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PAGE A2, THE HERALD, Wednesday, July 28, 1976

The weather's going
to be fine, by Jupiter

If you have ever heard ot
George Kitselas, it was
probably because he was
forecasting the weather.
You may have heard his
voice on radio as he told his
predictions of weather to
come; you may also
remember that he was
usually right. But beyond
that, who is the man?

George Hitselas resides at
Usk in a small one-room
cabin with only his dogs,
cals and memories for
company. He likely
remembers more about
Terrace as it was than
anyone else around. His
colorful stories can bring to
life people and places that
have long since come and
gone through the years. He
lives quietly, says hello to
friends and neighbours, and

he predicts weather.

Armed with several
farmer's almanacs and an
intuitive knowledge, George
can tell what to look for
weatherwise weeks away. It
can aJl be explained, he
says, by the planetary
motions of our solar system.

“That big planet, Jupiter
— it's got upwards of ten or
twelve moons gaing around
it. When they go between us
and the sun, blocking out the
light (we know this as
sunspots), it gives us cold
weather. That's the reason
for this rainy summer.”

George Kitselas first took an
interest in weather
forecasting somewhere
back in the spring of 1936.
He had just caught a
sizeable spring salmon,
which George's mother
cooked up for the family’s
dinner (George's mother
was the well-known Lizzie
Kitselas, wife of the
deceased Chief Kitselas,
who later married pioneer
Dick Lowrie). As the story

By Dave Thomson
oes, the dinner was fine,
ut Lizzie took a strange

interest in the grizzle at the
end of the fish's tailbone.
When asked the reason, she
replied that it was curled up
instead of straight and
obviously there was a flood
forthcoming. Well, there
was indeed a flood. May was
hotter than usual and the
snowfall had been heavy the
winter before. George
became very interested at
the thought of weather
forecasting as water poured
over the railway tracks and
filled up houses to a depth of
four feet or more. Looking
back at it now, owever, he
admits the flood could have
had more to do with the
partial eclipse they had that
year than with a salmon.
George tells us to expect a
green Christmas this year to
make up for the cold
summer. He's seen it
happen before, so he should
know. He can remember
playing tennis with a friend
in February somewhere
around 40 years ago.

“In fact, it sometimes

seems that George Kitselas
can recall practicaliy
everything that’s happened
throughout his 77 years. He
arrived in this area in 1907
with his family when
Terrace was a collection of
shacks on either side of a
muddy lane. He’s been here
watching it grow all along.

Terrace has grown while
others have declined. The
town of Port Essington once
was a thriving community
on the Skeena between
Terrace and Prince Rupert.
Today the old houses stare
blankly out al the mist; the
sidewalks built upon piles
sink slowly into the ooze.
But George remembers the
days of a bustling cannery
town complete with two
dancehalls that were always

lit up on into the wee hours.
George was in the town for
the 4th of July celebrations
as the local populace —
fishermen, families, visitors
— all turned out for the fun.
However, emergency struck’
as the dancehall piano
player became drunk and
disappeared. Luckily,
George had quite a
reputation locally for his
musical prowess and was,
finally persuaded to fill in.

Well, that dance was
remembered for many a
year. George took turns on
piano, trumpet, drums, sax
— and how the people
stomped! Fhey could have
heard them across the river,
had anyone been over there.
It was generally agreed to
be the best dance in Port
Essington’s history and
George was paid the
unheard of price of $30 for a
night's playing.

George Kitselas now lives
with Tootsie (part Nor-
wegian elkhound and part
police dog), several other
dogs, a few Persian kittens
and an old TV set. He
watches pictures sent from
the surface of Mars; he has
seen men walk on the moon,
But he remembers
travelling up the river on a
steamboat as a child; he
remembers the first railway
put through in 1913 by Grand
Trunk. He recalls winters
long, long age, when the
trees cracked in the cold and
ice stayed on the river far
into spring. He has seen ail
the changes which we label
“history” and take so much
for granted. He shows
nothing but kindness to
anyone he meets and is
perhaps one of the most

‘contented men I've ever

seen. ;

Oh — and if you're in-
terested, the middle of
August should be very
sunny.

Legion donates mobile dialysis unit

The first Mobile Dialysis

‘Home in Canada, gilt of the

Pacific Command of the
Royal Canadian Legion, was
turned over to the B.C.
Chapter of the Kidney
Foundation of Canada
recently at Vancouver
General Hospital Home
Dialysis Unit site.

The motor home,
equipped with portable
kidney dialysis unit, will
enable British Columbians
suffering from kidney
disease, to leave home and
enjoy a low-cost motor
vacation with their families.

The $35,000 Mobile
Dialysis Home was
presented by Harrison,

Rey
chairman of e Galden ~

Anniversary Committee of
Pacific Command, Royal
Canadian Legion, to Anne
Guimaraens, president of
the B.C. Chapter, Kidney
Foundation of Canada.

