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in
sewage
by
JOHN
POPE
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Children
are
playing
in
raw
sewage
in
Western
Acres
today
as
the
spring
run-off
causes
a
backup
from
the
sewer
lines
into
a
creek
and
one
resident's
basement.
And
the
situation
is
further
complicated
by
the
fact
the
city
and
the
developer
are
both
denying
responsibility
for
the
situation.
Water
from
the
run-off
In
the
storm
sewers
has
entered
the
sewage
lines
causing
raw
sewage
to
flood
a
creek
in
the
sub-division
and
the
home
of
Tom
Creyke
of
275
Corral
Rd.
"It
all
started
on
Friday,"
explained
Mrs.
Creyke.
"And
in
a
couple
of
hours
the
whole
basement
was
flooded
ankle-deep
with
water."
"We
managed
to
get
this
pumped
out
by
Saturday
morning,"
she
said,
"but
by
Saturday
afternoon
it
had
flooded
again.
Only
this
time
it
was
raw
sewage,
not
clear
water,
and
is
just
terrible."
A
maintenance
company
hired
by
Ennerdale
Property
Services
Ltd.,
developer
of
the
subdivision
at
the
city's
western
edge,
provided
the
Creykes
with
a
pump
to
keep
the
water
from
rising,
but
the
basement
won't
be
completely
'
pumped
out
until
the
run-off
stops.
And
sewage
from
the
house
is
flowing
down
a
ditch
in
front
of
their
house
back
into
the
storm
sewer
and
a
near-by
creek.
A
pump
house
that
pumps
sewage
from
the
reservoir
into
the
lagoon
has
also
been
flooded
and
the
two
main
pumps
clogged
by
excess
sewage.
Workmen
hired
by
the
developer
used
five
pumps
Sunday
to
clear
away
the
sewage,
but
were
unable
to
keep
it
from
backing
up.
The
situation
is
further
complicated
by
determining
who
has
responsibility
for
the
mess.
Tony
Towers,
one
of
the
maintenance
crew
hired
by
the
developer,
says
the
Creykes
are
being
used
as
a
"political
football".
"You're
going
to
find
there
are
a
lot
of
politics
involved,"
said
Towers.
"And
people
are
shuffling
their
feet."
"It's
the
city's
responsibility,"
said
Ron
Adair,
president
of
Ennerdale,
owner
of
the
subdivision.
"The
storm
sewer
system
is
owned
by
the
city
and
water
is
flooding
from
its
storm
lines
Into
our
sewage
system
causing
the
sewage
to
back
up."
"They
(city)
were
supposed
to
take
over
the
system,
but
they
reneged
on
CIGS,
BOOZE,
Manitoba
hikes
WINNIPEG
(CP)
-
Temporary
anti-inflation
surtaxes
on
top
income
earners
and
large
corporations
were
announced
Tuesday
night
in
the
budget
brought
down
by
Manitoba's
NDP
government.
Premier
Ed
Schreyer
told
the
legislature
the
surtax
on
.individuals
will
be
20
per
cent
of
provincial
tax
payable
in
.
excess
of
$2,120.
The
additional
tax
on
corporate
profits
will
.
have
the
effect
of
raising
the
'province's
corporate
tax
rate
by
two
percentage
points
to
15
'per
cent.
I-
Other
tax
changes
announced
by
the
government
Include:
'
Increased
tobacco
taxes
that
will
raise
the
levy
on
a
package
of
25
cigarettes
by
five
cents
to
20
cents
and
similar
Increases
on
other
tobacco
products,
effective
at
midnight
May
16.
Increased
markups
on
liquor
prices
to
be
announced
later
that
will
provide
an
additional
$10
million
a
year
in
le
venue.
Increased
automobile
registration
fees
and
a
changed
fee
structure
that
will
help
discourage
the
use
of
larger
cars,
effective
March
1,
1977.
