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— WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1978

Atthe Terrace Speedway on Monday night the Hell Ridera

performed thelr daring feats before a packed house, The show sterted a half-hour late due to the large turn-out,

One of the Hell Riders’ stunts ls pictured on the lett, The two mea hung on while cars made sudden turns at high - speeds and criss-crossed each other, On the right the

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clown of the show Is lying on the speedway during the

motorcycle jump.

Kitimat ROMP report

Kitimat police report two separate single vehicle accidents.

At 12:10 a.m. Tuesday morning. a ,juvenile, of Kitimat, attempted a. left hand turn off Nalabila road in Kitimat oF anne’ by

‘was pre-em the vehicle going out of control and rolling over. Damage was estimated at

$550. A vehicle driven by Glen of Kitimat, 20, hit the Hirsch Creek bri on high- way No, 23 Monday. The posse ger, , Cliff Degerness, also \of Kilimat,. was taken to hospital with minor

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group of youngsters gather In the Kitimat Day Care Center on Tuesday, following announcement of the centers’ closure for the summer months.

stolen over the weekend from the newly erected log picnic shelter in Radley Park, on the Kitimat River. Police are still in- veatigationg.

A radio telephone was stoten from the shed at the mounicipal dump Monday at about 10:15 a.m. A plea for its return was put out over

_ the frequency of the phone,

but to no avail, as yet. Some heavy machinery, on & logging road close to town, was damaged over the weekend, Several windows were smashed and small iteme stolen; ined

stereo “stoles from an apartment last week has offered a $50 reward for tne return of his $900 unit.

-_ Police .

Fifty-six petition against

Halliwell neighbourhood pub «-.

within the half-mile radius.

Rev, Lesyk also stated that ghborhood pub would cause an ‘‘inevitable in- crease in property damage and thefts to surrounding

increasing school age

Fifty six residents within a half-mile radius of a proposed neighborhood pub on Halliwell Avenue have petitioned Terrace council to reject the construction of a

pub in that area.

Kaye. Ehses, a Halliwell

_ Property owner, appeared at last-night's council meeting with the letters which were the result of an unofficial

survey done by the residents,

the pub oon came to council to voice their. op- position.

The * pab application was

.-A proposal was brought before the Clty Council requesting deferment of rent payments to the municlpality during summer months because enrolment fees would not cover

‘operating costs, The proposal was denied Monday night. : + Spokesman for the Center, Ann McCabe, says she is quite angry about the decision. -.. MeVabe says she “was told that Council turned dowa the proposal hecause it would set ,

“aprecedent to close every sumamer - this ia not our Intention," she stresses, ++ The center will be back in operation next fall,

Hospital board changes”

Because of low occupancy, the firat floor childrens’ rete et porilycl out td rooms the second floor medical and surgical wards.. The childrens’ ward, usually filled to overflow a few years ago, has had only two to nine, occupants. in its eighteen beds uring recent weeks. Summer is normally the slack time in the hoapital which eases the problem of

The resignation of Mr. A. J, Jenster, Vice Chairman of the was accepted with regret. | Mr. Klaus Mueller was appointed Vice Chairman, with Mr. Jack Toe’ Bauvay tas been ap: fv] ay has ap- pointed to the Board by the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, and Mr. Brian Van Snellenberg appointed to the Board by Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd. replacing

an emergency pad off Lahakas Boulevard, north of

the hospital, is being In- vestigated. At the present time, helicopters are landing ‘on the hospital lawn West of the building but the board wishes it to be known that only emergency I landings are

The Hospital Auxiliary served tea in the Extended Care Ward to patients, staff, and visitors, to mark the third anniversary of the

opening of the Extended Care Unit, June 2ist. in some

areas of the hospital does not have the special devices needed to protect patient-aid devices from surges of current, To guard against this, the Board is considering

the upgrading of electrical wiring in certain areas.

In preparation for the-

Annual Meeting of the Hospital Society to be held in September, a drive for in- creased membership in the Society is in progress, Membership is open to any person nineteen years of age or over on payment of one dollar annual membership fee, A booth, to be set up in the City Centre mall will promote membership.

Purchase ‘of a 400§lb, eapacity. washer-extractor and a 100-lb, dryer has been approved by both the Provincial government and the Regional District,

Policewoman settles row

- DETROIT (AP) policewoman shot and her husband during an, argument over her line of wark, police said.

Mary Jones, 30, told detec- tives she grabbed her gun from under her mattress and

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fired twice at her husband, *,

Leslie, $0, after he struck her

. in the face early Sunday,

Police said: the. shooting’ followed an argument bet- ween thé two over Mrs,

_ Jones's decision to become a

policewoman in May, 1977.

The couple’s _ three children were asleep. at the time of the shooting, Jones ‘worked for a chemical firm near Detroit, -

Mra, Jones was in hospital for several hourg for shock, questioned and released. ue was suspended with |

pending completion of - ‘he

investigation. -

At the last council anaes . me ieotte fig ae ebont:0-Fam

' for the schooner,

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made by Augie Geerzert. Although council had been

prepared to approve a committee recommendation endorsing the pub, they

decided to- delay until a

survey of the area ‘was

take:

Kay along with. three other persons, also-wrote letters independently to council

which were read at the meeting.

