oe PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Wednesday, January:25, 1978 K d t | l Kitimat Pipeline Iona Campagnolo has stated outright that she is opposed to the Kitimat oil pipeline proposal. She has given as her reasons that she does not believe the line is necessary and that it would be hazardous to the area-both residents and wildlife, as well as the livelihood of Westcoast fishermen, and Native Canadians who have depended on the fish for a very major part of their life-culturally, nutritionally as well as economically. Campagnolo knows whereof she speaks. From the age of 8 she lived-one of only two White families-at the North Pacific Cannery near Port Edward. Her home was only a few feet from the fish-laden waters of the Skeena. She lived fishing, breathing fishing, and went to bed and arose each morning for a good part of each year to the sound of the cannery machinery, the chuga lug of the diesel engines of the fish boats and the shouts, rattle and hails as fishermen dropped anchor, came alongside the wharves and took on provisions for yet another trip out into the treacherous coastal waters to set their nets for salmon or herring. At the age of eleven, Iona Hardy (as her name was then) was earning 50 cents an hour up to thirteen hours a day working in the cannery alongside others who were nearly all of Japanese or Canandian Indian ancestry. It is ingrained in her memory, therefore, juSt how important coastal fishing is to people who live in the Pacific Northwest, ° The Skeena federal MP is yet a realist in another way. owe begin to freeze in the dark here for lack of wil, then I’m interested in the pipeline proposal”, she says, with an honesty that may tot win her votes and yet is a frankness rare in most politicians. . Before that time comes when our lights go out and we begin to freeze in the cold ang dark of a northern witner, let us hope that a safe method of bulk oil transportation is assured. — The best method-to our knowledge, and one that we have yet to hear considered in a serious manner, is the tranpsort of oil via railroad. tank car, using the unit-train system. Such a system elimates virtually all danger of major oil spills, environmental damage and is employment in- centive to-a greater degree than any foreign. owned ‘super-oil tanker. - We hope a good look at the railway method will be undertaken (the multi-million. collar study has alréady' Been completed-arid the hes positive). Unfortunately, the best wy is not thé* Ea way that is necessarily the one that is chosen in the final analysis. Politics-national and in- ternational and big business interests and (always) VOTES too often influence the ultimate decision. - Isit too much tohope our Northwest sll be able to win out-with common sense on our side- against such massive opposition? Karly Cheque-In | There he was, rapping on the glass door of the Herald office at 8:30 Tuesday morning, waving a piece of paper in his hand. T unlocked the door to et him in. ‘‘Just wanted to get this in and off my mind he said - and was gone. Looking at the paper he handed me, I saw it was a cheque for $40 made made out to the Herald for “one year's subscription”. Somehow, the action of the distinguished looking - far from young - gentleman ‘“‘made my iy". + . I thought of all the people I have known who are anything but eager to pay their bills. I thought of the night - not too long ago- when I was called out in the middle of the night to deliver oil to a man who had phoned in to say his wife and small child and he were shivering with cold because they had run out of heating oil - and it was snowing heavily at 42 below zero in that Northern community on the shores of Hudson Bay. That night [had thrown my clothes on, and voluntarily manned the Shell Oil tanker and delivered 200 gallons of oil to the phone caller. -“T'll be in in the morning to pay you, he shouted, as he was about to shut the door.” I handed him the printed delivery ticket, which he. had scrawled a signature on. Well, no doubt you've guessed it. He was not there the next morning to pay - or the next three months of mornings. When I phoned HIM up, he told me I could not prove delivery - so I men- tioned the signed ticket that he had forgotten he’d signed, THen I checked with the only other oil company in the town - Imperial. He had not bought any oil there for the preceeding six months. Further checking found that he had been taking home oil in ten gallon kegs from the place he worked (Trans Air). Time has ed since then - and