In addition to the mobile
home a $15,000 grant was
given to the Division of
Kidney Disease, Depart-
ment. = of Medicine,
University of British
Columbia and Vancouver
General Hospital to be used
for research under the
direction of Dr, John D.
Price, Director of the Renal
Unit, VGH.

“This year marks the
Galden Anniversary of the
Royal Canadian Legion,”
said Ray Harrison. ‘Pacific
Command of the Legion
wished to honor the event
with a gift to the citizens of
British Columbia.”

“We know that the Mobile
Dialysis Home and the
research grant will benefit
the whole province and
allow more freedom and
vacation enjoyment to in-
dividuals requiring dialysis
treatment,"

MOBILE
DIALYSIS HOME
Mobile Home: Diplomat II -
Length 25 feet, sleeps six,
cost $35,000, equipped with
REDY Portable Dialysis
unit, shower, toilet, fridge,

stove and auxiliary
generator for use in case of
emergency. '

REDY Portable Dialysis
Unit: Dialysis unit works on
arecycling principle. It uses
five litres (approximately
one gallon) of water which is
eontinually recycled
through a filter system
which is similar to that used
in space craft to recycle
body fluids. The water is
mixed with a dialysate.

. The portable dialysis unit

is used in conjunction with
an artificial kidney which
casts $17 and can be used
approximately six times,
providing it is cleaned and
sterilized between each run.
The filter in tha unit costs
$12 and can only be used
once per run.

The artificial kidney is
supplied by the hospital if
the patient uses that ser-
vice, or by the Kidney
Dialysis Service of the
provincial government if the
patient is serviced at home.
Training in the use of the
Mobile Dialysis Home: The
Home Training Unit, at-

tached to the Renal Unit of

the Vancouyer General
Hospital, trains patients to
use home dialysis machines.

Patients wishing to use
the Mobile Dialysis Home
will be given a short course
to farniliarize themselves
with the REDY dialysis
unit. .

The Professional Driver
Centre, Division of the B.C.
Safety Council, Delta, has
offered the B.C. Chapter of
the Kidney Foundation of
Canada, a special driving
course. for renal patients
wishing to use the Mobile
Dialysis Home.

Alcan limited second
quarter earnings

Alcan Aluminium Limited
recently reported con-
solidated net income of $6.1
million in the second
quarter of 1976, equivalent
to 17 cents per common
share, compared with $4.3
million or 12 cents per share
in the corresponding period
of 1975, Net income for the
first half of 1976 was $10.6
million or 30 cents per
share, against $21.9 million
or 63 cents per share for the
first half last year.

Second quarter results
last year were adversely:
affected by the recession in
international aluminum
markets, and losses have
continued in certain areas in
1976, compounded in June of
this year by industrial
disputes and strikes at
Alcan’s Canadian smelters.

Demand for aluminum
has however recovered
strongly, particularly in
North America and Europe,
with the result that con-
solidated sales and
operating revenues in-
creased to $704.2 million in
the second quarter from
$579.9 million a year earlier
and to $1,303.2 million in the
first half from $1,113.6
million in the first half of
1975,

Consolidated shipments of
aluminum in all forms rose
to 448,400 tons in the second
quarter against 357,800 tons
a year earlier, and 906,600
tons for the second half year
against 659,000 tons in 1975.
Since production at
Canadian smelters was
reduced, the increased sales
particularly in fabricated

0

rm were provided by the

draw-down of surplus in-
ventories of aluminum and
by a modest increase in

purchases. ,
The company's principal
subsidiary, Aluminum

Company of Canada, Ltd,
reported a net income of $4.6
million in the second
quarter this year against a
loss of $600,000 last year and
net income of $9.9 million in
the first half against a less
of $1.1 million in 1975. Its
results were supported by
‘improved ingot sales and
prices and by a recovery in
North American fabricating”
but damaged by labour
disruptions in Jamaica and
the strikes at its Canadian
smelters.

- Alcan reports that its
earnings were well
sustained or improving in
Continental Europe, Latin
America and Australia but
profitability was not yet
restored in the first half in
the United Kingdom, Japan
or Scandinavia, In respect
ta those partially-owned
companies for which Alcan
uses the equity accounting
method, Alcan’s losses in
the first half, principally in
Japan and Scandinavia,
increased to $9.8 million
from $3.6 million in the first
half of 1975.

Wilful damages
_,Richard Nelson was
charged with causing wilful
damage and sentenced to
pay a fine of $100.

In premises.

John Santics was charged
for being in' a licensed
premises and fined $10.

BGeorge Kitselas@ .

