—_—_ eISSNITN Serving the... Progressive . By MICHAEL HOWLETT... “Herald Stall Writer. TERRACE -— Spokesmen. for the. ministry “ Federal-Frovincial ‘make-work program... a -Kalum Forest District, ‘The recently announced Einployment,, Bridging. mission, $10 million from the provincia} government scheme aimed at increasing unemployment ‘in: /siirance’ benefits. for. unemployed: forestry workers ' willing to undertake forest improvement work. Although the’ exact allocation of the furids has not’ eae eleaseaebelepeseanaeneanteataiatechitiateeoeee Se eat ines pac acs and $6 million from the Canadian Forest Service ina been determined, the officials agreed Terrace would © "> sMhe-officials were in Terrace ‘Monday to- outline. : : o oe arrangements currently under way which could bring oe “>, @lage to $700,000 of that money to.the Terrace-based | - Assistance Progiam (EBAP) put together $24 million fram the federal Unemployment ‘Insurance Com- - e Se ORM setitarececess eben oe soe ux eresetie ae x we esate nae aa... 4 Re oD eee we “LEGISLATIVE LISHAHY to PARLIMENT BUILDINGS, Victoria, B.C. -VIC spokesman Ken Yendall. sald wark done by the: : committee preparing sponsors for the program would. . ‘should he ‘the firat at the trough.” 3 oe amail-timber® contractors to aponsor: them; * So far, forestry has developed proposals providing: : . for 11,600 man days of employment in the fields of _ brushing and weeding, juvenile spacing, falling, site , preparation, ‘Tecreation improvement and hazard ‘elimination: . ",* There is no cost to the sponsor of a program, while. ; workers would receive regular unemployment, benefits of $180 every two weeks, with an additional $60 ‘coming from. each of the federal and provincial goverament, as well as medical’ ‘and: — benefits, making for a total package of $300'every two - weeks plus henefits, Lo res probably hi have a goad opportunity to receive funding: aye fon thanks ta early preparation: work pompleted by the —_ "9 Skeena’ Manpower Commiltee. - _ forests, unemployment insurance’ officials, and the)... Skeeda: Manpower Commission’ are: all confident” ‘ Terraée will be one of the communities in Britigh:.. Columbia to: receive the. benefits of. a. #0 willie 7 ‘0. Whose benefits run out while’ the. program is under’. “mean'"if it ‘comes to. first, come. first service: we. oo “Ui and the ministry of forests have been working _ ‘on developing programs arid encouraging large, and: vi a minimum, ” Yendell said. “We want to get the people © Te ARR EI Rt ners ote eo 5 : =. me “only. those workers “euréently on “unemployment ar “vingurance would benefit from the scheme and anyone; - _way.must slop ‘working, although they will receivean: “additonal. six weeks: of benefits they ‘atop. work, ; Yendall paid, + Although the. federal provisicial agreement vetting : up the program has been signed, officials are waiting: -- “forthe completion of an umbrella agreement to be.:. “applications or allocations cbe made, That agreement is expected soon, and VIC plans to begin’ registering volunteers for. the- program beginning next week, while forestry - will begin - - evaluating proposals from sponsors at the same time, Both groups want to see the program in action ” beginning in the first’ week of June. © “We're. committed. to“cut the red tape to a . to work, Locally as well, we wi will e keeping the red . tape toa ininimum.” OO saelebeatanebeeteteaat os tow many.’ workers could expect to heneflt trom ‘the = : | program, ‘in “the: ‘Terrace “area, . aaying . the: exact: “number wogld depend on the. number of ‘sponsors ‘for med.” One forestry: ‘official sald a reasonable. ex: “thyée month period. Clase to 1600 workers in forestry“ ; “ related industries are currently receiving benefits in, oe ‘-"S gigned: between the ‘varkdus fedreal and.proyincial ~~~’. ; "departments involved in the acheme before’ any a None oft the spokesmen were willing. to séiy ‘exactly onvilnig. forward 'and the type of work- actually | per: a4 péctation would be for 100 people to find work for a the area covered by. the proposal, ee “All of the spokesmen were enthuslastie about the wee possibilities of the program helping to alleviate some unemployment and at the same time provide benefits ta the long term forestry situation in.the area, . “we are looking now at handling needed projects we were unable to handle beofre because of budget constraints,” forestry spokesmen Bill Brennan eaid, : Bill McCrea, of ‘the SI Skeena Manpower Commission’ agreed, saying, “It’'a a long term benefit theme for - the companies, They will be doing ‘something now they should have been doing a long time ‘gO. " , . Northwest. - _ Store reopens ’ Herald Staff Writer daily Tuesday, May 18, a KITIMAT —The troubled Super Valu store in Kitimat's City Centre area will be re-opening Thursday under the ' management of the store’s receivers. ‘The store was closed April 2; when Kelly-Douglas, the stove’s main supplier and finageia) agent placed it in receivérship. According to spokesmen for the receivers the store will. he re-opening and the 45 employees laid off when the store was. closed