PICK YOUR PAYMENT PLAN ANY WAY — YOU SAVE 167 TRAILER SPACES FOR RENT I OD TnAil.cn rUn fieri 1 LEGALS LEGALS f TENDERS ARE INVITED FOR: AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT • MAIN CAMPUS, PRINCE GEORGE Specifications and conditions of r tender may be obtained from the I purchasing agent, room 1-304, College of New Caledonia. Sealed tenders clearly marked "Tender #86-215" will be received until 2 00 p.m. (1400 Hours) Tuesday, July 22, 1986 Lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted 1-1-159 COLLEGE OF NEW CALEDONIA 3330 22nd Avtfim, frloct G«org«, B.C. V2N iPt I Phon# 562 2131 I Alberta legislature sheds macho style by MARK LISAC EDMONTON (CP) - The mythical cowboy-booted Albertan who works hard, plays hard and prefers barbecued beef has been put on the shelf. It’s a consequence of the May 8 election which no one foretold. The first three weeks of the new legislative session have seen a kind of social liberation going on nearly every day. Homosexuals, francophones, women, blacks, Jews — the underdogs in a society dominated by white, English-speaking males — have found new prominence in the Alberta capital. From 1975 to 1986, the Progressive Conservatives ran the government and held more than 90 per cent of the seats. They were committed to individual rights. They included women, Chinese-Cana-dians and Alberta’s first German-born and Moslem cabinet ministers. Yet there was always a sense of conformism. Blacks, immigrants and non-Christians were in the club because they were all Conservatives first. On May 8, Albertans elected 61 Conservatives, 16 New Democrats, four Liberals and two Representatives. Perspectives have changed. Things are said and done now which were not before. Stereotypes of Albertans have been shaken by rookie members like William Roberts, the Harvard-educated Anglican priest who now represents Edmonton Centre for the NDP. “The macho male is out,” the married father of two said during his first speech in the assembly. “We are nurtured by the renewing fresh sources of the feminine, for after all, the word uterus in Hebrew is the same as the word for compassion.” It started with the appointment of a 33-year-old female labor activist, Pam Barrett (NDP—Edmonton Highlands) as NDP Leader Ray Martin’s second-in-command in the legislature. No woman has been closer to political leadership here. The first private member’s bill this session came from another woman, Christie Mjolsness (NDP— Edmonton Calder). It would set new standards for operation of day care centres. The change goes deeper than party policy or what is raised in question period. In mid-June, Leo Piquette (NDP—Athabasca-Lac La Biche) stood in the legislature and said he would speak in French. Piquette, whose central Alberta riding includes a number of francophones and Metis, quoted old laws and said he believed he was “the first French-English member whose native tongue is French to address the Alberta or Saskatchewan legislature assembly since 1905, citing this right to speak in English or French as a right in this assembly and not simply a privilege. “I do this not to inflame passions in those who argue that I am trying to ram French down their throats, but that French, as an official language of Canada and one of the founding languages of Canada and the Northwest Territories, should be respected and encouraged.” A week later, Roberts rose during routine introduction of guests in the public galleries and said it was “an unprecedented day.” It was. “I have the great pleasure today during this week of gay and lesbian awareness to introduce . . he began, “several members of . . . Gay Alliance Toward Equality, or GATE, Womonspace, the AIDS Network of Edmonton and other such organizations.” Couple gets a watery wedding ALTON, 111. (AP) - The only problem at the wedding of Charlene Mohr and Richard Schudel was getting the electric organ onto the river. Schudel says it took four people to manoeuvre the organ onto a boat so it could be played for the nautical nuptials that united the pair recently. The couple married aboard boats at the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, beside a statue of Our Lady of The Rivers near Portage Des Sioux, Mo. Mohr came to the ceremony aboard one houseboat, Schudel came on another and the two boats were lashed together for the wedding. Guests arrived on 18 cabin cruisers and motorboats, and a launch brought Rev. Orrin Anderson, interim pastor at the First Congregational Church in Alton. “We have both been in boating for