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Vie ene ment

FOR ASSISTANCE

Pep takes applications

Provincial Emergency
Preparedness Secretariat
{PEP) is accepting in-
formation from victims of
heavy rains and flooding, but
it is only keeping a record at
this time, a PEP spokesman
said.

The Greater Terrace area
is eligible for aid after a
decision made Monday night
by members of the

provincial cabinet after
mecting with Alex Fraser,
minister of highways, and
hearing his report on con-
ditions here. The provincial
Zoveenment has agreed with
the federal government on
an emergency fund.

Cyril Shelford, Skeena
MLA, said Tuesday he was
very pleased by the cabinet
decision,

“Ht follows the recom: |
mendation 1 made to Alex
Fraser yesterday,” he said.

Shelford said he was
surprised by the boundaries
set for the disaster arca.
They include Stewart to
Houston and the Queen
Charlotte Islands to
Hazelton. “I'm surprised the
damage was thal
wide’spread,” he said.

Rail line disruptions
hurting local industry

Repairs to the damagea
Canadian National Railways
line between Terrace and
Hazelton are not expected to
be completed until Dec. 15
and local industries are
looking for alternate tran-
sportation.
- Bob Black, industrial
' yelations manager for Phole
Lumber in Terrace, says
business is not carrying on
as usual at the mill.

"]f we can maintain people

employed we will do so,” he.

said. Black said the mill had
to switch over to cedar

production because it cannot
get the natural gas needed to
operate the dry kilns.

Phole Lumber, a CanCei
mill, sells Jumber_ to
wholesalers and Biack said
he did not know if its
customers will accept late
deliveries.

“We have a number of
irons in the fire but we don’t
have anything definate for
alternate transportation,"
he said.

Brian Hemmingway, 4
public relations officer with
Alcan in Kitimat, said the

Few more soon
are unemployed

EDMONTON (CP) — A
decision by nine Alberta
cabinet ministers not to seek
reelection is of more than
casual interest to some
legislature employees.

They are the executive
assistants to the ministers
and probably will be out of a
job in a few months.

As well-paid right-hand
men or women, executive
assistants are personal
employees of the ministers,
although they are paid by the
fovernment. Unless they can
reach an arrangement with
an incoming minister they
must look elsewhere when’
their boss is defeated.

The jobs are worth keeping
,for, apart from the status of
working in:high government
circles, many use the

Seniors
better
off at
home

OTTAWA (CP) — Mem-
bers of ail political parties in
the Commons agreed
“Tuesday that senior citizens
should be helped to live
longer in their own homes
and won a promise from
Welfare Minister Monique
Begiti to look into the matter.

‘Thedebate during a sitting
of the Commons health
committee was led by 61-
year-old Dr. P.B. Rynard
(PC—Simcoe North) who
said that old-age pension
legislation discriminates
against the elderly who want
toremain at home as long as
possible before going to
homes for senior citizens.

Rynard said those living at
home have to face expenses
such as repairs, hydro bills
and other items that are
subsidized for residents of
old-age homes.

Stanley Knowles, the 70-
yearold for NDP member for
Winnipeg North Centre, said
enabling senior citizens to
retain their own homes
brings up the whole question
of services that can be
provided to them.

While these services were
the responsibility of the
provinces, Knowles said
federal makework grants,
suchas the Local Initiatives
Program, had provided free
services such as snow-
clearing, grass-cutting and
transportation for shopping.

“We should help the
pensioners enjoy life as long
as possible,” said Knowles. .
But he agreed that life for
the elderly now is betier than
it used to be ‘when they
were put in the back room
and waited to die.”

Armand Caouette (SC—
Villeneuve) said it is ex-
tremely difficult for senior
citizens to leave their homes
and adjust to institutions.

Begin said she agrees with
all the statements and will
look into them to see what
the federal government can
do.

The MPs were studying 4
government bill raising the
guaranteed income sup-
plement $20 a month in
January to each household.

positions as political step-
ping stones. And the salaries
can be good.

The pay, based on civil
service guidelines, starts at
about $18,000 a year for a
junior executive assistant
and can go to more than
$40,000, depending. on
seniority, qualifications and
the seniority of the minister.

Assistants often land their
jobs because they have been
active in party work . or
because of personal con-
nections with the minister.
They may also work up
through the ranks. Some as-
sistants ate seconded from
the civil service or they may
even start as secretaries ina
minister's office.” :
"Only tlitee of the executive

= assistants = working for

departing ministers have
made definite future plans.

Lee Roberts, who is with
Utilities Minister Allan
Warrack, is ‘going home to
be a mom.”

Lee and her husband
Terry, executive assisiant to
Environment Minister Dave
Russell, have a six-month-
old son. Mrs. Roberts, 41,
started as a secretary in
Warrack’s office and only
recently became executive
assistant.

Barbara Morrison,
assistant to Business
Development Minister Bob
Dowling, will go to an ad-
ministrative job in the tour-
ism area of the department.
She is 31 and became
assistant to Dowling J’
years ago after working in
the executive council office.

Mary-Joan St. Pierre, 23,
assistant to Attorney-
General Jim Foster, will
complete the second year of
a two-years masters
program in business ad-
ministration at e
University of Alberta. She
was previously a research
officer in the ‘advanced
education department.

Carol Clarke, 25, who
started in September as
executive assistant to Ad-
vanced Education Minister
Bert Hohol, said she has no
plans. She was previously an
administrative assistant.

¥vonne Brouwer is
another new execttive
assistant. She had been
administrative assistant to
Hospitals Minister Gordon
Miniely before former exec-
utive assistant Bill Lowen
left for a position within the
department. Mrs. Brouwer,
47, wouldn't mind staying.

