PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Wednesday, April 12, 1978

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“Byk.M.Hamilton,
Districts Superintendent of Schools
THE BOARD: .

1. agreed to give support in principle to a
proposal for the initiation of a “Block Parents
Program’’ in the Terrace-Thornhill Elementary
Schools. Mrs. L. Brock will be contacting
schools in.a few days regarding this proposal.
2, received a letter from Mr. E. Bergman,
District Superintendent of Education, Gitksan-
Carrier’ District regarding the proposal for
District No. 88 to take over the operation of the
Kispiox Federal School. It was pointed out that
the Board’s deadline of March 31, 1978 for in-
clusion of tie Kispiox School for the 1978-79
School Year has passed.

3. listened to an interim oral report from Mr.

Japanese digital
to update Q.C.I.

Heller regarding the B.C.S.T.A. Schoo! Van-
dalism Study. A report is expected in late May
1979, :
4. heard a report from Mr. Hamilton that the
parents of David Thums, resident of Cornwail,
ave requested permission for David to attend
- Caledonia Senior Secondary in the 1978-79 school
year. ; '
5. pranted a leave of absence (the 1978-79 school

year) for a teacher to return to the University of.

Victoria. to complete her degree.
6, accepted, with regret, the resignations of two
teachers - Mr. Roger Prior - teacher - Caledonia
Secondary. Ms. Sheila Ryan-- teacher - John
Field Elementary.

7. received a report from Mrs. E. Johnson,
Trustee, recommending ‘‘that priority be. given
to replacing the five teacherage units on River

equipment used
telephone syst.

A digital microwave
system will be placed in
service this month on the
rugged, rain-swept Queen
Charlotte Islands
marking the first time
this technique has been
used commercially in
British Columbia’s
telephone network.

B.C. Tel. is spending
. $325,000 to improve the
quality of service for 700
telephone users residing
in ndspit and Queen
Charlotte City. The
project will provide more
reliable service between
the two communities. The
seven’ mile expanse of
water that voice
messages must travel is
subject to extreme tidal
change and reflective sun
rays that play havoe with
normal methods of
telephone transmission.

Two B.C. Tel
engineers, Mon Bains and
Neville- Owen,said the
decision to install the new
equipment was made a
year ago and will result in
the replacement of
analogue equipment that
has served the Charlottes

for over 20 years. .

Kitimat.

That decision was
based, in part, on the fact
that a digital system is
not as susceptible to the
same signal fading
problems encountered
with an analogue system,
especially
areas. .

Bains explained that as
the water of Skeidegate
Inlet rises and fails with
the tides, it interferes
with the radio signal
being transmitted.

‘The signal bounces off
the water and when the
water reaches a certain
level the signal gets out of
phase and begins to fade.
With an analogue system,

‘background circuit noise

increases as the signal
fades and the circuit:
becomes progressively
noisier and unusuable.”

A characteristic of
digital radio, however, is
that there is little or no
decrease in circuit
quality under such
conditions. In other
words, circuit quality
remains essentially the
same whether the signal
itself is strong or weak.

Although it is not

in coastal:

directly related to the
introduction of digital
equipment, radio
engineers have also set
up a space diversity
antenna arrangement in
Queen Charlotte City to
help counter the signal
fading problem.
Basically, the

digital ‘equipment marks
the completion of a five-
year program of im-
provement and expansion
of the telephone system
inthat area, during which
time B.C. Tel has spent
about $900,000.

Bill Fagervik, plant .

‘supervisor for the Queen

arrangment involves use Charlotte Islands; said
of two antennae set at. the old and new systems
differing heights. When -will work in parallel for a
tidal movement resultsin few weeks until the,

the radio signals
becoming _ out-of-phase
for one antenna, the other
antenna should be in
phase and receiving a
_ good signal. — ;

Owen said that the total
cost for replacing the old
analogue system is
$325,000, with $165,000
being spent on digital
radio equipment from
Nippon Electric.

Nippon was selected as
a supplier, he continued,
“because the company

has a lot of experience .

with digital equipment,
plus it had equipment
which met B.C. Tel's
specifications for the
Queen Charlottes.”’

The installation of

Passes up.summer games. ._

Kitimat City Coune¢il
met Monday April 10 to
eover matters of
recreation, alcohol
licensing, and
sportation.

A letter of bid request.

was received by the
council for the 1979
simmer games was
received by council yet
the option for Kitimat to
bid on the games was
declined. ;

“We don't have the
facilities. The time of the
fames will be right in the
middle of a major con-
struction period for
recreation facilities,”
savs recreation director
Jon Gurban,
- The games will have a
Kitimat bid in the future
Gurban assures,
Facilities must first be
built to capacitate the full
scale activities involved
in summer games, he
explained,

Captain Cook’s bi-
centennial made for some

tran-.

‘license change

smiles\ when council
received some $2,391 in
provincial grants for the
promotion of the 200 year
celebrations.

Alderman = Patzelt,
member of the 25 year
committee, says a day in
June has been ‘set aside
for Captain Cook day.
Flags, buttons, and other
promotional goods are
available to the com-

_Mittee for use in
celebrations.. -
Transportation in

Kitimat has long since
been a controversial re-
occurring problem.

Alderman Burnett
received a letter from
PWA stating that the

company will be sending
marketing personnel to
the Kitimat area as soon
as the labour dispute is
over.

