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The lumber load on this Tetrace Trausfer.truck —
shifted and ended up strewn -over the

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Victoria, B.C.

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intersection of Clinton Street and Grieg Avenue.
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Stewart hospital

|. Additional expansion
i) funds required —

‘Plans are underway for a
$116,000 extension to the
- Stewart Hospital.

: Directors of the Kitimat-
** Stikine Regional Hospital

Districl decided in Terrace
‘Wednesday to approach the
" department of health services

~ and :hospital insurance -for,

additional funds to help off-set
hospital costs. Co
‘The “district. is asking the
provincial government for
~ $100,000 in 1971 instead of the

$75,000 it has been alloted to-

Meet: regional

hospilal
financitig.. . i! .

a ‘Under’ current cost sharing

rograms with this province,

‘members of the B.C. hospital

establish a medical: centre in

insurance |

40.
7 - rs High itati
department picks up 60 per cent pleased that the region has B Low Precip itation
of all construction costs. money fer the Stewart Mayl2. 63 40 trace of rain
J. K, Ruksys,. assistant Hospital.””. ; ; - May 13 55 41 ' 05 inches of rain
administrator of the Prince He said specialists, doctors, Mayl4d . 47 38 .08 inches of rain
Rupert Regional Hospital, and dental facilities were May 15 56 29 a record low for May 15

which also administers the-
Stewart Hospital, said, the
hospital proposal | recently
received a boost when touring

urgently needed in Stewart.
The current 9

public health

insurance service found
current plans and conditions in
Stewart ‘inadequate for that
district’s needs. |

Il was they, he said, who
suggested the original plan to

Once the

medical personnel will be

Stewart be scrapped in favor of

conditions,
a hospital program. n

. Of the $110,000 to be spent,
$80,000 will be for actual

; ‘hospital

‘Caledonia Secondary School principal’ John Bastin accepts
trea from grade-12 student Laurel Donaldson, 18, during traditn ©
~ tonal tree-planting.. ceremdtty at school fast week. moe

He ‘said: “I'm very, very

: — hospital construction with the

balance used ta construct a
hurse's residence, he added.

Cont'd on Page 2

bed
hospital will be expanded to
a13 bed hospital with dental and
facilities,
additional administrative
facilities and enlarged dietary
-and x-ray facilities, he said, ~
hospital is
constructed he hopes additional’ .

attracted by better working

Weather forecast: Monday - cloudy with intermittent rain, afew
sunny periods in the late afternoon. Tuesday '- mainly cloudy
with occasional rain.. Wednesday

afternoon. Thursday - cloudy Highs will continue to fall in the
below normal range for this time of year at 50 - 60. Lows around

- cloudy with rain in the

. _ There are toa many capable
“«. peaple out of work or on
inadequate pensions in Terrace.
Jaunita Hatton, a mother and
welfare-recipeint, plans to do
something about it.
Alter two’ weeks of
- consultation with yarious
resource people and agencies
she proposes to open a odd-job

_' employment office for people

who need part time jobs and

careless _
campers.

Recent rains and: coal
weather have kept the’ forest
fire hazard. minimal. in this
area reports district forest
Jranger Tom Harvie. ,

Forestry personnel have
been called upon to extinguish
two minor half acre fires on
Terrace Mountain and the
East Kalum aréal

Both fires were caused. by
campers who. abandoned
campfires ‘before
.Pextinguishing - them, . Harvie
sald. ; ice
He issued this. warning -to
campers: With the summer
season coming upon. us we

immediate cash,.

Resource Committee in Terrace

. Jast Thursday she proposed the

agency which would provide

_ Short. term employment
‘Opportunities 5-0

In . setting up the” agency,

Pensioners.an inadequate fixed

parents requiring a part time
“job, ‘unemployed youths. both
local and travelling, people on
welfare © or.

«people who require. immediate

to would be basically unskilled:
- types of employment such as
_ Sleaning yards, household :jobs, .
‘meénding, cooking, jobs: at
_ commercial operations which *
" either could not afford: to hire’

. prolonged help, she said.
|, Employeers. would
ired to pay. minimum wage /
-pay ..off’ employees on a’

“full-time help or did not require

incomes, housewives and single ©

\ unemployment . ©
‘insurance, and any other needy .

" part time employment would’be. -
offerd available.part-time jobs, :.
’* The jobs people could be'sent “

'

be |)

Odd-job agency
to help needy

want charity.. They want a

' Chance todo that small job that

needs doing ata house or place
of business for a little money to
supplement their inadequate
income,” she said. -

_She has received approval for
the edd*job placement centre

‘from Canada Manpower, the

Unemployment Insurance
Commission, the Compensation
Board, the Labor Relations
Board and various service

Fines for | | seeking before a public organizations) inthe
. meeting of the Community Community,

“Everyone that I have spoken

fo said the idea is sound and

very much needed,” she said.
The job placement

.gsend: delegates to

“Loggers —
meet here

future plans for the logging

[industry :will be featured at].
the third annual convention of |

the::;North .West Loggers
‘Assoclation,. May 21-22.
~An* estimated 200 trucking
companies are expected io
the
convention at. the. Terrace
Community Centre.
“Government and industry
speakers. will = inform
delegates on the latest. truck

The. youth complaint:
“There's nothing to do and no
place to go,” may soon be over.

Terrace’'s youth, now
organized, are preparing a brief
of their needs which will be
presented to a Community
Resources Committee .

