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[Location Seal Gove Phone 624-6629) FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1978 | High “1 . Low 10 J

Bunch of happy kids spotted by a HERALD staffer, at

ten a.m. Thursday,

t for a Nature and learning

experience walk from Cassie Hall, The joundeters are

one of two half day classes of 40 pup!

each taking

part in a Summer Recreation and Language
velopment program, funded by Young Cana

Works, With Them are their teachers Lucy, Kathy,

Cheryl Ann and Vera. Also

participating in the

program aimed at helping children with problems in
English during the Summer are Clarence Michiel and

Thornhill Schools,

Geuncil:0.K.’s Gondominium

Reluctant App

By Donna Vallieres |
Keystone Apartments in

’ Terrace have been granted

approval to go ahead with a
Proposed condominium
conversion, but almost half
Terrace council is opposed
-to the idea. °F
_At Monday night’s council
meeting, aldermen con-
tinued thelr ongoing

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A quantity of drugs were A number of thefts were had his battery stolen from
also reported Wednesday.

' taken from Lazelle Medical
Centre early Tuesday:
morning,
Terrace RCMP.

Police are still in-

‘ the

according to.

argumenta about whether
courtcil has the right to insist
oa certain standards being
met along with strata title
conversion.

- “This development doesn’t
meet our standards,” Ald.
Vic Jolliffe stated, and saida
council motion to approve
strata title was

A Terrace man had his 15
foot Kustom Koach holiday
trailer stolen from Dover

bypassing
regulations.

However, Ald. Davé Pease
a vocal supporter of the
Keystone conversion, said

council

council did not come up with,

a strata title policy until
after the Keystone proposal
was already approved by
council,

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Si fait

his vehicle.

A local carpenter had a
antity of tools stolen from
the irport where he was

vestigating the incident Road where it was parked working on the terminal.

which occurred when thieves
broke into the building.

in solying treatment problems, '

‘for a time.

A resident of Little Avenue

Hans Glasneck, local water and sewage purification consultant, who specializes
Te. himself undergoing treatment at Mills

Police are investigating all
these thefts.

Memorial Hospital where he was interviewed by the HERALD, Thursday,

Hans has what almost amounts to an obsession when it comes to the possibilities
that are being overlooked for the potential use of the wasted heat from the
Lakelse Hotsprings. He says the water already used in the pools at Skogland could

be piped to heat greenhouses there to raise fresh vegetab
for apothecary purposes at a
hothouse culture in Germany.

es, flowers and plants

profit. And he speaks from having experience in
Hans firmly believes the Hotsprings are capable of

other valuable uses, which will be described in a later issue of the HERALD.

roval Given Keystone Apts.

Keystone Apartments
originally asked for council
approval of the proposal last
year and at that time council .
supported the proposal
subject to compliance with
national building code

standards and municipal by-
wa. . : ,
Because of the opposition
of some members of couril |
to the ‘condominium ‘ con-

_Ald. Pease stated that

hecause the Keystone
proposal was approved
fore the policy was set, the
original approval _ still
stands, i

The motion to allow
Keystone to go ahead with
strata tile conversion plans
resulled in a tle vote, with
Ald. Cooper, Pease and
Soutar vo for, and Ald.
Giesbrecht, Jolliffe and
Talstra voting against.

Mayor Dave Maroney brok
thetle by voting for approval
of the motion. ‘

If any other strata title
conversion proposals come
before council, the developer
would haye to adhere to
council's policy on the
matter.

Two Northerners
Named To Assist
BC Parole Board

Two well-known local
residents have been ap-
pointed to the B.C. Regional
Panel of the National Parole
Board. Nan Harrison, of
Terrace, and Karl Douglas
of Kitimat were recently.
named to serve on the panel,
which is designed to provide
community input into Parole
Board hearings for inmates
sentenced to life or in-
determinate sentences.
Commenting ‘on their ap-
pointment, Iona Campagnelo
sald, last week: ‘I am very
pleased that strong northern
voices such aa these are
among those that will be
heard’ on the Panel.

Wouldn't Fight
Man Fined $100

Before Judge Graham,
Themas Galt was convicted
of failing to render
assistance in fighting a
forest fire In contravention
for the “Forest Act" and was
fined $10 in Hazelton,

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Two Young Girls
Missing At Usk.

Two young girls were reported missing from
their parents homes in Usk early Thursday
morning.

Lisa Swain, 12 years old, is described as five

we -foot one inch, 105 pounds with brown hair and

brown eyes.

Fourteen year old April Powers is described as
five foot four, 110 pounds with brown: hair and
blue eyes.

The girls are believed to be together.

Anyone seeing two girls matching these
. descriptions is asked to contact the Terrace

-Kitwanga Man
Wins $100,000

Willie Williams of Kitwangu, B.C., Ticket
number 1106324, is the winner of the Grand

-$100,000 Prize in the Kin Win Lottery for the

physically disabled of B.C.
The Second Prize of $10,00 went to Floyd
Bogart of Everett, Washington.

The Third Prize of $5,000 was drawn by Vivian
Trethewey of Vancouver. :

Seven prizes of $1,000 each go to:

A, Pellerine of Trail, B.C.

William J, Fitzpatrick of Penticton, B.C.

Mrs. Jane Newton of Port Coquitlam, B.C.

N.G. Borch of Delta, B.C. -.

Janis Froh oof $$ Richmond, B.C.

Caro) A. Johanson. of Prince George, B.C.

