Frustration
Festivity
Face
Local
Yoyageurs
By
ROD
EDWARDS
Special
to
The
Citizen
British
Columbias
entry
in
the
Cen
Centennial
�
tennial
Voyngeur
canoe
pageant
u
hoping
without
malice
that
Manitoba
gets
lost
That
seems
to
he
the
only
hope
the
B
C
canoeists
have
for
overcoming
the
90
minute
lead
Manitoba
holds
in
the
3500
mile
race
from
Rocky
Mountain
House
Alta
to
Montreal
BC
is
in
second
place
as
the
10
teams
repiesen
ting
eight
provinces
and
two
territories
of
Canada
take
a
three
day
break
at
the
halfway
mark
in
the
race
Bill
Blackburn
chief
voyageur
of
the
B
C
team
recalled
in
an
interview
that
fateful
lap
between
Amaranth
and
Delta
on
Lake
Manitoba
where
all
the
teams
but
Manitoba
lost
their
way
Blackburn
a
Prince
George
life
in
insurance
�
surance
underwriter
said
the
team
was
extremely
upset
over
the
circumstances
surrounding
its
poor
showing
The
canoes
were
three
miles
offshore
heading
along
the
same
course
when
Manitoba
turned
toward
a
tower
on
shore
he
said
The
rest
of
the
pageant
kept
going
straight
on
Later
Blackburn
-aid
the
Manitoba
crew
indicated
they
had
known
the
tower
was
near
the
finishing
point
a
fact
the
other
teams
hadnt
been
told
But
there
is
another
area
of
disappointment
for
the
BC
team
Blackburn
said
the
BC
government
has
given
the
team
little
financial
or
moral
support
The
provincial
government
is
supply
supplying
�
ing
camping
equipment
and
a
reimburse
reimbursement
�
ment
of
eight
cents
a
mile
for
a
camper
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down
well
with
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OR
BY
THE
GOVERNMENT
OF
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
Police
Beat
Truck
Smashes
By
BOB
GROVES
Citizen
Staff
Writer
Damage
totalled
2700
In
a
collision
Involving
five
vehicles
at
the
corner
of
5th
Aye
and
Dominion
St
Thursday
evening
Police
said
a
truck
struck
another
car
In
the
Intersection
veered
off
and
smashed
Into
three
other
parked
cars
There
were
no
In
Injuries
�
juries
Charges
are
pending
The
boat
was
out
of
the
water
but
the
motorist
was
awash
About
1145
pm
Thursday
city
HCMP
noticed
a
boat
lying
on
Victoria
St
near
15th
Ave
A
truck
was
observed
turning
around
and
returning
to
the
scene
Driver
Ronald
Patrick
Oliver
admitted
the
boat
was
his
and
that
It
had
fallen
off
the
rear
of
the
truck
Police
said
Oliver
showed
usual
signs
of
Intoxica
Intoxication
�
tion
and
when
he
appeared
in
magistrates
court
today
he
plead
Elementary
school
Students
from
Red
Rock
and
Stone
Creek
topped
off
their
year
with
a
four
hour
roller
skating
spree
at
Red
Rocks
new
Roller
dome
About
100
children
took
part
Young
Joey
Conways
heart
almost
sank
Into
his
boots
yesterday
He
found
that
his
name
was
not
Included
In
a
published
list
of
Junior
Forest
Wardens
who
are
going
to
6ummer
camp
at
Squamlsh
Well
as
sometimes
happens
his
name
was
left
off
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Alta
ft
7
Zoning
Opposition
It
was
three
aldermen
versus
the
newly
formed
Civic
Better
Betterment
�
ment
Association
The
verdict
no
decision
The
fight
has
only
begun
The
CBA
called
a
meeting
Thursday
evening
to
express
Its
strong
opposition
to
the
citys
proposed
Bylaw
1967
About
4C
persons
attended
at
the
Inn
of
the
North
Bylaw
1967
sets
out
certain
rezonlng
regulations
which
the
CBA
feels
are
wrong
on
a
num
number
�
ber
of
counts
The
association
had
a
long
cat
catalogue
�
alogue
of
complaints
which
It
directed
at
the
three
aldermen
in
attendance
The
entire
City
Council
had
been
Invited
to
the
meeting
Aldermen
on
the
firing
line
were
Carrie
Jane
Gray
John
lowers
and
Stan
Stagg
At
the
outset
they
stated
they
were
attending
only
as
private
taxpaylng
citizens
They
were
ed
guilty
to
a
charge
of
Impaired
driving
He
was
fined
150
by
Magistrate
G
O
Stewart
Police
reporting
finding
a
45
empty
bottle
of
whiskey
on
the
passenger
seat
of
Olivers
truck
Beer
Price
Up
Slightly
VICTORIA
CP
British
Col
umbia
beer
drinkers
will
be
paying
more
and
quaffing
less
after
Jul
17
The
B
C
Liquor
Control
Board
Thursda
authorized
an
increase
of
five
cents
on
the
price
of
a
case
of
beer
