A2- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 17, 1996

Motel union bid fails (GIRIVUE | aul!)

Stor PF ress

RCMP | axe py vehicles

NEARLY HALF of the vehicles stopped in RCMP
roadehecks in Terrace and Thornhill on Saturday were
condemned.

A total of 50 vehicles were examined and 21 of the
those were condemned. Sixty charges were € laid, and
six vehicles were towed; ;

The inspections turned up a number of flaws;
including cracked and broken frames, no frames, bro-
ken suspensions, large holes in floors, excessive rust,
defective stcering and bud brakes.

Man faces gun charges

TERRACE RCMP ‘say alcohol was definitely
involved in a domestic incident in Thornhill Monday
night which has one man facing a charge of attempted
murder,

Police arrested a 42-year-old man at a home on
Queensway alter getting a call about ,man with agun
in a home there, .

Staff Sgt John Veldman says one shot was fired
froma 20-eauge shotgun.

There was one womun in the house at the time. She
Was not injured, Veklnan says the two were involved
inatrelationship, ©

The man is also facing two counts of assault, point-
ing a firearm, discharge of a firearm and unsafe stor-
age of a firearm. He is being held in custody,

Husband run over twice

A WOMAN is alleged to have twice driven over her
retired husband when he stood in the driveway in
fyont of the car to block her exit.

RCMP Staff Sgt. John Veldman said the bizarre
incident took place on the 4800-block of Scott Ave.
last Tuesday,

The 68-year-old mun tried to prevent his wife from
driving drunk, Veldman said, and somehow ended up
being run over.

When the woman realized what she’d done, she
reversed direction — and ran over him again, Veldman
suid, ;

‘The husband was taken to Mills Memorial Hospital
for rib and possible Jeg fractures, Veldman said.

A woinan faces charges of impaired driving causing
bodily harm and failing to provide a breath sample.
She appears in Terrace provincial court May 24.

Youth hits police car

A 17-YEAR-OLD Terrace girl is facing a charge of
~eimpaited driving afteran*-RCMP vehicle was: side-
~ swiped carly Sunday morning,

Staff Sgt. John Veldman says a police cruiser was
heading northbound on Eby Street just after midnight
when it was hil by a southbound Suburban which had
made a wide turn out of Davis.

‘The police car sustained ubout $2,000 damage. The
girl will appear in court in May.

Fight victim in hospital

A 19-YEAR-OLD Nanaimo man is in Vancouver
General Hospital after a drunken fight in Terrace early
Sunday monning,

RCMP say the man was fighting with an 18-yeur-
old Terrace youth in the Esso parking lot at Lakelse
and Emerson at about 3 a.m,

He received some severe blows to the head and fs in
seriaus condition with skull fractures.

WORKERS AT the Terrace
Slumberlodge will not become part of u
union.

The employees voted at the Terrace
Access Center back on March 1, and the
14 ballots were opened Monday at the
Labour Relations Board in Vancouver,

Seven people had voted in favour of jain-
ing the Hotel, Restaurant and Birtenders
Union, and seven. were. against it’ The
union had needed 5] percent of the vote. ©

“I's really, really disappointing,” says
union business agent Wilma Redpath, “Its

sad for the people who thought they

should have union representation.”
A number of Sluinberlodge employees

’ signed union cards in February,

Shortly after that they were laid off, but
hotel management denied that had any-
thing to do with the card signing.

The workers ‘were called back to work
ten days later, but Redpath doubts many of
them are still there,

“They were called back,” she says, “But
they were Harassed and most have quit.”

Redpath says the union does not have
any plans to -try. and work with
Slumberlodge again.

Slumberlodge manager Bob Reid says
he's happy with thé outcome of the vote.

le 4 business as usual,” he Says.

But he denies management ever opposed
the process. “We weren't ever against il,”
he sirys. -

Nisga’a forums planned

TWO MORE public forums on the Nisga’a
agreement-in-principle are to lake place in
the northwest today and tomorrow,

Today’s session starts at 7 p.m, at the
Hudson Bay Lodge in Smithers,

Thursday evening’s session starts at 7
p.m. at Room 15 at Northwest Community
College in Kitimat.

The two public meetings will include
open question-and-answer sessions, but
they’li also break up into small workshop
groups for part of the meeting,

. The small groups will each focus on a

separate part of the deal — fishing and
hunling, forestry, and self-government.

They may be the first public meetings in
the norih at which all three negotiating
teams are present.

Federal and provincial representatives are
expected to attend, and there’s some pos-
sibility Nisga’a leaders will show up as
well,

The sessions are being organized by the
provincial aboriginal affairs ministry and
are co-sponsored by Northwest Community
College.

STOPPERS

Terrace Crime Stoppers are asking your
assistance in solving the break, enter & theft
from Skeena Cellulose located at 4900 Keith
Ave., Terrace, B.C.

The investigation has revealed that between
March 15th and 17th an unknown individual or
individuals gained access to the quality control
office of Skeena Cellulose and removed the
following:

One Empac- pentium 75° system, serial:
#107900.
One tower modem, model #GAS8G6A-

TEP/P256, serial 9550025173.
Mouse, model #MS MSO,-serial 404880454

The value of the theft is approx. $2150.00,
Internal theft has not been ruled out.

Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to
$1,000.00 for information leading to an arrest
and charges being Jaid against an individual
in this or other unsolved crime. If you have
any information call Crime Stoppers at 635-
TIPS, that’s 635-8477. Callers will not be
required to reveal their identity nor testify in
court,

Call 635-TIPS

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