Ll LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY - , PARLIMENT BUILDINGS Viatoria, | ‘Be Ce . | ‘By KEITH ALFORD . Herald Staff Writer ; “TERRACE — Action .on- the: few - controversial items the Regional District - of. Kitimat-Stikine faced .in: one of its 4 4 opens fts \ lumber Anills: atid logging * operations in. the: “Haeelton,. Kilwanga, - - "Terrace and Nass River areas.” uo ‘3; The board also called upon the minister. of fdrests-“to set up an inquiry chaired by - an independent commission to look into the ways and means of oblaining the ‘most. ; forest resources: of :the- RDKS and. that” : inquiry. consider present _altitudes..and: | - concems “of the ‘ministry,: the’ ‘industry, Crown. agencies, : -local - ‘governments, : unions, .and other intereat-groups,’”,"° * “Should the inquity: find that the’ B, G. Timber company: -edninot: ‘ONSUre, efficient, : economic utilization of its forest resource: holdings and that); the. operations, are not. conducted ‘in -the: ‘est: interests of those: : who.-live in the !région, ‘and: that “the: _ minister of forests change and allocate the ‘tenure to ensure: the continued: economle e stability and: viability of the: region, tN :. resolution ends. “+, " be The administration prepared a report on’ Pi Teme gas - According to it, ig Only all directors can - - Stewart's” Ian MéLeo ean. vote ‘tn. issues relating to sale: andclosing | houra for: alcoholle beverage: vendors: Unless... the” ‘hotel he has a major: interest. in is singled | out for special attention.” ° . While Iskut-Stikine’t 5 Joe. ‘Murphy “Can. vote on B.C. Hydra flacd reserves in the. “ Stikine basin; even if it, would allow. him to’. + ownhis farm outright; -he cannoli vote ona : heritage. project: to -restore: the. Slikine .. Riversong* Cafe'.and:. General Storé ..at.:. _ Telegraph Creek if he isa ‘partner in the -. shottest “meetings ere argely agreed board di effective’ utilization. and. ‘market: ‘of. the : f possible. conflict “of, interest; voles ~ been renting for $121,900 and ona proposal - . to-seekedottery.; funds ‘to help: pay. for the” ‘Snow mdc¢hine and for part of-the cost of: : converting: fro diesel to hydro: power on oe Hamilton because the’ stated the manager. 1. i wad go. highly qualified he aint need the .. " The regional district has é new: experise : ‘policy. The ‘per diem rate”.inside the’ [+]. istrict ‘will be $60 per day, ouliside it will J ".. be $90, Directors may claim instead actual ‘room expenses” plus a meal-allowance of “$29. per. day. - : MW ‘4 who. defended 0 the, -RDKS i in the original ~ - “interesting and, Helpful" and noted such, ‘matters come. up regularly”. tenders to: replace them. However, when Ellis-asked if ‘the'wanted his opposition . favored: the motion. - : _«Bath’Down ‘add Ham ton te r votes. ; ~ retorded against.” ‘the ‘ski _ > attending ; a-+ wholesellers “ski: “show, in. : _ Calgary. Down opposed. because he was * RDKS for $16,596.62. plus ‘interest. from”. '} * July..1; 1982; “According. to the summons «*" csepved.on the RDKS on:March 16, 1983; - : Joilitfe i is ‘alleging the regional district had. - ; agreed: ‘ "agreement: ‘was’ ‘partly: oral, and. partly : » AwiBen according to the summois."" ~~: arises-/fromn “a.” slander - suit’ involving - ae :Mickéy. Johnsori, the RDKS, and. Jolliffe. * While Pouseite stated that bo far t ’ j, been no'suggestion of acounter-tlaim, the . “RDKS bas moved to retain Victoria lawyer. Members of Tatem cord = age reps hold up. he banner Theyith have aie Totem" Ford won th berthin the national Tournament ahr Tay won the ae them In Ste. Foy, Quebec, when-they take part in the Air Canada Cup - BC. finals tn a ‘ , national t midget fournament later. in April a as the B.C. representatives. : oe , 7 25 cents operation, or part owner of the building.” Chairman Lee Bilis termed the report. Noles concerning the Kitsumkalum, Ski 7 the § gy viel vote. recorded Down declined... Cooper - - Down: appeared. to abstail én 1 votes to buy -'the.snow--machine the RDKS’s has the hill, » Opposed: to the: experise,: of $084. and- ’ Former director vie ‘Jolliffe is suing the: : 9 pay him~thia ‘amount. The. ‘Pousette has" Indicated that the sum’ . re has Gait Wilson for the action. He is the lawyer. “Terrace Totem Ford‘s team: captain ‘Terry Zaporzan was voted “aviost Valuable player in the B.C. provincial midget