and
reduced
by
one
ounce
the
size
of
glasses
used
for
draught
beer
Effective
July
17
a
case
of
12
bottles
will
cost
257
Instead
of
the
current
price
of
252
the
list
by
accident
Hes
going
alright
and
the
group
leaves
July
4
All
members
of
the
Legion
9
color
party
are
asked
to
bo
down
at
the
auditorium
Saturday
at
030
am
to
form
up
for
the
Centennial
parade
The
Citizens
bon
vlvant
bearded
Jan
Udo
Wenzel
is
leaving
Prince
George
to
woik
below
the
40th
parallel
He
says
hes
going
to
a
place
called
Ko
komo
He
must
be
kidding
WQwIXi
there
to
listen
to
what
the
CBA
had
to
offer
Aid
Stagg
said
he
chose
to
withhold
comment
until
the
end
of
the
meeting
The
CBA
objections
to
Bylaw
1067
were
mainly
as
In
a
brief
submitted
to
City
Council
last
Monday
evening
It
charges
the
proposed
re
rezonlng
�
zonlng
plan
will
lead
to
commer
commercial
�
cial
confinement
In
the
downtown
core
to
the
benefit
of
a
well
organized
minor
Interest
group
the
Downtown
Business
Asso
Association
�
ciation
It
charges
the
bylaw
will
re
result
�
sult
In
curtailment
of
commer
commercial
�
cial
expansion
In
the
fringe
area
bordering
the
downtown
core
It
alleged
a
conflict
of
Inter
Interest
�
est
on
the
party
of
city
planner
Des
Parker
who
assisted
In
draw
drawing
�
ing
up
Bylaw
1067
Mr
Parker
has
engaged
In
private
planning
work
while
em
employed
�
ployed
by
the
city
Meeting
chairman
Paul
Bulk
ley
said
many
questions
about
the
new
bylaw
have
remained
unanswered
a
lot
of
people
have
not
had
the
opportunity
of
examining
It
He
said
the
CBA
should
have
access
to
the
same
documents
City
Council
had
In
formulating
the
plan
Aid
Power
denied
that
prep
preparation
�
aration
of
the
bylaw
had
been
inadequately
reported
For
one
The
Citizen
had
carried
ma
material
�
terial
on
the
proposed
bylaw
for
the
past
several
months
He
added
the
bylaw
will
go
through
paragraph
by
paragraph
ex
examination
�
amination
at
upcoming
zoning
hearings
beginning
July
10
This
could
take
two
or
three
months
he
said
Supporting
the
bylaw
Aid
Stagg
said
somewhere
weve
got
to
get
guidelines
for
de
development
�
velopment
Were
five
years
late
All
three
aldermen
objected
to
the
form
of
question
put
to
them
and
to
the
way
the
meeting
was
run
There
was
objection
to
chair
chairman
�
man
Bulkley
making
speeches
and
to
the
bombardment
of
load
loaded
�
ed
questions
Unless
this
meeting
is
con
conducted
�
ducted
with
proper
decorum
I
choose
to
leave
said
Aid
Stagg
When
he
and
Aid
Powers
did
de
depart
�
part
at
about
1
1
pm
it
was
only
a
few
minutes
before
the
meeting
adjourned
Aid
Giay
left
at
a
mid
point
intermission
The
meeting
resolved
to
make
further
representations
at
next
Tuesdays
City
Council
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to
attend
the
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of
Prince
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entry
to
the
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truck
the
canoeists
hired
for
transpor
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�
tation
I
sent
in
a
bill
for
nine
pairs
of
pants
he
said
The
government
said
in
a
return
letter
it
would
pay
for
the
pants
but
that
that
would
be
the
last
Blackburn
also
expressed
disappoint
disappointment
�
ment
that
no
provincial
government
rep
representative
�
resentative
has
been
to
see
the
BC
team
Despite
these
factors
Blackburn
said
the
morale
is
good
and
we
have
one
of
the
most
congenial
camps
of
any
The
fact
they
have
picked
up
about
1000
in
prize
money
so
far
hasnt
hurt
their
feelings
any
either
Blackburn
said
the
atmosphere
is
congenial
Once
the
tents
are
up
at
night
and
other
duties
completed
the
canoeists
gather
to
talk
or
sing
Next
morning
however
when
they
step
into
their
canoes
its
all
business
While
Blackburn
was
critical
of
the
attention
received
from
the
B
C
govern
government
�
ment
he
was
high
in
his
praise
for
the
people
of
Prince
George
and
Kamloops
hometowns
of
the
team
members
He
said
200
persons
from
Prince
George
put
their
names
to
a
telegram
which
the
team
leceived
in
Edmonton
The
mayor
and
council
of
Kamloops
also
sent
a
telegram
wishing
