Hill Increase Partly Due to Lawsuit Fight Now Over Money
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PROVINCIAL LIBRARY PARBIAUBNT BLD~ hill increase partly due to lawsuit By ED VUDIN taken by Mickey John- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::if the court case con- spent to begin payments Herald Staff Writer son. Harold Reay, the. .tinues into 1980. Ac- the newly installed T- Out of every $1 increase trsasurer.of the Regional cording to both Reay and bar. According to Reay, in tow rates at Kit- District of Kitimat- John Pousette, the ad- the ski hill management sumkalum ski hill, 60 Stikine, confirmed this ,SKI HILL RATE HIKES SLAMMED ministrator of the expect to break even this cents is being allocated to Tuesday. regional district the total year in spite of the T-bar offset legal fees resulting Reay noted.the regional Skiers at the Kitsumkalum Mountain ski hill should the ski hill. "The legal fees should not be taken out of of $19,000 will cost skiers not have to pay towards the $9,000 in legal fees" In- the ski hill," he stated, expense, legal fees, and out of a court action being district spent $9,000 in 60 cents on every dollar the outstanding deficit. legal fees this past year, curred in the Mickey Johnson suit, Nadine Asante and He alsoquestioned the amount of money spent on increase. money which is part of Johnson both said on Tuesday. • legal fees, $9,000 last year and a projected $10,000 in Sincle day ski passes at the approximate deficit Asante, who is a candidate for the regional district 1980. Kitsumkalum have risen directorship in the Thornhill-Queensway area, says of $30,000 incurred in to $9, a rise of one dollar users shouldn't have to pick up the steadily lnaunting "My lawyer advises me that if that exorbitant 1978-79. That deficit is from last year's rates. ) legal tab. : amount is Mr. Galt Wilson's bill (the attorney of the ) being picked up in this regional district)it should 5e referred to the registrar Season passes for day year's operational "I can't see why the individual skiers are being skiing only have jumped forced to pay for a lawsuit against the regional district of the court for review and will no doubt be reduced to budget. • ' a third of that amount," he said. Johnson's lawyer is from $130 to $165, and "So far we've only when it isn't their fault," she said. Reay says $12 of the $35 Harold Reay, the treasurer of.the regional district, Christopher Harvey of Messrs. Russell and Dumoulin spent $9,000, we expect to of Vancouver. increase is accounted by pick up the deficit for last said Tuesday.that 60cents out of every $I raised in tow the legal fees. rates are being directed towards paying af legal fees Meanwhile, Asante was criticalof'Johnson's role in year and break even on the matter. Reay says the regional this year's operation," he in the Mickey Johnson Recreation Ltd. versus the • district has no intention •explained. "We're Regional Districtof Kitimat-Stikineet all lawsuit. "Listening to CFTK's Profile open .line show of seeking an nut of court . picking up the legal fees Asante wondered if "there shouldn't be some sort of Tuesday morning, itseemed to me rather incongruous settlement. as part of this rate in- "insurance to cover such contingencies". that Mickey Johnson would constantlyreiterate about Johnson, who is a candidate for a seat on Terrace "We feel we're not in crease." the high cost of recreationwhen it appears'to me he's the wrong, so there's The $9,000 in legal fees council, says he is suing the regional district for part of the case in his suit .against the regional negligence in breaking of a contract. district," she said. nothing to settle," he accounts for about 3S said. cents per dollar increase He added it was the regional district and ad- Johnson says the suit is his "only legal recourse in p.dnistrator John Pousette who were being sued, not the matter". The provisional budget in this season's tow rates. for Kitsumkalum JOHN POUSETTE... In addition, another mountain in 1980 in- MICKEY JOHNSON... .,confirms reason $10,000 is being allocated, !:i:i:~:~:~:i:i:i:i:~:i:~:~:~:~:i:i:~:i:~:~:~@~:::::~:~:~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::i:~:!:i:i:i:i:i:!:!:i:i:i:i:!:i:i:!:i:~@~:i:~:~::::::::::::::::::::i:i:i:i:i:i:i:i:i:i~:...~:~:i:i::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::dicates $17,000 will be ...said the cause i r RUPERTSTEEL & TERRACE-KITIMAT SALVAGELTD. 14 Flavors Seal Cove ltd., Pr. Rupert / / DOTTLE DEPOT 624-5639 h Beer & Pop Bottles 4&16 Lazelle Ave. WE BUY copper, brass, all metals, Tecruce, B.C. 10s.m.-6 p.m. dally except Sunday batteries, etc. Call us - We are Wednesday, November 14,1979 20C Volume 73 No 2!9 I/ • :oP, Men. through Sat., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri.tlll9 pJ~. • , t J HOSTAGES WAlT Fight now "I)),)$)~ : ~:'i:~/)i|M ,' over money !l:i=/ ....:: , (i ; • , • ,/:>/.% ~::^:: ..... U.S. said ready to use force •"Y~, i-,]=~:;: ~,,,.