George
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INTERIOR
UNIVERSITIES
Job-type
courses
University
campuses
proposed
for
Prince
George
and
three
other
interior
centres
should
stress
job-oriented
courses,
say
the
University
of
Victoria
and
Simon
Fraser
University.
The
universities
proposed
that
arts
and
pure
science
should
be
de-emphasized
for
the
campuses
being
considered
for
Kelowna,
Kamloops,
Nelson
and
Prince
George.
The
two
universies
prepared
the
plans
after
the
Universities
Council
of
B.C.
asked
last
September
that
they,
along
with
the
University
of
British
Columbia,
make
suggestions
for
extending
degree-granting
programs
to
the
Interior.
The
proposals
are
to
be
submitted
in
August
to
the
UCBC's
Interior
Programs
Board,
which
will
make
recommendations
to
the
council.
Walter
Hardwick,
deputy
education
minister,
said
Tuesday
the
programs
board
will
study
short-term
proposals
for
1978-1979
on
Friday
and
examine
the
longer-term
suggestions
next
month.
UBC's
proposal
has
not
been
made
public,
but
a
press
Local
pediatrics
ward
unusually
busy
Boyd
The
pediatrics
ward
at
Pr
ince
George
Regional
Hospital
has
remained
unusually
active
this
summer,
hospital
administrator
Bert
Boyd
says.
Because
of
the
high
occupancy
rate,
administrators
have
not
been
able
to
close
down
half
the
ward
as
originally
planned
as
part
of
the
summer
work
slowdown.
Boyd
will
be
reveiwing
oc
DOWNTOWN
OPERATION
triep
to
restore
service
to
963
release
from
SFU
said
Simon
Fraser
envisions
eight
univer
sity
schools
that
"would
have
quasi-professional
or
job-market
orientation."
The
SFU
plan
proposes
separate
schools
offering
degrees
in
rosource
management,
early
childhood
education,
fine
arts,
humanities,
management
studies,
applied
social
sciences,
applied
science
and
health
science.
The
schools
would
be
housed
in
facilities
on
existing
community
college
campuses
and
would
have
10
to
12
full-time
resident
teachers,
the
release
says.
They
would
be
geared
to
"local
economic
conditions
and
the
job
market."
George
Pederson,
UVic
vice-president,
said
the
major
thrust
of
his
university's
programs
would
be
in
professional
schools,
including
social
work,
nursing,
child
care,
public
administration,
law
and
education.
He
said
the
proposal
de-emphasizes
the
arts,
and
most
of
the
programs
are
developed
from
the
prospective
of
non-urban
areas.
The
Winegard
report,
commissioned
by
Education
Minis-
cupancy
levels
in
all
depart
ments
during
the
regular
hospital
board
meeting
Thursday
at
8
p.m.
in
room
101
of
the
hospital.
The
public
is
invited.
Also
on
tap
at
Thursday's
meeting
is
a
preview
of
drawings
for
the
new
extended
care
centre
to
be
opened
in
the
spring
of
1979.
Financial
and
workload
reports
will
also
be
received.
during
construction.
Lindsay
said
parking
lot
reorganization
will
increase
the
number
of
parking
spaces
despite
the
area
lost
to
the
addition.
He
expects
an
increase
in
staff
when
the
new
section
is
completed,
but
could
give
no
figure.
No
figure
was
available
for
the
cost
of
the
addition.
station
in
Prince
George
for
11
years,
Nixon
said
Woodwards
is
leaving
the
gas
business
in
order
to
give
customers
longer
service
hours
and
keep
gasoline
prices
at
the
store
at
the
lowest
level
possible.
Payment
at
the
station
will
be
on
a
cash
only
basis:
Woodwards
credit
cards
will
no
longer
be
accepted.
Safeway
will
expand
Construction
on
a
12,000
sq.
ft.
addition
to
Safeway's
Fourth
Ave.
and
Victoria
St,
store
will
begin
in
mid-September.
The
addition
will
increase
the
store's
area
to
31,173
sq.
ft.
Store
manager
Wally
Lindsay
said
Tuesday
the
expected
completion
date
is
mid-March.
