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"Serving Terrace and District -

ee TENET AUGUST 23, 1972

_ SUMMARY oF WEATHER FOR TERRACE ; JULY, 1972 .

Maximum Temperature |

: a Julys, 1972"

Minimum Temperature 42 July 2, 1972 Average Maximum Temperature - Jo. 2 Average Minimum Temperature 5L Average July Tempera ture .) Rainiall for July, 1972 ; 1,60 inches

Tatal precipitation for July, 1972 - L.60 inches -: Total precipitation for 1972° 26.98 inches

Total days with measurable precipitation Total days without measurable precipitation - ‘

B.J. Steele

(32,000 acres to

Qdays" —~ mays .

burn this season

‘The past week weather was q Mixture of cloud and sinshine with an occassional light shower.

A low lo moderate fire hazard prevailed throughout the Forest

the years total to 162. With weather and ground conditions becoming ideal, our slash disposal programme got under way. A total of 3,850 acres have been burned by the Forest Service and Industry, We have. a lotal of 32,000 acres to burn

MS this season. Hopefully the

present damp weather will not prevail as it may seriously effect the. proposed burning program.

To date science has not come up with an alternative method for disposing of slash. This stash must be disposed of to prevent accidental fires from developing into major blazes — dispite all supression efforts,

Major fires ususally threaten

iB. C. motor

: f i vehicle. act»

f, VANCOUVER - Marginal f: speeding violators will receive

: fewer penalty points and ex-

i cessive speeding violators will 7° be assessed More points in a * © revision of. the Motor Vehicle

Act regulations, announced

ma 6s today by Attorney-General Les - wm. Peterson, The . present penalty

=. assessment is 3 points for ail

speeding violations and when a

S © driver accumulates nine points

he is required to take 4 defensive driving course or face a licence suspension, Mr. Peterson said, ,

Under the revised plan people exceeding the speed limit by 10 mph or less will receive two penally points; over 10 mph but not more than 26 mph, three

penalty points and more than 20 |

mph, the penalty will be four points,

Mr. Peterson said the rate of deleting points from a driving record will also be increased to four peints a year compared to the present: three points,

“These refinements of point | - assessments,'’’ Mr. Peterson said, will more closely reflect the’ severity of the infraction.”

He said the new regulations. will go into effect this fall. :

| Alcan.

Private propetty, burn up water ‘sheds, merchantable timber. and damage the soil. A good example of this was in 1971 “The Sue Fire” near Golden,, “The Mat Fire” near Merrit, and. the “West Fire’’. -near Quesnel. - Coupled with | slash - burning’ is © our ‘reforestation programme which will shortly be underway on many of these burned areas.

| section

Col-cel sale would | not involve Terrace or P.R. operations

Columbia Cellulose Company, Limited announced in Van- couver, British Columbia today ‘that. its management hag

_ reeommended the acceptance 0 a _. Weyerhaeuser Canada Limited

-to-purehase for approximately

proposal from

stated net asset value Columbia

“Cellulose's Pulp and Lumber - '.”” Mill-and related assets located “;, at Castlegar, British Columbia, - : ~ Sales from these operations are’ ; approximately 40 per cent of the of Columbia .

total” sales Cellulose in 1971. The agreement is subject to “approval of the Boards of

Directors of bot companies -

and the execution of a definitive

agreement which is expected to - take several weeks fo complete. -

Columbia Cellulose’s operations:

in. the Prince Rupert area are °

not involved in the purchase. ‘The Board of Directors of

Celanese Corporation, owner of |

91.3 per cent of: the common: stock of Columbia Cellulose, has: recommended favorablé

sale,

; : Photoarsphi drivers’ licences —

Drivers’ licences in British Columbia have a new look - as 0 July 4th, All licences issued or renewed .after that date wiil include .a. coléured. photograph of the holder. :

This change has been in- troduced primarily to make identification: easier and to assist the enforcement agencies , in making sure that the licence - is being , used ay, the person’ entilled. to.\use it, The new ~ formatis recognition of

"that ‘A. driver's lcenée has

' “becenie’ almost: a. universal. *

form: ‘of identification. The licence -will ‘he’ useful. as. a positive means of identification in connection with driving, but for other purposes as well, The new licence, the size of a eredit. card, will - contain standard personal indfoymation and the photograph, Photographs will-be taken al local motor licence offices at the time. of application. An interim licence will be issued at that time. for use during the processing period. The fee ‘al

$5. 00 for 5. years still applies.

