—

ie

*

Jim Fitrgibbons, New B.C. Chamber Director

“Guest speaker at the

Not fourist bureaus

regular dinner meeting of
the Terrace Chamber of.
Commerce, Tuesday night,
Jim Fitzgibbons, executive
director of the British

* Columbia Chamber of |

Commerce, -pulled few

‘punches as’ he Inshed out

ageinst the apathy of wishy-
washy,
Chambers in Canada.”

*{"Some branches in British °
Colimbia, he said, have...
cies. of only. 65:2.

pee me aberabip. “Tt cose”
Jess to belong than it does for”

& membership in any of the.
fraternal organizations,
service clubs — perhaps
even the Boy Scouts. Union
dues cost members more for
one month than the Chamber

Charges its membership for _

a year. wo
. Members are paying less —
than 12 cents per month for’
the BC chamber, to:
represent them a: 2 UD.
thelr. cause at-the provincial m
Last year our government
borrowed: 8 billion dollars
abroad. The year before it

. added 7 billion dollars to our

indebtedness. How much is a

penny-pinching -:

derstand what a billion
doilars is — if you told your
wife she could spend a:
thousand dollars a day, tt

would take her 3,000 years to -

spend a billion dollars.
Or— in time. One billion
minutes ago, Jesus Christ.
was walking the streets of
Jerusalem, ° \ wet

They shodd i a
tourist and travel business,

For the past: two years:
Canada has won the world’s - ;

record — at borrowing

money. Whowillrepay those. -
‘Our ~« future -

billions?
generation is being placed in
financlal bondage by. us,
without their knowledge and
consent.” This, we have no
moral right todo. .

‘Chambers are groups of .

concerned citlZens, banding
together to protect and
promote the exercise of free
enterprise, They should be.a
pressure group, to lobby for -
the preservation and ex-

tension of the free enterprise -

system:in Canada.

hambers of Commerce,..
Fitzgibbons" ‘said, © :have.-.
berome glorified tourist’

| Chamber Should Lobby
For Small Businesses

concept are the 4! Crown
Corporations in British
Columbia and the 383 Crown
corporations elsewhere in

Canada. “...And it took me -Terrace council do not agiée

-on where the two facilities

three weeks to get these
figurea out of Statistics
Canada'” Fitzgibbons
complained,

withinthe Chamber for each:

cabinet ministry; and the

need for the individual

chambers to take up B.C,
Economic Development .
minister _ Don Phillip’s
request 'to go to the govern-

ment with Information, -
~advice,

problems — and
suggestions. Phillip’s at-

ctitude, he felt, .was a —

“refreshing change”...

_ .. Mike Tindall, Terrace and
-District Chamber president, |
.thanked Mr. Fitzgibbons for -
his address. A hearty. ap-—

plause followed, fram the
twenty local businesspersons
attending: the . general

’ meeting, which was held at

Gim’s Restaurant.

billion? he asked? To un-

$2500 Cheque —

~ Moose Lodge

“Tuesday ' March 14 at: the
CFTK. studios on Lazelle
Ave. in Terrace the Moose

Lodge of Terrace donated
$2,400. to the Terrace

-volunteer firemen’s-

association: to help compile
the necessery funds for the.
Jaws of Life
“The Jaws are a Hydraulic
tool used: in car ‘accidents —
where metal. must be bent,. -

~ Working against ‘this

Jaws of

victims.

On hand for the presen- .

tation of. the cheque were

‘Rene Lucier, president of the -
Moose Lodge, Bob Hoffman, -

president of the volunteer
fire department, Bill Benzer
of the fire’ department, and
Scott Foote, ticket chaiman’
‘of the Western Lottery, 2
. Benzer explained that this
donation was-the first of an

Life

all: be pooled together to
make-up the $2500 needed for
the power tool.

Benzer also stated that the

Jaws were needed here In .

Terrace, ‘We have had
several cases where -it took
Up to 45 minutes to free
trapped. car accident vic-

"tims. With the Jaws of Life -°
‘that would be cut down ‘to:

only a° few,. precious,
minutes’. o

eut, or to free trapped

oS

PEAWA“— A. week of
ota celebrations

~ will usher in Canada Day in

-1978 ‘and future years,..
Secretary ‘of State John
Roberts announced today.’

The theme selected for this
year’s, celebrations ri
“Canada is you and: me":

eae

“La Canada, c’est tolf et :
, » western Provinces -and

moi
Mr, Roberts sald, that; .
Festival.Canada, a Hew:
directorate. withii his
Department; will fund two
volintary. organizations —

theCanada Week Committee:
ofthe Councl fo Cen mde :

Unitv and the Cansdlan !
‘Arts Council — to organize:
poplar reativittes across the :
country, The progratn .
real vives will begin on June -

_ pastern

‘expected several which will

oe $4.5 Million For
- “Festival Can

25 and culminate as usual in
a national celebration. on
Parliament Hill on July ist.

One of the features of the
program will be the twinning
of individuals, and. com-
raunities in each of Canada's
and central
“Provinces with similar
communities ‘in one of our

northern Territories.

