eae ay ee 3 5 i \ ¥ 3 t a i % ~ Bantam gold |] Raiders rep lacrosse. ~ a score provincial victory in a | their championship debut Soup's on Terrace couple has a way of making a stone soup sound. like an appetizing idea Rig rolls South end of the Sande Overpass claims another _- from 1986- 1991 in the historic riding of Atlin..Last weekend ... a memorial service, funeral ‘and feast was held for him in the . truck at the T-intersection \NEWS A2 _ \COMMUNITY B1 \SPORTS BS -1$1.60 PLUS 7¢ GST ($1.10 plus 8¢ GST. ; outside of the Terrace area) * “ “By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN : HUNDREDS: of mourners celebrated the life>of one of Terrace’s .and ‘northern B.C,’s prominent First ‘Nations’ advocates and politicians. , _ «© -Larry, Guno was one” of only two First Nations. MLAs ; ever to sit in the provincial legislature. He died July 17 at 65 - ‘years of age. Guno was a member of the legislative assembly Nass Valley. “ “J was shocked when I heard the news,’ rible loss.” ~ Austin says the office phone was ringing off the hook i in _ the days after Guno’s death with calls from around the prov- ince offering | condolences. Among the causes Guno brought to the: legislature i in his time as an MLA were. advocating. for a road a Tinking Greenville with Kincolith and fighting for * alternatives to the court +t system such as restorative justice... “Larry was concerned for poverty and justice more than politics but it was through politics that he fought. his battles,” “says his brother Ray Guno. © -Larry Guno was born Feb. 28, 1949 in his parents’ home oe in Old Aiyansh. He had four brothers and two sisters. _ His interest in politics and justice stemmed largely from | the 10 years he spent in residential school, says his brother, and it was that experience that led him to write a play called “Bunk Number Seven.” says Skeena , NDP MP Robin Austin. “He was a dyed-in-the-wool NDPer.. . .The NDP. was like an extended family tc to him, so it sa ter- : ‘Marianne Weston helped Guno get the play workshoppéd: by leading First Nations playwright Yvette Nolan and later - at the prestigious Native Earth theatre collective i in Toronto. It was in Toronto in 2003 that his play was workshopped featuring. well known professional actors including Lome - Cardinal, who plays the aboriginal police officer “Davis” on CTV’s Corner Gas. It tells:the story of the impact a Bristish — instructor has on-a group of children at.a residential school and a riot that ¢ ensues. “Guno was the chairman of the Nisga’a Administrative De- cisions Review Board since 2000. Eva Clayton worked with q Guno wher he was running for MLA and also worked along-. . side him in his duties as chairman of the review board.. always very kind hearted and thoughtful.”” Larry Guno was also. the chair of the provincial Northern . Aboriginal Authority for Families (NAAF). “Larry Guno, a’ gifted lawyer and ‘playwright, worked hard to ensure:a better future for all-of us whether it, was through: his support of aboriginal theatre arts, his many - faceted involvements with governments. or his role as our ° chair,” says NAAF spokesperson Andrine Morse. Guno also acted asa consultant to the Nisga: a Tribal Council from 1992-1999 and assited that group in its work. 7 toward self government and draft legislation. “Larry was a really. great-man. He was. always kind and -. thoughtful and thought a lot-about ‘the people,’ * Clayton said last week. “At the time when we'were working on the draft- - ing of the review practices and procedures he always v was « Blac : THIS Alaska Army | National Guard Black Hawk helicopter was: forced to land at t route to Ketchikan, Alaska. The chopper drew a huge crowd as it waited for-a fuel truck to come from Terrace. Hawk down near surplus fuel tanks which usually allow the: ~ chopper to fly anywhere from four to six hours BY SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN ’ MOTORISTS on Hwy 16 east of Terrace were in for an enormous surprise July 20 when a U.S. Army Black. Hawk helicopter landed on the shoulder of the road after running out of fuel.” The giant UH-60L Black Hawk belonging to the Alaska Army National Guard was en route to arefuelling point at Ketchikan, Alaska from Washington state when it met with heavy head- winds resulting in the chopper consuming more fuel than anticipated, says Major Mike Haller of the Alaska Army National Guard, ‘stationed in Anchorage, Alaska. _ The three-man crew had started its journey in Fresno, California where the bird had under- _ gonea regular maintenance check-up. It usually takes the air crew three to four days to return _ from California to Alaska and it was on the sec- ‘ond day of its journey, Major Haller says. The flight began with good weather but se- vere head.winds developed and the crew real- . ized it wouldn’t make it to Ketchikan — it would _ instead divert to Prince Rupert. The weather worsened preventing'the helicopter from mak- ing it through the Telkwa pass and the crew opt- , ed to head for the Terrace airport, Mgj. Haller’ says. With the helicopter running dangerously: _low on fuel, the pilot landed the army green he- licopter astride the busy highway about 30 kilo- * metres east of Terrace near the tiny community . of Usk. “They felt it-was the better. choice to put down where they did and ask for a fuel