Persons now holding “a driver's licence. are not

-Tequired to change to the new format before the renewal. date,

shown on their current licence, although they may obtain a

duplicate licence in the new.

format if they wish. Cost of a duplicate licence is $2.00. Persons wishing to’ take ad-

Vantage of obtaining @ ant thor -»..ticence._ ahould pt esent their

greatly, in” ‘mowing that‘

licence and will also provide some essential data for’ in- ‘cluding on the photo licence, Proof of ‘identity is an‘ im- portant factor in the issuing of

photo Heences, This can be

provided by producing. an -ex- piring driver's licence and at least one other method.

identification which .shows- a ‘ - |

signature of: the person.

Passports are very acceptable oa

for: this purpose,

Summer holidays are almost over for most children and, a8 a result, the summer playground program fs almost finished. Not all playgrounds will be ending on the same day this year, Due

to ‘extra time needed for

_ refinishing the gym floor ‘at . Clarence Micheal: School that ~. playground program will end this: Friday.- August 19th, All

“-ghildren in. this area -however, . . 5 ‘are invited to participate in the

-- Caledonia playground program

no ‘which is still going on, The three

“production increase Kitimat, B.C. 2 * Aleaii:

_ Aluminium Limited stated

Wednesday that a slight in-, crease of about 22,000 tons per year in its overall production tates in Canada will be affected in the near-future. . a _ Commenting with regard ‘to ” this statement, Mr.: J.5. ' MacKenzie, ‘Alcan Regional. Manager, sald today, “This announcement will result-in a | modest increase In prodyction - for Kitimat Works in the order of a proxiniate y three percent. of out total installed capacity or | approximately 10,000; tons per:

year

“Tt ig anticipated that. this’ increagé will result in os ee of approximately. 0. to empleyces."!

“The | basic. decision: :to’ ine’ crease our. overall: Canadian © output catne about a8 & reat of, a review --of...0 Metal: Ine yentories through “and the need. ti meet dally schediles effectively Mee

with all event

‘other playground programs at. Caledonia, KillSkShan .and ‘Uplands will be continuing: until ‘Thursday, August 24th, This’ week’ .is ‘International Week. on the-playgrounds, The population of Terrace {s made up of ‘many. different

‘nationalities and. many of the. _ Children attending playgrounds - ‘represent these nationalities, |

The apeclal event of this week ‘will be. International” Day ‘at’ Caledonia on Friday with. all children from. all playgrounds dressed. up in the clothing of ‘other ‘countries. Among’. the many activitles ‘that. will’ be “happening willbe a parade with

all, children ‘participating;:.as- °°

well a3 a‘alngsong, of aongs-of. other. lands.. Other’ events

‘happening during International. ‘Week will-iiclude murals being .

* made'al Kiti-Sk-Shan, Clarence Micheal,’ and. Caldonia on

‘Monday and Flaga and mobiles os new being. made ‘Tuesday. On Caledonia” will be. nee Micheal also ., ‘for races,. games and a general

>: Wednesda: visiting Ch

“visit, - The ‘following jak, ‘August ‘st - pth, is nivel Week

\

North West regional.

recreation news.

ig the last day of playgrounds this special. event is a final farewell of all the playground supervisors to the children, The -, carnival will be put on by the.° playground supervisors and” ‘seme of ‘the older children for — all children. Cost per child is 3

cents for 10 tickets, which are - used for entry-into the various

boothes, Booths will include a fortune teller, bobbing for

apples, Chamber of Horrors, |. shaving balloons, fish pond, . |

comic. trade, craft counter, magic. show, wild: west ‘saloon - and more. The Carnival will run from 12-3 pm. and.all children ” ‘are invited,

. Fine weather is still con tinuing for. the Hart Farm _ Camp. The last’ group. of -children returned Thursday tired’ but happy, .and ‘another group went up to the Hart Far this past Sunday. Kalum Lake. gradually getting warmer and most of the children were’ i swimming last week. ‘This week ‘itlooks ‘as though all will be able

to-go swimming.’ Other events - which ‘are. -belng: enjoyed’ will - Include hikes, wiener roasts, -

fishing -trips,; sun‘ tanning, bird and enimal watching, ‘ete,

Caledonia gym. {a still open ir

‘the evenings from 6-10.

those who wish to go

-basketball, volleyball: -have: you, This.

