Figures stun local housing society — TERRACE — Members of the Skeena Valley Co-op Housing Society are stunned by news the B.C. Housing Management Com- mission (BCHMC) has allocated only 16 units to the north. Each year BCHMC announces how many affordable housing. units it is prepared to build and invites interested groups to sub- mil proposals. . Last week the local socicty learned the north will gel just 16 | family-oriented unils oul of the more: than 300 being allocaied across the province, **We had no idea we were going to be-cut back,’’ society. spokesman Keith Goodwin said.: And there may be even worse - news to come, he added. . were only-a ‘preliminary’? - -al- location pending what happens i in the federal budget. If the federal goverment again cut its. contribution to the housing program and Victoria dovs not make up the shortfall, he feared the allocalion could be cut still further. As il is, even the 16. units falls. short o£ 24 unit development the “society wants to build’ here. and : ‘believes is needed. we Goodwin explained the 16 units) ° “It’s just not on, ir ” Goodwin a said, suggesiing even if ents were” “necessary, they shouldn’t-have ef--. fected communilies Ahat- had ; no housing o : Prince George was already being _ affordable. family’ projecis yet, -like Terrace. Given the, low allocation, it was ~. proposal.call from BCHMC. . -IN.a section outlining: vacancy obvious only one northern ap- plication was going to be success- ful, ‘lt really puts the. pressure on,’’ he said. “The society is also concerned about another aspect. “of: the rates’ and : average ‘rents, Prince. George? $s ‘name is: shaded, ‘uniike ~any other northern elty.. ' Querying whether that indicated oa . targeted by the commission, he asked, ‘‘Are we working for nothing?’ Goodwin said the society had already met with local MLA Hel- "met. Giesbrecht and asked him to pet an- answer lo that and other questions il has. A letter is also being sent to city council asking il organize a lobby _ by all northern: communities seck- ing an increase in the unit alloca- ” tion. “trying to strengthen its case “by ~ In ihc meantime, the society is “cial needs. » surveying accommodation wail- ing lists here, Goodwin said he knew of one case where a home-to-rent ad had _ drawn more than 60 enquiries. “The need ‘is cerlainly out there,’’ he emphasized. ' The socicty’s proposed devel- opment will include.one to fours bedroom: units intended for ‘one and « two-parent, : low. income families, It will also.include four units adaptable to those with. Spe More claims info, please TERRACE — Mayor Jack Tal- stra says he hopes there'll be more information scon on the Nisga’a land claims talks. Talstra sits on a locally-elected - officials committee which gets” regular briefings on land claims negotiations. “] think all that we’ve done is succeeded in slightly broadening ihe jurisdictional boundaries a little bit,”? said Talstra. “Before the talks were fairly secretive. Where there were 20 people involved before, there are now 60, We’ve not yet succeeded in bringing the information out to the general public.” A series of commillecs were formed last year by the province in response to criticism that the negotiations between the provin- cial and federal governments and the Nisga’a Tribal Council are being conducted in. secret... — Talsita..also..sits_on a. sub- committee examining the’ éffects of land claims‘setilements on fo- cal government .and taxation is- sues. Talstra has been a critic of the secrecy” and last: year walked out of a briefing session when those in attendance were asked to keep the information confidential. Federal and provincial officials have replied that there is a con- fidenliality clause in the agrec- ment set out to conduct the talks. Talstra has acknowledged that there is a need for some con- fidentiality. : The committees Talstra sits on have been slow in making prog- Tess and'are now only starting to jell, he said; “They caution us that what we hear we should not read as neces- sarily the position of any govern- ment,” Talstra continued, And Talstra said he has not heard anything yet that could be a problem. “You can be sure if there’d be anything detrimental, you’d hear about it,”’ said Talstra. . - _ cams the events of one August night. This is a dinner theatre The way. it Was | MARIA ‘AND JOHN McGowan portray a young man and his former sweetheart back in ‘New- - foundiand in 1926 in the Terrace Little Theatre's production of Salt Water Moon. The play con- - the ‘Terrace Curling Club and takes place April 16-18 and April 21-28 at the club. Former New- ~foundiand resident Jim Callahan: helped | the couple perfect just the right accent, production in conjunction with The budget TERRACE — What went up and what went down. after last week’s provincial budget? You'll find that and more in- formation on how the province wants to spend nearly $19 bil- lion in the coming year on Page A5. There are also detalis on how a mew crown