EE IE RRS PAN 2 ORS sae te MST Be nechare, wl FORE sae ES ae eC Ley tz LAT ive ied ean oP COMPS 77/78 PARLIAMEI lil belae, VICTORIS, © .Ce, vaye-Li4 #61 Nt A VOLUME 71 NO. 150 PN ease Side view of the Human Resources residence, after the Sunday morning fire. i. _ Fire men at 1737 Graham St., Prince Rupert, Sunday morning. The fire was noticed at 3:30 a.m. children’s rn A aa After the bat Four children died in this two storey bullding. The _ children upstairs were said to have all safely excaped by themselves. Downstairs, four died. Prince Rupert was operated by the Department of hy residence Human Resources and housed youngsters from age 9 to 14. parks spatter down as fire. residence in Prince Rupert at early morning tragic RCMP question Ross Thompson, who lives across the street from the D.H.R.-residence. a e Chief Harrison, of the Prince department at McCarthy House in which four young * ee Rupert Hre wards of the government died, Sunday morning. Burned shell of house at 349-4th East Street In Prince Rupert. Seventeen year old Ruth Jaeger died in this fire - the second tragic fire to take place that morning, bringing the death toll in Prince Rupert.that day to five, Youth Incentive Program Roy Greening, principal of Thornhill Elementary School and Director of Terrace and District Community Services announced this week a contract has been signed with Manpower for a special $128,960 grant. The money is for a “Skeena Youth Work Incentive Program” to beginshortly. It brings to ‘ a total of $295,378. the amount funded for various programs ad- ministered. by-Terrace- &-: - : . District Commu nity Services. The new project will involve hiring 15 boys and girlsnot attending school to repair and upgrade Hart Farm. The Farm is located 18 miles North on Nass road, on the way to Stewart, and is, itself a juvenile § ty a rehabilitation project.” “The Youth Work In- centive Program will be administered by District Terrace School Board, through the Department of Education . The Department of Human Resources will , Operate in an advisory capacity. e project will also involve the Attorney General's for obvious reasons. The overall sponsors and initiators of the program are the Terrace & District Commu nity Services. Funding, as already stated, will he by Canada Manpower under is Canada Works branch ef UREN EASE tba POMS Fi Greening finds the signing of the contract an encouraging _ indication that needed attention is finally being given to looking after unemployed dropouts of low school age. Department B.D. Margetts, general manager of CP Rail’s coastal operations at Herald office, Monday. Margets was in town to discuss implications of CP Rail’s Jan. 1st. takeover of North operations. changes are indicated, Margetts was and Navigatlons B.C. coastal Although no immediate noticeable confident the longterm benefits to the B.C. economy and tran- sportation picture will be significant. Adding the coastal service to CP’s tail and Air operations should mean a shipper in the Terrace- Kitimat area would soon be able to ship goods practically anywhere oon a single Bill of Lading. Margetts will be in Terrace today. ‘Roy Greening The 15 boys and girls to be hired will all receive the minimum wage while working on Hart Farm, and will presumably be housed there. ‘ Other programs operated under the ommunity Services umbrella in Terrace bring the total to $295,378 amen and include Mother’s Time Off, Volunteer Bureau, (Meals on Wheels); Alcohol & Drug abuse, Consumer Ser- vices (Debt Counsellor) ; Terrace Ansering Bureau (Crisis Line); Homemakers (assisting mothers in need with children and house care) ; B.C. Housing (Senior Citizens Home); In- termediate School (Beliaviourly Distrubed children) and the Child Care Worker. Twelve Board Mem- bers serve on the Com mmunity Services board, all ona voluntary basis. Community Services, Chairman Greening told’ the Herald , are currently advertising for a project manager for the Skeena Youth Work Incentive Cindy Boyd, 12 Death by police neglect VANCOUVER (CP) — Police chief Don Win- terton has ordered an investigation into the death of Peter Herney following a recom- mendation by a coroner’s jury that the Vancouver - police..department.. take. strong disciplinary action - against Const. Ralph Hutton. “Tf evidence exists to support the laying of either criminal or disciplinary charges, ‘then such charges will be laid,” he said. “If such evidence does not exist, then no charges will be laid.” The coroner's jury ruled Friday that Her- ney, 29, died a natural death from cardiac death, but said his death could have been prevented “‘but for the gross negligence on the part of Constables Hutton and (Thomas) Dolo.” They recommended Hutton be disciplined for “his inhumane treatment and neglect’? of Herney, who had been booked for being drunk. Winterton said an examination of the transcript of evidence will be included in the in- vestigation. He also said the jury’s comments on the operation of the depart- ment’s drunk tank will be discussed in a report to the next meeting of the police board. The jury recommended that it should be made mandatory for & person being booked into jail to be questioned on his state of health, — present medication, date of most recent medical exam- ination and doctor’s PeadiaN oni’ » First Prize Winner in Herald Christmas decoration contest Cindy made decorations out of flour dough and coloured and decorated them in 4 professional manner. Prize was $10 bill. ‘PHILOSOPHY 6,100 contestants enter Prince George Feb. winter games ' N.B.C Games Sixty one hunored participants in over 40 sports and games will be pouring into Prince George Feb. 2 to ith 1978 to take part in the sec- dond largest contest of mes and sports since e Olympics were held in ‘Montrealin- 0 -- oe ee 2, _The event will involv more athletic activities than have been held at any one time ever in Canada. To promote the 4h Annual B.C. Northern B.C. Winter Games — as that even is called, John Furlong, Northern B,C, Winter Games Chairman was in Terrace Monday and will be in