Labour PAGE A2, THE HERALD, Wednesday, December 8, 1976 leader criticizes ruling George Johnston, President of the 8.C. Federation of Labour, sharply criticized the recent ' decision by the B.C. Labour Relations Beard to impose additional severe punish- ments on Alcan employees \ who were involved in last | dune's work stoppage. Johnston stated: ‘Et appears that the Labour ations Board, as a result of pressure either from, the government, the employers pr the courts, is going completely contrary to its stated goals of acting in a manner which will promote .- improved industrial -. relations. . “By imposing such ‘ vicious penalties on a group McGeer allows slight increase oe Oe oe ee ee eer weer a rae SR TRC MN ee eT 2 responsibility Education Minister Dr. Pat McGeer recently an- nounced that the estimated basic mill rate for school purposes for 1977 has been set at 37.5 mills, an increase of five mills over 1976. “The increase in the basic mill rate for 1977 is the result of substantial in- creases in school district budgets during this year,” Dr. McGeer said. “Those increases took place despite a static school population and strong pleas by government to hold the line.” “Provisional budgets for 1977 are up again. There is an average increase of 9.5 percent over last year, despite a shrinking school population. I am hopeful that school boards, recognizing the importance of fiscal restraints, - will exercise a high degree of in deter- mining their final budgets so as to avoid further Increases in the mill rate.” - Costs of a school district program, over and above the basic education program, are borne directly © w a na q Ly . GRADE § oe Honors . Susan Janda, Donna ‘Lessard, Alexa Wandl, Mary-Jane Asarta, Jeanette Buhr Honorable Mention John Safonoff, Sandra Baker, Roberta Patterson, David Donnelly, Debbie Badge. ; GRADE 9 Honors Todd Bellamy, Carolyn Hagen, Shelley McRae, Constance Smith. Honorable Mention Rodney Ames, Simon Dodd, * Valerie Calder, Cheryl Clay. Tires stolen _..John Koelemy of 1055 >¥ellowhead 16 East “reported six tires valued at $300 stolen from a of workers, and by in- terfering in the internal policies of a trade union to support its members, the Labour Relations Board is taking a giant step back- wards and is setting the Stage for further unrest. It completely contradicts public statements by Chairman Weiler who has, in recent speeches and in- terviews, stressed the importance of the Board acting im a constructive fashion. Certainly, the nitive decision which the oard has just made is destructive rather than constructive and can only erade confidence in the Board on the part of unions and working people in general,” by rate-payers in the local district. Dr. McGeer announced that the value of the in- structional unit has been set at $24,500 for 1977, an in- crease of $3,445 or 164 percent over the current year. (The Public Schools Act states that the minister shall announce the value of the instructional unit by December 1 each year.) Under British Columbia's education finance formula, basic operating grants to school districts are calculate on the basis of the cost a: 1 basic education program. Each _ school district is given a number of instructional units based on the number of students and schools in the disfict. - The value of the in- structional unit is arranged at by dividing the total provincial operating costs or the previaus year by the number of instructional units for the current year, Thus the dollar value of the 1977 instructional unit is the total of 1976 operating costs divided by the number of instructional units for 1977. Thornhill Junior Honour Roll GRADE 10 Honors Sandra Field, ‘Vida Schooner, Karla Wallington, Karen Daugherty. Honorable Mention Lynne Carey, Jo-Ann Rauschenberger, Brenda Reid, Barbara Lunz. ; WARREN GRIMSHAW above right, was the major bidder in the Terrace rn 7 Ft f. Rotary Club‘s 1éth annval Radio-TV Auction. He bid $2,060 for two CP Air tickets to Amsterdam and return donated to the Club by CP Air. Hun- dreds of local citizens bid more than $14,000 for clase to three hundred items offered for sale in the auction. Proceeds go to variaus community activities including this year a $2,000 donation to the Child Development .