emoreau mS = Ra Ee BR a ee are ag a ees EE I esi SEER aren, LEGISLATr Ey u Iy 5. PARLIOMENT e A888 By JERF NAGEL a ULUTH — — From: Jim Bor- ackyard , you can see “the main: entrance to Lake “Superior: Paper Industries’ : ulp | and paper mill just a 2 tblock* and a half up the “street. He and hig wife. Lil: have ‘lived: here.in’ West Duluth, - >. Minnesota - for. the ‘last. 20 E ears, and they were worried. ive” ‘years ago: when a com- ‘°-pany. named - Pentair started: i--talking about building a mill on-their doorstep. _ , ‘Borske .didn’t believe the .. ©ompany’s -claims ‘that. it "could build a clean ‘pulp mill, os Neither ° ‘did his ‘neighbour and friend Tom.Menzel; who _ has ved across she street for" 61 years, Twas against ih? Menzel . recalls. “T was really: against Oo ited: figured they. were just coming. in here to-make a buck: and move on out, It . Was |just. going to:smell and ~ ‘be ‘dirty and take .a lot of © homes -from a lot of (good -people.” - “But after a: ‘while realiza- _ tion set-in, and you. begin to heat what these people ace tually were saying, you _—«RGAIEY a pretty goat deat fora” - fot of people?! ') Borske... now: says’ “he : sometimes. forgets he’ 8 s living “anything, You: “don't hear ° anything. Once. in a_ blue moon you hear: a ‘steam release, but it’s so seldom, I think it's‘ been a good thing for Duluth.** : Menzel. said the “impor- tance of the mill to the city ‘was inflated at the beginning, . “The jobs themselves _. Weren’t: as. many as people thought there'd be. But they did hire -a lot of local people. m, Menzel said the company has been’ extremely sensitive to : the’ concerns of nearby residents, . “They have been one of the best neighbours I can say that I’ve seen,” he said, “They. came’ through and cleaned all our homes far us. If there was any problems . during construction with ’ anybody's house, they réplaced. plaster, repainted houses — whatever they had to" ‘do? i “During construction, pil- » ings | had to be driven. 180 feet ~ deep = : considerably deeper than: ‘expected. The tremors. "J damaged ‘some of the closest . ay houses and: ‘dust. _Jrom. the bs . : Borske said he eoiplained " results; ‘quick! my “pr : “company y corne down-heie — ir bo Justi Hike that — to, se f ‘found out that hey, this is 7 TERRACE - -— ‘jhore than doubling | the association’ ‘5: ‘tmembet-' Jalil sentence TERRACE — A former. Ter-: “race church pastor was sentenc- - _- ‘ed.Friday to six months in jail _ and’ three. years on probation . for . sexually © ‘abusing his daughter here 20 years ago..* “The. 63-year-old man — who cain’t Dbe‘tiamed: because of a, - gourt order shielding the iden... tities of the victinis — was con- victed in Prince George of in-. decent! assaulting his daughter,:. ia Sand. sexual Prince “George. He v Wis. acqui — ted. on “another: chatge of» sin “in: ‘decently assaulting. ‘Smithers. ; x BP . foe ‘The. daughter ~~ F135 ois, at the time. of she incident testified ag agalnss tdit at-the. lak ei; Cotirt: Tustlee -- Sart ‘Found: ‘he fondled. her a: nuniber. of times. ‘The igh has tought oounsell- mf Ang, Hie y-curpeny jel “ BRINCE RUPERT — 4 local man appeared in court after being charged wilh at- gz tempting | to wet fire to pro- party, The man,. ‘sho charged: : with, possession of an lacet- ‘] diary device, was arrested by -_ RCMP at a dumpster behind “the Sears outlet in the Pride ‘0 the North mall. RCMP say it is the tenth time in receal months that & ola wt in the area. SMITHERS —~ There are n0 _dtamediate plang to close the | Repap sawmill bere, - Repay: ‘Sunithers,. a -sister operation, to Repap’s Skeena ‘Cellulose. mall in Terrace, has orders to. nal, maya a company orReg: Light , avictt h cot. sald. the thers mill caters to a dif- ferent, roarket. than does the ome ta Terence.’ ‘But; he ‘sala- ‘demand, for Ae _ i the velee« of taniber pro- TERRACE — Mills Memorial Hospital will get more money, more nurses and more surgical services, says the chairman of the society ‘which administers the facility. David Lane of the Terrace Regional Health Care Society made the comments over the weekend following the release of a consuitant’s report into the workings of the hospital, The findings of the report by health care consultant Malcolm Walker reverse what would have taken place. Mills officials earlier this year announced 24 bed closures and — the laying off of six nurses because the province wanted ta give the hospital $270,000 Jess than what they said - was necessary to keep operating, Those bed closures ‘would have cut four of the 10 beds in psychiatry, 10 of 22 beds in pediatrics and 10 of 30 beds in medjcal/surgery. Closures will still take place in psychiatry and in: pediatrics but... :the © number of medical/surgery beds will in- crease by sevepto 37.. Three more nurses and a bio- medical engineer to maintain equipment ' will be hired. “'Med/surg is the heart of the hospital. The report validates gur assertion that Mills is nota normal: 89-béed. hospital,’ ” said Lane |” He added that bed clasures i in Hospital | recovery assured psychiatry and pediatrics will not affect the abilities of. those two wards to meet demand for the services. Lane said Walker's. report also. solidifies the hospital's position that it provides a ser- vice to the. region; particularly im’ medical/surgery where de- mand outstripped the number of available beds. The $12,000 report was com- missioned after protests by the health. care society. and:-after . more than 13,000 people signed a-petition asking the provincial government to reconsider. | Health minister Bruce Strachan and the society agreed in advance to treat the report’s conclusions as binding. _ “A-deal’s a deal.and that’s the end of it;’* said Lane. Walker has suggested that the hospital can come up with $100,000 of the $250,000 it needs by doing more work that can be charged to the medical services plan, * The remaining $150,000 should be incorporated into the hospital’s budget this year, said Walker. He also suggested:a number of areas in which Mills can save money by becoming | mare effi- cient, Walker also... said dactors shouldn't be using the hospital’s emergency room for work they . could, do in: theit..dwn offices . “because that increases the facili- ty’s operating’ costs. : School lunches. The . Terrace ‘Anti-Poverty Group. Society hopes‘ ta have a school lunch program for children of low or fixed income families in place by the end of October. . Society spokesman’ Gerald King said it is looking. at three possible locations. | “We won't tum anyone away that’s hungry, but we’re basical- ly looking at something for children,’’ he said, ". - The society wants to’ ‘coinbine its efforts with similar. plans: by the Kermode Friendship Centre. King said he’s already receiv. . ed a lot of interest from local groups and individuals, “‘There's a possibility of us- ing the Salvation Army church, we’re talking with the carpenters union about: their hall and we've talked to the Od- dfellows about their hall, " he said. The society operiited a@ soup kitchen last spring ‘out of the _ carpenters hall. -It--used local -, donations and® staffed the kit- chen with people being trained as camp cooks under a federal - employment program it Spon- ; sored, came to the kitchen for the society to realize there is a conti- nuing. demand for a school lunch program, - ducts around ithe world is down.. a, HAZELTON — Pacific Nor- then. Gas is. considering ex tending natural. g8.service to the area, The company: is. taking - a survey in the area to deter- mine demand for its product. Tt can either’ construct ‘a pipeline into the area or con- stract large tanks containing propane vapour. The: latter will still requires lines. to King sald. enough students taking shape — _ TERRACE _ He's making a trip to Van- couver in several weeks to talk with five groups who run ‘soup ° kitchens to gather more infor- | mation. kek kik In the meantime, there’s no word yet from the provincial government on a plan to pro- vide school lunches. The intent: to do so was an- nounced in the : spring by Premier Rita Johnston. residences and businesses, BURNS LAKE. — The. federal government has com-_ maited one-third of the. $13; million it'll take to balld‘s © value-added wood processing. plant here. Burns Lake Specialty Woods Ltd:, will be owned by the Burns: Lake Native Development: Corporation which is controlled by five — local native bands and a non- . status organisation. a SR ad vpueet cess mene FM a EE OT iy T ca aerogenes ca are ~~