corporation which will build highways, schools, hospitals and schools. Be warned —-we still have a deficit and the total debt will climb over the next year. " recovering at Mills Memorial railway: tracks ‘tumed to. tragedy. - “Hospital i in Terrace: the ‘night of March 31 when a 17-,. °. Skulsh was charged last Friday year-old ‘Terrace, youth lost’ both". “with ‘attempted murder and ag- his legs beneath afteight train." - / pravated assault in’ connection “RCMP said’ Cameton Davis, a’. with’ the: ‘incident. He. was grade 11.student, fell beneath the © ‘released on $1,000 bail. moving CN coal train during an altercation with 19-year-old it a ‘horrendous. incident’’. and Clinton Shannon Skulsh, : “Of, said alcohol was a factor. Kitwanga, | It happened just’ after. 8 p.m. - ‘Both ‘of the boy’s legs were severed al: ‘anid “high | Davis: vis Wednesday night beneath the Sande Overpass. : “Deadlines - t 7 o "Easter ‘holidays mean. dis- ¥ B play/classified ad - deadlines are | noon tomorrow. The office will. be. | - closed - Friday and - say, Avet'13. “RCMP Cpl. Rob McKay cailed The train was moving at about 16 miles an hour, McKay -said. More than half the train had gone by when the accident happened. He said Davis may have been *‘sucked”? underneath by the mo- tion of the train. - McKay sald: there .. was: -one eyewitness to the incident besides . Davis. They, were down al the tracks | “-gomewhere where — they shouldn’tbe,’” McKay explained. Mills to hear CT sales talks on April 14 TERRACE — Three companies wanting to sell Mills Memorial Hospital a CT scanner make their sales pitches here April 14. **Fach one gets an hour to make presentations and to show their capabilities,’’ said Mills Memorial spokesman Michas! Leisinger last week, The = presentations = were organized following the approval last month by the provincial government of operating monies for a CT scan device. A CT scanner provides a three- dimensional image compared to the flat images from X-rays. Those companies making presentations arc General Elec- tric, Picker (an American compa- ny) and Toshiba, Mills Memorial had been in touch wilh the companies: before when it was estimating purchase costs and Tequizemdenis,as.part of its pitch to the provincial govern- ment. ‘Money to purchase a scanner came from a three-year effort organized by the Dr. R.E.M. Lec Hospital Foundation in which numerous individuals, organiza- tions and businesses made contri- butions. That amount taised now stands at more than $600,000. - : Sales of foundation. cash calendars over the past three years contributed $150) 000 to the total. The money ralged | is enough for a mid range scanner but the hos- pital has asked the provincial government for an. additional $150,000 to purchase a high mid- range one. The latler scanner is faster than «lower-priced models and - that should lower overall operating costs, sald Lelsinger. He said ihe hospital hopes to - know if {is request will be granted -before the April 14 presentalions, And he also said the hospital foundation could commit itself to . raise the additional moncy if it “There were signs of alcohol.”’ “One thing leads to another, an altercation occurs and the individ- ual becomes seriously injured.’’ Friends and teachers are rally- ing around Davis, . "We're galing to iry to help him as best we can,’’ said. Caledonia ‘Senior Secondary School princl- pal Tom Hamakawa. Davis is expected to be iranis- ferred to the G.F, Sirong Rehabil- itation Centre in Wancouver soon . TOP A 10H « Cal: birders. mark a decade of domination BES Tecey Abia ie * a . Michael Leisinger isn’t given by the provincial government. © ; “There'll - be representatives from the foundation there. The hospital will identify the needs and the foundation will provide the financial information,” said Leisinger. ‘*We’ll know a lot more on the 14th. We'll then have a much bet- ter idea of how low’ the price might. be. Not. many: of these arc sold cach year so the prices could be very good,’’ he added. ‘The provincial government: is also paying for renovations at the hospital to accommodate the cr scan device. , Mills. estimates annual ‘operat : ing cosis at $223,000 a year-of which'75 per cent will be covered by the province. The CT: device could. be. in- stalled by the fall if all goes: “ae coring to plan Part of the ralionale for puiting a CT device here is to spread its use throughout the northwest. The use of teleradiology — the transmitting of scan images: on special telephone lines — should help medica! ‘specialists ane patients in other towns and cilie Attempted murder charge laid “TERRACE — A fight by the “At this stage it’s really carly to say what we can do,” Hamakawa added. ‘‘Right now ~ all we can do is wait and hope he gets better.’’ He said Davis had the highest mark in his class in a recent test. . “He’s a really good . kid,” - Hamakawa said. ‘‘It’s a real (rag- edy. a? He sald the school may be able to help him complete courses wilh in-hospital tutoring. aa ome?