Marketers will look at
the feasability of haying
to ac-
comodate the traffic
from Kitimat-Terrace

eastward, PWA now has
planned a set of flights
but they are. ‘milk stops’
that make the flights
costly and inefficient to

_ the airline.
Burnett’ ‘says the
company will look. at
having a major city-stop

flight plan set up where.

small towns are served
by a separate plan to that
of the main traffic,

The license change
must come from the
fovernment ‘so Bur-
netthas notified Iona
Campagnolo,

_ Alberta transportation

commission will be
visiting Kitimat this
spring if council can set
establishe a date for the
visit, according
Burnett.

The commission will be
surveying the area for
possible port sites. ;

All business over with
before the clock struck
one hour — the meeting
adjourned,

Canada Post to mark =
Capt. Cook bicentenary

Ottawa The
Honourable J. Gilles
Lamontagen, Postmaster
General, announced
today that Canada Post
will honour one of the
greatest explorers in
Canadian history,
Captain James Cook,
with two stamps to be
issued on 26th of April.
This year is the 200th
anniversary of Cook's
third voyage and his
explorations of Canada’s
west coast,

A total of 28.5 million of
the two 14-cent stamps
will be printed in a
checkerboard pattern by
Ashton-Potter Limited of
Troronto,. The stamps

feature a portrait of Cook
by Nathaniel Dance and a
water color of Nootka
Sound by John Webber,
an artist in Cooks’ crew.
The Dance painting, on
permanent display at the
National Maritime
Museum, London, was
the last portrait of Cook
before his death in the
Hawaiian islands in 1779,
William Reuter prepared
the designs . dnd
typography for both
stamp.

“Canadians owe a

great debt to Captain.

Cook and the courageous
men who sailed with
him,” siad .° Mr,

Lamontagne in making
the announcement. ‘He
charted both the east and
west coasts of Canada

and was the first to;
- recognize the remendous « ©

breath of the continent.
Cook has been called the
greatest explorer-
seaman of all time; he
was a skilled navigator
and observer, and his
journals and charts were
a legacy for future ex-
plorers of the continent,’’

Otficial First Day
Covers will bear an Ot-
tawa cancellation, and
Victoria, B.C. has been
chosen fort this stamp
launch.

Gives laser secrets to U.S.S.R.
prof. still getting Fed. grants —

OTTAWA (CP) — A
Carleton University
professor handed over to
the Soviet Union a so-
phisticated laser device
against the request of the
RCMP's security service
but has continued to

receive grants from the
National Research
Council, Progressive
Conservative MP Tom
Cossitt said Tuesday.

Cossitt told the Com-
mons the scientific device

was delivered to Moscow
against a specific request

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company is certain the
digital system is func-
tioning smoothly. He
estimates the analogue
system will be phased out
in May sometime, That
’ work will be done by local
service : technicians.
Harvey Gilbert and Vince
Bennett.

A similar digital
system connecting
Vernon and Revelstoke is

. planned for 1979.

ghts of Monday Terrace School District meeting

Road, Hazelton Lots 3, 4, and 5 by September
1978."

This motion was tabled to the next Board
Meeting. Co cet
8. agreed to a proposal of the Rentals Committee
for a new schedule of teacherage rents to be
effective September 1, 1978. The new rates will
be an increase of 10 percent on specific units.

9. agreed to review the rents on other
teacherages at. the next School Board Meeting.
10, received a request from the Royal Canadian
Legion for the use of Skeena Junior Secondary
School gym for the purposes of holding a dance
on June i0, 1978 and agreed to the submission.
11. approved the Extended Field Trip Ap-
plication submitted by Mr. Venables to take a
group of Hazelton Secondary Biology 11 students
to the Prince Rupert area in May.
12. heard a report from Mrs. Nan Harrison
concerning the Copper Mountain Adventure
Playground. _

13. agreed to a proposal by Mrs. Nan Harrison
that the organizers of the Science Fair, and in
particular, the organizers of the Reach for the

TAXI CHANGES
_ VANCOUVER (CP) —
Yellow Cab general
manager Thomas Scarr
said Tuesday the com-
pany is considering use of
strongboxes bolted to taxi
frames following the
second holdup of a-
company. driver within a
week. Following the :
latest encident Tuesday :
Paul Birehard, 18, of no 3;
fixed address, was to i -
appear in court today
charged with robbery.
Driver Gordon. Jarnell,
23, was robbed of $122
while a broken beer bottle
was held to his throat,
jlice ‘said. He was not
urt. Meanwhile, police
said the have no leads in
the death of Thomas Man
Tang, 26, shot March 29
after apparently refusing
to hand over $70.

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4 learned from Mrs. E. Johnson that the
registration and other arrangements for Ker-
mode Theatre are progressing as planned.

15. commented favorably upon the impressive
list of performances which have taken place in
the R.E.M. Lee Theatre since its opening and
approved the suggestion that Mr, Stefan Cieslik

be complimented for his work as’ Theatre:

Manager. ,
16, Report of the Committee of the Whole
(a) that the Vice Principalship of Caledonia
Senior Secondary School, effective September 1,
1978, be offered to Mr, Barry Church. ©

(b) that the Board discontinue the position of
Principal of Kitwanga Elementary School ef-
fective June 30, 1978. ;
(c) that the Board appoint a supervising prin-
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dary Schoo] effective September 1, 1978.

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April: 24, 1978, with the in-camera session
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the meeting starting at 8:00 pm.

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