Director
Colthurst voting “nay” and
asking thal his vote be -recar-

_ concern - about ‘what-'ls_ hap-
pening out al the Lake.. He said
there Have been many. studies
on pollution ‘from, ‘septic tanks.
“there Js every type of govern-

. Public... Health

case ‘is. pass the buck... Mr.

-Thom said ‘‘we are neglecting

our duties.” Ted
At this point Mr. Thom moved

should remain in effect until a
Building Inspector is appointed.

- eases and insist that all present.
> ‘lgssees who have cottages wha:

. ‘systems be made lo comply
"requirements. .

“ Land-Com mission’ should pul a. :
_ freeze on all lakeshore land and

“Wse. * : :

; aed ~A report: from the Health
Director Thom expressed his ..
it was. stated that six of the 77
“septic: tanks on the lake are
“known, to be polluting through _

ment agreement, Planning -

_Comimiltee agreement and.
- : Board.
Agreement and yel all the-
Regional District does.in each .

“something. drastic had to be.

his moratorium which he said:

Branch: cancel all future’ 10

not. have suitable disposal .\.

with << Health: © Branch |

Mr, Thom said that the B.C.
convert all crown land to public.

Department was read in which

failure: .. Of 105 privies 17 are

aunsadsfactory and seven have

no sanitary facilities at.all... 7
Director Thom: . ’. said that <”

done and the only way to. save
the.Lakeis by being tough. —
. Director . Bowen-Colthurst

who represents Electoral Area

“Cc” in which Lakelse Lake is
situated obviously irritated at’
Director Thom's action, said
that the biggest poluter of the
_Lake was the stinking pots in
Kitimat, He suggested that ~

Kitimat. should clear itself up
. before -(rying ‘to clean’ up its
neighbors... so

Public. Health. has already
asked | i
_ apector so that it ,work could be
‘made: easier,” Administrator’
‘John: Pousette interjected at
-this’ point-. ,
ministration would. b
- for candidates for: Building .

“Far West runs
Stewart Air Lift”

Kitimat are once again running H
an Air-Lift Service to Stewart . of May, “Tuesday May 7th,
: due'to road conditlong’ through
the Nass Valley: At regular bus
fares,- Far West will get
passengers and freight to

eae

“eg

ih referendum accepting: the:
a benefits a yes vole (o* the.
ee referendum would bring.

. $165,000 Regional

He also insisted that the Lands

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“Volume 68 No. 18°

The Terrace Fire Department investigalion into
two fires atthe Terrace Health Club continues. . «

The first fire was reported al 11:
nesday morning ‘and: the second

Friday. The inside of the house was gulled by the

two blazes. Heavy structural
resulted. An InSpector from the Fi
Office in Vancouver surveyed the

town without indicating whether or nol he would

The ‘34 members of the Kit-

~ ‘sumkallum” Ski Development.
‘Sociely are girding. their foins,

fer an -expecied fight ,10 sella -
District
referendum, The :referendum,
expecied to be called during the
firal-week. in June, will provide

: “one third of the capital costs'for’

developmen}.

vis passed. A

.-" funds neccessary ‘came: from: :
- the :provincial. government , in.

of Kilsumkallum ’.
futher third of the

the farm of a; lecreation Fund =

- Grant but ‘Ihal’s © contingent -

upon: the Regional Distritl
raising ;the and ‘the, sociely*
raising [he (remaining; lwo--
thirds-af the Initial 'cgsts for the
hills °- “eat oo,
! The selling of the referendum
“ogcupied much of the lime af the.
members al. their - annual
general rueeting, held: Monday:

night. It was revealed*at: that:
lime by oul-golng ptesident: Bill

Reynolds thal a :Regional
District director. will ‘be ‘ap-"
painted laday lo work with the
Society

be pul anly- to voters inthe
benefiling araas
The menibers of the Society

pul logether a preliminary: list”
of selling points’. for..the-

Reynolds. told . the; meeling®

that- while talkitia’: with RD

administrator dohn-Pousette
last week he’s beén told thal the -

effec of a yes vole on tdxes: in

ihe benefiting ‘area, would,
probably he around one-quarter.
ofa mill. One,Sociely member...

pointed oul thal in Terrace thal
represented about $5 more
year for a. home assegsed’
$40,000, te ee
“Other selling points included
the desirability: af. “the

‘ development, possible learn to,
ski Glasses for. children inthe —
schools sand “lower” tales‘ for.,
children and the fact that a'skl °
develupment such’ a8 the. one:
proposed for ‘Kitsumkallum:

stability,

~ Other business at the. meating

in “establishing ®.a-
benefiting area of-(he Refional
District, The referendum: will ..