will. be.re-hired. . ‘The spokesmen said the collective agreement in force at . the time of the closure will remain in effect, The receivers -are Still looking for a purchaser for the store which had been run by a group of Kitimat businessmen at the. time of the ® closure, NCC expan nds TERRACE _ The ‘vocational division of Northwest Community College is expanding:Its new approach .to training, Beginning in September, the General Mechanics program will be offered.as a flexible self-pacing modular . program, This new epproach will allow students to work ’ independently and progress at their own Speed. Students | "* “naterial that is common to all mechanical trades. This will — can enter the program at any time atid those with previous training or experience can be elven credit for work already completed, “The general mevhanics program begins with a “core” of include, safety, use of hand and pawer tools, mechanical _ drawing, welding, and principles and * fundamentals, of | mechanical components. This core will take approximately . ~ two months.’ The student’can then choose at least one ~ specialty of automotive repair, heavy duty repair, small : a0 Terrace. Elks’ ee, ee pe eer ¥ i . engine repair, and marine engine repair. The core plus one specialty would take approximately five months, and a certificate will be granted upon successful completion. "” Studerits wishing to complete all specializations will be would take 4pproximately ten months. ‘Thé general >-mechanics course will provide a-student with a ‘good. background in ali major mechanical areas, - Several secondary schools are also participating in this - new approach. Students can begin their core training in . high schoo) and are given tranafér credit when enrolling at Northwest Community College. Some modules, when developed, will also be offered in other centres throughout the College region, vo ‘This new approach to training has been well accepted by , students In the genera! welding program, which began last “) September. [tis also seen by the province as a meaningful “pep in. making. training more accessible and. flexible to. - ” trieet the needs of people... Northwest Community. College is - hecoming a leader in this approach. - For those interested in more information, please contact 7 the College, or better still, come in to see this new approach ae “Inside | ‘Women’ ‘on n abortion ns - ‘Local’ Sports, | “Don: ‘Schaffer’ $ view ae nda’s Fashions - “Axworthy. axed | ‘Dollars & ‘Sense “Church priestess Classifieds | Goinics-horoscape | pages 1313 - granted a general- mechanics certificate. This program: - herald - 25 cents: Established 1908 Frances Stanley, to-ordinater: for the Northern B.C. Winter Games ta be held In Terrace next February, holds up the two - plaques that will be awarded to the top '. pledge-getters, male and female, in the walkathon that will -be held May. 30 to ralse money to help defray the cost of the Games to the community. . Other prizes -wit} be given out to participants of the - .walkathon,~ including T-shirts: and other Games-related merchandise. Free — refreshments and spot prizes will also be . awarded along the route. Pledge sheets can be picked up at any_local school or from.the Games office above Northern Crafts on Lakelse’ Avenue. Anyone wishing more information on.the Games should contact. Stanley. at the office or at - 635-7462:~ 7 ' reach a negotiated Settlement, B. C. jobs continue decline - “YANCOUVER (CP) — The number of people. actually . -employed i in B.C. has. dropped for five. consecutive, ‘months. > in action, ‘The new calenaar outlining the programs is soon ~ ~ to be released and can be obtained by writing to to Northwest Community College. ; —a'trend’that’ has the province headeg to toward Ats- first: ‘year-to-year decline in jobs since 1960. ‘Statistics Canada figures indicate the numbér of ‘workers - with jobs is in danger af dropping nationwide this year for ~ the first lime | Binee 1958. B.C.’s economy has. lost’ ‘about 58,000 “jobs since’ ‘last? November =~ a-4,6 per cent drop in. the- province’s Jabot’ “force, About 1.19 million British Columbians are estimated to. have jobs right-now compared to an average of 1.25, * million Jast year while 19.43 million Canadians are working : Q “now ‘compared to 10.93 million. in 1981. Bill Nelles,- head of economic: ‘and, “Tabor market‘a analysis _ dor Employment, and Immigration Canada’s B.C. -Yuken © 1. region,’ said. the figures: indicate the ~ current “gevere” - “recession” still ‘hasn't’ bottomed ‘Duty | ‘t's passible that the number of people employed wih go BO" tr ‘up slightly” 88 we 'get: into‘ the seasonal pattern .of emi-, ployment: later this: year,” he said. “But ¥ don’t see any. - _ Page 4 Coe "Iniprovement in'the ubderlying trend at this time.” : Primary, indutries halve. shown the, Beate app, a 2" wey BUY, NEW? - WHEN USEOWILL Do! Do you want parts totix up your car but your budget - won'tallow.lt? Beatthe high cost of new parts: with = auallty: used paris itom. “SKB. AUTO SALVAGE » 635- 2333 or 635-9095. _/ 3690 Duhan ({ustoff Hwy. 16E) Loran — ’ employment this year - with just 