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Ontario students learn about touring

to By. GAIL DOTINGA.
’ Herald Staff Writer

‘There. ‘were teary eyes on —

"Monday as 26 students from:

Ottawa said goodbye to the —
_ Visiting the sights in the area
- such as Canyon City,/ the

Nisgha people they were

'. . Sisiting "here.

The grade 8 students from
"Navan, rear Ottawa. spent
‘the’ last week touring the
’ Nass Valley as part of a

cultural exchange program

OMBUDSMAN

then I'd be quite willing to
address them providing 1
_ean fit it into the schedule.”
Freidmann said.

“Meetings with native
Indian groups have already
been planned. ‘In Terrace
he'll be at the Kermode
Friendship Center at 2 p.m.
on Monday. On Tuesday he'll

‘ be in Kitimat at 2 p.m., the
location hasn’t been an-
nounced yet. wo,

Friedmann will be
meeting with native Indians
in Smithers at 7 p.m. on”
Thursday at the Friendship

' Center and in Hazelton, he'll
be at the Exhibition Center
. at lL a.m.

Majorie Cantryn, a native
Indian who used to be a court
worker and was the first
native Indian to be appointed

if you ye got a ‘problem or

. query: about gardening. Gr if

_» you're just curious about the

*"seientific name of a certain
plant. the University of

* B.C.'s Hortline has the an-
swer.’

Provided. as a province-
wide service by UBC's
Department of — Plant,
Science. the B.C. Ministry of
Agriculture and the Nursery

Trades Association. Hortline .

‘staff are available to answer
ay questions regarding:
plant’and garden care.

The Hortline is manned by
two UBC Agricultural
Sciences students. Sarah
Curtis. and Clini Hilliard.

They are among the more __

. Nass

with the Nisgha Elementary-
Secondary Schoo) in- New
Aly amish. : :

They had a hectic week
hotsprings. Old Aly ansh, the

Camp logging
operation. Bear Glacier.

. Stewart and Hyder. , Alaska.,
What seemed to impress °

“most of the children was the

mountains.

“Where we are it’s very .
flat.” said Majorie Lowe.
student from Meadowview:
Schoo] in Navan. "You see
them in picture books but it's -
not the'same as seeing them
in front of you.’

The friendliness of the
Nisgha people was another
point that many students

commented on.

. “The people here are 50
friendly, always ready to
help you.
-Drury. student, “In Ouawa
you have 10 ask for help
before someone will do
anything for you.

AD smorgasbord of fried.
clams. seaweed, herring and
sea lion.meat among other _
foods was enjoyed by the

acitizenship court judge, has
joined the ombudsman's
office and will be available
also..

Friedmann would ‘prefer
that individuals make "‘ap-
pointments with him so they
avoid long waits.

For people without ap-
pointments in Terrace he
expects there will be a block
of time after 4 p.m. to

. discuss their complaints.

_Freidmann will be
arriving with his secretary
and four investigators to look
into complaints.

. On Wednesday and
Thursday complaints can be
heard in Smithers at the Hill
Top Inn, on Wednesday from’
noon to 10 p.m. and on
Thursday from 9 a.m. to 10

than 600 UBC students who
have received Youth Em-
ployment, Program grants

from the B.C, Ministry of .

Labour to carry out summer
projects related to their field
of study. ‘Grants to UBC
students this summer will
total $1.22 million. .
__ The Hortline receives 40 to
60 calls a day. covering a
wide range of problems.
“The problems we get are
seasonal,’’ says Ms. Curtis.
-“Right now we get a lot of
calls about diseases and
insects on outdoor plants. but
it will shift later on in the
summer to questions about
fruit and vegetable care."
If the students don't know

- 1979 and

4

p.m. The ombudsman will be
in Hazelton on Friday in the |
Salvation Army Center from
9 a.m. ta 3:30 p.m.

Freidmann is B.C.'s- first
ombudsman. He started
taking complaints in October
received 924
complaints by the end of the
year.

-He credits this large
‘number of complaints due to

_a backlog, some ‘complaints |

go back decades. he said.
B.C. also has a high rate of
individuals with complaints.
one of the highest in Canada,
he said.
_ Freidmann tabled his first
annual report in the
provincial legislature
Wednesday. He said only
about 28 per.cent of the 924
cases investigated in “1979

the answer to your problem, °
they will Jook it_up in one of
their many reference books
and call back with the an-
swer. Hilliard notes that it is
also sometimes necessary ta
ask a caller to send in a
sample for analysis.

People can also write to
the Hortline with their
problem or visit the Hortline
booth which is located on
East Mall of the UBC
campus. outside the
Department of Plant Science
Laboratory.

Another function of - the
Hortline is-to distribute
literature about plant and
garden care. They have
pamphlets covering a wide

from one

were classified as finished.

The ombudsmhan's office
also handled complaints
outside their jurisdiction, ht
said. These included com-
plaints about federal. in-
stitutions such as the federal

unemployment insurance
commission. ;
Ombudsmen across

Canada believe there should
be a federal ombudsman’s:
office set up to handle these
types of complaints. —

‘Tn his ‘report Freidmann,

said John Noble, . deputy‘

minister Gf human resour-
ces, .was the most co-
‘operative individual] while
the attorney-general's'

-ministry was the most unco-

operative, especially over
access to Aocuments.

range of topics. from garden
and lawn care to house
plants.