the
team
good
luck
All
canoeists
were
invited
to
a
lobster
dinner
when
they
arrived
in
Winnipeg
and
Blackburn
called
the
New
Bruns
Brunswick
�
wick
sponsored
feast
the
highlight
of
the
trip
so
far
He
added
If
anything
is
going
to
kill
the
crews
it
will
be
the
kindness
of
the
people
along
the
way
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His
Dismissal
Former
city
prosecutor
Jim
Barrett
said
this
morning
coun
councils
�
cils
handling
of
his
dismissal
had
caused
him
unnecessary
embarrassment
In
a
written
statement
Bar
Barrett
�
rett
said
the
public
had
misin
misinterpreted
�
terpreted
his
dismissal
because
council
had
mishandled
the
matter
His
statement
reads
Re
Recent
�
cent
comments
made
to
me
make
it
clear
that
my
dismissal
by
the
City
of
Prince
George
has
been
misinterpreted
by
the
public
The
question
was
mishandled
by
council
and
leaves
me
no
alternative
but
to
make
a
state
statement
�
ment
Council
dismissed
me
for
reasons
it
felt
was
adequate
and
that
is
its
responsibility
I
am
very
critical
however
the
statement
goes
on
of
the
events
following
my
dismissal
Council
failed
to
notify
me
of
its
decision
but
released
it
to
the
press
The
result
was
that
I
re
received
�
ceived
my
notice
through
the
press
Council
also
linked
my
dis
dismissal
�
missal
to
a
totally
irrelevant
let
letter
�
ter
from
police
officials
that
Highway
Patrols
Increase
All
leaves
have
been
cancelled
In
the
RCMP
sub
divlslon
high
highway
�
way
patrol
section
and
members
will
be
mounting
an
around-the-clock
check
on
the
major
high
highways
�
ways
around
Prince
George
over
the
weekend
An
RCMP
spokesman
said
pat
patrols
�
rols
would
be
clamping
down
on
speeding
and
jack
rabbtting
the
dangerous
overtaking
tactics
used
by
some
drivers
on
two
lane
highways
He
said
traffic
was
expected
to
be
very
heavy
on
highways
to
the
South
West
and
North
of
Prince
George
gavA
rlsf
to
speculation
as
to
other
reasons
for
my
dismis
dismissal
�
sal
Having
provoked
the
specu
speculation
�
lation
council
then
failed
to
make
a
clear
public
statement
as
to
the
reason
for
my
dismissal
a
fact
which
has
caused
me
unnecessary
embarrassment
After
making
the
statement
Barrett
pointed
out
that
he
had
learned
of
his
dismissal
through
the
press
an
hour
or
two
before
receiving
official
notice
In
a
let
letter
�
ter
from
acting
manager
C
A
Jeffrey
June
27
Barrett
was
dismissed
after
he
won
an
injunction
against
the
city
for
Matte
Investments
Ltd
stopping
council
from
holding
a
public
meeting
regarding
a
pro
posed
change
In
zoning
by
laws
INSIDE
TODAYS
CITIZEN
O
Prince
Geoige
will
gpt
a
new
Post
Office
Page
3
O
Trade
Tariffs
were
sharply
cut
when
negotiations
came
to
an
end
last
night
Page
4
O
For
the
third
successive
night
Negro
youths
noted
in
Buffalo
i
east
tnd
Page
5
Premier
Ky
who
led
the
South
Vietnamese
military
government
for
the
last
two
years
withdrew
from
the
presidential
race
Page
7
For
a
guide
on
the
hap
happenings
�
penings
around
town
this
weekend
The
Scene
column
by
Peter
Salmon
Page
18
Editorials
2
Stocks
4
Peo
People
�
ple
Make
the
News
5
Church
Page
22
Comics
11
Sports
9
10
Entertainment
and
TV
18
Womens
World
21
Fri
Friday
�
day
Column
3
Police
Chief
Warns
of
Vacation
Dangers
Mr
and
Mrs
vacationer
be
before
�
fore
leaving
on
that
laughing
sun
filled
holiday
talk
to
your
neighbor
Or
a
friend
Or
a
relative
Say
your
farewells
and
ask
one
of
them
to
be
a
watchdog
A
watchdog
for
your
house
As
the
vacation
season
swings
into
summer
and
happy
families
hit
the
highways
more
and
more
houses
are
going
to
be
left
untended
Unoccupied
homes
can
be
easy
prey
for
the
prowler
Sgt
Charles
English
of
the
Prince
George
RCMP
city
de
detachment
�
tachment
recommends
hollday
ers
notify
a
neighbor
before
they
r
leave
The
sergeants
suggest
they
leave
a
key
with
neighbor
or
a
friend
so
they
may
check
not
only
for
vandalism
or
theft
but
also
for
such
household
problems
as
leaky
plumbing
Homeowners
are
urged
to
halt
deliveries
or
once
again
make
an
arrangement
with
the
helpful
neighbor
to
pick
them
off
the
porch
Left
to
collect
deliver
deliveries
�
ies
are
a
tell
tale
sign