years and it’s our hobby,” Schudel said. “All of our friends are boaters, so we said, ‘Let’s do something a little different.’” Even the wedding invitations — designed by the bride — had a marine motif. “Stand on your bow while we take our vow,” she urged the guests at the June 28 ceremony. Wood Heat tyou “Set & ‘Setten, ” Complete wood heating systems available Do-lt Yourself or have it installed GET IT DONE NOW! Plan #1 ... No Payment + No Interest for 90 Days o.a.c. Plan #2 ... One Year Interest Free Financing o.a.c. Plan #3 ... Discount For Cash SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 57 PRINCE GEORGE INVITATION TO TENDER For water service replacement at Duchess Park Secondary School Tender documents are available from the undersigned or may be viewed at the Prince George Construction Association, refer to Tender No 022-86 Closing date is 2 00 P M on July 18, 1986 Late bids will not be accepted The lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted CONTACT ROBERT HAGEN 564-1511 Local 332 Purchasing 1894 9th Avenue Prince George, B.C. V2M 1L7 1-3-157 Sarnia, in the embrace of powerful petro-chemical giants, has joined ranks of one-industry towns whose economic backbone has cracked. The good life vanishes in Sarnia SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 55 (Burns Lake) INVITATION TO TENDER School District No 55 invites tenders from qualified and experienced roofers for re-roofing on the following schools: Williams Konkin Elementary Est 7784 sq ft. Decker Lake Elementary Est. 1058 sq ft. Topley Elementary Est. 1309 sq ft Bidders must comply with the RCABC guarantee or equivalent. Specifications and Tender Documents will be available at the School District Maintenance Office, 686 Yellowhead Highway, Burns Lake, after July 2, 1986 A refundable certified deposit of $25 00 is required for the specification and tender documents Tenders will be received until 4 00 p.m. July 16, 1986 at the School District Administration Office, 685 Yellowhead Highway, Burns Lake, B C The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted Enquiries should be directed to W. Craigie-Manson, Maintenance and Custodial Supervisor at 692-3031 n INVITATION TO TENDER Sealed tenders are invited for the construction of a Warehouse for School District #57. The Warehouse is to be located at 9th Ave, & Winnipeg St., in Prince George Tenders will be received at the offices of Allnorth Engineering Ltd , #301 -1777 - 3rd Ave, Prince George, BC. V2L 3G7 until July 25, 1986 at 2 00 pm, at which time the tenders will be opened in public. Pre-tender information must be received at the above noted office by July 18. 1986 at 2 00 pm Tenders will not be considered unless pre-tender information is received Tender documents may be obtained after July 8, 1986 from Allnorth Engineering Ltd, #301 - 1777 • 3rd Ave, Prince George, B C These documents are available to General Contractors only upon receipt of a certified refundable deposit of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100 00), payable to School District # 57 Deposits will be refunded upon satisfactory return of tender documents in good condition Bid Depository for Sub-trades listed in the Instructions to Bidders will close July 22, 1986 at 3 00 pm at the Construction Association oflices located in Prince George, B C The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted General inqumes may be directed to Allnorth Engineering Ltd , to the a attention of Robin Chapman, tipi P Eng , at 562-7291 I II I L-J.1W Tourist traffic soaring OTTAWA (CP) - Tourists flooded into the country in record numbers during May, the opening month of Expo 86, Statistics Canada says. While there were increases in the number of visitors to all parts of the country except Manitoba in May, Expo 86 was clearly the most powerful magnet, said Statistics Canada travel specialist Paul Paradis. The number of overnight or longer visitors to British Columbia soared by 144 per cent over May 1985. Overall, 1.3 million American residents entered Canada in May for visits of one night or longer, the most for the month since 1972, which is as far back as compara-ble travel records go, Paradis said. by PETER GORRIE Canadian Press SARNIA, Ont. — Ask average Canadians about Sarnia and they’ll probably mention the “blob” — the famous puddle of toxic chemicals found last fall on the bottom of the St. Clair River. But people in this southwestern Ontario community are worrying about something else these days — a problem that never used to bother