February of 1079.

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“ByGAILDOTINGA =
a A jury rules the death of 17-year-old Eric
‘ ‘Bide as accidental in. concluding the second - :
* (ditquest into the matter in Kitimat Monday. -
Hypothermia was again listed as the cause’. °
 ofdeath, as it wasin an earller inquest held in.
was brought on by the aleohol Eide consumed | Juvenile drinking
that night, the weather, lack of clothing and as

fighting. ~

~ . Eide was pronomeed dead at 4:20 a.m; at we
Mills Memorial Hoepital on Jan. 1, 1979 after™
. he atfended a party earlier, where he was =
*, dnvolved ina fight and then left without a. coat.
gene ind chill ‘that night was 48 degrees.

: ‘The five-man jury also made four recom-. .
i “mendations after hearing statements.from 19... ee
Witnesses. Although they In no way found the
" " bespital responsible for Eidé’s death;: waa, :
‘advised “that Mills. Memorial set ‘up ja) -
». workshop on the treatment Procedures, ot
~ hypothermia for. its staff. aan
“Ty: cases of non-natural death, it ‘was: a
 Fecommented the RCMP make’ a thorough. .
~ investigation and keep all records, ax wellas :

bee hed

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: He te edo ed
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~~ he had with Bide ata party at Mike's U Fix §
Ghat New ‘Year’s Eye, Although several other
»- weinesses ‘said. that Billion “had- hit: Eide

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4926 Hwy. 16 W. TERRACE. . SY

Not lang ago students’ played hooky to ficIpate In a Salmonid Enhancement
go fishing; but these days they not only program that allows them to hat
stay in school to go fishing, they par-

Almost $200 million
‘in coal royalties due

VANQOUVER (CP) —
Britiah Columbia will
Feceive $193 million in
royalties frem a billion.
doliar coal deal between
mining ‘companies aid
Japanese steel mille,
Premier Bill Bennett said

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George, from where the
coal will be transported by
CNR to Prince Rupert on
the north coast.

Bennett said road coata
will be financed as routine
construction through the
highways tinistry budget.
Cost of the 115-kilometre
rail line connecting the
coalflalda and CNR Is 315.
The province also will-

pay half the $8 million;

access read to Ridiey
Island at Prines Rupert:

where a coal port will by

built adjacent to proposed
new grain
facilities. :

Ottawa, or Crown corpo:
ratios Hke the CNR, will
contribute about 9223:
miilion for roads, port
construction, rail Hines and

flation and interest charges.
will increase the fingi
provincial share of -in-

frastructure costa to (70g

million. ”

Bennett wouldn't
estimate how much the:
government expects ta

receive from. the coal:
agreement, but he did say.

shipping -

the federal government
estimated earlier, on
tonnages eas than what the
present deal calls for, that
it would earn $761 million
from corporate taxea and
its share of personal in-
come (ares.

We said the province will

' Tealize revenue through a -

1Spercent mining profits
AX, corporate taxes, and
royalties.

BURNABY, B.C. (CP) --
An 11-year-old boy who

; refuses 10 promine to servg.

God can’t become a Boy!
Scout, saya the ors

" ganization's provincial .

executive director. | -
Cale urate ays be
Goewa't believe in pd.

ots fot domi ssipasiy

sense to me ta say ‘God',”
he sald Moadsy. “My

parenté will Jet me bave

eny religion I wast bat .
anything I've ever heard of -

t

_ physical,

students at Clarence Michiel School in:
chfish Terrace show off the 400 Coho they
in their own Classroom. Here Grade 7? hatched in the classroom. See Page 3.

8.

56! the. ‘clty: bad. enothar she

'yaquetball courts fo. the. arenaarid: 4
f } to” False the: money, Page 3: ;

; biel famed Schecngr Bluenesa had

ders, lan't. “weleamme

wea

+0, 2 havea foe fr Conad
he Prime: “Minister: Tri

doesn't make any sense.”

