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“WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,

These four Terrace sudents are. off to Prince
George on October 2nd to compete in this years:
Reach For The Top quiz show. Pictured from left
to right are Frances’ Dodd, Paul Young, Dawn

| Hunting closure on: sheep

and caribou —

Tsai Creek to Serbi Creeks on

Declining’ ‘caribou .
z mountain ‘goat’ populations’ in
a (he Telkwa an southern’ Babine
mountains-have prompted. the .
Fish & Wildlife Branch, to im-.

plement an early closed: Season -

for these species,“ ©.

'. By - minimizing” ‘harassment

mM and = reducing “the. — har-
m vest it is hoped to arrest this
downward population trend.

m™ Recent surveys conducted by”
i Fikh: &..Wildlife.. Brarich... per-*
| sanael. <iidignte «thats although

B, populations’ of, both:
species has- declined:

fo siderably, there’ are. still: suf=
m ficient numbers of both caribou —
and mountain goat remaining in - + Talkwa River; down the Telkwa:. Bulkley’ River. ta:. point of

‘aad

respond favourably’ to the:
closure. . a

_ ‘The final day for hunting of
both Caribou and mountain goat -

. will be September 20, 1972.

- Commencing. at the con:

‘section

Rooney ‘and David Lewis who

1972 ©

of areri

will represent

Caledonia Senior Secondary. See page s seventeen

_ for the full story:

*

’

_ Kitimat’

oh mayorality

It was: learned. today’ that

down Serbi Creek'to McDonell. - Alderman George Thom, an

Lake! “thence ‘north ‘to “Kit-

eight “year veteran. on the

sequecia Lake- and’ east along Kitimat Town Council will be -

the. ‘Kitseguecla Jake’ access

road to: -Taltzen- ‘Lake; down

. Trout: Creek to Bulkely River;

- -relinguishing “his. aldermanic

“chair to, challenge sitting mayor -

John - ‘Springer. for - the . chief

fluence of the Bulkely and upstream to Reister Creek; up Magistrate's. chain of -office.

Morice River; up Morice River the north fork of Reister Creek Weill -

to Morice Lake, thence ‘along
~_ morth-west sidé of. Morice Lake’

-to-Alna Lake; thence’ Haley

r thewest fromm

‘“Rtiver's’ “ip™ Burnie

“Rive
Burtiie Lakes: thence north to.

“Hig f
Bulkely ; River:

known Kitimat: .

‘to Harold ‘Price Creek; down. : Photographer; “May Patzelt has.
‘Harold Price Creek to: ‘Holland also- announced ‘that: he. will.

Lake}: hence south to Bristol

Lake, ‘dawii the Fullda River i: hii on

thence “up.

these isolated. ‘Populations ‘to. “River to ‘fsai Creek; thence up commencement. |

George | pretty “foxy” bear

we see it; George kept pressure io ou il its too late?

George is a full; grown’ ‘black
bear, who has.;‘become ‘quite
well-known to folk ‘around the

+ McLean Mountain Radio site:

aa To some, the fact that George -
f has departed _ for parts

unknown, for the moment,
a definite pang of regret.. To”

ee others, for whom George was
s either a nuisance, ora menace, .

there are sighs of relief. :°
Our friend the Bruin, has been
hanging around the site for two”
years or more and hag come:to
recognize “people” as -An‘ easy:
source of: food. Therefore
whenever. the pangs of hunger -
“hauled his hulk" to.one of: ithe |
focal residences. and made: his-.:
presence known until food was

, produced, .

that ihe angle on which the trap ‘

assured

‘He has been studying the ways |

of men for a long time and was ::

to the challenge of this “trap”

“set out for his: capture. - an

‘Now the official report says

was set prevented the door from

springing: shut until George. -
emerged. with his -prize~ and.
‘ brushed dgainst the door. Well

this may. be so, and. we are
that this. is how the

‘ofticiall report. on file reads,

We have | another: : ‘idea

“however and this Is It.’ -George,

seeing the welcome répast set
inside. the. cage.

analysed the trickery and took

; the necessary precaution.

As”

In fact one report indicates, - 7 .

j that in order to leave the home.

on occasion it was necessary to |

K operi the door and toss George a
loaf of bread. -Once:this peace
offering: was made. ey ea
would lumber off into the brush

o eat in, tranquility, :

f §6Lately -it. would appear
George has been more insl.
and some of the people‘in:

Hacea, began wishin
George would’ take a°trip,

F across the ‘Skeena River.’

q arrival of a helicopter one day. -
had two. effects,:
rom the other:

a noisy ‘‘rig” annoyed the normal

wpeace and. autet to h
George had:
eustomed and he teak ‘a swipe al

i the “chopper” knocking away a.
Pmirror and scatehing the plastic.

# dome. The pilots no doubt made — :

this. unceremonious’ welcome’:
known to the powers that be. A.
decision was taken that George’

would. have to be. faker acrogs

way atl life; ~
j there ould

} ' A olin “of eperation w was laid’
out: ‘and “a. 4

‘

quickly: .

on the door while he reached in .
for the “goddies'’ “then. with- ©
‘drew and allowed the ae el
‘to slam shut. without prey. He ©

doubt working. himself. into a
long slumber until spfing.

