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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,

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_ 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.”

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for a

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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 ,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.”

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