sure things didn’t get out of hand Oct. 31. That's Con- stable Dave Nassichuk with some of what was collected. Quiet night for Hallowe’en FOR THE SECOND straight year, the ghosts and goblins were on good be- haviour. “Tt was unbelievably quiet,’ said Terrace RCMP Staff Sgt. John Veldman. “There were no acis of vandalism to speak of.”’ Police were on alert for a repeat of the Hallowe’en riot of two years ago when a horde of youths barricaded Lakelse Ave. wilh shopping carts and smashed storefronts throughout downtown. “We had a lol of officers out there,’” Veldman said, adding that there were also five foot patrols of two of- ficers each. The odd egg was thrown, and a few firecrackers were set off. , “T have to give the young - people credit,” Veldman said. ‘‘They were very well behaved this year.”’ kkk kk Two days before this Hal- lowe’en a Terrace man was sentenced in court for his participation in the i991 disturbances. Michael Rhodes, 20, was sentenced to two months in jail and was ordered to pay $500 restitution for property damaged. VOTE David D. Hull Councillor ~ Committed to the City of Terrace and it’s residents. DESCENT: NTO -MG@DNES Come and Meet ~ VERNON ~ FROLICK who will be signing copies of his book ‘Descent Into REEL SKEENA MALL Madness’ FRIDAY, NOV. 12th 7:00 p.m.-8:00 pam COLES the book people! F Can't make We, Order your aulographed copy by phone - 635-9226 SKEENA MLA Helmut Gics- brecht has asked the Ombudsman to investigate the actions of a pravincial civil servant. The request by Glesbrecht is based on letters either collected by or written by Fred Glover, an organizer for the B.C. and Yukon Territory Building and Construc- tion Trades Council. The letters allege that ‘Terrace- based labour ministry official Roger Davis acted improperly during a 1988 vote among em- ployees at the Cheni gold mine northeast of Smithers. The yote was to sce if workers would go along wilh a company request to vary their working hours. The company wanted the num- ber of hours it didn’t have to pay overtime extended beyond what is called for in the Employment Standards Act. Glover alleges that Davis did not act impartially during the bal- loting. He was one of two labour ministry officials sent to the mine site to oversee the vote. The variance Jasted until em- ployees negotiated a collective agreement the following year. In his letter to Ombudsman Dulcie McCallum, Giesbrecht said it was important for the inci- dent to be investigated. “Tt apparently is cause for great concer among construction trade ‘workers here in the northwest and would appear to be making it dif- ficult for the cmployment stan- dards office to carry out their duties with the appearance of im- partiality,” wrote Giesbrecht. . Speaking afterward, Giesbrecht said Glover has raised the issue repeatedly with him. “In fact I did my own investi- gation and referred it to the labour ministry and they did theirs and thought it would be betier resolved by going 1o an agency that has credibility as far as complaints are concerned,’ said Giesbrecht of the referral to the Ombudsman. The MLA did add that there is more to the story than what has been said and that he expects Davis to provide a lot of informa- tion. Davis would not comment directly on the issue other than to say the Ombudsman is the correct place fo send complaints. The variance was granted to Cheni at first without an employ- ‘The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 10, 1993 - A13 Gov’t ombudsman asked to probe labour official ce vote. Until the variance was granted, workers worked 10 days straight time and two days with overtime before being rotated out for a two-week periad. 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