TERRACE — Volunteers are
manning tables in the city’s three .
malls this week. as the latest -
protest ta health cuts at the hospi-
lal takes place,:

They’ Tre handing out 19, 000
mail-in cards addressed to health
minister Elizabeth Cull, - ,

On the back j is a two paragraph
message and: space for the
sender's address and’ signature.

“T disagree with | your, ‘minis-.
try’s decision not to provide addi-.
tional funding for ‘northern hospi-._
tals, including - Mills “Memorial :
Hospital in Terrace,’?- “reads the’
first paragraph. poe

“We are not ° second: ‘class ”
citizens and demand that your
ministry provide additional fund-:
ing to Mills Memorial. before:

Malo’ and. ae ‘
—_ id

beds, jobs and medical services
are lost,’” it concludes,

: Mills faces the closure of 22 of
its 89 beds and the loss of 10 full
time ‘equivalent jobs.to balance a;
budget deficit of $525,000. -

That atose when: the ‘proviiice -
_ froze ‘hospital budgets j at - last’
year’s Jevels, leaving the facilities
to. cover “jnflation’ and. wage. in-

creases. with the same. amount of

money as they had in 1991...

And those people who. will lose bys

theit jobs ate getting their layoff -
letters this week. on o

The layoffs will take place aoe:
; cording. to. the worker’s senlority. .

undér applicable contract; Provi-
sions.

Hospitat adniinistrator: -Miciwel._
Leisinger said the bed. ‘closures.

will start July 1.

Elaine Pigeau, head of the joint
action committee of hospital
workers, management ‘and. ather
people set up to protest the cuts,

said there'll. be people at “the

tables during mall hours up to and
including this Sunday.

“We. want one. signature : per
card, If two people sign them, it
makes it too-hard to count and
keep track,’’ sald Pigeau..

The cards can’ be Jeft with the

volunteers. and: postage. will, be
‘taken care: ‘of by: ‘the’ committee,

“she added,’ :
The cards follow, a’ May

t, “outdoor”

* rally ‘in which ‘more. thin’ 300.
‘people. heard Speeches. by. local
_. officials. in protest ‘of the cuts,»

This is the second time in two
years the joint action commiltee
has organized. activitles to protest

‘cuts,

-, Last. year the hospliat. faced bed
closures. aid: layoffs. which .were
later called off alter the provin-
cial government . agreed: to pro-
vide more money, bow

The committee gathered 14, 000
signatures ona Petition i in Support
of ile hospital.

Cards’ will: also be sent to the
Hazeltons,’ Stewart’ and the Nass

‘Valley, said Pigeau. OEE

-. Northwest hospital repreventa-
‘tives: gathered. here last week for
a strategy session on what to'do

- about regional health care.prob-

lems. That story on Page A2. Je

STRONG.‘ MESSAGE.
Elaine Pigeau, ‘head: of the’ joint, ‘action commities _protesting '
health care spending cuts, hold one of 10, si
‘health minister Elizabeth Cull, You can. sign, i
_ City's three malls this week.”

Mills Memariat : nurse, "Karla, ‘Beam: and '

dies to:

rpack arid other guiding and: brownie groups ‘ta ‘ail
ays: pance soaks ledders.: Recruits to hil out ‘the moverhe

_ Mart — rejained’ open on Vite’ 4

‘Tt stands as. a

_ part of. Usk that Min nal ie
tend toremember,.- -
This weekend,-in honour of the

country’s 125th. birthday celebra-

tions, there will be a rededication
of the Usk Pioneer Chapel. « :

Built as a 1967. centennial year
project, the chapel is a replica of

an earlier church. ~

During ‘the’ construction’ of the

Grand Trunk Pacific tailway;
Canon T.J. Marsh devoted his life

to missionary work between Ter

b

race and Usk.: ~*~
Twelve miles from Terrace: anid

(he nearest church, the: mining .
village of “Usk had no - place. of
«worship. ~The. ‘Marsh’ Memorial.”