A
new
tax
on
large
corporations
of
one-fifth
of
one
per
cent
of
taxable
capital,
to
be
applied
beginning
with
corporations
whose
fiscal
years
end
on
or
after
July
1,
An
increase
in
the
levels
of
benefits
under
the
province's
property
tax
credit
plan
to
a
minimum
of
$200
and
maximum
of
$350,
with
part
to
be
is
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lift.
Tom
Creyke
pumps
out
his
the
arrangement
and
I'm
not
too
sure
what,
if
any,
responsibilities
I
have."
Children
in
Western
WEALTH
deducted
from
property
tax
bills
this
spring
and
part
to
be
claimed
as
a
credit
on
1976
income
tax
returns
next
year
A
deficit
of
$12.8
million
is
forecast
for
the
fiscal
year
that
began
April
1,
compared
with
an
estimated
actual
deficit
of
$11.5
million
for
the
fiscal
year
that
ended
March
31.
Mr
Schreyer,
who
doubles
as
the
province's
finance
minister,
said
the
tax
changes'
are
designed
largely
to
offset
criticism
that
the
federal
government's
anti-inflation
program
does
not
provide
ample
restraints
on
capital
returns,
dividends
and
executive
incomes.
lie
also
said
his
government
was
guided
by
the
ability-to-pay
principle
of
taxation,
along
with
the
principle
that
tax
changes
should
be
applied
selectively
wherever
possible.
basement
after
spring
run-off
Although
the
subdivision
was
amalgamated
into
the
city
last
November,
negoti-
Acres
play
in
ditch
taxes
The
Premier
said
the
new
surtax
on
personal
incomes
will
affect
only
about
15,000
Manitobans
or
about
three
per
cent
of
the
taxpayers
in
the
province.
For
a
family
of
four,
the
tax
will
not
take
effect
until
gross
income
exceeds
$25,000
a
year.
The
maximum
levy
will
be
no
more
than
four
per
cent
of
taxable
income,
Only
about
20
per
cent
of
the
province's
corporations
will
be
subject
to
the
new
corporate
surtax.
Firms
considered
small
businesses
under
the
federal
Income
Tax
Act
will
be
exempt.
Both
levies
are
to
be
put
into
effect
fpr
the
1976
tax
year
and
will
remain
in
effect
only
as
long
as
Manitoba
participates
in
the
federal
anti-inflation'
program.
B.C.
HOMtOWNCRS
$280
grant
set
VICTORIA
(CP)
Municipal
Affairs
Minister
Hugh
Curtis
introduced
legislation
Tuesday
in
the
British
Columbia
legislature
that
would
guarantee
a
minimum
annual
home-owner
grant
of
$280.
The
minimum
grant
applies
to
home-owners
65
years
of
age
and
under.
Home-owners
over
65
will
receive
a
minimum
of
$380
a
year,
Mr.
Curtis
said
the
minimums
are
basically
the
same
as
last
year
for
persons
under
65,
but
show
an
increase
of
$100
for
senior
citizens.
Both
grant
minimums
were
promised
in
the
1976-77
budget.
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Photo
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Dam
Hilnt
caused
flood
of
sewage.
ations
for
taking
over
the
sewage
system
have
not
been
finalized,
said
Les
Nemeth,
a
staff
engineer
for
the
city.
"We
phoned
the
highways
department,"
said
Creyke,
"but
they
never
returned
our
call,
and
the
sanitation
department
said
they
don't
handle
this
area
yet."
"We
also
phoned
the
Northern
Interior
Health
Unit,
because
children
are
playing
in
the
sewage,
but
they
didn't
even
come
out
until
after
we
phoned
you
(Citizen)
Monday
afternoon.
They
agreed
the
problem
was
serious."
Representatives
of
the
city
and
the
developer
also
agree
the
problem
is
serious,
but
say
they
can
do
nothing
until
the
spring
runoff
is
finished.
Meanwhile,
residents
in
the
area
are
left
to
cope
with
the
problem.
Bribery
scandal
eruP,s
LONDON
(AP)
A
British
army
lieutenant-colonel
was
arrested
today
in
an
investigation
into
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
in
bribes
alleged
to
have
been
paid
by
arms
makers
to
British
defence
officials,
Scotland
Yard
reported.
