ESS f° TERRACE daily herald 2c WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1977 VOLUME 71 NO, 156 - “We Want You ToCharge Us” Block Merchants Tell City . - The 4600 Block Mer- chants are accusing Terrace . council of discrimination because of t.. reaten against the merchant for contravening a municipal by-law. . The. merchants ap- peared at a council meeting Monday night to ask the council members to revise the shop closing by-law which is the basis ‘of the pending charges, . Last week a block-long “Midnite Madness” sale as held on Lakelse Avenue, and since then the merchants have been expecting charges to be laid against them, The municipality has turned the matter over to the local Crown prosecutor who so far has not filed the charges. “We do want you to charge us,” council was told by Peter Gray, one of the merchants involved in Midnite Madness. Gray said the businesses were aware they would he con- travening the by-law if they went ahead with the sale, but stated by the time they were informed of this, it was too late to stop it. i the 4600 = block merchants are charged, all businesses con- fravening the by-law must also be charge, Gray said. He said he ‘didn’t want to mention any names,” but gave examples of other shops that either slay open past hours or sell merchandise they are not allowed to under the by-law. This was admitted by the municipal licensing Cyril’s back in town Skeena -MLA Cyril Shelford returned to Terrace Monday night -‘folowoing a meeting: in Smithers with the recently re-activated Smithers Chamber of Commerce, About 20 members of the Chamber were in attendance, including the recently elected resident of the Cham- r, Carm Graff, Shelford was primarily there to discuss the . group’s number one priority — the up-grading and completion of a circular route from Smiters to Fran Isle, the Skeena MLA says he is attempting to bring B.C.’s Highways Minister Alec Fraser to Smithers tomeet with the Chamber and other interested rsons in an attempt to interest him in the project and _ possibly make a commitment on by his department. - Shelford said in ‘ad- dition to Fraser, he is attempting to get other department ministers to come to Smithers and add their ministries support, The road is paved from Topley to Granisle and is well used by fishermen and hunters at present. Completion . of“ the circular route would give Granisle residents a ‘rect’ shopping and business ink! = =with Smithers, shortening the distance by - ap- proximately 90 miles, as at present, to about 37 miles. Eighteen miles of up- grading and gravelling are required to bring the link up to acceptable standards. An estimated $250,000 would be required to bring the circular route up to ac- ceptable traffic stan- dards, Shelford told the Herald, Saturday. The Highways Department has as its main interest in the Pacific Northwestern area, the paving of the section of Highway 437 from Kitwanga to its Ilnk- up with the Alaskan high- way. The target date for completion of this costly construction project is 1979. The amount ap- propriated for this years paving alone is in excess of $30 million. “Aunt” To Thousands For 30 yrs. VANCOUVER (CP) — Noel (Tante) Lowndes, a legendary figure on the Vancouver waterfront for pearly 30 years, died in hospital Saturday, Since arriving in Vancouver about 1950 she had devoted her life to the welfare . of visiting Scandinavian — seamen, most of whom knew her only as Tante (aunt), All through the years, it was said, she never missed the arrival or departure of a Scandi- navian ship. She would go on board with books, hometown newspapers and films. She or anized outings, skiing trips and soccer matches for the visiting seamen and if they were sick she visited be them in hospital, listened to their troubles and wrote to their mothers. By the middle fifties her voluntary _—con- tribution was official recognized by the Swed- ish ~=and = ~—sNorwegian seamen’s welfare organizations and she was paid a small salary. ’ In. 1957 she was honored by the King of Norway with the title Knight of the Order of St. Olav, the country's highest order of chivalry. She was sim- ilarly honored, during a ceremony. in Stockholm the following year, with the silver medal of the Swedish Merchant Navy Welfare Council, She was a_ board member of the Missions to Seamen on Dunlevy and three years ago was appolnted an honorary commodore of the Port of Vancouver, Funeral services will be held Wednesday. inspector, Tom Chesterman, the mer- chants said, ‘‘whohse only explanation of ex- cuse was the budget would not permit him to work overtime to check these Infractions.” The merchants described the sale as “a roaring success’ and offered to work with council in drawing up a new by-llaw which would allow for special cir- cumstances such as a once or twice a year evening