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 RIVERBOAT BAYS PARADE! —

Riverboat Days weekend is coming up soon with
many of the same events which made last year’s 50th

tennial Lions’ Riverboat Days casino, a native soccer
tournament, outhouse races, and hopefully a parade.

The HERALD just learned yesterday that no plans
had been made to organize a parade, traditionally one
of the tore popular events, s0 we decided to do our

e.

- Although there are only two weeks left until the

hoping to get enough parade participants to join the
n. :

‘Entry forms will be published in next Tuesday’s
D, and anyone wishing more information can
call us at 635-6957,

The weekend festivities will start off on Friday,
August 4, at 1 p.m, with the Northwest Native Soccer
Tournament at  Skeena Secondary — field.

The largest Native soccer tournament in B.C., the
tournament is sponsored by the Canyon City Lions
Club (formerly the Canyon City Recreation Com-
mission) and includes 20 soccer teams from the
Pacific: Northwest, from Bella Coola to Bella Bella.

Also during the weekend at Skeena will be ladies -

softball games, foot races and other athletic events,

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) —
‘Two container ships heavily
damaged in a head-on
collision drifted under the

protection of a United States
Coast Guard cutter today
while awaiting tugboat

lona Optomistic
On Loto’s Future

. OTTAWA (CP) — The federal government hopes to
reach a compromise with the provinces over the
sharing of profits from a national lottery once the cur-
rent arrangement for Loto Canada expires next year,
Sport Minister Iona Campagnolo said Thursday.
..She told reporters there has been softening on both
sides of and “I'm strre we can arrive at.an equitable
solution.”” S| .

+. The provinces have sald they want Ottawa out of the

On Saturday starting at 2

.m. the 4600 Block

Merchants Association will hold their walkaide with
birthday celebrations a success including the Cen- sidewalk sales, outdoor cafe, antique car show and

Keystone Kops,

Riverboat era (50 years ago and earlier) costumes

are encouraged,

Beginning Saturday and going to Sunday will be
Pacific Northwest Fastball games at Riverside Park,
Sees a oo
% tentatively sc starting wi e Downtown
August 4 - 7 weekend celebrations, the HERALD is -“yigng pancake breakfast, a joint church service, and

the Psychiatric Nurses Association Bed-a-thon. A
marathon race and a cycle race to Lakelse Lake are

also planned.

Ifall goes well, the parade will begin around 11 a.m.
The Outhouse Race sponsored by the Lakelse Lake
Lions may be rescheduled for Sunday afterncon at
Oli's Beach at Lakelse Lake. There will also be a boat
regatta, concession stand, clowns and yarious other

events.

On Monday, the Centennial Lions will kold River-
boat Days at the arena from 3 p.m. to midnight with a
casino, beer garden and games of chance and fun. ,

Watch future issues of The HERALD for a complete

schedule of events for the Riverboat Days weekend.

Container Ships Collide Head-On
North, North-West of Pr. Rupert

The two vessels crashed
bowon-bow in the North
Pacific about 960 Kilometres

assistance into a safe port. outh of this island port

Wednesday.

No injuries were reported
but both ships suffered
ripping wounds to their hulls.

The vessels were identified

as the 260-metre Star-K out

of Piraeus, Greece and the
292-metre Taiwan Phoenix

out of Singapore.
- The Star-K lost a 20-metre-

” long section of its keel in the

crash, flooding its first three
holds. The Taiwan Poenix
Buffered a long gash below
the water line, sending water .
gushing into - its “forward

lottéry business when Loto Canada’s mandate expires ~RIDING.--COMFORTA

text year. Mri. Campagnolo has offered a 80-50 split,
«.Five per cent‘ of the lottery’s profits now are ear:
marked for the federal amateur sports program and
Mrs, Campagnolo said she hopes that at least that
much will be retained. | *

. Additional federal funds could:be used for building
community centres or in cultural fields,
. Currently 82.5 per cent of Loto Carada profits go to
paying off the Olympic deficit and the remaining 12.5
per cent in shared amongst the provinces.

High Hazards
In B.G. Forests

"Hadi reports: from ‘tho ”

cutter Jarvis said both ships
were riding comfortably in
10-foot seas ‘Thursday but
coast guard officials sald
they were worried about an

approaching weather front,

“If the seas build too much
and put further strain on the
vessels, the situation could
deteriorate rapidly,” a
spokesman said.

Both vessels have crews of
about 30 men.

The Coast Guard said the
damaged ships were
awaiting assistance from
commercial tugs, but the
rescue vessejs were not
expected until Monday at the
earliest.

The coast guard said the

master of the Taiwan

Phoenix thinks he can
proceed to Seattle under his
own power with an escort in

cage of trouble but the Star-K . . «
wil Rave to'be“tawed into

port stern first. .

The coast guard said pt did
not know the destination of
either vessel or their
cargoes,

WINTARIO WINNERS

MANITOULIN ISLAND, Ont. CP - Five tickets

each worth $100,000 were drawn Thrusday in the

Wintario lottery draw.

