Se nce eae ee LEGISLATIVE LiknaRy, FaRLIAUMENT KUILDLNGS, COMP. 77/78 “Hative Arrows” To ‘Fly’ Here By Ian Crawford Four Arrows is a group of people representing the culture and social backgrounds of native peoples from Central and North America. People from Mexico, Guatemala, and California will be participating in the Four Arrows tour of the northwest from September 12 through Sep- tember 21. The group will be in Terrace during the weekend of Sept 16-17 at the campus of Northwest Community College. - Activities include social, political and culturat displays of language, handicrafts and literature; speakers and small group ;discussion of current issues and topics related to native cultures H ~ The eighth annual fall fair held at the Lion's Park September 2, 3 and 4th was the most successful ever _ according to fair officiqls, Some 1,500 persons went througlt the turnstiles on Saturday and Sunday. No accurate count was kept on Monday but several hundred more people turned out. Unfortunately for. the youngsters, the Midway was elosed on Monday due to a failure in their generating equipment, however most people felt there was enough going on to entertain all who attended the fair. throughout the Americas, films and dances, The program is being sponsored by the Aboriginal Studies Advisory Committee to Northwest Community College, Community and Continuing Education Services of the College region and various native organizations and Friendship Centre throughout the northwest, The group will travel from Smithers Sept. 12- 13, Hazelton Sept. 14-15, Terrace Sept. 16-17 Prince Rupert 19-19 and Aiyansh 21-21. For the Terrace part of this tour the program starts Saturday afternoon, 1:00 p.m. Sept. 16 and the day is a continuous event of discussions, seminars and activities open to all. ; Dog Lovers Watch as Handlers Put Their Charges Through Their Paces Local residents entered their special projects in every category from Cut Flowers, to vegetables, to Home Canning.....: : As is lhe custom presented to contestants that a full list is needed to do justice to the entrants. Dog show winners will be found on page three of today’s Herald, other winners will be listed throughout the week. ; (continued on page 3) -NWCC Brocure Brochures outlining the courses available at Northwest Community College this fall are currently being distributed throughout Terrace and district. Registration for the numerous courses offered began last Thursday and registrar Brian Lop- ston says indications are that enrollment will be higher this year than last. “Although we will enroll students right up to - and including the evening of the first session of a course, students are advised not to wait, since some may be disappointed if the class is already full,” Mr. Lopston pointed out. He exptained that in such cases the college will create a waiting list and if it become big enough, efforts will be made to form another class. ‘until the January session to Has Full Slate However, some students may end up waiting get accepted into acourse of their choice. oS Most academic courses, that is courses which can be transferred to university as either a half . or full credit begin Sept. 11. Most vocational courses begin Sept. 18 or 19. Mr. Lopston pointed out that this year most traditional commercial subjects are being of- fered at night and can be used to earn a college diploma in one of the various commercial specialties. Previously the only way a student could earn this diploma was by taking a 30 hour per week day time program. | Hitchiker Murdered 17 in 2 Years reported. Police said they verified the man’s account of the most recent slaying and are checking with Ohio and Pennsylvannia authorities on the others. Charged with murder, NASHVILLE, Tenn, (AP} — A man stopped by traffic patrolmen for a broken car tail light Monday told police he had killed 17 people in the last two years—most recently the owner of the car he was driving, authorities - who. picked him up on the armed robbery and auto theft is Kenneth Taylor, 37, an unemployed Lima, Ohio, man who said he was hitch- hiking to the West. city’s’ inter-state highway system, policé said. Following directions givento them by Taylor, Police officers found the . body of David Willie, 36. The car Taylor drove is reg- istered to Willie, : He had been driving the car of a man Even though the photographer cheated a little and asked these youngsters to look as sad as possible because it was the first day of school, they couldn't manage it. This group of students who returned to Clarence Michtel Elementary School on Sparks St. seemed resigned to their fate. Pictured above left to at. a? right are Shawn Cassidy, Heather Prioux, Keven James, Mike Hillis, Gloria Wait and John Banner. Students attended school for half a day on Tuesday to meet leachers and receive their “shopping list” of back {0 school items. tae a VICLORIA, B.C., fol VaV-1R4 | ro (ie : \ (re y q > RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGE LTD. ) ( TERRACE-KITIMAT WEATHER COPPER we buy > a | BRASS iods ALL METALS & BATTERIES Sunny with cloudy periods MON. - SAT. chanoe of showers OPEN TIL & p.m. Location Seal Gove Phone 624-5639) \vovume 7 No. 172 20¢ Wednesday, September 6, 1978 J \ High 20 Low5-6 Contrary to what it may appear, School secretary treasurer Ted Wells and his wife Anne are not splitting up after a disagreement - they have just returned from vacationing in Europe - including Germany and the U.K., after being caught in the Air Canada strike at Gatwick airport, and “saved” by British Airways. To top it off, ground fog at Terrace