A
Yard
spokesman
said
Lt.Col.
David
Randel
of
the
Royal
Signal
Corps
faces
two
conspiracy
charges
one
to
corruptly
solicit
and
obtain
money
and
the
other
to
corruptly
receive
money.
Press
reports
said
the
two-year
investigation
found
evidence
of
nearly
$1
million
in
bribes
from
United
States,
British
and
other
companies
to
secure
$185
million
worth
of
contracts,
mostly
for
electronic
equipment.
Part
of
the
Investigation
centred
on
the
Persian
Gulf
states
of
Muscat
and
Oman,
where
the
British
army
has
played
an
advisory
role,
the
press
reports
said.
The
Daily
Mail
newspaper
said
several
British
arms
companies
already
have
fired
senior
sales
agents
believed
to
be
Implicated
in
the
scandal.
The
newspaper
said
tome
of
the
contracts
involved
sophisticated
electronic
equipment
still
classified
secret,
making
any
legal
action
highly
sensitive.
,
The
reports
came
one
day
after
two
major
oil
companies,
the
Royal
Dutch-Shell
group
and
British
Petroleum,
admitted
paying
a
total
of
$4
6
million
to
Italian
political
parties
between
1969
and
1975.
Martian
could
hurt
the
LONDON
(AP)
-
One
of
Britain's
earnest
bookmakers
announced
Tuesday
It
has
lowered
the
odds
against
a
visit
from
outer
space
to
40
to
1
following
a
rash
of
bets
from
southern
California.
It
had
been
100
to
1,
said
Ladbroke
and
Co.
Ltd.,
until
the
bets
started
pouring
In
three
months
ago.
The
Firm
says
it
stands
to
lose
nearly
$500,000
if
somebody
does
drop
in.
Huth
Norman
is
the
boldest
of
eight
El
Cajon,
Calif.,
bettors
who
have
staked
a
total
of
between
The
Citizen:
Wednesday,
April
14,
1976
VolJ2d;No.75
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Prince
GeorgeBritish
Columbia
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LOSE
COURT
BATTLE
Eggmen
make
plea
for
public
support
by
ELI
SOPOW
Citizen
staff
reporter
Only
strong
local
action
will
save
northern
eggmen
from
a
B.C.
Supreme
Court
decision
Tuesday
telling
to
pay
the
provincial
egg
board
or
get
out
of
Eroducers
usiness,
says
Prince
George
producer
Arnold
Link.
"We
should
have
an
outcry
of
the
people
calling
provincial
Agriculture
Minister
Don
Ph'llips
and
MLA
Howard
Lloyd,"
he
said.
Four
northern
egg
producers
were
ordered
in
Vancouver
Tuesday
by
B.C.
Supreme
Court
Judge
Richard
Anderson
to
comply
with
B.C.
Egg
Marketing
Board
regulations
immediately
or
stop
production
of
eggs.
The
decision
also
ordered
Arnold
Link,
Savo
Kovachich
and
Peter
Veekens
of
Prince
George
and
Bill
Sutherland
of
Quesnel
to
pay
about
$100,000
in
outstanding
levies
to
the
board
and
file
returns
dating
back
to
May,
1974.
Link
said
the
egg
producers
will
meet
with
their
lawyers
tonight
to
decide
on
an
appeal.
He
said
he
"could
not
possibly
comply
with
the
court
deci-slon"
and
"will
personally
fold-up
if
I
have
to."
Link
said
he
Is
still
seeking
the
exact
wording
and
reasons
for
the
judgment
but
will
not
comply
with
regulations
of
the
provincial
egg
board
unless
major
changes
occur
at
the
board
level
of
that
organization.
He
said
more
rights
seem
to
be
given
to
egg
producers
outside
the
province
than
those
in
northern
B.C.
"There
is
currently
an
egg
shortage
in
the
province
which
is
being
filled
by
producers
outside
B.C.
"It
seems
producers
outside
the
province
have
more
rights
than
local
egg
producers
do,"
he
said.