truck to come and find them so they could press on,” he! says. “He wanted to be the good kind. of sta- tistic.” Robert Gardner, a truck driver for Excel Transportation was driving to Terrace when he saw the helicopter fly overhead. Soon he heard over the radio that the helicopter had in fact landed beside the highway not far up the road. “I came around the corner and there are these huge propellers right there,” Gardner recalls. “It’s unbelievable, it’s huge.” _ An imposing piece of machinery, the heli- copter — which is often used for Search and Res- cue missions in addition to transporting military personnel — drew several onlookers fascinated by the unusual site. _ The helicopter is equipped with two large Pu ' G ‘side.of. Hwy 16 near Usk after it ran rout of. fuel en "MARK DOEHLER PHOTO © at a stretch, tanks which give the chopper it’s affectionate ‘nickname, the “Fat Hawk.” “There was probably at least 25- 30 cars on the side of the highway,” Gardner says. “Bvery- one was taking pictures.” Fuel was brought out to the helicopter from Terrace. It refuelled and flew to the Terrace- Kitimat Regional Airport. The crew spent the night here before finally finishing its trip back home to the 1/207 Aviation Regiment based at — Bryant Army Guard Heliport at Fort Richard- son in Anchorage, says Maj. Haller. Though this particular situation is unusual, » meeting with challenging weather particularly in mountainous areas is not, Maj. Halier says. “We view this as a mature decision by the air ‘crew given the*conditions they encountered,” he ‘says, adding as a routine procedure follow- ing an event of this type, army safety inspectors . will conduct a brief inquiry into the situation. . When the helicopter is in “flight th the fat re. - Serve tanks eerily resemble torpedoes, It’s those ° “ stituency assistant in Terrace. Nass Valley health workers vote for possible strike action for “denial lof A fish farms — IN ONE OF his first moves as opposition fisheries critic for the provincial NDP, Robin Austin is slamming the Campbell government for pushing ahead with the approval process for three proposed fish farms near the mouth of the Skeena. provals, and it is now obvious that the Campbell government . .is not listening to those concems,”. said Austin, the MLA for ~ the Skeena riding. : ’ Two. of the three sites have already 1 received initial ‘ap- proval, and the last, the Strouts Point site, is expected to be _. approved shortly, he said. All three sites will then undergo a federal environmental -assessment before final approval i is given. | “The Skeena River is home. to one the most important ~ wild salmon runs in British Columbia,” ‘Austin: said, “Tt is irresponsible for. the. Campbell. government to. “jeopardize “those runs by. moving’ ‘ahead on these approvals without ex- amining all their options.” . Austin spoke’ vehemently: against fish farms leading’ up... to the May ‘provincial election.. His.stance comes as good news to groups such as Friends of Wild Salmon who claim. fish farms pollute water.with excess feces and that they. are. breeding grounds for sea lice which can be spread 1 to wild oo salmon stocks. The NDP says the Liberals haven’ t proved open- -net fish farms aren’t a threat to the wild salmon population. . “The Liberal government has refused to explore alterna- tive technologies when it comes to the future and the expan- Sion of the aquaculture industry,” ‘Austin said. _ The government should: support ‘the: expanding. ‘industry in a move toward more environmentally safe technologies, * suchas closed containment pens: . ' “The livelihood of this important industry depends on a move to a more sustainable model,” said Austin. Nathan Cullen, federal MP for the région, has also ex- pressed concern over the permit approvals and is calling on. federal and provincial ministers to deny the permit.” SESE “Robin Austin has moved in to his Terrace constituency office in the Lazelle mini-mall.He is sharing his new digs — with Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen. The current location will undergo renovations to make space for the two constituency offices. ' » Austin has also hired Jennifer Hewitt as his full- time con- Re S ‘Hewitt has a Bachelor of Arts degree i in critical studies | from Simon Fraser University. In Kitimat, Austin’s part- time e constituency assistant is Roberta Walker. © backs and a reduction of hours are on the table, he says they are not the only , proposals out there. “The issue is that we are putting to- gether a plan to deal with our looming deficit,’ Verde says. “Our discussions with the union are at a preliminary lev- e] not an end stage ljevel.” There are between 35-40 HEU - workers in the four villages i in the Nass » Valley. The vast majority of those employ- ees are Nisga’a. “It’s our sincere hope that we can get back to the table get some bona fide bargaining and serve the needs of the community,” Jessome says. HEALTH CARE workers in the-Nass. . ‘Valley have voted 94 per cent in favour ‘of striking if a collective agreement ‘with the Nisga’a Valley Health Board ‘can’t be negotiated. ‘The union requested July 14 a fed- ‘eral conciliator to help settle a new collective agreement with the Nisga’a 3Valley Health Board after it says talks . Hbroke down between it and the board. = Union officials says the health board