"fas. 1088

55 pan: Wed
at 4am. on -'

damage: also

ire Marshall's. -
scene but left ;
Scott, the olher

would add. greatly to the al-
iractiveness. of-.ihis < area,
bringing ‘in’ more people ‘apd:
adding to -local -ecunoiny- and .

saw the election of a full slate of
Wireetars to. serve the
Society" for-one, two-or- three

year terms.’ Elected - by’ ace.
claifiation tor serve‘ one-year

terms were onl-going president

SBE Reyviolds,;: Fred” Walkdie .
and Biner Blix, one of,
Kitimat - members. , in _ the!
Society, Elected . io" serve the
Society. for two years Were

” Mickey Johnson, Guy, Rushton

and: Ken Berg, Serving three,

__ year torms will “be'Pat Boyles’

Murda.’ MacDonald. and
_MikeCasey. Casey was elected
‘ona second balldl.after he aud
hopeful Harold.Cox tied. in, the:
lial voting: pace

* The treasurer's report showe -
da bank balance of $1,523.96 a5
of April-2nd. The $23.96 was the-
_résult of membership sales at $1.

“apiece! at the last annual
‘meeting for . vollng. purposes,

* Binee then Ine. membership fee

to §50, whieh may: be

three (of 5. per

Director’ Tham stated that
for a Building: In-

that_- the .Ad-
be looking |

‘Far! West-Bus’ Lines of

Stewart by way of a chartered”

DC-3, There will be five flights

inall, .
The. first left

‘Terrace

TERRACE, B.C, WEDNESDAY, MAY_1

~ SKEENA FLOGDING

1,

*Tnapector
‘future.
will always -be. problems at the

Lake because of the high water
table. .. : .

said that. tlieHealth Branch is
‘not .doing its job by failing to
prosecute offenders or by giving
‘the ‘Regional. Board: afficial
“standards... °- * .

yesterday. F
scheduled for Saturday, the 4th

the very: near

George Them said that there

“Administrator John Pousette

Further flights are

Saturday May ilthand Tuesday

slast Thursday afternoon and proceeded Lo Kitimat
checking into raoms at the Aluminum City

Euracanpulp and paper

Silence reigns over the visit of sixteen Japanese visitors to the
mill in Kitimat last, week. The sixteen,

presumably businessmen, arrivee d at the Terrace Kitimat Airport

rapidly. After
Lodge they then

proceeded to the Hurocan mill sile. City officials in Kitimat were
unaware of the visit ag wasan Alcan spokesman. coe,

‘The Herald as tried since Thursday to contact Mike Norris of

1974

= DEPENDS ON WEATHER

Although water ‘jevels in the

Skeena River are_low now, &

fite his reporl with the Terrace Fire Departmen’
:. Local investigators and insurance investigators, BU. ¢
‘ have also been through the house. ¢ *
“The Terrace Departmen! Was also'kept bus
on-the 28th of last mor
first was in a Lrailer at
Greig and near the Luso Hole) while the others
were bush and grass fires, one in the 4700, Block .

nth with three fires. The
the corner of Clinion and

near the Arena.

_. the second achievement. of
ihe group was the granting of a -
resource use permit to use. part.
of ihe park area‘as a ski. hill,
The permit is the first of its kind -
in British Columbia - Under.the::
permit the Department of
Recreation and Conservation -
has:the power to revoke the’
agreement al any.lime,;As well
aj thé discretion of the Minister: :
y cant Surcharge can:be".
Jévied agalast the Society fram-
their ‘gross, Incame, and, after.
twenly-one. years, the Kit;
sumkallum. Ski Hill will revert.
to gavernment ownership.

“The

“group's -

_achievernent ‘was. heir. suc-”. -

cessful applicatlon: for a one-

hird* Recreation, Fund: grant .-

t

‘from ‘the government, © worth
$165:000;; Fourth was" the
agreement of ihe Regional

" District (ogo to referendum this

June;

The fifth, achi .
-yolved’ inpul ' of. government.
monies ‘as the Department: of
. Highways agreed lo providea-

“repayable.to Uhe“members-In-, road 1o.:the -sile, valued, ‘at

ihe fulure, The $30 membership
fécaccoin\s for theother $1,500, '
“back wilh the referendum Bill
Reyitolds tald the: meeting that

