: : a tapos ca cco ropacereentabtee ra es t Prenter's Office, Vietoria, B.C. burst Terrace’s Monday “« Alderman BY RON THODY - A simple drill may ice by a Gordon #: Rowland in a motion that Upper Little Park Council, in a 4-3 vote, passed motion on - the stipulation that drilling operations in the Spring is .suitable: for an eventual $250,000 to be the site of the town’s $300,000 complex, long-sought § arena i If the land, located east of complex, ' Kalum on the bench since, siebaeraste ansitinariasremste, _A PARKER Pinto's BOB PARKER 635-2801 "YOU CAN AFFORD Fron $2,312 | —aat FORD” FORD | Rowland’s | determine that the land: overlooking Lower Little Park is not suited for the arena, council agreed to aceepi Riverside Park as a “tem- ' porary” ‘arena site, "MAP PLANS council, the arena association, the ceritennial committee and a special arena fund-raising committee headed by local businessmen Bill McRae and Walter Yeo met in-camera at the home of Terrace Mayor feat TERRACE . Meanwhile, members olf. Victor Jolliffe Wednesday night to discuss positive fund- raising plans, Mayor Jolliffe told The Herald following counet! Monday that he and council © had met in committee for . more than a week to force the issue to a vote. After each alderman gave his argument for or against the site at council's Monday. meeting, a vote on the site was ° taken. : After a moment of silence, Liltle Prt," Jolliffe ‘sald, finally, : _ In favor of the site were Ald. ‘Mayor Jolliffe cast the i : Rowland, chairman of the fleciding vote, town’s public works com- EYES COUNCIL _ mittee, Ald Edna Cooper and y member of council, He, told them the time had ‘come to see that fund-raising romises made were fullfilled, aren E 4 * aa b “ “L more than anybody else, “Would like to see the site ~ settled,’* the mayoy said, ‘Blowly, looking at each Ald. Ian MacDonald. Both Rowland and. MacDonald are rookie members of council, . Voting in opposition to the proposal were Aldermen Ey CHit, Brian McAlpine and — Lloyd Johnstone. The vole ended oe me a "Serving Terrace, The Hub City af. the Mighty Skeena Valley in’ Northwestern British Columbia 4613, Lazelle Ave., P.O. Box 399, Terrace, B.C.” Postage pald in cash, Return postage guaranteed. ALD © HUGE HOPES Hopefully, a large, covered arena complex envistoned by the Arena Committee headed _ by Chamber of Commerce — president Stan Patterson will _Fise from the park. At. the least, the munleipality s eam miltted toa $94,008 outdoor rik with artificial fee-equipment.. This, Peeteteatahetee heheh? 0,798.7 .% tO FES 188 8 Ole oo ovo ., ALAA steta tela te BS a a Le a ad ah in elfect, Is Terrace's B.C. ‘71 Centennial project, It would be the cornerstone of the eventual complex should the fund ralsing committee fait to ‘come up with the monies needed for the complex. Arena Committee Chairman Patterson sald $15,500 each Is pledged by the provincial and federal governments through centennial grants. 7 A further $18,209 Js ‘held:by = Cont'd on Pages. | Ei sca tareaces en SES x *, mt SRR Ser scanty rn oe ss 4614 Lazelle YOUR “serthern” PRESCRIFTION SERVICE 5 625-6666! f 65th Year No. 7 THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1974 “TERRACE, B,C.. a Z Approval given. Nass crossing A bridge to riches and Population growth will be built across the Nass River, Ray Williston, minister of lands and forests, announced in the legislature Tuesday that the long sought-after bridge will become a reality this year. And, with some roadwork between Terrace and Stewart, -the mineral-rich and heavily- timbered northwest will be opened up with Terrace as the m economic hub. Williston said that at this point, the bridge will be built as a logging bridge. But, it’s a beginning says Dudley Little, Sacred MLA for Skeena. TO YUKON? Little told The Herald by. telephone shortly. after the announcement Tuesday that the government envisions a high- way not only ‘to the Nass and Alice Arm, butto the Yukon and Alaska, ‘ “It will benefit Terrace tremendously,” said Little. “Terrace, aS a trading center will continue to grow and at a faster pace as the road and bridge open up the north.” A happy Terrace Chamber of Commerce quickly sent a telegram to Little: “Congratulations, Dud, on your announcement that the Government will construct a Crossing at the Nass River...” It woundup: “Don't forget we Cont'd on Page 3 ARTHUR LAING: Laing here for dinner Centennial year ‘n Tergace _ blasts off tommorrow (Friday) in conjunction with the annual Chamber of Commerce in- stallation of officers and dinner, Guest speaker for the chamber program is federal public ‘works. minister Arthur ' Laing, often described as a “friend of the north.”*’. And, fitting in with the cen- tennial program, Laing himself is a British Columbian and has been a Liberal MP since 1949 , when he- was elected in Van- ‘eouver-South, with the ex- . ception of a brief foray into ’ provincial politics. During the evening, Jim MeKay will be installed as new president, He will be backed up ‘by two vice-presidents, Bruce Carrothers and Kerry Condon, Tom Porter will be installed treasurer. , so ‘|your name | § : | ---please? }, We'd like Thanks for your letters. Only one problem. There are a few we cannot publish under “your opinion.”’ on our editorial page. the problems of a trained girl trying te find employment. Another with racial segregation. . Both. are excellent letters. But we can’t publish them. They are not signed. . You see, a letter to the editor must be signed or we would be breaking the newspaper code of ethics. We ean, however, print a letter, signing it “name witheld’”’ providing we: keep the letter and the name of the writer for our own protection, . The editorial page is a page of our opinion-—and YOUR opinion, It is, as it should be, a forum for public debate. So if the writers of letters we have tiat printed wish to come forward and identify them- selves we will print their letters. - , Remember, we ‘can only print signed letters. ‘ These. thieves: take ‘Time’. Thieves broke into Tin: Cleaners Monday night: an . stole approximately $30 in petty cash , Police said they gained en-) trance through a rear window. Naked Mayor Victor (old fuzzy- face) Jolliffe solemnly arose — before council Monday and issued a making it an offense to be clean-shaven ‘in. . Terrace’ during Centennial Year. =” The five beardtess: now ‘illegal’ Proclamation. faces shall fram the 25th day of Jarivary, 1971 to-the 20th day of July, 1971, iffhe is so able to do, suffer, permit and allow the hair on his face to grow.” The ‘proclamation further: decreed ‘that fatlure by any male person to comply with To be precise, one deals with{- They'd like THE OLD GOAT RANCH at Rockwoed, now owned by LH and K, makes a striking study in - black and white for Herald photographer Tess Brousseau. She took this photo from ingide the house, which now only has craggy beams left where the roof sloped. It was owned by an old- timer many years ago. And, rather than build a shed for his goats, say oldtimers, he'd let them live in the house with him! FOR WINTER CARNIVAL These guys WANT snow After a heaping 35 inches of snow, it's hard to believe that some men in Terrace are praying for more, But the Centennial Lions Club members are hoping that on the weekend of February 27-28, there'll be plenty of the stuff. Costs spiral - for drainage Terrace Alderman Ev Clift made a slight miscalculation .during storm sewer debate at council two weeks age. He said the cost 'to alleviate the present flooding of basements in: improvement Area I would be $250,000. Monday, Clerk-Administrator Jolin: Pousette said Associated Engineers had informed him "that the cost to update the soggy system was a little more than Ald. Cjift bargained for, Their estimate? $511,000. an office The B.C. Northern Chamber of Mines still needs a home, A cost of |; aldermen and one ‘bear: : dless alderwoman patted ' thelr pink cheeks and chins ag the mayor, in mid-stage of heard-gtowth, read: : of Terrace after such solemn | deliberation as seemed fit and appropriate, deems. It desirable ‘that’ all - male cliréng < of Terrace. should. commomorate-this year; ' ° “Now therofore. be it known that: the cduncil...hereby ‘proclaims: that: every” ‘male: "4 render the offender subject to “Whereas the council and. © fhe corporation of the District. ’. _ penalty Would be if a bear. \ Jolliffe chuckled ‘In’ a low, continued ¢o chuckle, tigging. “shaven coimell.!?. *. _ this proclamation is an. of- -femse against the Distric. -“f...and that such failure shall penalty too terrible to mention here .or in -the alternative to am appropriate monetry; fine,” : | Asked’ Jater what’ the dleys offender fails to: pay, - : omineus. ‘moancer then sald, . . We: have | our ways.!":. He on. his “beard - growth anid. ‘Ee February," he reported. . And they'd like it to be in the Centennial Library in Terrace. That’s the message Ald. ' Brian’ McAlpine”: handed Terrace council-Monday night. ”. “They'd like to get into that . libyary: building no later than . McAlpine suggested sharing " Terrace.and District: Chamber - : of. Commerce office area... - He said they could share both ’ @kpenses and 'stafé ooo. - Council suggested: the mines’ : Chamber’ discuss the request . with the incoming ‘executive of | king arcund at his ‘clean: ° member of. the community. r s J: the chamber whieh‘ will be in. ' . Stalled tomorrow (Friday). on an equitable basis the | Ald. Clift. quickly made ea motion that the stormy problem be .tossed back to the public works committee, Clift at the earlier ‘meeting said the new drainage system would be paid for by Area I |. residents under the local im- provement bylaw. Several residents, polled. by The Herald last week, summed — up the storm, sewer’ drainage. system in town as “lousy”, That's the date of their first annual winter carnival and a gala time it’s going to be too- with or without snow, - ; But the snow will help all the secret artists in town bring out their talents in’ a snow sculp- turing contest. . ' PRIZES PLANNED The contest starts February 1 _ and prizes will be awarded each week with a grand prize presented February 27 in the Community Center, In addition to the snow, there'll be three pretty girls vying for the henor of Winter Carnival queen. They are Wendy. Hill who works at Northern Drugs and Ingrid Wiedeck, Terrace Interiors. A third contestant dropped out of the contest and another girt will be chosen. ; And gathbling, dancing and tefreshments will be part of the fun too. . Cont'd on Page 3 ‘15 CENTS A COPY: A massive teachers strike in the Skeena-Cassiar school