Carlo said be. would
gladly take the rest of the

~ promise —-: to serve the
Os. Queen and country and live
. by the Stout law.

“The Scouts are
dedicated to the mental,
social, and
spiritual development of
the. boys,"" sald Ted
Hathaway, provincial
‘ executive director. "If. the
boy couldn't take the

_ Promise we don't have any

alternative."

Hathaway blames
Carlo's’ parents “for

fomenting the controversy.

“It seems they really
don't want him 40 take this
promise,” he said.'t-
Chikiren of that age sren't

capable of making up their,

minds,"

' Phipps, peat
president of the Burnaby
region, the man who
-Hathawny asked to rebolve
the issue, said be can't

envision'an 11-year-old boy

AA TES GOING UP
“Go-ahead given

for new channel

Cable vision viewers will

. soon find a slight change in . ;
iewing habitp as
BCtg. KOMO-TL..and.. _
. ‘Network's.
: KNOW are introduced and
_ BCTV finds a new location

‘and Telecommunications

Commission (CRTC)
application was approved

 dast- week to increase the

maximum monthly sub-
scriber’fee from $12.50 to
$15. Effective. March |,
however, cable rates will

_ only be §14 per. month
regardless of the number of —

outlets connected in your
home.
casters also bas a

- to bring in the CES KIRO-

TVatalater date. The ABC

‘channel will cost viewers
an additional §1 and the

extra 50cents will allow the

cablevision company to -

remove the $2 per month

charge for additional

outlets in homes.

Fred Weber, president of
TK Cablevision, says that
the electronic equipment
for the dishes should arrive

in a few days but to make

the CRTC 2

the dishes in Kitimat,
Terrace, and Prince
Rupert must all be working
at the same time, Special
platforms are being built to
install the dishes on the
rooves of the three sites.

Weber estimates that

work will take at least 10
days and the cablé com-

- pany will not be ready for

the new additions to reach
viewers until about mid-
February.  « -

taking such a stand. He
also sald the Scowls wan't
drop the requirement.

' “We have to stand by our
principles, ii} .

Bob Clarke, Carlo's
father, said the boy has
made up his own mind on
the matter.

‘He's an exceptlonal little
guy. He seems to pick up
things almeet by camocais
sometimes. His mom and I
think he’s really something
special in his temperment
and his capacity for

Skeena Broad. —

any money...

recoverable.

the meters,

_All this was explained to Duffus who still
wanted to know why it hadn't been picked up
earlier. He requested the mayor ask council
for a vote on a motion calling for a complete
into

investigation

The mayor said be was not prepared to do
that and later during the meeting council
voted tosend the memos of Dec. @ and Jan, 14 .
to Dulfus to further explain the errdt.

_ Scouts turn down non-believer —

feelings, When he gives his
word, he takes it

- fhoop- since October, but

whe tsked to leave by an
asisiant Scoutmaster af-
ter it wae cher be would
not take the full promise.

The problem hegan in. October 1977 when the

- municipality switched over fo metric meters.
The computer program since then-bas been .
incorrectly calculating the water and sewage ~
rates, only one tenth of the actual amount. -°
The total of the under billings .

The error wes not noticed ut recently
after the treasurer had gone on a course to .
learn more about the metric converstion of ©

“UNDER FIRE.
AT COUNCIL

Council mémbers were questioned at theit
}, meeting Monday by a group of citizens can-

cemed over the underbilling of utility rates |
that was discovered last December.

Headed by former alderman Gerry Duffus,
they wanted to know .if the money could be
recovered and why this error had been
allowed to continue for a period of three years. «-

Mayor Dave Maroney and Alderman .
Helmut Giesbrecht told Duffus that only the
1980 underbillings could be recovered because
ihe others hed occurred too far beck (o calect |

has been

the matter;

“Clarke took the matier ta
the provincial then the

federal human rights |

Ajit Mohat, a spokeaman
for the federal department,

diction and whether it

amounts to discriminatict