. Vol. 3, Issue No. ive Library + Legislati Parliament B Buildings, Victoria, B. yey 1x4 __ TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, November 4, 1987 The Ksan House Soclety’s sexual assault center, headed by director Lois Stoner, recenily got a boost in the form of additional operating grant money. The extra funding was announced by B,C. Attomey General Brian Smith in. Terrace last week. For Stony 8 see | page: 19. ‘civil engineering, and electrical concerns to pro- | 50 ) CENTS “Small hydro workshop generates big interest — TERRACE — The two day Small Hydro Short Course and workshop held in Terrace last week, sponsored by the Conser- vation and Renewable Energy office of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, was termed “very successful’? by workshop chairman-Peter Sandland. by Tod Strachan . The short course was designed _to introduce the 38 participants to the. fundamentals of small hydro-electric installations from project assessment, hydrology, mechanical ject management and implemen- tation. “The whole point of the course,’’ said Sandland, ‘‘is that a lot of people look out in the back yard and see a little stream, say, ‘“‘that might do’’, they’ll ring up one of the sup- pliers and say I want to build a - hydro plant. But they really don’t know where to start, so we're giving. them all basics.’” °. According to Sandland, the RAFT c gets applause but no community support Although everyone appears to agree that Responsible Action for Teens (RAFT) is a valuable and necessary community ser- _vice, it may be finished before it has really had a chance to get ‘Started according to one organ- izer, by Tod Strachan “If there isn’t some public support almost immediately, the ; thing will fold,’’ Rose Stevenson said. “‘I. think we got a good start at. providing some good _ “programs, but it gets back to volunteers. You can only do so much with two volunteers.’” According to Stevenson, . the program provided a wide variety of free recreational and instruc- tional programs for about 100 Terrace kids most nights of the week with an alternative that “kept kids off the street and in a_ safe. environment’, Following a BCTV report that pointed to Terrace as the ‘‘third. largest crime capital in the pro- -vince,’? Terrace RCMP Inspec- tor Larry. Yeske said. that -the report is misleading because Ter- race, like Williams Lake, serves: a large rural population. ‘However, he did acknowledge : that, Terrace, like every other community in the province, has a problem that needs to be ad- dressed by the community, and the RCMP fully supports the RAFT program, “That's why we wanted to keep the. program going,’? he said: ‘‘To keep them occupied .and teach them ‘about ‘being responsible teens. If they have : nothing: to do, vandalism. is. "continued on page 23 Outside — Milo. Pree. “Bf 0 4G mm rain; 2cmsnow — 3 38 mm sain; . trace of snow 12.4 mm rain . 2 mm rain 16.2 mm rain 1.4 mm raln Forecast: Unsettled and cooler; daytime highs 4 - 8; overnight lows minus 2 to plus 2. Some showers mixed with snow. Inside: Business Guide Church Directory Classified Ads Coming Events: Comics — Crossword Dining Directory — Entertainment — - ‘ Horoscope Letters. . Opinions. Sports Stork © Talk of the Town | Pole- raising to be | televised Saturday TERRACE - — One of the prominent cultural events in Ter- race’s recent history; the raising of two totem poles on the Kitsumkalum Reserve, will come back to life Nov. 7 at 2: 30 p.m..on CFTK television. Don't. miss it. . The ‘half-hour production was created from a total of 12 hours of raw footage produced and edited through a collabor- | ative effort by Northern Native Broadcasting, Northwest : Community College and CFTK, In addition to a video record of the ceremony, the production also includes interviews with _ ‘Kitsumkalum Chief Counsellor Clifford Bolton, pole-raising . director Victor Reece, and master carver Frieda Diesing and -the apprentices who worked with her on the poles. _ Northern Native Broadcasting representative Terrance Armstrong said the film will also be aired on B.C.’s Knowledge Network four times in the next six months and it may also be shown at a later date on CBC’s Northern Service. and. . the. short course concept developed from a Small Hydro Canada °87 conference held in Vancouver last spring. It was intended to be a B.C. conference but proved so popular it turned into a national conference with two to three hundred in attendance. Sandland said that small, free, ‘local workshops were developed from that conference due to complaints from residents in some of the more remote areas - - of the province who said that the . $150 cost of the conference in- addition to travel and living ex- penses made it impossible to at- tend. _ “We sort of compressed’ the course a bit and moved it around the province, and we’ve had. a lot of interest,’’ said Sandland, adding that the first workshop held in Cranbrook had an atten- dance of 60 people. . According to Sandland, the Terrace course had participants from as far away as the Queen Charlotte Islands. ' One of the more interesting parts of the course was an on- site visit to a hydro-electric in- __ Stallation developed. by. Don ’ Parmenter of Rosswood, “Parmenter said the 13-kilo- watt, . privately-owned instal- lation has. been in operation since 1981 and powered two houses . year round to B.C. Hydro standards. He said the larger house. in- cludes electric hot water, an elec- i tric stove and electric heat; ; while. the smaller one included all the . Same conveniences except: for . the electric heat. Parmenter added that by writing off the installation cost, it costs about $150 per month to — power the two houses now, and in four to five years it will be written off and the electricity will be literally free. ‘Candidate — - Profiles i in - this j issue - ‘He said the plant runs so well ‘that maintenance only - takes - about one minute per month. - ‘There are automatic greasers that hold.a few ounces and you just fill them up. The only moving parts are the propeller, the shaft, and the generator unit. - itself, and there. are only four bearings,’ said Parmenter. “This is a revolving field: alternator. and. it” has: no | brushes,” he added, ‘It pro- duces 220 volts which go into a transformer ° that raises it to 7,200 volts, then it runs 1/4-mile to the house, _ then. through ‘another transformer that brings it back down.to 220 volts again, ~ continued on page 23 Ed Ansems was the firat runner across the finish line at the annual Ail Seasons Half-Marathon race on Oct. 25. It was the second time Ed had won this 13.t-mile event. He set the record that stil! stands back In 1982. ae a + " TART re UT eget ome Re ow tee ot ee tg TT + git eae Ra aa ep aren emit