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publi¢ from meetings’ of .
hospital board. oe

The motion to amend a bylaw
to allow the general public to
attend board meetings wag
defeated by a vote of 26-13 after
forty-four members of the

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ospital |

__ Mills Memorial Hospital
Society has voted ta exclude the

the night. -

_ Under the.
constitution, the board.

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(Bill) Schoeps
| 635-2801

BOB PARKER FORD

‘ hospital. society. aired ‘the
controversial issue Wednesday
A 75 per-cent majority was:

required to amend the bylaw, —
existing

trustees have absolute power to
decide who may attend‘hospital

‘a

board. :

of the public was presented

A motion to amend the bylaw ,
_ and throw the meetings open to

John Chen-Wing, a teacher and
member of the hospital society. -

MEETING “MANIPULATED” SAYS MEMBER

board “meetings. "So far,
_attendarice “at . meetings. has .
been limited to members of the

by

factions.

 derving Terrace, The Hub Clty of. the Mighty 8

Chen-Wing had proposed that :
members of the hospital society
be admitted to all ‘meetings as

_ "observers and advisors.” *:.:

After -the “motion wa
_ defeated, Chen-Wing charg
‘that - the. meeting’ had - be

“manipulated’’ ; by: certain?

a
nt

ara oO

‘Association president and
board chairman Norman Miller |
Said that in his. view. existing
Pylaws limit board- meeting-
altendance. to trustees only.
Miller added that-the society's -
books and records were open to
Inspection by members, ;
“If the ‘motion had~ been

approved it would ‘have
required subsequent
endorsement by the provincial
health minister. - me
“If carried, the motion would
make Terrace — hospital
meetings the only board

‘meetings attended by the public -

in British Columbia,” ‘said

SL i aS ere SS AO

since tage carats anc tacnpeupanecapni murpenmepmatestecacatensaonn

. Miller.
**Chen-Wing

offer people insight into the

society’s affairs.

_ said . board
meetings should be brought in
line with. other. organizations
such as school board ‘and
municipal) meetings which |
allow - public’: attendance ‘and.

- Hospital society members. are #
currently. limited <to' ates
Beneral . and: specially * called
‘meetings, where: they only
listen to reports, he said. |

Chen-Wing added, the genera

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p “The attitude that a child
mW develops toward education and
fae life usually reflects his first

m experiences in kindergarten,”
Meesays Vivian I. Weldon,

Mm Supervisor of Primary
mee Instruction for Skeena-Cassiar

am School District.

m@. Mrs. Weldon told a meeting of
me school trustees and delegates
mae last §$ Wednesday that

om Kindergarten is not actually a
ma pre-school or play class.

m “Every activity worth having
min kindergarten is continued
‘with greater depth and

‘complexity throughout the
fee child's future school life,”’ she

ee said.

a 6Mrs. Weldon was
ma commentating on a_ slide
fe presentation of kindergarten

Se activities which she showed to

parents, delegates and trustees
3 at the meeting. ‘Things that

Bee look ‘like play-are“the most- -——

ee important experiences little
f children have,’ said Mrs.
Weldon. . oe

Most kindergarten
playgrounds are well equipped
and much of the equipment is
produced by local maintenance
men, she said.

Children jearn muscle co-
ordination, basic science,
languages and arithmetic in the
seven kindergartens operating
School District 88.
Kindergartens are so popular
that children try to sneak into
the classroom.

The Board heard a report
that the program at Hart
Farm Outdoor Education
Center on Kalum Lake had
opened on April 4. Every grade
m six student gets a chance to
am spend a week at the.farm which
is considered *‘just about ideal”
as‘a learning situation. ;
m No further plans are being

|} made for continuation of the
- water safety program that was

Ba discontinued last year. Several

children suffered skin infections
f after continuaus use of the pool.

United Church Minister Don
Lewis and Mennonite Church
minister John Balzer asked that
theschool board provide a room
for counselling of students by
members of the Terrace
Ministerial--a non-
denominational alliance of
church ministers. | * >

The ministers asked that
facilities be provided that they
could act on a rotation basis as

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residents.can fill them out- in

aes

Thirty-six horsemen in scarlet tunics will perform world-renowned RCMP Musical ride in Terrace June 26..