The
store
will
remain
open
Switch
at
gas
station
A
subsidiary
of
Shell
Canada
Ltd.,
Beaver,
will
take
over
operation
of
Woodwards'
Prince
George
gas
station
Monday.
Store
manager
Keith
Nixon
said
the
takeover
is
part
of
Woodwards'
province-wide
abandonment
of
gas
stations.
Woodwards
has
operated
a
,
numbers
after
backhoe
tore
urged
ter
Pat
McGeer,
recommended
a
new
university
for
the
Interior.
Centred
in
Vernon
with
satellite
campuses
in
four
other
cities,
it
would
place
the
conventional
emphasis
on
arts
and
sciences.
Winegard
suggested
that
SFU
develop
and
launch
the
new
university,
which
was
to
become
autonomous
by
1990.
Area
road
job
planned
A
contract
to
pave
25
miles
of
the
Nazko,
Blackwater
and
Norwood
Roads,
north
of
Quesnel,
has
been
awarded
to
Dawson
Construction
Ltd.
of
Vancouver.
The
contract
calls
for
paving
of
17
miles
of
Nazko
Road,
six
miles
of
Blackwater
Road
and
two
miles
of
Norwood
Road.
The
Vancouver
firm
submitted
the
lowest
of
four
tenders
for
the
project
at
a
bid
price
of
$496,215The
total
cost,
including
engineering,
supervision
and
materials,
will
be
$970,000.
Work
will
begin
in
mid-August
and
employ
50
men.
The
paving
is
expected
to
be
completed
by
September.
The
project
includes
installation
of
52,500
tons
of
asphalt,
paving
and
installation
of
16,000
tons
of
gravel
on
road
shoulders
and
spraying
over
100,000
gallons
of
primer
and
tack
coat
on
the
roads.
Attempted
murder
hearing
delayed
A
preliminary
hearing
into
a
charge
of
attempted
murder
was
adjourned
Tuesday
in
Mackenzie
provincial
court
until
August
23
at
9:30
a.m.
Crown
counsel
requested
the
adjournment.
Charged
is
Felix
Dennis
of
Ingenika,
He
was
charged
after
a
shooting
incident
at
Ingenika
April
2
in
which
Sam
Dennis
was
shot
in
the
leg.
TOURIST
ALERT
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-
Wednesday's
tourist
alert
issued
by
the
RCMP.
Jack
Dietzen
of
Red
Deer,
Alta.
Charles
Lynch
of
Eugene-,
Ore.
Steve
Makuk
of
Calgary
Alexander
Cameron
Ogilvy
of
Whitehorse,
Yukon
Wally
Patience
of
Kamloops,
B.C.
Henry
Sjonnesen
of
Elliot
Lake,
Ont.
Gordon
Snell
of
Winnipeg
Earl
Solberg
of
Etaskwin,
Alta,
Angie
Sutherland
of
Edmonton
Walter
Yakinishyn
of
Cillzrn
pholo
by
Jean
Wltle
cable
Tuesday.
Backhoe
djfuPts
ones
About
2,100
telephones
in
the
963
exchange
in
Pineview
were
out
of
service
for
six
hours
1
uesday.
A
backhoe,
laying
new
cable
alongside
an
old
line,
near
the
airport,
tore
the
old
line
at
about
11
a.m,
The
accident
left
Pineview
residents
without
service
except
to
numbers
in
the
same
exchange.
The
accident
also
impaired
service
to
150
telephones
in
Red
Rock,
350
in
Hixon
and
200
in
Giscome
and
Hansard.
Repairs
were
almost
completed
when
the
line
was
again
cut
by
a
backhoe
at
2
p.
m.
Service
to
Pineview
and
Red
Rock
were
restored
at
5:20
p.m.
and
to
the
other
areas
at
8:30
p.m.
About
50
people
in
the
south
end
of
Hixon
were
still
without
telephone
service
at
press
time
after
a
highways
ministry
crew
tore
a
cable
south
of
Hixon.
That
accident
occured
at
11
a.m.
Tuesday.
