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. _ cepts the person’s reason

_ for jury duty were sent away - -- a
‘-about‘an hour later after the

* gathered at the courthouse..

_unless he or she can provide

- or judge alone. ©

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$1.00 PLUS 6¢ GST
($1.10 plus 7¢ GST
outside of the Terrace area)

”

THE COST of providing hydro- electtic-

ity north of here could exceed $500 mil- .

lion, indicate planning documents from a-
“Provincial crown corporation.

- Hydro power now stops at Mezidian” .

on. Hwy37. North and that’s-holding the
region. back from development, say min-
ing companies, local _ governments and *
others. -_

* There is diesel power past Meziadin
_ for. settlements such as Iskut and Dease .
~ Lake but there’s not enough being gener-
ated for planned mining developments.

: Diesel power is also expensive when ©

compared to the cost of hydro power.
The B.C. Transmission Corporation,
owhich was split off. from B.C. Hydro

to manage the’ province’ s ‘transmission ‘

lines, has been studying the situation for *
several years. °
Its latest preliminary figures cite a Po-

lorthern po’

io

a

tential low cost of $359 million all the
way up to $513 million depending upon
how far north a 287kV line would run.
Any new line would start at the Skee-.,
na substation near Terrace, running north -
through the Nass Valley. before turning.
east to Meziadin and then heading up
Fwy’? North.
The distance from the Skeena substa-
tion to Bob Quinn Lake is 335km and
440km if the:line was to go to Iskut. . .

B.C. Transmission Corporation offi-
» cial Moira Chicilo cautions that’ ‘its work “

is very preliminary and that exact costs
, would only be worked out if and when |
approval is given.

“What we’re doing now is responding
to requests. ‘The government is interested
in that area,” she said. ’

Financing construction is the Tespons-
alty of B.C. Hydro and ultimately the

- Would- ‘be.
jurors get .
dismissed

DUTIFUL. MEMBERS of’
the public who showed up

accused failed to show and
forfeited ‘his chance’ for a.
trial by a jury of his peers.
Jason Robert Tait failed
to appear for the jury selec-
tion and start of his trial in
Terrace Supreme Court Oct.
10, leaving the presiding jus-
tice no choice but to dismiss
the 61 potential jurors who

According to the Crimi-
nal Code of Canada, a per-
son who elects to a trial by
jury loses that opportunity

a legitimate excuse for fail-

.ing to appear at the sched-

uled court date.
If the justice or judge: ac-

‘for not appearing, the trial
_ by jury may go ahead,. but
if the justice or judge-is not
satisfied with the person’s

' provincial, government which is looking’

at a number of scenarios involving public
and private participation. .

Just last month,. provincial energy ~

minister-Richard Neufeld told a group
of Kitimat-Stikine regional district poli-
ticians. that some kind of announcement
was “imminent.”

“Tan Smith of beMetals i is one of those
who can’t wait for the announcement be-
cause his Red Chris copper and gold mine,
project hinges on using hydro power.

The Red Chris property is located ap-.
proximately 23km to the east of Hwy37
North and 18km south of Iskut..

Smith says the company would build

a feeder line worth $2.5-$3 million off of

the main line’ on Hwy37 North. |
bcMetals has received provincial. and
federal approvals for the mine but it can’t

_ attract the capital it needs until investors ;

hw .terracestandard.com

ver line cost soars |

“which has plans to produce power using ©

. ’ have the assurance of power to the loca-_
tion.
“We're willing to pay our fair share

‘but what is.our fair: share is the issue,”
said Smith of negotiations. between his ©
company and the province surrounding
financing of the main Hwy37 North line.
Having © beMetals provide its own

power through diesel generation at the

Site isn't’ economically feasible, “Smith

-adds... :

NovaGold Resources i is one company

up'north. that has come up with its own ~

power solution. . -

‘Tts now going through environmental:
approvals’ for its Galore ‘Creek copper’

and gold property, a planned $1.2 billion

‘investment for a mine to last at least 20

years.”

generators placed in the Iskut River.

Coast Mountain is one ‘of a'growing

number of independent power producers
~and its original plan was to feed into. the

“provincial power grid by. running a: line

south to Meziadin. °

NovaGold will now use Coast Moun- -
tain to run-the Galore Creek mine’ if it is

approved.

But it still wants 40 ‘connect. to: the.
“provincial ‘g grid to sell any excess power ©
when it can:and to buy power in low |

water periods when. the Iskut generators
‘can’t produce what the mine needs, says

Carl Gagnier, NovaGold’ S Galore Creek, :

_ manager.

