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Tuesday, July 13, 1982.

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taxation, 9. -

 pehool board aid

an Herald Suatt Wier wae
xTrMat-- ‘Mayor. George Thom | raised the :
‘ pocie ofa tax revel! Monday i commenting x the: 7
. provincial governments attitude towards ‘local Ww

/ thrn's remarks came 68 Kitimat councl debated a
‘* recent chariges in provincial tax structures: affecting ;

Hes...

_ Thom slammed ‘the’ changes ‘in school taxation, :
'. saying the provincial government ‘had got it way” in
reducing the burden for the Vancouver area at the
’ expense of smaller rural areas.

Alderman Ray Brady ‘said. the changes in
munictpal taxation policy could lead to municipalities
forgoing economic development opportunities. .

“ity: should. thay encourage ‘economic
“ment, ‘when Victoria controls. the taxes’
- benefits go squth,'” Brady said. “Politically | thats the’:
ft is, but ite not right,” a
. said the tax load was already: too much for

small business fo handle and sald he wouldn't be:
~ surprised if local merchants joined.in the tax revolt
“now underway in some other areas of the province.

In other business at a relatively -brief meeting,
council decided to refer the matter of the elimination
of night flight service from the Terrace-Kitimat |

airport to the Airport

Advisory Commission.

; Kitimat had written to CP Air to complain about the
decision to eliminate the service, which it felt waa of
most use to local residents.

Alderman Joanne Monaghan said CP’s contention

Established 1908

25 cents

the press. i

. Several attempts to amend, a motion ozigiantly
maile by Alderman Lee Ellis were defeated and the
motion permitting access to the minules was even a

tually adopted.

Kitimat had provided the minutes several years

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Red Cross challenges | blood donors

~ Herald Staif Writer

TERRACE—. Is this ©
community prepared to met .

the challenge?
-; Every year Kitimat beats

“tt by only a few pints at the.

“Dates toe this your's clinics

. encourage

communities’ .
‘Red. Cross Blood Donor
Clinics,
organizers in Terrace want

to. take the lead, says Linda

Young, a Red Cross
Tepresentative: and a
member of the Jaycee
Kinnettes.

. Last year
collected 535 units, and
Terrace collected 532 units.

-hay ‘met {or.dutaday
saa ee Teirace in the
arena banquet room and

" Wednesday, July 21 in

Mount Elizabeth Secondary
School at Kitimat.
Terrace is aiming for 600

" tinits of blood while Kitimat

would like . 560 units,
donors ©
’ Kinettes will ba trying to get

To

. people to sign up for the Red

- plaque if. a. high enough -

‘Cross Blood Donor
Challenge Plaque. The size
of the “company . or

organization doesn’t. —
- Matter. Even a snail club -

‘could “be ‘awarded the

percentage gives blood.

In Kitimat the Dr. Fox
Trophy will be given on 4
percentage basis but anew

award this year, The Dr,

Woollacott Trophy will be
given to the largest group to

_ particlapte.

“We are hoping.to get a |
lot of those IWA members, ©

who will notbe out -in

logging camps, to come out
says

and donate blood,’”:
Young. .

The importance of. giving -
blood Is obvious: but who -

‘ Sometimes

respective. presence of a donor at a

but this year.

Kitimat ,

the a

would have thought that alst .
year Mills. Memorial

Hospital would come to the -
~ the donor.is. given a cold,

clinie for an -emergency
supply. of 26 pints of blood.
‘the

clinic is more important in:

" gaving lives than a person

might th think,

mere™

Candy stripers will be on
hand .to register donors in
Kitimat. After registration

sweet drink and then blood
is taken. The whole process
takes from 15 minutes. to
half an hour. ;

Computer read outs are:
made from the information

“Linda Young (left) presents Moyniview

_ Bakery owner Peter Haagen an
Coulter, a. Terrace Kinnette, with

Denise
8 cer:

gathered - fro . the
registration cards, and are
used for emergency hospital
use in the community.

Donors can give blood -

ence every. elx ‘Mmonthe.-

recent surgery should ‘not
give blood, age is no factor,
One blood donor is Bi-years-
old.

