SHORT
LIFE
FOR
PUBLICLY-ELECTED
SOCIAL
Resource
board
members
hint
by
GORDON
POLLARD
ClUzpn
Stuff
Reporter
Prince
George's
publicly-elected
Community
Resources
Hoard
may
end
its
brief
existence
with
a
bang
rather
than
a
whimper.
There
are
strong
indications
the
12
board
members
may
resign
en
masse
Wednesday
to
protest
Human
Resources
Minister
Bill
Vander
Zalm's
recent
decision
to
strip
the
board
of
its
power.
Board
chairman
Vern
Dallamore
and
the
other
directors
aren't
making
any
public
comment
about
what
they
might
do
when
the
Monday,-March
Vol.20;
No.
42
'
Study
group
ignored
Prince
George's
steel
mill
advisory
committee
wants
to
know
whether
the
new
Social
Credit
government
is
planning
to
keep
it
in
operation.
Committee
chairman
Joan
MacLatchy
said
today
the
10-member
committee,
appointed
under
the
former
NDP
administration,
has
received
no
communication
from
the
government
since
the
Socreds
took
office
in
December.
She
said
the
committee
Is
fully
prepared
to
carry
on
with
its
job
of
assessing
the
impact
on
Prince
Georgeof
a
proposed
$10O-million
steel
mill
that
the
former
NDP
government
was
considering
building
here
or
in
Kitimat
in
partnership
with
a
major
Japanese
steel
company.
But
she
said
the
committee
"needs
clarification
as
to
what
the
government's
intentions
are
in
this
regard.
"So
we
have
written
to
the
economic
development
department
requesting
this
information,
and
we
are
hoping
to
get
an
early
reply."
Economic
Development
Minister
Don
Phillips
couldn't
be
reached
for
comment
today.
But
In
an
interview
last
week,
he
said
the
second
phase
of
a
three-part
$1.23
million
feasibility
study
on
the
steel
mill
project
is
expected
to
be
completed
by
the
end
of
March.
Sawmills'
chip
price
will
float
There
is
general
acceptance
in
the
local
forest
industry
today
of
a
new
chip
price
system
based
on
the
selling
price
of
pulp
rather
than
a
constant
across
the
board
figure,
Provincial
Forest
Minister
Tom
Waterland
announced
Friday
the
minimum
price
for
white
wood
chips
will
be
$30.30
starting
today
down
from
$35
per
bone
dry
unit
(BDU).
The
$30.30
Is
nine
per
cent
of
the
average
selling
price
of
a
short
ton
of
bleached
kraf
t
pulp
during
the
second
and
third
quarters
of
1975.
The
price
Is
subject
to
adjustment
July
1,
and
every
six
months
after
that,
It
moans
the
price
paid
to
chip
producers
will
change
in
accordance
to
the
selling
price
of
bleached
kraft
pulp
rather
than
hold
at
a
constant
figure.
Calling
for
freight
cost
borne
by
pulp
mills
has
been
increased
to
$14
a
BDU.
The
See
CHIPS,
page
2
board
holds
its
next
regular
meeting
Wednesday,
But
some
directors
are
saying
privately
they
can't
see
any
point
in
the
board
remaining
in
existence
as
a
clawless
and
toothless
"watchdog."
1
1
is
expected
a
resolution
will
be
put
forward
urging
the
board
to
resign
en
masse.
And
it
wouldn't
be
at
all
surprising
if
the
resolution
is
approved.
For
the
local
resources
boards
Vander
Zalm's
decision
to
scuttle
the
NDP-created
boards
came
as
a
bitter
blow,
The
board,
elected
Nov.
15
to
take
of
flee
Jan.
1,
felt
It
had
already
established
a
TODAY
ran'
-w:
1,
1976
:
"
Hen
Ginter,
left
Arabs
Petrodollars
in
Prince
George?
It
is
a
distinct
possibility
that
Arab
money
might
be
invested
in
this
area.
Dr.