district still loomed asa definite possibility this week, The black cloud over the gloomy teachers’ Pension issue failed to be budged by legislative steps aimed at improving the scheme. The steps, according to teacher assoclation officials, fell jar short of the goal. Within hours the president, of the Skeena-Casstar District Teachers’ Association’ denied reports that teachers had called off their threat to strike. ‘NO CHANGE’ Jon Chen Wing emphasized | Teacher despite Socred deal there has been no change in teachers’ plaris as a result of ‘pension improvements in- troduced -in the B.C, legislature Jan. 22. . “An emergency meeting on Sunday of representative assembly and Presidents of local teachers’ associations from all over B.C. expressed unanimity in agreeing that the proposed ‘increases fall very short of expectations,” Chen Wing said. “At present, retired teachers receive enough 40 live on and in: ‘creases of seven per cent to a maximum boost of $21 per possibilities of a province-wide teachers sirike. At the same time, Skeana- Cassiar School District, as reported in January 21 issue of, The Herald, is tentatively backing their teachers who are fighting for a better deal on pensions, Legislation intraduced by the Social Credit government to ‘improve the pension program has fallen short of B.C. Teacher's Federation demands, STRIKE LOOMS Local association president, John Chen Wing, says the stike still looms as a real possibility. In a letter to Education Minister Donald Brothers, the local board said, “The board lacks the information necessary to judge the validity of either position in the dispute, but is most sympathetic to the teachers’ desire for a pension security plan comparable to - those provided in other provinces,” . But it made a strong plea for, students, also. “Under no” circum- stances...should the children of the province be’ deprived of their instruction ~ because of a matter in dispute between the government and- _ the B.C, Teachers’ Federation, and such-an unfair interruption: of their education could only Teflect to the disadvantage of both parties concerned, in the minds of angry parents.”’ the . letter read. strike the BCTF’s - barely . __ by'the provincial government, looms month tg $300 and a minimum increase of $10.50:to $150 a month are certainly not good enough,” he said. © There are 299--full-time teachers in the district, Of these, 88 per cent, the same | percentage as the province | . _ wide vote, backed a walk out | | to accent thelr demands. Chen Wing said earlier that the government-controlled pension fund: now stands at $165-million, Out of this he sald only $8-million Is paid out perf year, while $18-million is Pouring in, ie said teachers also wanted the right to manage their own fund, now managed ¥ My ¥ Earlier in the year, the local teachers’ association warned parents of the strike possibility, Backing the teachers’, the trustee's letter read: “If, in fact, our present pension plan is inferior to other areas, we slrongly urge that the teachers’ proposals be given careful consideration,’” J.W, Killeen, president of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, thanked the local trustees for eek, their action. * He said: “The teachers of B.C. deeply regret that strike tactics may have to be used in order to gain simple justice in the matter of teachers’ pen- sions.” , “We would much prefer to have the issue settled by negotiation --- negotiations which result in ‘adequate pen- sion benefits for teachers,” Killeen added. ’ os Unemployment no ‘holiday’ Unemployment in Terrace may be slightly lower than the Wallet, $80 lifted while couple sip A Terrace couple, after being in the beer parlor for less than two hours Saturday, came out. $80 poorer. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Alan Thompson want in the Skeena Hotel Beer Parlor less than two hours before closing time. Mrs. Thompson put her purse, containing a wallet with $80 in it _ on the floor beside her. province, is the 18-25 year-old. "recent uni today's specialized jobs, provincial average, “But .no matter what statistics you come up with the person who's unemplo ed feels the pinch,” ‘says Don Walker, manager of Canada Manpower in Terrace. Walker and his staff are to ease that pinch. ut in these days of tight money and an unhealthy economy, it’s not an eagy job. EST HIT The hardest hit group in ce as in the rest of the “Many,” Walker said “are veralty graduates who just don’t have the training to offer an em- r,. ‘And many also do not have the trade. skills needed for Manpower's goal is to hell them get the ‘stills they need. Courses are now being held Rr “Bill Bennett brings .in haggis ~ ‘ Scots wa’ haggis too! - And all the spirits you. could drink, roast:for the - less hearty who couldn’a - ate. th’ haggis and eulogies to the immortal : ‘Scots bard did Robbie ™ Burns honor in Terrace. Saturday night. =. Over 300° attended’:the - annual -Burns’ Night: at the Terrace” " There-are hospitals in Win-.- ~.; But profits. aside, it-was ‘a. - bonny :night that squeezed . boistrously into mo . : -- In keeping with tradi haggis, carried, aloft “by: Bil: . : Bennett: xesplendant ‘in © his: ' colorful’ Seaforth : Highlande « wniform of a ted tunic ‘and the hipeg and Montreal and in US. states. MW a ion; £