Firm
awarded
ferry
work
Demac
EngineeringLtd.
of
Vancouver
has
been
awarded
a
contract
to
reinforce
the
Marguerite
reaction
and
aerial
ferries
and
the
Isle
Pierre
.
reaction
ferry.
A
reaction
ferry
utilizes
the
river's
current
as
power
and
an
aerial
ferry
carries
its
own
source
of
power.
The
Marguerite
ferries
are
on
the
Fraser
River
110
miles
south
of
Prince
George
and
the
Isle
Pierre
ferry
is
on
the
N'echako
River
35
miles
west
of
Prince
George.
The
Vancouver
firm
submitted
the
lowest
bid
price,
$73,676
of
the
seven
tenders
submitted.
Five
workmen
will
install
reinforced
concrete
foundations
and
counterweights,
steel
frames
and
towers
to
support
and
restrain
track
and
counterweight
wire
ropes,
Workmen
will
also
install
wire
ropes
and
self-propelled
cars
and
ferry
carriages.
The
total
cost,
including
engineering
supervision
and
materials,
is
expected
to
be
$100,000.
The
projects
are
scheduled
to
be
completed
by
September
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Prince
George
will
never
lack
for
tourists
as
long
as
the
scenery
and
outdoor
life
in
the
Central
Interior
remains
some
of
the
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there
are
growing
doubts
among
businessmen,
and
even
some
aldermen
that
this
City
can
continue
to
trust
in
the
weather
and
good
fish-fing
to
compete
with
more
aggressive
tourist-minded
communities.
Like
it
or
not,
they
say
Prince
George
is
at
the
stage
where
it
has
to
make
some
hard
decisions
about
whether
it
is
willing
to
put
up
the
dollars
and
the
effort
to
attract
out-of-towners.
How
long,
for
example,
is
Prince
.George
going
to
roll
with
the
attitude
of
Mayor
Harold
Moffat:
"The
city
isn't
interested
in
getting
into
the
tourist
business,"
he
said
recently.
"We
expect
private
enterprise
to
function
in
that
area.
"We
don't
need
any
special,
promotions
to
get
people
here.
They
just
come
anyway.
"If
people
feel
we
should
have
more
publilcity,
let
Gracey
McCarthy
-
tourism
minister
get
to
work
on
it."
It
is
an
indication
of
just
how
new
the
concept
of
tourist
promotion
is
here
when
Aid.
Monica
Becott
regards
as
a
"triumph"
city
council's
recent
decision
to
allow
a
young
artist
to
decoratively
paint
all
the
city's
fire
hydrants.
"It's
a
start,"
she
says.
"It
will
provide
a
conversation
piece
for
visitors."
Prince
George
is
growing,
the
region
is
growing,
tourism
generally
is
growing.
This
city's
population
skyrocketed
from
a
mere
13,877
in
1961
to
some
80,000
in
greater
Prince
George
this
year.
It
is
estimated
that
some
1,100
out-of-towners
go
through
the
city
daily
during
the
peak
tourist
season,
most
of
them
here
for
the
outdoor
activities
or
passing
through
on
their
way
to
and
from
Alaska
and
the
south
coast.
It
is
figured
that
some
$45
a
day
is
spent
by
each
tourist.
At
the
tourist
information
centre,
staff
answer
a
maximum
150
queries
daily
during
the
summer.
The
downtown
chamber
of
commerce
office
directs
another
40
to
50
visitors.
However
increasingly
there
are
concerns
that
Prince
George
isn't
prepared
for
the
growing
influx
of
sight-seers
and
conventions.
"If
the
coal
development
goes
ahead
here,
this
city
is
going
to
expand
great
guns.
I'd
like
to
be
ready
for
it,"
Becott
says.
Adds
Ethyl
Bliss
at
the
chamber
of
commerce:
"Tourism
is
soon
going
to
be
the
number
two
or
number
one
industry.
If
we
don't
get
going
now,
we're
going
to
lose
all
the
tourists
to
the
Okanagan
and
the
south."
'People
don't
stop
to
realize
tourists
benefit
the
entire
city,
not
just
a
few
commercial
spots,"
chamber
of
commerce
president
Wally
West
says.
