i oar oir ereareeccrreraare, B.C. BRIEFS: * NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C, (CP) — A prison guard says a prisoner lunged at him with something that appeared to be metallic in his hand whan he opened the peaoner's cell on July 8, Tg The, A var Marvin Henderaca of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional In- stitute (Oakalla) was testifying Friday in his own defence in county court. Guards. Gordoy House, Dale Meldrum and Hen- derson cet Bly assa prisoner Rus! Pato tm bla cell, - RICHMOND, B.C, (CP) — Three people escaped ‘serious injury when'a 12- metre pleasure boat ex: ata gas barge on the Fraser River. Police said the: Norsuka had just taken on 450 litres of gas when the explosion occurred. . i LYTTON, B:C, (CP) — A forest fire burning over a : under contro] Sunday ‘near this Fraser Canyon com- officer, sald the blaze was not completely contained, | but expected: strong winds " REVELSTOKE, B.C. (cr — No injuries were reported Sunday when Via Rall ’ passenger carrying persons struck a.mud and rock slide and partially ‘derailed onthe CP Rail main line about 45 kilometres east Columbia community. - CP Rall spokesman Bob Ferguson said two locomotives, a baggage car and a crew car of the * westhound train left- the: rails about 1240:a.m: Service: was expected to be restared later Sunday. Ferguson sald passengers ‘Three escaped blast _* Egon Folz of Vancouver, 230-acre area was partially munity. Mee ‘Bob Gibbs, fire protection. dump. of this eastern British . perce eed Henderson told Judge D. E. McYaggart that he did not remember telling anyone that Elliot may have had a weapon when the prisoner's. cell waa opened that mor- me testified that whien Elllat attackee Bim te pushed oner into the celt and then went in after him. The two struggled for a moment, Henderson sald, before Meldrum :and House arrived on the scene. Hendergon said the three guards forced Eliot down so that his torso was flat on the bunk, with his hands held be- hind "him. J owner of the craft, and his son, Jon, received minor cuts and burns, but managed to jurup clear of the burning wan vl aldentlfted worker on the fuellng barge also suf- fered minor injuries. — A line was attached to the burning vesse) and {t was towed to the middie of the river, where (t burned to the waterline. ploded and burned Saturday ve i - | Fire under contol could cause 4 problem, | Gibbs sald 22 men, four tractors, a tank. truck and two helicopters were being used to fight the fire which began Saturday in & garbage No Pi njuries were reported and the cause was under investigation. . Slide derails train were! “fansported Kamloops by bus and flonn from there to Vancouver. WEATHER An onshore flow continues to bring molst Pacific air, cloudy: skies and occasional shiwerg.!2 Joo-10 an The high today is 17 degrees Celsius and. the overnight low is 10 degrees. by Linda Purschke. *“There’s a lot of women isolated in the north, especially when it comes to community activities,” said Carin Miller, one of the four staff members ‘at the Women's Growth Centre in Terrace. “We're one of the means for women in the community to get together," she continued. “We require input.” The. Women’s Growth . Centre, one of the newest services for women in the loca] ‘area, has been working to relieve. that isolation. The centre, which held its ° official opening in its new location at 4711 Lazelle Avenue on May .23,: provides women with a chance to meet people, solve a problem, or just plain talk. .. ‘The centre, which has been funded by a Canada Works grant since January, moved from its former location in the Tillicum Theatre building to the new premises on Lazelle and has done some expansion of their programs in the process. “We've never had a drop-in centre before, “Miller explained. “We were an office, now we're acentre,” she continued, “and there's a big dif- . ference. A lot of people have been stopping :in."’ Since opening in the new location, the ‘staff, which also includes Frances Birdsell, Sher Morgan, and Candace Barker, has been werking to promote the new concept, “Weire sort of a community centre for women,”’ Miller sai Miller and Mergen also by no means. its only function, the centre did have the resources to help women who have a problem they would like to discuss. "We're. .strietly an access and referral service,”’ Morgan said.- Who can resist a little Baby Duck? This bubbly blend of a rich red wine and a sparkling white has arefreshing taste. you'll really take to. Beautiful. ; No wonder at’ any get-together, alite Baby Duck Lod is right at home. ae ANDRES VINTINERS OF FINE WINES “But we can offer a little counselling and a lot of moral support.” Morgan explained the, centre had a working relationship with other community organizations, such as the department of human resources, the RCMP, and’ the psychiatric unit ‘at «= Mills Memorial Hospital, and said the staff was able to put women .in contact with - the professionals they might need to see. - “We have the access to the information women might need," she stated. “We're not trying to duplicate services, and we ve had a lot of support from other services."’ Miller described some of the programs available. to women that originated at the centre, ‘One of the ‘ynost popular programs is “Women's Night Out”, which is scheduled every second Thursday. The most recent “Women’s Night Out” was held May 31. On that occasion, Doctor Kobierski of Terrace spoke on the topic of women and cancer, ‘- Morgan said the evening was a tremen- dous success and said the topic generated much discussion. “The discussion started ‘out as about women and cancer,”’ but the number of questions that came up were phenomenal,” she said, The next ‘Women’s Night Out’ will be held during the day and evening of June 14, with the topic. being “Women and Employment”’, . Miller described some of the other services ‘available for women * explained that, although . - ‘from the centre, such as at-home visits. “Anyone who wants to see us, if they couldn't come tous, if possible, we could go to them,” she said. “If they didn’t have ‘gome one they could call about something, they | could call us. Some other services the’ centre sponsors are film series, which present ‘‘a cross-section of films about women’? most produced by the national film hoard, and a “habysitting directory” Morgan explained | the drop in centre tried to ‘keep a welcoming at- mosphere that en- couraged participation. “We're apolitical,” she explained. “We want to be non-threatening to all woémen,” “We're not a group of hard-nosed feminists. Men do come in here,” added Miller. After the current Canada Works funding runs out in January, 1920, the centre's finances are The Herald, Monday, June 4, 1979, Page 3 Trying to fight their isolation want to stay alive, we're just not: sure how yet." Morgan stated that for -the moment, while the “operating budget is not enormous, we have been managing.’ She added the group was always on the lookout for donations of furniture to help create a com- fortable atmosphere and said other donations, such as children’s toys, would be appreciated. The staff members also noted that a recent $50.00 Anyone’ interested in any of the programs at the centre or anyone interested in talking to any of the staff can either drop in to the centre or phone 635-5145 for further information. The drop-in centre is open 8:30.a.m, to 4:00 p.m. weekdays and is open from 7:30 p.m. every Thursday evening. “A lot of women come in and say they wish this centre had been here a few years ago,” said Morgan. “There’s.a lot of -basis. uncertain. “We will be looking into some long-term fun- ding,” said Miller, “We which lists names of people interested in babysitting on a casual pleasant feellngs associated with a operation like this," she concluded. donation from the Kitimat-Terrace Labor Council had been much appreciated. Students here are to be hooked in Students at Northwest Community College’. in Terrace will be participants ina new form af com- munications technology,-as part of an experimental program in television education that will begin in the fall of 1979, As part of a co-operative effort between the college, the ministry of education, and the federal department of communication, the College will be providing live instruction via Anik-B satellite in several British Columbia Institute of Technology programs, such as retailing, mining technology, forest utilization and construction administration, there will also be a refresher course for graduate nurses. “This is an experiment to try to bridge the | geographical distance between special BCIT courses and small numbers of people in the area interested In, taking those courses,” said Gary Karlsen, distance education co-ordinator at Northwest College. “Each classroom will be equipped to handle twenty students, using four television sets and four telephones,” continued Karlsen. The-program has-been tagged “Interactive In- structional Televigionj:and Karlsen explained how the program went beyond any kind of correspondence. - “Students at BCIT will also bein front of a television with telephones. | Qt’ students will not be disad- yantaged,”’ he- said, Karlsen also added that the programs ‘will be simultaneously broadcast to four other colleges in the province. . - “We're all interconnected,” continued Karlsen. Students at all of the terminals at all of the colleges EXPI will be able to ask the instructor questions ‘im- mediately and will be able to hear other questions. Students at other colleges ean even ask questions of our students." Karlsen added the college hopes to.be able to offer the program out of its centre in Prince Rupert,'and said the programs available in Terrace will be rebroadcast in January as part of a second semester offering. Some of the courses will be e eligible for credit at BCIT. POLI cE NEWS Kitimat RCMP say there - are lota of found blevoles.at the police station. The bikes must ‘be identified before they can be clalmed. ’ Police did not release the names of the people invalyed in a motorcycle and car accident near Radley Park on June 2 at 4:65 p.m. The driver of the cycle received serious injuries and is stillin | Kitimat General Hoapital. _Charges are pending In- vestigation. _ JUNE1L. -dalm Another ‘Kitimat ‘resident was treated for minor chest injuries on June 2. after a single’ motor vehicle ac- cident on Kuldo at 8 p.m. The owner. of a lost motorcycle. helmut . can: t at the 'i:Kiltmat RCMP station after it has been proper!" identified. ‘Terrace RCMP are looking for a stolen tan and white Ford pickup truck, licence ‘ number 0662 HW. APPLY NOW.