sale. Council, however, Statedit was beyond their power to alter the by-law ause it was in accord with provincial statutes. The point was brought up that other towns such as Kitimat, Smithers and Stewart “get away with” late night openings, but council rejected this idea. The threat of wide open business hours which could force stores to stay open until midnight ever night was made by Ald. Vie Jolliffe, even though this would also con- tpr oevi exc ieat statutes, However, John Clift, another businessman at the meeting, stated he would stay open until midnight if that was what the public wanted and business warrented the extra hours. After a lengthy debate on the issue, council concluded the matter with no immediate decisions, and the merchants can only wait for whatever legal action is pending. Friendship House. Rosema Streetworkers Impersonated Rosemary Supernault, a member of the board of directors for Terrace Friendship House, told the Terrace HERALD yesterday reporta have been received that two males are falsely representing themselves as streetworkers employed by terrace “We do have two streetworkers on our staff,”' said, and their names are Robin | Brown and Bill Tollstam. We would ask the public to beware of any other persons who may claim to be our streetworkers, ete E, J ~ Counci es Bis ORE YS ae glen” RR 'Salshoawi le _ MLEGUER. (ULLOEN Viuicests, V3V-1L%4 i aes \ 5 ‘ . ebdseé bs i: Fou Ld, COMP, 778 16h con eee RNa ane RINGO RNG, Annie Holmes, campaign chairman for the Heart Fund drive next year is looking for canvassers to help out in February, February is heart month throughout Canada and in Terrace the drive will be held from Feb. 12-18, Anyone who ul like to canvass for the Heart Fund can call Annie at 635-75 yone who would 05. Weather Permitting Health Minister’s Visit Confirmed For The 21st — Accordin to MLA Cyril Shelford, Health Minister Bob McLelland is due to arrive via government aircraft at Terrace at 11 am. Wednesday, September 2lst. A tentative agenda calls for him tolunch with Mayor Dave Maron - meet - representatives of various groups involved with the Skeenaview Lodge situation. Purpose of the Health Minister's visit has-been described as to enable him to have a first hand look at the several. roblems afflicting the eenaview. -. sbaigie ia Stag ia 17 gees To Special M stitution with a. view to coming u with satisfactory solutions. At the moment — con- sideration is being given to permit interested members of the public as wejl as representatives of the news media to attend the December 2ist meetings, “© —- , eeting To Deal With Skeenaview Delegates Terrace council will meet with the public and all interested parties sometime before Christmas to discuss the robblem of Skeenayiew ge. The decision was made in response to a small delegation which came before council Monday night to protest the p ; phase-out of the psycho- geriatric facility. Ed Risling, a spokesman for the group, said they were against the reduction residents, unfair treat- ment of the residents by administration of the lodge and cutbacks in staff. “We feel the present situation is not ad- vantageous to the residents, workers or the community,” hje said. Skeenaview was established in 1950, growing until around 1975 when it was noted in a professional journal of nursing as the most p P geriatric care unit in the country, Rislingg said. At this time there were 170 residents and 150 staff working three shifts. The spokesman for the group quoted Brad Gee, administrator of the Lodge, as stating, “I’m very proud of Skeenaview.”’ Rislin also quoted Minister o Human Resources Bill Vander Zalm as saying in 1976 ~=6that =_ although Skekenaview had one of the highest budgets in the province, it was well worth the price. “The administrator, Mr. Gee and Mr. Vander Zalm werre aware even while they publicly congratulated Skeenaview staff on doiing an excellent job that the staff at that time had been cut and programs were beginnin to suffer,’ Risling said, The implication is that Vander Zaim created a false impression, he added Risling said he hoped council would understand the protest grou- psposition and why a picket line was set up in ront of the lodge on Dec. 5, Stopping the movement of residents to other centre in B.C, without prior consultation and in most cases against their will is the main in the group is protesting, along with the lack of com- munication between staff and administration, but there are a number of other issues. Busy M.P. Campagnolo Races Against Weather comeona ; MP ona mpagnalo '‘s busy weekend of scheduled appearances and speech- making and other public functions in the terrace— Kitimat —Kemano area was severely curtailed by the vagaries of weather affecting aircraft travel last Saturday and Sun- day New Hat For Brad Gee ' A second “hat” has en given to Skeenaview-Lodge