f.. + |. Serving the 72> “Progressive, 1 epvatal ball . Administrator Robbia ‘Finlayson says. : ‘things at Mills “are’ going to be really ” tough” financially and the wey. will be... a LEGISLATIVE LIB RARY - PARLIMENT BUILDINGS ere V8V lz, B.C. 'By DON SCHAFFER Sports Editor "-FERRACE~ No-one ‘in Terrace. would on "-. @all. this year’ ‘a Northern’ B.C. Winter - Games anything but a success. 9 9) "Certainly. not this: area's’ ‘athletes, who. . Tan up a.medals. and’ points total almost double that of their nearest: competitors, ‘the: Fraser-Fort George. athletes, whose a _. Tegion includes Prince.George..:->_ = ‘Likely: not-local businessmen, who dda a ot ‘booming business throughout the’ first two. > days of the annual event, which was: held for the first time ever in Terrace... And definitely not the organizers: the _ Games, who were neatly ‘unanimous- ‘ins praising the way the dauinting project had ay been pulled off.- “It's gone extremely. well, i” “maid Le Northern’ B.C. | Winter’ ‘Games society president: John MeMurehy | Saturday . evening in between handing out medals at - the final night of the boxing comipetition at. the REM.Lee- Theatre. _ thing T can think of is that the president's 1 ‘been too ‘busy. to enjoy It all.” : “Everyone ‘concerned with the - games, except. perhaps: the spectators; could gay -“The-only bad - rights: A _ 800 medals end peored nearly 2000 points - . “altogether. the sare thing: : The Terrace event was - perhaps the most ambitious of all nite of the Games so far: while Prince George's ~ “Games: had: $9: sports: ‘and’ hosted ‘more - * ; people than the Montreal Olympics in 1976, the, Terrace, ‘event was _Somposed ‘ol ‘of 82 Hospital times are @ tough : _ByKEITH ALFORD a + Herald Staff Writer TERRACE— Money seems to be a constant problem at Mills - - Memorial. Hospital. The Feb. 2. announcement by the ‘ministry o af health saying that there will be “nd-jincrease_ in: hospital funding for. the corning year has te it au Pah union wage settlements. The current fiscal year “ends March c) for the hospital, and Mills has enough ... problems this year, let alone worry about.” the next one. Mills had assumed a small increase in funding for its next tiscal year, Even with . that assumed increase, — Finlayson says a net layoff of four people: had been planned, as well as reassigning the use of 12 beds.. ‘There is a need to. . increase staff in maternity and provide.a non-smoking lounge. All this was planned: _-prior ‘to health minister Jim, Nielsen's announcement. Now. Mills Memorial will be second guessing everything: : Money was also the main tople at the Inst hospital board meeting. .A. Enriquez will. . be the new regional pathologist operating -Offictat results are expected within the . next “couple of days. : ly “expos "seeding to EU. _.. Mills would like $50,000 to repair: a portion of its roof, ‘It has done roofing b * Fora partial roundup of medal winnéra “fro the'Terrace area, and photographs of : > action’ at’ the- Games, fun to the por wo "pages, oka} - The RDKS attended the board meeting» in the. forms of Judy Tracy, ° health” _ coordinator, and Lee Ellis, chairinan. * :. "The long standing disagreement on, the | ‘spending. of the quarter-mill funds was ; eae iae ae The. fund.ia calsed. by i levy oH etn ‘RDKS * ‘taxpayers. id= _ twice without RDKS ‘help. “Ellis pointed out that Kitimat General had just spent . -.$183'000 on-its roof. o , : Mills authorized the spending of up-to . $90,000 towards’ the’ purchase. of new equipment and granting the. medical staff $780 to fix up the library. .- from Mills Memorial Hospital. Dr, REM. Lee addressed the board ard requested | that money he - spent: fo obtain the - -patholigist's, staff. and upgrade’ ‘his _ facilities, The board will ask the’ Regional 7 District of Kitimat-Stikine to. provide 50 per cent af the funds towards. his travel : "The Mills board is also concerned about. 