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By GAIL DOTINGA

Herald Staff Writer
A daily: Herald survey
shows that Terrace area
shoppers are almost evenly
divided on the issue of
Sunday store openings, with
the “yeas” having -a slight
edge. Over half of the 50

shoppers (56 per cent) asked _

By GALL DOTINGA , a
Herald Staff Writer’

A recent study disputes
Alean’s claim that throw
away lighters are potential
bombs, but. Alcan remains
imconvinced and the lightérs
are still banned.

Earlier this year, a worker
in the plant was burned on
the wrist, leg and ankles
when my disposable - leer
ignited in hig pants pocket.
Splashing « maiteh,-.metal.-
struck him.on-the hip setting.
off the-explosion. =. 2s

Alcan ‘banned, the lighter -
beyond the plant gates.

However, the results af the
tests done by an independent
laboratory, to determine the

' potential explosive power of

the BIC: lighter, show that
they are not as powerful as
believed. ;

The BIC lighter was placed —

under enormous pressure in
a Steel drum. A spokesman

Satellite education plan
has hit a fundin

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.
(CP) — Northern B.C.
regional colleges have the
dishes, but can't get the
money for utensils from the -
provincial government to
take advantage of Commu-
nications Minister Pat
McGeer’s new television net-
work.

The colleges, in Prince
George, Cranbrook, Dawson
Creek and Terrace, are
seeking $57,000 to hook up the
six dish antennas they have
to McGeer’s $1.2 million
Knowledge Network of the
West.

- Principals of the Prince
George, Cranbrook and |
Dawson Creek colleges say
their requests for funding to
operate the satellite
education ‘program have
been turned down repeat-
edly. my .

Northwest Community
College in Terrace last week
was granted $12,000 for, the

Kitimat fire
controlled |

could use the extra day

errace s|

said they would like the
stores to be open on Sundays
and statutory holidays. —
Opposing the. extra hours
were 40 per’ cent of those
interviewed’ at the’ Skeena
Mall. The remaining four:
per cent said it made no
difference to them. a
Convenience and the need

mee teas
for a laboratory doing
research for BIC said that at
no time during the tests did
the force of an exploding
lighter equal the three sticks
of dynamite-as claimed. -
“The exploding lighter
didn't even take the lid off
the drum, the force was less_
than one stick of dynamite.”
In another test the lighters’
were fractured by, dropping.
aheavy object on them. That
the ‘lab ‘rebérté :
was no resulting fire and that
the lighter was carried less
than 10 feet away. - /
The lighters were also
placed under high tem-
peratures to test their:
- pesistance. After 20 minutes
of exposure to Lemperatures
of 95 degrees centigrade, the
lighter blew up. -
“That is considerably
‘-tow than what people
Could endure for that length

satellite program, but, only
after the two dishes they had
were repossessed by the
federal communications
department because they
were not being used. ;
‘ “We're up against a wail,”
said Loren Ball, principal at
East Kootenay College in
Cranbrook. ‘‘We've been
going back and forth to the
ministry for two months but
have never gotten a straight
.answer,

“If we don't get the money
within a week or 10 days,
we're simply going to have to
ship the dishes out.”

Thecolleges were involved,

in the satellite education ex-

perimental program which -
preceeded setling up of, the

government network,

Ball said the experiment,
which ended in May when —

the funding ran out, was
“extremely successful in the
Kootenay. , .

The College of New

Caledonia in Prince George, : -
‘algo ‘had been turned down |

repeatedly in its bid for
money to run its two satellite
receiving dishes, It first
applied for funding last Juiy.

“We're seeking a pittance

. compared with the $1.2

The forest fire in Kitimat
is expected to he under
contro! by tonight. .

Forestry olficiaissay good
progress was made on the

. fire as they were able to run

more hoses in ‘and build
proper guards Thursday.
They are currently blasting
off ‘a detonator cord for
blowing off snags and
building guards.

The rain last night helped

‘. 4¢ Improve the: situation that
_ several men from

the
Kitimat Fire Department
were relieved. ;

There are still 80 men, one
Caterpillar tractor, two lank
trucks, and two helicopters
at the scene.

million which the ministry

_ announced Tuesday,” said

principal Charles Mac-
Caffray.- =. :
“What they are doing is -
taking a good program and
nickel. and diming it to°

death,”

MacCaffray said he
personnally . telephoned
deputy, minister Walter
Hardwick, bul was told there
is no money available, —-

Northern Lights College in
Dawson Creek was turned

down on’ a $12,000 finding ©

request. made last summer,
bul principal Jim Kassin
said the program is being
continued simply because it
is indispensible,

produced. a toud’sbtnd but .- shea tahy ni nes
prod iy pha a rr aasthy- te Jab -placed: the

Tola ‘Laschenko Is. an
employee... with | Sight
and Sound and he: |

y

were the reasons most often
cited by those who favored
Sunday shopping. Most’ of
those who favored it said
they worked on shifts or that
both the husband and wife
worked and they needed the
extra day to get: their
shopping done. ~ a

can keeps ban on Bk

of time,”’ said a spokesman
for the lab.

