The
city
BRIEFLY
Driver
jailed
The
driver
of
a
vehicle
that
struck
a
parked
van,
injuring
its
two
occupants,
has
been
sentenced
to
four
months
in
jail,
fined
$350,
and
had
his
licence
suspended
for
three
years.
Edward
Andrew
Matthies,
20,
was
the
driver
of
a
vehicle
that
failed
to
negotiate
a
curve
on
the
Fifth
to
Fourth
Avenue
diversion,
at
Laurier
Crescent,
April
21.
Matthies'
car
struck
a
van
parked
on
private
property,
A
Legal,
Alta.,
couple,
Carl
and
Lilo
Jensen,
who
were
sleeping
in
the
van,
were
Injured,
Lilo
seriously
Matthies
was
charged
with
dangerous
driving
and
driving
with
more
than
.08
per
cent
blood-alcohol
content.
He
was
sentenced
in
county
court
by
Judge
J.J.
Anderson.
NOP
speech
Gene
Errington,
former
head
of
the
Women's
Rights
Branch,
will
speak
to
a
special
meeting
of
the
Fort
George
NDP
today
at
7:30
p.m.
in
Room
B
of
the
Quesnel
Build
ing
at
the
College
of
New
Caledonia.
Errington
will
give
a
critical
analysis
of
the
social
policy
of
the
NDP
and
why
the
party
didn't
achieve
what
it
intended.
Community
plan
The
city's
travelling
community
plan
show
sets
up
at
Lakewood
Secondary
School
today
at
7:30
p.m.
to
give
city
bowl
residents
a
shot
at
what
the
planning
department
proposes
for
future
Prince
George.
The
show,
led
by
city
planner
Dave
McDonald,
includes
a
lesson
on
why
planning
is
essential
for
the
city,
what
the
proposed
community
plan
is
all
about,
and
a
slide
show
trip
around
the
city
by
helicopter.
McDonald
and
a
number
of
assistants
will
be
present
to
answer
questions
and
talk
to
people
after
the
presentation.
The
Lakewood
meeting
is
the
fourth
in
a
series
of
more
than
a
dozen
such
gatherings
with
neighborhoods
and
interest
groups
to
explain
the
plan,
due
to
go
to
public
hearings
beginning
Nov.
22.
Thursday
at
8
p.m.
the
plan
is
to
be
presented
at
the
Prince
George
Art
Gallery
in
the
Arts
Complex
on
15th
Avenue.
Next
week
meetings
are
set
for
Connaught
Secondary
School,
Monday;
Shady
Valley
School
and
Vanway
School,
Tuesday;
Hart
Highway
School,
Nov.
16
and
College
Heights
School,
Nov.
17.
All
meetings
begin
at
7:30
p.m.
jir
I's
death
investigated
FORT
ST.
JOHN,
B.C.
(CP)
-
RCMP
in
this
northeast
British
Columbia
community
are
investigating
the
death
of
a
17-year-old
girl,
whose
partially
clothed
body
was
found
on
a
school
ground
Tuesday
morning.
Police
said
that
foul
play
is
suspected.
No
name
was
released
and
no
further
details
were
available.
a
PROVISIONAL
8.5
per
by
JOHN
POPE
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
cost
of
running
the
Prince
George
school
district
in
1978
will
be
about
8
5
per
cent
or
$3.7
million
more
than
it
was
in
1977,
according
to
a
provisional
budget
adopted
by
school
trustees
Tuesday.
The
$47.4
million
budget,
which
was
passed
without
comment
at
the
regular
board
if
meeting,
will
provide
the
district
with
spending
authority
during
the
interim
period
when
the
final
budget
is
being
drawn
up.
BRIEFLY
.
.
.
AAcGeer
meet
delayed
again
Prince
George
school
trustees
officially
decided
Tuesday
to
wait
until
next
year
for
a
meeting
with
Education
Minister
Pat
McGeer
over
the
half-completed
administration
building.
The
trustees
had
originally
hoped
a
meeting
might
be
arranged
here
this
year,
These
hopes
were
dashed
when
it
was
learned
the
only
possible
meeting
place
this
year
would
be
Vancouver,
and
that
the
meeting
would
be
too
late
for
any
progress
to
be
made
this
year.
The
priority
now
will
be
to
arrange
a
meeting
in
Prince
CANDIDATES'
Election
issues
emerge
by
TOM
NIXON
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
new
library,
10-1
;
better
snow
plowing,
7-4;
six-day
shopping
10-1;
improved
bus
service,
11-0.
That
was
the
score
at
the
first
aldermanic
candidates'
forum
Tuesday
at
the
Community
Arts
complex.