“ageevoters. :turn) down: the

referenduin’-th ‘Society has
“made arrangements for interim
. Hnancing withthe Royal Bank
‘pf Canada and has applied for a
‘Yong ‘term. loan from. the -In-
dustrial . Development Bank if
necessary. park’ ba Be

‘

“The only. thing guaranteed
asof now,! said Reynolds, :'is
that the rung. will be logged for
this yinler.‘If-worse comes to

‘worse we may have to open the

“HII With.a-rope tow.” -
Reynolds Ihen. presented the
“meeling with his ‘annual: report
“which. outlived | ‘the Socleties
progress: lo:date. in. six, steps.
> The.-firsl achievement. was

Sa Le ii abel Ue Bere Terao co abaya oo gd rere

“'200,000;As: well. the; govern -
ment will maintain: the-road. |.

Negotiations between — the
Department ‘of- Indian Affairs

Skeena Health-Unit....

There is apparently stilfiquite
a lof of stow on mountains inthe

 Kitsumkalum: Society goes to Tender.
having | the area af Kit-
‘sumakllum Mountain set aside’
as a park.

Company; 1s expected to be
4,500 long; with. 110 chairs-and a
capacity of 800 skiers per hour.
Cost of the.lift is $183,000 with a

furiher’ coét:of anywhere from. .

$50,000 to - $90 ooo

“for > in.
stallation.. ° : a

“preliminary plans for a Day.

Lodge al Lhe. site."The 60°.by 80",

_one story building would house,
an. office, washroom ‘facilities, -

headquarters for the Ski.Patrol,

anda self service cafeteria..The
Society has, budgetted 360,000,
for the lodge but much depends
on ruling. on sewage -an
‘drainage al the site fram. the

and: eith., Can. .Cel,. or. .the. 388

"Department of ‘Highways: and.”.
for easement: across reserve "
lands are expected ta'ptart in. §

the near fulure.””.. -:

: The. final achlevement wos

getting a preliminary estimate,
for oblaining power for the site -

$50,000 project that the Sociely -

. will:have.to: pay: for, ~

ss The new
received -the support of the
= menbership in, purchasing of 8
chair lift for

> the 15.of-this: month In order to

_, be delivered in September, The _
“Tift, supplied by the Mueller’ Corporal Win

}

et belt

ot
4

whe eit f Ah
ree A “1

the mountain. The
dirt will have to be ordered by

crashed
near Highway 16in the Hungry

_ miles west of Houston, The pilot, unidentified to
press time, was making an emergency landing 0° ,
on the Highway at the tIme. A police spokesman
in Houston told the Herald that the plane ap-

Hydro wires while trying lo

parently hit some

A

i

sei th Mt tig Bg gt AR Nee
re ee

The Society has also drafted...

d-. ditions.

a: Terrace bound pilot escaped injury Sunday
~ when his light plane

make the landing and was ilippe
arski, NCQ ih charge of the.

oO, ye .
. The “plan, announced by
Health Minister: Denis: Cocke
last year (o turn-over' the ad-
ministration ‘of, Skeenaview

Hospital to a Saciely chaired by ..

Reverend . John, Slakes .(ook
elfecl today.’ Sah

Lot

with the. signing by. the
Liewlenant Governor | «of Or-
ders-in-Council 1342. and. 1371.

that. Skeenaview’ Provincia
Mental Health’ facility. be
iransferred Lo the Skeenaview

“Saciety’ for a 12° month period .

commencing ‘May first’ 1974
‘under.-certain .lerms and con-

oD

into same trees

ssibilit:
Hill area, fifteen - ’ y

dinte the trees. -

4,

eared ponte Re oT eh td dn Mae ie

ors "7

“Terrace

‘The turn-over became official”
: employees’
: ment. SONA hy

Order in-Council. 1242, direels

lions. . These cond,lions; are - .
* that the employees remain civil. .
‘servants under. | the: Public,

' helicopter that
yesterday morning,
to lift the wreckage

The helicopter, pictured above,

after 10 a.m.

loud ceiling develo

of landing the Terrace alrporl was

’ park shortly
after a low ¢

Service Commission. - It also
means (hal- the Society will’

_ contro! ils own budget, du. its
“own purchasing. The Board will

set policy for the Institution.

