ve aha pt By ED YUDIN Herald Staff Writer The Skeena Manpower Development Committee is attempting to solve the job market problems in the Northwest through a comprehensive skill upgrading program. The program involves skill upgrading courses in such areas as logging, engineering and the fishing industry given by the Northwest Community College, in cooperation with large industry. The Skeena Manpower Development Committee is ostensibly a tri-party body whose mandate is to enhance the quality of life throughout the region. The committee includes: representatives from govern- ment, industry and labour, though the majority of labour groups in the region have dissociated them- By ANN DUNSMUIR Herald Staff Writer Walk-on passenger service by ferry from Kitimat to Vancouver will not meet residents needs according to Mayor George Thom. He said Friday the proposal by Pacific Rim Steam. Ship Lines of Vancouver to operate a combined passenger- freight service calling at Kitimat, Prince Rupert, Queen Charlotte City, Alert Bay and Port Hardy is the “wrong concept.” Thom described the six-day round trip proposed by the steam ahip lineas “a milk run.” He said Kitimat needs a car ferry and a fast run to Vancouver. He also thinks the company will have dif- ficulty making a profit on the service. The steamship line, however, doesn’t expect to make money on the passenger service. Executive adrainistrator Anthony Wilson said his company hopes to pick up freight from either Alcan or Eurocan, “Kitimat will be primarily a cargo stop,” Wilson said, ‘But we will appreciate passenger business as well. Wilson said his com- pany’s 360’foot passenger-cargo vessel will accommodate 250 passengers and 1,600 tons of freight. One-way fares cluding accommodation Ranges from $169 (third class) to $250 (first class) for the Kitimat, Queen in- - selves from the committee’s activities. The SMDC is funded by the federal government and the Northwest Employers Association. The SMDC has set up a vocational advisory steering committee which in turn has developed additional committees to create the job upgrading courses. The idea is to establish a more skilled labdur market to suit the needs of employers. “We intend to try and develop around the resources of the area,” explained Fred Wilson, the college's director of vocational training. He said the first step is to assess the training needs of the workers, This is being accomplished by a number of studies involving polling the employers’ needs. One study recently completed, involved New ferry not enough says Kitimat’s mayor Charlotte City and Prince Rupert runs. Wilson said his com- pany has “entered into discussions with Alcan’ but -has received no response from Eurocan. | He said that if the ship cannot dock at Alcan or Eurocan passengers will be picked up by launch.’ The ferry service is scheduled to begin in March 1980, Eurocan spokesman Stan Fritter said he was. not aware of steamship lines proposal but his company ‘‘is extremely interested in finding an alternative to the freight service provided by CP Rail Northland Service.” The Northland service is scheduled to end this January. Former Terrace resident dies on mountain climb By ED YUDIN Herald Staff Writer Jeff Marvin, a Thornhill resident far the last few years, was killed recently in a montain elimbing accident in South America, Marvin, 32, was the original co-ordinator af the aboriginal studies program He attended Sir Winston Churchill school there and also studied at a Jewlsh parochial school, the United Talmud Torah. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Montreal's McGill Univeralty and later secured a Master in Psychology at the Univeralty of British atthe Northwes!Community Columbia. Marvin College, and established .a% “favchology rte at tk the close. working . relationship with Northern native people. Paul Sneed, the new co-ordinator and a personal friend of Marvin’s, credited him with establishing “pretty firm foundation and modera-type program.”’ Sneed added that Marvin should be credited with a significant contribution for his role of securing higher education for the native population. Prior to his arrival in Terrace some five years ago, Marvin was a native of Montreal, Northwest College. Outside of his professional life, he chief Interest cen- tered on athletics and general health, Mary- Margaret Smith-Sneed, the program director for the Terrace recreation depart- ment and a friend of Mar- vin’a, sald his dedication towards physical fitness was remarkable. Community “From an overweight smoker who could barely run a quarter mile, Jeff progressed to the point WEATHER Greater Vancouver, Lower Fraser Valley, East Van- couver Island: Cloudy with occasional rain