Link
said
northern
producers
have
tried
everything
to
get
their
quotas
extended
and
be
permitted
to
grow
with
local
markets.
"That's
all
we
have
been
asking
for.
Now
if
I
could
sell
my
farm
tomorrow
for
a
reasonable
price
I
would
do
it,"
he
said.
Link
said
he
cannot
afford
to
comply
with
the
supreme
court
decision
and
cannot
afford
to
pay
weekly
quotas
of
about
$200
to
the
egg
board.
"When
laws
make
it
impossible
to
survive,
what
can
you
do?"
he
said.
Meanwhile,
other
northern
egg
producers
are
waiting
to
meet
with
lawyers
before
making
comment.
WINNIPEG
(CP)
Quebec
Nordlques
agreed
today
to
continue
their
World
Hockey
Association
playoff
at
Calgary
tonight
following
a
settlement
worked
out
by
WHA
chief
Ben
Hatskln
after
more
than
six
hours
of
meetings.
The
deal
Includes
suspension
of
Rick
Jodiio
of
Calgary
Cowboys
lasting
at
least
until
the
end
of
the
current
season.
KINGSTON,
Ont.
(CP)
One
man
was
arrested
and
police
were
searching
for
other
suspects
after
an
unsuccessful
kidnapping
attempt
Wednesday
of
the
wife
of
a
prominent
Kingston
bus.
lnessman.
Insp.
Ronald
Haunts
of
Kingston
police
said
a
suspect
was
arrested
after
a
one-hour
stakeout
of
the
downtown
municipal
parking
lot
The
man,
whom
police
have
not
Identified,
has
been
charged
with
eitortlon
and
kidnapping.
The
woman,
whom
police
also
refused
to
Identify,
later
was
found
bound
and
gagged
in
a
car,
Police
said
she
was
not
injured.
$8,000
and
$10,000
since
January
on
the
belief
alien
landings
will
take
place
this
year,
said
Ladbroke's
oddsmaker
Ronald
Pollard,
"She
says
she's
been
in
touch
with
53
different
universes,
and
there
are
going
to
be
landings
all
over
the
world,"
said
Pollard,
"Whatever
you
think,
she's
certainly
putting
her
money
where
her
mouth
is."
Under
the
terms
of
the
wagers,
the
bettors
will
lose
their
money
if
alien
beings
don't
land
or
crash
their
unidentified
flying
objects
on
',
Js
.
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MimilWI
Hijackers
release
hostages
BENGHAZI
(AP)
-
Three
Filipino
Moslem
hijackers
released
their
12
hostages
and
gave
up
a
Philippine
Airlines
jet
today
after
winning
a
promise
of
asylum
in
Libya
after
threatening
to
blow
up
the
plane
and
everyone
aboard,
an
airline
official
said.
The
longest
known
air
hijacking
ended
seven
days
after
it
began
over
the
southern
Philippines.
In
Manila,
airlines
president
Benigno
Toda
insisted
the
gunmen
had
no
explosives.
"They
were
bluffing,"
said
Toda,
who
had
a
direct
open
line
to
Benghazi
airport.
Butter
prices
to
rise
Prince
George
consumers
can
expect
to
pay
five
cents
more
a
pound
for
butter,
raising
its
cost
from
$1.17
to
$1.22
per
pound.
Butter,
skim
milk,
yogurt
and
cheddar
cheese
prices
are
all
expected
to
rise
as
the
result
of
a
new
federal
dairy
policy
announced
Tuesday,
Local
supermarket
managers
said
today
they
don't
know
when
dairy
prices
will
go
up.
The
policy,
tabled
In
the
House
by
Agriculture
Minister
Eugene
Whelan,
increases
the
price
of
industrial
milk
to
$11.45
a
hundredweight,
a
rise
of
about
four
per
cent
over
last
year's
price
of
$11.01.
The
announcement
was
met
with
criticism
from
the
opposition
who
said
the
policy
would
not
only
decrease
Income
of
producers
but
also
increase
costs
to
consumers.
Consumers
can
expect
to
pay
about
one
cent
a
quart
more
for
skim
milk
powder.