airport forced Terrace and Kitimat bound passengers to land at Prince Rupert and be bussed “home’’. ” the line of duty, Ei ~ Sudden Closure of. Hotsprings Forces Holiday Cancellations — On Wednésday, August 30th, Skoglund Hotsprings Received ay double- registered ; letter. from the at fall fairé'g6 Taany awards ware” SkO™* Heals Uait sayin, ‘they would have to ‘close down their swimming pools due to too high a bacteria count in the water during the month of August. The pools can’t he redpened until automatic fluoridating systems are installed. ~ Spokesman for the Hot- springs, Mery Ottenbreit slated that the pool had always... .. been hand flouridated-.and-.that.in- stallation’ of. the, autoriatic flouridating systems would be a major construction job. HJe is presently awaiting word from his head office as to what to do about the situation. : . Oltenbreit also said that in the past the Health Unit had given them 30 to 90 days notice in similar cir- cumstances, and that he _ couldn’tunderstand why the. - boom was lowered so quickly | this time. He apparently asked if he could remain open over the Labour Day weekend, and received a negative reply. Con- sequently, ali reservations had to be cancelled, with the Indians Better Businessmen NEW YORK (AP) — The Indians who own one-half the U.S. Uranium reserves and billion of dollars in other energy resources are becoming vastly better. businessmen than their forbears—the Manhattans who lost their island home for $24 in trinkets. Though a source of pride to the Indians, their new financial approach is seen differently by businesses that deal with them. “They're afraid they're going to get beaten, so they drive the hardest bargain they can," said John LaGrange of Bear. Creek $200 Reward $200.00 is up for grabs; It will go the the person who ‘nominates the Nalional Truck Hero for 1978. Now in its 23rd year, the Award is presented annually to.a professional truck driver who has performed an act of bravery above and: beyond orsed by the Canada Safety Council, the Award seeks to en- . courage highway safety by focusing public attention on incidents involving professional truck drivers. J. Grant Hart, President of Dayton Tire Canada Ltd., the sponsor of the Award, said that nominations are difficult to get because of the reluctance of truck drivers who have performed a public service to seek any form of recognition. “Nominations have not been heavy 50 far this year, and I would like everyone to know that they can make a personal contribution to highway safety by sending in nominations tow. The success of the program depends upon the man in the street coming forward and telling us about incidents which he believes to be worlhy of recognition. If we get only a name, date and location, we can usually get the full story from local news media or the police. There is still time; we will accept Mining Co. in Spokane, Wash. “Bul,‘' LaGrange added, “in many cases they drive such a hard bargain they . drive themselves out of the market." Ed Gabriel, executive director of the Council of Energy Resource Tribes, said of the Indians’ bargaining stand: “In all cases that I know of, they’re going competitive in the bidding and they're going very rough on _ the negotiations, I'm very proud of them.” The energy council, for- med in 1975 by 25 tribes nominations until October 7th,” said HArt, The Hero personal trophy, a $1,000 cash award, a V.LP. all expenses-paid week-end for two in Toronto and an in- scribed Rolex watch. receives a , representing aimost one- third of the Indigns in the United States, provides 4 voice in Washington and gives technical help in managing Indian energy resources. OWN VAST RESERVES Those resources. are considerable, Indian tribes occupy only four per cent of the land in the country but own one-half the uranium reserves, 16 per cent of the coal areas and four per cent of the natural gas and oil fields, plus acres of forests and mineral deposits, BLAME GOVERNMENT The Indians blame the Wanted: A Truck Driver H Nominations, ac- companied by a newspaper clipping, a witness's statement or other corroborating evidence, should be sent to: Dayton National Truck Hero Award Committee, Dining Room and Lounge being closed down as well. Ottenbreit claimed that the pools were drained and cleaneds: weekly, during: the suimimer, Custoriere felt that if automatic flouridating systems were installed, the pool would become just like the one in Terrace, e.g. too much chlorine in the water, and there would be no need to travel to the Hotsprings “The tribes have become much more sophisticated, much more aware of the land, much more familiar with how the white man's laws wark,’' sald BIA spokesman William Engles. The Indians do not view all past agreements un- favorably— many tim- herland leases with paper firms have worked out well, for example, In cases where the Indians see past wrongs, they are using the law to try to right them. They are trylng to renegotiate more favorable deals on many BIA-signed contracts and have had a measure of success.. ero c-o Canada Safety Council, 1765 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 3V4. The Award will be presented at the Ontario Trucking Association Convention ta be held in Toranto in November, 1978. Ee a a vee Glad to be back? This back view of two busloads of returnees - some of them teachers and parents and children just in time for back toschool duties, de-bussed Monday - many after wearying hours in airports across the land and overseas, jeld Has Air Canada, French air pilet - and other work stoppages. strikes and laborf Mi isputes.