PAGE Ai, THE HERALD, Wednesday, January 26, 1977

City Hall happenings.....

A special meeting of the District of Terrace Municipal Council took place on Monday, January 24 in the Council Chambers with the mayor and all aldermen present.

Council approved a decision to take a full page ad in the Pacific Northwest Music Festival Program at a cost of $100, This ad, on a suggestion by Alderman Vic Jolliffe, will take the form of a proclamation making the week of April 24 to 30 Music Festival Week. Mrs. Irene Squires, who appeared before council on behalf of the Festival Committee, indicated that the Festival will last two weeks this year with the first week featuring bands. More than 300 young talented people will be in- volved.

Ex-alderman Gerry Duffus was present and asked if the legal papers in regard to the lift station project had been signed by the city. The reply was ‘‘no”’ as the necessary documents had not as yet been received from the engineering firm acting for the district.

A request from Sculpture 77, the Sculptors Society of B.C., to have the district launch a collection of sculptures for the municipality at a cost ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 apiece was voted down by council. Alderman Sharon Biggs voted against the rest of council on this matter as she felt that the offer should have been referred to the 50th An- niversary Committee beforehand. ;

Council declined an in- vitation from the Association of Kinsmen Clubs to place an ad in their monthly magazine.

Permission was granted to the B.C. Heart Foun- dation, Terrace Unit, to hold its annual campaign for funds during the week of February 13 to 19 and the month of February will also be proclaimed Heart Month in the district.

The council declined to participate in supporting, financially, the Kermode Friendship Society in its efforts to organize its first ever All Native Men’s Basketbal] Tournament. The project will cost $4,800 to undertake.

Council approved the minutes of the Recreation, Community Centre, Parks and Library Committee more or less blindly. The report referred to a report by the former chairman on all activities for 1976, the future direction of the Parks and Recreation function, a report on L.LP. and New Canada Works Programs. However none of these reports were included in the material provided for the aldermen or the media. Alderman Vic Jolliffe ex- pressed concern at ap- proving such recom- mendations without seeing the reports that they were voting to accept. He received report from other aldermen but when the vote

was taken there were no disentions.

A Parks and Recreation decision to provide sub- scriptions to the B.C. edition

of the magazine “Recreation Reporter” for all members of _ the

Recreation Commission was approved, Council also approved _ taking memberships in both the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association and the B.C. Recreation Association.

Mr. George Clarke and Mr. Stu Krause, representing the Terrace Jaycees appeared before the Industrial Development and Tourist Promotion Committee to outline - the Jaycee proposals they are considering to promote the celebration of Terrace’s 50th Anniversary.

‘Alderman Sharon Biggs has been appointed to represent the district on a Steering Committee to be formed by the Jaycees on 30th Anniversary planning.

Council ‘approved a recommendation from the

Industrial Development and

Tourist Promotion Com- mittee that a copyright logo for the District of Terrace be immediately in- vestigated, using the Kermode bear symbol and appropriate wording such as “Terrace, B.C. .... home of the Kermode Bear’.

Alderm an Helmut Giesbrecht voted against a

out.

recommendation that the administration undertake a complete study concernin

a Bossible project o

building the replica of a riverboat which used to navigate the Skeena River, with such study to consider funding available under the néw Canada Works Program. Alderman Vic Jolliffe noted that the committee had imagination and voted for the motion as did all other aldermen with the exception of Giesbrecht.

Council approved a resolution, amended by Vic Jolliffe, te draft a preliminary budget and report concerning im- plementation of the In- dustrial function on the following basis. (1) Utilizing present

- staff with the intention of

reviewing, during 1977, the success of the ‘Industrial Development function and considering the possibility of hiring an Industrial Development Officer and (2) The hiring of a full-time Industrial Development Officer. -

At this point Alderman Jolliffe made his amend- ment adding the formation of an Industrial Com- mission. The vote .on the amendment was split down the middle and Mayor Gordon Rowland broke the tie, voting in favour of the amendment.

Council voted to support the Northwest Tran- sportation Artery Brief submitted by the District of Kitimat.

Development, :

Bob Hoffman

leaves Terrace

Bob Hoffman, with the Department of Labour’s vocational training program, will -be leaving Terrace this week to start his new position as ap- prenticeship and industrial training counsellor in Chilliwack.

Hoffman has lived in Terrace for five years; and his replacement will not

Bob Hoffman

arrive here until next month. ;

He will be working with the Fraser Valley College, the Vocational Training School (formerly the Haney Correctional Institute) and the Matsqui Prison which offers vocational courses.

Hoffman was the first president of the Terrace Figure Skating Club. a

director of the Terrace Swim Club, a director of the Terrace and District Community Resources Board and he has been co- chairman of the Skeena Area Manpower Planning Committee.

His work in this area took him from Burns Lake te the Queen Charlotte Islands and from Kemano to the Yukon border. He says he will miss the many friends he has made here and he will miss the scenery of the nor- thwest.

His wife, Joan, operated Joan’s Fabric Shop where she taught sewing classes, She also worked with Flora Stokes on the Hope to Cope

rogram. The Hoffmans

ve three children.

Nishga dollar available

The third Indian dollar in the series of five — the Nishga Dollar — has now arrived and is being distributed to outlets throughout the province of British Columbia. They are available at The Herald,

Report from Victoria

by Cyril M. Shelford . MLA Skeena

The debate on the Speech from the Throne is being debated in the Legislature with the main concern centering on the economy with all members showing their concern when taking their place in the debate.

Some of the highlights in the Speech from the Throne are: . 1, Equal'share of propert when marriages brea down. This is a progressive step as both partners help build up an estate.