The
policy
for
industrial
milk,
which
includes
production
of
cheese,
butter
and
milk
powder
but
not
fresh
fluid
milk
and
cream,
is
announced
every
year
by
the
federal
government.
The
statement
this
year
had
been
delayed
from
April
1
and
the
policy
is
effective
Immediately.
Mr.
Whelan
said
the
federal
subsidy
for
industrial
milk
will
remain
unchanged
at
$2.66
a
hundredweight
but
the
support
price
for
iklm
milk
powder
will
rise
four
cents
to
68
cents
a
pound.
The
industrial
milk
price
is
based
upon
production
cost
figures
calculated
by
the
Cana-dian
Dairy
Commission,
a
federal
regulatory
agency.
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within
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year
from
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dates.
Ladbroke
quotes
odds
on
almost
anything.
Its
33
to
1
against
the
existence
of
a
Loch
Ness
monster
and
5
to
4
in
favor
of
the
Republicans
winning
the
U.S.
presidential
election.
Pollard
explained
the
drop
in
odds
on
a
space
visit
docs
not
mean
Ladbroke
is
awakening
to
a
belief
in
little
green
men.
It's
simply
a
policy
of
liability
limits,
he
said.
'Someone
has
just
told
him
that
America
is
celebrating
two
hundred
years!'
FEATURED
INSIDE
Quebec
teachers
are
continuing
to
defy
back-to-work
legislation
through
a
series
of
strategic
walkouts.
Page
2.
City
Council's
acceptance
of
a
report
by
a
special
hockey
committee
should
go
far
toward
bettering
minor
hockey
in
the
area.
Page
15.
Business,
7-9;
Classified,
16-22;
Comic,
38;
Editorial,
4;
Entertainment,
35-39;
Home
and
Family,
10,
11;
Garden
column,
33;
Horoscope,
35;'
International,
5;
Local
and
Provincial,
3,
6,
25-27;
National,
2;
Eric
Nicol,
30;
Sports,
13-15;
Television,
37.
THE
WEATHER)
Today's
cloudy
skies
were
expected
to
be
replaced
by
sunny
periods
Thursday
as
a
ridge
of
high
pressure
moves
into'the
Central
Interior.
A
weekend
of
sunshine
is
in
the
forecast.
The
high
today,
11C;
the
low
tonight,
-1C.
Thursday's
high,
IOC.
The
high
Tuesday
was
11C;
the
overnight
low
was
OC;
and
2.5
cm
of
snow
fell.
The
high
for
April
14,
1975
was
9C;
the
low
was
-1C.
Temperatures
page
2
V
I
H
NOW
HEAR
THIS
)
Lakewood
Junior
Secondary
School
students
turned
out
in
force
Monday
before
school
to
do
a
cleanup
blitz
of
Ospika
Boulevard.
The
students
did
a
bang-up
job,
even
having
a
traffic
control
group
while
others
picked
up
every
scrap
of
refuse.
Unfortunately
for
the
students,
keeping
the
environment
clean
is
an
everyday
of
the
week
Job.
By
Tuesday
afternoon,
the
area
around
the
school
was
again
littered
with
lunch
bags
and
paper
thrown
away
by
students
who
obviously
didn't
participate
in
the
earlier
cleanup
taski
All
is
not
what
It
appears
to
be.
A
story
Tuesday
quoting
Wally
West
saying
city
merchants
were
polled
as
being
93
in
favor
and
23
opposed
to
extended
Monday
shopping
hours
should
have
read
in
reverse.
Merchants
are
23
in
favor
and
93
opposed
to
extended
hours,
according
to
the
survey.
The
timeless
problem
of
"keeping
them
down
on
the
farm
after
they've
seen
gay
Paree,"
may
be
partially
solved
by
a
provincial
summer
employment
program
for
students
In
which
farmers
receive
a
wage
subsidy
for
providing
"meaningful
employment"
on
farms.
So
far
4t
students
have
offered
to
work
on
any
one
of
the
23
farms
in
the
Prince
George
area
that
have
applied
for
the
subsidy.