7 the. tole the Health: Labor.’ Relations Association is. currently. playing in ‘contract negotiations. The. HLRA isthe bargaining unit for. hospitals, The board is upset: that. HERA has been. extending its power’ to. cover “non-hospitat. health facilities. Members of the: board ‘disapprove ‘of the contract settlements that HLAA has been: obtaining lately. as well, | -Finlayéon seemed to express the ‘opinion of many board members ‘whens he: baid, : “the HLRA and the labor relations: board ., think contracts are written in stone, 1 think | - they. should all be rénegotidted.”” . - ,. Mills. Memorisil Hospital also wrote aft. $24,266 in bad debts, Moat were the result _ of uncollectible: emergency roont fees. . i . Satellite remnant. down. - WASHINGTON (AP) — The radioaclive. reninant of a Soviet nuclear-powered spy satellite, tumbled to its doom over the. - - South Atlantic ocean 1,100 nautical miles : east of Brazil at approximately 6:10 a.m. . EST today, the US, Defence ‘Department -said..: ©’ Confirmation of: ‘the apparently. hare . mailess"re-entry ‘had- been ‘delayed . nearly ~ four . hours . until the North American. © Aerospace. Defence Command could complete checks by its tracking radar, ~~ ‘The command’ estimated the re-entry - location at'19 degrees south latitude and22 -~ degrees west: longitude, in open. “water : _ between Brazil and. Africa. , ‘A Pentagon ‘statement said U.S. officials . would use nuclear fallout data collection “facilities to check for increased levels of radioactivity in the area. . NORAD fracked the final, section. ‘af | Cosmos. 1402 as it gathered speed in the. ao ever-increasing grip: of gravity, — a - Capt, Wendy Cherwinaki,-. ‘ot ‘the - Canadian Armed Forces In Ottawa, sald PY. Sunday the satellite was not expected. to oa make any final, orbits over Canada. ; 7 7 The. joint ‘Canadian-U.S:. -NORAD - tracked, the final section of Cosmos 140208 4 gathered ‘Speed in the grip. “Of: -eravily. “Ht jg. ‘impossible, to predict’ whether’ a a significant atiourits of radioactive ee inaterial, will reach the Earth's surface,” ‘|. the’ Pentagon’ said in a statement before _. the. satellite ré-ontered the atmosphere. — i 1 . disintegrated over Northern Candda five . - - “The highest’ probability is that the’ core ‘will nearly completely .burn. up” as hap- pened to ‘an . identical satellite which . years ago, the statement said: ‘It: recalled that small radioactive par ticles from that. 1978 Satellite,. Cosmas 954, were spread over large areas with pietes _of hardware: distributed over a ‘track , several: hundred: niles tong. and’ about 30 "miles: wide.” -°- The: satellite ‘section that degeended ” today -was‘all that’ was-left of a 3,600 ; kilogram ocean surveillance satellite. ; launched by the Soviets last summer. The main ‘section plunged. into the ‘atmosphere _ and burned Jan? 23.over the Indian Ocean. - . The last section was believed to be about ‘ 80 kilograms and include 50 kilograms of. +. - enriched wranium fuel, . "The Pentagon said the. second, most ; Ukely possibility. was the nuclear fuel that © . powered the satellite's radar ‘‘will be éven _ more compleiely. consumed” than in-‘the .. ‘gage of the satellite which fell aver Canada ~ in 1978, “with. the uranium and. fission . - products. remaining ° suspended in the upper atmosphere and only: the: radioae: ‘five hardware: teaching Earth." 