there have been others met with the same philosophy as his. But (and I know i shouldn’t begin a sentence with a “But"') - it is doubly heartwarming - and encouraging when, in the course of human event - one’s day begins with a distinguished gen- tleman - not young - who r. hoping to find someone in the office so he can pay abill. Even more so, when you know that bill is’ for a subscription to the newspaper for which you . rae +" welfare are writing: ~ Not much of an ditorial?” No, . eM Hat had-something like that happpen to you. i you have, tell us about it.” We pretel D news- anytime. == traditionally anc toda: have’ on the window. — Ottawa _ Offbeat Ottawa Offbeat By Richard Jackson Ottawa-In “Killing Ground'', written 10 years ago by Bruce Powe as a chilling forecast of civil war over Quebec separation, the scenario fits like pieces of a jigsaw into the picture context of y. An indecisive federal overnment, dominated vy Quebec votes, is in power in Ottawa. A separatist administration holds Quebec, and the control of relatively moderate Premier Rene Levesque is under pressure of young far-left — extremists. And some out loud whether a government headed either by Pierre Trudeau of Joe Clark- would have the guts to use force to prevent separation. } Most of the pieces are in place for such an u except for a takover of the’ Levesque govern- ment by its whirling- dervish left, and a unilatera) tea acta, independence by Quebec. But in “Killin Ground'’, now out in paperback all that had taken place, and more, much, much more. _ While Ottawa dithered, the separatist with a para-military force of mutinous Quebec units of the Armed forces, youn visional guerillas an he Quebec Provincial RS and Montreal police, took over Mobile Command at St. Hubert and occupied Dorval Airport. Basic separatist strategy is to sweep the English from Montreal island and establish complete control before Ottawa recovers from the ape ithe." toddandy = of atten! = we'll fly you out. of ‘here he fugitives cowering under a separatist guns on the car parks and floors of the rval airport. Commandos aboard three choppers did the job, clearing the tarmac of wrecked aircraft for the landing of planes to fly out.the refugees, and rounding . wu the separatist forces: Now, just one scene from the Dorval cleanup. In the VIP lounge the Airborne commander, his RSM and a couple of troopers line up a dozen hali-dressed separatist provisionals, noses to the wall, hands clasped behind their_heads. “Around the room, on couches and chairs were 15 young women, also h dt-dresse sobbing, others dully staring at our entrance.” “They were havin some fun, sir,”' reporte the RSM “Oneof the women is dead.” ; “A waxen-skinned blonde was sprawled on the blue t, features bruised and bloody, She was naked, “A battered brunette, weeping said; ‘They just came and took us out of ne ding the “Primly avoidi half-naked women _ sprawled around the room, the commander viewed the prisoners lined up, faces to the wall. “They exuded the stale ador of booze vastly consumed and stolen cigar chain-smoked. They were different.from the good-looking kids of the provisional we had shot down in securing the terminal. These were older men, hairy with beefy shoulders and big bellies. . “One of them with no pants on, turned his head and spat on the floor near. the commander's foot who looked down through ared haze and thought of men like these and women stranded back in - Montreal.” , “Is there a wash room here?” he asked the “Just over there, sir.” “Put them in it. And how is your grenade ‘ supply.” He grinned for the first time that day as the commandos herded the men into the washroom. “Now ladies,” said the commander,“if you will get dressed and ac- company me, we'll make you as comfortable as‘ possible. You'll haye medical attention and .before the day is done.” “One of them badly mauled, looked up and _over the washroom wal - the RSM unhooking a grenade from his webbing.” “I'd like to stay,”’ she sald. : ; Meanwhile the separatist para-military forces .were lobbin mortar-fire from the Hull side across the Ottawa River into National )Defence Headquarters a surprise raid, The final action—but not the surprise shock ending - of “Killing GRound" coming up next. News Shorts From the House of OTTAWA (CP) — Liberal MP Jean-Robert Gauthier failed Monday. in a hid to have the Commons * ¢ondemn Ontario Premier Bill Davis for saying that he- has no intention to make French an official lan- guage of the province. Gauthier, member for