J. MacAndrew of Penticton, B.C.

Including these winners and 92 previously
announced winners in preliminary Kin Win
draws, a total of $135,000 has been paid out to Kin
Win ticket buyers all over B.C.

The draw was held on July 25, 1978.

The Kin Win: Lottery is held for the benefit of:
physically disabled people in B.C., andis spon-
sored by. the Kinsmen Rehabilitation Foundation
which has been providing services for physically

handicapped people in this province for over

MOSCOW Reuter - The Soviet Union said Friday
it has produced a computer superior to most
foreign made machines, including the U.S.
model banned for sale to the official Soviet news
agency Tass by Washington. U.S. President
Carter banned the sale of a multi million dollar
Sperry Univac computer to Tass because of
recent Soviet actions against dissidents.

MONPELIER, Vt. AP - A man has died from
Legionnaires’ Disease - the mysterious illness
which last year caused the deaths of 17 persons
in Vermont, the state health deaprtment
reported Friday. A health department
spokesman, said the person who died was one of
two recently confirmed cases of the pneumonia
like illness. The spokesman said the two new
cases were diagnosed in June. She said the other

It was almost a comedy of errors - but not quite. On

‘Wednesday, personal friends of the editor. from
bygone sub-arctic days flew for a surprise visit from
Eagle Grove, Iowa, U.S.A. to Prince Rupert, to catch
him at home.
_ Learning the Prince Rupert: Airpo
_elosed on account of moway repaving, the coup!
land Mrs. John Fitgpatrick, of Sergeant Blult,
‘landed thé ‘Pwin Piper Apache at Terrace airport, an
drove a rerited car to Prince Rupert only to find
editor is employed during the week at Terrace.

Phoning him from Rupert, they then drove back to
Terrace, for a happy reunion, John, who recently sold
the Eagle Bluff airport and his last two aircraft still
keeps his hand in, as flying instructor. Small aircraft
ownership is on the decline in,the U.S., because of
rising gasoline and aircraft prices, he said. ©

rt is
Mr.
the

Local

FOREST FIRE UPDATE.

..The forest fire situation is
much the same today as it

.. Forest Service personnel
are keeping an eye on the

Towa,

victim recovered. A total of seven cases have
been confirmed this year.

was last Tuesday reports
Terry Walker, a spokesman
for the Forest Service,

.. There was a report of a
lightning strike Wednesday
near Bella Coola but in
Walker's words ‘‘A rain
shower came along and put it
back to sleep.”

Comic Strip Loss

SANTA FE, N.M. AP -
Cartoonist Gary Chew had a
run in with a flaming toilet,
but he may not use it in his
weekly feature because,
says, “noone will ever
believe it happened.”

Chew said he was driving
home Wednesday when he

came upon a fla truck
“sitting In the thbound

lane and smoke was coming
out of the back.”

‘The truck's driver jumped
out to investigate and found

he acardboard box containing a

toilet had caught fire. But as
the driver was getting aut of
the truck, he accidentaliy
kicked it into gear. It moved
ahead, jumped a median and
struck Chew's car.

"Tlooked up and there was
this truck coming at me with
a burning toilet in the back
and this screaming kid
hanging onto the side like it
was a stagecoach,” Chew
Bai

Chew's weekly cartoon In
theSanta Fe New Mexican is
called My Life and Hard
Times.

Veterans Affairs Office
Will Open At Pr. George

The Department of
Veterans Affairs hag an-
nounced lt in Prince George,

“The new office, one of
nine new Veterans Affairs
facilities to open across
Canada, Is part of the federal
government’s program of
decentralization and will
provide service to veterans
and their dependants in the
northern half of British
Columbia and the Yukon,”
said Iona Campagnolo,

Skeena M.P., last week.

When the office opens next
year, Department of
Veterans Affairs officlals
say they plan to staff it with
locally-hired, personnel.

In additlon to the opening
of new offices across the
country, Veterans Affairs
will also be strengthening
the field organization of the
Veterans Services Program,
which administers a variety
of veterans benefits, through

the introduction of regional
management offices. One of
these regional offices, to be
located in Vancouver, will
administer programs for
B.C. and the Yukon,

These changes, and others
now being studied, result
from a major review of the
operations of veterans af-
fairs and are designed to
improve the Department's
capability to meet the
changing needs of its clients.

area,
A fire in the Driftwood
Creek area near Smithers

was brought under control .

by an A-26 and two DC air
tankers, Walker says,

. The fire started when a
farm tractor caught fire, The
tractor and a bailer were lost
in the fire but a barn was
saved.

. Ground crews and a cat
are now mopping up in the
area,

.. Walker report the KAT fire
Is faring up in the Chist
Creek area. Seven Fingers of
timber which run up into the
alpine will burs, but Forest
Service officials actually are
happy to see them go.

. Walker says the timber is
well within the Hre
perimeter and this will cut
down on Its fuel.

The KEN fire guard's
construction is progressing
will and Fred Roe, the
ranger fu the area, says with
luck he may have It under
control tonight.

.-The SLOK fire ls still
burning out of control over
6,700 acres, Crews astisted
by two cats are holding the
blaze on the north flank
which has almost run out of
timber along the SLOKO
River.

.. To date 651 Forest Service
menand79 Eurocan men are
fighting the fires. Average
pay for firefighters is $4.00
an hour, A total of 93.1
milllon has heen spent to
finance this fight,

.. Walker adds the camp fire
har is still on in the district
and the forests are hot and
dry and ready to burn.

ENTER RIVERBOAT DAYS PARADE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 10 A.M.

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