a: G ithe While most people played at Lions Park Sunday Rouw made money collecting the byproducts of a hot ingo, races and refreshment. we OT , Michael afternoon. Festivities at the park included horseshoes, Judging by the looks of these two, work as school, No doubt, however, itis a lot more fun. The sag a ‘bingo is almost as-much Herald’: candid camera caught the pair engrossed in thelr cards during bingo at the Lion Park Sunday afternoon. VICTORIA (CP) — Opposition members of the British Columbia legislature attacked Speaker Ed Smith Monday following his ruling clearing a government MLA of ‘witness-tampering alle- gations. Cries of “travesty,” and. fix’? poured from the New times Due to changes in the airline schedules, times for mail pick-up from street letter boxes in Terrace have had to be changed. Effective immediately the morning pickup in Thornhill is 9:45 a.m. and in Terrace at 10:15 a.m, The downtown Terrace afternoon pick-up is now 2:00 p.m. To ensure that your mail makes the Vancouver hts please mail early. Collection times are posted on your street letter box and in the post office. opposition benches after Smith ruled there was no evidence to support an allegation that George Kerster (SC—Coquitlam) had improperly persuaded a witness from attending a meeting of the public accounts committee last week. Opposition leader Dave Barrett called Smith's ‘decision shocking and sheer nonsense and altempted to introducé a motion of non- confidence in Smith, but was over-ruled by the Social Credit. majority. Liberal leader Gordon Gibson, who with Progressive Conservative leader Scott Wallace seconded Barrett’s motion, told reporters that if Smith's decision stands, he should be replaced as speaker. Dave Stupich (NDP—Na- naimo), chairman of the public accounts committee, said last week that Kerster improperly prevented B.C. Railway vicepresident Mac Norris from attending last “TRAVESTY...FIX” CHARGED | Speaker’s ruling sends NDP into an uproar Tuesday’s scheduled committee meeting. — Norris's failure to appear at the meeting coincided with the absence of all 11 Social ‘Credit members of the committee, WOULD NOT ATTEND Stupich said Kerster, as secretary of the committee told Norris not to attend because Kerster knew the Social Credit MLAs would be unable to attend. Stupich said such an incident was a serious breach of privilege. Smith ruled there was, no: evidence of a prima facie . .case of breach, Kerster: could have faced censure if: found to have committed the - witness tampering. The decision sparked a heated exchange between “NDP MLAs and Smith. Gary Lauk (NDP-— Vancouver Centre) accused Smith of deliberately ignoring evidence and called the ruling an absolute travesty. EVIDENCE EXAMINED When Smith said all evidence was duly examined, Lauk retored: - “and ignored.” The NDP MLA was asked ‘to withdraw the remark. and did so. Alex Macdonald (NDP— Vancouver East) said the ruling reinforced a deliberate throttling of the public accounts committee. The NDP has said the government wished the meeting called off because it did not want embarrassing details of the controversial Dease Lake extension of | B.C. Rail discussed. Thornhill community meeting Wednesday Thornhill residents who are not aware of the Thornhill Community Centre and some of the activities at the Centre are urged to attend a public meetin on July 6 Wednesday at 7:30. This meeting is being sponsored by the Thornhill Community Centre Committee, a group of volunteers to ‘organize activities and raise funds for the betterment of the community. Only with the co-operation. of interested members of the community can these ventures be successful. - Some groups who use the. centre are the Fall Fair ist Goat Club ard Monday each . month at 7:30, Saddle Club © ard Tuesday of each month . 8:00. Anyone interested is. welcome to attend. : _ Skeena Health Unit holds - Baby Clinic second and fourth Friday of each month. Summer Playground has started for activities for ‘ children aged 5 and up. Monday each month at 7:30) If you have any interests hobbies and any activities you would like to pursue in a centre you pay taxes for come and bring your views and ideas! - CleanUpVourAct Pitch-In’77 June 27 Twin River Timber reported the theft of 675. delays, 2 boxes of number six caps, and 200 electric caps from a powder shack 17 miles from Terrace out of Old Remo. The blasting caps were taken after the powder shack was entered and the metal container they were in was pried open. Parents are asked to warn their children and teenagers that these caps are dangerous. They can easily blow up, causing the: loss of hands or other Anyone finding what' looks like a blasting cap,’ please leave it alone and Police roundup report it to the R.C.M.P. June 28 Yvonne Azak of Prince Rupert reported a wallet missing