hockey final * tournament in Cranbrook last week, and was awarded this trophy * for the honor. Zaporzan’s wearing the sweater he got as part of the ‘team that won the B.C. berth in the Alr Canada Cup national «. “ hockey:finals; Each member. of Totem-Ford recelved a sweater, - ‘and: they'll-have them-on during games at the ‘hational __feurnament, wh Ich starts April’ 18 In Ste. Foy, Quebec: - Sunday night championship in.Cranbrook last. week. ” Saturday tie ‘against northern rivals Prince George! the‘only . gratifying, per au are . . “Almost everyon tnede: felt that the best ‘team. wan,” an Flaherty. said, “paige - ~: (he weaker teams, but’ people who badn’t seen the team: "play before felt the boys played wellthe wholetime.”.. Coach Cliff Sharples: agreed that the team wasn't, Feally: ., ‘consistent, but felt they did well. * “"] guess: we were as good as anyone ‘there,”” Sharples ne "Coed bankas SAGE GB « deal to 'o fan q ‘WINNIPEG (CP). ~ Canada’ s banks would be willing to let ‘appeal boards made up of farmers deal with. farm: foreclosures if debt moratorium legislation now. before . Parliament is’ abandoned, Says a Royal Bank of Canada, official, . DL trees - Royal’ 8 manager of agricultural Bervites: In Manitgba. ‘The boards * would be similar: ta those, used by the Farm | Credit Corp., a federal body whieh]: makes loans to farmers, and. ran, acceptable | alternative bo: debt, “moratorium legislation, Bond said. 5). The boards used by ihe ecarporation do: ‘not ‘have legal | ne ee ee powers nnd the boards dealing: with barks should not be “lt would provide a ‘kind of iinpartiat -third party ivok het that has no vested intereat in any’ ‘way,’ ‘said Stuart Bond, - | legal clout either, Bond said. CIA ‘behind Honduras a attacks NEW YORK CAP): — time mégazine says expert from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and- the U.S: Army's _ Southern Command are part .of "a political’ committee ~ behind hit-and-run altacks on nthe ‘Nlesraquas fovernment from ‘Honduras. The Americans are part of | a “political: io-ordhiating committee” that is the brain of the Nicaraguan counter’ revolutionary group, (he Nicardguan Democratic F ‘or FDN, Time reports ‘in its April 4 istue. “arces, ” ‘The! FDN; in alliance of guerrillas, alages hit-and-run ‘ attacks on the Sandinista ‘regime, Time says. | , Quoting sources, the magazine says the Americans form . ‘one of thrée FDN military general statts. The, ‘American ~ staff allegedly passes orders to a second stalf, ‘inade up of oo members . of the Hondurin military and. a military . representative from Argentina. The third staff, composed “of former’ Honduran National’ Guard officers, telays the. order ‘lo the counter- revolutionary commanders, Time nena. : . “A. bial ‘given second reading in the | House af Commons would. allow farmers facing foreclosure ta o aak the c courts to” change: the terms of their. Joan contracts: with the banks. - - Under the Royal's proposal, a farmer facing foreclosure : could take his case to an appeal board, whigh: could-either support the bank or suggest ways of keeping the farmer in business. * “Doni: ‘MeRuer, assistant, manager of the: corporation in * Winnipeg, ‘said the boards have worked’ weil in cases. : dealing with the federal lending institution.” ' Although they have no legal - powers, : - “thelr * rechrnimendations have t never been rejected: In Manitoba, _ ’,MeRuer: said. ; ‘Banks ‘have 6 conie tinder attack from farm groupa, over. _ foreclosures and several. solutions have been proposed to | . keep farmers afloat. = The Royal is offering a ‘fixed interest plan whereby " farmets. make: payments, geared to "income; which | contribute to principal when irilereat rates are jow and - cover ‘interest when rates are High, Anotlier plan would see the bank take title totheland until a fartier is out of financtal difficulty. ‘The hanks and some farm groupe niaintain. only .a small number: of farniers are in trouble, but the legislation now. "before Parliament would ‘léad : to tougher credit requirements for all farmers. _ : Sports Editor- Tad ; * gorrace’ 8 Totem: ord midget reps were welcomed ha ‘group of parénts, friends “and wishers : after’: winning . the B.C. provincial midge - ‘Totem -Fard © ‘went. undefeated: at ‘the: “tournia en blemish on an otherwise’ ‘perfect record. Totem’ Ford’ win. . al-the provincial. final. ‘eamed the team a berth in: tiie. Air. Canada, Cup: national “midget. ‘ourmameht ‘in Stee. Foy, 7 ~ Quebec, in mid-April,” wee ; Terrace. team captain Terry “Zaporzain was, the ae ‘tournament's. MVP: ‘ we Seafair ‘of Richmond ‘was the pre-tourriament: favorite : - going into the séven-team round-robin event with anumber.