The purpose is to step up:
personal and community.
‘exchanges during the seven-

day period in a: spirit of
discovery and enthusiasm,

ada”

A sum of $4.5-million has.

heen allocated for Festival

Canada... 008 ee
Theprogram isin 1973 and .

following .years will . be

subject to’ approval by a”
- Hational Festival. Canada

Conimittee consisting of
twelvescon-to-be-appointed:

* representatives, one. from

each of: the ‘Provinces’ and.

: “Territories under a dollar-a-

year chairman, G. Hamilton
‘Southam. ..Mr. Ti
retired last March after 10

years as Director-general of -

‘the-National-Aris Cenire,

WEATHER:
With'a low pressure cell looking, fairly stationary

today; a cloudy sky and slightly cool winds can be
expected. Temperatures ‘will ‘be around 3 degrees

celsius. .

" LEGISLATEVE LIBRARY, CONP. 77/78 J
PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, .
. VECTORIA, B.C., #61,
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VOLUME 72 NO. 52

THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1978

Bites
i. The property on.Kalum -

Southam ..

Highway 25
“in Dire Need”

Terrace council voted to.
support a Kitimat move to:
push for total upgrading of:
Highway 25 bet ween Terrace :
and Kitimat. - es

In a letter read at Monday-”
night's council meeting,
Kitimat municipal manager *
Ben de Kleine asked Terrace
council to support a Kitimat -

been completed.

Kitimat council referred to
the poor coriditlon of the road
and decided the entire high-
way is “in direneed of a total

upgrading,” de Kleine said. |:

The highway is 20 years
old, and de Kleine stated no
major maintenance repair
has been done during this

request to Minister of High-: period.

ways Alex Fraser. JSR,
Last fall widening of High-
way 25 in certain areas was -
started by the regional high:
ways office, de Kleine said, :
but this project has not yet

Although Ald. Bob Cooper
disagreed that no major
work had been done in 20

* years, Terrace council voted

to write a similar letter to

: the Ministry of Highways.

RUNNING OUT OF GOLD <
The Golden Rule is. ran-
hing out of-money again, but.
Terrace council may step in-
to give the local job finding.
service a hand." °°
Juanita: Hatton, co:
ordinator for..the Golden:
Rule, appeared before’
council Monday night to ask?
for further financial -
assistance. - ;
A provincial grant, a
al grant and previous

money allocated by council

are almost spent, Hatton
; said,
, Struggling to ‘‘keep my head
‘above water,”’

and she is now

“Hatton said the Golden
-Rule has only $1,000 left in a
‘bank account, which is the

‘ facility’s' budget for one
“month -

Mayor Dave Maroney
promised Hatton that council
would consider her request
-for funding at budget time.

4 oe
SPOT A Ma RR ROU OS Rg
- wy ‘
a e .

-. Court and Health

‘Sites Unsettled

Terrace will be gelting a
new courthouse and health
centre, but the province and

” (Phe site is presently zoned
R3 (multi-family dwelling), -

but should be changed to Pl
(administration and
assembly district), Wilkins

should be built... ‘Said

Council received a letter
from Ken Wilkins of the B.C.
Buildings. Corporation

_asking them to rezone a-site x
“on! Kalim* Road. and Olson : health unit and:ehould have: ,
Avenue, but later“ inthe ° side curves, -

and Olson is owned. by the
province and. has~ already —
been designated as the site.
for the $5 million courthouse

‘and health centre. -.’- .

: He also recommended that
council .the

titers,

it.’ . a
PCounell referred Wilkins'
letter to the. planning.

committee and also en-~
dorsed.-a planning ‘recom- -

mendation to:.set up: a-

SSOP PPE PEER

etd

A Terrace’. man was
arrested ‘Monday night
following a break and enter -
at Northwest Sportaman, --

Terrace RCMP receélyed a.
call from a passerby who -
reported the front window of.
the store was smashed,

“Police attended a

Soares

Kitimat
. .. Building

Kitimat--ROMP report a

‘break’ ‘and enter at the
department’ .of highways

‘building :on Forest: Ave. in -
Kitimat Sunday: night . or

‘early Monday’ miorning.’ .

‘Stolen was a variety of tools
and acetylene-oxygen tanks.
The -RCMP are _ in-

| d-bo Cyolist
-. Halted in Tracks —

' school had cleaned-up the

searred wall and replaced
the plastic towel dispenser
which was where the fire
started.

There are no suspects as
yet, although police and fire
departments are in-

arrested a man who was
found to be In possession of a
gicyele and Jacket valued at

Charges of breals and enter:
. INADEQUATE : CONCERN

and theft are pending,
The man’s name was not

Highways

Entered

-vestigating the “matter in
full, including the method of
entry. ©

‘Two Kitimat youths were
taken into custody - con-
cerning .the matter after

police found all items intact

in Terrace, -

Part 2 of B.C.’ Dept. of
Human Resources Minister
Bil VanderZalm’s aitack
on the U.LC, delays’ in

cessing- unemployment .
fit clalmants which
are causing an increase in -:
provincial welfare
disbursements ‘in B.C. is.
carried on’ Page Four of
this Issue; “ VanderZalni's’
complaint of the long delay

as much as threa months

— for processing UIC
claims is borne oui by
many Terrace residents
whe have telephone the
Herald with: stories of.
hardship arising ‘from
lengthy delays. . |.

