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VOLUME 71 NO. 158

Three Rivers Workshop held its annual Christmas sale in the

Terrace Co-op Thursday. Participants in the facility for the han-

dicapped made all the toys and crafts themselves.

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Cyril wants transportation

Cyril Shelford, Skeena
MLA, ‘said Thursday in
Terrace he has sent a
letter to the Hon. Sam
Bawlf, B.C. Minister of
Recreation and Con-
servation expressing
concern at the lack of a
clear cut, long-term
government policy on
Northern Ferry Tran-
sportation systems.

Shelford said he was

referring pointedly to the .

" proposéd “Kitinsa fer

ink,” concerning hie!
5

Jack. Davis
repeatedly assured him
would see ‘‘changes
forthcomi sg.”
Specific a
ehanges would mean a
direct ferry from Kitimat
to Tsawwassen; a run
from Port Hardy to
Kitimat every second
run,and a CP ferry from
Vancouver to Kitimat if
CP purchased Northland.
though Terrace was

the first to propose the
roll-on roll-off run from

Tsawwasse to Kitimat,

the government and BC

Ferries authorities in-
stead used the idea and

put it into practice for

Prince Rupert. .

This was a direct run
half way up the province
and the Terrace idea had
been to save energy and

quicker.
deliveries. Two drivers

“would. °° ‘have: --~been

pickedup at'Kitimat and
the trucks speedily
driven North. —
Had this been im-
plemented, over half the
pire line supply, Shelford
eels, could come out of
Vancouver rather than
via Edmonton and the
U.S. No way, he says,
will trucks come into
Prince Rupert in Winter
and face slide conditions
on the road to Terrace -
plus travelling the un-

Star of Bethlehem

LONDON (AP) — The
biblical star of
Bethlehem was probably
a giant thermonuclear
space explosion that
might recur any time,
three astronomers report
in an. article published

ere,

The two Britons and a
New Zealander say they
reached their conclusion
after studying records of
ancient Chinese and
Korean astronomers
believed to have seen the
phenomenon. —

The article, published
in the journal of the Royal
Astronomical Society,
was written by Dr. John
Parkinson of the Mullard
Space Science
Laboratory at Dorking,
Dr. Richard Stephenson
of the Institute of Lunar
and Planetary Sciences
at Newcastle University
and New Zealander: Dr.
David Clark of the Royal
Greenwich Obseratory.

The star of Bethlehem,
as described in the
Gospel according fo St.
Matthew, was a’ light
shining “in the; east”
which fed the Wise Men to
the birthplace of Jesus.

In the past, scientists
have thought the ap-

pearance of the star may
ve been caused by the
conjunction of the planets
Jupiter, Saturn and
Mars, or by a comet or
meteor that lit up the sky.

But the journal article.
says the ancient Chinese
Astronomical Treatise of
the History of the Former
Han Dynasty recorded
the 70-day appearance of
a bright star at the right
time and in the right
place to have been the
star of Bethlehem,

TYPICAL OF NOVA

The period the star was
seen was typical of a
nova, a socalled new star
that is in fact a runaway
thermonuclear explosion
on the surface of a ‘‘white
dwarf” star in a twostar
system, the article said.

“It is likely to have
been caused by a small,
super-dense dying star in
orbit around a star that is
probably still shining,”
Parkinson said. ‘The
dense smail star, With its
enormous gravitational:
field caused by its density
of several tons per cubic
inch, would be pulling
hydrogen gas off the
larger star.

| Hamburgers no helper

Two studen ‘of Skeena:

Secondary School and a

teacherwere .reported
having been” taken ill
Monday after eating
hamburgers said to have
been kept too long in the
refrigerator of the
school’s canteen,
However, all three were
said to have recovered
within 48 hours. A check
with a Skeena Public

Health inspector in
Terrace revealed there
had been no reports
received of such an in-
cident. However, he said,
such occurrences are
quite general in public
eating establishments,
and few sufferers bother
to report them. ‘'Most
often,” he said, “people
think they have come
down with the flu”.

necessary 90 miles far-
ther than landing in
Kitimat. ,
Shelford is also ad-
vocating renaming the
route (Kitimat and High-
way 37) the Water-
Highway Route to the
North and the doing away
with Highway 25. He says
this route could become
the number one supply

Lorraine Prost,

routing - to service the
Alaska Pipe Line and the

Nroth. He fears BC could
stand to lose millions in :
x :

trade and sales
dollars if this is not done,

The abbouncement this -.
week that CP Rail has-

signed an agreement to
take over

Northland
Navigation on a six year ~
lease with option to buy '

has raised hopes in
Kitimat and Terrace that
an overhaul of the

esent clumsy and
inadequate Northwest
coastal transportation

service will be carried
out.