Clinics in ‘both towns will
be’ held from 2 p.m. to 8

While people who have had- p.m., and everyone is urged

hepatitis, or who are
anemic, or who . have had

to set aside some time in
their day | to give blood.

tificate of merit for all the work done of the

blood donor clinic.

"3 os ‘that connections io the 1 reak of Canada were superior.
; "during the day was a, poor excuse, nae .
. Monaghan said there were few: connecting ilighta :
. during the day and laid the blame for: he situation or on.
"the fact, that CP has a captive n market, er
7 “Maybe the fact that there is no competition. wp
here is our problem,” Monaghan said. - :
After considerable discussion, the council decided a
to make committee of the whole minutes avaliable to ee

Volume 76. No.133 -

“meetings.

: September. -

“ago. jt had: discontinied: th
: Municipal’ Act could be: interpreted to justify, the
« confidential ‘nature’ of committee” of the whole -
. -meetings. «A new policy adopted in June allowed the.
press access to ‘Specific minutes if the request was
~”" made in person. oe a
. > Members of the Kitimat ‘press corpé colsider ace
ceas to the minutes especially important given the
fact. that-the council holds closed committee of the
- whole meetings for every one ot its open: public

. ‘Council endorsed another request from the press
- providing for live coverage of council meetings.
CKTK Cablevision wants to recommence “live

broadcast coverage of council meetings beginning in

- Jolliffe criticizes

Liics sayin! the”

architects, media

- Herald Stall Welter
TERRACE— Alderman Vic Jolliffe was

‘critical of local architects, Monday and

_ later slammed the media for sensational

headlines.
Jolliffe criticized architects for going te

’ the news media. with. thelr complaints

_ about the fact they were not hired to work
on the new Skeenaview facility. A Victoria
firm was awarded the contract. Jolliffe
“said architects should have gone to the

' Terraceview board first.

Allan Soutar, speaking for the _ar-
chitects, said- they. had contacted some
members of the board but members were

either away on holidays or were not —

available for comment,

~ had had no trouble getting in touch with

-members.

_ The architects asked council to adopt a
proposed resolution which detailed their

"side of the issue but Mayor Helmut

Gieabrecht argued that the Terraceview
board had its own authority and council
would be stepping out of its jurisdiction if it
adopted the proposed resolution.

The resolution says: “The council of the

District ‘of Terrace urgently requeats the
board. of. the Terraceview..Sociely {o

"“¥ecorsiger : its decision regarding, the

- reasons.

 agiocintment ofa “Valiouver-based vars: 2
'. chitect for the new’ litermediate jeare.

Jolliffe said he —

facility and that it appoint one of the three

local architectural firms for tlie following
The three’ local architectural
firms are fully qualified and experienced

and have the necessary skills'to handle the -
job. Local employment figures received’

today indicate that out of the total num-
bers employed in Terrace of 10,500, 2400
are collecting UIC benefits (and that
figure could go up to 45 per cent by the
fall), Additional information not available
at the time of selection. indicates that

support for a local architect will be given .

by the ministry of health: That the cost to

. the taxpayer of hiring a Vancouver ar-

chitect will be higher due to weekly in-
spection expenses." -

pointed out that that would only be one or
two trips-during the project, not one trip .
every few days.

“We live here. We can visit the. site
every day atno cost, to the taxpayer,” they

gay. .

Couneil approved a motion from Jolliffe
that it request that the Terraceview board
meet with the architects to clarify its
. decision and with the view to reconisder
the decision it made to hire an out-of-town
firm.

When Bob Cooper and Molly. Nattress: ;

made the motion that council support the
architects in their endeavors to have a
local firm hired Mayor Giesbrecht broke a
tie..vote and defeated the motion.

Skeenaview administrator Alderman
Gordon Galbraith had excused himself

‘because of a conflict of interest and

Alderman Marguerite Clarkson .excused
herself because she is council's
representative on the Terraceview board
and could not vote objectively. That left
Jolliffe and Gellately who vated against
the Cooper-Nattress motion. .

Jolliffe was also critical of the media for
-what be. called sensational headlinés. He
said the media had not been reporting the
shut down.of one of. the local mills by
i ror was it . covering the
aaeFacingD.C. Timber.