{The Hortline is a year-
round service.” Says Norma
Senn. the. Hortline super-
visor.
April all calls are recorded

‘on a dictaphone and an--

. swered by mail.” Calls to the

Hortline last year numbered

almost 5,000,

The Hortline’s summer

bours are 9 a.m, to 5 p.m.,

Monday to Friday. If you
wish to write to the Hortline
describing your problem, the
mailing address is: Hortline.
Department of Plant
Science, University of B.C.

V6T 1M5.

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~~ Alcan’s summer tour schedule is
‘|< just beginning at Kitimat You're
1” invited to take your choice of.
' | *. three free tours any weekday.
Before you visit ‘the smelter you
“will see our new prize-winning
film “Kitimat: A New Generation?
_-We think you'll find it interesting.
You can enjoy the film in comfort
at our new tour building, where a

out.

Take your choice
‘smelter tours.

Saturdays—

bus will pick you up for a forty- So Oe Oe eel 38
minute trip around "Fall, Winter & Spring Tours
the plant. Available on Tuesday and Thursday
: afternoons only, by special arrange-
If you have friends ment through the tour office. Phone
visiting you this (604) 632-3111, Local 259; or write:
summer, take time | Alcan Smelter Tours
to bringthem. [© Kitima, BC. V8C 2H2

Smelter tour schedule.

June 2 to August 30, 1980:
Monday 'to Friday— ©
Tours daily at 10:45 am.
12:45 p.m.
; 1:30 p.m.
From Smelter Tour Building at
the entrance tq the Plant ‘It helps to
make a reservation.)

Tours for groups may be arranged
with 24 hours’ notice through the

‘Alcan Smelters |
and Chemicals Ltd.

. said Tracey -

“From September to §

Meandowview * students as”

part of their introduction to_

the Nisgha way of life.

“They gained a lot of ideas
and concepts ~ about
Canadian Indians that they
would have never gotten our
of a textbook.” said Jim
Brown. the principal of
Meadowview...

‘At. one” point during the
trip. the Ontario students
were spellbound while
listening to Nisgha Indian
tales at the hotsprings. :

‘In a classroom most
would not have been in-

terested. but out here’ they:

were fascinated by the
tales.” said Brown. -

“A cultural exctiange
program ‘is often difficult to
do but this one went very
well,” he ddded.'

“The wip accomplished
what I wanted it to. the
students saw the Nass Valley
and the way of life here.”
said Lorna Bradley. a
teacher at the Nispha School
and’ co- ordinator of the
program.

Joyce. Bradley: her
mother.’ is a leacher | at
Meadowview. The two got
the ‘schools to
corresponding with each
other which prompted the
idea of an exchange
program, -

In May. 3] students from.
the New Aiyansh school

visited Navan, Ontario fora |
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‘The Herald Fecav Joe é “o80: Page 25°

AUCTION

Mills Memorial Hospital

is

An Auction of surplus items: witl take
-’ place on Thursday, June 12 at 4:00 p.m. In
the unfinished area of Mills, Memorial ,

_ Hospital, Terrace, B.C.

“  ftems include: Furniture, beds, .
mattresses, windows, curtains. lumber |
and much more. | mie

For further informatlon contact the. jf

‘Materials Manager at the Hospital or.

local 236. ° op

PLE ASE FOLLOW DIRECTIONAL
SIGNS TO THE AUCTION |

Eby, St., Terrace, B.C., V8G 2X6. -

start °°

The District of Terrace

_ SALE BY TENDER

ON AS IS WHERE |S BASIS.
'-" DESCRIPTION

ITEM
1 Sargent-Welch, Ray Box
2 Arai, Motor cycle helmet
3 , Phasar Quartz watch; Mens
“4 CCM, Esprit, Ladies, 10 speed
S$ , Philips, Ladies,singlespeed = =s_—.-
6 CCM, Flair, Ladies, singlespeed =.
7 : Silver Hawk, Girls,singlespeed =:
a: CCM, Galaxie, Girls, singlespeed =.
a Sprinter, Boys,singlespeed: ws
40 8200, Boys,singlespeed.  .
Nn , “Sears, Boys, single speed
12 CCM, Mustang, : Boys, singlespeed ‘|
13 Ideal; B200, Boys, single speed
‘14 CCM, Boys, single speed |
15 _ . Peugeot, Mens, 10 speed
We 5 . Mens, 10 speed
7 Norstar, Mens, 10speed  —
18 . - Garin, Mens, 10 speed
19 boo Iverson, Mens, 10 speed
20 Soe Mens, 10 speed
21 ‘Jun, Mens, 10speed —_,
22 _ : Mens, 10 speed —

items.may be Inspected at the works yard at.3215 Eby Street dally .
from.1to3 p.m. - Monday June 9th through Friday June 13th, 1980.
Bids must be in the hands of the undersigned on or before June
19th, 1980 at 3 p.m., and must be in an envelope marked “Tender” to
the Attention M.S. Fjaagesund, The District of Terrace, No: + 3215

The highest or any tender not. necessarlly accepted.
Any item not claimed on or before the 10th day after nctifeation
wilt be sold to the next } Righest B bidder.

District of Terrace
pers M. S. Fisagesund | '

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