‘ 4 |: if ti t Vol. 3, Issue No. 5 TERRACE, BC., WEDNESDAY, February 4, 1987 i Legislative Library, : Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. - V8V 1X4 50 CENTS College to offer | 4-year degree | TERRACE. — Jake Muller, director for the Human Service Worker (HSW) program at North- west Community College, recently “announced the college will be offering Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree studies beginning in September 1987. - The course is a decen- tralized program pioneered by the Universi- ty of. Victoria school of ~ social work, and it’ is the first four-year diploma to be offered ‘at NWCC. Marilyn. Callaghan, | director of the U.Vic. school of social work, said: the course will combine distance education. techni- ques and self study, field work practica and live-_ lecture classroom instruc- tion, Course’ materia! will come from U. Vic., and Callaghan pointed out the program has an establish- ‘ed record of success in other parts of the pro- vince. More than 50 students, she. said, have Construction site Wayne Haw, sawmill manager for the Skeena Cellulose Ter- race operation, stands In front of the log yard on Keith Avenue where a provisionally-approved new two-line sawmill will probably be built within the next two years. See story page 2. Truckers seek solution to | anti-noise bylaw At the Jan. 27 council meeting truck loggers ad- dressed the city’s anti- noise bylaw, Al Bishop, Secretary-Manager for the North West Loggers Association, pointed out in a letter to council that complaints regarding early-morning start-up noise from logging trucks parked in residential areas become an issue every two or three years in Terrace. Bishop reminded council that there are in excess of 100 logging truck owners living in the city who con- tribute substantial amounts to the local tax. base. He stated a previous effort to solve the problem by parking all the trucks on a lot in Thornhill had been unsuccessful due to theft and vandalism. “Ken Houlden, another member of the ‘North West Loggers Associa- tion, told council the in- creasing anti-truck senti- ment in Terrace could eventually force owner- operators to relocate. Houlden said the estab- lishment of a secure com- pound for trucks would not be an acceptable solu- tion due to high initial cost and the possibility of theft. ‘‘I’ve got to park at home,’’ he said. ‘‘My truck has at least $3,000 worth of easily-remnovable fixtures.’’ Council decided to in- vite representatives of the North West Loggers Association to a Commit- tee of the Whole meeting in order. to. discuss the noise problem further. _ obtained the degree through community. col- leges in the Cariboo, ‘Kootenays, the Okanagan - and Vancouver Island. Students who complete the two-year HSW course presently offered at NWCC are forced to move to either Vancouver _ or Victoria in order to ob- tain a bachelor's degree. Muller said the move ‘is difficult for many. students and outright im- possible for most. Those who can move are faced with a demanding adapta- tion to intensive studying in an unfamiliar urban en- vironment, — The decentralized course will transform a four-year social work degree from an.’ unat- tainable ambition: to a | . realistic... goal for-North-. - - west. students -who~ have’ -}-~ jobs and families they can- not leave and for those who do not have the resources to move out of the region.: Callaghan stated the course is designed for students who already have about 30 university transfer credits or a background in social work. Applicants will be continued on page 24 Multicultural Week Silvia Morales, vice president of the Terrace and District Multicultural Association, invites Terrace residents to par- . ticipate in Multicultural Week Feb. 15.- 23. See story page 16. | lati dan. 26 0-3 nil dan. 27 2-4 trace dan, 28 2-5 246m dan. 29 -1-4 140m Jan. 30 3-1 13.8c0m dan. 31 3 0 .10mix Forecast: Continuing mild and unsettied. Overnight lows, 0 to — 3. Afternoon highs 0 to 3. | Business Guide Church Directory Classified Ads’ ‘Coming Events _ Comics Crossword Dining Directory Entertainment Horoscope Leiters Opinions Sports Stork Report Talk of the Town Snowmobilers take a break Min } ister briefs ae TERRACE — The travel- ling labor legislation | review panel, chaired by Labour Minister ° Lyall Hanson, came to Terrace seeking suggestions for - improving the. statutory - aspect of labor relations in B.C. The most urgent sug- gestions the panel left with, however, were for enforcement of existing regulations and protection for workers who are not covered, or covered in on- ly a marginal way, by the present rules, by Michael Kelly . During the day-long hearing held at Northwest Community College Jan.. 27, the four-member panel. . received 20 oral presenta- tions - 13 from union representatives, three from employers, one from the head of a union- supported social service organization, and three from concerned citizens, One of those concerned citizens was Terrace resi- dent Bruce Lloyd, a ten- year veteran of the North- west logging industry. continued on page 24 The halfway point of the 100 kilometer snowmobile course travelled by participants in Snowarama celebrations on Bornite Mountain ta raise money for disabled children in B.C. See story. and more photographs page 12, po ema mame AN Ummm, mt