- Center Construction Fund and the development of an overnight campirig and picnic grounds on Ferry Island. The tickets are being presented by Terrace Rotary Club Vice President, Richard Olson, who chaired the Auction Committee. Basic school mill rate set Recently, the Minister of Education announced that the value of the instructional unit for 1977 will be $24,500 and the basic mill rate will be 37.5. This announcement indicates the. amount of money that will be available from the basic education program in 1977 and where thal money will be coming ‘Om. _ B.C, School Trustees” * Association President Rendina Hamilton says, “While the amount of the instructional. unit appears. generous, being ap- Nurses Negotiators representing 2,500 nurses have rejected a “last offer” from the B.C. Government Employee Relations Bureau amoun- ting to 10 percent in wages and fringe benefits over two years, : The government proposal consists of a 4.5 percent the first year and 5.5 percent the second, clearly below anti- inflation guidelines. The “last offer" ended 14 months of bargaining for a contract covering nurses working in government hospitals and public health units throughout the province. _ They are FOR SALE 1972 FORD % Ton 638-8171 or 635-7746 _doublewide trailer. The Terrace Centennial Lions held their annual BowlA-Thon on November 20 - 21, 1976. What made this possible were the bowlers who. bowled up to 24 hours and the numerous sponsors who donated their money in aid of Christmas Hampers for the needy. Again thanks to the many who made this possible. The following stores donated bowlers for their effort. ALL SEASONS SPORTING GOONS prizes to the RED D‘OR ‘CABARET. roximately a 16 percent nerease, the school boards have to increase their budgets to take care of the 1976 cost increases.” The provincial govern- ment recognized this by introducing earlier this year to adjust the value of the instructional unit for changes in the Canadian Price Index “With regard to the basic mill rate", Hamilton con- tinued, “we are distressed at the further increase in property taxes to finance legislation - the provincial basic education program. Property taxes as set by the provincial government will nerease approximately 15 percent in i977, following a 22 percent increase in 1976.” @ province's basic mill rate was 26.5 in 1975, 32.5 in 1976 and will be 37,5 in 1977. Hamilton says, “Of the $108 million increase in the basic education program, approximately $40 million ill come from provincial general revenue and $68 million from local property taxes set by the provincial government,” . reject “Last offer" represented jointly by the Registered Nurses’ Association of B.C. and the Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of B.C. Mediator Ed Sims was asked by the nurses Thursday to withdraw from the talks. He had been mediating the negotiations since March 1976. Besides the wage-and- benefit offer, the- nurses _ kejected GERB attempts to -Temoye .certain benefits from the existing contract, which expired October 41, The two associations are ‘ready to take all outstanding issues to binding ar- bitration. N.D.P. Meeting The Skeena Federal NDP Executive met over the weekend in Terrace, They set dates for the next executive meeting in Prince Rupert on January 30, 1977 and for a general _mem- bership meeting in Kitimat on February 12. — The general meeting in Kitimat will see the new Riding Constitution ratified the membership of Skeena, discussion of Policy Resolutions for the up- coming Federal ND Convention ta be held in Winnipeg this summer. “Each man isa hero and an oracle to samabody.” Emarson The Winners! Children, were: Melntosh, Victoria. | ‘udu Lorrarny Vancouver; Deno DeMarni, Winners in the 1976 Lottery, sponsored I by the B.C. Lions Society for Crippled | $100,000 - R. Bartleman, 100 Mile Howse; $ 10,000 - Lynn Clarke, North Vancouver; $ 5,000 - Mrs, ¥, Tsuyuhi, Coquitlam $100 consolation prizes —- Elaine Spooner, New Hazelton; O.E. Elliot, Vancouver; R. Hayward, Victorla; J.A. Middleton, Abbotsford? Margaret Yew Bun Yeo, Vancouver; J.M. Roughlay, West Edmonton: H. “The raal winners are the handicapped people of B.C."", sald lottery chairman Ralph Long prior to the draw by Lieutenant-Governor Walter Owen BOB'S SHOES LTD. ERWIN JEWELLERS GRACE FELL FLORIST KELLY‘S STEREO MART KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN MILLER’S MEN‘S WEAR. NORTHWEST SPORTSMAN PIZZA HUT PRO-TECH ELECTRONICS ROYAL BANK OF CANADA SANDMAN INN TAYLOR'S MEN‘S WEAR TERRACE HOTEL TOCO CRAFTS — WINTERLAND GENERAL STORE WOOLWORTH’S ‘ : at the G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre an November 2éth. The lottery raised $229,387.96 for the B.C. Lions Saciety for Crippled Children and $101,257.63. went