on June 27. It contained only personal rs. pe radio was reported taken in a break anc enter at Kalum School (the Schoo] Board offices) on June 28, An attempted B & E was reported by the Apex Red and White store on Old Lakelse Lake Road in Thornhill. The thieves did not gain entry. Fune 29 Harold's Recreation, _near the Apex Red and White store also reported a B & E on June 29. They were not so fortunate ‘as the Red and White store, though, because thieves’ did gain entry. Police are’ investigating the incident.: ° A report of willful damage was submitted by” Terrace International Truck and Equipment Sales on Highway 16 West. A window was discovered broken there. June 30 A Break and enter case was reported at 93229 Emerson Street in Terrace appears that nothing was taken, Some mail boxes in New Remo were entered on June 30, and their contents scattered on the ground. A local resident phoned in ‘athe complaint. July J ! ‘Harry Dick was charged . under ‘liquor céntrol. legislation after becomin drunk on Friday night and, — refusing to stay off the: remises of the Terrace’ otel. _ The Bus Depot was broken into on Friday, and a theft took place. ~ July 2 ; A patriotic but lawless pe made off with several. ags from on Lakelse Ave. . taken. Blasting caps and delays believed stolen Merchants reported on. July 2 that four Canadian flags, one each from Ev’s Men's Wear, Wright's Men's Wear, the Hub, and Al’s Shoe store, had been Three provincial flags were..taken from stores, too, One from Ev’s, one from Wright’s, and one from Derksen’s Jewellers. A sum of money was found in the downtown area on Saturday. A wallet was reported stolen from a local home on Saturday. A fight between two girls _ took place on: Highway 16 West on Saturday. As a result, one of the girls was uite badly beaten up, and charges of assault have ' speed, been laid. A green. Peugeot bike was stolen from the Wild Duck Motel this weekend. July 3 ; Two bikes were reported. stolen on July 3. One was taken from 2812 Molitor. It is a white ten- The second was taken from No.15, North Kalum Trailer Court. It is a red Hawk Bike. a - Someone walked up' the trunk and over the roof of a car parked in the Skeena Hotel parking lot on July 3, causing approximately $200 damage. Police have a description of the offender, and are invesligating. Thursday night. “It Barrett attempted to have his non-confidence motion introduced, but Smith said such a motion must be given on notice. Barrett asked for unanimous Jeave of the house to introduce the motion, but it was refused by the Social Credit majority. Barrett accused Smith of bullying the house, to which Smith replied that the accusation was a gross distortion and asked for an immediate withdrawal. Barrett did not do so, but the matter was forgotten when Gibson rose to object to the Tuling. Barrett said outside the house that the ruling had been, an assault on democracy, and was “incompetent to say the best,” « “If this government gets away with this, they intend to do anything they want in this legislature and they obyiously intend on getting away with this,” he said. Several government MLAs said ~ Barrett's outbursts were staged for the news media. Kitimat police - report A break-in at Ocean Cement over the weekend netted theives an undisclosed amoung of cash. No other losses were reported. Police are investigating. vs Some aver-enthusiastic Canada Day celebrants stole $860 worth of flags in. Kitimat. , The 40 flags were removed from the lampposts where they had - been hung to celebrate Canada Day. Fish firm closure called unfortunate VICTORIA (CP) — Economic Development Minister Don Phillips said | Monday he regretted the federal government’s deci- sion not to participate in a Plan to bail out Queen Charlotte Fisheries Ltd., but, in the end, the company is ta blame for its own problems. ‘Put bluntly, the company waited too lon before coming to us for aid, and the worst of itis that it is the former employees and the fishermen who will suffer,” Phillips said in a news release. The B.C. government, through: the iC, Development Corp., had offered $1 million to help the company, providing the fed- eral government gave an additional $1 million, The federal government turned down the plan late last week, The company runs fish canning operations in the Vaneouver ‘area. About 700 persons’ would have been employed at peak times this season, but the company said last month it was folding because of its inability to obtain necessary working capital. ; “Had they approached us earlier, it is quite possible some financial aid could have been obtained for them on... aS we see'it ... am equitable sharing basis with the federal government,’ said Phillips. . “But with the fishing season so close and the plant's operations being seasonal, our backs were to the wall.