.-The winning numbers were 32264 in series 23;
‘ 48074 in series 1; 38729 in series 27; 54206 In series

51 and 13693 in series 1.

.» There was a total of 62,370 prizes for more than

$2 million in prire money,

VICTORIA (CP) — With
rainfall far below average,
‘there is an extreme forest
fire danger in most regions
of British Columbia, a
5 for the ministry
of forests sald Thursday.

H. G. Doerkson, provincial
forest fire suppression of-
ficer, said most of northera

“This means that the
forest litter and debria is
dangerously dry and any
outbreak of. fire must be
controlled immediately if we
are to prevent the de-
struction of large areas of
our forests,”’ he sald.

There were 90 new fires
during the week, bringing

,-The next draw will be held in Whitby on Aug 3.

Policies studied?

VICTORIA (CP) —
Forests Minister Tom

Waterland said Thursday he
has established a committee
to study government policies.

B.C. has received only halfof the total number so far this

the average rainfall year to 89 compared with
recorded during the past 30 803 at the same time last
years, year,

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“— DIDN'T KNOW” - Adam Pasowisty of Terrace
knew he had a big fish on his spin-inglo hook but he
wasn’t quite prepared for the 80 lb., 56inch long Spring
Salmon he pulled out of the Skeena River. The fis

dragged him down past Old Remo Bar and it took
Adam two hours to bring it In. He was using a Hardy

and regulations concerning
contracts between 1 ’
contractors
companies,

and forest

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“This is the first example
of the continuing dialogue
the ministry of forests plans
tohave withall sectors of the
forest industry concerning
implementation of the new

ogging Forest Act,” Waterland said

in a news release. .

A wT aflee g

10-10 rod and an A f jassador Reel 7000, The world's

record Spring Salmon, accordi
ght in

of Records, was ¢

to the Guiness Book
e Terrace district

nineteen years ago, [t weighed 92.5 Ibs. Adam is back
with hook and line, tryirig again to beat it,

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FOREST
FIRES
UPDATE

Foresiry firefighters took
less than five hours. to get
Wednesday's brush fire near
the Terrace Airport under
conirol, containing the blaze
to a three-acre area.

TheAlRfire, about a half-
mile east of the airport, was
believed to have been started

. bya careless recreationalist,

and was first reported to the
Forestry Department at 1:30

p.m.
Within 15 minutes the first
air attack was made
followed by other air
tankers, and a retardant
guard was quickly doused on
the fire, according to
forestry spokesperson Terry

er.

Six cats, five tanker trucks
and 40 men fought that fire
which was under control and
into Mop-up stages Thur-

aday.
While the ATR Fire con-
tinued to burn, another fire
was spotted at ‘Kleanza
Creek in an active logging
slash area on CanCel,
Fifteen CanCel men,, two
cats and twe tankers brought
that under control and mop-
up commenced Thursday.
This fire appeared to have
started at a lightning struck
treee and may have
smouldered a long time
before bursting into fame.
The blaze was said to have
been confined to one half-

acre,

The KAT fire in Kitimat
Valley is “reasonably
quiet,” Walker stated, but
the KEN fire near Hazelton
“ig still giving vw troubles
with hot dry weather and

. Winds causing flare-ups.’

‘TheSLOT fire near Atlin is
still out of control, but
firefighters are ‘holding’ the
flames.

The TEL fira near
Telegraph Creek ig junder

At last report, a: fire in
Deadwood Lake southweat of
Coal River on the Alaska
‘Highway is burning, but no
details were available,

Fires Caused
By Hot Shoes

A train travelling between
Prince Rupert and Terrace,
gave Forest Service officiais
a cause for concern Tuesday.

It has been speculated that
the train with possibly faulty
brake shoes was the cause of
three fires between the two
cities.

The fires occurred around
Mile 35 of the CNR line which
runs between Terrace and
Prince Rupert, according to
Forest Service spokesman
Terry Walker. Crews from
Dawson Construction , the
CNR and the Forest Service

soon had the fires under .

control,
+ Walker reminds residents
and tourists that the camp-

‘ fire ban isstillin effect in the

forest around Highway 37
north of Kitwanga Lake.

Govt
to China?

VICTORIA (CP) —
Economie Development
Minister Don Phillips said
today he is considering
leading an economic mission
to the People’s Republic of
China

Phillips
terview he met here three
weeks ago with a delegation
from mainland China, which
expressed a desire ta open
trade talks with the British
Columbia government.

“A trip is atill in the
thought . process,’ the
minister said, “It would bea
very tight group, led by
myself, to start negotiations
and not just to look at the
Great Wall and plant trees,
but to start some serious
trade negotiations.”

The minister said he will
also travel to England this
fall to try to sell more B.C.
coal and lumber as well as
attempt to increase British
investment in BC,
manufacturing,

Opposition leader Dave
Barrett recently returned
from a trade mission to
Europe and said the British
are still interested In
building an oil refinery in
-B.C, Phillips said he is not
interested in such a project.