‘proposed

Already Halliwell has become a ‘drag atrip," . iy a drinking establishment is constructed this addi inn:

2 Bpeeders and the results are

lous,”

The letter also pointed out that Uplands Elementary ‘School is within the half-mile

of Uplands Beet Church, « there are. only Deg

pub that arge would be 2 mere would then go before the

they stated, and

paired drivers to

radius of the site, — ~ Rev. Robert Lesyk,

area, customers would have to. residents.” ; come from other areas, the Uplanda Church ig also a license would be granted.

Ebses said in their letter,

“Freelance” abandoned

VICTORIA (CP) — The provincial government has abandoned the idea of at- tempting to bring back the schooner Recreation and servation Minister Bawif said today.

Bawilf said it appears that there is no chance the 100- foot vessel could be. saved from the reef in Panama where it ran aground and was plundered by local In- dians several weeks ago.

He said the government will file an insurance claim for the $58,000 already paid The government had a to pay $125,000 for the 81-ton ship.

Con-

The minister sald he hasn’t decided whether to ask the Panamanian government to pay for the vessel, -

Freelance,

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‘homes and danger

children.”

All of- the letters were referred to the planning which is currently considering the

committee

Liquor Control Board before

Terrace to rezone ’ provincial site

Terrace . e gounel voted it to rezone the

fot on on the'ee corner of Kalum and Olson to make way for the proposed courthouse and health unit complex.

‘Council members and representatives from the B.C. Building Corporation met last week to iron out final negotiations concerning off-site servicing, and “the negotiations appear to be complete,” according to Ald, Vic Jolliffe,

The Crown corporation

ie ca pay the—cost- of* pa Kalum Street from Olson to the southern boundary of the property and to construct

curbs, gutters and sidewalks on the east side. The BCBC also agreed to install storm drainage on the east side of Kalum from Olson south to tle intoe existing system on Park.

‘The BCBC also gave their assurance they would not oppose the paving of Olson from Kalum to Hanson if the local residents want it paved and would contribute to the paving on a local im- provement program.

Although Council’ had

| originally: asked the Ore

poratiod to pay the: cost: of

‘s cava Gutter," “Midewalk and

Doring the Hell Riders’ performance the truck above, drove through the tube whereexplosives were set off, then

flew through the alr, and landed safely on the ramp.

Sunday. shopping

called “Out of Control”

Sunday shopping is out of control in British Columbla and the only solution is to introduce legislation to regulate it on a province- wide basis.

This was the view ex-

today by the B.C.

pressed - Division of the Retail

Merchants Association of Canada in a brief delivered to ‘Attorney- General Garde Gardom by RMA general manager Joan Wallace. The brief aske the provincial government to introduce a Retail Business Holidays Act which would prohibit most stores from on Sundays and holidays. Exemptions would be per- mitted for drug stores, small stores selling newspapers, tabacco, an- tiques and handicrafts, for stores in tourist areas. outenatieg jfhopping is prolifera many areas of the provinces, particularly :

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food, .

in the suburban areas

Vancouver, and the Lord’s Day Act Is powerless to prevent it,'’ Wallacesaid. “That Actis 70 years old and its maximum

fine of 0 is hardly a deterrant to a major grocery chain,”

The RMA brief o

surrounding

- Sunday shopping has the

support of the Lower Mainland Independent Grocers Association and the B.C. Retail Furniture and

Both Ontario and Quebec now . have _ provincial legislation Sunday shopping and Alberta has introduced a similar bill, Wallace anid.

‘There is no strong con-

‘sumer demand for Suiday

shopping in B.C., Wallace sald, and Lf consumers were aware at the extra costs involved, they ‘would

certainly oppows it

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prohibiting

Shop-closing bylan

repeal gets closer

Repeal of the municipal shop closing by-law in Terrace ig one step closer after Terrace courcil gave third reading to the necessary by-law at Monday night's meeting.

Council went ahead with the repeal following a meeting last week with the Chamber of .Commerce retail committee where proposed amendments to the by-law were made by the businessmen,

The amendments

Suggested were of a

housekeeping nature, ac-.

cording to a council com- mittee report, except for a proposal to exempt all defined shops from the atated closing hour on the Thursday immediately preceding Good Friday,

¥. Labour Day and December

Ald. Halmut Gteabrecht, chairman of the general

government committee, also

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told council that the mer-: chants had requested ‘that four days of each year be set. aside for special sale hours, similar to the ‘‘Midnite Madness” sale hed earller this year.

The “Mtldnite Madness’’ sale resulted in the prosecution of 15 merchants who tock part in the event and prompted the original move to repeal the hours by-

law. .

Giesbrecht said it is not certain whether this four day exemption would be allowed under the Municipal Act which governs previncial shop hours by-laws. .

any decisions on the issue are made,

Council also decided to contact officials of KMart which will be moving Into the new Skeena Mall on Lakelse when construction is com-

pleted in the. fall, The 2 of ficials will be invitedto meet. ~ with the general government. committee to discuss thelr = policy on shop closing hours and their intentions for ‘the Terrace store. .

John Cllft, ‘a spokesman

for the 4600 Block Merchants

was also at Monday's meeting to remind councll that the merchants feel there is a reed for a muilelpal shop closing by-law,

Clift cited an example of one rtilng which pas een adver an ope ona provincial holiday.

1 of the present shop closing by-law needs only | final adoption before Terrace would be without a municipal hours by-law and provincial statutes would come into effect.

Provincial statutes under the municipal . by-law are more restrictive than the municipal - by-law. but are rarely enforced within the Province.

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