The phone number for
the Youth Employment
Program, at the end of the
article. -:in .. yesterday's
Herald on Vern Burkhardt
should have been 695-4997

- -aftet. Judge Selwyn Roinilly See pe eg, RCE aE
ithe provincial.court 4 Und. Wat eee bes Of Far ee
’ Y SOMBAne cpu lig ore poe ar or aa oe *

’ polychlorinated byphenyls’

stemmed | fromna

’ theré wag reasonable doubt

CanCel' plant: ‘exploded -ap-
. peared more concerned with

stored than with containing

.- proximately | 1:30 p.m.
_ his motorcycle in Nalabila in

_ Hospital.

‘on motorcycles at this time

the plane landed}.

The aircraft had heen diverted to Rupert that morning and passengers bussed in to Terrace.
Would it land this time? While adults rested on benches and chairs, this little tyke puraued
’ Fher own interests on the ceramic floor of the Terrace-Kitimat Airport, Tuesday. (P.S.-Yes,

f

- CanCel Fined $24,500

CanadiannCellulose Co. Ltd. the PCB that was, leaking...

Fi 500 Tuesday . . Testimony dkring thé trial
after Judge Seivya oily © showed ihe PCB iuade is:

ravening the Federal Tr
Fisheries Act in a spill ofn-" _Twodays after the. ex-
Plosion the transformer was
removed and’ cleanup
operations -began. Between
the time of the explosion and
the Hime the transformer -
was removed, an cotimated ;
in issuing the fine, said that 210 gallons: ofnl had’
he ‘was".taking into con- ¢scapedonto the roof, where
sideration. the §200,000° the transformer was located,
CanGel has spent in cleaning - and inte the plant’f draingge |
up the PCBNspill which. system.n - - |,
femm i tran-. The judge said CanCel had .
- taken all reasonable steps to
clean up the spilled fluid at.
the time and could not be
blamed for the transformer
explosion,, =k
‘The company was given
two months to pay the fine.
POSES PROBLEMS
PCB, a man-made: com-
Bound used as a _fire-
resistent liquid in electrical

(PCBs) into waters: near
Prince Rupert more than a -
year ago.
‘Romilly -found the com-.
pany guilty on one count and,

sformer. exploeon Jan.22,-
1877. ;

The judge dismissed 15
additional counts for lack of .
sufficient evidence, He said

that-1n some: charges ' the
levels of PCB were not
deleterious, ;

. He said, however, that the
initial ; spill’ at CanCel’s
Prince Rupert plant resulted,

_wansformers, was “not a
cancern until about 10 years
ago when its persistence in

n

‘He mentioned testimony
which showed PCB . was
harmful even innminute
quantities and could have

-Bome lethal effects on

marine life bx endangercng

‘the ability ofnfish to survive.

although defence counsel .
. Robert..Gardner had been .

highly critical of the sam-

‘ pling: techniques. of. En-.

vironment Canada personnel

following the spill, Romilly:

said he felt the procedures
were adequate.

testified in the 11-day trial
which dragged on for several
months because of numerous
adjournments, Testimony
showed that the transformer
was corroded and a CanCe]
employee found a bullet-size
hole in it after the explosion.

in concentrations of 950,000
parts per million in- some
places. (Two .parts per.
million is the maximum

l 120 JOBS FOR TERRACE
acceptable level.) ; :
On the one count, Romilly YouthEmployment
- fined the, company $3,500 a [Program for job . op-
‘day for the period between. fPortunitles under

Jan, 22 and Jan. 28, 1977, for
dispersing, or allowing to be’.
dispersed, dailsete
substances in waters
frequented by fish following -

reported in yesterday's
Herald under ‘‘He has 120
jobs to give away” has a.

Youth Employment Program

the inside) Zenith 2210 for ad.
provincial government plan, ditional information. [
Terrace, the person to see i
Jean Holloway, on tha
second floor at 4548 Lak:
Avenue, -

local telephone number. Iti
635-4997. Persons can
phone toll free, outside (an

the acccdent atthe plant.

Ha said prior to delivering -'
his ruling that testimonx .
indicated those called to the -
scene shortly. after an
electrical transformer at the

getting the plant’s power re-

‘Motorcylist
Injured

Kitimat’s first motorcycle
accident of :1978 occurred
Tuesday: March 14 at ap-

Alexander Ross was driving

Kitimat when he collided -
with a vehicle driven by John
Baschzok at the Intersection
of Kingfisher and Nalabila.
Ross sustained injuries to
his right leg and arm and is . oer
reported to be in stable -
condition in Kitimat General

No. 13 presented a Bra:
Herald In Tuesday "

‘The accident marks the nd the extensive ¢

first. of many bi-wheel
mishaps to be encountered in
‘78. Authorities say one
major reason for aceldents

of year Is the slippery road.
conditlons. - :

Dave Simons, past president of the Terrace Pacific Branc

“nt WAR...

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