°... ovine yen | three. previous. wins’ over te ys as the team to,beat.- be apne “we, played that well against said. ‘1 didn’t think the boys were as consistent as they - might “have beéi, but everyone came up big: when. we ” needed them and we played really well against ‘both Seafair. : and Kamloops.” The game against Seatair was the big one for Terrace, the "Richmond 'club being the. number-one rated team, and the ‘pame following Seafair;, against Nelson: was tought to getup. .. for. After the Nelson game, a'7-5 win for Terrace, ‘the tear ‘stayed upand easily beat Kamloops and Cranbrook to wrap up the. title. : Terrace Mayor. Helmut Giesbrecht was: on + hand to welcome the team homé on behalf-cf ‘the town; and-Jim. - ~ _ Greyeyes: represented: ‘the ‘Terrace * Minor: ‘Hockey _ Association, in congratulating. the ‘team. : _ Formore.on n the midgets’ wi win,.see the exports pag . Rape ca crisis. line. closed Herald Staf {Writer TERRACE — The 24-hour service of the crisis Hine - provided by Northwest Women Against Rape cloged March 18, Until April 20, ihe women 's collective will be retuming J ‘calls once a day. - : gp The provincial government. cut the fuitditig both’ the toeal group antl ‘all: the. members of of ti. Conlin, of B, CRaRe ‘had beer taistd exclirsively: thiewih Toman siipport:. ‘According “to ‘thet ‘group's - press-release, :“‘a lack. ‘of . ‘financial resources is not the primary reason for closing down," but. certainly contributed to the cause. - Spokesman Maureen Bostock says the “‘primary reason’ ; is a “loss of energy”. In September 1982, there were Beven members of the group. Now ‘the number has been reduced to. three. Bostock states the crisis s line was receiving, tivo ‘to three calls per week, She says the area will have no.immediate - crisis counselling ‘available due to the shutdown, but does’ add that K'san. House is funning a: “24-hour sexual assault line, The group' 's campaign to make Terrace a parnography ‘free-rone by year's end is continuing. Area womien.are . ' invited’ ‘to: altend: an’ “action planning: ‘meeting’. on. Wednesday, April 13 at-7:30 p.m. in the Library. arts room, , Childeare can be provided by calling 638-4388. - , _Bostock states there has been.“no new developments a as yet” in the campaign, ‘but’ adds “there will, Probably » be some action after the meeting.” " DKS not guilty TERRACE — No one was found guilty i in the trial arising fram the spraying of the pesticide Tordon 22K at the Kispiox Rodeo Grounds on June 9, 1982. ‘ Both the Regional District: of Kitimat-Stikine and the Kispiox Valley Community Association, had been charged” wilh two counts of violating the Pesticide Control Act: ©: < The Crown said the. case ‘against the association I a Hazelton courtroom on: March 25: Those: charges will be held in abeyance and probably allowed to be dropped. The case against the regional district was dismissed. The .. crown had failed togs La fish intent oc the part of the RDKS: "According to RDKS Frecckds of the lime, the rodeo grounds ~ were titled in such a manner ag to permit pesticide spraying _ without seeking fulrthe? res rqnitsipn trom other government” bodies. Only after the spraying ‘occurred was it discovered that the RDKS- records. ware in etror and such permission » was legally required: “Because The report of the trial was the one of the last items discussed at the March 26 meeting of the regional district. Administrator John Pousette gave the report at the recent” of New. Hazelton ‘director Peter. Weelxr. INSIDE ~ | Local world sports pages 4, 639 Goriics, horoscope Classifieds: | page 6 . pages 8&9. WHY BUYNEW?> oc . WHEN USEDWILL DO! , = De you want parts totic up your car: but your budget ‘won't allow if? Beat the high cost of new parts with 7 quality used parts from $.K.B. AUTO. SALVAGE 635-2333 or 635-9095 | a 3670 Duhan (lust aff Hwy. 16 E) Dp, in their second game, a y said the win was.very. aaa there - wae no intent of. - : lawbreaking on the RDKS's' part, the case was dismissed, e2G BERT TS