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VOLUME 72 No. 79°

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MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1978

Jim Fulton: We must stop exploi ation by companies like Ineo.

‘by Donna Vallieres

As a result of in- -

creasing awareness of
‘ the many aspects of food,
several ‘Terrace people
are organizing a group to
study and report on local
problems of food, in-
cluding everything from
growing to eating. .

. Tom Knox, one of the
organizers, said the
decision {o form a local
committee was prompted
by a recent visit from
representatives of the
People’s Food Com-
mission, a nation-wide
effort to learn of the

problems of rising food ~

prices, Canadian food
oduction
ards and. nutrition...

Ss “Food""is: one~ ofthe *”

most important things in
"people's lives,’’ Knox

said, “but it’s one of the
things we have the least
control over.”

The. People’s Food.
Commission is not just
for experts, but for. those
who are directly involved.
or concerned ‘with the
problems of growing,
ransporting, selling.
cooking and eating food.
. The aim is to make the
commission easily ac-
cessible and: to draw on
the experience. and
creativit ly of . people
concerned about food
issues. —

In September, com-
missioners from the
various regions will visit
approximately 65 to 80
towns where a local
working group has been
established. and there is
sufficient local interest.

The - People's Food
Commission was formed
out of the Council for

He

y

- Share that information.”

. Marketing — th

“the local group is setting be

. dudy Stephen, Kitimat hospital physiotherapist,
describes purpose of “Nebulizer” for patients
with respiratory problens.

The People’s Food Commission

one to Terrace council
or approval of the
market and are op-
timistic that this will be

. World Development held
recently in Ottawa which
focused on global world
problems. The council
discovered that while’
there is a government
food commission, in-

established.

Knox said there is still
a need for more people to
contribute to the local

groups presentation to
the eople’s Food
Commission. For more
information, call. Tom
Knox at 638-1091,

In Terrace

formation relevant to
most people is not readily
available. -

The idea is to “‘get
people together who haye
common concerns.
relating to food, discover
problems and solutions to
the food situation and

At least one false in-
voice has been. received
by a local company, and
the Terrace businessman
who discovered the ploy
is hoping other com-

nies will be on the
lookout for these phoney

Eventually, a.
“popular” report will be
drawn up by the com-
mission using the input .

re re

Greg -Townsen

vout of the
region, Knox said. Now,
only local potatoes are

Fortunately, Townsend
just recently read
an article on the Toronto

own for outside
istribution. : "Globe and Mail warning .
Despite Terrace’s against a wave of false
lengthy growing season ifvoices tliat are hitting
— it was 180 days last companies all across

year — farmers are being , }
forced to sell their Jand :*
. because of a lack of local
«markets.
One suggestion which
,has already come out of

i

Thornhill residents will

getting the chance to
up an outdoor produce ‘rade in their. well and
market during the spring septic systems with a
and summer months. |. water su

~ Kitimat-Stikine
Regional District gave
two readings to a by-law

Shay

Anattempt toconstruct
a playground’ at. Copper
Mountain School bogged
down last week because
of a similar request from
Thornhill elementary
school,

Originally, plans were

ly and sewer -

which would put: the bea good thing.”

Edna Morrell, i
vestigator for the Toronto
Better Business Bureau,
said subscribers to Telex
normally get their name
placed in a directory free.

CNCP Telecom-
munications of Montreal
has told the bureau that

.there‘ is only one in-
“teria tionally- recognized
which is.

directory
produced by. Jaeger-
Waldmann. of West

Germany, Morrrell said.-

T.G. Rimmer,
operation manager of the

‘Better Business Bureau

of Canada, said that the
national office has known
of ‘ International Diree-
tory Publishing for
several ‘years. :

Since’ July, 1977,
member bureaus have
had” 85 solicitations

passed on to them, he
said

Companies such as

voters in the form of a
referendum, possibly in
June. ,

-Regional director for
Thorahill Les Watmough
said he is hoping voters

: Will say yés to the water

system, and the sewer
system because “it has to

made to hold a
referendum in the
Thornhill area for ap-
proval of spending $5,000
on the Copper Motntain
playground.
. However,. — re
director for Thorn

onal
Les

|... The Pacific Northwest
* * Music ‘ Festival advises
all persons wishing to
attend the Festival of its
various locations as
follows: .

Instrumental: £E,T,
Kenney Gym

Piano: R.E.M. Lee
Theatre Celadonia
Lecture Theatre

Speech Arts: Cassie
Hall School Auditorium
a Vocal
‘Clarence Michiel School
Auditorium .
’_ All sessions are from
Monday to Friday at 9:30
in the morning, 1:30 in the
afternoon: and 7:30 in the
evening,

t

and, Strings:

Schedule for
Music Festival -

There ‘will be no in,
strumental class on
Friday afternoon.