.The B.C: Transmission: Corporation

~ has now included the Coast Mountain

“ NovaGold: earlier this -year - bought . ‘project connection possibility nto -its
Coast. Mountain. Hydro Corporation te ‘Preliminary plans for the main line. -

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excuse, he is tried by justice

_ Tait was initially charged
with allegedly attempting to
murder Larry Brian McCar-
thy on June 19, 2005.

On March 20, 2006 Tait
was ordered to stand trial in
Terrace Supreme Court on

By DUSTIN QUEZADA

This year, then, is no different at local schools and Peden

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PATIENCE AND persistence are the watchwords in the never-ending battle to stem head lice infestation. Lice aye eggs. known as nits and it takes a trained eye to “spot
what could be scurrying on a person’s scalp and attached close to the roots of a person's hair. a

Vigilance required to stop li

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the lesser charge of agera-
vated assault.

Lynn Gascon, one of the
potential jurors, said. Ma-
dame Justice Donna Martin-
son asked if the accused was ..
present and, when informed
that he was absent, thanked
the jury for coming.

Martinson ‘said that ac-
cording to the law, a warrant
would be issued for Tait’s
arrest for not attending the
court that day.

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| Large coke seizure made >

By MARGARET SPEIRS

SCHOOLS ARE back in session and while clothing styles

‘may change from year to year, one thing as dependable as

recess break is that some children will come home with head
lice.. :
As long as people, can remember, head lice have been
nesting on the human head and for just as long, there have
been’ misconceptions about the parasitic insect...
“Lice aren’t a disease, they’re not a health risk, they’re a

. nuisance,” said Shannon Peden, a public health nurse.
And while lice is a year round problem, it always spikes .

during the school calendar year.
That’s no coincidence, says Peden, because lice ‘spread

stresses the nuisance is present in all schools. °

“It’s pretty steady,” said Peden, who serves as the pub--
“ie nurse at Clarence Michiel, E.T.-Kenney and the PACES

childcare centre. “No one school is better than the other.”
"That brings us back to the misconceptions. Lice ‘don’t

_ discriminate, in fact they prefer clean heads to dirty ones be-
cause the 2'to 3 millimetre tong insects have more difficulty

attaching to dirty hair.
A further myth is that lice can jump from one. head to
another. They can’t.
“Lice don’t jump — they’ re wingless,” said. Peden.
Despite the fact lice aren’t a public health concern as

many people seem te fear, parents can still take precautions

whenever there is any ue gathering i in which there is head -and become informed on treatment. - _

to head contact.

court when so ordered.

Lange said more details, including a description of the

Meet Laurie Mutschke, 1 now known as Laurie the Lice

. She discovered lice in ‘the hair of one of her daughieis .
three years: ago. It was to be a trigger for action., «

“Once you’ ve seen it (lice) once, you'll never for ret it,”
BS

“she said.
Mutschke became informed: and with the help of other 7
volunteer parents, she instituted a monthly. check of every -

students’ head at her daughter’ s school.

It ‘would take’45. minutes for a team of two to check the .
‘student population using their. fingers and their eyes as they: :
_methodically moved forward on each head.. _

Mutschke developed here own expressions. A lice’ mov-

ing through the scalp is called a ‘runner.’

‘Mutschke would end up with chapped fingers but ther re- |

‘sults were good. The number of licé’cases was cut i in half.:

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TERRACE RCMP are being tight-lipped about the details
of a cocaine seizure one officer says is the largest the area
has ever seen.

Police report they seized 2.17 kilograms of cocaine in
the form of two “bricks” with-a street value of more than
$200,000, a small quantity of marijuana and a number of
items after executing a search warrant Oct. 11.

“I’ve never heard of one bigger,” ” said Const. Clint Lange

of the drug unit about the seizure.

One man, who has not been named because charges are
still pending, was arrested for possession of drugs for the
purpose of trafficking. The man, who’s not from the Terrace,
area but is a resident of B.C., was released on a recognizance:
and has a court date tentatively set for January, said Lange.

Although charges haven’t been laid yet, people are often
released on their own word after promising they’ll appear in

items seized, wouldn’t be given out because police are still
investigating, although he did say the amount of marijuana
seized was a small amount for personal use found in a small
tin. Police also won’t say where the seizure was made.

'. Lange said police are reluctant to release any more in-
” formation to avoid tainting anyone’s memory, which could.
happen if someone reads a news story and then is later ques-

tioned by police. °

Police want a “pure” memory from people they interview .

— what is actually remembered rather than false memories
consisting of what they’ve heard or read, he said.

Drug seizures, and especially ones that involve such a
large amount, are significant because of the damage illegal
drugs inflict on people, which he sees a lot on the job, he
said, Lange would not say how long police investigated be-
fore making the seizure.

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SHOWN HERE i is one of two “bricks” of what police say is cocaine following a sei-.
zure and arrest made somewhere i in the area Oct. 11. :

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