them. Their city, once Canada’s wealthiest community, has asked the federal government to name it an economically distressed area. After prospering for decades, apparently invulnerable in the embrace of powerful petro-chemical giants, it has joined the ranks of one-industry towns whose economic backbone has cracked. However, about 11,000 people are still employed by the 30 firms in Chemical Valley — the massive pe-tro-chemical complex that lines the river at the south end of the city — and most of those companies are in no danger of going out of business. But, battered by fierce international competition for shrinking markets, the industries are engaged in what they call rationalization — cutting staff as they cut some production and push for efficiency. It has been a rude awakening for the city of 50,000 that 10 years ago boasted Canada’s highest per-capi-ta income and virtually full em- ployment in a billion-dollar Chemical Valley construction boom. Sarnia had grown accustomed to the good life since the Second World War, when the start of synthetic rubber manufacturing transformed it from a town of 15,000 into a world-class petro-chemical centre. “This community has seen booms and busts, but the busts were short — this one is more serious,” said Louise Geres of the city’s community and family services office, which hands out about 700 welfare cheques a month — double the number 10 years ago and one of the highest per-capita figures in Ontario. With the unemployment rate above 10 per cent, 2,000 people recently lined up for 400 part-time jobs at a new grocery superstore offering wages they once would have sneered at. The belt-tightening among the Chemical Valley firms has been severe. Polysar Ltd., the biggest, has chopped its payroll to 3,000 — a 10-per-cent cut — and will soon stop producing general-purpose rubber, with a loss of about 150 jobs. Dow Chemical of Canada Inc., which has cut its 1,700-member payroll by 30 or 40 a year for most of this decade, eliminated 90 jobs last year and plans to continue a “normal attrition program,” said Gene Rozas, manager of the company’s Sarnia division. Imperial Oil’s workforce is down 10 per cent, to 1,200, and the company plans another 15-per-cent reduction by 1988. Smaller plants, as well as firms that provide services to Chemical Valley, have shrunk or gone out of business. The biggest impact has fallen on the city’s unionized construction labor force. With no expansion at the plants, less than one-quarter of the 4,000 members have work. The city is caught in a spiral of falling expectations and income. Most available jobs are in service industries that offer little chance for career advancement and pay far less than the $15 to $22 an hour workers got at the plants or unionized construction sites. Skilled people are going after those jobs, taking work the unskilled used to get. The Samia-Lambton economic development commission, set up by the city and the surrounding county, is seeking ways to diversify the local economy. It hopes to jump on the automotive industry bandwagon now rolling across southern Ontario, but lost recent bids to attract a Toyota assembly plant and a 900-job factory that would have made plastic parts for car interiors, said commission head Larry Federov. The attempt to get designation as an economically disadvantaged area — which would give companies up to 17.5 per cent of the value of new investments in the community — appears doomed. Although Sarnia’s unemployment rate qualifies it for the program, its relatively high per-capita income and Ontario’s economic buoyancy “don’t work in our favor,” said local Conservative MP Ken James. The big push now is to develop tourism, which is expected to contribute about $129 million to the local economy this year. That’s one reason residents were angered by publicity about the blob, which was found after a spill of dry-cleaning fluid at the Dow plant. However, it does not appear to have hurt. Officials say tourism is up this year. The city — a few minutes from Lake Huron’s beaches and with some of Canada’s best fishing and sailing waters — is attractive as a clean, safe destination for neighboring Americans. However, most tourism jobs are low-paid and seasonal, and won’t provide opportunities like the plants once did. 2 AND 3 bedroom mobile homes for rent or rental purchase. Also, pad open for 14 x70' trailer Lombardy Mobile Home Park. 564-6918_ ONE free months rent, Spruce Capital Trailer Park, satellite TV. 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