today, highs near 6, lowa tonight near 2. Cloudy with scattered showers Tuesday, highs near 7. Howe Sound, Whistler, Sun-shine Ceast: Cloudy today with occasional rain on .the coast and snow inland. Highs near 6 on the coast and 1 indand, lows tonight near 2 on the coast and near inland, Cloudy Tuesday with scattered showers except flurries inland, Highs near 6 on the coast and 2 inland. North and Went Vancouver Island: Cloudy with oc- casional rain today, chance of a thundershower along the west coast, gusty winds. Highs 6 to 8, lows tonight near 2, Cloudy Tuesday with & few showers, Highs 6 to 8. Northern Mainiand: Cloudy with occasional rain today except snow inland, guaty winds. Highs 4 to 6 on the coast and 2 inland, lows tonight near 2 on the coast and? inland, Cloudy Tuesday with a few showers except flurries Inland. Highs 4 to 6 on the const and 3 inland. Queen Charlottes: Cloudy with occasional rain today, gusty winds, Highs @ to 10, lowe tonight 2 to 4. Cloudy Tuesday with a few showers. Highs 6 to 8. Thompson, Okanagan: Cloudy today with occasional snow except rain southern sectlons. Highs 3 to 5, lows tonight near --1. Cloudy Tuesday with a few flurries. Highs 2 to 4. Columbia: Cloudy with occasional snow today. Highsd to --1, lows tonight4 tos. Cloudy Tuesday with flurries, Highs near2, Kootenay: Cloudy today with a few periods of snow except rain in a few southern communities, Highs 1 to 3, lows tonighti tod. Cloudy Tuesday with a few flurries, Highei to 5. Chilcotin, Cariboo, Central . In-terlor: Cloudy today, snow tapering to a few flurries this afternoon. Two die in blaze VANDERHOOF, &B.C. (CP) — A six-year-old girl anda man died Saturday ina house fire in this central B.C, community aabout 100 kilometres west of Prince George. Dead are Nieki Jones, and Earl Benolt LaHaye, 27. Police said that when the Vanderhoof volunteer fire department arrived at the howe, owned by Raymond LaHaye, the kitchen and living room of the wooden frame atructure were engulfed In flames. Raymond LeHaye, 25, Lloyd Harris, 26, 10-month- old Faith LaHaye and Mitch Florence, 20, escaped with minor injuries. Victim named POWELL RIVER, B.C. (CP) - Barry Gordon Reid, of this coastal community northwest of Vancouver, was identlfied by RCMP Sunday as the man killed Thureday in a mobile home fire here. Cause of the blaze haa not yet been determined. where he was running 12-15 miles a day within a year," she commented. “He was inspirational to a .lot of people.” Marvin conducted a running workshop for the District of Terrace last spring, and ran in a marathon in Vancouver this year. He left the college and errace in August to pursue pther interests, The details concerning the fatal mountain climbing accident in mid-Noyvemmer are sketchy, and his body has not yet been recovered, The deceased is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Henry Marvin, and a brother and sister. Henry Marvin, who still resides in Montreal, is a tobacco importer and retailer, SESE mn. macecers alatetalete ose, rata Sees Objective ee Where : - in a country other Obligation Sy SO varetata tate! ParRA MR ED Liaison - @ Rotary member Type of Awards coperere ‘aa EIS eterereia*s*etenteieis sraratatatatatatatat se; fa Frank Hamilton — 3: Kk s, eo" 635-4931 rs ss SASS TATA MEMES LER Ltd best t ANAM t teeta itll erat taht the : Superintendent Schools HE GETS HIS BUT WHERE? _ VANCOUVER (CP) — Computers and . the government have ways of getting even with you. Just ask the Vancouver! guy ie et he'd beat 8 SYB applying for his five free shares in the British Calumbia Resources Investment Corp. at 33 banka. Now the government is getting even. Tha man who made the multiple ap- plications won't be charged but ‘the government has cancelled 32 of his 33 appli- cations, sald Hawkins. And nobody's going to tell him which of the 33 banke is holding the five free shares he is entitied to. Little fraud is seen The BCRIC share giveaway program has been remarkably free of abuse — and fraud, & government spokesman says. Bob Hawkins, a govern- ment consultant on the BCRIC project, said the strict regulations and security system imposed on the giveaway has made it very difficult for would-be cheata to defraud the government. Each application was crossed-checked through’ 4 computer, ta weed. out, duplicate applications,« Signatures were closely - serutinied to ensure each application was valld. Hawkins, a former resident of Kitimat, ad- mitted nevertheless '‘a number of people have appiled more than once,” To date there have been no formal prosecutions, though he added ‘‘it is under con- sideration.” IN AN OPPORTUNITY for a _ Year of Study in a Foreign Country? ROTARY FOUNDATION EDUCATIONAL AWARDS FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING - to increase International understanding - ambassador of good will than his own - to discuss his experiences with others in the receiving country 1. Graduate Fellowships 2. Undergraduate Scholarships 2. Technical Training Awards 4. Teacher Awards - physicatly, mentally, or educationally handicapped 5. Journalism Awards - print or broadcast journalism , Of sa training needs - in Skill upgrading program for the Nort: ee ae ho ave ee the logging _industry. The study was researched by Bob Cooper, the board chairman of the regional district of Kitimat-Stikine, and demonstrated both the need for more skilled personnel and a willingness among employers to fund an upgrading program. “Private industry has actually responded well particularly with larger companies,” Wilson said. As a result, a total] of 150-160 people have either com- pleted or will be taking these courses at the college in the logging sector. Wilson indicated the initial results show the courses are successful. The federal department of labour, and the depart- ment of employment and immigration are involved in the program. Banks wait for By ED YUDIN Herald Staff Writer © While the formal distribution of the five free BCRIC shares to B.C. residents is now out of the hands of financial in- stitutions, most banks have yet to be paid for the job. The government agreed to pay $5 for each application processed, Half that amount was paid initially, but the other $2.50 won’t be for- warded until each and every application handled by a financial institution is completed. ; Bob Hawkins, a ministry of finance consultant working on the BCRIC project, told the Herald 97 per, cent of those. applying have claimed théir free shares to date. The last three per cent is holding up completion of the process. “We did have: some problems -with financial agencies on the distribution and proper signatures on the forms and this sort of thing," he said. “As a result we still have not paid miost of ‘the financial agencies, we had . them go back and correct the mistakes,”’ _ It is costing the govern: ment a tatal of $8.5 million to pay ‘the banks for distributing the free BCRIC shares to the estimated 1.7 million applicants. The BCRIC share closed at $7.10 on the Vancouver stock exchange on Friday. Arandom survey of banks .in Terrace and Kitimat revealed some had minor problems, others did not. A Bani! orof' Montreal mann Aiba Baie the avoidance of any real problems. Dave Johnson, the manager ofthe Bank of Nova branch “had no problems whatsoever,” Ken SBessason, manager of the Toronto Dominion branch in Terrace, said there had been problems with about 30 applications, but the . rs = ae # of = ss z Dr. Fred Hogg 638-1032 CN careful checking resulted in’ fl Scotia in Kitimat, said his § the § preblems had since been resolved. A spokesman for a local Bank of Commerce branch also sald there had been some problems with signatures in the wrong place, but there was no delay to customers. Mrs. G. Evans, a «0- ordinator for the BCRIC project for the regional for all | Pa ‘Recreation and Aquatic Programs Sat. Jan, 5. 1980 SS eT Bee the Herald. Nanday, December 31, 1979 Page 3 Bob Haines, the manager of the Canada Em- ployment Centre in Terrace, said his branch is par- ticularly interested in the utility of job upgrading programs as a means of creating jobs. “The government and the educational institutions are ready to assist in creating training programs to suit the needs of employers,"’ he said. “What we need are employers to come forward and tell us what they need.” Other areas where upgrading programs are being designed includes electronics, mechanical training, and marine training. Wilson revealed there are eight companies involved in the electronic courses. “They are new looking at upgrading courses for people in the electronic field to go on for an extended pericd,’’ he said. BCRIC money Toronto Dominion office in Vancouver, said problems encountered by the banks related to the = strict regulations demanded by the government. Jack Holt, an inspector of administration for the regional office of the Bank of Commerce said the strict regulations enforced on the 1200 financial institutions COLT 45.GREAT PROMPT REGISTRATION |s advised aoe ARLEN ca tee ERTS RTIOR Ns clip tttttor - echo pregraints tharstifhevtenrehrentepscen the Arena olfice up until a week before commencement of program. distributing free shares did create some problems. “You might have had a customer who has come to your bank for two, three or four years and you know darn well who he is,” he recounted, ‘But if he didn't come to you with the two pieces of identification you couldn’t take his ap- plication.” , x