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Dog control for Thornhill in the works

By ED YUDIN
Herald Staff Writer

The Regional District
of Kitimat Stikine
‘moved closer Saturday
to establishing a dog

control for
Thornhill. The-
directors gave first and
second reading to a
proposal to submit the
bylaw to a referendum
on Nov, 17

The regional district

bylaw

directors examined an
offer from the
provincial government

to subsidize com-
pensation claims from

losses arising out of
such a bylaw, Once the

dog control bylaw i is in
force, government
authorities will be
liable to damages in-
curred when an out of
control dog causes
damage to property or
livestock. The directors

are wary of the offer,
however.

“We could conceivably

lose on the offer,
because we will be then
liable to compensating
for the lost animals,”

John Pousette, the
administrator-

treasurer of the Regional
District said. ‘In my
opinion the only reason
they are offering the
grant ($10,000) is to
absolve.the provincial

government ‘of any
ccmpensation
payments.”

The regional district
will have its ad-
ministration branch
look into the com-
pensation clause.

Director Alice Chen
Wing also brought the
issue of harassment of
children by dogs to the
directors attention,
noting there was no
bylaw concerning this
aspect.

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By GREG MIDDLETON
Herald Staff Writer

The reason the CBC
station in Prince
Rupert, CFPR staged
the Pacific Noon show
live from the Skeena

Mall in Terrace is that

the station is making a
major effort this fall to
better serve the
listeners outside the
immediate area of its
home base, says station
manager Jim Roache.
“About 80 per cent ‘of
our audience is outside
the Prince Rupert

area,” Roache said. He’

stressed that the station
is trying to further
regionalize the content
of the local news and
public affairs programe
and will be putting

more emphasis on .

mobile broadcasts.

Roache , in an in
terview with the Herald
Friday at the site of the
‘on location” broad-
castaald the station has
hired two contract
freelancers to do

research for the station. .

‘One of the new ad-
ditions to the reglonal
arm of Canada’s

Rhoda Witherly and Murray Hanna

national broadcasting
‘network is Pat Cathers
here in Terrace. The
CBC has also hired
Mar] Fowle to work out
of Kitimat.

Roche said the station
part of the publicly-
owned corporation, will
not only stil] be using
local freelancers but
will be using. them even

here

more than it has in the
past in its effort to
better serve the Pacific
Northwest with local
material.

“The ratings are up

CFPR goes to the * gudience

now,’” Roche said, and
added that CFTK, the
privately owned radio
station in Terrace ‘‘has
already experienced
some trauma.”

Lost pilot found alive

FORT NELSON, B.C.
arp cid Sul
r pilot 4 nday
a chocolate bar, cranberries
and faith helped him survive
a two-week ordeal beside his
crashed helicopter in a
remote area of northern
British Columbia.

Walter Yates, of Austin,
Texas, was found Sunday
morning in good condition by
a search plane that spotted
scorch marks his helicopter
lef after it crashed and
exploded in a densely-
foreated region 68 kilometres
southeast of this nor:
theastern B.C. community.

Yates, a self-employed
frospector, said in an in-
terview in hospital here he
thought he might have
qacked some rips in the
accident. He also received
two three-inch gashes to hia
face, which he sald have
healed, He was also being
treated for exposure and ex-
recled to be released ina few

ya.

a Terrace youth.

eve
at the
hospital.

LOCAL YOUTH
DIES IN CRASH

A motor cycle accident has claimed the life of

Jose Manual Goncalves, 17 of 4636 Lazelle was
driving his motorbike on Kalum Frida

at 11:30 p.m, when he struck a vehicle
tersection of Park, Goncalves died in

Police say the vehicle was being driven by
‘John Miller 37 Kootenay Street in Kitimat. An
investigation {a continuing.

The pilot, who said he had
previous experience living in
the bush in Alaska for a year,
said he phoned his wife and
three children in Austin, who
“were very happy to hear

SKI HILL

from me.”
He sald thinking of them
and God kept him ative.

At no point did he consider
trying to walk out of the

bush, although he was told
later that there was a B.C,
Rallway camp and a smal
Indian village about 16

Kilometres from the crash ©

alte.

Rate hike protested

By ED YUDIN
Herald Staff Writer

Ski ticket rates at
Kitsuinkalum mountain
are going up this winter
and predictably, not
everyone is thrilled
with the idea, The issue
came up at this past
weekend’s regular
meeting of the Regional
District of Kitimat-
Stikine,

Clarence Donnelly, a
Terrace area skiing
coach, made the board
aware of his opposition
to the move.

“Many people I know
personally, will cancel
their season passes,
“he said. “I’m not.
agalnst you raising the
prices, {t's how much
you raised them that
worries me.”’

With the increased
availability of night
skiing , season passes
will rise by almost $100
to $215. Day skiing

ses for an adult will

jumping from $130 to
$165. Donnelly thinks

this extra amount will
change people's minds
about buying passes to
Kitsumkalum.

*'T think that extra $100
is a real jolt, and
frankly I don’t think the
public will buy it,” he
claimed,

Administrator-
Treasurer John
Pouselte defended the
board’s decision,
saying they had ‘no
allernative.”

“This is what the
taxpayers wanted, they
did not vote to pick up
our deficit ($37,000 last
year), we really don't
have much alter-
native.’