Ottawa-Vanier and a frequent defender of ‘Franco-Ontarlan . rights, introduced a motion in the Commons asking MPs to deplore Davis's attitude and to recognize the right of Franco— Ontarians to develop thelr culture, His motion did not receive the required unanimous consent for it to be debated, Davis said Dec. 1b ina letter to the Association CanadienneFrancaise do YOntario that he has no plans for the moment of. mak French an of- ficial language. OTTAWA (CP) — Opposition MPs accused the federal government Monday. of criminating against women in. both welfare and employment policies. ‘Adrien Lambert (SC— ‘Bellechasse) complained: in the Commons about the department's spouse’s allowance. The majority of the recipients f°... are women, The allowance is given ’ to a person aged 60 to 65 Commons years whose spousa 1s . more than 65 years. When the older spouse dies, the" allowance is terminated. Flora (PC—Kingston and The Islands) criticized Finance Minister Jean Chretien for recently saying that large num- bers of women entering the hen force contribute ‘unemployment, which stocd a BB per cent nationally ee lying -to Li rep am- bert’f complaint, Welfare Minister Monique Begin said. “she businessmen who in- fluence government policies will note ‘the roblem and agree that ‘unds should be allocated to the widowed spouses, OTTAWA (CP) — ‘A Conservative MP was unsuccessful Monday in calling on Parliament to offer Canada’s good: of- -fices to help find a Middle ' Bast settlement. Doug.,Roche of Ed- montongfrathcona, tempordey Conservative external’ affairs critic, attemp to move a motion that would have called on thé leaders of Israel and Egypt to recover their momentum toward peace. . @. Conservative received appiause from ‘fellow MPs not pet the necessary unanimous permission to put his motion. '. MacDonald © ut he, could © MONTREAL CANANDA- -Alcan Aluminium Limitied reports con- solidated net income of (U.S.) $62.7 million - fourth quarer of 1977, equivalent to $1.55 per common . share, com- pared with (U.S.) $23.0 millionr 57 cents per share in fourth ‘quarter of 1976 when operations were affected strikes. For the year 1977 Alcan’s consolidated net income was $201.5 million or $4.98 share com- or $1.14 per share in 1976. The 1977 figure provided ;chairmas Jand chief executive Gificer, stated that the year’ s profit of $201.5 million represented ‘‘a more appropriate level of profita for a com- ili aE ea ore ae tal assests and real more’ than ‘billion in world-wide sales and operating revenues. Our profitts in 1976 were . by contrast _ seriously impaired by strikes in our Canandian Caledonia Senior Secondary School visited by Team The following report by a student of Caledonia Senlor secondary -School was recelved in repsonse to an ap for news and otos from the Terrace’ trict Schools by the HERALU editor. The first of the two’ reports received by different students appeared in esterday's HERALD: eare most appreciative and are looking forward to increased response and student coverage of our local educational in-' stitutions ” Accreditation At Caledonia Senior Seconda hopes “gh "by Gwen Waldie During the week of November 21-25, something, very im- portant appeded to ledonia Senior Secondary © School. Everyone was aware o| this “happening’’~-slx strange, official-looking men are hard to hide, especially when they haunt. your = every classroom-but not everyone was aware of the implications, : The Accreditation Team of six men (four District Superintendents, a Director of Instruction and a Principa)) from various ‘regions around B.C., spent a week in Cal comparing our school to. the schools. in the rest of B.C. The process. is called Ac- ereditation andconsists of an internal. survey and evalution by ‘the school with $44.0 million | _ school’s ‘Each ond of see AND WHAT DO YOU WANT 10 BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? J EMPLOYED! C, Oe “In 1977 Alcan has benefitted from the return to . good profitiability in the CANANDIAN SMELTERS. Aluminum Company of Cananda, Ltd, showed a_ con- solidated net profit of $102.5 million against a loss of $17.2 ion in 1976. Almost allother eographical areas of can’s ess realiz significant im- provements in earning particularly the United Burape ad the Pacific, an acific. In addidtion Alcan’s share of the net income of equity accounted. com- panies in several coun- } tries recovered -as--a grotip to 19.0 million from a-loss of $5.0 million in’ 1976. _ “Whether the 1977. rate of profit will be sustained in 1976, wil d d on many factors. by - cipaily the state ofthe world economy. However,our present sales estimate for the first quarter is higher than the fourth quarter. sales," Mr.Davis said. ‘Alcan’s _ consolidated sales of aluminum in all forms and from all sources in 1977 were 1,452,900 tons, a decline staff, followed by an external survey and evaluation. . In May. of 1977, the teachers of Caledonia compiled a report-an internal evaluation of the school they teach in. This report examines the school’s objectives, ascertains how. the performance meets these objectives and generates plans for improvement. aim is improvement of the school by __.