46,000. workers in the first - a ‘reduction of 3.8 per cent. "The construction industry lost 8; 900 gobs ‘during the same "period for a drop. of 9.2 per cent, but financial institutions hired 8,000 more. employees for a ain of 11.5 per cent. : The percentage of workingrage males. ‘participating in Public ignored by consultants | Herald Staif Writer TERRACE — The consultant working ona study: of. in- dustrial land use in the Terrace-Kitimat corridor will be in the northwest today and Wednesday but will not be meeting ‘with the public. SUSU SERTR AY * Becca ean aceite Donna Buffinga, a consultant with Acrés said ahe would ; . bein Terrace and Smithers to meet with groups selected by - Acres and the sponsor of the study, the provincial ministry. . of industry and small business. According to. Buffinga talks will be held with the | ; representatives of various provincial government: agencies, " with ‘the District of Terrace, the Regional District :of members of the public could express their opinions on the ministry of industry and small business had not indicated any of that sort tof input would be acceplad ‘at the present ; time, “Falklands quiet A Sea King helicopter with the F Royal Navy's Falklonds Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher convened a meeting of ~ Kitiinat-Stilkiise,sdame. local environmentalists-and- the : “Chambers of Commerce in the region, oo a Although the regional district passed a niction ‘at its last vo meeting looking. inte the formation. of meetings where . . potential land uses of the Kitimat. valley, Buffinga said the ' ~ task force ditched in the stormy ‘South Atlantic today ‘as - : her war cabinet and the NATO allies, renewed their support a for Britain in the crisis. Defence Ministry officials said the helicopter ditched due , ~. to technical problems and its four-man crew bailed out and was rescued by another chopper. _No‘other military incidents were reported around the islands today. On Monday, British Jets bombed Argentine troop positions around the capita! of' Stanley, underlining, Thatcher's most war- like’ remarks to date: in the six-week: . old crisis. pd Thatcher said in a radio interview that Britain would United Nations and warned. Argentina it had 4a hours to . ‘Negotiations canndt continue indefinitely,” Cecil Parkinson, a member of the war cabinet and chairman of the governing Conservative party, said today, . "make no more concessions at peace talks under way atthe _ ee - “Wenow have the seventh drait of the different proposals we have put to the ‘Argentines and I believe ihe time has come for decisions.” «He also said-Britain.was: disappointed atthe: failure. ofits. ‘nine European Economic Community partners to. fully © renew the one-month trade sanctions. against / Argentina. ~) Seven EEC members decided Monday to extend the sanc- ~+lions for a-week but Italy and Ireland declined, re In Luxembourg today, U:S: State Secretary Alexander B.C.’s labor foree — either working or actively seeking _, Haig ‘said the United States supports ‘Britain in the crisis -. work — has dropped in the past year to! 75. per cent trom a ; per cent. The female participation rate ‘remained virtually. un changed at 51.2 per cent as traditional female employers- ‘laid off fewer workers than mile dominated, _ Fesource- -based industries... _B.C.’s ent, rate has been ‘traidillonally, higher than the . ‘National #ate since 1966 although the figure dropped below Canada’s: in’ thréeof the past’ four years. This year, ‘however, B. Cs rale has Tisen to. 10. 8 per ¢ cent it compared to Canada’ 's 10, 1- ‘per cent. ea . . capes picket / HeraldStaff Writer | pa no oat ot _ De ; . KITIMAT: =~ Construction on the Ocelot. ‘methanol pint 7 ~.was shut down Monday when the Carpenters Union set upa. - ‘picket line at-the plant gates.” ~ - Av? ~The uniog is upset with a decision made by the board of directors. of: Partee-Lavelin, the, company building the - “plant, which overturned an agreement in principal reached---|---~ --last:week between the union, and the: company ona new . collective agreement. ; ’ A Labor Relations Board: hearing into the matter begun . ' Monday, allhough no ‘details on its: deliberations were A availble by press time... and intends to “abide fully by commitments made.” Haig spoke after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - foreign ministers conference renewed support for Britain's -position in the conflict and condemned what they called " on Argentine “aggression."”. ve The British Defeiice Ministiy. said thé Sea, King helicopter ms forced to ditch ‘was not the Tesult of any. action involving on - Argentine forces. me Later, a ministry. spokesinan ‘said Prince’ ‘andrew, “99. . year-old son of the Queer and a “chopper pilot aboard the . “Invincible, ‘was’ not invalved, . The Sea King. wasthe- fifth helicopter’ the: ‘British have - “admitted lasing through bad weather or accidents alnee e the, ; tle galled from Britain on April 5. ~ WESTEND CHEVRON . Self. Serve: ~ OPEN 24 HOURS: A DAY ° Highway 16W. . ” 635- 7228 ree your: oe _SUPERIOR MUFFLER dealer. Oo ie ' : ov = + Soe erate eee — i 4