Church. was’ built “during ‘the
1920s as a tribute to- Canon
Marsh. °

Orleans

to watch the mill

TERRACE -- Mt. Layton Hot
Springs Resort owner Bert: Or-
leans has been elected as .the
Lakelse Community - Associa
tion’s representative on the com-
mittee that will monitor Orenda’ -
Forest Products’, planned $400--
million paper nile a

Orleans — who stated his Sup
port for the new mill last,
beat out Kelly. Kline;
the Orenda ae :

Bur ‘on 1 May. 30, 1936,” “the

e Skeeiia. flooded its banks, One | Bp
.. house, lifted by the torrent, was
-gaved when it lodged against the

pstream side of the church... -.
: Except for a small upright table

with a Bible still on top, muuch of

ihe church .was' destroyed,
- Thirty years later, in 1966, a de-

“cision was made to build a replica “|

‘of the original church,

~ Itwas built through the effort of

‘the Terrace Christian Reformed
Church congregation and Leen
VanderKwaak’s . carpentry: skills

ondand ‘donated by Bill McCrae.

“The: chapel: ‘was repainted in
1990, and sirice then volunteer
painters Casey and Pini Braam
have been its caretakers,

The rededication ceremony will
be at 4pm, June 14. at the Usk
Pioneer..Chapel. Everyone’s in-
vited.

chosen -

‘Sandy Sandhals.

"There are a hell of a Jot moré
for than are opposed {to the
mill)” said Sandhals, who will

be. the Kitimat-Stikine reglonal.

- distritt's “representative. on the

same committee. “And the ones

‘Famillar sight. The tiny white chapel at Usk is being rededicated

this weekend in honour of the country's 125th birthday.

_ Gitwangak put in a competing ap-

"up with a detailed business plan

TERRACE — A local con-
venience store . operator. says .
provincial laws requiring. the
city’s big grocery and department...
stores to close‘'on ‘statutor' boll
days are “‘ajoke??.
Brian Patrick, of Agar R
White Grocery, says, becom: |
plained. to the. RCMP on ‘Victoria
Day, when most. of those ie
stores were Open, Synth
‘Becatise there is no. local cl y- a3
bylaw regulating. “holiday and.
weekend shopping, the. provincia

. Holiday. Shopping. A ctalaainget ae

fect, It prohibits Sunday ‘open! ngs"
sof large stares and is acted’ “upon _
only when there is 4 complaint. fo
Patrick ‘says most: ‘of the larger.
stores. — including, “Safeway,
Overwaitea, Woolworth's and, K+:

toria Day, May 18...
“I'm biaséd of. course _ its a
gravy day far small stores,”

Recon
meeting =

TERRACE — The plans ofa
company that wails . to build ‘a.
multi-million-dollar.”’. wilderness
hiking resort northeast’ ‘of. liere
will be open. for all 10

week. >.

A. public meeting i is scheduled
June 16, from,.6 to 10: p.m... in’
room 328 at te In of the’ West’
into the. proposal by Seven Sisters.
Ventures Ltd, .

Proposed ds/an 1 000 square
foot main lodge near Doreen on
the far side of the Skeena ‘River
from the Seven Sisters. The $12.6
million proposed project. also.
calls for 55 miles of trails, remote
cabins and suspension bridges.

Seven Sisters Ventures is now
the sole remaining applicant for a°
licence to. develop such a com-
mercial backcountry’: recreation
licence in the area. «

Several Gitktan:: chiefs.

“Major stores.
“money is being |

“There’s ‘no sjridication yel ‘of
when. ‘council: ‘will : consider the

referendi im,

from

plication last: year, but: that was
rejected when they failed to come

or the requited $10, 000 letter of
credit, .

Some Gitksain leadets have said
they will oppose the P project,

| ‘al here are on‘ hold, i pending
“ wreview of its operatlons.
The

_ recommendation: te _ hold the |