0°. ~ _ The léast likely possibility is the fuel will - reach Earth almost Intact or ir pieces, ofa’: , © few kilograms, the Pentagon‘ said, - : The Pentagon sald'the final portion of... Cosmos 1402 was believed to contain U-238, . ‘ radioactive products, and . beryllium _. products, : ‘Adding , these products. are believed : less dangerous than those on Costes 94, . Vander "VANCOUVER (eP) < education, Miniater 7 “Bil Vander Zalm put a Smithers junior high | schoolteacher in .doubte~ jeopardy when ‘he - _anked the local school board to suspend her, the. . S Leeeee be Agpieies was ‘dealt. with “two! weeks aga by:- oval authorities, aid that Vander Zalm'sactionsare |. - only adding to ‘the teachers’ distréss. . onan hontai Was ‘discussed. at several a suspension The Grade 8 teacher’ gave. students in-her, . “gullance. clasa: copies ofa questiontiaire,. in: * tended for teachers’ eyes, only; : ‘eontaining: detailed questions that: might be‘‘asked by. _ school children about sexual fechniques. and - "problems. Vander Zalm made ‘public a- “copy of the questionnaire ‘and: ‘of: ‘a letter. he wrote ‘to. ‘the « school board “and predicted the eight-day US. . independent truckeya’ airtke “soon: “will wind: down. The: cost’ of ‘getting products to market was up in. some ‘areas, ° ‘shippers - “said, ‘and: the. hike-was ex- pected. to “be: passed-on to. -congumers. oe The strike began io affect imports . of,. fresh. U.S. . préduce ‘in: “Canada: ‘hast 2 week, witha: Shortage of - citrus frult . _Pepotted: by .- some: Importers. Cainadian prices: ore’ expected to..be i affected. ‘later *: « Hils: - week because of shortages, _ lh Pennsylvania, «four en were arrested Sunday night hear. Pittsburgh after - they forced a, truck’ off the road, held. a knife to the . driver's throat and_ then’ /atigaulted:-a * deputy | who -tried to hélp, said Allegheny ‘County: -Deputy: Sheriff _ _ Joseph Schmerbeck. = Neither the deputy ne nor. vr the: _ trucker’ was, ‘hurt ‘and. the © arrests : were: mada’ after . “backup units arrived, Beh- -merbeck’ said.” Lesa than an bite + eatiler, “tWo ‘other ‘drivers" were ~ forced off'a road, “pushed - around ‘and ‘roughed | up a. ‘Hitde bit, but they were not». the. strike Jan, 3i,- injured, ” he said. “Thoee dvdipan’a: principal: ‘abe ai: off Panes . mi : ghaatis criminal : involved: were not the men ~ arrested: ‘int ‘the ‘second: in- ‘cident, “ Sohmerbeck ‘said. © ' The. weekend's’ ‘worst incident: éccurred in’ Ohlo, where ; a driver leading a convoy: was seriously - in- jured: Saturday night, his . leg’ shatlered by a. sniper” 3 bullet. ‘Shots were “fired Sunday at working drivers in Louisiana and Jowa, but _ noone was hurt, authorities | sald”. -: ‘Mike. Parkhurst,. president ‘of ‘the Indepen- dent. ‘Truckers Association, claimed: ‘agaln’, ‘Suriday. in.- Omaha, ‘Neb., that. 10° per cent of. the:. 100,000 - U.S, drivers: support ‘the shut-— down, ‘and -he called ‘ the violenca the work of ig - smell group. of wackos. mt. Teugth of the: strike. : on, “the: m “ Midepe: depend: drivets* _ determination,” sald Parkhurst, who called the strike to protest. rising . fuel, faxes and highway fees. ‘Tom Blank, Department - of Transportation” ‘spokeaman, said federal ‘officials “see “a clear). ‘decrease tn overall violerice , over the last several nights: “We: think we'll begin. to Bee an easing of the strike in * terns of owner-operators” beginning té drive again at the beginning of the week,” Blarik gald. Al the start af ; Tranopottation Us. Secretary . _ Drew Lewis sald only 2 per, cent of independent, drivers -stopped work. ~~ ‘Only - 24 ‘new - ‘ineidents. ‘were reported -Sunday. in Ohio and Pennsylvania, two states on. the.--crucial Chieago-to- «New “York ‘corridor ’ ‘that had been “violence-prone: ao That ‘compared with” 748 ‘ingidents in those two states _ during the walkout’s. first, week, authoritles ‘sald. In all; moré than 1,200 acts of - violence have been reported in 36 states, including one death, at: feast 61 injuries - “and a” arrests, authorities _ sald, . While - the independents represent less-than 15 per . _cent of the U.S.