Moustapha
Samy,
managing
director
of
a
number
of
Arab
firms,
was
in
Prince
George
Friday
to
look
over
holdings
of
industrialist
Ben
Ginter.
"The
Arabs
are
interested
in
investing,"
Ginter,
who
accompanied
Samy,
said.
The
Arab
official
inspect
the
local
brewery
as
well
as
Ginter's
construction
firm
and
real
estate
holdings
here,
in
Richmond,
and
near
Kelowna.
The
Arabs
are
only
one
group
of
poten
HIGHWAY
WORK
Hart
tops
priority
list
Upgrading
of
the
Hart
Highway
Immediately
north
of
Prince
George
should
be
considered
the
top
highway
priority
in
this
area,
Highways
Minister
Alex
Frcser
said
today.
'"That
stretch
of
highway
is
in
terrible
shape.
It's
got
to
be
Improved
on
a
high-priority
basis,"
Frascr
said
in
a
telephone
interview
from
Victoria.
But
the
minister
said
he
is
not
in
a
position
at
this
time
to
Indicate
how
much,
if
any,
0
W
tit
v,t
'Get
the
divorce
papers
prepared
for
Liz
and
Dick
then
go
out
and
buy
them
another
wedding
present.
'
good
record
in
reviewing
proposed
social
service
programs
for
Prince
George.
Since
taking
office,
the
board
has
reviewed
nine
budget
requests
totalling
$549,261
and
has
pared
these
down
to
$471,800.
It
points
out
the
$77,461
saved
by
avoiding
waste
and
duplication
In
these
programs
is
far
more
than
the
board's
proposed
administrative
budget
of
$41,182
for
this
year.
Directors
are
particularly
resentful
of
Vander
Zalm's
refusal
to
provide
any
further
funds
to
the
board
for
office
space
and
support
staff,
The
showes
Dr.
Moustupha
Samy,
Arab
Investor,
his
Prinpe
look
over
Ginter
tial
investors,
Ginter
said,
He
has
also
been
approached
by
Japanese
interests
as
well
as
by
interests
from
the
Phil-lipines
and
representatives
from
both
groups
are
slated
to
visit
Prince
George.
Dr.
Samy
said
the
group
he
represents,
mainly
the
government
of
Kuwait,
a
sheikdom
on
The
Gulf
of
Arabia,
is
interested
in
many
businesses
around
the
world.
Accompanying
Ginter
and
Dr,
Samy
was
Vancouver
financial
consultant
Larry
Harrison
who
said
he
had
been
approached
by
the
Arabs
for
possible
Investment
deals,
money
can
be
made
available
this
year
for
upgrading
the
Hart
Highway
or
other
roads
in
this
area.
"I
can't
make
any
commitments
in
that
regard
until
after
the
budget
has
been
brought
down
and
my
department's
estimates
have
been
approved
which
probably
won't
be
until
late
April
or
early
May,"
"But."
he
noted,
"I
find
it
odd
that
everything
seemed
to
go
to
work
east
of
Prince
c
FEATURED
INSIDE
j
INTERPRETIVE
City
council
is
being
urged
to
press
for
relocation
of
the
CNR
yards.
Page
3.
Who
is
going
to
get
first
crack
at
the
seats
if
seating
In
the
main
Olympic
stadium
Is
not
completed
In
time
for
the
games
Canadians
or
foreigners?
Page
2.
Richard
Nixon
has
returned
from
his
visit
to
China.
Page
5.
The
winner
of
the
Canadian
300
looked
like
he'd
been
run
over
several
times
by
his
own
snowmobile,
but
lie
could
still
manage
a
somewhat
distorted
smile.
Page
13.
Business,
8;
Classified,
16-24;
Comics,
26;
Home
and
Family,
27;
Horoscope,
10;
International,
5;
Local
and
Provincial.
3,
6;
National,
2;
Sports,
13-15;
Television,
26.
Citi
The
board's
office,
in
the
Community
Services
Building
at
1306
Seventh
Ave.,
has
become
an
important
research
centre
and
clearing-house
for
Information
on
social
service
programs
and
activities
in
this
area.
