wa a el ST ES Se ere Se ATE A cee EVE magia eg pe TE Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 19, 1987. 15° Off-duty lifeguards. save family at lake. A decision by Terrace Swim- ming Pool Director Tony Toriglia to hold a Canadian Royal Life Saving boat rescue course at Lakelse Lake on Aug. “| 9 was a fortunate coincidence Hazelton won five games jn a row to take first orize money of $1 000. at the annual Canyon Clty Lions all. native rt men’s soccer tournament on B.C, Day weekend in Terrace, They. downed Kisplox Eagles 3-1 in the championship. match. Harcourt — process,” he said. . §MALL BUSINESS POLICIES HAVE TO BE CHANGED | ‘Harcourt said there were a number of things in: the last federal and provincial budgets ‘that the NDP believes will have an adverse effect on small business. “There are a lot of decisions that they have made that we have said are wrong, and have had either a direct or indirect negative impact on business,”” he said. He indicated the NDP would not have introduced corporate tax or increases. in federal and provincial taxes that he said are choking existing businesses by robbing much needed consumer dollars that would have other-. wise been spent on goods and services. He said that in making new policy, ‘“We would like to see a \regionally-based economic. strategy that places a real em- phasis on the opportunities for entrepreneurship, local en- trepreneurship, not somebody coming in. from Tokyo or New _ York. “Bighty percent of the new _ Jobs in B.C. are created by small business, most of them locally based and most of them existing business people in existing com- munities — not somebody flying _in with a bunch of investment money — it’s existing . business people’’, he said. _ Harcourt said he would re- Bird — ; 7 _ continued from page 11 Terrace area. According to Ter- | race.Conservation Officer Rick Harcombe, the Varied Thrush is ‘the most common in the area,be-_ ing present year round and in- habiting thick foliage in forest: areas. The Steller’s Jay is also quite. common’ in the region, _ while Trumpeter’ Swans have peen sighted on local rivers in concentrated numbers. =~ . Of the other candidates, only | some American Dippers are known to have inhabited the Terrace Region. ‘In order to cast your vote for the provincial bird send your ballot to, ‘‘Vote for your B.C. Bird’’, Ministry of Environment and Parks, Parliament Build- ings, Victoria, B.C. V8V. 1X5. B.C. Environment sources in- ‘dicate a draw will be held after all the ballots are in, with the prize being a wildlife print. epee a meee ~ continued from page 2 } available at : me TERRACEVIEW: LODGE he! for a local family. Toriglia said that off-duty lifeguards Cheryl Jarvis, Laura Anderson, Anne Bruels and Christine Sharples were taking part in the course when they took Sharples’ boat to Water Li- _ly Bay Resort to get gas. Jarvis said that while they were waiting at the resort, they heard cries for help and saw an ; over-turned canoe and’ a woman in the water. ‘The cries for help stopped, ” said Jarvis, ‘Then they started again and we realized that she . ¢ was in trouble because the canoe was sinking. ” Jarvis said the four lifeguards and Robert Homberg .drove their power boat to the scene and found two preschoolers and a teenager also in the water, but fortunately all were wearing life jackets and none had swallowed any water. The two younger children suf- fered from. mild hypothermia following the incident, but - because of the quick action of the lifeguards, the family was safe. . , Toriglia said that this was the first time the boat rescue course had been offered in northern. B.C. and the first time in five years it had been run in the pro- vince, ad introduce programs from the ; B:C. Development Corporation _and reduce corporate tax rates for small business as compared to big business. He said he. would also introduce educa- . tional programs in developing a business plan, marketing, cash flow, staff training and how td deal with the government: to assist young people wanting to start a small business. Harcourt said he would also like to see ‘incubator centres’’ where small businesses could share the cost of getting started and encourage financial institu- tions to be more supportive of small business. “'There’s a definite need for financing small business,”’ he said. Harcourt said the NDP Party is ‘‘a little apprehensive’’ given the track record the Social Credit government has had with privatization, and it’s like ‘‘flail- _ing at ghosts’? because it still | wasn’t clear exactly what the Social Credit had in mind. He maintained that privatiza- ‘tion is not a necessary move and referred to it as nothing more than a “‘fad’’. “The problem is that it’s a fad adopted from other countries . where there is a totally different situation. Our crown corpora-- tions are well-run basic services, and. we're skeptical about their privatization because we think it’s a fad, and we always seem to be in the rear end of the right- wing fads,’’ he said. Rather than being sold off, Harcourt hinted that all that many crown corporations and government services need is suf- ficient staff to operate efficient- ly. “We're already pretty lean in terms of government services. As a matter of fact, in some areas government services are suffering from anorexia because of the restraint program in the last four years.”’ *“However,’’ said Harcourt, ‘twe’re prepared to evaluate each proposal on its own merits and our test is quite straight for- ward. Is it going to benefit the people of British Columbia or not? . MEDICAL PROFESSION SUFFERING — Harcourt referred to the re- cent changes in Pharmacare and Medicare as ‘‘totally unfair and capricious” but said that cuts. relating to Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol and _physiother- apists were destructive to the future of the profession. — He said we could have good community preventative pro- grams but the government spends 10 times as much on in- stitutions. He said that although some progress was being made, we haven’t yet established the re- quired level. of community facilities and- resource people to serve the public need. “We are still forcing people into institutions at 10 times the r TERRACEVIEW LODGE 4103 SPARKS STREET, TEARACE, B.C. VAG 5G9 (604) 638.0223 --“TERRACEVIEW LODGE _ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING | September 30, 1987 | Place: TERRACE HOTEL _ Time: 7:00 P.M. For. those interested, ‘memberships. are | : For members wishing to vote, membership of 30 days prior to the meeting date is re- | quired. ' # te Act | cost, because we don’t have the -Tequired number of community based workers,’’? Harcourt said. ‘He said that at the same time, the government was cutting back on physiotherapy training . at -UBC when there is already a. “scarcity”? of physiotherapists and other health professionals in the Northwest. “Instead, what this govern- ment is proposing to do is to _ skim off trained professionals, with less than B.C. standards, from other countries.’’ ALCAN AND NECHAKO > DEVELOPMENT Harcourt said a full inquiry into Alcan’s Nechako project was necessary to answer many important questions. He said he is still waiting for that. inquiry because the ‘questions still ‘haven't been answered, ‘According to Harcourt, the Conservatives, Liberals and the NDP all agreed during the last federal election. campaign that there should be a. public i inquiry to address the concerns of many . groups on Alcan’s proposal -ta increase their hydro power . capability by developing the. . Nechako River. ° He said that one-of the major problems anticipated :was the adverse effect that a 50 percent cut in the flow of the.Nechako would have on municipal water and. sewer systems. - “It affects everybody,”’ .he said, ‘‘and the only way it can be dealt with effectively is to havea full public inquiry so you can ask questions of Alcan, ° the fisheries people, environmental — people and experts from’ the - agriculture department, to find. out how it is going to affect your farm, ranch, municipality or. fish boat. . ‘Just a negotiated setilement between fisheries and Alcan is not satisfactory,’’ he said. continued on page 21 Dutch Valley cars or pickups. Box 311, Terrace, B.C. * Undercover or outside * Storage. for R.V.’s, commercial vehicles, % Inside storage for snowmobiles, motor. bikes, boats, canoes etc. R. V. Storage 635- 2774, Chinook - Sales Ltd. 635-2033 CAMPER & A.V. 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