Inimpact tests the lighters .
showed no serious adverse
affects. They were dropped
onto- concrete floors - from
five feet away and thrown

against a block wall.‘None of |.

‘those dropped exploded. Of

the otheré that, were thrown

orily one was fractured, the
rest lost flame guards: or

spark Wheels. °° *

lighters. under various
conditions to see If they were

‘gubject to spontaneous . ex-

plosions. They were placed
in dryers, underwent punc-

‘ture tests, atmospheric tests

and none exploded.

‘After conducting all these
tests the lab concluded that
the BIC disposable lighter

was safe for cansumer.use. ©

However, they recommend
that the lighter not be taken

‘into areas of extreme

g snag.

“We're tightening. our

belts to run it," sald Kassin, ”

“because of the large area
we have to cover, we simply
‘can’t cut it.” . % :

" "welding. it's just not a safe

doesn't want to give up.
his Sunday to go fo
work. ne

oppers split on §

“to have more time to shop -:

’ Others replied that it
would give them something
to do on Sundays.and one
‘thought it would be a good
thing for the tourists passing

_ through.

temperatures such an an
industrial furnace. |

"In response to those fin-
dirigs Alean claims thal
conditions in'a ‘smelter are

‘More extreme than those the .

lighter wag tested under. .

there are high temperatures,
molten, metals, people are:

ce for those fighters,”

- said Den Groves; Alcan plant

--gafety-supervisoress "= y
Molten metal: can “reac
temperatures .of 500° cen-,
tigrade in the smelter.

The company does not”

‘think thé lighters are

hazardous in domestic.
situations, such as the home
or office, but a smelter is a
hostile environment says
_ Groves. - aoe
The lighters remained
‘banned at the plant.
. Gillete, a company which
also produces disposable
lighters, feéls that good
sense dictate the use of
them, for instance they
should not be used ifexposed
to flames. we
The laboratory which
found the lighter to be safe
still had:some advice about,
the usé of the lighter. They
récommend that no lighter
should be stored on the dash-
board of a car in the direct
heat of the sun nor that they
be thrown against hard

“In an aluminvm smelter .

Kevin Dutton feels’ it’s
a good idea all around.
"The ,stores will get

more business which

66 PER CEN TFA VOR IT |

Out-of-town | residents -

shopping in Terrgce were
overwhelmingly in: favor of
Sunday shopping because
they have to travel into town
“The family ... too “much

(WEATHER }

The. weather forecast for

: the weekend is not geod, On _
Saturday it wil] be. mainly |
cloudy with a few afternoon:

showers. Sunday will" be
much the same except some
summy periods are expected.

Highsboth days will reach 20 .

and the low will be 10,

. Northern Mainland, Queen

.. Charlotted:, Mainly . cloudy

“today with’a few showers.
[Windy in some inlets, Highs

cloudy ‘Saturday with
‘isalated shawers. Highs -15 to
17 except near 20 inland,
Synopsis: A disturbance
edging east from the northen
Gulf of Alaska is resulting in
an unstable airmass over the
‘district. Thunder was.
reported. form the Kluane
region early today and, with
daytime heating’ the air-
mass, more thunder will be
‘heard over- much of the
‘district this afternoon as
showers “became
widespread. ,
Chilcotin, Cariboo, Central
In-terior: Mainly cloudy
today with rain or showers

and a chance of thun-<-

‘dershowers. Highs ‘17 -to 20,

lows tonight 10 to 8. Claudy |
Saturday with sunny in- §

tervals ‘and afternoon
showers or: thundershowers,

surfaces. . - Highs 19 to 21. *

TERRACE KINSMEN ANNUAL

HEIDELBERG
GARDEN

AT THE

Terrace Arena
‘Saturday, June 28

- 4:00pm-12midnight —

Refreshments & hot food
served to you by the local
Kinsmen & Kinettés.

good food, good music, good times .
- ADMISSION - $3.00 per person

No admittance to persons under 19 years old.