Sylvia Price, 34, who is
with Solicitor-General Roy
Farran, said her future “is
on my list of things to con-
sider during the Christmas
recess.” She was previously
an administrative assistant
in a legal firm.

Catherine Arthur, 54,
hasn’t had time to make
plans. She is with Social
Services Minister Helen
Hunley. Miss Arthur, who
was previously director of
the Alberta women’s bureau
and before that spent 17
years in private industry,
retains her civil service
status.

Energy Minister Don
Getty's assistant, Tom
Wond, Is sure of one thing: he
doesn't want ta stay on.
Formerly in the investment
business with Getly, he may
return to business.

company is contemplating
using a barge service out of
Prince Rupert.

He said the impact of no
rail service is not a serious
problem for Alcan but “our
shipments have been
delayed.”

There is a barge service
between Alaska and Van-
couver which can apparently
be diverted to Prince

Most of Eurocan's
products in Kilimat are
shipped by sea but the
company is looking at the
barge service as an alter-
native to the derailed CNR
service, a company em-
ployee said.

Little Haugland and Kerr,
4m Terrace, will continue
with its production of poles
and lumber until the rail
service is re-established,
said Keith Melanson, office
manager.

He said the company shuls
down for two months during
the winter anyway and the
derailment is not expected to
affect the revenue at LH&K.

Festival
planning
underway

The Pacific Norhtwest
Music Festival executive
and committee members,
are now in preparation for

. the upcoming music festival,
: which is to be held in Terrace

in April of 1979.

The Music Festival offers
a wide selection of
classifications including
Piano, Instrumental, Vocal,
Accordian, Strings, Speech
Arts and Dance.

In previous years the
Music Festival has had
approximately one thousand
participants pilus bands,
drawing entrants from
Burns Lake to Prince
Rupert, from Stewart to
Aiyanish to Bella Coola and
all communities in between,
inchuding south eastern
Alaska.

The Official Sy!labus for
the Pacific Northwest Music
Festival is now available at
Sight and Sound in Terrace,
Kitimat and Prince Rupert,
algo at the Photo Shoppe in
Smithers. Anysne requiring
further Information please
write Box 456, Terrace, B.C.

arn 7

tona Campagnalo, Skeena
MP, told the Herald Monday
that the request for
assistance from the Disaster
Financial Assistance Fund
means that the federal and

provincial governments will - .

be sharing the costs of the
damages on 4 prearranged
cost-sharing formula.

“It will cover everything
from roads ta TV sets,” she
said,

COURT
NEWS

Osear Dennis was sen-
tenced to seven days in jail
after he pleaded guilty
before Judge Darral! Collins
on Tuesday in Terrace
provincial court. of being a
minor in a licensed
premises. .

Dennis was charged at the
Terrace Hotel on Oct. 21, He
told the court he was oniy
slanding in the outside en-
trance stairway to the beer
parlor.

Dennis was charged
earlier this year on a similar
offense, said Tom Bishop,
Crown counsel. Judge

‘Collins said in view of this,

and the fact that Dennis was
asked to leave the’ beer
parlor and did not, he was
imposing the harsher sen-
tence,

David Scott was sentenced
to pay a fine of $100 or spend
seven days in jail in default
after he pleaded guilty to a
charge of possession of
marijuana. He was charged
on Qct. 20 after police
discovered three marijuana
plants growing in the window
of his residence, Bishop said.

James Henry was given a
suspended sentence and
placed on his = own
recognizance to keep the
peace for three months alter
he pleaded guilty to being a
minor in a__ licensed
premises.

Henry was charged after
police discovered him seated
at a table in the Terrace

Hotel, said Bishop.

WEATHER

Good news for residents as
the weather trend indicales
drier and colder weather.
The forecast overnight was
expected to be cloudy with
some snow showers. Today
is expected to be cloudy with
some isolated snow showers
and sunny periods. The high
today is 3 degrees Celcius the
low is 0.

Local wins
scholarship

A Terrace resident is one
of 56 students. awarded a
President’s Special En-
trance Scholarship ta the
University of Vicloria for the
current academic year. The
local winer of the $500

Joanne Ames (left) and Betty-Anne Sager pose in a scene from the play

A SEARCHING DRAMA

Little Theatre group

stazes play here s

Terrace Little Theatre's
firsL production, Vanities, is
deecribed a witty, mature
comedy about three women.
The play is essentially a
revelation of personalities
and relationships. nee

Joanne (Joanne Ames) is a
sweet, somewhat naive girl
whose greatest ambition is to
be a good wife and mother.
Mary (Betity-Anne Sager)
just wants to be free and
independent, while Kathy
(Brenda Taft) is not sure

what she wants, although she
has undisputed talents as 4
decorator.

The play follows Joanne,
Mary, and Kathy from their
carefree, popular days a5
high school cheerleaders,
through their college days in
the turbulent 1960's, to 1974.
What happens to these three
friends is a reflection of the
changes in society during
this time. What happens to
their relationship is more
poignant and brings the play
to its climax.

Much hard work has gone
into this production, from the
actresses and the director,
Brian Koven, with the help of
production and stage crews.
The performance the
audience will see on stage is
the tip of the iceberg, Much
time, effort and hard work
hacks up each show. Terrace
Little Theatre is one of the
oldest amateur theatre
groups in the province (26
years).

Along with performances,
Terrace Little Theatre is

oon

running a special "Night Out
Raffle’, You can purchase
chances at the door to wina
$20 gift cerlificate to the
Terrace Hotel's dining room.
Two tickets will be drawn,
one each Salurday night
(November 18 & 25).

Vanities will be staged
Nov. 14 (cost only $1.50) and
Nog. 16 to 1 and Nov. 23 to
25. ($3.00 Thursdays, $4.00
Fridays & Eaturdays).

Tickets will be on sale at
McColl’s Real Estate or at
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