Supermarket
offer
taken
Supermarket
clerks
and
cashiers
at
SuperValu,
Over-waitea
and
Safeway
stores
in
Prince
George
Tuesday
voted
99
per
cent
in
favor
of
accepting
a
64
cent-an-hour
pay
increase.
The
one-year
contract
settlement
will
raise
the
basic
wage
for
cashiers
to
$7.42
an
hour
and
to
$8.12
an
hour
for
clerks.
This
is
the
wage
attained
after
one
year's
work
experience.
The
settlement
will
go
into
effect
Aug.
29
and
will
benefit
about
250
members
of
the
Retail
Clerks
Union
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CITIZEN,
Prince
George
Wednesday,
July
27,
1977
3
TOURISM
The
debate
grows
hotter
in
Prince
George:
Should
we
spend
money
to
attract
tourist
dollars
to
the
city?
"'
Citizen
Local
by,
HOLLY
BQTHAM
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Mayor
Harold
Moffat's
retort
to
that
however,
is
that
"the
city
built
a
campsite.
Next
the
chamber
of
commerce
will
want
us
to
build
motels
for
people
who
don't
want
to
stay
in
campsites
.
.
.
Nobody
pumps
money
into
Woodwards
or
Simpson
Sears.
It's
up
to
private
enterprise."
City
council
appears
to
have
no
unified
policy
towards
tourism.
For
the
past
three
years,
council's
representatives
on
the
Fraser-Fort
George
Regional
District,
led
by
Mayor
Moffat,
Aid.
Bob
Martin
and
Lome
McCuish,
have
successfully
argued
that
Prince
George
should
not
join
the
Yellowhead
16
Travel
Association.
"Everybody
already
knows
we
have
the
road,"
reasons
Moffat.
"Why
spend
time
on
just
one
project?
There
are
other
highways
around
here
just
as
good."
Council
has
also
held
to
a
trickle
the
flow
of
funds
to
the
chamber
of
commerce.
This
year's
grant
was
$19,500,
$4,000
up
from
last
year
but
still
in
no
way
comparable
to
financial
support
received
by
other
chambers
of
similar
size.
Kamloops
for
example
gets
an
annual
stipend
of
$68,000,
plus
$12,000
for
publicity.
Prince
Rupert's
chamber
of
commerce
gets
$42,000,
Dawson
Creek
receives
$22,000,
Kelowna
and
Penticton
$48,000.
"It's
ridiculous,
totally
inadequate,"
fumes
John
Rahier,
owner
of
the
Prince
George
Highway
Motel
and
head
of
the
area's
motel-hotel
association,
Most
aldermen
feel
the
grant
is
comparatively
low,
but
add
the
chamber
of
commerce
is
remiss
in
not
making
a
stronger
appeal.
The
attitude
is
such
thai
when
asked
by
the
chamber
of
commerce
to
make
a
few
repairs
on
the
tourist
booth
at
Highways
97
and
16,
which
the
chamber
operates,
the
city
readily
agreed
then
sent
the
chamber
a
bill.
Prices
Effective
July
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news
The
city
still
requires
that
the
chamber
pay
taxes
on
the
booth.
When
told
the
chamber
was
behind
some
$12,000
on
its
payments,
Mayor
Moffat
says
harshly,
"Well
then,
we'll
just
take
it
out
of
their
grant."
In
typical
ad
hoc
form
however,
city
council
has
made
a
few
scattered
attempts
to
make
Prince
George
more
attractive
for
tourists.
This
week,
urged
on
by
Aid.
Monica
Becott
and
Trent
Beatty,
council
agreed
to
spend
$5,000
to
clean
up
the
area
around
the
tourist
booth.
And
it
endorsed
a
proposal
to
spend
$3,700
to
join
the
Yellowhead
Interpro-vincial
Highways
Association
although
it
neglected
to
stipulate
just
when
it
would
join.
The
chamber
of
commerce
meanwhile
is
not
healthy
and
could
use
a
little
leadership
itself.
"We've
got
about
300
members,
only
a
few
of
them
really
active,
which
is
atrocious
for
a
town
this
size,"
says
Ethyl
Bliss.