_, Shopper.” =

15 to 17 exceptnéar 20 inland.

_governinent. to show: a -net ..
| Lows tonight 1¢,to 8; Mainly:; : ;

INCOMBAP es ee écyl.,2 tanks
Net income increased to i
$15.51 million in the year, up $3995° T POO”

$3.16, million from. -1979, $6595
reflecting the nearly i , :

' million increasé in the ;
provincial subsidy. 1976 CAMARO 1978 CHEVROLET -

“the subsidy was $37.40

- Transportation

_cent to 1}.42 million,

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The Herald, Friday, June 27; 1900, Page 3

need one day a-week to

Alice Latvonen | ed
disagrees with Sunday be-together.”
hours because “people -

means ‘more money
and -{t’ll be more .
convenient for the:

sunday shopping _

would take away the one day.” are against the extra hours.

pressure on people .... six
days are enough” were the
reasons given by the. shop-
pers who. opposed Sunday
shopping. :

Most. of those against the
idea ‘thought it was un-
necessary to have the stores
open another.day and that it

B.C Ferries

-people have time to spend Ina recent survey of $8 local
with their families. - firms, 94 wanted enforced
The businesses in Terrace Sunday closings. ;

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Ferry Corp. recorded a 13.3- “very clean, V8, ' om
” percent... increase . - in auto,radio | Bive& white, auto, —
- operating revenues “in. the 00 Va, running board,
year-ended. March 31, 1880, $8595 clean ;
- but the cofporation still ae ; 7850°° .
ee Its. $44-48-million — :
highway” eairalency. sub; Wl 1978 CHEVETTE : |
sidy from the «provincial ey er he cera afer we A078. GMC |

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. ; Teluphone 635-4841
Banter Licenae Number 1482

_ ‘The operatitig loss before

million, up $300,000 from the
previous year. : .
The corporation's annual .
report, tabled in the
legislature Thursday by
Minister
Alex Fraser, shows vehicle
traffic increased by 10.7 per
cent to 4.16 million. Passen-
ger traffic increased 9.8 per

Terrace, 8.6. =e

THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF
oo -SCHODL DISTRICT HO. 88 (TERRACE)
. + 7. BAPITAL EXPENSE PROPOSAL NO. 7-B08.

The Board of School Trustees of School Districl-No. 88 (Terrace) proposes '
. borrowing money at any ‘time or frorw time to time within two (2). years from, -
Decernber 31, 1979, by the Issue and sale of debentures bearing interest at rate or’
rates per annum as may be specified by the British Columbia School Districts:
Capital Financing Authority at the time of the borrowing and payable over a
pariod or perlods not exceeding twenty-five years from the date or respective
dates thereof, In such principal amounts as the Board may from time fo time deem
‘necessary to raise net sums not exceeding In the aggregate $797,055.00, after
paymentof discount, commission, brokerage, exchange, and other expenses with
Fespect to such issue or sale, for a¢quiring and developing school sites and pur-
chasing, constructing, reconstructing, furnishing, and equipping byildings for
- school purposes or use In connection there with and other capltal expenditures for
school purposes. The followlng In brief and general terms sets out substantially ,
the proposed projects and the amount allocated for each, the amount specified as
_ @igible for Provincial grants, and the amount specified as net ellgible for —.
Provincial grantsand for which the school district pays the futl cost:

Sopa

5

Tobe borrowed
under this proposal
and eligible for
' Provinclalgrant Tota!
A Sites .
New Hazelton Elementar 6,880
Sites - Varlous . 127,000 133,680
B. Buildings and Additions

New Hazelton Elementary 172,000
HazeltonSecondary = 170,000
Uplands Elementary 15,000 ’
Roofing - Various 91,040 446,040

C. Equipment

New Hazelton Elementary 14,850
Stewart Secondary © me, 48,920
Lathe .y 38,008

4215 -

D. Fees and Contingencies §9,730 59730

E. Conveyance Equipment 26,060 28,000
F. Minor Renovations 1 69,400 49,400
TOTAL ESTIMATES 797,055

.. Not ellgible for Provincial grants - NIL
Resolution passed the 3rd day of June, 1960.
Approvedby theMinister the 10th day of June, 1980. ;
Authorized by the Lieutenant.Gavernor In Council the 19th day of June, 1980.
Adopted by resotution of the Board of School Trustees the 24th day of June, 1980.
CORPORATE SEAL J. Cook Chairmanof the Board

Certified as being approved and author ited as
provided In Sectlon 215 of the Public Schools Act.

E.Wetls Secretary-Treasurer

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