Ride coming

Its confirmed: ;

The world-famous Royal
Canadian Mounted Police
Musical Ride will be in Terrace
in June.

More than 10,000 people are
expected to attend the two

rformances planned for Lions

ark on the evening of June 26.

Musie for the show will be
played by the Terrace High
School Band conducted by
bandmaster Gordon Dickie.

Although the Lion’s Annual
Rodeo is slated to fail.on the
same day in the same place,
organizer Mrs. Hugh McKinnon
says that the rodeo activities
will be finished before the 36
horsemen in scarlet turnics ride
onto the field.

Terrace was chosen as site of
the performance because it is
strategically located. People
from districts within a one-
‘hundred: mile, radius¢<are
expected fo-aftend. 0°, 3,

The ride is jointly financed by
the federal government and the

“B.C, Centennial. Committee.

- Proceeds 6f local ticket sales--

about $1.50 per
defray expenses.

person--helps

Nose Count to_
employ t

Now is the time for-every red-
blooded Canadian man, woman
and child to stand up and be
counted,

Thirty. Terrace and- area”
residents will be employed in-
taking Canada’s’ nose-count in
May and June.

Art ’ Bates, . Census
Commissioner for the Terrace
area, says there has been no
shortage of applicants for. the
job. More than fifty people are

being screened for the part-time
work: the thirty who are chosen
will be notified by the end of this
week and start a brief training
course on how to deal with the.
publie.: re
- The census will be conducted.

‘on a do-it-youself basis: forms

will be’ dropped: off and

private. The sealed: envelopes

area. . :

used, "Tw
‘ es .- households will get a short-form.
Will be picked up later ‘by the *

“enumerators.
Bates, who has worked on

three previous census -- 1951, |

196] and the mini-census in 1966.
-" has been - appointed,
commissioner for Terrace and
all districts within a twenty-five
mile radius. Mrs. Laureen
McColl of Lakelse Lake will act
as commissioner for Stewart,
Hazelton North and the Nass

This year’s census will be

“Canada's eleventh decennial

census and will mark the one
hundredth anniversary "of
census-taking in Canada since
confederation.” Il will combine
three census in one: population
and housing, - agricultural .
holdings and business,

Two types of forms will be
Two cut of - three

which requires very «few.

Terrace Herald —.general
manager Gordon Hamilton has: -
armounced the appointment .of |
two -new ‘editorial staff
Members. oo a

Journalist Kayce ,White has _
been: named editor of the
Herald. She began her career in

journalism in 1952 with British - :

mm United Press and has since
worked for. Canadian. Star
a Weekly, ° Vancouver © Sun,

‘Maclean's. Magazine ‘and
Saturday Night. She is: also

@ author of a book on divorce |
|. which was published this year, .

Rudy “Haugeneder, - 24," who
Studied. journalism at: Mount

Royal College in Calgary joined °

S the Herald staff last week. as

‘Herald, and: the Comox. Free .

ieee
He is married and considers

“the horthern part. of British.

(Columbia to be “the last qutpost. ~~

of clean air.
.“T believe that Kayce and
Rudy: are. qualified "to

_ KAYCE WHITE

v4

do a first class job of keeping
(he people of this community
informed,” said Hamilton.

if

_ Bates,

received. ‘For the first time in

ur

answers. Every third
household -will be asked to give
detailed information about
housing, . education,
employment, migration and
income. a
Bates says that Canada leads
the world in census know-how.
“Canada is the only country in
- the world in which it was set up
under the BNA Act. that we
would have a census every ten
years--and it has been done,” he
‘said. -
. Bales. added that becaus
Canada leads the world in
census-taking know-how,

: bureaus of ‘statistics from

foreign ‘countries will have
observers on the scene to find
out how its'done. |

" Enumerators will begin
distributing’ the ' do-it-yourself
census forms on’ May 25th and
will work for _ approximately

“, threa weeks, ;

-"“Enumerators will no longer

stand‘on the doorstep and ask.

