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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1977

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VOLUME 7? NO. 1469

Lazelle pre-school
small step forward

Small Step Forward = from LazelleP.S., _. sat

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RCMP in Terrace will stay on the job right throu

drinking drivers. One picture is worth (§) 1,000 words!

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Rupert inquests

Dates for the inquests
of the two Prince Rupert
fires of last Sunday have
been re-scheduled -as
follows: For the inquest
of the fire that took the
life of Rose Marie Jaeger,
the date has been set for
February 6, 1978. Inquest

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‘date for the second fire

that claimed the lives of -
four children in the
McCarthy Residence will
be February. Coroner
Jim Lynch of Terrace
will be the coroner at-
tending.

George Cowden

According to Mrs,
Cowden, her husband
George Cowden left
Prince Rupert. Friday,
December 9th, and was

ted to arrive home
in Terrace the same day.

When he did net arrive,
she phoned ‘Terrace
RC Saturday morning
and afternoon December
10th, and twice a day
after that.

When a tool box, a
“ddy” gas tank and other
items . Cowden was
able to to identify, were
retrieved near the place
known as the Hole In The

River , from Terrace as
belongin to her
husband's truck, Mrs.
Cowden became con-
vinced her husband
George is somewhere in
the river along with his
truck.

Meanwhile the search -
and the long wait goes on.

Anyone having any in-
formation whatever , of
the whereabouts relating
to the disappearance of
George Hubert Cowden,
age 47, 5'6” , hazel eyes,
stocky build, with brown
hair, or his tuck is
requested to contact the

RCMP Censt. [. Koopman
the holidays, checking for

Acco toRev. Dave down and examined
Martyn, Lazelle Pre- particular children's

School usera may ba e
able to make use of its
services to the com-
munity of Terrace for
“perhaps another three
months."’ He considers It
a “limited reprieve”
however.

The school was to have
closed its doors — (as
have some 20 others in
B.C. over the past few
months) — not becatise
the Department = of
Human Resources has
cut off funding, but
mainly because D.H.R.
subsidies have remained
the same over the years
whereas ‘everything
else” has sharply in-
creased.

Terrace Human
Resources supervisor,
Dan Annabee, told the
Herald earlier this week
that his department, in
concert with officials

in the cases of
some of those attending
L.P.S., “with a view to

providing the oop ecial
, an

Ped heey they
s rograms
those Sniidren feed. It

would appear its an-
nounced closing date of
January 1, 1978. =.

Each school can set its
own pupil-day fee. This
had been the rule since
June 1976, when the Da
care ceiling was lifted.
However, the Depart-
ment’s subsidy for those
of limited income has
remained at $40 per
month per child for some
thime. Still, there is
nothbing preventing the
ehild’s parents from
adding to that amount, if

‘they are able. The

Department subsidizes

regulary Day Care pupils.

THE BIRTH OF JESUS

Wall way 16,30 Terrace (detachment
miles wee % RCMP. .

wn the Skeena

Left to right, above Sheldon Fjaagesund, secretary of Downtown Lions’ club in
Terrace, shown presenting a Yukon Mickey for winning the Lions’ Draw No. 2 te
winner John Motz, while Lion Zone Chairman Hugh Hepburn, at right, léoke on
longingly. Scene of this touching photo was the Herald office, noon Thursday.

~ © Kitimat to wash
S’View laundry? :

Copyright U.C.P.H., Toronto.:
Printed in Canada,

And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped his in swaddling cloths, and laid bins in a inanger, because
there was no place for theor in the inn’ Luke 2: 2.

Terrace taxpayers may
be asked to contribute to
a $165,000 laundry facility
in Kitimat to replace the
laundry room at
Skeenaview Lodge.

The issue came up at
Wednesday's meeting
between Minister of
Health Bob McClelland
and people concerned
withthe proposed phase-

-- -Out.-of the ese. ees
peycogereatricunit.

There are currently
eight people employed in
the laundry room at
Skeenaview, and
although McCleiland
poin out that
obligations to these union
employees will be met,
their jobs will be
elimi

inated.

“Our tax dollars are
going to go toward
@liminating jobs in
Terrace,” according to
Ed Risling, a psychiatric
nurse who attended the
Wednesday's meeting.

Risling was referring to
the fact that taxpayers in
-‘Terrace would haye to
pay a. portion of the cost
of constructing the
Kitimat laundry.

McClelland claimed
that the laundry facilities
at Skeenaview are
inadequate and this is the
reasons for the proposed
move.

He also stated that it
was provincial policy to
“‘regionalize’ such
facilities.

The laundry would be
built near Kitimat
General Hospital where
laundry is now being sent
from Mills Memorial
Hospital in Terrace.

d. Vic Jolliffe, who
also attendedt — the
meeting, questioned
McCleliand on the fun-
ding for this relocation.

@ funding is a ‘‘mish-
mash” right now, Jolliffe
said, because it used to be
a provincial respon-
sibility, but is now
becom partially the
responsibility of the
regional district.

olliffe also stated that
40 percent of the $185,000
cost would be borne by
the r onal district and

ssed on xpayers
Pecordin to the regional
cost-sharing formula.

McClelland replied that
the regional district has
always been active in

developing health care
within its boundaries,
although that board has
no actual power over
decisions.

The feelings of the
regional board “can only

‘come as imput, not as |

directives,” according to

the health minister. |
The laundry issue was |

one of several ‘

~-at-the- public ‘meetings ~~ ="! ;

Others were reasons. for
phasing-out the facility,
transfer of patients, staff
lay-offs and lack of
communication between
staff and administration.
Union representatives
and workers at
hospital stated they
would put their com- .
plaints in writing and
orward them to the
minister.

Fund

Address

Persons wishing to
senations towards the
Kitimat ts Elks fund
towar @ expenses 0
Chad Taskinen 10, of
Kitimat whose side was
torn open and scalp
Tip off by a bear on
October 6, can mail their
contributions to Gary
Young,, Kitimat Elks -
club secretary-treasurer,
163 Konigus Street,
Kitimat. Young's phone
numbers are 632-6222 or —
632-3403. .

$1.98 ea.
Mailbag

In an editorial in the
Herald _— of y
December 16th, under the
headline ‘‘Junk Mail -
mention was made of
mail to Native Villagers
costing the Canadian
Post Office $1.98 for each
jece. The true cost
igure $1.98 per bag.

Also, the Post Office at
Terrace has no alr mail
service or rather, does
not fly mail into the
villages but operates
through surface tran-
sportation by contract
with Far West Bus Lines,