other line-up of fine concert per-

« formanges,:including.. _Joalle.;. Rabu
“Tonight...Piaf”’ _ and = the Kiev
Symphony Orchestra: a

And those looking’ for an evening of

fun on the dance floor can stop at the
Skeena Squares table to find out what
the local square dancing group has to of-
fer.
There’ bé"Miore;, ‘of course, so why
not drop in and check Clubs Day out. It
runs this Friday, 6-9 p.m. and Saturday,
-10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Of course, not all local clubs will be
represented ‘at the event but getting in-
formation about them is not too difficult.

Several have taken space in the Fall
92 recreation guide to explain what
they are all about and where to phone
for more details. ©

And there are lists of all sports and
outdoors clubs and leagues, support
groups, service clubs and cultural-youth
organizations complete with contact per-
son and phone number.

’ All in all, there’s no shortage of things
to do in town to while ¢ away the long,
cold winter,

PEAK PERFORMANCE. With the new season about to begin, the Terrace
Peaks Gymnastics club will be there at Clubs Day ready to sign up members
old and new. Eva Mateus, 10, _{above) is one of many local youngsters wha
will be back again to enjoy the: sport, and the club has introduced several new
programs this which it hopes will encourage even mare people to join in.

Group chases Nisga’a claim

the woods industry commitice es-
tablished earlier this year to deal
with the Nisga’a claim.

“The committee met last week
here. with forest service officials
acling as advisors to the provin-
cinl negotiators.

“TE we can't be at the negotiat-

ing table, there should be a com-

mittee or groups representing dif

ferent sectors so they (the govern-
ments) can‘baunce some ideas off
us,’” said Ogawa.

Terrace mayor Jack Talstra has

made the same kind of arguineit
in the need’ for representation
from local govenuients itt: the. tie= ;
goliations,

Ogawa was ~insirumental: “this

spring and this summer in

organizing public and-private | 'scs-
“sions with the federal and provin-

cial negotiators. o
" Meanwhile, Skeena MIA Hel-
mut Giesbrecht says there was

nothing, Uhat._ secret about a

closed meeting on the Nisga’a
fand claim. That story on Page
A2.

Cassiar sale

set To roll
next wee

TERRACE —. Bob Seibold
kceps telling tem there’s some-
thing for. everybody.

And that’s proved true fora fu-
neral, director ‘from: Whitchorse.
who purchiised eight caskels from
the inventory of the closed Cas-
sinr asbestos mine.

Selbold, from Maynards Auc:
tionecrs which is selling the mine:
and lown,. is now getting ready
for, a massive five-day effort in-
volving 40° “employees beginndig
Sept. 15,

He's. expecting “ buyers from
Brazil; = ‘Australia and “New

Zealaind ‘and is fielding inquiries ©

from ‘all over the United® States
and Catinda. rrrh ‘

“f¢We “don’t. know: ‘how: sony .
people | will ‘come, but we should’
get 500 (o 1,000 people,"” Seibold: :

said last week.

Mayiiards Avis alread sold, ihe. |. #
\ y ~ es

vast majority of the approxinate-
ly 150 mobilé homes; frame’ con:
struction hovses and’ panabodes
which cmptied quickly after the
mine closed) and went into
receivership in February.

It was appointed auctioncer by

Andersen Ine. in July after effarts

. to sell the town and mine in one

piece failed... -

‘They went ‘like wildfire. ‘We
could have’ sold: two or three
times ‘the amount we had, ”
Seibold. said ‘of the houses. am

“That kind of interest surprised

Scibold who had been led. to be;
lieve otherwise.

“We couldn't check: with alot
of people ¢ on the inarket value for
these houses. But if you're. look-
ing ata $70,000 house, which had:

been occupied for, a year and a,
half at the most; aiid: you can.get -

it for $25,000 or $30,000,: the
people were: making money. even
after moving costs,” he sald.

The majority of the homes’ went:
to places. in BAC, and: the. Yukon,
One home is destined for Saltapr-
aot Island.

