TERRACE '— Knox United
Church here will -join other

tions across Canada in a day
of prayer this Friday because

Gulf. .

The prayer day follows a
meeting of church. officials
last month in Toronto in
which it was decided to hold.
the day on the 15th of every
month. —

There’ are three sessions
this Friday at the church.
The: first. is from’ 7:30am-
8am, ‘the second is from

12: 30pm-Ipm and the third is

United Church minister Stan
Bailey.

‘He said. dhe? Weibess of,
the public“and from “other

attend the sessions,

“United Church congrega- .

of the war in the. ‘Persian:

from ‘5:30pm-6pm,: “says

congregations are- “invited to ..

NEARLY 300 of these yellow lapel adornments i in recognition of Canadian armed forces person- -
nel In the Gulf have been given out by Cyndi Agnew from The Creperie and others in the past
three weeks. The wish is for Canadians to return home safely.

Gulf prayers on

“There will be the reading
of scripture fessions and

‘other helpful. kinds of.
readings, prayer and times of

silence,’ said Bailey,

‘There’ was a local represen-
‘tative at the Toronto meeting
_ which called from the day of
prayer each. month. Donna

- Zi¢gler is chairman of a na-

“tional committee responsible
for the church's international
-and domestic operations.
. She said the session called
for a‘ cease-fire in the Gulf
and international action for
non-violent means of conflict
resolution.

“There was coniplete con-
sultation by all those who at-
tended,’ said “Ziegler who

chairs’ the. church's: national :

) Gomimittée” which" overlooks“
‘its domestic programs. |

‘The meeting identified

Friday

what it called 11 casualties |

from the war, including
damage to local economies, _
the disregarding of moderate
voices, damage ‘to
humanitarian relief work,
use of Propaganda through
restricting abilities of news -
organizations and damage to
the environment. _.

It called on the. Canadian
government to. organize a
cease-fire, restore Canadian
military personnel to
peacekeeping duties and to .
tax back at 100 percent all
profits made by corporations
and individuals resulting
from the war. :

Those at the meeting add-
ed that Opposition. to war-
making is “fundamentally. :
patriotic!’ and gh Bgéd;
those Canaan ate use :
non-violent means: to protest.
the war.

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TERRACE — It'll be next
month before the public knows
what kind. of comments ‘have
been made about a proposed
puip end paper mill south of

Meziadin, says a provincial of-.

ficial.

That’s. when submissions
from / the - public, regional!
governments and government:
agencies concerning Orenda
Forest Products’ planned $365
mill have been examined, says
David Parsons who is in charge
of the provincial environmental
approval process.”

There have been about six
submissions from the public fil-
ed prior to a deadline of Feb, 8.

‘*We don't have submissions |
from government agencies but |

g| Group opposed to.

TERRACE — A small group of
people who spend time out.of
doors near the Cranberry Junc-

‘tion don’t want. to see a pulp

mill built there.

. The Cranberry Action Com-
mittee has already written let-
ters opposing what it says will
be more clearcutting to feed the
planned Orenda Forest Pro-
‘ducts: mill south of Meziadin

’ Junction, says spokesman Patti

Walker.

“Orenda will cut more than
what it is doing now up there.
With the other companies

already logging, there’ll be too”

many clearcuts,”’ said Walker.

“We're reasonable people
but this is ridiculous. There are
entire areas clear cut. At the
least, the forest service should
have some sort of landscape
Management plan up there,”
she added.

Orenda wants to build a $365
million pulp and paper mill us-
ing wood it already has under
licence in the area.

Walker said the committee
has registered its opposition
with the provincial
iBovernment’s~ office: “handling

‘Orenda’s environmental ap- -
‘proval process and ‘has written’

letters to outdoors and wildlife
groups.

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plan trickles in

we have had informal ‘discus-
sions,”’ said Parsons, There’s a
Feb. 22 deddline for those.
Parsons said ihe agency sub-
missions will come from provin-
cial and federal bodies ‘and from
focal and regional governments.

The comments. . foliow . the.

January release of Orenda’s
prospectus which forms the first
part of the provincial en-
vironmental approval process,

Orenda wants to use pulp logs
from a forest, licence it already
has near Stewart to feed its
planned mili, ... “y

It'll use hydrogen peroxide
and not chlorine to produce
coated . magazine-page quality
paper, 9.)

There have already been some

“We're small {approximately
12 people} but we've made con-

tact with a: ‘lot of people,” ‘she -

said,

Walker. said the committee
also doubts the mill will be as
environmentally sound as Oren-
da says it will be,

Although the company will
use hydrogen peroxide as a
bleaching agent for its pulp and

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comments. from’ sirthwest ‘3

bodies, vo

The. Kitimat-Stikine ‘tegional.

district says it's worried about
unplanned :_residential growth
and subsequent demand for ser-
vices: in. the: area around the
planned mill.

Under the environmerital 1p

proval process, a company is re-

quired {0 submit two, more’

seties of reports following its
prospectus submission,

‘These are intended to answer
questions raised by the public
and, by government agencies.

Approval in prinicple can be
given at any time of government
officials are ‘satisfied that ‘all
questions have been answered,

Orenda

not chlorine for what it calls a
zero effluent discharge, Walker
says there will still be an impact.
“They can put a price tag'on
astump, but not on a wolf, The
area also draws sports

fishermen from Europe and the.

United States and the Cranberry.
River feeds into the Nass which
is an important native food
fishery,’ she said.

Cadets appreciated

TERRACE — The local air

cadet squadron receives an ap--

preciation award tonight from
the provincial government for
use of its building during last
fall’s air search for a downed

Trans ‘Provincial Airlines air-'

craft. —_

. Royal: Canadian Air Cadet
747 Squadron's hall and cook-
ing ‘facilities at the’ alrport was
used by a search’ and rescue
squadron from. Vancouver
Island and from the air wing of
the Provincial Emergency
Squadron (PEP),

The appreciation award from
the solicitor-general’s ministry,
PEP ’:is: one ofits respon-
sibilities, will be given by
Skeena MLA Dave Parker, says
area PEP head Rod Salem.

“Not only did they give up
the hall for that period, they
also “helped feed the (PEP)
volunteers,’* said Salem.

He said 100 PEP volunteers
spent 3,700 in the search for
pilot Max Neubacher and three
passengers, The plane wasn’t
found.

Members of the search and
rescue squadron have already.
shown their appreciation in the
form of a painting of one of
their Buffalo search aircraft
that is signed by personnel in
the squadron.

Cadet squadron training of-
ficer Don Cann: said’ officets
‘and volunteers of the squadron
cooked lunches during the week
_while cadets filled that duty on
weekends.

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