Eleven
of
the
14
candidates
in
the
running
for
five
seats
vacant
on
council
this
year
talked
with
about
40
voters,
mainly
women
members
of
arts
groups
and
the
University
Womens'
Club
which
organized
the
forum
at
Studio
2880.
Only
one
candidate
was
brave
enough
to
speak
out
against
the
cultural
interest
group's
motherhood
issue.
Alex
Forbes,
a
College
Heights
resident
who
is
a
stationary
engineer,
said
he
favors
renovating
the
current
library,
not
building
a
new
one.
FOR
ALDERMAN,
TRUSTEE
Labor
The
Nov.
19
civic
elections
dominated
the
monthly
meeting
of
the
Prince
George
and
District
Labor
Council
Tuesday
and
it
was
decided
to
support
one
candidate
for
council
and
one
for
school
board.
Labor
council
president
Ed
Bodner
won
endorsement
for
his
campaign
for
city
council
and
Al
Turner,
a
journalist,
got
Missing
from
list?
You
can
still
vote
Prince
George
and
area
residents
who
are
not
on
the
current
voters
list
can
still
vote
in
the
Nov.
19
municipal,
school
board
and
regional
district
election.
All
a
person
has
to
do
is
fill
out
a
voter
registration
card
and
affidavit
at
the
polling
station
and
then
vote.
Recent
amendments
to
the
Municipal
Act
say
that
to
vote
person
must
be
either
a
Canadian
citizen
or
British
FIGURES
cent
budget
hike
seen
SCHOOL
School
district
secretary-treasurer
Mac
Carpenter
said
today
the
budget
represents
the
cost
of
continuing
present
programs.
He
said
it
it
too
early
to
tell
the
final
budget
will
be
more
or
less
than
the
provisional
budget.
"This
is
just
a
roueh
estimate
of
what
it
will
cost
to
continue
what
we
are
doing
George
and
try
to
get
approval
for
all
the
money
needed
to
complete
the
administrative
centre.
The
meeting
will
coincide
with
the
opening
of
two
new
secondary
schools
here
next
spring.
The
ministry
had
indicated
earlier
that
$212,000
could
be
approved
for
partial
renovations
to
the
building
but
the
board
will
now
be
seeking
about
$500,000
for
total
completion.
The
administrative
centre
is
the
renovated
old
Winton
School
on
Ninth
Avenue
and
Edmonton
Street.
About
40
voters
attended
forum
FORUM
"
Citizen
Local
Even
though
in
no
man's
land,
Forbes
told
the
meeting
there
are
more
important
issues
in
the
city
than
building
an
expensive
new
library,
which
would
only
be
the
beginning
of
pressure
to
continue
the
entire
$10
million
to
$15
million
cultural-civic
centre.
"I'm
concerned
that
in
1980
we
have
to
go
on
our
own
with
road
costs
and
other
such
things,"
he
said.
'
'The
costs
of
that
are
not
known
and
I
predict
taxes
could
increase
as
much
as
1
5
mills."
endorses
pair
the
council's
nod
for
school
trustee.
Both
were
endorsed
unanimously.
The
labor
council
declined
to
endorse
Bob
Parris,
Al
Holdner
and
Ron
Racette,
alt
aldermanic
candidates,
because
they
did
not
appear
in
person,
but
asked
support
by
letter
only.
Turner
told
the
delegates
subject,
have
lived
three
months
in
the
municipality,
six
months
in
B.C.
and
a
year
in
Canada.
A
voter
must
also
be
19
years
of
age
or
over.
However,
it
is
not
necessary
to
be
a
property
owner
to
vote
in
a
municipal
election.
Those
not
currently
on
the
voters
list
and
who
fill
out
the
required
forms
at
the
polling
station,
will
have
their
names
included
on
the
1978
rolls.
BOARD
3
now,"
said
Carpenter
today.
"It
doesn't
indicate
what
will
be."
The
final
budget
is
expected
in
the
latter
part
of
April
and
it
will
include
an
estimate
of
how
much
the
Prince
George
home
owner
will
be
assessed
for
school
taxes.
But
the
provisional
budget
does
Indicate
a
financial
pattern
of
the
past
and
the
future.
It
will
house
the
school
districts'
administrative
staff,
Field
trips
by
students
and
teachers
from
four
schools
in
Prince
George
were
approved
by
the
school
district
Tuesday.
Different
groups
at
the
Prince
George
Senior
Secondary
School
will
be
visiting
Cuba,
France,
Britain,
China
and
Japan.
In
other
approved
trips,
students
and
teachers
from
Duchess
Park,
D.P.
Todd
and
Lakewood
Junior
Secondary
will
visit
England
and
France.
to
hear
aldermanic
candidates.
Bob
Harvey
City
Editor
662-2441
news
He
said
there
are
other
priorities
like
a
new
Coliseum
and
additional
swimming
pools
are
needed
more
than
a
new
library.