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Busdriver and tour-guides - but no passengers!

THE EMPTY BUS

Gwynne McCullough (left) and Ruth Pousette (right) above, give guided tours of
Terrace, with the help of the bus driver, Martin Dey, every, Monday and Thur-
sday. The cost is $5.00 for the two hour trip and includes a tour of the main in-
dustrial, recreational, commercial, and residential areas as well as some local
history. Tours of Kitimat are also available for $10.00 or there is a combination
tour and both Terrace and Kitimat can be seen for $13.00 So far not many tourists
have used this service andif more interest is not shown the tours will likely be
discontinued at the end of the month ;
When the service was started, several weeks ago, the bus ran empty, and when
this photo was taken, Thursday noon, it did not carry a single paying passenger.
Further information is available at 635-2063.

United Native Nations

~Form North-West Local:

.- The United Native Nations, Prince Rupert local, held its first meeting Monday
night in order to establish itself officially as a Native voice’ for Native Indians
of this area. Seventeen people attended this first Prince Rupert UNN meeting and
motions were passed to; ;

.--beglater the Prince Rupert local with head office of the UNN in Vancouver
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-to hire a field worker as soon as possible.

. Cleo Reece, northern organizer of the UNN in Prince Rupert, explained the

purpose of the UNN. “Ever since the B.C. Association of Non-Status Indians |

dissolved a coupte of years ago, due to the feeling at the thine that both status and
non-status should be working together, not in separate groups, there has been
nothing to replace it.

..“'The UNN was formed in southern B.C. last year - a body representative ef both
status and non-status Indians and a political mouthpiece for ail native peoples.
Well, finally the northern areas of the province are starting to form UNN locals
and it’s ahout time. For the last two years the Native people in this area have had
nowhere to discuss their problems and concerns and feelings about the future of
thelr peoples.’

,.Reece stated that interest for starting a UNN local here was initiated a few
weeks age when 60 Native people from the surrounding villages decided to go toa
UNN annual assembly in Williams Lake, These people wanted to know what was
going on in Indian communitles across the province, They became involved and
concerned with the issues being discussed there - land claim issues, the Indian Act
with respect to women and children and the need to lobby for changes in it, Indian
education issues, housing for Native peoples, youth and cultural issues.

. Reece claimed that the 60 people who attended this assembly in Williams Lake
decided that a UNN local was a definite need for the local area. Secretary
treasurer of the new UNN local here, Dorothy Johnson, said that although only 17
;people showed up for the first meeting, all the 60 people who went to Williama
Lake have pledged their involvement with the Prince Rupert local, once things
get golng, an office is established and a field worker hired.

.. “Once we get an office and a field worker, then we can start to deal with issues.
We hope to interest more people in the UNN by way of example and by word-of-
mouth, When the people see we are active and involved in contributing input into
our own affairs they will want to get involved too,” Johnson sald, She added that
until the office space is found, interested people can phone her, or drop into see
her at Friendship House, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

.. The United Native Natlons is funded by a grant through the Federal Secretary
of State. The Prince Rupert local will have funding from the main UNN office for
its field worker and the local office. Funding for other local projects will be raised
by the Prince Rupert UNN on its own. The Prince Rupert UNN plans to have a
fund-ralsing drive in the near future with bake sales, bingos and other events,

Former Skeena River Boat
Never Sauce Such Problems

The Wharf - SS Essington seafood restaurant opened for business again Mon-
day, but there was a hold on the Hollandaise. ;

Under an agreement between the restaurant’s owners and city health officials
the restaurant will no longer serve the sauce and will alter its preparation an
Btorage of ther sauces,

City medical officer Dr. Gerald Bonham closed the restaurant Sunday after
four people had been taken to Vancouver hospitals early Saturday and Sunday
morning with suspected food poisoning. , .

Bonham said Tuesday he knew of at least 17 food poisoning cases among SS
Essington patrons. ;

Of the 17, six ate there Friday night and 11 Saturday night, he sald.

Bonham said that four sauces with fish dishes had been pinpointed during in-
vestigation but Hollandaise was the most frequently involved and the owners
volunteered to withdraw it.

He said the clinical diagnosis “leaves no doubt that these were classical
staphylococcal toxin cases and not salmonella poisoning or botuism.”

Bonham said that because of its large business, the Essington prepared sauces
ahead in large volume, creating problems both in preparation and storage. The
restaurant now will prepare smaller batches more often and will keep them for
only two hours from preparation to use, he said.

The Essington plied the waters here for many qoore as a snagscow, clearing the
Skeena River and area of deadheads, logs and other debris of danger to boats. _

She was built at the Prince Rupert Dry Dock in 1931 and was retired several
years feo and made Into a seafood and specialty restaurant on the Vancotivet
waterfront. .

COMP. 77/78

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