If this isdone, there is a
possibility the Skeena
MLA’s letters might be:
receive serious attention.

uct Safety Specialist for the federal depart-

ment of Consumer and Corporate Affairs was in Terrace this week -

on an interesting “mission”. She carried with her a thick piece of

lucite plastic with a large hole in the center, with which she was

_ testing childrens toy rattles. If the rattles headpieces are able to

pass through the hole inthe plastic they are considered unsafe toys

' and must be taken off sale. If the rattle head is too large to pass

through the hole, this means they cannot be swallowed by the child,
lodge in the child’s throat , or get stuck in the child’s mouth.

B.C. leader declares
Bennett unfit for job

“The negativism of
Premier Bennett and his
lack of faith in the
economy of British
Columbia renders him
unfit for his job’ said Vic
Stephens, leader of the
Progressive Con-

. servative Party of British

Columbia. Speaking at a
Board 0 Officers
meeting on Saturday
Stephens ‘said that
“British Columbia is rich
in resources beyond our
wildest dreams and our
people are strong and
vital and it’s time we told
the Premier and. the
whole world that we
believe our future is
greater than our past.’’

Referring to Bennett’s
key not address to the
annual Socred Con-
vention, Stephens said
that ‘‘the Premier is
naive if he really believes
that the rest of Canada
just

will shape up

because he damands it to,
Blaming the other
provinces for the failure
of the British Columbia
economy is simply a
refusal to accept

responsibility on his own:

shoulders where it
belongs. I don;t hear
Premier Lougheed

crying about the failure
of Alberta's economy and
I believe Britishg
Columbia is every bit as
strong or even stronger
thaan Alberta.’’

“The way to effect a
change in the fiscal and
economic policies of the
other provinces is. b
example not be demand.
Let’s get our own house in
roder in British Columbia
and show the other
provinces how well it

works”... Stephens said,

While agreeing with the
Premier’s remarks that
the cost of government
should be limited and

more money left in the
hands of the. taxpayer,
Stephens said.

- Branch

Senior’s
Party

The Downtown Lions
of Lions In-
ternation will be hollding
their annual Senior
Citizens’ Party at- the
Terrace Hotel . on
Thursday, December 29
at 7:30.

Included in the en-
tertainment program for
this eagerly anticipated
event will be a piano
recital by pupils of
Marilyn Davies; an
exhibition of dancing by
Vicki Parvianen, and old
time fiddling by Rennie
Therrien. |

Last year over 80 at-
tended the scecial func-
tion, and this year the
‘Lions are expecting a
similar turnout.

According to Lions’
Zone chairman Hugh W.
Hepburn, in an interview
with the Terrace Herald,
the Seenior Citizens’
Society has been notified,
and preparations are
already well underway to
ensure its success.

Use of the banquet
room at the. Terrace
Hotel for the party has
been donated by Augie
Geereart, woner-
manager of the Hotel.

Transportation for the
Senior Citizens will br
provided by the Down-
town Lions Club. Persons
requiring further in-
formation are asked to
phone 635-7202 days or
638-1754 evenings. The

same numbers:apply for

ose. needing tran-
sportation to the party.

College
opening

VICTORIA (CP) — The
Max Bell Hall of the
Lester B. Pearson
College of the Pacific
campus near here was

officially opened Wed- .

nesday.

The $700,000 building,
which contains a 360-seat
theatre, is a gift of the
Max Bell Foundation of
Calgary.

Taking part in the
opening ceremony were
R. §. Malone of Toronto,
chairman of the foun-
dation, and John Nichol
of Vancouver, chairman
of the college board.