"I've
told
the
chamber
for
years
that
they
better
concentrate
on
a
membership
drive.
It's
not
going
to
come
overnight,"
adds
John
Rahier.
The
approximately
$20,000
generated
from
membership
fees
is
used
to
pay
wages,
rent
and
office
supplies
at
the
chamber's
downtown
office,
There's
little
left
over
for
anything
else.
"Two
years
ago
we
printed
10,000
beautiful
brochures.
We've
run
out,
and
there
isn't
anything
else
we
can
give
tourists,"
says
Mrs.
Bliss.
Even
schedules
of
fishing
locations
are
distributed
in
rough
mimeographed
form.
A
tiny
folder
with
"mini
facts"
of
Prince
George
and
a
large
map
are
the
only
available
handouts.
Ask
the
tourists
what
they
think
this
city
is
doing
or
not
doing
for
them,
and
the
answer
is
a
barrage
of
compliments
and
'ifWESGES
K-Days
28,
29
&
30
The
scenery
is
beautiful
the
outdoors
life
is
superb,
the
golf
course
is
nice,
shopping
is
good,
people
are
tnendiy,
The
other
side
of
the
coin
no
organized
activities
for
senior
citizens,
the
city
camp
site
(although
filled
every
night)
lacks
adequate
hook-up
facilities,
few
or
no
signs,
no
bus
tour
of
the
city,
restricted
hours
at
the
art
gallery,
few
facilities
for
children,
no
parks
where
fires
are
per
mitted,
no
rest
areas
along
roads,
a
minimal
night
life,
smelly
pulp
mill.
"Let's
face
it,
there's
zilch
here
for
the
public,
says
Bill
Brain
who
is
put
ting
up
$250,000
to
remedy
the
situation.
A
former
IBM
sales
man
ager
from
Saskatchewan,
Brain
is
the
o
wern-operator
of
the
KOA
camp
site
a
few
miles
out
of
town
on
High
way
87.
"I
located
here
for
two
reasons:
there
was
nothing
in
tne
city
already,
and
it
is
obvious
this
area
is
going
to
boom."
Chamber
of
commerce
president
Wally
West
showers
more
criticism.
"The
chamber
takes
care
of
tour
groups
from
start
to
finish.
We
never
see
members
of
council."
Businessmen
from
the
Northwest
Mines
and
Oil
Resources,
a
youth
group,
seniors
citizens
from
Kelowna
and
this
week
-14
industrialists
from
New
Zealand
have
all
been
hosted
by
members
of
the
chamber
or
individual
merchants
including
Prince
George
Mack.
On
Aug.
6
a
caravan
of
300
Air-stream
trailers
will
arrive
in
Carrie
Jane
Gray
Park.
Chamber
executives
have
arranged
to
welcome
them;
not
one
alderman
has
offered
to
make
an
appearance.
The
recipe
to
put
what
Aid.
Becott
describes
as
"more
pizzazz"
in
the
city's
promotion
package
is
varied.
She
would
like
to
see
this
city
established
as
a
major
summer
centre
for
the
arts
and
recreation,
rivalling
programs
at
Penticton
and
Banff.
Brain
suggests
the
chamber
install
a
large
map
at
the
entrance
of
the
city
and
invite
merchants
to
put
in
$5
to
have
their
businesses
pinpointed.
West
says
that
with
more
money,
the
chamber
could
hire
a
permanent
manager,
print
more
brochures,
and
operate
a
sophisticated
promotion
campaign.
He'd
also
like
to
see
city
council
speed
up
plans
for
a
new
campground.
Aid.
Vic
Litnosky
says
it
is
up
to
city
council
to
take
the
initiative
on
promotions,
then
allow
commercial
interests
and
residents
to
carry
the
momentum.
Almost
everyone
agrees
this
city
has
to
do
more
flag-waving
if
it
is
going
to
come
up
with
a
better
answer
than
one
recently
given
a
couple
form
California
who
asked
what
there
was
to
do
in
town.
The
reply
was:
"Well
the
museum
was
very
nice.
But
it
burned
down.
If
you
want,
you
can
go
look
at
the
remains."
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