And
the
board's
two
full-time
staff
members,
executive-director
Ann
Hogan
and
secretary
Esther
Jomha,
have
been
widely
praised
by
officials
of
local
social
service
organizations
for
their
con
Asked
he
knew
said
he
days
in
his
Ginter's
after
of
Commerce
$3.9
million
Ginter
to
buy
his
seem
to
and
the
George.
We've
got
to
turn
more
of
our
attention
to
the
route
north."
Fraser
also
said
work
should
begin
almost
immediately
on
redecklng
of
the
north
side
of
the
Old
Fraser
Bridge
in
Prince
George.
He
disclosed
his
department
has
awarded
a
$650,979
contract
for
the
project
to
Dominion
Bridge
Co.
Ltd.
of
scientious
work.
It
was
not
surprising
therefore
that
directors
for
the
local
board
were
outraged
when
Vander
Zalm
said
the
phasing
out
of
the
resources
boards
will
eliminate
"unnecessary
$25,0O0-a-yeur
administrators'
positions."
Far
from
receiving
$25,000
a
year,
Ms.
Hogan
was
paid
$12,246
last
year
and
Ms.
Jomha
received
$6,900.
Vander
Zalm
says
the
Prince
George
resources
Cltbwn
photo
by
Lrn
TcnUcI
George
brewery.
empire
how
long
it
would
take
before
whether
Dr.
Samy
recommended
investment
in
his
firms,
Ginter
had
been
told
It
would
be
a
mat-terof
only
if
It
wasdecided
to
invest
firms.
holdings
are
r,til
in
receivership
the
Canadian
Imperial
Bank
demanded
payment
of
a
loan
in
January.
also
said
the
people
who
were
Prince
George
brewery
don't
have
their
financing
completed
plant
is
still
not
back
in
Towing
firms
increase
rates
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-About
150
auto
towing
opera-tores
decided
Sunday
to
increase
to
$25
their
$16
fee
to
the
Insurance
Corporation
oi
British
Columbia.
They
also
agreed
to
a
$30
fee
for
night
towing
jobs.
The
new
rates,
effective
today,
are
the
industry's
reply
to
a
move
by
ICBC
to
put
its
towing
out
to
tender
said
Ron
Baldwin
of
the
Automotive
Retailers
Association.
The
towing
operators
rejected
motions
to
withhold
their
services
from
ICBC
THE
WEATHERJ
March
came
in
like
a
lion
today
with
a
record-breaking
low
temperature
of
-26
for
March
I,
The
previous
record
of
-22
was
set
in
1971,
The
weatherman
said
the
coldest
days
of
winter
are
upon
us
as
a
strong
flow
of
arctic
air
grips
the
entire
province.
Cold
air
and
clear
skies
were
expected
for
today
and
Tuesday
with
no
end
in
sight.
Sunday
was
the
coldest
day
this
winter
with
a
low
temp2rature
of
-28.
The
high
today,
.15;
the
low
tonight,
-28.
Sunday's
high,
'11;
the
low
this
morning,
-26.
Tuesday's
high,
'15.
The
high
for
March
1,
1975
was
1;
the
low
was
-4.
SERVICE
BODY
mass
board
may
remain
In
exls
tence
for
a
year
If
it
wishes,
but
only
in
"an
advisory
capacity."
Although
he
hasn't
spelled
out
exactly
what
he
means
by
"an
advisory
capacity",
he
appears
to
have
in
mind
a
very
limited,
passive
role.
The
board
would
apparently
not
review
all
social
service
programs
but
would
give
advice
only
when
asked
to
do
so
by
officials
of
the
human
resources
department.
Such
a
role
is
hardly
appealing
to
directors
who
were
publicly
elected
to
serve
under
a
very
d'f
ferent
set
of
rules.
zen
FISH
BOAT
Coast
Guard
rescues
pair
VICTORIA
(CP)
-
The
Canadian
Coast
Guard
cutter
Ready
today
rescued
two
men
missing
after
the
gillnetter
Star
Shine
capsized
Sunday
off
southwestern
Vancouver
Island.