2. Legislation will be in- troduced to grant aid to non- public schools.

3. Indications for major changes to the Pharmacare program which will serve all the people rather than the 200,000 covered now, The exact workings of the plan will be known when the Budget comes down.

4, Free campsite use for senior citizens. They should have this privilege as they built this country.

5. Legislation to sel up the

office of an Ombudsman will be coming this year. I'm very pleased to see this so that some unsettled com- ensation cases can he ooked at,

6 The Minister of Health will take steps to improve air ambulance service throughout British Columbia. This service will now be available between the remote areas and major treatment centres without heavy cost to the patient. This equalized plan’ will include the provision of escort service to patients where necessary. When this escort service is authorized in advance there will be no cost to the patient. This measure was asked for by all northern members last session so I’m pleased to see the minister was listening.

It is expected the Budget will come down next week.

“This is when the govern-

ment clearly lays out its program where all can see the direction the govern-

ment intends to lead this

province in the years ahead.

CANADA HERITAGE DAY EVENTS TWO BIG DAYS

February 19th and 20th

NOTICE 1977 Business Licences” are now past due. | | Any business operating without a valid 1977 licence is subject to prosecution.

District of Terrace

There is no question with the economic problems this province has faced since 1973 we can’t expect to see large increases due to high costs of all kinds. We have lost many jobs and revenue to government as com- panies either move out or sit tight without expansion heping for hetter times.

‘Better times will come ‘if we ©

all use restraint and labour | peace is maintained throughout the year.

Farmers Spend American farmers spend about $125 million of farm and off-farm income each year for production and

family living expenses.

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The Nishga Doilar honours Chief Mountain, one of the leaders of Indian Land Claims and artist Norman Tait.

Fatalities Increase Traffic fatalities on U.S. roads increased two per cent in the first five months of

1976 compared to a similar

period the year before, ac-

cording to the National

Safety Council. ‘The safety

organization reported 17,230

fatalities compared with

16,790. Nearly 0,000 dis-

abling injuries resulted from

traffie accidents in the first five months of 1976, the

Council said.

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Alcan Aluminium Limited reports consolidated net income for the fourth quarter of 1976 of $23.0 million or 57 cents per share compared with $8.2 million or 24 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 1975.

For the year 1976 Alcan's consolidated net income was $44.0 million or $1.14 per share compared with $35.0

- million or $1.01 per share in 1975, The 1975 earnings included a profit of $12.4 million from the sale of an investment.

Earnings per share in 1976 refiect the issue of 5 million new common shares in July.

The: company states that the year’s results, par- ticularly in the second half, reflect the improved volume

_ and profitability of the in- ternational aluminum in- dustry following the recession year of 1975, Alcan's 1976 net income was, however, seriously reduced by the costs of strikes which lasted for five and a half months in three of its Canadian smelters. The strike which started in a’

smelter at

Shawinigan, Quebec on

November 3 is_ still

unresolved. Alcan’s

Canadian production was

reduced to 543,000 tons in,

1976 from 839,000 tons in 1975,

As a result of these strikes, Alcan’s principal subsidiary, Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd, reported a consolidated net loss for the year of $13.9 -million after recording a profit of $9.9 million in the first six months and losses of $17.9 million and. $5.9 million in the third and fourth quarters.

In contrast, the net profit from operations excluding the operations of Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd and its subsidiaries was $57.2 million in the second half of the year as compared with a profit of $0.7 million in the first half. The im-

provement in 1976 earnings resulted from continued strong performance in Latin America, especially Brazil, better results in Australia, India and southeast Asia, and in the second half, a strong recovery in con- tinental Europe and the United Kingdom and reduced losses in Japan. Within. the Aluminum Company of Canada con- solidation, earnings in the United States recovered well but losses on alumina operations in Jamaica continued.

The estimated cost of the strikes in the Canadian smelters, apart from any profit lost through loss of sales, was $90 million before tax. This included the fixed charges of idle plant, extra costs of purchased metal and some $30 million in start-up costs absorbed in the second half of the year, which figure is expected to cover all the start-up costs of the potlines closed by strikes including Shawinigan.

Alcan’s consolidated sales of aluminum in all forms in all markets were 1,515,100 tons in 1976, against 1,402,300 tons. in 1975. These sales were achieved through a reduction of 150,000 tons in inventories of aluminum in all forms and through’ in- creased metal purchases. Sales were 358,100 tons in ‘the fourth quarter against 350,500 tons in the third quarter and 405,000 in the fourth quarter of 1975.

- Alcan preliminary earnings ~_

For the year, sales of fabricated products in- creased by 21. percent to 953,300 tons from 785,400 tons the previous year, but ingot sales were down.

As a result of the higher yearly volume and im- proved prices, consolidated sales and operating revenues were $2,656 million in 1976, and $702 million in the fourth quarter, against $2,301 million and $621 million in the respective periods of 1975.

Alean’s 1976 results do not include an unrealized ex- change gain of $12.2 million that would have been in- cluded if Alcan’s non-US. debt had been translated at the year-end exchange rates as. called for by recom- mendations of the Financial Accounting Standards Board in the United States: and as adopted by the major aluminum companies in the United States. Alcan has not adopted the current rate method but continues to translate such debt at historic rates, an accounting practise which is generally accepted in Canada.

The figures are subject to final audit. Alcan’s annual report to shareholders will be distributed about February 21, 1977.

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Take notice that the first sitting of the Court of Revision to hear Appeals concerning the 1977 Assessment Roil for the rural area of School District No. 92- Nisgha, will be held as follows:-

At the Provincial Building, Terrace, at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, February 9th, 1977. .

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