CanCel to phase out
sulphite pulp production

Production of sulphite
pulp at the Prince Rupert
operations of Canadian
Cellulose Company, Limited
will be phased out in Oc-
tober, Ronald M. Gross,

president and _ chief
executive officer, an-
neunced recently. The

company previously an-
nounced it is investing $100
million in modifying’ the
facility from the sulphite
process to the bleached
kraft: pulp process, with
startup scheduled in late
1978,

“The phase-out is an
essential step to enable the
mill to be modified to kraft
production. Since the
decision to invest in. the
project, the remaining
question was. how long the
¢ompany could continue ta
operate the mill-as a
sulphite mill,” Gross ex-
plained. :

“The continuing severely
depressed ‘ market for
sulphite pulp was the major
factor dictating that this
action be taken in October.
Efforts were made to
prolong the operation
through production
rescheduling and an interim
multi-million dollar
equipment purchase to
produce baled sulphite
paper pulp. Market demand

s declined to the point
where even this product
cannot be sold,” he noted,

Gross said that “with the
two year construction
period and the stability in
operations and employment
that will develop, there will

be an overall | beneficial.

impact on the company and
its employees, as well as on
the economy of Prince

‘Rupert and the northwest

region of the province. In
addition, because of the
nature of kraft pulp

production, as compared to
sulphite, environmental and
overall working conditions
will be substantially im-
proved.”

“The uncertainty of the
future of the sulphite mill
now has been cemoved and
the fact that the company is
embarking on one of the
largest capital projects
going ahead in British
Columbia should allay any
concerns as to our long-term
commitment in the nor-
thwest region,”’ he stated.

The Canadian Cellulose
president reported that an
immediate consequence of
the phase-out is that jobs
would no longer be available
for approximately 300
employees of the company's
current 975 person work
faree at Prince Rupert.

“Some new jobs will be
created when the additional
kraft capacity “comes on
stream but our overail
Manpower requirement at
Prince Rupert will be less
than for the current sulphite
and kraft
Gross noted. He also
commented that the project
will sustain the wood har-
vest and existing jobs in the

woods and supporting
services in the northwest.
“A  eomprehensive

assistance policy has been
developed for employees
who will be affected,” Gross
said,

Assistance will include
severance allowances based
on length of service, early
retirement option, hiring

reference at other

anadian. Cellulose
operations and extensive
personal counselfing.
Company officials are also
meeting with Canada
Manpower to work out
details of a relocation and
job opportunity program.

operations,”’ -

of Canada.

Rupert, 6.C.;

H.A. Stevenson, .

CANADA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
PACIFIC AIR SERVICES REGION

‘SEALED TENDERS,
Department of Transport, Regional Manager:
Construction Services, 739 West Hastings Street,
Vancouver, B.C., V6C 1A2,and marked, “Tender .
for Reroofing of Maintenance Garage at Prince

’ Rupert Airport, 8.C.”, willbe received up to 3:00
P.M., PDST, August 5, 1976. .

Plans, specifications and other tender
documents may be examined at the office of the
undersigned, 7th Floor, Prescott Building, 549
Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C., VéC 2C6, and
copies obtained on deposit of a certified cheque
for $25.00 made payable to the Receiver General

addressed to the

Plans and specifications will also be on display.
at thé Amalgamated Construction Association of
B.C,, 2675 Oak Street, Vancouver; Construction
Pian Services, 3785 Myrtie Street, Burnaby,
B.C.; Bulkley Valley-Lakes District Con-.
struction Association, 45 N. Broadway, Box 2258,
Smithers, B.C.; Prince Rupert Construction
Association, 535 - 3rd. Avenue West, Prince-
and Terrace Construction.
Association, 4931 Keith Avenue, Terrace, B.C,

Regional Manager, Construction Services,
Canadian Air Transportation Administration —

aD

Ottawa approves Fairview
construction funds

Tona Campagnolo,
Member of Parliament for
Skeena, recently announced
on behalf of Transport
Minister Otto Lang and the
National Harbours Board,
that $4.5 million will be
provided for Phase III of
construction of the Fairview
feneral cargo terminal at
ine. Port of Prince Rupert,
BC,

This brings the total
estimated cost to $25.5
million for the deep-sea,
general cargo terminal
which is located on Fairview
Bay at the south end of the
city.

“A $3,000,08 contract has
been awarded to Dillingham
Corporation Canada Ltd., of
Vancouver, lo provide
underground services and
utilities, fencing, lighting
and an ciectric generating
substation, construct
foundations for the terminal
buildings and pave the
cargo-handling areas and

the terminal entrance
road"*, explained Mrs.
Campagnolo,

Phase IIE also calls for the
construction of a 63,000
square foot cargo storage
shed, a maintenance centre.
rail sidings off the CN
mainline which runs

through the terminal and a
gatehouse as well as office
accommodation and a 124
car parking area.

It is expected that one of
the wharf’s two berthing
spaces will be open by the
end of this year. When the 40
acre terminal, administered
by the National Harbours
Board is fully operational by
the spring of 1977, it will be
able to handle forest and
agricultural products,
general cargo, ores and
partly-processed mineral
concentrates.

excavate and pre

Plans for construction of
the terminal -were an-
nounced in 1973 and the
contract for Phase I to’
i re the
site was awarded that year.
Phase IT for construction of
the 430 metre (1,409.5 foot)
wharf began in January
1975. So

“The project is part of the
planned development of the
port to accommodate the
needs of the expanding
northern B.C. econamy’’,
stated the Skeena M.P.

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