A
spokesman
for
search
and
rescue
said
Captain
Harold
Wulff
of
Surrey
and
deckhand
Trent
Hansen,
21,
of
Vancouver,
the
only
crew
members
on
the
gillnetter,
were
in
good
condition.
He
said
they
were
spotted
by
a
Canadian
Forces
Labrador
aircraft
from
nearby
Comox
which
stood
by
until
the
Coast
Guard
cutter
picked
up
the
two
men
from
a
light
skiff
15
miles
south
of
Gabriola
Island.
He
said
the
search
was
continuing
for
Rusty
Waters
of
Texada
Island,
B.C.,
who
was
missing
after
the
54-foot
seiner
Bruce
I
was
swamped
by
a
wave
and
wrecked
by
rocks
on
Sunday
the
first
day
of
the
roe-herring
season
In
heavy
seas
off
the
Cape
Seal
lighthouse
near
Bamf
ield.
The
three
other
members
of
the
crew
of
the
Bruce
I
were
rescued.
A
U.S.
Coast
Guard
helicopter
rescued
one
of
the
crew,
Reid
Dobell
of
Vancouver,
from
a
reef,
but
the
helicopter
then
developed
engine
trouble
and
was
forced
to
ditch
In
the
sea.
All
aboard
were
picked
up
safely
by
another
rescue
vessel.
Twoother
Bruce
I
crewmen,
skipper
Stan
Bedle
of
Richmond
and
Randy
West
of
Vancouver,
were
picked
up
from
a
rubber
raft
by
a
Canadian
Coast
Guard
vessel.
The
35-foot
Star
Shine
was
found
Sunday
capsized
about
three
miles
at
sea
in
the
same
area
as
the
Bruce
I,
and
was
later
towed
to
Bamfield.
Divers
began
examining
the
hulk
Sunday
night,
Seven
B.C.
fishermen
escaped
with
their
lives
when
two
fishboats
sank
last
week
off
Vancouver
Island
as
the
herring
fleet
started
to
move
into
position
for
the
opening
of
the
season.
This
year's
herring
fishery
opened
two
weeks
earlier
than
the
1975
season
that
claimed
the
lives
of
14
fishermen
in
ten
sinkings
in
rough
seas
during
the
last
two
weeks
of
March.
resignation
The
local
board
would
almost
certainly
choose
to
resign
rather
than
continue
In
existence
on
that
basis.
Another
possibility
is
that
the
board
might
continue
to
function
within
the
privately
constitued
Community
Resources
Board
Society.
The
board
operated
as
a
private
entity
for
three
years
before
being
transformed
Into
a
publicly-elected
body
last
November.
But
during
that
period
it
received
some
financial
help
from
the
province
and
was
therefore
able
to
maintain
an
office
and
hire
support
staff.
-VY2
Prince
George,
SINKINGS
FLYING
SAUCERS?
UFO
centre
opens
TORONTO
(CP)
A
centre
for
thescientlficstudy
of
unidentified
flying
objects
(UFO)
has
opened
in
Toronto.
Dr.
Allen
Hynek,
an
adviser
in
establishment
of
UFO
Research
Centre
Ontario
,
is
a
former
chairman
of
the
astromony
department
of
Northwestern
University
in
Illinois.
He
says
the
centre
in
downtown
Toronto
will
provide
a
place
where
persons
can
report
"unusual
events
without
fear
of
ridicule."
The
centre
will
be
operated
as
a
branch
of
the
pri
vatelyowned
Toronto
Society
for
Physical
Research
and
staff
will
investigate
UFO
sightings.
Dr.
Hynek
says
at
least
one
person
in
40
has
had
"a
UFO
experience"
and
about
20
per
cent
of
such
incidents
"can't
be
explained
away."
"I'm
not
a
believer
In
little
green
men
from
outer
space
but
there
certainly
is
some
sort
of
intelligence
programming
these
objects."