The resources committee,
various service organizations,
the public, and Mayor Victor
Jolliffe threw their moral
Support behind youth at a public
meeting attended by
approximately 75 people at the
Community Centre Thursday
night, ;

The meeting was called by the
Community - Resources
Committee to bring community

Pioneers.

feted

)

The accomplishments of
pioneer and elderly citizens will
be acknowledged during a
special week in their henor this
summer,

In a letter to all the mayors of
British Columbia, Isabel
Dawson, minister without
portfolio said:

_ “In 1971, our Centennial Year,
it is a special pleasure to
announce the. proclamation of
the week of June 6-12 as Pioneer
‘and Elderly Citizen’s Week.

_. “During. this. week, we will

have ‘ani - opportunity to pay

-Special tribute.to our. pioneers

and elderly citizens; the people
‘who along the way have
contributed so much to the
achievements of our pravince
during the past 100 years,” she -

. said,

‘lhe letter went on to say that
municipal councils should make
special considerations this year
and.“‘in this way help us honbr
aur elderly citizens and express
to them a measure of our
admiration and respect for
them.”

Fire guts
motel

An electric heater is the |
suspected cause af a fire
which gutted a motel building

in Terrace . Saturday!
afternoon.
Terrace firemen

extenguished the blaze at the
Keno Motel on Kalum Avenue
before it could spread to
adjoining buildings.

No injuries were reported in
the fire.

“Safety, new equipment, and|.

wooded . areas : Is: Hable~“to}*.minimum’;wage ‘would benefit,
prosecution. and a .fine,: he§.... ‘Those peopte out. of work or.on.»,".
“psalds {Inadequate ‘pensions “-"do “not,

7 Barker, vice presitent. of
Eurocan .Pulp-.and Paper
‘ompany of Kitimat, ~

why

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black ‘bear cub:w.

‘Loen Avenue in. Terrace [ast

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inspector Robert Willoughby. didn't expect to

issues to the front and reach the
public to broaden and
strengthen the committee, said
committee chairman Wilber
James.

“Younger and younger kids

are getting into trouble,” said -

‘John Flook a Department of
Rehabilitation and Social
Improvement employee,

There are areas in this
community where something is
lacking, hesaid, And we want to
know what they are.

He received an immediate
reply from members of
Terrace’s youth who said one of
the major problems with this
community is a lack of
recreation places for youth. :

A youth spokesman said if
offered a. building they would be
capable of looking after : it
themselves. ,

We need a place to go, to hold’
events such as dances and a
place for the traveling youth to
stay, he said.

Skeena High school principal
Don Cunningham told the youth
any building that they occupied
should be policed by both
students and adults. He added,
it should also be run on a
partially commercial basis.

The group spokesman replied
that it would have to be
primarily policed by the youth

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‘itself although they would
willingly respond to help. by
“trusted” adults. 9 0.

“The kids have shown enough
initiative" to get things going
‘and we've got to give them'a
chance, said an atiending adult.

Bill Young, Terrace Saivation
Army enyoy said: “In the
beginning some ~— -adult
supervision of youth premises
would be required.” The kids
are not against having some
help.’”. re

_ “So many people (advilts) are
questioning kids today. While’ . °-
they still have double standards © *’

we have to trust them before
they trust us,’’ one man siad.

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toy

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‘

Youth center
wins support

Another said the current ° ..

Community Centre’ is not
enough to meet this

community's youth needs, ‘The -.

centre is geod only till the

weekend when service clubs use. |

it facilities.”

The young people agreed that

adult policing support would be
required initially..as long as’

they did not act as “lifeguards”

and completely limit activities.

Chairman James,
wanted to know what facilities
were required for travelling,
job-seeking yauth,

Cont'd on Page 2

Truck Loggers will be
required to prove their claims
of being ‘the worid's best
drivers” next Sunday.

Truck loggers from
throughout British Columbia
will compete for cash and
trophies at the Terrace
Downtown Lions Annual
provincial championship rodeo.
at Lions Park May 23.

Competitions will be team
entries, Loader operators: and
truckers will pace each other on
a time and obstacle course.

Logs will be loaded onto a
truck by a loader operator and
driven up toa portable scale by
the trucker. Teams will ‘be
timed for loading, The truck
and load are then weighed for
even balance and assessed
penalty points ‘for uneven
balance, using provincial road
truck weight and load
standards.

Then loaded trucks will be
driven through an obstacte
circuit. The plastic bottles. on
the circuit is a stop plank where

‘ae-captured by SPCA officialg ° abo
‘week, SPCA

Truck rodeo.
here Sunday

drivers will be assesed ‘penalty >
points for overrunning or falling °

short .

Truckers will then attempt to:

back through a approximately
100 feet of the obstacle course

without knocking over any of. -.
-the plastic ball obstacles. H..

they do additional points are
assessed against them.

Various forms of loading: —

equipment and at least three:

for teams. . Each. complete”
operation by. a team ‘will take’

’ approximately thirty minutes.: — ;
In addition to gold, silverand!
bronze provincial championship:
medals the teams will be: .
competing for cash awards. .").
The three top teams will: |
share $1,000 prize. money’ and:

‘the. North. West Loggers |.
Association will present... =:
trophies. ,

Entries for the rodeo will be. -

accepted unil noon May 22 by
the North West
Association.

Loggers —

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Tacndisileics

' types of trucks will be available;

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