‘The Board will da its own

“recruiling: but -(hrough - the *

Public Service Commission bul’
the Board will have contra! aver
‘its own

Loe

vice Commission to delegate its

authority to control’ Skeenaview.:

Mental: :Health, -Facility . to
Chairman..:0

basis “for 12" ° ‘months. - >

t

Smithers detachment said that there was B
Inat an Armed forces SIKOTsKy
‘Ionded in Lower Little Park
was on it's way to the scene
of the plane from the trees. '
landed in the
yesterday morning’
ped, At.the time,
fogged in,

reer Bt ewe ie TE

Eurocan’s Indust
been unavailable and has
secretary. ,

with the businessmen s@
According to our informan
sixteen were on a ‘buying
municate in English.

was. well representated at: the New
Democrats North meeting in Prince George last
weekend. Shown above area segment of the local

-‘Skeenaview Turned. Skeena Grits
"Over to Society |

establish-—

Order in Council 1371 provides .

| ~for'thjs:arrangement. with: the .

: Publig. Service. Commission by .
directing that: the ‘Public Ser-...

4 f "the. , Board, -'
Skeenayiew Society, oma. trial -

PROVINCIAL LIBRARY
PARLIAMENT BLDS.
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B.c.

CouP.

One of the passengers who rode on

rial Relations staff but to no avail. He has always
not responded to messages left with his

the CP flight from Vancouver

id he had talked briefly with one of them.
{ the man had stated simply that the
trip’ before losing his pawers to com-

TAUcCKS {Af

Seba
delegation.

_ to Parachute
‘Candidate ~

” Frank Howard, M.P. Skeena

said today thal he has learned

on good ‘autharily that certain

‘Liberals in Skeena; for the first

time in history, are considering
going outside the riding to

“Vancouver.in order to find a

federal candidate. - \
Mr. Howard. said: ““It- has
come to my attention thal some -
high ranking Liberals In Skeena
ave Urying to develop the idea

tha they should ran an. im;...

rted candidate In the ext
ederal election because of lack
-ofinterest by those in (he riding

‘who might, be considered ‘ac:

ceplable candidates.” °
“The ‘person the Liberals
have in mind” sald Mr. Howard

“Comes from Vancouver Island”

and now lives in Vancouver, He

sastadgs

ase

Left te right are Guy Rushion,
(hidden), Jennifer Davies, George Kofoed and’
* John Chen-Wing. a, .

‘

has recently coripleie

formal educalion al law school’ ”

and has.been workijig lately for.
an organization of independant
people. L.don't:want to meation-

his name because he may pot

have-been approached directly

_at this stage, but I. mus{-say the

above to indicate. thal’ the.
desira, in part, of certain
Liberals in Skeena is real and
has come (his:far." + _

“Of course” said Mr. Howard

“"T have-no comment to make

about merits of this particular
move but think it’s important —
that the. public has some-.un-”
derstanding . as | to. why,,.the
Liberal Party has had ‘such, a
Fiat profile for the past year, and

has beendo-silent.”:

| : | ‘Slumber Lo dge 7 |

>) to-Expand :

“The Terrace Herald. has .
learned thal the owners: of
Slumber Lodge at 4702 Laketse

Avenuein Terrace has acquired. -

the properly to the west of their.
present Motor’ Hotel fron: Gerry -
Duffus and will be ‘expanding
their facilities. in ‘the ‘near
fulure. ee

The present facility has been
in existance for the past eight
years. A definite starting date
for (he expansion program has.
not been declded. on... al

resent. However'a spokesman
for the chain said “In the near

BUS TERMINAL GOES.

TO TENDER SOON. |

Terrace, busine agent” Ted
Garner expecis to go to tender
in the very near future for his

. new bus-lerminal, for Terrace.
Garner: told the Herald that
-prablerné .- with: “electrical

designs. forthe. building have

resulted Ina delay of dgtivery of

plans, therefore: delaying his:
’» eal for bids for construction of.

é

mgt a SA EAE LaF

fulure” 230 U0
Expansion plans ‘are “to in-
erease. the Motor: Hotel’ by: 36
‘additional units .follawing -the
-game - design: ias- the’“present -

buildings) Iv -addition: the’”

restaurant facilities: will be,
“-eonsiderably expanded.)
"The spokesman for Slumber
Lodge said that the decision to —
expand was: based’ onthe
cgwier's confidence in the rapid
growth of Terrace and lo be.in a.
position lo continue to serve this

an

community, adequately:

_ the terminal. wots
Constructida’ of (he building
will stark about. three; weeks
after tenders dire. called, ac-
cording to Garner, if all goes
well) - TE OEE
The terminal, a

a 34 seat:restauranl In {t's 2,400

square feel’ of space. ~:

much needed
facility in Terrace, will Include -