Barrett
forecasts
property
tax
hike
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-Former
premier
Dave
Barrett
said
Saturday
that
property
taxes
in
British
Columbia
will
rise
significantly
because
the
Social
Credit
government
will
stall
on
raising
the
export
price
of
natural
gas.
In
his
first
speech
since
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-Teamater
Union
spokesman
Ed
Zimmerman
said
today
that
unless
negotiations
reach
u
contract
with
the
British
Columbia
Ruilway,
the
union
will
strike
Tuesday.
Mr.
Zimmerman
said
"a
lot
of
people
are
starting
to
run
soured"
because
the
provincial
governments
plans
to
get
its
crown
corporations
and
Institutions
directly
Involved
in
the
federal
nntl-lnflution
program.
"Hut
we
ure
not
going
to
buck
off,"
Mr.
Zimmerman
said.
"If
we
don't
get
a
contract
today,
we're
still
planning
to
strike
no
later
than
Tuesday."
Earlier
story,
puge
3
Vander
Zalm
has
made
it
clear,
however,
no
such
as-sltance
will
be
forthcoming.
With
Prince
George
city
council
hostile
to
the
community
resources
board
concept,
there
appears
to
be
no
way
the
board
can
obtain
sufficient
funds
to
keep
its
office
and
staff.
And
without
the
research
and
Information
provided
by
the
support
staff,
the
directors'
ability
to
review
projects
or
offer
meaningful
advice
would
be
severely
hampered.
It
appears
therefore
that
Prince
George's
resources
board
is
in
its
death
throes.
But
no
one
is
expecting
it
to
die
quietly.
tit,
15C.
British
Columbl
announcing
he
will
run
in
a
Vancouver
East
provincial
byelection,
Mr.
Barrett
said
such
stalling
would
mean
less
money
for
municipalities,
who
share
in
natural
gas
revenues.
The
current
natural
gas
price
is
$1.60
a
thousand
cubic
feet
and
Mr.
Barrett
has
often
advocated
increasing
the
price
to
$2.25.
The
former
premier
said
such
a
property
tax
Increase
would
be
another
example
of
the
sacrifices
the
Social
Credit
government
says
people
must
make.
"The
wealthy
have
had
their
sacrifice
announced
they
can't
go
to
the
state
ball,"
Mr.
Barrett
said.
Premier
Bill
Bennett
cancelled
the
ball,
which
traditionally
coincides
with
the
opening
of
the
legislature,
because
of
austerity
reasons.
Mr.
Barrett,
speaking
to
the
Young
New
Democrats
annual
convention,
said
the
huge
Increases
In
Autoplan
premiums
for
young
people
represent
an
attack
on
an
age
group
for
political
reasons.
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stories,
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0
(
NOW
HEAR
THIS
)
The
cold
snap
that's
hit
Prince
George
has
done
its
damage
in
one
of
the
most
unexpected
places
the
weather
office,
The
record
low
temperatures
that
have
gripped
the
city
have
also
gripped
the
transistors
in
the
teletype
machine
which
communicates
with
weather
stations
in
the
United
States
and
across
Canada,
On
some
days
you
really
do
feel
isolated
In
Prince
George.
Don't
despair,
cablevision
viewers
you
didn't
lose
a
day
during
the
weekend.
The
cable
system
was
listing
Sunday
as
March
1.
The
automatic
calendar,
apparently,
was
not
aware
that
1976
is
a
leap
year
and
that
Sunday
was
Feb.
29,
Two
new
members
joined
that
rather
exclusive
leap
year
birthday
club
Sunday
(
Feb.
29)
.
Baby
boys
were
born
to
the
William
Shaws
and
the
Anthony
Jacksons
at
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital.
The
boys,
one
born
a
short
seven
minutes
before
midnight,
now
face
a
lifetime
of
celebr
iing
only
one
birthday
in
four.
In
1980,
at
the
age
of
four,
iney'lf
have
their
first
birthdays.