seule EP rere” 9a . : 4 Legislative L |. ibrar } Patliment - ‘Butldings ” ygporta, B.C, ve py iH samovie onwheels a view. of CN’s ins 7 ; Mars "C. N. Track” In another: of hls. {tor p) where Insiders get.. letyre= ian care The: ferring roles. ‘supported “THE! gena and: (MA: Mountain,,. The -windowscreén Is. washed" ‘at every stop (bottom), : ow provides scenic tour the longest rating show in €anadian . history. It's jpereen is the. whole: back - af a railroad car: and: the: CN Rail’s ingp » {attached to a spécial train is - : poving between Edmonton. - { - -and Prince Rupert andback 7 again inan effort to impress. : businessmen “and, “government - officials with’ “the beauty of pie county, the development at Ridley. lana and the need to dnop ~ the Crow's: Nest Pass. Rate, The inspection car really ; is a (theatre. on: wheels, The '. Peart nothing biit‘a ._ aabetrsted view. media people and 14 guests. The! guests. ‘Wielede . Dick ‘Daweson,.: Vice-president: of Cargill Grein and John ' Channon, ‘Albetta’ Gr Commission. lbw. reminds one of ‘giant: movie’ : gereen, The seating is tiered " 80 everyone gets. .an - shalrinan of the . Both , meni shave: great - ‘interest tn the. “Prince! Rupert i grain’ E -development.” ! One: group of teavellers -begani: - _ Edmonton, ' “their” “trip At Prince Rupert, ‘the end of ». _CN's northern line, most of Fe ‘this group flew back to their me starting ‘point. while another”: seven CN. “0 ficlals, ‘pix: group: boarded the: train: for. an ‘with: others : joining then along the: way. tral B a. colamunity of Houston has. already par- } destroyed at least six. ingume $1.2 billion worth - lumber, a forestry years people have. spent putting - ‘them. together —- it - ~ makes you cry,” sald Beck, So.far there las been no injury or loss of life because of tha fire which bas burned. "mere than 10,000 hectares: (26,000. acres) in an. area: just-weat of Houston, which is about. 250. kilometres: - ‘northwest * ‘of this. central B.C, elty.:, By late Tuesday the fire was'a huge grey monster, - There were noflames vialble | the boute burnt out — “the even when . fying ‘right above the fire - in. a” helicopter. Instead’ the. + sorched and” Blackened “ad below gave off dari grey smoke. ; “Jt could erupt again at .any timo,” warned forestry: ' spokesman Terry Walker, .. “We got a bit lucky today. ‘The: temperatiires were: lower and the humidity was’ ‘a bit higher.” Forestry. “workers are” feverishly. building. fire- fighting camps and hope to bring ‘In about 600 workers. to battle the fire. Walker was at the scene Monday when ‘the then- ragiig Maze overtock the ; oa Island. Campsite plans snagged By KEITa ALFORD 7 Herald StafE Writer . RRACE— The federal and provincial governments have issued a joint presa ease saying they have released $94, 000, Satnpsite, The ‘two governments appear - ‘iataware: that the ‘May 2 Terrace: council {o in an.effort to tap some of the tourist summer months S on. 5 Mare until; the’ ovérnments anriounced it. The Wl. delay. was caused’ by the provincial B. election Campaign, the return trip. Among. the secorid | group wag the vice: president: of Edmonton’ 8° ‘Chamber :of Commerce. | ‘Bil: ‘DeWan,: CN's public affairs ' imanager, views the: car 68 an: -éducational a : VANCOUVER (CP) — forest industry management made an - ‘usual appearance at the. fable Tuesday to defend :the industry's, demand fora three-year agreement with .. ad > wage increase in the first year, ~~ Addreasing the Canadian Paperworkers. . Gruntman sald the union is Plead contract. _Marecint the industry's demand toate ? but from that the company pete Teas than five per cent ‘al its. gross: income. Grain ‘from’ Saskatchewan ds _ since. The rate says CN must ship grain at the price of half a-cent per ton mile. DeWan says the price would have to. bé ‘raised ‘ta five times that in order- for the railroad: to; break. even ; hauling grain. Even them, he says, the company would - not take’ a’ profit. Dewan states that 25 per cent ‘of CN's: ‘cargo Is grain, i shipped over’ 1,000 - miles ‘Later in the day, similar opening . deta nr paid oe a - products, Waly woe helore it reackiea an export port, including . the” new | } cae a Sehour work week, and © a nie ‘el development at . Ridley 8 Pant wage increase, ‘Inland, “Raising the Crow rate . would have no effect on the cost of moving other cargo such: ad logs: and wood according . to coo. At, the last full council meeting, . the ; om “recreation committee recommended the }. | Ferry Island work be done under aNEED . [program with wages topped up to $9.33 per hour. ‘fromthe b basic wage the NEED plan | - ‘pays for, ‘The wage agreement bad been — reached with the city’s union CUPE 2012. would coat the city an extra $5,426 which: - in would he taken from j money budgeted for. tourist promotion. oa However, the ‘Ferry - Island . NEED. project was the first of three similar items i" ‘The District of ‘Terrace. in development of. the inland 25 years: . Clarkson voted for it. Down was not present at the meeting. The - ‘other’ two NEED programs, one. for on the agenda. - Alderman’ Alan Sata” '" -objected.te the city ‘raising the wage’ rate | saying the raise was contrary. to terms