‘Also.

ie church, owned by the
company;:. and” ‘the: Anglican
church.‘

The town’s fire hall was ‘sold to.
the native band at Lower Post, the
beds from the hospital will stay in
the north and the -post ‘office
building i ison the block, -.:

court-appointed receiver Arthur

2 fish story!
“Provincial fisheries:
‘blologist fob Hooton has one.
- concerning the steelliend tag: .
_ gin program.

steclhead, ’
‘Stanley. eo
Stanley, ais first: ‘nabbed -

* Iw tlie lower: Skeenn.
The.
wos captured: again, this time
in the Morice River, just be-

fiack,te. the Pacific.”

TERRACE ~ Talk shout Ob

It's about: one particilar “thor
who. we'll” a a

~ and tagged in the fall:of 1990"

following’ spring, he

- fore spawriing’ aud: hending

tS °F
two encounters, ‘Stanley 1g...
‘ caught: yet ngilu this sumimer: ’
us he  Fetimned ta the's Skeeny. ae

a hie this ear W te

‘same man ¥ ho pulled hin: hi 2

last spring, ‘
»(Figure | the: odds* ‘on + thint}

On, Ap, sales, list, Ae, jhe. !, b

- Hooton says,

Northwest defends hospitals —

TERRACE — Norihwest resi-
dents defended their health care
system last week in a series of
public mectings.

Terrace, Kitimat, and Prince
Rupert residents told a review
team looking at-health care their
hospitals shouldn't be subject to
service cus.

But the meetings also featured
residents in cach -city arguing
over the concept of centralizing
services. a

It began with an Aug. 31 mecl-
ing in. Tertace where .Dr. Jim
Dunficld, a Terrace surgeon,

argued for some centralization of
ibe region’s specialists at Mills
Memorial Hospital.

'T believe orhopedic surgery ,

should-be based in Terrace,’ said
Dunfield, who is chief of surgery
at Mills. ‘‘We need a regional
referral centre in the area. It’s
going to happen anyway.”

Without regionalization of
specialists, he predicted, none of

the three hospitals will retain its:

“critical: mass’? and the number
of specialists at all three hospitals
will decliie.

“There's been a lot of bicker-

HIG BUSINESS
New construction

pushes building permits
to record $20 million.

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ing and infighting and politics be-
tween the three centres,’ Dun-
field said, adding it’s lime to
settle the issuc.

Similar'meetings in Kitimat and
Prince Rupert on Aug. 1 and 2
saw residents there: lash out at
Dunfield’s suggestions. . ;

“His outburst was extremely

inappropriate,’ said Dr. Howard.

Mills, acting chief of medical
staff at_ Kitimat General Hospital.
“There has been an agreement
belween Terrace and Kitimat to
share the facilities up here. Ter-
race promised ta support our con-

‘the. review:
~ orthopedics
_ would be the end of Kitimat hos-

Uinuing orthopedic program if we

“supported the CT scanner, which

we did.’’,

“IF he succeeded in persuading
team to remove
from. Kitimat, -it

pital most likely in the fairly short
term,”’ said Mills, “‘Atd we don’t

believe. it would save the govern. -

nient any money --— which is real-

ly what this whole exercise is

about.””

He. called to an end to empire: :

building aud pointed to England’s
experiment with regionalization.

Golden Age

¢ Our seniors return |
from Dawson Creek

Meet Raggi
_CONIMUNITY. Bi.

laden with plunder.

“Now there's a move to go
back to the smaller GP-run com-
munity hospitals which are
cheaper and more efficient.”

Terrace Regional Health Care
Society chief executive officer
Michael Leisinger said he didn’t
know if the effect of the meetings

_ and the’ review team's pending

recommendations “would be to
have the hospitals competing for
a set amount of money.
“That's kind of the positlon ©
we're.jn now,” he said,
It’s-also one reason why norlh-
ern hospitals

have begun ‘to .

revive a northwest health care
study of several years ago which
recommended more sharing of
services, Leisinger added. °°.
“Tf that’s: their’ (the ” review
team’s) recommendation ...- it
could bea validation of that.
Some times’it takes-a-crisis to get
people together,” be said,
Northern hospitals met carlier
this year and plan another’ meet-
ing this month’ to go over. the
“health care study, :
Leisinger said: local - ‘surgeons
fec! ‘‘absolutcly passionately”

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