: panied fof Tg la ae gpg ar tain del - 'FERRACE — Speeches and ,dances marked the opening of a carving shed at the . Kitselas band’s Kulspai sub- ’ division on Queensway Aug. WW, > The .shed, built in longhouse style, will be the home of carvers and their students beginning next year, -It’s 25 X 40 feet in size and is the second such longhouse - design to be built by the band : ‘in two years. A smaller longhouse finished ‘this spring will act as an information centre for a planned historical park at the band’s original Kitselas home on the Skeena River. .., Prince -Rupert...-master. :: carver Dempsey Bob, who _. Will teach at the school and ‘who donated the concrete for the foundation and floor, said the shed and the school is a return. to Tsimshian culture. “People are waking up to our. culture. We have to get _ back to our culture because that’s who we are," said” Bob. “We have to keep the values of our culture, our people, our beliefs and adapt them to today,” he said. Stan Bevan, a student and nephew of Bob’s who will also be an instructor, said he was glad to see the Tsimshian - return to traditional ways. “Our tradition and our culture make us strong. We see. the -Gitksan ..and .the.. . Nisga’a are strong and the _Tsimshian are coming back,” he said. CARVER STAN Bevan was one of the dancers marking the opening of the Kitselas band’ S ‘carang shed at its Kitselas subdivision on Queensway last Fray, Bevan will be one of the Instructors at the school which starts classes next year. ulture boosted. Ken MeNeil, another nephew and student of Bob’s who will also instruct, said art represents the strongest part of Tshimshian culture. “Our history is through our art and I’d like to see more art at Kitselas,’’ he said. ° Also being .built at the Kulspai subdivision is a 45 by 90 foot longhouse which will act as a community halk. It'll be finished this winter and contain a large central meeting and activity room and a kitchen. The . Kulspai subdivision will also be home to Nor- thern- Native Broadcasting, Ivllbe housed in..a new building “that:Will also con- tain offices for ithe Kitselas band. ~ f Chiquita BANANA imported * Fresh, .86/kg olympic Sliced or’ orshaved 4. 19... TERRACE — Recent bad Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 22, 1990 — - Page Aa _Usk group backs - ferry operators | publicity about the highways . ministry ferry service across the Skeena River to North.Usk east of Terrace is giving the tiny community a bad name, -say residents who held a press con- ference Aug, [7. They said complaints, more than 30 of which were compiled and given to the highways ministry this spring, were most- ly trivial and don’t recognize [* that the small ferry operation . does provide a valuable service. Allegations given the ministry included ferry operators threatening and intimidating passengers, operators. being drunk on the job and operators refusing to carry people they did — not like, An investigation into the complaints in early summer lead to the transfer to other duties of the one operator against whom most of the complaints | had been made. District highways ° manager John Newhouse, in announcing the transfer, also said the re- maining. workers were given a series of workshops on dealing with the public. “Disciplinary action’ was taken and that should have been an end to it,’’. said Robert Crosby, one of 1§ residents at- tending the Aug. 17 community THATS, Bob Price, one of the ferry workers North Usk residents came out in support of last week. hall meeting. ’ Yet some residents would not let the matter rest, a situation Crosby said he found “em-’ barassing and angering.” Emphasizing the majority of people supported — the ferry operators, Cord LaFond — an operator himself — pointed out all but four residences were represented at the gathering. While there was general agreement some of the 36 com- plaints on the original list were legitimate, those present described many of them’ as ‘*trivial.”’ As an example, they pointed to one complaint which alleged an operator came out of the ferry shack ‘with half his shirt tucked in and the other out and his stomach showing.” Many also took exception-to the way.a community survey on. the ferry service had been con- ducted. Although the list of complaints had been compiled based on responses to that ques- tionnaire, they said the end result ignored the service “the ferry provides. Tim Westjohnson suggested the prablem was while ferry ac- cess had at onetime simply been . regarded as part of the North Usk way of life, there’ were some who now saw it as an in- convenience and were taking it out on the operators. Steelhead run declines TERRACE — The fish and wildlife branch bas put on hold ’ plans to increase the steelhead catch quota in the Skeena River following a sharp decline in the number of fish entering the river. Current regulations allow anglers to take only one steelhead per year. However, unexpectedly high returns in the early part of the run created the possibility of easing that restric- * tion. As of Aug. 5, 11,527 steelhead were estimated to have entered the river, based on results from a test fishery bet- ween Terrace and Prince Rupert. That total was on a par with the 10-year average and more than double the number (4,664) to the same date in 1989. However, figures released Friday by head biologist Bob Hooton show only 3,267 fish entered the river the following week — a 30 per cent drop. Pointing out the figure is the sixth lowest for that particular week in the past 26 years, Hooton added it is also the point the run traditionally nears its peak. _He said the turnaround had now’ forced the branch to “adopt a wait and see ap- proach.” It would: ‘continu, ta monitor the run closely and any decision on relaxing catch regulations would likely be Congratulations * Foods _, ~ Lorraine (with son, - Jared) Eaverman, the ~ winner of the Danby Freezer Promotion _ Sponsored by Safeway and General is pictured receving her prize from Frozen Food Dept. Manager, John Kennedy. /STANDING | RIB ROAST Bone In cut from Canada Grade A Beef, $7.47 /kg an 3.39 made within the next two weeks. ee. te Meanwhile, the fish.. and wildlife branch is asking anglers to be on the lookout for both tagged and adipose fin-clipped (hatchery) steethead. 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