Stanley
Massey,
incumbent
Monica
Becott,
incumbent
Art
Stauble,
Bob
Parris,
Mike
Bundock,
George
Winter,
Al
Holdner,
Ron
Racette,
Lee
Acott,
and
Gordon
Jagar
all
cited
a
variety
of
reasons
for
favoring
construction
of
a
new
library.
They
suggested
the
library
is
a
step
toward
creating
a
better
that
election
of
school
trustees
deserves
more
attention
from
the
public
than
it
is
receiving.
"A
turnout
at
the
polls
of
20
per
cent
of
the
electorate
is
not
exactly
a
great
vote
of
confidence,"
he
said.
Turner
urged
the
delegates
to
get
their
union
members
to
vote
because
school
trustees
play
an
essential
role
in
the
future
of
everyone
with
children
of
school
age.
"In
labor
terms,
the
more
people
who
vote
in
the
election
the
stronger
the
trustees'
mandate
in
negotiations
with
the
government
in
Victoria,"
he
said.
Bodner
told
the
delegates
he
wants
to
establish
a
better
relationship
with
all
segments
of
the
public
here
by
being
a
member
of
city
council.
He
is
for
the
construction
of
a
new
library,
six-day
shopping,
improved
recreation
facilities,
decentralized
public
work
yards
and
more
secondary
industry
for
the
city.
The
biggest
estimated
area
of
increase
is
a
whopping
$939,697
(17.8
per
cent)
increase
in
the
amount
needed
to
pay
off
money
borrowed
to
build
new
schools.
This
includes
mortgage
payments
on
school
buildings
built
in
1966
as
well
as
new
construction.
"It's
gone
up
by
a
million
because
we
borrowed
$10
million
within
the
past
year,"
explained
Carpenter.
"And
our
mortgage
interest
is
about
10
per
cent
just
like
it
is
for
someone
buying
a
house."
Carpenter
says
most
of
the
mortgages
being
paid
on
school
buildings
are
done
for
a
20-25
year
period
and
that
the
massive
building
programs
here
during
the
1960s
won't
be
paid
off
until
the
1980s.
The
other
significant
estimated
area
of
increase
is
the
$3
million
(nine
per
cent)
needed
for
operations.
Most
of
this
is
for
teacher
salaries
of
$24.3
million
(an
8
3
percent
increase)
which
usually
represents
between
85-90
per
cent
of
the
total
salaries
paid.
The
provisional
1978
budget
also
estimates
a
$147,800
increase
in
the
energy
costs
of
running
schools
in
the
district.
This
Is
estimated
at
about
$1
,2
million.
CWm
photo
byDrnMOm
future
for
the
city,
to
take
it
out
of
the
rough-and-tumble
era
of
the
boom
town.
Most
candidates
agreed
the
present
library
is
cramped,
has
no
parking
available
and
even
with
renovations
would
be
a
dead-end
building.
Three
candidates
were
missing
from
the
forum.
George
Gibbins
was
sick
in
hospital
and
had
asked
that
a
prepared
statement
be
read.
Gibbins
favors
the
new
library
and
said
he
wants
to
see
development
of
a
"total
community"
for
the
people
who
live
here,
to
enrich
the
quality
of
life
here.
Ed
Bodner
was
at
a
meeting
of
the
labor
council
of
which
he's
president
and
came
near
the
end
of
the
forum.
Bodner
said
he
favors
the
new
library
but
declined
an
invitation
to
speak
because
he
said
it
wasn't
fair
to
fellow
candidates
that
he
should
get
the
last
word.
The
forum
received
no
word
why
Brian
Brownridge
couldn't
attend.
Asked
for
comment
on
the
civic
properties
and
recreation
commission
and
the
value
of
parks
board,
candidates
agreed
some
improvements
could
be
made
in
community
relations
of
the
CPRC.
They
were
divided,
however,
on
how
the
improvements
could
be
made.
Some
favored
a
re-organization,
a
few
creation
of
the
parks
board.
An
elected
parks
board,
as
in
Vancouver,
is
not
allowed
under
the
Municipal
Act.
Thenext
candidates
forum
is
Sunday
at
Duchess
Park
Secondary
School.
School
board
and
regional
district
candidates
talk
between
2
p.m.
5
p.m.
Aldermanic
candidates
are
on
stage
at
8
p.m.
REGIONAL
DISTRICT
A
meeting
of
Fraser-Fort
George
Regional
District
directors
here
Thursday
is
the
last
chance
voters
have
to
see
the
board
in
action
before
the
Nov.
19
election.
On
the
board
and
running
for
re-election
are
Incumbents
Harold
Mann
of
Area
F
(Willow
River-Giscome)
and
Art
Stauble
representing
the
city.