"the charges were made when Bill
_Hutchingon, an IWA spokeaman, said the
local tinemployment rate is going to In-
crease and lobbied council to. support its

efforts to get timber cutting rights in the ©
: forested area east of Terrace on the west- -

side of the Skeena River, —
“People say if we do that: the tourists

driving between here and Smithers are
Going to see spoiled scenery but no one in-

- this area is able to live on the two months.

Soutar said, “These bureaucrats in

Victoria get out of line and cut us out of'

business by foisting pet firms from their

area on local boards. [ get fed up about.

_ having to come along and explain why my

VICTORIA (CP) — A
- proposed grain terminal | at.
: Prince’ » Rupert, B.C.

_ Folk Fest planned

Herald Staff Writer -

’-TERRACE— Plans are underway for, the First Annual
Northwest Folk Music Festival with. an Aug. 15 date In the
minds of festival organizers,

- ‘The Northwest Folk Music Festival follows on nthe heels of

last years Summer Folk festival which provided food,

music, and good times bo several ‘Wandred northwest .

~ + pesidents,
‘The ofganizers hope to repeat the successful format of

.. last years festival with a little more emphasis on some of

_ the ethnic music available in ‘the area.:.:
There is also a-posaibility the organisers. may bring in

© some “big elty” talent lke. Valdy :
_° nothing has yet been confirméd. ..-
. > People are still needed tq

ae

perform or astist ‘in organizing

: the festival, which is slated for the Library Park Aug. 15.
‘Interested people | should attend,” “gn organizational“

meeting planned for the Northern Delights Co-op tonight or
Sot the eo at SEIS,

geno Duhan (lust oft Hwy. Mb ®)

of Faron,” although -

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described as ithe largest on

-the North American west
sn coast—has been given final

‘approval by the Alberta

- government and a con-—
. sortium . of Prairie. grain .

handlers.
Eighty per cent of the cost

~ of the $300 milllon terminal,

the product of years of

planning, will be borne by
_-the Alberta government,

Premier Peter Lougheed

_ told a news’ conference In .

Edmonton Monday.
Plans for. the. terminal

., have been in the works for

almost a decade and during

that time the project's cost |
_ hadrisenfrom an estimated -

$80 million to $326 ‘million:
There was concern. éarljer

* this year the. project would
. “Not-proceed: hecatise of the |

: Cast. However, ‘consortium
members cut some aspects

~Of it; lowering. . costs’ to ”

That makes ithe largest 0 on
west coast. :

the continent’

In announcing a financial
agreement with the han-
diers on the facility's cost,

Lougheed said it was time.
‘the talking “stopped: and -

‘action began. He said he

‘believed Albertans will”
‘support such an’ initiative |.

for a primary industry like
agriculture. —
Alberta raised -
financial participation to 90
per cent from the 75per cent
it originally offered.
. The Alberta Heritage
Savings. Trust . Fund . will

_ provide $106.25 ‘million’ in.
‘first-mortgage-“loans . and.

$133.75 million will ‘be taken
from the general - ‘Fevenue

‘fund,.in the form; of par-". |
terminal . will increase the: :

ticipating « debentures. i:
. The debentures will not be’.

epald until the -terminal

“Alberta’s$300-million limit.

‘and’ the. province increased * ==
its staketo reach Monday’ s |.

7 agreement.
‘Don © Phillips;
Industry Minister, told the

B.C. Fegislature Monday .
~ that. the terminal, located -
"about .700 kilometres north
"+ of Vancouver; willbe able to “Te
* handle 1:6 million tonnes ‘in
1984, [when it’ commences,
: -operatign, ani. with ‘ship-
‘ment capacity increasing to -
31 milton. toanes by 1988.

“B.C. ic:

starts-to turn a profil.

The remaining $60 million |
will be provided by the
consortium, which ‘consists
of the " Alberta .- and
Saskatchewan’ Wheat Pools,
Manitoba Pool Elevators,

firm is.as good as some firm from the

south. It's always Yhe local people who.

have to explain."
The architects wanted council to take a

stand on this issue. ‘Do you support local

industry...it is we who pay taxes in this.

town...we have. already received the

-support of the Chamber of Commerce,” —

they sald.