Pearson is one of three
United World Colleges.
The other two are in
Wales and Singapore.
Their aim is to promote
international under3
standing through
education. Students, all
scholarship winners,
come from countries

_ throughout the world,

_ The college awards an

i
calaureate earned by two
years of study following
Grade 11. -_

‘FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1977
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Trevor Hendry, above, who will be 3 in Ja

looking forward to attending Lazelle Pre &&¢
month. Dept. of Human Resources refusal to rales the
subsidy of $40 per h per child which has not been

changed since 1871

wae
went

has forced its closure on

December 31st, and the layoff of all five staff mem-
bers, accord - spokesmen, Thursday. Superviser
Mary McNairnay, holding Trevor above, volunteered
to work without pay andthus enable the school tekeep
open until the end of the year,

Despair Voiced At
Pre-school Closure

For the 41 pre-school kiddies attending the
Lazelle Pre School’s morning and evening classes,
amid the glow of Christmas festlyities, the aut -

., Jook for the New.:Yeap |s bleak, indeed.

The pehool ataff q

f three have alzes

dy retelved

their lay-off notices, effective December 31. After
that the school must close down.

Already 20 other such child care and education
facilities have had to close their doors in B.C.

; since September.

Terrace's Lazelle Pre-School would, also, bave
been closed by now had it not been for the self-
sacrifice of Mary McNairnay (pictured abeve)'
who received notice in November that she would
be laid offat the end of the month. of

Had Mary not agree d to continue w
the year’s end, without pay the school wou

until
have

been unable to meet its commitments and would

have closed November 30th. .
The other three members of the staff - ons

Supervisor and 2 assistants will join the ranks of

the unemployed January pent year.
ear it w - for them

“What a Happy New

Ist, next year.

and for all these 41 kids” a parent said, Thuraday.
The problem arises from the system for funding

that has remained uncha

ed since 1971, ac-

cording to one spokesman for the .
“The B.C. government has set a eabakdy of $40

per child per month that has been un for
the past é years, despite inflated costs of every
else.

There is also a fixed cost of $40 per month for

those able to

y. However, most of our pupils

are from families on welfare - and of course we

cannot charge them.”

As to the costs for thelr schooling, premises,
ete., as far as the Herald was able to find out, the
Government makes absolutely no subsidy

whatever,

So strongly do the staff and parents feel that the
decision to make the Lazelle Pre-School the 24st,
child car and educational faciilty a casualty in
B.C,, staff members and fellow sympathizers -
and possibly even children - will join in a
picketting of the Dept. of Human Resources of-
fices on Lakelse Ave. at noon Friday (today).

“Maybe it won't do any good. Terrace is a long
long way (in more ways than one)from Victoria,"
one mother said bitterly, Thursday, clutching a

child.

“But at least we'll have tried.”

And whoknows? Maybe there IS a Santa Claus,
Virginia! Perhaps he will remember Terrace.
Goodness knows Terrace could use a visit frem

Santa, right now.

3 years probation

A 22 year old Terrace
woman appeared in
Terrace County Court
Thursday for sentencing
on a manslaughter
charge.

Dorothy Duncan was
earlier convicted of
manslaughter in con-
nection with the death of
her 21 month = old
daughter Amelia.

The court found the.
child had died as a result
of being struck by her
mother,

Judge Richard Low,
after reading a pre-
sentence report from
Duncan's probation oi-
ficer, said the initial
reaction to manslaughter

eases is to puncish,
severely and harshly, but
because of the cir-
cumstances in Dunean’s
case, he ordered three
years probation.

Both Crown prosecutor
Jack Talstra and defense
counsel Don Brown asked
for leniency and stated
that incarceration would
not be necessary in this
case because Duncan is
neither a person whom
the public needs to be
protected from, nor
would rehabilitation be
accomplished in jail.

Judge Low stated that
the circumstances of the
beating may have ot-
curred because of

Duncan’s _ background,
the fact that her marria
e was unstable an
because she was in a
state of depression at the
time.

Duncan continues in
this depression, he said,
and it would not be in her
interest or the public's
interest for her to be

jailed.
Judge Low went on to
say that Duncan's

prospects for the future
are limited, and he hoped
she would receive sup-
port from the . com-
munity.

Conditions of the three
years probation are that

uncan report regularly

‘she was

to her probation officer,
she reside in Terrace
unless approval is given
for her to move, she
submit to mental health
counselling, she seek and
maintain suitable em-
ployment or return to
school and she not be
permitted the respon:
sibility for caring for
children in any manner
or capacity.

Duncan has two other
children who are wards
of the Superintendent of
Child Welfare. At the
time of the baby’s death,
regnant with
another child, but has
since undergone abortion
and sterillzatton.

COMP. 77/73

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