+'~,+~,;L :~ " WASHINGTON (AP) -- to his office after the an- will not be able to blecX the .... ~ - , President Carter acted today nouncement in Tehran, funds, "i " , i" ~ ! ,~. ,.,,~ ,>'i, ';:., to "block" all official Meanwhile, a newspaper Iranian assets in the United Abo!hassanBani.Sadr, the in Kuwait said.the U,Red ~6t~it~S"-ettdF. the Iranian 'new Irtiiiikh:" foreign States has inforrhed court- government announced it minister, said at a news triesinthePersianGulfarea will withdraw its $12 billion conference in Tehran that that it will intervene .... ,, Ji i :' ........./: :: in deposits from U.S. banks about $12 billion in U,S. militarily to rescue the and switch them to friendly deposits will be transferred hostages if international el- countries, to branches of banks that forts fail. White House press secretary Jody Powell issued a statement saying: "The purpose of this order is Threat evaporates, to ensure that claims on Iran •.G', > .... = ....... .................. by the United States and its most return to homes citizrens are provided for in MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) city's evacuated residents to an orderly manner." -- About 75,000 people, not return home Tuesday, hope ~'~ " ",'i ' : ='~" . • 7 ......... , ...... , '~' The assets that Carter or- includedin the decisionthat experts can end the dered blocked include allowed two-thirds of the chemical-spill drama today deposits of the government so that they too can go home. of Iran, Central Bank and The approximately 150,000 "other controlled entities" in Eurocan who were allowed to return U.S. banks and their foreign home are from areas far- branches and subsidiaries. thest from the site of a fiery Powelrs statement said drops the CP Rail chemical-train the exact amount of money det'ailment. Those who live being blocked is not known, in a 40-squarekilometre area "but there is no reason for PCB claim closest to the derailment site disturbance in the foreign OTTAWA (CP) -- J,B. were forced to spend a third exchange or other markets." Seaborn, deputy en- night out of their homes. Carter acted under vironment minister, said The evacuation, the authority granted him under Tuesday the two firms which largest in Canadian history, the International filed formal objections to was a precaution against the Emergency Economic proposed federal restrictions possibilityof deadly chlorine Powers Act. for the toxic chemical gas being released into the Powell said this law gives polychlorinated biphenyls air. Firemen Kitimat firemen battle blaze at 43 Wedeene St. unit af the three.u'nit apartment, but no one was in- the president authority "to PCBs) have withdrawn their It had been expected that Monday. No cause has been determined as yet, but an jured. deal with any unusual and claims. the danger would be over fight blaze investigation is underway. The fire gutted |he centrsl Photo by Ann Dunsmulr extraordinary threat to the Seaborn told the Commons Tuesday as experts drained national security, foreign environment committee that the chlorine tanker, but policy or economy of the both firms withdrew their officials were surprised to United States." objections voluntarily after discover that most of the While the Iranian further consideration. chlorine had already gone Soutar, Giesbrecht, scrapping on government has put the The Iron Ore Co, of Canada and, they said, dissipated in amount of money in question of Labrador City, Nfld., and the air. By ED YUDIN 1978, and that the money was alderman added he wasn't "I figure a half truth Is Terrace Mayor Dave at about $12 billion, U.S. Herald Staff Writer being as frugally spent as worse than no information at Mm'oney appeared to agree the Euroran Pulp and Paper Ontario Attorney-General not against spendingthe money, reporters were told that the Co. of Kitimat, B.C., filed the Roy McMurtry said a small Terrace Alderman Alan could be the ease. providingit goes to the right alL" with 8outar's interpretation sum was closer to $5 billion. 8outar continued his attack "He has left the im- of file figures. However, objections earlier this fall to amount of chlorine gas is areas. He also criticized Carter took his action after proposed amendments still leaking, but it does not on the record of Alderman pression that we have this Soutar for making an issue of Soutar charged that Glesbrecht objected to top treasury department Msroney participating in the prohibiting the use of the constitute a major health Helmut Giesbrecht at slush fund of $500,000 with what lie termed a simple Giesbrecht's staements officials met before dawn to PCB chemicals as new filling hazard, Monday's council meeting, which we built these ex. statement of fact. mislead the public and "c=st discussion in the light of the discuss the implications of or make-up fluid during with charges that Giesbrecht travagent project," charged "Some people are getting a s shadow" on the council, elevtion campaign.