All competitors are

reminded to bring their
competitor cards and to
be iin attendance fifteen
minutes prior to per-
formance. ‘ ;
Tickets for the final
hight performance will be
avallable'at the R.E.M.
Lee Theatre during
Festival week. .
one requiring
further . infromation
during Festival week can
call the following: 635-
4948, 635-3768, 635-5788, or
635-2548, .

in-.

have ceased

Thornhill

‘question to Thornhill

Invoice Fraud Seen

International _ Directory
will send waves of mail
into Canada for a short
time, Morrell] said, and

‘then stop, but often begin

again under a differennt

‘name.

“The number of these
that are active ‘ would
indicate that-some of the.

““companies“ate paying ©

these invoices,” she said.

The charge on the bills
is between $200 and 400,
but Morrell has seen one
as high as $2,025.

“You do not have to
have many companies
paying them to realize
ow much money is in-.

volved,’ she said,

Since the BBB in
Canada lias started a
monitoring program in

_ 1976, the national office

has counted 76.companies
carrying out this kind of
business; although many:
to operate,

“We're going to die the
way we are right now,”
he said. -

- The systems would
encourage industrial
development, Watmough
said, and would also open .
up residential areas in
ronhill.

Mortgage money would
be easier to get, fire

Watmough was __ later
approached with a
request for a playground
at Thornhill.

The regional board had
no objection to the second
playground, _ but

representative were the

get | plumbing for

Jean Coe, Kitimat Community Servies! Must
help single mothers, broken homes, burdened

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We GEE LDLSAAY,

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Davie Barrett-““Bridging the Gap”

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CLIP, 77/78

~~ Kitimat Gan Fund A
Second Psychiatrist

By Scott Browes

At a meeting of the
Kitimat Hospital’
Association Wednesday
April i9 the hospital
board left a recom-
mendation by the BCHA
open to be discussed later
at their annual meeting.

‘The resolutin called for

ecyaluation of safety

Standards in. uranium .
imifling in“ BC.” Also; -“ae-

comodations for another
Kitimat psychiatrist
were dealt with.

Public meetings-of the -

Hospital board are held
on the third Wednesday of
every month and usually

include a tour of cne-

particular department of
the hospital. Wednesday
was the physiotherapy
department's turn.
Physiotherapist Judy
Stephen provided the
commentary and = ex-
lainations of
embers of the board
and one press

protection would improve
and house
rates would go down as a
result of the upgraded
systems, ‘the Thornhill
director stated.

There would be an
initial one time only
connection charge of $450
to residents to hook up to

the water system, and

number of direc-
torsvoiced concern over
the fact that it might not
be ready for referendum
at the same time as the
Copper’ Mountain

playground and the water

uipment.

$30

insurance.

The two systems will be

Copper Mt, Playgroud Stalled

only persons on tour.
Hospital administrator
Jack Green’ says, ‘the
meetings are very rarely
frequented by the
public.” -

On with the meeting,
Piercing through the
preliminary bureaucratic
procedures the group.
came upon ‘Resolutions

for. Discussion at the .association........ 0 cia. ..,
Anni "A meeting of the North-

Annual’ British Columbia ~
Health Association
Meeting to be held in
Vancouver May 10, 11 and
12.

There were piles and

- piles of resolutions, some

insignificant, others with

‘great ramifications to

workers in particular.

One resolution
proposed by a BC hospital
asscciation was — in
reference to the ‘‘ob-
solete’’ safety standards
in the uranium mining
sector of industry. ©

The resolution called
for a re-evaluation of the
safety standards and was
another $550 to sewer,

Figures for the mon-
thly cost of the services
are dependent on whether
the province grants
financial assistance, but.
estimates for an average
$26,000 homeowner would .
be $12 a month for water

and $18 a month for
sewer.

and sewer system.

Cost of holding a.
referendum is ap
proximately $1,500 which
makes it more
economical to group
several items into the

. psychiatrist. The

agreed to be left open for
discussion at the annual
meeling of BCHA by the
Kitimat board,

Other business brought
the date for the Kitimat
board association
meeting forward Sep-
tember 20. The public is
urged to attend and
become a member of the

west BCHA will be held
April 29 and 30 in Prince
Rupert.

A letter read by the
board originiating from
the Regional. District
stated that funding was
finally available for a.
second Kitimat
lan-
ning for which will be
undertaken in detail
‘immediately’ ac-
cording to Health of-
ficials.

All business over with
the next meeting was set

for May 24 and everyone
_was a

journed.

the
referendum separately.
The next step is to get
Department of Municipal
Affairs approval for the

voted on in

cost breakdown, then the
by-law will be brought
back to the regional
district level for third
reading before getting
official. provincial ap-
proval, .

same referendum.
The board decided to

- gather more information

on the playground subject
before proceeding with
its decision.