Kitimat, today. SIZE DOUBLES February’s games, in Prince George are ex- pected to be double in size, the 3rd annual games held in Dawson Creek in early 1977. Although it will be hosting twice the number of participants as Canada Games — which averages a budget of $10 million per year, the B.C. Nor- thern Winter Games has to manage with a sum of $40,000. . DIF- FERS In a Herald interview ‘Minday, John Furlong Stressed the difference in philosophy of the Prince George February event with that of the B.C, Games. “The northern B.C, Winter Games primary interest is in PAR. TICIPATION, whereas the B.C. and most other Canadian sports contests stress a hilosophy of elitism’”’. There is all the difference of the world getween the two philosophies, he added. P.M. MAY BE THERE Iona Campagnolo will attend the Prince George 4day event and possibly Prime Minister Trudeau (Iona is working on it) said Furlong. Mrs. Campagnolo, as most people realize, is Minister of State and. Minister of Fitness and Amateur ort, in addition to being e federal MP for Skeena riding. - - -During- oon he 1 games, Princxe George will expand to include 3500 visiting competitors, 70 aut of town officials, 40 - federal, provincial and § dignitaries and . municipa another 4,000 spectators. ORIGINS The Northern B.C. Winter Games began 4 years ago- first held in Fort St. John. They were a successful attempt by that town’s citizens to add axcitement to an otherwise long, dull Winter. That first year the games involved only the youth of Ft. St. John and the very nearby areas. The following year it grew to inciude adult participants — this called for more organizing, a larger number of persons an greater funding. REALIZED POTEN- TIAL At this stage ple very much involved with the games realized how large the Games had become, and yet how much untapped potential remained. to unleash and control this potential, a Northern B.C. Winter Games Society was formed, with a board of 6 directors- one from each northern region, plus a Games Host Community chairman, and one past Games Host Community Chairman. LOCATION CHANGES Although . the Games originated in Fort St, John, the committee agreed the Games should be hosted by a different horthern community each year. Thus, in 1977 Servicemen charged with cattle injury - PORT HARDY, B.C, (CP) — Three ser- vicemen stationed at the Canadian Forces radar station at Holberg, B.C., will stand trial Jan. 20 on charges of injuring or endangering cattle. Corporals Russell Diebold, 28, James Stanley Cooper, 27, and Ronald Randolph Mathews, 936, pleaded innocent Dec. 15, and were remanded in the custody of their com- manding officer. Maximum penalty is five years in jail. Charges against a fourth man, Cp]. Gordon George Shaw, 34, were dropped. ey were charged Nov. 21 following the slaughter of three head of registered Highland cattie owned by Erie Cunningham -and Ali Juthans. Holberg is located 48 kilometres northest of this northern Vancouver Island community. 1 4-day ~- Dawson Creek was the host city of the first Northern B.C. Winter Games held outside Fort. St. John, and this year John Furlong Prince George won the right to host the 1978 Winter Games. SIX REGIONS Six northern regions annually participate in the Games. They are Skeena-Queen Charlotte Cariboo, Peace River- Liard, Kitimat-Stikine, Bulkley-Nechako and Fraser-Fort George. The decision of who attends the Games from ' each reagion is nor- Motion extinguished as Kit.-Stik. Reg: mally made by regional playoffs, unless an event is open to all competitors or there are not more than the regulation number of individuals from each region who wish to compete. The chance of the last oc- currin, is almoat ’ negligible. DIFFERS IN 1978 In the 1978 Games competitors will have the chance to participate in one of 39 different events. These include the 12 events compulsory to every community hosting Alpine: skiing, cross country skiing, basketball; the Games: broom! chess, curling, duplicate bridge,’ table’ mnastics, showshoeing, tennis, volleyball, wrestling — and also. archery, boxing, cribbage, darts, diving, dog sledding; fencing, hockey, mark- manship, speed skating, snowmobiling, swim- ming, team handball water polo, billiards and snooker. Of these, howling, handball and racquetball, hang gliding judo, karate, netball, figure skating, soccer, squash, syn- chronized swimming and weight lifiting will be included in the Games for. the first time, to promote: their developmetn tin the - North. : meeting snuffs out smoking ban An attempt to bri in a policy which would ban smoking in regional board room spiralled into ac- cusations of a power structure whithin the board. Director Alice Chen-Wing cautiously brought up the motion of no-smoking motion which was sup y ported by some board members while others qui extinguished their cigarettes. Terrace council chambers had for a long period of time had a smoking ban in effect, while the school board has just recently passed the same motion.. Alternate director from Thornhill Jum Culp hacked Chen-Wing in her concern, stating that smoking versus non-smoking was ‘‘an emotional _ issue,” and a question of rights. Frank Armitage, director from Stewart and a - heavy smoker of thin cigars, rejected that . ument, stating the same parallel could be drawn ar with auto. emissions and dozens of other things. Not only was the subject of non-smokers brought up, but also the manner of vote counting. Director Vic Jolliffe, questioned the procedure of ‘weighed votes which determine every regional Issue. munie Weighed votes is the process In which each ality or area gets a certain number of votes dependent upon the population each director represents. Terrace has six votes, divided between two directors, while Kitimat has seven between two directors, Jolliffe implied frequent! that Kitimat was a power board. The smoking ban in the board room was defeated ~ by a close vote, leaving the board with no smoking - policy short of hiding the ashtrays. an y throughout the meetin rce within the region badminton, hes Fete.