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Cost of dying to rise?

A CITY council committee has been asked to look at
recommendations fees and charges at the local cemetary be
increased,

’ In a report to council, recreation superintendent Steve

_ Scott said the increases averaged five per cent in most cases
and pointed out this would be the first hike since Novernber,
= 1988...

If the new rates are adopted, the cost of a grave space fora
resident adult would rise to $163 (non-residents pay an extra
$53) while a fibreglass grave liner would cost $150.

Opening and closing the grave would run a further $200
unless the burial takes place outside normal working hours.

For after-hours burials Monday-Friday, the premium would
be $45 per hour. On weekends or statutory holidays there
_ would be a flat charge of $163.

The cost of installing a memorial would be either $42 or $59

- depending on the size.

Travel plans approved
CIFY PLANNER Marvin Kamenz has been given the go-
ahead to attend an April conference in Victoria at an
estimated cost of $1,063.
Noting the topic was Working Together. New Ways of
Resolving Local Development Disputes, Kamenz added, ‘‘I
believe the material to be covered at this conference would be

_very beneficial."

. Also approved was animal control and by-law enforcement

‘ officer Frank Bowsher’s attendance at a course on By-/aw En-

Jorcement and Investigation Skills. estimated cost here was
$1,200.

Fine for bomb threat

A BOMB threat phoned in to the airport two months has
resulted in a $1,000 fine for a local man.

Gilbert Chapman, 28, was fined $1,000 in court here Jan,
17 and was put on probation for six months.

RCMP said Chapman was charged with conveying a threat
alter he phoned police on Nov. 29 and told an officer that
there was a bomb at the airport.

Pep office moved
THE LOCAL Provincial Emergency Program (PEP) office

has moved.
Zone coordinator Rod Salem said the office is now at the

~ corner of Keith Ave. and Eby St., which wil! also be the site

of a new B.C, Buildings Corporation office building.
The old PEP office — on the second floor of the Almarlin

’ Building — wasn’t ideal because when PEP officials worked

around the clock it left other offices in the building unsecure.
**Now we're in our own building so we won’t be affecting
anyone else,”? Salem said. ‘‘We’ve got our radio room set up,
we've got our emergency operations centre, It’s set up So we
can deal with anything that comes in.”’
He said they moved into a renovated concrete building on
the site dast. week. er Coat

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TERRACE — Despite the mild
Winter, there's still ice on some
local lakes and it can be a dead-
ly trap.

Those taking part in a recent
water rescue course here got a
clear demonstration of the
danger, says program ca-
ordinator Mike Jones,

The first of the course’s five
days was devoted to ice surface
rescue drills with the remainder
involving rescue exercises for
divers operating beneath the ice,

When the ice surface drills
were held Friday, Jan. 17, those

‘taking part were able to walk or

crawl on the surface of the ice
without falling through.

Two days later, all that had
changed. While the ice could no
longer support their weight, it
was still solid enough that those
under the ice couldn’t break
through it to the surface.

Describing the conditions as a
“‘one-way valve’’, Jones said it
showed the danger faced by un-
wary people venturing out on
“frozen” lakes in such weather
conditions.

Sponsored by the Terrace
Water Rescue Team, the course
was conducted by Mike Whylie,
an American public safety in-
structor with Dive Rescue Inter-
national.

Jones said most of those tak-
ing part were members of Ter-
race Search and Rescue. They
were also joined by two
members of the local fire
department and two ambulance
attendants from Chetwynd.
There were 26 participants in
the surface rescue course and 17
took the ice diving portion.

Surface drills involved
retrieving a viclim — a survival
suit clad volunteer — from a
hole in the ice. Jones said
tethered rescuers practised two
methods of getting him out:
hauling the victim out while
themselves remaining on the ice
or getting into the water and lif-
ting him out.

Different equipment was ysed
in the various drills as well in-
cluding ladders, pipe poles and

WESTAR TIMBER LTD. (NORTHWEST OPERATIONS) COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
AND INTERVIEWS

Mr. Garth Langford of West Vancouver, B.C, and Mr. George Waits of Port Alberni, B.C. have
been appointed as Commissioners of the Westar Timber Ltd. (Northwest Operations) Commis:

sion.

The Terms of Reference for the Commission are as follows:

1. To examine the forest tenures, conversion facilities (including the Carnaby and 1 Kitwanga
Sawmills and the whole log chipping plant at New Hazelton) and other associated. assets of
Westar Timber Ltd. in the Hazelton Kitwanga area and to make recommendations to the
Minister of Forests concerning possible options for the sale of the northwest operations of
Westar Timber Ltd. and the transfer of the associated forest tenures.

