seat

Ee

'VANDERHOOF ‘eet
"Residents of this village on
the threaténed Nechako
River -will be out to prove

_ next week’ that the people

living. downstream from .

them have a stake in the

Mon Suly 1 1, Don Grantham,

the: community: mayor, will -”
* past “the first’ of 1,000 - tiny-
"Saye the:
: Neghako’’ into the river in an:

. ‘canoes stamped”

effort to, show that a large

., part of British Columbia will.

~be affected ifthe Aluminum
goes ahead:
« With a plan to dam the Upper -

Ca, of ‘Canada’

““yeaches of the river.

“oat, -Vancotiver. *

. -Nethako River’. Week, a.

The canoes will b made of
0 so-centimetre- Wooden -
Skee. ty ye ~

The. Nechako, is’ a major .
‘bsibutery of the Fraser River’ -
‘which flows into the Pacific”

people to put'thelr names an

the stakes and then. ‘fet,

people ‘to throw: the stakes -

we are. encouraging ;

The Herald, Wednesday, June 2, 1980, Page 3

_ back in whei they find thefa..[°"8

‘Iswer down the river,” gays
Peter Rodseth, chairman of.

festival that will focus on "the.
place of the river’ in the life of ©
the community: "|

|. “This way owe: can - get
- people-to realize ‘the: whole
‘river system is ‘being: af-
fected, not.just Vanderhoof
or Prince George::or Fort .

business.”
. Water. branch: officials.

” estimate if the Alcan project, .

which would provide power

‘smelters, goes ahead the
“Nechako River’ level’ here:
“would drop by a about, 5 per
cent. :

Surgery urged
to aid convict.

_ VANCOUVER (CP) —A-
‘man with a cleft palate and
an’ extensive . criminal
” history should — have
corrective surgery to help
Shannan d Re

ourt of Appea
“udge sugg suggests. -

uation” ‘John Taggart

* ‘Fecommienided. the. surgery

_ after. learning , during the

; trial of Blaine: LaBrash, 32, .
that the man ‘bas: a
brother -who .received the -
game treatment in 1976 and: -
has! not been in trouble since.

‘ cotivi ted “of

months,,. He was recently
‘setitenced to a mandatory
two. iaty. in. federal
penitentiary.

The twin ‘brother, Brian,
‘nce a partner in crime with
. Blaine, now ‘Tives in Easter
Canada. ‘
> “The operation “has
‘worked a considerable

' stransformation. on Ne

$ Judge Taggarta.spidl -of
(operation on Brian. nies B
free-ot- offences

“That. does not ‘mean
similar results are

guaranteed, " Judge Taggart
added: = “But ’ given ‘his
background, similar results
will probably occur,"

A decjsion on the surgery,
which could cost up to-
$20,000, should come from
the federal solicitor-general,
but | Howard Smith,
LaBrash’s lawyer, said: he
felt . the approval would be

given
twin ’ The. -LaBrash, brothers" -

pecords. include auto: theft,

- assault causing bodily harm, .

fraud. and breaking and

3, Gntering.. They. were always
ae ‘charged’ together. +

‘But in: An. they were
breaking ‘and —
ji Hay, River: in the...

Northwest ‘Territories. The"

court ordered them to serve.
thelr sentences in separate
jails and Blaine went to
Prince Albert, Sask., while
Brian’ went to Drumhetier,
Alta.

While ‘in Drumheller,
Brian received the
corrective surgery and upon
his release returned to the

“men’s hometown in Ontario.

He: his snot./beent charged
since, ,
laine:dilso--released” in |
1977, continued f in his life of
‘crime, .

Fraser, but : the’ whole’

“to fuel three more aluminum; ’

‘ 4

beach.

Ralph Almgren was operating a yarder when he
spotted. smioke..an the hitisida, above thie zAlean

Boulders to blame? _

By CARLA WILSON :
; Herald Staff Writer

Ralph -Almgren ’ was
working on the hillside above

‘the Alcan beach: Tuesday .

when a forest fire broke out.
Almgren is.:the tower
operator for Alm-:Woad.
Contracting, |. which. | is.
working for ‘Kitimat
Booming Contractors Ltd.,
who are contracting for
Alcan Smelters and
Chemicals Lid. . |
Alm-Wood was clearing
the hillside after it had been
logged.
be ee had just,: deen

bebe et hia a Anien ut

A helicopter from “Okanagan Hellcopters used a moriscop ‘bucket to kil spot fires anda bomber dropped fire retardant
to control the fireona Kitimat hillside Tuesday.

about halfway between him
and the choker,

“] blew the fire whistle

immediately,"’ he said. °
‘Then some of the. fellows
came in and we took the fire
hose up:

“We tried to phone. right
away. but . couldn't raise
anyone: on the phone for
about 10 minutes," he said.

Firefighters arrived

: within half.an hour, he said.

The hillside belongs «to

were trying to contain the
fire today.

iad think a bunch of
bo ers rons down the hill,
fy

bbed'' tdgetiler’’” and -

‘close call when a burnirig log

Alcan. and Alcan, Eurocan. ‘slid down. the hillside and

and municipal ‘firefighters .

Photo py Carla Wilson

a \ The lines from the yarder
which was bringing the logs
in were strung up the
hillside, However, Almgren-
doesn’t think they could have
sparked a fire because none’
of them was touching the
ground when it started,

Qnly three people from
Alm-Wood Contracting were
on the hillside when the fire
bégan. One of them had a

just: missed him. The log
spread the fire along the

bottom line of the fire on the J
side. : atin ‘ “bing

{Hoag but bap ‘TAEK,

t when this” Bs)

ft Whival

Course
“openings. -

available -

. Thera are a number ‘of
vacancies in the pre-
apprentice automotive

mechanical repair course at | -

Northwest
College.