Yes this ‘is what, we suspect’
really happened, ‘buts who in’.

‘ Victoria, among, “them” new .

ministers would believe such a

along with the official version, .

-In any ‘case George is. still. up

there and will no doubt come out, .

‘lenty o of. bread on hand,

. then stalked off “into the woods -
for a meal. It snowed up there
that same day, so George'i is. no .

“this spring. -So folks just’, keep °

throw his hat into, the municipal.
tion ring For alder

ixi
Ps . both up for: re“election this year”
“and both. have. announced their

“intention: of running.

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According ‘to Stan Patterson;
thé head of the Terrace ‘Arena .
Association, full : use’ of the
arena will not be. possible’ until :
the first week in November. Aa -.

. things stand to-date however, *

restricted use of the facilities
could start i in. mid-October.

Theice machine is in and now.
that the main power panels are.
in place, the engineers who will -
hook. up the machine: will. be

_ arriving Monday, ‘The delay ‘in

electrical work was. caused by

shipping problems of some vital
parts, :

With the experts hooking the.
machine up, ice will probably _
start to he made in the early
part of next month, © ;

Finishing touches ate much of
what remains to be done’ on the.
yink’s interior. Brackets for the

‘seats are in place and all that is
' needed is the seats themselves.

The forms. for the boards
surrounding the ice surface are
up and about 50 percent of ‘the |

; ‘frontal board is in place.

“The ‘thiajor hold-up ‘Is. the
completion of the lobby portion
of the project. The lobby will
contain ticket: booths,
lavoritories, and go on, And
more shipping problems have
heen encountered. in bringing
.the. main furnace for the
dressing rooms to Terrace,-

The restricted use of the
arena will be due to problems
wilh fire exits that cut down on
. the number of people allowed in
the ~ building. Apparently the

ne |
. PAGE 13

Full use

SMITHERS -. John Mitchell
. of Smithers ‘intends to assume
the seat of the long time :
“Member of Parliament, Frank .

*+: Howard: He states that in his 20 .

years in political life, Howard, a.
_New Democrat, has: failed to
achieve results for the people of
‘Skeena.

MA representative. on ihe

‘ Government side of the House is
what we must-have,” Mitchell ;
- slates; “if we-are to see con:
crete ‘objectives “met -that will ©

vit we e equulize oppor
all, regardiess of . their soci

economic -positions at: the.’

| outset, we will -be doing more’.

than any’ administration has -
_ ever done.’” He went on, “Some -

need more help than others, but
.in a just: society whatever. ‘ales
are needed must be provided; Bo
‘that every citizen is ‘givenan
‘equal opportunity to gain per

“yesult in‘ healthy growth and ---’

‘ increased employment in our.
riding.” *; -

Mitchell, “in, his political ac.
‘tivities, was'a worker in’ ‘the
Labour Party in England, and:.

was: an. N.D.P... worker .in.
‘Canada -for some time, Itis asa.

direct: result of this background: :
‘and experience thathe can state,
emphatically that the socialist
concepts .cannot work ef-

* fectively in practice. - He has’

seen them fail in Bngland...and
' they are failing here. _.

-He hm me a Liberal: sup
porter in 1968 and-has never
looked back. © His personal

philosophy is that the govern- .

ment: should give all people a

“helping hand to the first rung of

“the ladder, then it is up to the
individual to go as far. as he
wants and will work for in the
areas of personal ac-
complishemnt, ;

exits leading to the addition on .
the -west. side of.the arena are ;

i+ ligeless due to construction. The
cil createlétion:“couldmezin that

skaters and the various

okey leagues ‘would. have-the .

te access to the ice jurface

plihough:. there may be public

pkating limited toa very small
crowd, ':'

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irculated around. inequeen
_sway-Churchill Drive area
“been received by the Regional
‘District of Kitimat-Stikine and
the wheels were set in motion to

have the matter considered by |

'.Water Rights Branch of the
provincial Department | of
“Lands, Forests, and Water
Resources -

The petition, which was
supported by a: large majority
Of residents, asked for -
consideration, because the
Regional District ‘of Kitimat-
Stikine has no plan for provision
of fire protection service for the
residents of that: area. ;

The original request asked

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~ the

~ public * utility, :

sonal integrity’
we tothe frat rd tea beting bien
“achleye from ‘that point-in the .
-basic concept of free enterprise | -

where effort and: ingenuity are ar

rewarded.

“The. Liberal’ ‘candidate . for a

Skeena, John Mitchell | asks for

the support of the ‘electorate in

order (hat progress can and will
\ be seen in Skeena..”

| Queensway: takes

regina Dats ito set up a
local area for the provision of
fire service; This ‘is*the only
that these
residents Pequire.

The resolution tabled. at the
last : meeting‘ of the Regional
District of Kitimat-Stikine, ‘pad

_ which: received . unanimous
support asked respectfully
“that the Water Rights Branch
of the Department: of Lands,

- Porests.and Water. Resources

assist the residents ‘of the
Queensway area, in the in-
corporation of a Queensway
Water Improvement District
with the sole function of fire
Protection.” .

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