2. To consider the following factors in making its recommendations on possible options for the

transfer of forest tenures:
a) timber supply and profile;
b) timber conversion capacity;
c) aboriginal interests;

a} wood requirements for conversion facilities of other companies and the interests of
communities associated with those requirements,
3. To consider the following objectives of the Provincial government in making its recommenda-
tions on possible options for the sale of operations or the transfer of forest tenures:
a) to establish and maintain viable operations and a competitive forest industry

consistent with available timber resources;

b} to promote long term community stability in the Kitwanga Hazelton area and the

Northwest of the Province generally;

ropes.

The ice diving portion involy-
ed minimum five-man teams
made up of a primary diver and
his tender, a secondary diver

and tender and an incident com-'

mander.

Tenders are the individuals
who stay on the surface and
control -the tether: line -to which
the the diver is attached.

Their job is guiding the
diver’s movements under the ice
through a standard sweep
search pattern.

Another exercise involved
responding to a simulation of a
diver’s tether line being cut.
That's the moment the secon-

dary team swings into action to |

rescue the would-be rescuer.

Pointing out the teams’ -

fastest retrieval time on this ex-
ercise had been 1 min. 20 secs.,
Jones said instructor Whylie
was “very impressed’’ by that
performance.

Underlining the importance
of that last drill, Jones pointed
out such situations were by no
means uncommon in under-ice
rescue operations.

Those successfully com-
pleting the course received cer-
tification as an ice rescue or ice
diving (diver or tender)
specialist, he added,

‘We proved what we can
do,”’ said Jones of the course.
Those taking part had also been
“extremely happy’ - with the
guidance offered by Whylie.

Builder

TERRACE —A loca] man was
presented with a $1,000 cheque
and a plaque yesterday for
developing a safer way to work
on house roofs.

The money, plaque — and
luncheon — for Joe Chisholm
came from the Canada Martage
and Housing Corporation’s
job-site innovators awards pro-
gram for the B.C. and Yukon.

The installation of gable end
roof trusses and ladder framing
on houses with steep roof pit-

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 29, 1992 — Page A3

Rescue divers practise -
craft in frigid waters

ABOUT TO GO UNDER the ice is Tony Toriglia, one of the local
Water Rescue Team members who took part ‘in the ice diving
course the group recently sponsored here. The rescue drills, both
on and under the ice, took place at a small lake 12 km north of Ter-

race on the Kalum Lake Rad.

receives award |

ches traditionally takes place by
workers who have to extend
themselves over the edge of the
roof.

Chisholm realized one day it
would be safer and faster to do
the construction on the ground
and pass up completed sections
to workers who don’t have to
extend themselves outward,

Ladders were nailed to the
trusses on the ground as part of
that process. It not only work-
ed, but cut an hour off the total

installation time.

The innovators program
recognizes new ways of doing
construction which are safer,
faster and cost-effective, These
methods are then passed
through the industry.

Chisholm, 25, finished his
carpenter's apprentice program
in 1989 and formed Chisholm
Contracting. He’s spent several
years:;working on constrict?
projeet&-: in the Iskut and
Telegraph Creek area.

4 DAYS ONLY

c}) to increase involvement of aboriginal people in the forest sector of the economy;
d) to maintain a sustainable forest management regime.

The Commissioners will be conducting public hearings and individual interviews (scheduled by
appointment) in Hazelton and Kitwanga as foliows:
1} Fri. Feb. 7, 1992: Interviews by appointment.
Hazelion
Public Hearing (open)
Starting at 9:30 a.m.
Gitanmaax Hail, Hwy. 62, Hazelton
Interviews by appointment. |
Hazelton
4) Mon. Feb. 10, 1992: a) Interviews by appointment.
Kitwanga
b) Public hearing (open)
starting at 1:00 p.m.
Gitwangak Hall, Kiiwanga.

2) Sat. Feb. &, 1992:

3 Sun. Feb. 9, 1992:

The Commissioners invite any and al! interested individuals, organizations, companies
and businesses to present submissions either verbally or in writing at the public meetings
or in an Individual interview. Advance notice of submission is requested If possible, but Is
not required.

For further information or to apply for an appointment for an interview ilme, please con-
tact Angela Wesley in Terrace, B.C. (Phone: 638-1727 or Fax: 638-0700)

Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday |
January 31, February 1, 2 & 3

10:00 a.m.
- 6:00 p.m.
4526 Greig Ave., Terrace

Located next to ie Muffler & Brake