The course begins July 21
“and = runs . until © mid-
December.

‘It's geared to take ‘in.
. dividuals with limited
knowledge in automative
repair and give them

Community

* simulated job training, the

type they’ would receive
during the first year of an

; apprenticeship program.
Students in the course will

be evaluated on a school

report which they can take to
employers aS. a reference.
The ministry of labor will
“provide funding for students
accepted in the course. ‘To
apply for the courses contact
Garry Colburn, B.C.
ministry of labor, 4548
Lakelse Ave., Terrace,

USED.
‘TRUCKS:

1974 GHEY PICKUP

ton 4éKa Va, |.
auto

$4195" 95°

~ 1978 JIMNY”
4 WHEEL DRIVE

Blue & white, auto,,
V8, running board, .
clean

$7850°°

1978 GHC:
Va ton, 4X4, 4 speed. -
écyl.,Ztanks -

locking differential

1978 1878 CHEVROLET:

‘ vaton, 4x4, heavy
duty, auto, V8.

$5450"

- prota by Carla'wittn 509 feet from hia tower, sparked,” Alingren ‘sald,

695-4941

Dealer No. 14924 . -

over,” said Almgren.

Summer school plans
to be known. Friday ©

“The schoo! board will
know Friday if an academic
- summer school will be ol-
fered in School District No.
88, said Skip Bergsma,
school district director of
instruction, on Tuesday.
lf enrollment is high
enough the program will go
ahead, Bergsma said: at a
-gehool board meeting.
). The summer school would
offer, English = and
Mathematics courses for
." grades.8, 9 and 10.
; The. Northwest. Labor
“Relations Council will Ko

ahead, said med Wells, .

secretary-treasurer of the
local school district.

- About five years ago, it

- Was ’ suggested that Prince

Rupert, Burns Lake,

Smithers and Terrace school

districts create joint labor

council to negotiate with the |

janitors. and maintenance
employee's union.

‘A master agreement has
‘been settled and a. con-
stitution will be drawn up,
said Wells. .

Bergsma reported there
were still a few vacancies in

Fisheries

‘at mercy’

By CARLA WILSON |
Herald Staff Welter

‘The provincial govern-
“ment should immediately
‘elevate the department of
-fisheries -to full eabinet
status, said local MLA Frank
Howard. -

Fisheries is currently ina
minor position in the
_ department of environment
* and.at the mercy of the
department of forestry, he
said.

“We can't afford to leave
fisheries. to the less than
tender consideration of
forestry interests."

Howard was commenting
- on the decision June 17 by the
Supreme Court of. Canada.
The court ruled that a sec-
tion of the Federal Fisheries
Act which places a blanket
prohibition. on logging
operations in waters
frequented by fish, is beyand
the powers of Parliament.

Dan Fowler’s conviction of

| unlawfully putting debris
intoor near waters at Forbes
Bay, B.C. was erased in a
unanimous decision. ;

“The Federal Fisheries
Actis quite a powerful piece
of legislation,” said Barbara
Duqan, executive assistant

‘te the minister of the en-
vironment, Stephen Rogers.
“It’s a surprising decision,
it's probably the first ‘time
anyone's stopped the federal
fisheries in iis tracks,” she
said.
_ Dugan. commented on
Howard's suggestion for
fisheries saying creating a
department ‘of fisheries Is
not a new suggestion but she
“couldn't speak: for the
minister.

"From a! structural
-Standpoint there is an ex-
cellent. and co-operation
liaison between federal
fisheries and the fish and
wildlife branch of the
ministry of the environment
in B.C.

“Federal fisherles are not
by any means the only
presence in the West coast,”
she said. “B.C. doesn't take
a back seat to anyone.”

The provincial department
of forests and the fish and
wildlife. branch are co-

operating on issues ‘of.

mutual concern, she said.

“he ministry of forests
have assured us that there -
won't be extensive logging in
environmentally sensitive
areas,” she sald.

the district for teachers in
the fall.

“we've had quite a lot of
offers refused and we've had
to Jook farther afield," he
said, .

Gary Tupper, . math
teacher at Caledonia Senior
Secondary School, brought
up the issue that the deadline
for teacher resignations are
Dec, 1 and May 31.

The deadline is province-
wide, but does not work in
favor of teachers. The ad-
vertisements for teaching
positions come out at the end

of May when the’

resignations are in and past
the deadline, he said.

Two local teacher's
request for © resignations
‘were denied Tuesday, while
others were accepted,

Frank Hamilton, district -

superintendent of schools
said some teachers can't be
Teplaced, so their ap-
plications are, denied if
submitted after the closing
date. :

Post office
closed |
Tuesday -

Postal facilities here’ will
be closed in observance of
the Dominion’ Day : Holiday
July 1.

There will be no ‘mail

‘deliveries on the ‘holiday,

with the exception of special
delivery items. Street letter:
box collections will be made
on a Sunday service basis,

(wearer } J

The weather forecast for
Thursday calls for mainly
sunny skies with fairly warm
temperatures. The high Is
expected to reach 27 degrees
Celsius by early afternoon
‘and the overnight lows will
drop to 13 or 14. .

The outlook for Friday
seems to be much the same,
calling for sun with some
afternoon cloud. .

. at 2:15 p.m, its on to Vancouver.

Starting hune 15, Pacific Western
makes it easier than ever to get to
Vancouver

Every afternoonat I: 30ournew

Boeing 737 jet service departs

Terrace for Smithers. Then,

You arrive in
Vancouver at Z

3:23 pm, in time for that afternoon
meeting and a night on the town...
We've got a return flight at 1:00am. too...

For reservations, call your travel

agent or Pacific Western Airlines. 638-0221
(ferraceh 847-3534 (Smithers)

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