ministrator Brad Gee, this week. In addition to his administrative role. for the institutlon, Gee is now also the ‘‘Long Term Care Administrator” for the Skeena Health Unit, A “Long Term Care Placement Service” will start up, under the B.C. government, for the province, on January Ist. Its purpose will be to serve those ple in need of such long term care care where they, their family, agree such care is needed. The central agency wil 1 then send outa Public Health Nurse who will assess the patient's needs, Included under the Long Term Care umbrella are will be such services as S“‘Care In Your Own Home” Meals On’ Wheels, and Day Care For Seniors. A continationn of in- terrupted commercial air schedules carried on this week, : At press time, ‘Tuesday evening, there still had been no flights by com- merelal aircraft from Vancouver this week. Saturday’s plans called for the MP to meet with the Kitamaat Village Band Council in the morning, then, in the afternoon, attend a session of the Aluminum Co. of Canada to present its. Fitness Program award certificates. Following this Mrs. Campagnolo was to fly into Kemano to open the Kemano Recreation Hall. She was then to over- night there and return by helicopter to Kitimat Sunday morning, attend Mass and continue with a Sunday round of ac- tivitles. A series of cancelled flights out of Vancouver found the minister waiting at Vancouver airport all day Saturday. Sunday morning she learned of a flight that would be attempted to Rupert, but was warned there would be no con- necting bus to Terrace or Kitimat as the roads were too hazardous. Deciding to risk it, the Skeena P flew to Rupert anyhow, where she rented a vehicle and- drove, accommpanied by an aide, to Terrace. At Terrace she met her Terrace assistant, Peter Jones, and the three drove in his truck to Kitimat, where she at- tended a delayed meeting with CASAW — union members. In the evening, Mrs. Campagnolo spoke to the Lus ‘anadian Association (a Por- tuguese Club) on the subject of oil tankers using Kitimat as an ail rt. (She is against the dea.) Although the buildings have never been con- demned there have been constant rumors to that effect, Risling said. “Tf in fact the buildings are condemned why is money being spent on renovations?’ he asked. “Why does this money and the money being spent on renovations not o 6 6toward «the new uitding?” Risling disputed an earlier statement made - the administrator of eenaview sho said that residents are being moved because of the lack of professional staff. There are six ap- lications in at keenaview which are not being processed, Risling charged, because no directive had been received from the ad- miniotration, di ed ing also disagre with infromation previously reported on layoffs of on-call staff, None of these staff members were actually filling permanent nursing positions, he claimed. There are rumors that the laundry facility is to be closed and the laundr sent to Kitimat whic would mean further reduction in staff, the spokesman said, and also rumoors that the boiler are in bad condition. This last point is not true, Risling said, and because the boilers were found to | be in good condition on the last inspection. Adding to the unsafe conditions, one ward has been completely shut down and the residents crammed into two other wards causing an unhealthysituation, Risling stated. Council agreed to the request to hold a public meeting on Skeenaview, although a date has not yet been set. Council Appointments The formal reap- pointment of committees was done at Terrace council meeting Monday night to accommedate the change in council. Committees for 1978 will be: Finance , fener an services - government protective chairman Helmut Giesbrecht, Bob Cooper, Alan Soutar; staff representative is Bob Hallsor. Recreation and tourism - chairman Jack Talstra, David Pease, Alan Soutar: staff represen- tative is Bill Casey. Public works planning and industry - chairman of public works Jack Talstra, chairman of Planning Vie Jolliffe, chairman of industry Bob Cooper and Helmut Gieshrecht; staff representative is Ed Thomas. _ Appointments for 197 are: Terrace and District : Library Association -- Alan Soutar. Mills Memorial Hospital Board - David Pease. Service Club liason - Jack Talstra. . Terrace & District Commu nity Services Society - David Pease, Skeena Board of Health Helmut Giesbrecht, Regional Board alternate director to Vic Jolliffe is Helmut Giesbrechi, alternate director to Bob Cooper is Jack Talstra. Court of Revision for 1978 - chairman Dave Maroney, Alan Soutar, David Pease, and Jack Talstra as alternate. Deputy mayors December to January David Pease, February to March - Jack Talstra, April ta May - Helmut Giesbrecht, June to July - Vic Jolliffe, August to September - Bob Cooper , October to November - Alan Soutar,