-its owni initiative and effort. The Accreditation ‘Team studied this report, then came to Terrace to see if we practise what we preach. The purpose. of the visit was to ascertain how closely the educational performance meets the school’s stated obiectives., cetermines where the school stands in relation f to others in the province. There are seventeen elements of Accreditation including; . Philosophy, Objectives, Staffing, Administrative Procedure, Student Activities, Program- ming, Courses. Offered and Community. (The separate depariment-- English Department, etc- eare also evaluated), elements is scrutinized, then the Team writes another report--this one on their views of the school. sent to Victoria and by it, the. school “Passes” or “Most schools pass this of four -percent from 1,515,100 tons in 1976. Fourth quarter sales were 362,600 tons against 358,100 tons in 1976 and 333,330 tons in the third quarter of 1977. Sales of ‘aricated products in- creased by two percent over 1976 to 968,000 tons, and represented 67 percent of total sales while ingot sales at ei] 484,000 tons showed a decline fo 14 percent. Consolidated sales and operating revenues were $3,028 million of 1977 against $2,656 million the evious year, withthe increase arising from higher prices and product , despite the drop in tonnage. Fourth ‘quarter: sales ‘ and" operating revenues’! were’c: $768 million «against $702 million in 1976. ; Alcan's principal subsidiary, aluminum Company’ of CANADA, Ltd hada consolidated net income of $102.5. million in 1977 and $42.8 milli ion in e against net losses of $17.2 million and $9.2 million in the corresponding periods of 1076, the im- provement reflecting the retun to — normal operations and better sales prices. AS a result test and they get a seal of approval, lasting a maximum of four years On the fifth year, . the school is again Ac- credited. However, if a school fails to get the seal of approval, it must revise ts weal spits, then within , 18 months--go throu the entire procedure again. In the “Olden days” (pre-1971) ths school was not evaluted in this. fashion. The only things that said whether a fourth - quarter, - Alcan Reports Increased Earnings of the decision to close the flourspar mining operation in ewfoundland, the 1977 profit was reduced by $8.4 million which reresents the net book value of the assests, and provision for closing down expenses. Alcan's current and deferred income taxes rose from $37.4 million in 1976 to 2132.3 million in 1977, with the effective tax rate remaining at 39 rcent. However, in the’ ‘curth quarter the ef- fective tax rate remaining at- 39 percent due to investment credits in Canada, and foreigh currency incipall in Bhi _ ka Pr peveitd Hon Teenie a rency _ translation , effects'dn inventory costs * The. 1977 inventory” profits are estimated at — million before taxes. The effect of exchange on the translation of net current assests excluding inventories was a loss of about $12 million. If long-term debt had been translated into U.S. dollars at current rates, the earnings for the fourth quarter would have reduced $12.2 million, and for the year hy $19.7 million. ty provincial standards, whether the students liked the school (and vice yersa!) and whether the. school- helped -the com- munity. oo This new method is much better, It forces the teachers to look at their objectives, to update them if necessary and to say “Hey, isn’t this rather antiquated?” or “Wouldn’t. it be - better. this way?” It also enable studentsand parents _to vaice an opinion about the. these © This report js— daily heral school was good or not school, But most im- were the ‘Provincial portant, if something is Exams, given to every wrong, changes are. Fraduating Grade 12, Mmade--and rather m this. the Depart- quickly? — oo. ment of Education in Note; the Hndings of. 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