-truck Meet, - they carry ‘most of the fresh food, household goods and” - half the steel. Effects of the strike were difficult to judge Sunday, when most markets were.closed. =! But hauling ‘costs were _, reported dramatically “up, : partly because drivers were sympathetic'to the strike or “had parked their -rigs to: avold violence. . ‘Dispatch Inc., a trucking company in Little Rock, - Ark, said poultry farmers * .were experiencing difficulty ‘getiing: their ‘birds to tailera. “Everybody's’ ‘having a hard time getting tnrcks, “:Whether it's produce ‘or f: ie section! “which .- : at: in elror al bea Acti : made, ‘and an apology | was made'to the Barents and to the’students,” Mardiste said. — oS ' | The ‘apology, issued by the board, the school - _and the teacher, was accepted by the ‘parents, © : who. voted nearly unanimously at'a meeting - about two weeks. Ago. to continue the school’s -» guidance program. ' . “The: “person involvéd hag been more than ad Mardiste: said.:“If it had been a ‘at or serious negligence, I could see “the | minister. pursuing it, But Tsee no point.in this at all." -*: Doug: Stnart, first vice-president of. ‘the B.C. ese? Teachers’ Federation, sald he could not recall a B. c.- ‘education - minister ' ever. publicly : demanding that a teacher be suspended. 2 “Tt is highly unusual that the minister would . ai eal. for’ ‘a.teacher's suspehsion,"* Smart sald. --“Normally, thé local. schoal board would handle that kdb of situation. id aa et alm demands teacher’ § suspension — Bi the board acts on Vander Zalm’s request, the federation will provide the teacher with legal advice, he added: But Mardiste said the board did not consider At any ofthe meetings in. which acupsed. He sald tie hoped the” “board will: not. change its mind because of Vander 2alm’ 8 letter. “Personally, 1 ‘can't: -see how that would be guidance program that honestly answers the kids' concerns and questions. The parents have been invited -to contribute to .the guidance | program, and they were ‘happy with that, The community itself has dealt with the situation.” . The questionnaire that upset Vander Zalm was prepared in 1971 for the ministry of human. resources. It was Intended to give teachers an idea of what kinds: of queations to expect from their studetits, not for distribution to pupils. Tn the Smithers guidance program, students ; are urged. to: write out their questions and put them, anonymously, into a question box. Those considered to be serious questions. are an- swered in class by the teacher. Truckers ¢ get roughed, snipers take shots" poultry or whatever,” , * Dalton said-Saturday. “It's simply supply and demand. Normally. there’s more trucks than poultry but now - there's more poultry than trucks.’ _ Arun from Little Rock to Cincinnati ‘that would: have cost $1,500 Jast week went for $2,500 Saturday, he'sald. The price of a trip to Boston ‘jumped from $2,600 a week ago to $4,000 this week, he sald. . While the strike appeared . to have had little effect.on deliveries in the Min- neapalis-St. Paul é area, one _ fruit and vegetable broker. - said some drivers were jacking up rates. ; “They're charging $5 4 erate for lettuce Instead of $2.50," he said, The increase will be passed along to the consumer, adding about a - ‘dime to the cost of a head of lettuce; he sald. : ~ The strike is opposed by. trucking companies represented by the American Trucking Associations and by the Teamsters unton. : Northerh oy Winter Games Classifieds INSIDE Comics, horoscope | pages: 436. “pages 687° _ page.8 ‘Bill Dalton, ‘of. ‘Dalton echt. to on f .... CWHY BUY NEW? WHEN USEDWILL Dot Do'you want parts to fia up your. car but your budget won’! atlow if? Beat the high cost of new Parts with parts fram : S.K.B. AUTO SALVAGE | 635-2333. or 635 9095 quality. used. 480 Ovhan ‘ust oft Hwy. i e) ~ a ! 4 { { i