There
are
seven
candidates
running
for
the
two
open
city
seats
on
the
board.
David
Lisle
is
contesting
the
seat
held
by
Mann.
The
meeting
Thursday
at
1
p.m.
in
Prince
George
city
council
chambers
will
look
at
a
number
of
issues
including
the
increasing
demand
for
rural
subdivision
development,
hiring
of
an
economic
development
commissioner
and
the
endorsement
of
a
regional
recreation
commission.
In
September
there
were
39
subdivision
applications
for
land
in
the
regional
district
and
in
October
135
applications
were
received,
Including
57
lots
in
Miworth
and
28
near
Chief
Lake
Road.
Directors
will
also
look
at
recent
amendments
to
the
Land
Commission
Act.
Heroin
nets
prison
terrri
A
Vancouver
man
arrested
at
Quesnel
airport
with
66
caps
of
heroin
has
been
sentenced
to
four
years
in
the
B.C.
Penitentiary.
Grant
Frank
Elston,
25,
was
arrested
after
disembarking
from
a
Vancouver
flight
at
Quesnel
Sept,
16.
He
was
charged
with
possession
of
heroin
for
the
purpose
of
trafficking.
The
drugs
had
an
estimated
street
value
of
,
$3,300.
Elston
was
sentenced
by
Quesnel
provincial
court
Judge
T.
R.
Cullinane,
THE
HEARING
SET
CITIZEN,
Prince
George
Wednesday,
November
9,
1977
3
Hospital
plan
ideas
flow
in
by
JOHN
ASLING
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
At
least
10
community
organizations
will
make
presentations
today
on
long-range
plans
for
the
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital.
The
hospital
board's
long-range
planning
committee
has
called
for
a
hearing
at
7
p.m.
in
room
101
at
the
hospital.
The
committee
will
hear
from:
the
child
development
centre,
School
District
57,
the
Cancer
Society,
the
chamber
of
commerce,
the
St.
John
Ambulance
Society,
the
city
planning
department,
the
Senior
Citizens
Home
society,
th
Prince
George
chapter
of
the
Physiotherapy
Association
of
B.C.,
and
the
hospital's
own
occupational
therapy
and
dietary
departments.
The
long-range
planning
committee
has
been
charged
with
making
recommendations
to
the
hospital
board
on:
the
maximum
size
of
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital;
future
financing
and
administration
structures
for
the
hospital
and
any
other
health
care
units
developed
in
the
future;
and
new
types
of
treatment,
trends
in
treatment
and
diagnostic
processes
likely
to
be
introduced
in
the
area.
Chairman
of
the
committee,
Bob
Martin,
said
"I'd
like
to
hM
GOAL:
$235,000
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be
able
to
recommend
to
the
hospital
board
how
to
best
coordinate
hospital
care."
Hospital
administrator
Bert
Boyd
says
a
number
of
other
groups
have
expressed
an
interest
in
the
hearings
but
.have
not
yet
forwarded
briefs.
They
Include;
the
Northern
Interior
Health
Unit,
the
mental
health
centre,
the
Registered
Nurses'
Association
of
B.C.,
the
hospital's
auxiliary
and
the
Prince
George
Medical
Society.
Because
of
the
number
of
briefs
being
presented,
Martin
says
the
hearings
may
have
to
continue
at
another
date,
probably
in
December.
Boyd
and
Martin
will
be
joined
on
the
committee
by
trustees
Barry
Lloyd
and
Harold
Mann.
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Our
countdown
to
Christmas
is
underway!
Each
week
'til
Christmas
we
are
featuring
a
quality
gift
idea!
This
week
we
feature
a
substantial
savings
on
our
Swedish
Samaco
crystal.
A
super
opportunity
to
crystalize
your
Christmas
wish,
a
ICE
BUCKET
Reg.
$44.00
each
SALE
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Ac
Forestry
tax
cuts
rejected
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-Forests
Minister
Tom'
Waterland
said
Tuesday
It
is
impossible
for
the
gov-'
ernment
to
lower
taxes
even
though
it
realizes
the
forest
industry
needs
large'
amounts
of
revenue
to'
expand.
Both
Waterland
and
Mines
Minister
Jim
Chabot
addressed
a
joint,'
meeting
of
the
Vancouver
branches
of
the
Canadian
Institute
of
Forestry
and
'
the
Canadian
Institute
of
Mining.
"We
in
government
know
;
that
if
we
take
more
and
more
dollars
away
from
the
forest
industry,
the
industry
will
not
be
able
to
expand,"
said
Waterland.
"Instead,
we
are
trying
to
encourage
expansion
within
the
industry."
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GLASSES
Highballs
&
wide
mouth
Old
Fashions.
Reg.
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Each
SALE
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EACH
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