Kitsumkalum i3 one of
two publicly operated
ski hills in the province.
However, the operation
does not receive any
financial assistance
from the government.
Rising equipment
replacement costs have
accounted for the

' deficit and is forcing

the hill to operate on its
own revenues. As the

chairman of the
regional district board,
Joe Banyay, observed:
there has been no great
increase in skier traffic
the last three or four
years. In fact, says
Banyay, the “crunch is
coming right now.”
The board listened to
Donnelly's arguements
for about an hour and
advised him the matter
would be looked into
further. Donnelly did
say he had no ob-
jections to the hike of
daily lift tickets from $7
to $9,

THOM SAYS
This area

neil

needs ferry

By ED YUDIN
Herald Staff Writer

Kitimat Mayor George
Thom says he is
frustrated by the B.C.
Ferry Corporation's
failure to inaugurate a
Port Hardy to Kitimat
run but will continue to
pressure the provincial
government to provide
regular ferry service to
his town.

"I have been talking to
people in their
Portada) we ns
portation g to
get some rationale why
this service between
Port Hardy and Prince

Rupert is totally
booked, “Thom said. ”
“Tt's just beyond

anything that I: can

~~. enderstand.”'

Terminal services are
being offered free of
charge by the Eurocan
Pulp and Paper Co,
according to the mayor.
He says the people in
the south fail to realize
the large contribution
Kitimat makes to the
province, The economic
role played by Kitimat
should justify equal
consideration when
transportation
priorities are being
designed, said Thom.
The municipality's
effort to secure the
ferry service is not a
recent phenomena.
“‘When the extension of
ferry service to the
northern
Vancouver Island was
inaugurated, we tried
very hard to have
Kitimat as a stopping
point,” he explained.
“We weren't successful
at that time, but they
did indicate when the
road opened to Port
Hardy, at that time
they would consider
putting a ferry service
into Kitimat.”’

The government has
not acted on the matter

- since then.

“We're all British
Columbians, we're not
asking for anything
more than the people
down south are get-
ting,” he added.
‘We're not asking for a
subsidy, all we want is
the service,”

Thom would like to see
the Queen of Surrey
taken out of drydock for
a proposed Kitimat
route, if the Queen of
Prince Rupert ferry is
not available. There
would be no- hazard

Airport tax

By ED YUDIN
Herald. Staif Writer

The increase in the
airport tax is excessive,
according to Kitimat
Mayor George Thom.
Federal government
has increased the tax
from §8 to $15 effective
October firet

“T think it’s a hell of a
way for the government
to raise money by
taxing people whose
maln use of tran-
sportation is through
our terminal. Our
people are being
penalized for not haying
any other alternative

part of

involved for the ferry to
maneuver in the
Douglas Channel ac-
cording to Thom,

Thom’s efforts are

being supported by the
Regional District of
Kitimat-Stlkine, who
will write the govern-
ment on the matter.

Howard claims
North ignored

Frank Howard says he's not surprised at the
provincial government's refusal to consider a ferry
service for Kitimat, The Skeena MLA says it's all
part of a larger historical trend of the south ignoring

the needs of

northern

communities.

“The whole Northwest area has been left out of a lot

of considerations.

It’s going to take concerted

pressure on the part of all of us to get this attitude of

’ neglect changed,” he said.

Howard wants a new emphasis put on upgrading the
whole water transport system for Northern B.C.,

including freight and passenger service.

Ferry

~service'of gome kind should be available to smaller
northern communities such as Bella Bella or Bella

Coola, he a ’

The Social Creat cabinet in the’ past have ail turned
thumbs down of the idea, except for former
agriculture minister and Skeena MLA Cyril
Shelford, according to Howard. Howard says he’s
willing to help the regional district or the Mayor in
working for the establishment of Kitimat as a ferry

terminal point.

Services here
but few notice

By DON SHAFFER
Herald Staff Writer

Saturdaythe Terrace and
District Community
Services Society(TCS)
held an open house at their
new location, 4711 Lazelle
Avenue to introduce
members of the public to
the services offered by the
organization, but it was not
Molle attended by the

Many ominent Terrace
public figures were at the
open house, but very few, if
any, people were there who
were not already aware of
the organization.

Terrace Mayor Dave
Maroney officially

the buliding, which houses
the offices of several
distinct service and
government organizations,
each of which provides a
variety of services to the
local area.

The area debt counsellor,
Willlam T, Godden, has his
olfice in tha TCS building.
He ja there to give advise
and help people to resolve
personal debt probleme
and provides information
on budgets and consumer
problems.

Although at present and in
the past, Godden has of-
fered his services to the

Terrace-Kitimat area, an ~
area covered by a 7(-mile
radius , the provincial
government has informed
him that his operating
budget has been cut in half,
from a yearly $12,000 to

$6,000.

“That $12,000 ls my budget
for  everything,''Godden
said, “heat, light,
telephone, gas for m tng car,
my salary, everyt

don’t know of a poveras
ment office anywhere that
operated yearly on that
small a budget.”
Godden expects his
reduced grant to run out in
late November, after
which he isn't eure what
he'll do,

“Pd work for a while
without a salary, if I could
be sure that more money
would be coming later. As
it is, all T can hope is that
various people will lobby
the government suc-
cessfully."

The Women's Growth
Centre is also located In the
TCS building. It has been
there since May, and hosts
such various activities as
single parent meetings,
workshops which supply a
variety of information to

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hike rapped

way of travelling,
except the long route by
car,”’ said Thom.

The airline tax in-
crease, in combination
with airline ticket price
hikes of 2% to 4 percent
puts an real burden on

nerthern travellers
ananvaAing ta the mince

C.P. Air's new price
schedule takes effec!
October first.

"T object to the way it’s
being implimented,
“Thom sald.

They're slipping it in on
UB, People won't
realize it, until it's
happened. he ex-

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