fo service clubs from com- missions on ticket sples. Thanks, everyone, ] I l [ I l Taylor, West Vancouver; Ray Beaton, Burnaby; | [ I I I | | . See you next year! Production resumes at _Alcan's Quebec smelters Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd has achieved first metal production from its Quebec smelters closed by a strike of hourly-paid employees June 3. The employees are represented by the Federation Des Syndicats du Secteur uminum (FSSA) which signed a new 30-month collective agreement with the company November 14. The first ‘pouring . of aluminum occurred over the weekend at the company's largest smelter, Arvida Works in jonquiere. First roduction at the company's sle Maligne and Beauharnois smelters alsa should be achieved within a few days. Restart plans for the three. smelters currently are slightly ahead of schedule. More than 90 percent of the 6,300 hourly-paid employees are back at work including maintenance, shipping an hydro-electric workers. At Arvida Works, four potlines are on power and three more will be added by the middle of next week. At Isle Maligne Works, three lines Driver education The overall lack of equipment, resources and materials to teach high school driver education is - deplorable ,,. so is the lack of teacher preparation facillties. Such are the opinions received by the Canada Safety Council from a major Survey of 159 school superintendents and 792 high school principals from across Canada this fall. The Safety Council was seeking data and opinions that would go towards the planning of a National river Education Sym- posium to be held in Toronto une 22 to 24, 1977 and considered the 66 percent survey returns ex- ceptionally strong. uebec opinions were excluded from the survey analysis because, by provincial law, driver education is a function only of commercial schools. §2 percent of the prin- cipals and 91 percent of the superintendents agreed that public high school driver education could help solve Canada’s traffic accident problems. Four afevery five agreed that = driver education should be available to all students, but opinion was more divided as to whether it should be an | ‘extra-curricular’ subject and whether a credit should be given, ~ , i Diamond stolen . Mrs. Mallia of 4718 Walsh reported her home was broken into December 4 and a diamond ring valued at $600 was stolen from her mi, ' Money stolen Ken Robison of 4435 Birch reported $400 in cash stolen from his trouser packets in the bedroom of his home between 4 p.m, and 8 p.m. December 4. Entry was ained through an open sement window. ‘ i "™ facilities deplorable * There was overwhelmin suppert for provincia financial aid, and while most respondents (36 percent principals, 46 rcent superintendents) elt money should come from general funds, some supported innovative ideas like nominal additional charges on traffic fines, vehicle registrations or licence fees to be ploughed back into education of young drivers. More than three-quarters felt licences should nol be given to beginning drivers under 18 without such high schoo] training. For your GHOCOLATES rep TR er epecbepeeees CHEESE PUFFS CHRISTMAS CAKE and PUDDINGS SAUSAGE ROLLS CHRISTMAS PARTIES GINGERBREAD HOUSES : (We make our own) Mountview Bakery LANCERS DISTILLED, AGED AND BOTTL=A IN BOND R SUPERVISION OF THE CAHADEN GOVERH™ will be on power by December 8 and at Beauharnois, two lines will be reactivated by December 19. Additionally, the com- pany’s port facilities at Port Alfred are receiving raw materials supplies and ancillary production facilities including ore and chemical plants either have been res.arted or are due to come into production in the next week or ten days. Assuming no unforeseen problems occur during the course of the restart, Ar- vida, Isle Maligne and Beauharnois Works could be operating at close to their combined pre-strike level by year-end. Some 20 percent of the company’s capacity in Quebec was shul down in orderly fashion during a period” of slack demand in 1975: . Alcan's fourth Quebec smelter, Shawinigan Works, remains idled by a strike of production workers represented by a different union. At the company's second largest smelter, Kitimat Works, _ the production level is “bein progressively increased an the plant now is operatin close ta its full annual rate capacity of 295,000 short tons. Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd is the principal operating subsidiary of can Aluminium Limited. ass > rated “i gdh rite Lid.