of ' NEED | program. ‘The, NEED | » application, forms state: wages ‘may ‘be’ . topped up: and any: unions involved, in a project | have to be consulted, wage Yaise’ the’ ‘union had’ agreed te. ‘the, entire Ferry Island project,. including the $00,000 TIDSA. ‘Toan,. could be Jost... Alderman. David Gellately. noted the extra money would cost ‘Terrace about: $1.50 per. both “‘a squeeze play” and “blackmall.? .. a ania recorded: vo Bob Coopet an Gordon’ ’ Galbraith . voted. against. ‘the . raise. . Giésbrécht,.. Gellately:. and Marguerite ‘Alderman Chub . playgrounds at Lower Little Park and. another for various. hiking, rails were | similarly dealt with. ‘At the end of the council meting no one i. knew what the status of the Ferry Island ; project would be. However, union officials. - said’ Tuesday the matter was still, under . continuing’ negotiation, There has been ‘no ’ ‘indication how far these negotiations have. : gone or. what amount of money is. ‘being’ - discussed, : | on thoving through; town, during t the“ :--hour;and. .waa.''not such'a bad deal.” |: : ~ Soutar, blamied the ‘union. for ‘holding. up. i the project If that happened and termed it” : * penne a tw "the Buck Creek: Flats area: about 35 kilometres south af Houston. “A column of amoke kind ; of” swirled up. in a ‘big twisting motion," he said. “All of a sudden it | fust: roared. ‘lt seemed. like. the . ‘flames were reaching out to us”? . * Rose lost his house, bat. ‘his: wife, ‘mother .and two. sons and his livestock were : saved, . Tt was a solld wall of fire - ' — it just ‘seemed to reach | “right out ibo. you, said Walker, ; . “About 60° ‘families have , heen evactiated from the flats, They are staying with _frlenda or relatives or have into the area today to check on livestock and valuables, “>a Mpokesman sald. -_ Flats ‘resident Glenda __ Ferris, ‘who ‘lost her four " bedroom ° two storey - log house to the fire, vowed she’ ‘would, “buy “a tent: and _ webuild.” Another resident. of the. L Soutar, algo. explained: he did not. 7 ” CUPE would: ‘hold | up the project merely to - “NO, Tn ei off; I'm - doing great,’ We never’ lost an animal, norlost a. chicken, a cat, or nothing.” - Forestry - Walker said he would visit . a Wayne Roberts, - the Vietoria Red Hot Video - Red Hot Video. broke» VICTORIA. (cPy.— - Hot-Video‘ says. Ta beoke after «its . lengthy - legal: - battles against” obscenity - “sure if he Had removed’. everything that might be omer of ~ btore, said Tuesday the chain's legal bills . have exceeded $180,000 ‘since it first set up business 15— months ago —much of it for “the two-week tr althat led . tothe store being convicted © on-three obscenity. charges ‘Monday. -.. -- ‘The Vietoria: store wan open for business as usual Tuesday ‘and business appeared.to be brisk; Roberts sald he: bad removed form hig stock all, copies of the. three tapes which were declared to be sheeane by Provincial Court - Judge, Darrall Collins ‘and ‘for which ‘the store was fined $500. But he admited he was not questionable. “I think I. really did it. because I’ ‘came in: this morning (Tuesday) and felt . Thad to do something. “But I think I might just aa well have taken almost any of the. tapes on our shelves. . Sill available were videotapes with. auch titles. ss Insatiable and Talk Disty to Me. Roberts sald he | is" frustrated because he spent almost a year trying to find | ‘out form police,, Crown. - Counsel and goverment film ; ‘classifiers what films ‘he — would be allowexd to distribute ‘and what films ule: gets tough “Herald Statt Weiter TERRACE —~ UIC is coftiquing. its tough ‘stand, on thio who try and cheat on. theit.: unemployment insurance claims. fa the Terrace office aloe over-2,200 cases were investigated - for the fiscal year “ending March 31. Those canes résuljed in penalties ‘totalling more than $260,000. Much of that “money was recovered. from people ‘ wh. were. both working and collecting UIC cheques. ; Sometimes violators are punished by more than a fine. Recently Alexander: Janies Guno, 27, of Terrace pleaded guilty to seven counts of making ‘false statements-4o the Canada Employment and Immigration ., Commission. He wat sentenced to two ‘months in’ jail for each count. The sentences ate to—{ - be served concurrently. - Roberta, “who” was” - charged in January, felt he sii _ Would be banned. _ never got a clear answer. But even after the | decision, he anid,’ be still isn't sure just’ what he’. ‘should or shouldn't - be. HE “< gE ‘ cert “J. mean it-all seemed to ' gome down to one, man's: - opinion (the judge's), and -another judge might see it _ another way, right?’ ‘The Red Hot chain already had agreed to appeal any conviction in the Victoria case — the first to ome to trial since a series ‘of police raids on video - stores around the province | early this year, Heh i ce g sf ERS ial g : ~s LUE pees i ; i g Local world sports’ Pages 48 7 . Comics, horaseope | Classifieds: page é pages _ 880 | WHY Buy NEW? WHEN USED WILL DO! Do you want parts to fix up your ‘car-but your budget "won't allow it? Beat the high cost of new parts with | quality used parts from: - $.K.B. AUTO suniee 635-2333 ‘or 635-9095 - 340 Ouhen (justolt Hwy. 16E) -