“questions,” said Bates. ‘The
forms. will be dropped off at
‘each household | and residents
can fill them out. in private.”
Each enumerator will call on

_ approximately 200-households.

Bates says ‘that some
enumeration areas will have to
be adjusted because of the

heavy increase in population
Since 1986. 8

The 1971 census will employ
more than 40,000 enumerators

- and 2,000 commissioners,

“Census. statistics “will be -
compiled as we go along,” says
information ‘into DBS as it is
history. the: census will. be .

compiled +:-. entirely, by:
computer." eS

"Cost of ‘the federal survey is
estimated ¢-at,..635. million.
, According ;to {th

a: Dominion
the payoff

Bureau of S al

s

sunny skies

April 17
- « April (8.
|. VApril 19
April 20
April 21
April 22
April 23

_ Weather report

Forecast for April 26-29:
‘Cloudy skies Monday night.
~ Winds southerly 10 to 15 miles
-f'per hour. Showers
»Tuesday morning clearing late
“Tuesday afternoon. Generally =

early

Wednesday.

| Expected highs in the mid 50's
‘with the evening lows in the mid
30’s for the three day period:

Low

Precipitation

Oo

48 mixed rain and snow
1,19 mixed rain and snow
.02 rain
0.

0.
trace of rain

Local centennial
representatives are expected to
provide accomodation for the
horses. ‘‘In fact they asked
about housing for the horses
before they asked about
accommodation for the men,”
said Mrs. McKinnon who has

seen the ride three times and‘

describes it as a “thrilling
event.” .
The Royal Canadian Mounted
Police Musical Ride is known
the world over as'the ultimate in
professional horsemanship. The.
origin is lost in: antiquity,
according to RCMP historians,
but it is possible -this
diversionary form of cavalry

drill was developed, if not:

originated, by. the cavalry
regiments of Britain.
British cavalrymen brought it

to Canada and to the North. -

West .Mounted Police. It

is

RCMP Musical |

recorded that a troop trained by. °

Sergeant-Major (later
Superintendent) -Robert
Belcher, formerly of: the ‘9th
Lancers, performed a musical
ride in 1876. aes
““The Ride” does not appear
to have become established
until sometime after the
institution of a police band at
Regina, for nothing more is
heard of it until 1897. Records
show that several performances
were given that year under
direction of Inspector W.G. ,
Matthews, former Riding
Master and Adjutant of the 3rd -
(King’s Own) Hussars.

The history of the 45 ‘peice
concert Band is almost as old as
the Force itself. The first

‘musical aggregation was set ‘up

by a voluritary group in 1876 at
Swan River. Manitoba,-and the

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expensive. Terrace
Recreational Parks Supervisor
R.E. Lussier says that anyone
caught. throwing giass or
depositing sewage in. open
water will be dealt with
severely and without remorse,

It is scientific fact that broken
Blass retains (its © form

indefinitely when exposed to the .

elements. _
Various local: residents told
the Herald . that >. people

‘frequently drive to recreational

areas near here to “drink and
fun it up a little’? 2
It’ was also. disclosed * that

these people once drunked up a
|. little often think it ishumorous’

to throw bottles araund.both an

.land and into the water.

The parks board appreciates

are costly 7 os

Don't -throw bottles into.
‘recreation water -- it. will be

ugs

public co-operation:in adhering

to posted parks rules, Lussier

said. vo. ee

. “In every registered park the

rules and ‘reghlations are

clearly marked. 02)
“The onus is.on the public to

‘familiarize itself with . park

regulations,” he Said. Although
most campers do not dump raw
Sewage into nearby. streams
there is ‘a problem * with .
dumping such things as ‘sink

_ Water at campsties, he added.
“There is a fair amount of —

‘problem that way... ;
- “This type of., pollution
creates a fly problem.”
New provincial legislation-the
Litler Act-requires that’ all
sewage (including sink water) -
must be buried at léast one foot
beneath the ground. :

“We will. send . |

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