‘They say that there is an 8.6 per cent fee a

and the expenses are separate from that,
The cost of site visits may be as high as

$10,000 because of the travel involved.

“Jolliffe. argued ‘that the local .architects ~

oe

of tourism we have,"’ said Hutchinson.

. “We need the timber for jobs,” he said,
adding that the Indian heritage will not be.

touched since trees will be cut down, not.
graves dug. up.. Both the farming and.
fishing interests can be protected if people.
want to work in tHat direction.

He warned that B.C, Timber could take a:
$95 million loss this year, , “We shouldn't:
have to fight tooth and nail to ‘get industry:
in here and then continue on in the same:
way to keep it. The same people who >
complain every time council cuts down a‘
tree are the ones who want the logging <*
_ Stopped. They only have the support of the:
ews media because that's what sells.
" “papers,” said Hutchinson.

Hotchingon told Jolliffe it would be naive:
to think environmentalists are willing. to”
let the working man continue logging.

- ‘They comeup here for a few yeara to cause.
_ftrouble and then leave again. They want:
“all or nothing and will not be satisfied until’
they have shut down the northern wodds.

industry, he said.

Cargill, Grain Company‘) ;, would have to travel down south, ‘but they .

Ltd., Pioneer ‘Grain Lid.
and United Grain Growers:
The province also agreed

. to pick up 60 percent of any
its -

cosLoverruns incurred, with
the consortium paying - ‘the
rest. . enn

- However, farmers who

make use ofthe West Coast:

pori may also be asked to

pay. part of the. bill because
of términal’s high initial”

costs, sald consortium head
Allan’ ‘Macpherson.

Projections indicate ’ “the

handling: ‘capacity of ‘West

ane Fulton.

Classifieds”

INSIDE

_ Comics, horoscope
-Linda’s.fashions —
“Local & World sports _

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* elude boat safety, basic. first ald, super- =

Jolliffe blamed the media. for not letting“
the public know the facts on theve isgued?

- Summer safety offered _

: Herald Staff Writer
TERRACE— Worried about: bears?

- How about poisonous plants? Do you know
-whal to do to prevent your child from
- possible accidents at the beach? Or if you

do, do you know what to doif the child does ©

somehow manage to get into an accident?

- Inorder to help make your summer safe ,

‘and more’ enjoyable, the . District of.
. Terrace: and the Northwest. Community
College are sponsoring a Summer Safety ©.
Day July 17 atthe: Furlong: Bay cam-—

Const ports .by 30 per cents paround on Lakelse Lake. -:

‘Volunteers from the comimunity w will be.

. - on hand to give talks and demonstrations

~ on topics chosen to beof special interestto
‘those who spend their. summers “out of |
. doors or in the water. © ;

“Beginning al 11 a.m., the talks will in:

' vision of children at the beach,. iden-

tification of edible planis, artificial .

- respiration and choking, and a session on
Denise Ramier and Sharon Jeffers fram

the Terrace pool will be looking at boating.

safety. The course is designed to look at

bow to make a survival kit for your boat, .
ifejackels versus PFD's, hypothermia,

and aurvival swimming: skills, .
Pat Thomson of the provincial parks and

 gutdoor recreatiqn branch will be speaking

on edible at - Thome will show
ted how to identify -

edible plants in the region and what to do

anyone whois

with. them.

Ramier and Jelters will also be holding: .
an afternoon session on safe supervision of ~

children at the beach. The. discussion will
include how to supervise children in the

water. and what are. ante and unsafe toys

‘for the, beach.

Thomson. will also he: holding an af.
_ ternoon session, on bears.. How to protect -

people from hears and vice versa will i be

- the focus, of the talk. 7
“Maggie Kester: of. ‘the department ‘of

highways will speak on basic firat aid at
the beach; She-will cover what 4o do in

~ ease of accidents ‘or injuries such as

sunstroke, cuts, bee stings, etc. and how to

make up a first aid kit for ‘trips to the.
/> beach, ©

Art Pearce. of the Warkers Com-

., panaatton Board will give’ lecture on

artifical respiration and choking. Pearce
willeover mouth to mouth recusitation and
what to do for choking. ”

Lt.