"continue until hext W

nyone Interested in aren,

la ren be ory to es ©

consideration of the proposed o

person is entitled to a duplicate

The operations at Castlegar

are based on timber obtained ‘from the British Columbia government under a Tree Farm Licence, It's .output of high- quality Kraft Pulp is sold

primarily in world-wide export

markets, LG. Rust, president. of Wey erhaeuser, Canada

Limited, stated that sub- N.C. Psycologist

_ Dr. FJ. Speckeen, Principal of the College of New Caledonia hag received word from the

Examiners in Psychology, that Dr. Duane Rubadeau, and in- structor.in the Psychology Department at CNC has passed all of the requirements and is

- nowa resistered Psychologist: in

British Columbia Board of.

stantial, proximately 1000 employees

located at these facilities will,

continue in their present capacities. He further. stated _ that Weyerhaeuser Canada

expects to spend several million __

dollars for additional en- vironmental protection . Measures at Castlegar.

registered in B. om

British Columbia, Prior to his ~

appointment at “CNC ° Dr.

“Rubadeau was a Registered .

Psychologist in Aniatio.

“Trees ‘growing in dense forests lose’ their lower ; branches before trees. growing ‘in the open.

. Se PAGE is

all of the ap-

Property taxes continue torise in. communities across the country..; but here. os British Columbia, there’s relief for the omie-owner at tax time. Relief originated * y your Social Credit Government — relief hat gives British Columbians the lowest axes on homes in Canada. ”. Since its introduction in 1957, the. “Home-owner Grant has increased steadily — from $28 that first year to a current level

f $185 annually. For home-owners aged

- Firat Terrace Women’s Institute decided to hold a Flower Show. “As the Kiteam: Kalum Farmer's Institute was celebrating 60

aan Fall Fair, rather than a flower show. This was agreed the result was. most rewarding.

‘Me, Dudley Little, M.L,A. at that time officially opened the:

“.’ Pairs he had attended in the Bulkley and Skeena Valleys, he ha -.- never before seen suck an impressive displayas that done by : “Farmer's. Institute. It consisted of local produce including’ Les vegetables, milk and eggs arranged in a Centennial symbol,.At’ ~ the end of the Fair, all this produce as well as much more: : donated by exhibitors was auctioned.

Clarence Michiel School, with’ proceeds poing to the. Arena * Campaign, - :

.. “Secondary High School on Saturday, : September 2, with the’ “o> official opening at 1-pm. All candidates in the forthcoming - “election will be invited to attend the opening with. the winning

- cents with no charge for the Children’s Division, and all entries :

~~“ unable to aitend the Fair because the doors closed at § pm. To: - ' aecomodate those who were disappointed, doors will remain |

display at the Terrace Co-op. —

7 653 years and over, it it now a amounts. Sto. $235, ~- thanks to the $50 senior citizens supple: a

' Management that provides benefits of -

7 Columbia. -

Government f headed by Premie;

ap

: ‘For s some years ‘Terrace did not have a fall fair. in 1971" the :

ears of existance they asked to join the ladies and help lp sponect

As this was a first effort, catagories were , United to Divial for Flowers and Vegetables anda Section for children.

Fall Fair with coverage by CFTK radio. He stated that of all the.

‘Special events of the day were a pie eating contest, with a" transister radio as the prize andan evening dance. © - Due to the loss of our Community Centre the Fair was held in

‘This year, the Fall Fair will be spongored by the newly formed " association and will be held in the auditorium of the Skeena’

candidate as special guest speaker. :

This year, as well as flowers, fruits and vegetables and: th Children’s Division, there wili be Divisions for Handicrafts, - Fancywork, Home canning and Baking. Cost per entry will be 25.

must be in the previous day, Friday, September 1 between n the . hours of 3 and 8 pm. ’ Last year a number of people who work on Saturdays were

open with exhibits on display until 8 pm, Once again, a pie eating contest is planned and there will bea : door prize donated by Mr, Bruce Freeman, “Trophies 3 are eon

meni added this year. 7 This is substantial tax relief by any standards... and it’s only possible because this Government has consistently practiced * . sound financial management; the sort of -

every kind to all the people of British ,

On August 30th, show you suppor , the Home-owner Grant by voting for the

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